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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6976112 | Apparatus, method and program product for automatically distributing power to modules inserted in live chassis When a blade and/or interconnect device is inserted into the chassis of a powered or live server the procedure is known as hot-plugging. Before power is applied to the hot-plugged blade and/or interconnect device the fabric type of already installed blades and/or in... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975709 | Triggered playback of recorded messages to incoming telephone calls to a cellular phone The present invention provides system and method for delayed answering of a call to a cellular phone which can operate in either a distributed or a centralized manner. In particular, the system and method according to the present invention allows the cellular phone ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975621 | Method to optimally select bandwidth and priority for voice message packets in a voice over IP network A method of, and means for accomplishing the method, optimizing system resources in a network (102) using packetized voice telephony consists of the following steps: determining (302) that a packetized voice call from an originating gateway (104... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970868 | Method for ascertaining valid address codes The invention relates to a method for ascertaining valid address codes for valid address data using an address dictionary which stores all the permissible address details with the associated address codes in searchable form for a particular territory. The address di... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970545 | System and method for completing private or unknown calls made to a subscribers privacy screening service An advanced intelligent network system for managing and routing telephone calls from a calling party to a subscriber to a privacy screening service. The system routes the calls according to whether the calling party number is known and public, in which case the call... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970696 | Method and apparatus for controlling a network device A personal communications device may be placed in, or removed from, a docking station. In response, a predetermined command may be selected from a plurality of predetermined commands and transmitted from the docking station to at least one of a plurality of network ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970456 | Method of monitoring the use of a chargeable dynamic signaling port of an inter-exchange trunk To monitor the use of a chargeable dynamic signaling port of a trunk connecting two exchanges, in particular in connection with applications which communicate via exchanges and which are likely to require to use such ports, rights of use are assigned to each applica... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970546 | Intelligent remote caller ID An intelligent remote caller identification system is provided that typically includes a central office, a service control point, and an internet call routing system. The central office typically triggers a query responsive to receiving a call request. The service c... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968051 | Programmable feature queues The present invention provides for modification of call features and the priority to initiate these call features on an overall office, group, or subscriber level. In essence, configurable feature queues may be created and associated with any number of subscribers o... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6968182 | Method for establishing a call connection through a call forwarding service in telecommunication network A method for processing a call in call forwarding on telecommunication network is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of checking whether or not a call is to be forwarded when the calling subscriber originates a call, determining whether the call forwarding co... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965811 | Media drive module and storage library system In one exemplary embodiment a storage library system for storing and retrieving media devices is provided where media drives may be added modularly to the storage library. The storage library includes at least one media drive module having a frame configured to incl... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961559 | Distributed network voice messaging for wireless centrex telephony A method and system for distributing voice prompts and messaging closer to the calling or called party via the Voice Access Port (VAP) of a wireless centrex system comprises the steps of transmitting a message request to the VAP from a network server platform, retri... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959081 | Expert hold queue management A method, system, and program for expert hold queue management are provided. A call is received at a call center. The call is placed on hold in a hold queue until a representative of the call center is available to answer the call. While on hold in the hold queue, t... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6959172 | Docking station for enabling landline telephones to send/receive calls via a docked mobile telephone A docking station, which connects a cellular telephone with one or more landline telephones, includes a connection switch configured to detect a condition of at least one landline of a premises and to establish a connection with a landline based on a detected condit... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956939 | Apparatus, method and system for message-based intelligent tandeming of incoming calls to application nodes in telecommunication systems An apparatus, method and system are provided for message-based intelligent tandeming of an incoming call to an application node in telecommunication systems. The various embodiments utilize a new parameter, referred to as a tandem parameter, to designate whether inc... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954524 | System and method for implementing and accessing call forwarding services A call forwarding service is accessible through a common service management system using a graphical user interface (GUI) via the Internet and an interactive voice response system via the public switched telephone network. Using the GUI, the subscriber builds and ed... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952581 | Location registration control method, mobile communication network, and communication terminal A mobile communication network includes a plurality of section patterns, each of which is used to section a communication service area into a plurality of location areas. A base station transmits a control signal which includes a plurality of location area IDs corre... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950650 | System and method for call forwarding synchronization in a communication system In one aspect of the invention, a method for call forwarding synchronization includes allowing a telephone subsystem to forward calls for a telephonic device to a first call forwarding destination. The method also includes allowing a wireless subsystem to forward ca... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950828 | Method and apparatus for building and maintaining an object-oriented geospatial database An object-oriented system for building and maintaining a spatial data structure for use in topological applications. The data is organized in a database which incorporates spatial feature location, attributes, and metadata information in a relational framework acros... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950019 | Multiple-triggering alarm system by transmitters and portable receiver-buzzer The invention concerns transmitters and a portable receiver-buzzer with programmable triggering, hand-, voice-/sound- and pulse-operated, for remotely warning one or several persons. The inventive device consists of a receiver-buzzer case (16), a presence-det... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950503 | Method and system for facilitating mediated communication A mediation system as disclosed herein is capable of performing a method for facilitating mediated communication. In at least one embodiment of the method for facilitating mediated communication, the method includes receiving a communication request, determining a c... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950651 | Location-based forwarding over multiple networks An apparatus for enabling signals directed to a first telecommunications terminal to be forwarded intelligently to a second telecommunications terminal in the vicinity of the first terminal is disclosed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment automatically forwa... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947969 | System and method for accessing voice messaging system data A second computer accesses voice messaging system data residing on a first computer. The second computer receives a log record range selection from a user interface, creates a log record selection file based on the log record selection, and sends the file to the fir... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947730 | Method enabling mobile telephones to have automatic multiple telephone number dialing capability to a same called party The invention is to provide a method enabling mobile telephones to have automatic multiple telephone number dialing capability to a same called party consisting of establishing a database recording a plurality of telephone numbers of a called party set by a user in ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947937 | Data selection system and method therefor A method of sorting large quantities of data is implemented on a computer based system. The method comprises defining a plurality of sort statements, determining the relevance of each of the sort statements to each data file in the database, defining a site on a dis... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947537 | Methods and apparatus for using AIN techniques to facilitate servicing of calls by a group of users AIN based call routing, transfer and conferencing methods and apparatus are disclosed. In various embodiments initial call routing is based on the availability of a party to service a call as determined from a computer system associated with the party selected to se... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947534 | Telephone intercom methods and systems Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for providing an intercom service. In an embodiment of the present invention, an intercom service request is received. The intercom service request includes a calling number associated with a locatio... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944274 | Dynamically configured voice mail system A dynamically configured voice mail system which allows customers to send digital information through a number of different sources into a user's voice mail system. The dynamically configured voice mail system prioritizes the customer's information and converts this... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940963 | Methods and apparatus for automatically determining a call service request Methods and apparatus for automatically determining a call service request in a first communications device and for signalling the call service request determination to a second communications device. The second communications device can apply the service to the cal... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941224 | Method and apparatus for recording voice and location information A recording apparatus for a navigation device allows a user to make a voice recording in association with a vehicle location. The current location of the vehicle is determined by a GPS sensor. The location of the vehicle at the time of the recording is indicated by ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941131 | Incoming call handling method for mobile communications device incorporating mobile assisted messaging on demand A method of handling an incoming call during an operational mode of a wireless communications device is provided. With the operational mode activated, an incoming call is received at the wireless communications device on a control channel of the wireless communicati... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937713 | IP call forward profile A method and system for providing call forwarding in an IP telephone network is disclosed. First, when a telephone number for a first telephone from a second telephone is dialed, the call is routing to a call manager. Call setup procedures with a BRG responsible for... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937699 | System and method for advertising using data network telephone connections A system and method for providing advertising and advertising services using a telephone system. A data network telephony system includes a commercial message server that communicates with a telephony connection server to communicate commercial messages to display d... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937597 | Signaling method for internet telephony A method for creating, modifying, and terminating connections between Internet end systems, particularly, although not exclusively, for Internet telephony communication. The method relies on several request messages sent between a client and a server and the respons... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934378 | Technique for enhanced information assistance call routing In an information assistance service environment, after information assistance is provided to a caller, the caller may request to have the information assistance service provider complete the call. In the prior art, the call was routed back to the carrier switch fro... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934279 | Controlling voice communications over a data network A method and apparatus of communicating over a data network includes providing a user interface in a control system for call control and to display information relating to a call session. The control system communicates one or more control messages (e.g., Session In... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934377 | On demand call re-termination A system and method for re-terminating a call on demand. This allows a subscriber to cause a previously answered incoming call to be re-terminated to the subscriber's telephone line. A method for using the present invention involves the following sequence. First, a ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934849 | Method and system for authorizing a commercial transaction The invention relates to a method and system for authorizing a commercial transaction between a customer and a goods or service provider via an authorization service provider with authentication of the customer by comparing a biometric sample of the customer with a ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934543 | Method and apparatus for filtering incoming calls in a mobile communication system A method and apparatus are provided for filtering incoming calls. A request for a call from a calling unit to a mobile subscriber unit is received and a check is performed to determine whether local time information indicates that the mobile subscriber unit is withi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931115 | Communication apparatus capable of automatic activation of forwarding setup instructed by remote access, and control method thereof A communication network is set to activate forwarding on the basis of identification information of the calling party so as to instruct to activate a forwarding function such as CFU by remote access. The communication network is also set to activate forwardin... | 08/16/2005 |
