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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189755 | Call urgency screening In some embodiments, a call urgency screening system may include one or more of the following features: (a) a data storage device comprising, (i) a call urgency screening program that allows a recipient to choose whether to accept a call from a caller or offer to th... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184789 | Apparatus, system, and method for automated call initiation An apparatus, system, and method for automated call initiation. The method for automated call initiation includes initiating a call to a destination using a first communication line. The method also includes initiating a call status determination that determines whe... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8085918 | Communication terminal and method for answering incoming call A communication terminal includes an alerting unit, a capturing unit, an identifying unit and a phone answering unit. The alerting unit is configured for generating an alert signal when the communication terminal has an incoming call. The capturing unit is configure... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081745 | Dynamic information publication enabling direct access to a preferred communication channel connection in integrated communication server The method and system guides a user to easily and effectively communicate with a potential recipient via an integrated communication server. The integrated communication server will track and aggregate user presence information about the potential recipient. The agg... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7974398 | Virtual personal assistant for handling calls in a communication system Connecting a caller with a plurality of destinations using a destination list received from a caller or a designated user. Attempts are made to connect the caller with each of the destinations in the stored destination list, with each attempt including a connectabil... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7945035 | Dynamic presence proxy for call sessions A telecommunications system includes a telephone routing system; and a presence database manager unit operably coupled to the routing system and adapted to maintain one or more watcher lists of registered users. The routing system is adapted to receive phone calls a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7936864 | Voice communication terminal, media server, and method for control of locking voice communication A lock control technique suitable for voice communication terminals. A voice communication terminal includes an unattended state detecting unit which detects an unattended state of the terminal, when its user leaves the terminal, and a lock control unit. The lock co... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7742585 | Mobile communication terminal A mobile communication terminal is provided whose operability is improved by enabling a user to promptly use a function that the user requires, upon suspension of execution of an application program. A mobile communication terminal (mobile phone) 20 includes ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7734029 | Apparatus, system, and method for automated call initiation A method for automated call initiation includes initiating a call to a destination using a first communication line. The method also includes initiating a call status determination that determines when a person answers the call at the destination. Furthermore, the m... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7653191 | Voice call routing by dynamic personal profile Dynamic telephone call routing. A voice service initiates a voice call session on a data communication network in response to an incoming telephone call directed to a user and generates a notification of the telephone call. An alerts service receiving and responsive... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7440565 | Contact number encapsulation system A contact number encapsulation system is disclosed that is operable to consolidate a plurality of contact numbers associated with a given user into a single contact number. The system includes a call processing application that uses information contained in a SIP me... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436945 | Rerouting ongoing telecommunications to a user Rerouting telecommunications to a user including receiving a plurality of RFID signals from an RFID tag located with the user, anticipating a user's future location in dependence upon the RFID signals, selecting a telephony device in dependence upon the anticipated ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7394345 | Arrangement for indicating presence of individual When an entity (such as a customer using a communication device 131, 141, 151 . . . ) attempts to communicate with a target (such as an employee), an arrangement indicates to the customer, “status” information describing at least the employee's present an... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7363362 | Method and apparatus for automatically establishing bi-directional line-switched rings in telecommunication networks A method of automatically provisioning a network-wide function using a plurality of network elements in a service provider network and using a sub-network level approach is provided. In one specific approach, a software wizard facilitates provisioning a bi-direction... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7327720 | Integrated telephone central office systems for integrating the internet with the public switched telephone network Telephone central office-switching system integrated interface devices such as those for DSL, Voice over IP, cable-TV, fixed wireless, and Internet capable wireless cellular are further integrated into integrated interface device systems. Such systems share common f... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7269162 | Integration of presence services with a network enabled telephony device A network-enabled user interface device, for example a VoIP telephony device that serves as a Voice over IP endpoint, includes an executable presence resource configured for establishing and maintaining presence information for a user of the user interface device. T... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263181 | Telephony system and a method of operating same A telephony system (100) is disclosed as including a number of telephone sets (116a-116f), a home server (110), a fingerprint scanner (102), a keypad (104), a smart card reader (106), and such other iden... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7231448 | System and method for automated network element database population In an illustrative method for populating a database for use in automated administration of network elements, data that describes network elements in a telecommunication system is aggregated from existing systems. The aggregated network element data is validated and ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7221750 | Intelligent association of nodes with pan coordinator Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to managing wireless node access to one or more wireless networks. According to one implementation, a business logic application may function as a package tracking application to manage access to wireless access points in d... