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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7333820 | System and method for providing routing, mapping, and relative position information to users of a communication network The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing real-time position information of one party to another party by utilizing a conventional telecommunication network system such as the convention telephone network, a mobile telecommunications net... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333597 | Telephone synchronization with software applications and documents A method and system are provided for locating and retrieving stored computer files that are related to an incoming telephone call directed to a computer user. A called party receives a telephone call while the called party is operating her computer. A computer telep... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7289616 | User-configurable call answering/redirection mechanism Very flexible call management is achieved by a method for handling a call setup request (7-10, 7-22, . . . ) from A party (A1 . . . A9) to a B party (511). A reachability server (RS) receives (7-0) the B party'... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7245924 | Cellular phone and a base station thereof When a receiving end is a cellular phone, the cellular phone that displays the local time at the receiving end and a base station used in this cellular phone are realized. A time recognition unit that obtains the local time at the receiving end using the time inform... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245612 | Internet call waiting with voicemail system that provides monitoring during recording An Internet Call Waiting (ICW) service provides single-line subscribers (100) connected to the Internet with incoming call information, call screening and voice messaging capabilities. An incoming call is terminated at an ICW server (154). The caller i... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7216145 | Event notification system In a method of transmitting an event notification, a first data packet that includes a first event code is transmitted to a first individual via a not-automatically receipt confirmed communication. Upon receiving a response communication from the first individual, t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7191059 | Navigation system When a specific point and images of information associated therewith, which are retrievable via a communication line such as the Internet are displayed, character data extracting means extracts character string data of time information or charge information from amo... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184533 | Method and apparatus for mixed media contact notification service A method and apparatus for providing an automatic called party locator service by intelligently managing lists of contacts. The apparatus includes a contact list manager (10) where lists of contacts are stored, and a locator (60) capable of sending out... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7130406 | Enhanced directory assistance system The present invention provides for an enhanced directory assistance system (2) for providing directions information to a plurality of callers (4). The system is comprised of a telephone switch (12) for receiving calls from a plurality of callers... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130393 | Intelligent network and method for providing voice telephony over ATM and closed user groups An illustrative intelligent network and method for providing voice telephony over ATM and closed user groups are provided that can provide significant advantages. A method for providing a closed user group service to authorize VToA calls includes determining the clo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130405 | Identifying a call made or received on behalf of another A system, system, and program for identifying a call made or received on behalf of another are provided. In particular, a call request for a call is detected. A context for the call is requested from a context inference service, wherein the context indicates whether... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114651 | Method for control of parked vehicles A method of controlling vehicles parked in a parking system. A user sends a user-specific code to a parking system computer via a mobile telephone system when beginning and terminating a parking period. The identity of the parking zone concerned is sent to the compu... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7076043 | System and method of using presence information to delay dialing phone calls initiated by a caller to a callee In a communication system, a delayed call dialing processing system and method are described. The delayed call dialing processing system includes logic that allows a caller wishing to call a callee to delegate the task of monitoring presence information to detect wh... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7050559 | Monitoring a call forwarded to a network-based voice mail system An apparatus, system and method for monitoring calls that have been forwarded to a network-based voice mail system (VMS). The VMS receives the forwarded call and sends a start of greeting signal at the beginning and an end of greeting signal at the completion of the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050818 | Location based service request system A wireless phone based system to accommodate users of wireless phones for providing information as to the location of certain services such as gasoline stations, movie theatres, drug stores, etc., includes the utilization of a GPS receiver and a wireless phone, with... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7051018 | Multimedia search system A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated data. That database is searched through multiple graphical and textual en... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046777 | IVR customer address acquisition method A method of automatically acquiring and/or updating a customer address within an interactive voice response system including establishing a telephony connection with a customer and identifying a telephone number associated with the customer. A directory assistance d... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039170 | Automated data transfer in association with a voice call The present invention provides for efficient delivery of information between parties associated with a voice call. When a caller initiates a call to the called party, infrastructure is in place to access information associated with the caller and called party and ex... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7031724 | Location-based services for a telematics service subscriber The present invention includes a method and system for providing location-based services to a telematics service subscriber. A message notice is sent to the telematics service subscriber and a request for messages is received. A determination is made as to whether a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6985744 | Cellular phone and a base station thereof When a receiving end is a cellular phone, the cellular phone that displays the local time at the receiving end and a base station used in this cellular phone are realized. A time recognition unit that obtains the local time at the receiving end using the time inform... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6959070 | Radio base station apparatus and radio communication method A path search processing section 110 of a searcher 108 performs despreading processing for a signal that has undergone AAA reception by an MF 110a. A power addition circuit 110c adds power of a signal in which coherent addit... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6940958 | Forwarding telephone data via email A communication such as a telephone call is received, bearing identification information such as caller ID. The received audio signals if any, is encoded and stored. The identification information is used to look up additional information about the sender of the com... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6917678 | Method and apparatus for monitoring telephonic members and providing directory assistance Telephone users desiring directory assistance services are connected via standard telephone procedures to a directory assistance provider, such as an operator. An operator provides the destination number and initiates a connection to that number. Once that connectio... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6798873 | Telephone status notification system A telephone line status notification system including at least one telephone line having a status, a communications network, at least one communications terminal which is connectable to the communications network and which is employable by a seeking user to communic... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6741692 | Method of and system for priority call processing based upon electronic mail status A method of and system for providing priority call processing based upon the status of electronic mail items between a called party and a calling party receives a request to set up a call between the calling party and the called party and determines if the called pa... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6721406 | Telephone caller location data retrieval A system for obtaining location data of calling parties for telephone calls provides location data for display by a called device. Through reception of the name, telephone number, or other calling party identifier as is done through the conventional caller ID servic... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6700966 | System, apparatus and method for processing calls based on place detection of moving personnel or objects In ordinary telephones, a communication partner is called without considering the location of the communication partner and whether or not the communication partner is busy. In the present invention, it is determined whether or not the communication partn... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6674849 | Telephone providing directions to a location A system providing a map and driving directions to a user of a user telephone for a remote location associated with a remote telephone number. The system includes the user telephone and a server connected through a telephone system. The user telephone inc... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6631182 | Call screening apparatus and method A method of screening incoming telephone calls and programming screening options and apparatus that allows incoming calls to be screened according to various criteria programmed by a subscriber.... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6622016 | System for controlled provisioning of telecommunications services A method and system for controlled provisioning of a desired set of service logic for a subscriber of group of subscribers. In response to a designated stimulus, such as a time-event, a location-event or a threshold-event, a network entity modifies the su... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6570974 | Cable connected network server platform for telephone white-yellow page services and emergency 911 location identification A twisted pair and/or coaxial cable fed set-top device provides a plurality of services, including computerized directory assistance services and identification of the geographic location and set top device from which a directory assistance query has been... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6539080 | Method and system for providing quick directions A method and system for providing a telephone caller information assistance such as driving directions from a starting location to a destination location. To obtain information assistance, the caller places a telephone call to access the system. If the ge... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6535596 | Call processing system utilizing subscriber services and preferences A method and apparatus is provided for processing a call from a calling party to a called party. The system includes subscriber profiles for both the called and calling parties and a call behavior module. The subscriber profiles which reside in a switch o... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6459782 | System and method of developing mapping and directions from caller ID A system is disclosed for generating instructions enabling navigation between an origin and a location identified by an address corresponding to data in an incoming communication, such as a customer name or customer telephone number. The system comprises ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6400809 | Method and system for text-to-speech conversion of caller information A system (10) and method (40) for providing audible caller information to telephone service subscribers is presented. The system (10) includes a pre-processor (28) that converts textual caller information from a first data format to a second data format s... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5515426 | Telephone communication system having a locator A telephone communication system having a locator system for locating telephone users and generating location information. The telephone communication system includes a plurality of telephone functions which are user accessible for usage in conjunction wi... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5109399 | Emergency call locating system A computer-based system for receiving emergency telephone calls which, upon receipt of the call, provides a voice connection to the operator as well as displaying a map showing the location of the calling party and other relevant textual information. The ... | 04/28/1992 |
