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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8379829 | System and method for incoming telephone call distribution among inbound links of service platforms A method for distributing incoming telephone calls among inbound links of a service platform is provided. First information is accumulated regarding routing of the incoming telephone calls during a previous time period to the inbound links of the service platform by... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8175250 | Dialed number service routing in a telephone network by reference to a database In accordance with an improved call routing methodology, a call is routed within a communication network by reference to one or more databases. In response to receiving a local number portability request at a service control point (SCP), the SCP accesses one or more... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8094801 | Providing of service(s) by a service control component to telephony device(s) on a call through employment data stream(s) associated with the call A service control component of an apparatus in one example provides to one or more telephony devices of a plurality of telephony devices on a call, one or more services associated with one or more numbers associated with the one or more telephony devices on the call... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7924999 | Using remote processors to generate routing information to terminate calls to a customer premises A communication system is described that comprises a switching system, an SCP, and a customer premises. The customer premises includes a remote processor and a plurality of terminating devices. When in operation, the switching system receives a call. Because of the ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7813491 | AIN query redirection A method of AIN query redirection is performed by a first SCP in a telecommunication network. The first SCP receives a query from an originating SSP and determines that a second SCP should service the query. The query is then populated with information from the orig... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7787608 | Communications network system for implementing mixed services and method thereof The present invention discloses a communications network system including more than one type of communications network and a centralized subscriber database connected with the more than one type of communications network. The centralized subscriber database is able ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7702091 | Methods and apparatus for interoperating communication networks PSTN functionality is enhanced by the addition of an external service bridging device (ESBD) between one or more devices, e.g., signal switching points (SSPs), and a service control point (SCP). The ESBD serves as a coupling device to one or more control devices, e.... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7664250 | System and method for incoming telephone call distribution among inbound links of service platforms A method for distributing incoming telephone calls among inbound links of a service platform is provided. First information is accumulated regarding routing of the incoming telephone calls during a previous time period to the inbound links of the service platform by... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7627107 | Method and system for invoking the service in the intelligent network A method for invoking the service in the intelligent network includes realizing the communication between the different service control points in the intelligent network and providing various intelligent service to the users by the cooperation between the communicat... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7596219 | Method and system for preventing endless looping during telephone call set up A method for setting up a call to a subscriber station. The method comprises, at a first telecommunications platform, receiving a first request to set up a call to a subscriber station. The first request is processed at a second telecommunications platform. The seco... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7561682 | Method and apparatus for an integrated call log and protocol mapping The invention provides a system and a method display incoming and outgoing call log data associated with telephone calls to and from a plurality of subscriber telephone numbers from one or more telephone networks. The system includes a switch in one network that rec... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7512225 | Computer-telephony integration The invention provides a modification to the operation of the intelligent network instruction set whereby on transmitting an Initiate Call Attempt message between the SCP 7 and an SSP 4 an instruction is included which forces the SSP 4 to send a... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7454007 | Telecommunication switch using generic API to support multiple protocol-specific signal control functions A switch for use in a telecommunication network is provided that includes a plurality of call control agent functions and a call control function. At least two of the call control agent functions are associated with different signaling protocols. The signaling proto... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443975 | Geographical call routing for a non-emergency calling service A method for location-based communicating includes defining at least one predefined service area for a service provider. A networked communications apparatus receives a communication including a first identifier that identifies the service provider based on input fr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440559 | System and associated terminal, method and computer program product for controlling the flow of content A system for controlling a flow of content includes a terminal and a network entity. The terminal is capable of sending a content status including terminal status information having a listing of one or more pieces of content stored in a memory of the terminal. The n... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433458 | System and method for viewing contents via a computer network during a telephone call A method for enabling one or both parties of a telephone call to view contents of a source computer via a computer network during the telephone call. The method includes the following steps: (1) associating a telephone number of a telephone line with a network addre... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421070 | Advanced intelligent single telephone number routing A method for location-based communications routing includes determining a location of a requesting party in accordance with an address of the requesting party. Whether the location of the requesting party is in a first subscriber service area is determined and, when... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7406160 | Method and system for service control point billing The preferred embodiments described herein include a method and system for billing for the use of a service control point (“SCP”). In one presently preferred embodiment, an SCP receives a query from a service switching point (“SSP”) and accesses data in a da... