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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8014508 | 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 of voice mail box with caller identification information displayed. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7957513 | Method, system and computer program product for providing a no-ring telephone call service A method provides a no-ring telephone call service. The method includes receiving notification that a telephone call from a calling party device requesting to use the no-ring telephone call service has arrived at a switch. The notification includes a called party te... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7920688 | Service variation selection A call processing system comprising an interface configured to receive a call request for a call from a caller to a service having a plurality of service variations and transmit a first control message, and a processing system configured to process the call request ... | 04/05/2011 |
| RE41221 | System and method for automated provision and customer selection of temporary advanced intelligent network services System and method for providing a customer with the ability to obtain temporary advanced telecommunication services in the Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) for the customer's calling line by dialing a call to special access code, without the intervention of a serv... | 04/13/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7343008 | Identity-based conferencing systems and methods Described in this paper are systems and methods of providing conferencing services where a conference participant is identified by the conferencing system when calling into the system. The system and methods focus on individual users instead of groups of participant... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7190776 | System and method for selecting a feature A system and method in which a feature is selected for a busy terminal from a calling terminal. This results in a method with an improved selection of features that is specifically more user-friendly than other current methods. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181197 | Preventing unauthorized switching of mobile telecommunications service providers The present invention is directed to preventing unauthorized switching of mobile communications service providers in a system using portable phone numbers that follow the customer, even when the customer switches mobile communications service providers. A portable p... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7164759 | Method for categorization and prioritization of phone callers A method (200) of categorizing and prioritizing a phone call for a recipient's phone number can include the steps of defining (205) a set of rules for a predetermined caller or a group of predetermined callers and assigning (210) a code to the s... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7145996 | Subscriber service management A method, system and apparatus for managing subscriber services. The system can include a service renewal system configured to renew service subscriptions based upon identifying information associated with the service subscriptions. The system also can include one o... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136477 | Methods and systems for providing end office support in a signaling network An end office support (EOS) routing node implements MTP layers 1-3 on behalf of one or more remote applications that share the true point code of the EOS routing node. Implementing MTP layers 1-3 includes receiving messages addressed to the true point ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7120236 | Mnemonic discovery and notification method, product, and apparatus When any user request other than that of a phone number subscription request is received from a user, it may be determined whether a subscription request is offered to the user in response to the received request. When an offer is to be provided, a phone number subs... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106845 | Dynamic security system and method, such as for use in a telecommunications system Rather than employing simple static personal identification numbers (PINs) that are susceptible to hacking, the disclosed security system provides multiple levels of security that may be selected by a user, based on his or her particular level of sensitivity at any ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099446 | Method for providing telephone services for commercial classes of service A method, such as a method for doing business, is provided. The method includes providing telecommunications dialing features such as, for example, call return, call waiting and speed dialing, for commercial classes of telephone service. The method may include provi... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7046785 | Unrecognized number identifier A method of obtaining subscriber identification information using a subscriber number input by a customer calling a subscriber identification information service is provided. A switch recognizes a shortened telephone number provided by the customer and connects the ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6999570 | Methods, systems and articles for ordering a telecommunication service A first method comprises initiating a telecommunication network trigger based upon a service code dialed from an originating party. The service code includes an alphabetical abbreviation for a name of a telecommunication service. In dependence upon the trigger, a st... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976019 | Phonetic self-improving search engine The present invention relates to phonetic self-improving search engines. The search engine may include a phonetic database having a plurality of phonetic equivalent formulas stored therein, each of the phonetic equivalent formulas being associated with at least one ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968050 | Methods and apparatus for authenticating and authorizing ENUM registrants AIN based methods and apparatus for authenticating and authorizing people to register information corresponding to a telephone number, e.g., in an ENUM database, are described. The methods of the invention may be used to authenticate a party seeking to register tele... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6961417 | System and method for real-time provisioning of central office services A system and method for enabling customers of communication services to subscribe or modify pre-provisioned communication services and allowing the customers to retrieve in real-time the status of the pre-provisioned services and the parameters of their subscribed s... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6925163 | System and method for performing a task with telephone line settings on a switch through a telephone call The present invention discloses an automated system for retrieving, delivering and modifying subscriber line settings through requests from a maintenance technician to a telephone service provider's (“telco's”) systems. The system and method disclosed utilizes s... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6836543 | Operating surface for class functions in a telephone An operating surface for CLASS functions of a telephone device of an analog network. The operating surface has two functions, “activate” and “deactivate”, so that the command sequence following the “activate” function is interpreted as CLASS function and... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6831972 | System and method for automated provision and customer selection of temporary advanced intelligent network services System and method for providing a customer with the ability to obtain temporary advanced telecommunication services in the Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) for the customer's calling line by dialing a call to special access code, without the intervention of a serv... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6813347 | Selective call waiting A method and system of processing a call from a calling party to a called party are provided to enable selective call waiting which involves determining whether the called party is busy on another call; receiving a password from the calling party; and providing a ca... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6801602 | Method of initiating a call feature request A method of allowing a telephone network user to initiate a call feature request during an in-progress call using a conventional touch tone telephone with a telephone handset and conventional touch tone telephone keys. The method includes receiving and recognizing a... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6771761 | System and method for caller-selectable call routing from a single telephone number The present invention is directed to a system and method for routing a call to an alternate destination associated with a subscriber of a universal number service, based upon the selection of the calling party. For example, the subscriber may combine access to multi... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6760409 | Method and system for ordering a telecommunication service A method of providing a session for ordering a telecommunication service includes receiving a telecommunication call for ordering the telecommunication service, communicating a prerecorded terms and conditions message for the telecommunication service to an individu... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6748239 | Methods and systems for communicating service codes over a PSTN using single stage dialing Methods, systems and mobile switching centers are provided that communicate a service code designation over a public switched telephone network without requiring two stage dialing. A received service code, for example a request for facsimile transmission services, i... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6731735 | URL-based dialing for voice telephone calls A uniform resource locator (URL) used for Internet access is employed as a name for dialing a plain old telephone service (POTS) voice call to a party associated with a specific Internet site. Due to the worldwide nature of the Internet, the large size of many of th... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6718027 | System and method for performing a task with telephone line settings on a switch through a telephone call The present invention discloses an automated system for retrieving, delivering and modifying subscriber line settings through requests from a maintenance technician to a telephone service provider's (“telco's”) systems. The system and method disclosed utilizes s... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6718018 | System and method for accessing a messaging service using a short dialing sequence A system and method for providing easy access to messaging services in a telecommunications network having office switches that are used by different providers of telephone and messaging services. The system uses a supplementary services database to maintain custome... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6718029 | Method and article of manufacture for establishing local payphone calls through long distance carrier switches A method and system for establishing a local call from a payphone by a customer through long distance carrier switches. The payphone customer dials a long distance provider primary intralata carrier (PIC) code followed by a number sequence. The local call is routed ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6687351 | Method for providing telephone services for commercial classes of service A method, such as a method for doing business. The method includes providing telecommunications dialing features for commercial classes of telephone service. The method may include providing the telecommunications dialing features for commercial classes o... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6674850 | Call processing digit translation and characterization An optimal digit translation and call processing system and method is provided. A prefix translation and digit characterization process are performed utilizing a digit prefix table and a second table interfaced therewith. The digit prefix table contains n... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6654453 | Method and system for minimizing database structure overhead in handling large volume advanced intelligent network services A method and system for minimizing database overhead associated with AIN services includes a cascaded database structure having at least two databases. The first database is a seed database containing basic information about the subscriber and his availab... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647106 | Privacy screening service with a bypass code An advanced intelligent network privacy screening service that allows callers provided with a bypass code to bypass the privacy screening. A termination attempt trigger is provisioned on the subscriber's line at a service switching point. When callers fro... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6542583 | Caller identification verification system A process, apparatus and system are disclosed for verifying the authenticity of a user before providing the user with a desired service. The process involves first receiving a request from the user. Next, a question set is fetched corresponding to the use... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6522741 | Hybrid network call delivery routing using a serving switching element point code and temporary destination location number According to the invention, a method and apparatus are disclosed for hybrid network call delivery routing using a serving switching element point code and temporary destination location number. Using a hybrid system as taught by the present invention, exi... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6504912 | Method of initiating a call feature request A method of allowing a telephone network user to initiate a call feature request during an in-progress call using a conventional touch tone telephone with a telephone handset and conventional touch tone telephone keys. The method includes receiving and re... | 01/07/2003 |
