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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175245 | Single telephone number access to multiple communications services A platform provides access to multiple telecommunications services via a single telephone number. These services may include, for example, voicemail services, facsimile messaging services, paging services, and outbound calling services. A guest caller may call the s... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8126130 | System and method for coupling an instant messaging session with a PBX call session System and method for coupling an IM session with a PBX call session are described. One embodiment is a multimedia session manager system comprising a first controller for controlling telephony services to a plurality of terminals; and a second controller for contro... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7978841 | System and method for gathering information related to a geographical location of a caller in a public switched telephone network In a telecommunication system having at least two communicants (i.e., a caller and a callee), a system and method are presented for collecting information associated with the geographical location of either of the communicants. In one embodiment, the approach entail... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978840 | Provisioning system for network resources A method and system of provisioning resources installed in a network element. Resources are installed in the network element. As resources are placed into service, a notification is transmitted to the vendor. The vendor generates an invoice, and the service provider... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7953216 | Systems and methods for RFID-based access management of electronic devices Disclosed are systems and methods for preventing unauthorized persons from using an electronic device within a facility. In such an embodiment, the system may include a plurality of RFID tags each having unique identification information associated with a wearer of ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7933396 | Remote control of CPE-based service logic Telephone network service logic relating to calls over the telephone network to a customer terminal, uses both terminal functions and network functions. The terminal has a service logic script for execution at the terminal to control the terminal functions. To contr... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7920686 | Method and system for providing calling name identification requery A method for determining the name of a calling party where the calling party's name and corresponding telephone number are found in a remote database. The method first identifies whether the calling party's telephone number is contained within the local database. Wh... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916850 | IMS subscriber access control A method of controlling subscriber access to SIP-based services facilitated by an IP Multimedia Subsystem. The method comprises defining at a Serving Call Session Control Function node at least one default screening trigger, and downloading from a Home Subscriber Su... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7831029 | Single telephone number access to multiple communications services A platform provides access to multiple telecommunications services via a single telephone number. These services may include, for example, voicemail services, facsimile messaging services, paging services, and outbound calling services. A guest caller may call the s... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7746995 | Telephone control system An example master telephone set constituting a telephone control system includes a status setting unit, a status discrimination unit, an incoming-call detection unit, a notification unit, and a master-set control unit for controlling the operations of the respective... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7664247 | Methods and apparatus for integrating automatic route selection with AIN services Methods and apparatus for providing automatic route selection (ARS) services through the use of advanced intelligent network (AIN) functionality are described. AIN based ARS services are provided through the use of a route selection table implemented outside a switc... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7627104 | Method and system for providing calling name identification requery A method for determining the name of a calling party where the calling party's name and corresponding telephone number are found in a remote database. The method first identifies whether the calling party's telephone number is contained within the local database. Wh... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623645 | System and method for gathering information related to a geographical location of a caller in a public switched telephone network In a telecommunication system having at least two communicants (i.e., a caller and a callee), a system and method are presented for collecting information associated with the geographical location of either of the communicants. In one embodiment, the approach entail... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620166 | Method and system for muting audio based on a call event A muting system that allows audio of a computing device to be automatically muted when a telephone call is received on a telephone number associated with the computing device is provided. When an incoming call event occurs for that telephone number, the computing de... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616747 | Telephone network control system and method A method of providing a user the option to accept an incoming call, play a prerecorded message to the incoming party, ignore the incoming call or forward the incoming call to a separate telephone number is disclosed for use when the user is connected, via the same t... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7555108 | Presence information for telephony users The present invention relates to providing presence information bearing on the availability of a first user involved with a call to a second user involved with the call. In general, call information bearing on the call is received and triggers a request for presence... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7512222 | Methods and systems for automated prepaid service routing Methods and systems for automatically routing a long distance call placed by a subscriber to a prepaid service provider. Methods are discussed for allowing the prepaid subscriber to directly dial a called party's long distance telephone number, and then routing the ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7440564 | System and method for privacy management A privacy management system is disclosed for when a calling party has a private telephone number. Privacy screening services allow a subscriber to manage and monitor incoming telephone calls, such that unwanted calls are not terminated to the subscriber. When a call... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440561 | Method and apparatus for selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436944 | Repeating device Repeating device connected to a local area network (LAN) which connects a plurality of telephones and relays communication between first and second telephones. The repeating devices include a unit for requesting during communication a response from another receiver-... