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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7995730 | Method and system for masquerading the identity of a communication device returning a missed call A method and apparatus for masquerading the identity of a first communication device returning a missed call placed by a second communication device to a third communication device. The first communication device receives a missed call notification indicating the se... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7903802 | Method and system for providing calling number restoral A system and method for restoring the original calling number in a call routed through an out-of-network enhanced service provider to a forwarding destination. The system comprises a service control point, a service switching point in communication with the service ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7664244 | Method and system for providing calling number restoral A system and method for restoring the original calling number in a call routed through an out-of-network enhanced service provider to a forwarding destination. The system comprises a service control point, a service switching point in communication with the service ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7646860 | Enhanced private call screening A method and apparatus for identifying a caller who does not provide caller identification on an unanswered call. The caller is asked to record his/her name (or some other characteristic utterance). If the call is unanswered, the record is retained and can be access... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7492884 | 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. ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7436943 | Method and apparatus for managing telephone number, and computer product A storing unit stores a regular telephone number of a user and a provisional telephone number corresponding to the regular telephone number. An acquiring unit acquires a provisional telephone number of a receiver and a regular telephone number of a caller who called... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7388949 | System and method for audio caller identification service Methods and systems are disclosed for audibly announcing information associated with a calling party in an advanced intelligent network comprising a service switching point, a service control point and a services node. The service switching point is adapted to suspe... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7362851 | Location ID service for telephone calls A system for providing location ID services for telephone calls transfers location data describing the location of the calling device to the called device. Rather than or in addition to providing the name and telephone number as is done through the conventional call... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352855 | Method and system for providing a privacy management service A method for providing a privacy management service in a telephone system including initiating a telephone call from a subscriber telephone number to a called party telephone number. The initiating is performed by a subscriber. It is determined if the called party t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340048 | System and method for directory services and e-commerce across multi-provider networks The present invention solves the problem of cross-provider access proprietary information between unaffiliated and competing network providers, but not allow that information to be disclosed to competing providers. The invention provides a system that allows increas... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333599 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including total call control for all received calls All calls terminating to a customer's directory number are intercepted. If caller identification information can be presented, the call is forwarded to a service node for disposition. The service node reconfigures signaling information of the call so that the call i... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330539 | Method and apparatus to allow customers to initiate call center contact A network operation center is provided. The network operation center provides a message to a customer over a communication link and waits for a reply to the message from the customer. When the reply is received, the network operation center determines whether the re... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7310417 | Restricted voice routing An enhanced AIN telephone system that can screen incoming calls during predetermined time periods and block some calls while allowing selected calls to be completed. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305231 | System and method of notifying unpublished subscribers of request for contact information A system and method in which unpublished subscribers of telecommunications services are able to receive a notification that an individual is trying to contact them, without revealing unpublished contact information. A requestor of a telecommunication subscriber's un... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305230 | System, apparatus, and method for providing a mobile server Mobile terminal (302) provides information resources to other mobile terminals (310), Internet (306), and Internet browser (308). WAP push mechanisms including Session Initiation Request (SIR) and Service Loading (SL) are implemented thro... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7212620 | System and method for providing an anti-telemarketing feature in a telephony network An anti-telemarketing program uses the calling party identification of an incoming call to determine if the call is a telemarketing call by accessing a telemarketing database. The incoming call can be identified as a telemarketing call by direct correlation with a k... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200415 | Communications system having pre-defined calling group A communications system having a pre-defined calling group with a plurality of members is disclosed. A plurality of personal communication devices (PCDs) each have a system ID and a group ID, and each member of the group is assigned one of the PCDs. The system ID an... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7162019 | System and method for privacy screening A communications network-based system and service is disclosed. The service permits subscribers to control and manage incoming telephone calls. Subscribers can establish preferences for how calls will be handled by a communications network if the calls are received ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7099304 | Apparatus, methods and systems for anonymous communication Anonymous voice communication between a first station and a second station is facilitated by providing an interface that allows input of a transaction specification from at least one of the first and second stations. A reference code associated with the transaction ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085358 | Visual caller identification A visual caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a series of colored lights for visually alerting the called party to an incomi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076050 | Information correlation system A communication system comprising a routing system configured to receive a called number from a calling system and responsively transfer a first query to a call processing system wherein the called number comprises a destination number and a correlation code wherein... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068770 | 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... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7027576 | 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. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027832 | Providing custom audio profile in wireless device An apparatus for providing a custom profile in a wireless device, and a method of modifying an audio profile in a wireless device, are disclosed. The apparatus includes a memory into which at least one criterion is entered by the user, a receiver that receives an au... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023964 | Communication system Disclosed is a communication system which improves the system flexibility and serviceability by efficiently controlling presence information. A presence inquiring section makes an inquiry about a presence state of a communicating party. A presence information receiv... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020256 | Dynamic telephone numbering system The present invention relates generally to logical telephone numbers. In particular, dynamic number users are able to obtain dynamic numbers and to map those numbers to routable numbers of their choosing. The present invention provides a tool for protecting privacy ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010113 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including total call control for all received calls All calls terminating to a customer's directory number are intercepted. If caller identification information can be presented, the call is forwarded to a service node for disposition. The service node reconfigures signaling information of the call so that the call i... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6956937 | 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 ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6917674 | Method for providing additional information to a telephone customer having a non-published telephone number A method and system for notifying a non-published customer of a telephone network the number and possibly the identity of callers who have been attempting to obtain their non-published number from directory assistance. When a calling party calls for directory assist... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915246 | Employing speech recognition and capturing customer speech to improve customer service The present invention comprises receiving speech input from two or more speakers, including a first speaker (such as a customer service representative for example); blocking a portion of the speech input that originates from the first speaker; and processing the rem... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6868150 | Method for use with caller ID system An apparatus and method are disclosed for accessing telephone or cellular originating central office equipment to control the disclosure of a calling party directory telephone number or, if applicable or available, directory telephone number and name to a called par... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6763100 | Method for providing additional information to a telephone customer having a non-published telephone number A method and system for notifying a non-published customer of a telephone network the number and possibly the identity of callers who have been attempting to obtain their non-published number from directory assistance. When a calling party calls for directory assist... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6748058 | Caller identification system with announcement capability Disclosed is a caller identification system that provides unblocking or audible identification on telephone calls from calling parties having blocked or unknown numbers. Calling parties from blocked numbers are given the option of unblocking their name and telephone... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6744869 | Method and system for one party to pass a calling invitation to another party A method and apparatus facilitates voice, text, pager or e-mail communication between first and second parties. The second party requests a token from the first party, wherein the token is associated with contact information, such as a telephone number, but does not... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6731733 | System and method protecting the identity of target telephone numbers from unauthorized access A system and method to protect a target telephone number from unauthorized access includes a first one-way encoding unit to encode the target telephone number using nonreversible encoding. A storage unit stores the encoded target telephone number. A second one-way e... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6721410 | Recursive identification of individuals for casual collaborative conferencing A method for real-time communication among two or more individuals separated in space. The method includes the steps of determining that a first individual is likely to be interested in communicating with a second individual via a first communications link; retrievi... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6690780 | 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 n... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6665389 | Anonymous interactive internet-based dating service An interactive Internet-based dating service allows people to anonymously interact via Internet browsers, telephone communications and/or video conferencing. The system employs an interactive web site allowing a person to seek another person who may be co... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6633633 | Method and system for providing calling number restoral A system and method for restoring the original calling number in a call routed through an out-of-network enhanced service provider to a forwarding destination. The system comprises a service control point, a service switching point in communication with t... | 10/14/2003 |