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221903 | Communications terminal device allowing content reception and voice communication In a terminal, a content reproduction section reproduces a video signal and an audio signal from a received transport stream. A telephony processing section performs processing necessary for voice communication. A status detection section detects a time point at whi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212827 | Intelligent reminders for wireless PDA devices A wireless PDA device with proximity detection includes a trigger for implementing a reminder alert to a user of a wireless PDA device based on the proximity of another wireless PDA device. The proximity detection may be accomplished by actual knowledge of proximity... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206388 | System and method for providing voice-activated presence information Systems and method for providing voice-activated presence information are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system includes a voice gateway in communication with a presence server. The presence server is for determining presence information of an individua... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197960 | Method and system for generating a call processing control record A method and system enable the automatic generation of a call processing control record. A user creates a schedule entry comprising a plurality of data entries on an electronic scheduler. The data entries are transmitted from the electronic scheduler to a call proce... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197122 | Short voice message (SVM) service method, apparatus and system Tiresome entry of numerous letters of the alphabet into a hand-held device for assembling a short text message for transmission via a short message service (SMS) to a second terminal is avoided by the sending of a short voice message (SVM). The SVM is recorded in th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197126 | Human communication system A client terminal 201 comprises a presence provider 222 which sends information on a user's location to a presence server 110, a space modeling means 221 which calculates the user's location in a virtual space, an audio renderer 216 | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194076 | Apparatus and method for network-initiated real-time multi-party communications A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network. A telecommunications service provider monitors data relating to communications initiation or termination criteria for at least two communicants in the telecommunications network and ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7162026 | Alert muting method through indirect contact for portable devices The invention generally relates to a method for muting an alerting portable device such as a ringing cell phone or alarming PDA. Specifically where muting is activated in a means not requiring direct contact with the keys of the device. The indirect contact such as ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162474 | Recipient controlled contact directories A presence system 4 manages communications in a network 2 between initiating parties 8 and recipient parties 6. The system 4 has a database 10 storing entries each relating to recipient parties 6. Each entry is stored... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158624 | Methods and apparatus for selectively including an audio signal component within an audio output signal An apparatus and method selectively includes an audio signal component, such as hold music or a hold tone, within an audio output signal, such as a composite audio signal from a multi-party teleconference, based upon a condition of an audio delivery system. In one a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149288 | Rules based real-time communication system A rules-based real-time messaging system for groups of users, in which an availability status is maintained in association with each user. Clients are communicably coupled to a real-time messaging server, which maintains indications of the online/offline presence of... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7120238 | Sensor-controlled telephone system A telephony system and method are adapted for selecting an operating mode of a telephony system responsive to sensor inputs. A presence detector, communicatively coupled to the telephony system, detects people within a predetermined area associated with the telephon... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7068769 | Method and system for communication processing based on physical presence A method and system for using physical presence as a basis to handle communications. A network includes a presence registry that indicates whether users are physically present at stations. Further, the network may include a user-station registry that indicates wheth... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058167 | Automatic location-aware feature selection A system is provided for automatic feature enablement on the basis of a user's current location, in order to enable the most appropriate set of features. The system is implemented within a tuple space for allowing communication among system components. A location se... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7013004 | Systems and methods to compare operational statuses of switch feature packages Embodiment of the present invention relates to systems and methods for comparing feature package operational statuses of two or more switches. In an embodiment, the system includes a first switch and a second switch. The first switch includes a first set of features... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6990180 | Short voice message (SVM) service method, apparatus and system Tiresome entry of numerous letters of the alphabet into a hand-held device for assembling a short text message for transmission via a short message service (SMS) to a second terminal is avoided by the sending of a short voice message (SVM). The SVM is recorded in th... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6987847 | Communication device monitoring Monitoring user availability to perceive communications received across a network includes determining the existence of activity at a first communication device and accessing a presence rule record storing presence rule data relating the determined existence of acti... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6978003 | Adaptive call routing for multiple telephony terminals The present invention allows incoming calls intended for any one of a number of telephony terminals associated with a user to be routed to a telephony terminal most likely to be answered by the user. A service node is provided to monitor a user's interaction with he... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6965870 | Method and system for activity responsive telemarketing A method of alerting a telemarketing agent of a promotion opportunity in response to activity of a potential customer browsing a public server and an apparatus for monitoring the customer activity and alerting the telemarketing agent includes a telemarketing analysi... | 11/15/2005 |
| 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 |