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430289 | Method and system for temporarily provisioning a telephone service feature for a subscriber The invention provides a method and system for temporarily provisioning a telephone service feature. At the request of a calling or called party, a telephone service feature to be temporarily provisioned can be identified. Once identified, the telephone service feat... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428593 | System and method of processing data flow in multi-channel, multi-service environment by dynamically allocating a socket A method and system for processing a data flow in a multi-channel, multi-service environment is described. In one embodiment, a socket is dynamically allocated, the socket including a dynamically allocated service. Further, the server processes the data flow based u... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7412046 | Customer relationship management for customer service requests Providing customer relationship management (CRM) between a communications service operator and their customers includes obtaining information about a requested communications service requested by a customer, retrieving information about related and/or complimentary ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7394894 | System for managing telecommunications A signaling processor receives a first signaling message indicating a called telephone number for the call. The signaling processor processes the called telephone number from the first signaling message to determine if call validation is required. If the call valida... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388951 | Access code enhancement for caller preview service By manipulating parameters of call setup messages, calls made with a caller's access code in a caller preview service may be completed to the called party or voice mail box with caller identification information displayed. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386107 | Telephony service invocation using service descriptors A method of providing telephony services can include receiving a request to query a subscriber information data store to determine service description information for a call. The service description information can specify at least one telephony service associated w... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382869 | Real time customer service data manipulation to allow multiple services per trigger type A system for providing multiple call processing services to a customer includes a first call processor configured to provide a first call processing service; a second call processor configured to provide a second call processing service; and a feature manager in com... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376225 | Method for feature transfer in a telecommunication network A network (30) of a telecommunication system (100) receives requests (31) for feature transfers from one user (10) to another user (20). In addition, network initiated feature transfer marks a call agent (61) for feature tra... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376223 | Method and system for connecting a subscriber to an advertiser prior to call completion A method and system are provided for connecting a subscriber to an advertiser prior to call completion in an intelligent telecommunications network. A subscriber telephone line is provisioned to receive advertisements which are stored in an originating switch in the... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369860 | Data protection for position-dependent services The invention relates to a privacy function check which is efficient in terms of network load, and is carried out by means of a method for requesting the agreement of a user of a mobile radio terminal of a mobile radio network, relating to the transmission of the po... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369540 | Programmable network convergence edge switch A programmable network convergence edge-switch (NCES) deployed in the corporate enterprise that enables services delivered by the telecommunication carriers to interoperate and integrated with databases and applications within corporate enterprises. The NCES enables... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366292 | Call management reports The present invention relates to a service for providing call reports to a subscriber related to non-answered calls for calls attempted between at least two parties. Using telecommunications switch triggers, call status related to answered, busy, and unanswered call... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359502 | System for providing network information service using CID-type messages A network-based announcement and message delivery service for providing a landline customer with information of interest such as weather, financial market data, time/temperature, sporting event results, etc. The information is provided to the subscriber by way of in... | 04/15/2008 |
| RE40243 | Method of wireless retrieval of information A mobile station subscriber can access data from an informational database and have it forwarded to a desired destination. A database associated with the informational database maintains subscriber profiles. When the informational database receives a data request, i... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359503 | Method of and system for providing services in a communications network A system for providing services in a communications network includes a service processing function, a universal directory function, and a nodal resource manager. The service processing function receives service requests, formulates requests for interworking function... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360153 | Method and apparatus for importing digital switching system data into a spreadsheet program A method and apparatus for importing digital switching system data into a spreadsheet program. Via the switch data examiner of the present invention, raw data from a digital switch/switching system such as the 5ESS® is converted by the switch data examiner to a for... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356138 | Method of operating a virtual private network A method of operating a virtual private network includes the steps of: (a) dialing a custom number; (b) receiving the custom number at a switch (20) of a first carrier; (c) routing the call to a switch (18) of a second carrier based on having received ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356686 | Initialization of range registers within chipsets on spare processor cells A distributed computer system is composed of a plurality of cells, a service processor, and first and second modules. Each of the cells includes a CPU, a memory, and range registers used for resource routing. At least one cell is used as a spare cell, and the remain... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7349533 | Telephony transitioning system The present invention provides a Universal Signaling Point (USP) that acts as a liaison between a call signaling network and a number of switching entities, which support lines, trunks, or a combination thereof. During a transition of the lines or trunks from a dono... | 03/25/2008 |
