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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7068767 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including screening invalid calling party numbers A system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information is invalid or can not be provided. In one disclosed embodiment, the Caller ID information must include a valid number of digits and a valid area code. If the Ca... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068759 | Electronic surveillance via correlation of call legs A variety of methods and systems can be used to achieve electronic surveillance when a call is directed to a destination as a result of service processing. For example, in a system involving a redirecting switch and a service platform switch, correlation between cal... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068763 | Communication terminal device To provide a communication terminal device which can select whether to answer an incoming call from an IP network, and a communication terminal device which improves convenience of a user by executing an appropriate process when there are a plurality of incoming cal... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7068622 | System and method for providing transparency in delivering private network features A method is provided that includes receiving a request from a communication device to establish a communication session with a mobile station, the mobile station being operable to roam between a private and a public network. The mobile station is signaled via a cell... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069291 | Systems and processes for call and call feature administration on a telecommunications network Improved systems and methods for call and call feature setup, administration and processing on PSTN and other telecommunications networks are provided. Calls are set up on a service plane of a conceptual switch that includes a switch plane, control plane, and servic... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068648 | Apparatus and method for computer controlled call processing and information provision A method and apparatus are presented for transmitting, from an application computer in communication with a gatekeeper which is connected to a data network, messages indicative of telephone calls in progress at an endpoint of the data network, or indicative of such ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065339 | Method and system enabling prepaid service in an All-IP network The invention relates to a system and method for enabling prepaid service in a packet-based communications system, in particular in an All-IP network which comprises one or more subscriber terminals. At least one subscriber database stores subscriber information inc... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065197 | Status messaging using associated phone tags A method for managing communication requests includes receiving tag information from a user of a communication device, and associating the tag with a communication device. The tag information includes criteria for determining whether the tag applies to an incoming c... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065199 | Communication system including means for transmitting internet addresses via SMS A communication system, adapted to establish connections to, and between, Internet users, including a cellular radio communication network adapted to provide a short message service (SMS), and a server adapted to facilitate the establishment of a telephony/Internet ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062027 | Service control apparatus, forwarding switching equipment, service control system, and service control method An SCP is provided with a pattern notifying unit. The pattern notifying unit is configured so that, on the occasion of providing a service utilizing ISUP interwork between a first leg defined between an originating switching center and a forwarding MSC and a second ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062021 | Integrated telephone call and context notification mechanism A mechanism for placing a telephone call while at the same time communicating context (e.g., subject, importance and/or nature) of the telephone call. The caller uses a mechanism on a user interface to instruct a caller computing system to place a telephone call to ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062028 | Method and apparatus for routing calls based on the identification of the calling party or calling line A method and apparatus for routing calls for a subscriber based on the identification of the calling party or the originating line. Generally, the present invention operates to identify a calling party or originating line and then select a routing list based on this... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058047 | Network call-back data capture method and apparatus A method for operating a telecommunications system comprises receiving over a computer network, a plurality of data packets from a first telecommunications system, in a second telecommunications system, determining a telephone number in response to a first set data ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054428 | Telephone call interuption request via internet Apparatus and method for notifying an Internet user of an attempted incoming telephone call to the same telephone line used to interconnect the called-but-busy party with the Internet. The disclosed embodiment comprises an Internet communication module and a message... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054434 | System and method for common account based routing of contact records A method and system is provided for common account based distribution of contact records. A comparison engine analyzes call record accounts to identify and tag related call records, such as call record accounts related to the same individual. A common account tag de... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050558 | Methods and apparatus for enabling/disabling calling forwarding service Methods and apparatus for implementing call forwarding services using AIN techniques and next event list messages are described. Methods of notifying a subscriber of a call forwarded using AIN techniques are also described. In accordance with one feature of the pres... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7050563 | Call path reduction via correlation of call legs in a hairpin loop scenario A variety of methods and systems can be used to avoid a hairpin loop scenario. For example, in a system involving a redirecting switch and a service platform switch, correlation between calling party identities for outgoing and incoming call legs can be done to iden... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046781 | Adaptive feature behavior The present invention provides a system, implemented within a private branch exchange (PBX) telephone system, which cancels or modifies a PBX feature for a telecommunication endpoint, based on activity associated with the telecommunication endpoint. The system compr... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046783 | Seamless re-direction of calls between home and mobile telephones A method is described for providing wired line telephone and mobile telephone cross-usage comprising the steps of de-activating call forwarding of incoming mobile telephone calls to a subscriber's home wired line telephone and for activating call forwarding of incom... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7047019 | Method and apparatus for processing a communication signal based on the geographical location of a communication device An apparatus including a processor 42 coupled to a memory 44 resides in a location call filtering center 36 and cooperates with a gateway mobile location center 34 and a mobile switching center 22 to process a communication signal,... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042879 | Method and apparatus for transferring a communication session Session Inter-Device (SID) mobility networks (50, 100, 150) are described in which a seamless transfer of a communication session from a first device (56. 106, 116) to a second device (66, 116, 166) can be achieved without interrupting the activ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043228 | Method and system for billing a call that is forwarded to a prepaid subscriber's voicemail A method and system to provide a voice mail service for a prepaid subscriber in a wireless telecommunication system is described wherein a prepaid administrative system is connected with a switching node. When the switching node receives an incoming call to the prep... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039174 | System and method for routing calls to multi-function telephone numbers A system and method of routing telephone calls to specific communications devices allows multiple communications devices to use a common telephone number. One telephone number may therefore be used to place calls to different communications devices in potentially di... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035923 | Presence information specifying communication preferences The present invention provides a presence system capable of monitoring state information, communication capabilities, or a combination thereof derived from a plurality of sources over any number of disparate networks. The state information bears on the presence or a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035384 | Call processing system with call screening A system is described in which call processing considers unique information about the call to better serve the caller and/or to enable the called party to more efficiently handle the call. In one embodiment, the unique information considered by the call processor is... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035385 | Method and system for screening calls during voicemail messaging The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring and intercepting messages to a voicemail system connected to an AIN or WIN network for screening calls incoming to a landline or wireless telephone. After a call is forwarded to voicemail system, th... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035390 | User controlled call routing for multiple telephony devices The present invention provides a service node capable of coordinating call processing for incoming calls intended for any one of multiple telephony devices of a given entity, such as a business or individual user. Switching devices, such as traditional telephony swi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031442 | Methods and apparatus for personal routing in computer-simulated telephony A client-server telephone call router system as part of a customer premises system has a client-server router adapted to execute on a telephony switch, such as a public branch exchange (PBX) or other telephony switch, or on a processor connected by CTI link to a tel... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031443 | System and method for remote access to a telephone An improved system and method for remote access from a variety of remote clients to an office telephone is provided. In the preferred embodiment, access to an office information center is through the Internet using a web-compliant remote client. The office informati... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027569 | Telephone call screening system and method and caller registration system and method for use therewith A telephone call screening system screens telephone calls placed to a subscriber based upon a preferred caller database established by the subscriber from a networked caller registry database. A caller registration system allows callers to select a private identifie... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027579 | System and method for managing incoming telephone calls A method for managing telephone calls including the steps of obtaining from a subscriber of a telephone line an authorization to activate a quiet time period, receiving an incoming call for a telephone number associated with the telephone line, determining whether t... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023972 | Communication system and communication method sharing communication data among a plurality of communication terminals A common phone number which is used only among a specific group consisting of members registered in a network is ensured to enable transmitting/receiving a message file at an arbitrary point of time. A management terminal in a network sends identification names of p... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024182 | Subscriber activated, time limited cellular incoming call redirection system The cellular call redirection system enables a subscriber to redirect all incoming calls directed to the subscriber's cellular telephone to an automated message system for a predetermined period of time. In addition, the calling party is connected to a voice announc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024539 | Resistor identification configuration circuitry and associated method Programmable on-chip identification circuitry and associated method are disclosed that provide integrated circuits with the ability to select and report from multiple different vendor and system identification configurations. The integrated circuit device includes p... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020253 | Call queuing utilization reporting Call queuing is implemented in a telecommunications advanced intelligent network. After a call to a busy subscriber line is queued, information about the queued call is collected. Utilization statistics based on the collected queue utilization information are then g... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020259 | Privacy screening service for telecommunications Methods and systems are disclosed for providing privacy screening service during telephone calls. One method monitors a telephone call for a call screening request. The telephone call is from a calling telephone number to a called telephone number. An action is take... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7020271 | Ring control device A system and method that allows a ringer of a telephone to be silenced on demand without preventing outgoing calls to be placed. In an embodiment of the invention, there is a ring control device comprising a switch, a voltage control device in electrical series with... | 03/28/2006 |