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403606 | General protocol for service control point The present invention discloses a general protocol for a service control point (SCP) in a network system. The network system comprises at least one first type network element (SCP) and at least one second type network element (SSP) for transmitting messages to the f... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394895 | Methods and systems for 1+ prepaid routing service The present invention provides methods and systems for automatically routing a long distance call placed by a subscriber to a prepaid service provider. Six exemplary methods are discussed for allowing the prepaid subscriber to directly dial a called party's long dis... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7382872 | Systems and methods for providing advanced telephony services Systems and methods for providing a plurality of advanced telephony services using a metaservice are described. In an embodiment of the present invention, a service provider installs a metaservice on the processor and associates the metaservice with a directory numb... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366296 | Network support for voice path signal strength balancing Embodiments of the method and system provide for automatic balancing of audio signal strength levels on voice paths between first and second parties in a telecommunication system. The method in an embodiment may have the steps of: checking for a subscription to audi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366291 | Call transfer service using service control point and service node A service node is used in the implementation of a call-transfer service in which a service call is transferred to a second agent from a first agent. A code receiver receives from a service control point, via a data link, at least one subscriber-defined call-transfer... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359368 | System and method for routing calls using dialing partitions A method of routing calls using dialing partitions includes receiving a call request at a first call manager from a first device coupled to a packet-based network. The call request includes a telephone number that is associated with a second device coupled to the pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343007 | Method and system for providing calling name identification with advanced intelligent network An advanced intelligent network (AIN) for providing the name and telephone number of a calling party to a called party comprising a plurality of central offices and a service control point (SCP). The central offices are equipped with AIN software which enables them ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343009 | System access modules for use with a telecommunications switch, a telephony server system and a method of enabling a communications session. System access modules and a method of enabling a communication session. In one embodiment, a system access module includes a call manager that establishes a communications path through the system access module from a telecommunications switch and maintains the commu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333598 | 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... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330542 | Method and system for establishing a multimedia connection by negotiating capability in an outband control channel The present invention relates to a method and system for establishing a connection to a terminal device, wherein a user capability information defining supported types of information streams is set in a compatibility information element within an outband signaling m... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327837 | Call routing method A call processing method is disclosed. A first station initiates a call to a second station. Call information associated with the initiated call is evaluated by comparing the call information with information in a fraud database. Completion of the call is prevented ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310356 | Automatic discovery of network core type Systems and methods for automatically discovering the configuration of network and/or communication facilities are provided. The determination generally involves receiving and/or sending at least one test message or packet with special characteristics that normally ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308267 | Wireless direct routing service A call is routed to a wireless mobile station from a wireline network while bypassing a host mobile switching center (MSC) of the mobile station when the mobile station is registered at an MSC other than the host MSC. In particular, a service control point (SCP) in ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305081 | Method for exchanging signaling messages in two phases Signaling messages are exchanged for a call between a calling party to a called party. A setup message for the call is exchanged through at least one gate controller. Network resources are reserved for the call based on the exchanged setup messages. An end-to-end me... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302052 | Advanced intelligent single telephone number routing A method for location-based communications routing includes determining a location of a requesting party in accordance with an originating communications address of the requesting party. The method also includes determining whether the location of the requesting par... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292688 | Geographical call routing for a non-emergency calling service Location-based communications routing includes determining whether a network apparatus which receives a communication, from a calling party attempting to contact a service corresponding to at least one predefined service area, provides service to at least one of the... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283969 | Methods and systems for automatically registering complaints against calling parties Disclosed is a communication system that is adapted to notify a calling party that no further call attempts should be made and to automatically register a complaint with a calling party complaint registration database. The calling party complaint database is further... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277529 | System and method for voice mail service in an environment having multiple voice mail technology platforms Voice mail service in an environment having multiple voice mail technology platforms is provide by an Automatic Message Attendant (AMA) device and a subscriber profile database. The AMA device has a platform selector element that queries the subscriber profile datab... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277535 | Controlling connection processing A method, telecommunication system and a network node for controlling processing of a connection, particularly when information necessary for the controlling is available at an early stage. At least one processing instance is formed for the connection to control eve... | 10/02/2007 |
