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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180039 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for routing calls based on the originating network A method of routing calls in a communication system. A call is received from an originating network in the communication system. The identity of the originating network is determined, and the call is routed in the communication system based on the identity of the or... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8160230 | Integrated number portability and user mobility for a communication system A computer system receives a first message from an originating communication node indicating a telephone number for a user. The computer system processes the telephone number, number portability data, and user mobility data to identify a first route number for a hom... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160229 | Call routing system and method A method and system is provided wherein routing information is obtained from previously cached information or from a gatekeeper. An originating gateway in a network receives a request for a connection and determines whether pertinent routing information is cached. I... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155300 | Method, computer program product, and apparatus for transferring a call and associated data and an associated system thereof A method, computer program product, and an apparatus for transferring a telephone call and associated data from an IVR system to a live agent or other system are provided. An exemplary embodiment may include a voice portal of the IVR system requesting an access numb... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150018 | System and method for provisioning connections as a distributed digital cross-connect over a packet network A method includes receiving a request to provision a path associated with at least a portion of a packet network and determining whether a router is associated with the path in the packet network. The method also includes provisioning a first connection between a fi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8102988 | Method and system for dynamically terminating wireless and wireline calls between carriers A third party tandem provider that intercepts and routes voice and data traffic between telecommunications carriers, e.g., wireless carriers, local exchange carriers, and long distance carriers, by dynamically determining the actual terminating switch for a call usi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8045693 | Message reception confirmation method, communications terminal and message reception confirmation system A message sending device sends a message. A message receiving device generates reception authentication information of the message when receiving the message, and further generates reception confirmation information of the message by using the reception authenticati... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036366 | Intelligent formatting of VoIP telephone numbers A system and method are disclosed for intelligent formatting of VoIP telephone numbers. The intelligent VoIP formatting system includes a presentation and user interface layer, an E.164 formatting engine, a location routine, and a database of telephone number data w... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8000463 | Telephone system A telephone system comprising a first phone terminal belonging to private communication network, a second phone terminal belonging to public communication network, a transit device connects the private communication network to the public communication network, and a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995736 | Local routing management in a telecommunications network An embodiment of a method includes generating one or more route plans, each route plan being associated with a service plan, and provisioning the one or more route plans on a core routing engine accessible by a softswitch for routing calls according to the one or mo... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7940911 | Method and apparatus for providing a specialized resource function in a telephone network To provide a specialized resource function within the telephone network, server apparatus is described having a first interface for communication with a signalling network of a telephone network and a second interface for communication with a media gateway that has ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929682 | System and method for providing communications services A routing system for providing a communications service via a telecommunications network includes a switch communicatively coupled to a first interface, a second interface, and third interface. Each interface is operable to relay an audio signal between a station an... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7873153 | Priority task list Tasks for managing a network can be displayed in a priority task list. Tasks can be selected for inclusion based on rules, such as rules relating to best practices. The rules can be applied against network status, usage status, user profiles, and the like. Upon sele... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7778404 | System and method for providing a dial plan conversion in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment A method to be executed in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment is provided that includes initiating a conversion process that involves a change from a first communications platform to a second communications platform. One or more routing tables associate... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7764777 | Branch calling and caller ID based call routing telephone features A caller ID based call routing feature is described for blocked and non-blocked caller ID's. A processing system in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) receives first identifying information for identify the source of a telephone call and associates additio... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7738646 | Method and system for monitoring and managing multi-sourced call centers A mid-point call management node subject to monitoring through a workstation communicatively coupled thereto, provides call services (e.g., through extensible markup language (XML), and in particular call control extensible markup language (CCXML) and/or voice exten... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738647 | Local routing management in a telecommunications network An embodiment of a method includes generating one or more route plans, each route plan being associated with a service plan, and provisioning the one or more route plans on a core routing engine accessible by a softswitch for routing calls according to the one or mo... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734030 | Dial plan generator Telephone numbering data comprising an NPA code associated with an NXX code that is associated with a rate center identifier is received at a dial plan instruction writer. Local call data relative to a home rate center is also received. The local call data determine... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7715545 | Internationally accessible communications A communication system that is configured to communicate with more than one call manager systems, the communication system comprising a routing system configured to receive signaling for a call wherein the signaling indicates a called number including an internation... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7684554 | Virtual telephone extension The present invention is directed to a method and system for routing communications. A plurality of communication devices are coupled to a communications network. Each communication device has a device identifier. A user-programmable database associates each of a pl... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7630484 | Service and information management system for a telecommunications network A system for service control and operations for a telecommunications network. In particular, an architecture and method for a service control and operations element system. The system communicates with a plurality of interconnected telecommunications network element... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627106 | Method and apparatus for sending updates to a call control element from an application server A method and apparatus for enabling Application Servers to automatically update the databases used by Call Control Elements as changes occur between customer data, such as customer specific logic, and the Application Servers, such as the IP addresses of the Applicat... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7564961 | Telephone port allocation method A method is described for handling multiple telephone and data calls having different data type or business protocols an originating phone, phone being broadly defined as the originating device whether phone or computer, wherein there is an originating phone and a d... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555112 | Service(s) provided to telephony device(s) through employment of data stream(s) associated with the call An intermediate application server component provides one or more services to one or more telephony devices on a call through employment of one or more data streams associated with the call. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7502458 | System and method for call routing through a data network In some embodiments, the present invention provides a distributed monitoring, evaluation and routing (“DiMER”) system capable of active management of data network-based telephony. Such a system, and data network-based telephony incorporating the same, advantageo... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7496191 | Integrated privacy rules engine and application A system and method for managing customer data is provided. The method for managing customer data includes assigning one or more roles with entities desiring access to customer data, the entities including at least one application. The method provides for determinin... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492886 | Method for allocating network resources Network resources for a call between a calling party and a called party are allocated. The network resources for the call are reserved based on a reservation request. In particular, the network resources for the call are reserved based on a reservation request. Prio... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7477734 | Packet switching dialing plan interface to/from PSTN networks The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for accessing a packet node or device through a circuit-switched network. Circuit-switched technology, such as local number portability techniques, and packet-switching technology, such as soft switches, ar... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7454006 | Systems, methods and apparatus for providing a plurality of telecommunication services Embodiments of the invention provide network interface devices, as well as system and methods for using them. For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided for allowing a plurality of telecommunication information providers to... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7426265 | System and method for generalized call forwarding between telephone terminals The call forwarding is provided within and between telephone networks by establishing a generalized procedure for call delivery and call forwarding. Network protocols are addressed using a common framework for processing call delivery and call forwarding among any c... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424106 | Routing traffic between carriers A method for routing an international call includes receiving a call and identifying a first international carrier based on an Internet protocol address associated with the call or a tunnel through which the call was received. The method also includes identifying a ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424313 | Public land mobile network/private wireless network-integrated service network and system for the same A public land mobile network (PLMN)/private wireless network-integrated service network and a system for the service network. The service network according to the present invention can interwork with any PLMN with no dependence on an upper system. In the present inv... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412051 | System and method for routing calls across call managers using a route plan A call manager includes a first device process that controls a first telephony device and that receives a call request from the first telephony device. The call request includes a telephone number associated with a second telephony device. The call manager also incl... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412036 | Method for establishing a telephone connection by voice control and corresponding voice server Voice-activated telephone call connection method and corresponding voice server. According to the invention, the voice server (SV) comprises customised directories (A1, A2, A3, . . . ) associated with voice recognition pattern... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406166 | Message conversion system A message conversion system comprising a first interface configured to receive a call signaling message for a call in a first format wherein the call signaling message includes a plurality of call information elements, a processing system configured to copy the plur... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7394897 | Method and system for routing service calls made from resold lines A method and system for routing service calls made from lines resold to a competitive service provider includes advanced intelligent network and standard switching functionality. The call may be made into an AIN service switching point (60) or a non-AIN switc... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388953 | Method and system for providing intelligent network control services in IP telephony The present invention is directed to a telephony system that includes a first network and a second network. The system includes a first network call control system configured to provide intelligent network control services to the first network. The first network cal... | 06/17/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7372954 | Method for NPA split processing A system and method for numbering plan area (NPA) split processing is disclosed. In one implementation, a query is received during a permissive dialing period. The query comprises a destination location that is associated with a first NPA. It is determined whether a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372956 | Method and apparatus for providing an interactive home agent with access to call center functionality and resources A call center system supports remote agent stations through a network by establishing a data link between a computer platform at the remote agent station and a CTI-processor connected to a telephony switch at the call center, and switching incoming calls from the ca... | 05/13/2008 |
