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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8149994 | Electronic surveillance system in communication network and method thereof Provided are an electronic surveillance system and a method thereof. In the electronic surveillance system that performs electronic surveillance on a subscriber in a communication network, the electronic surveillance system includes: one or more communication servic... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8005192 | Methods and apparatus for reducing data capture and storage requirements for call and transaction related message monitoring and fraud detection Systems for monitoring, storage, and analysis of information in signaling messages, communicated from originating networks to a destination network through one or more intermediate networks are described. Correlation and comparison between signaling messages of inte... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7609818 | Methods and apparatus for reducing data capture and storage requirements for call and transaction related message monitoring and fraud detection Systems for monitoring, storage, and analysis of information in signaling messages, communicated from originating networks to a destination network through one or more intermediate networks are described. Correlation and comparison between signaling messages of inte... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7362851 | Location ID service for telephone calls A system for providing location ID services for telephone calls transfers location data describing the location of the calling device to the called device. Rather than or in addition to providing the name and telephone number as is done through the conventional call... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7301910 | Methods and systems for automated analysis of signaling link utilization Methods and systems for automated analysis of signaling link utilization are disclosed. A method for automatically analyzing signaling link utilization includes displaying signaling link utilization data to a user via a computer display device. User input regarding ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296079 | Method and system for initializing protocol information used to extract status information from networked devices A method, system, and computer program product for managing information used by a plurality of communication protocols to extract status information related to a monitored device among distinct devices communicatively coupled to a network. The method includes select... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286647 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing configurable telecommunications detail record adapter Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a configurable telecommunications detail record adapter are disclosed. In one method, a user defines input data formats and output data formats via a graphical user interface. The text entered by the user... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277532 | Call monitoring apparatus and method therefor In a signalling network employing the SS7 signalling protocol, it is known to use masks to mine CDR stores in order to obtain data for analysis in respect of a particular customer of a communications network associated with the signalling network. However, the use o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7260101 | Auto-configuration process for a point code in a common channel signaling network Configuration of a new point code connected to a SS7 network through a MTP level 3 aligned link, involves listening to point code status massages originating from distant point codes and forwarded on said link. When a message originating from an unknown distant poin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7224686 | Method of and apparatus for mediating common channel signaling messages between networks using a pseudo-switch A communication network includes an SS7 Security Gatekeeper that authenticates and validates network control messages within, transiting, entering and leaving an overlying control fabric such as an SS7 network. The SS7 Security Gatekeeper incorporates several levels... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7203289 | Method and system for detecting an atypical occurrence within a telecommunications network A method for detecting an atypical occurrence, such as a public health crisis, within a given region in a telecommunications network. The method includes assigning a given weight to each of a plurality of destination addresses within the region according to a weight... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203304 | Call progress tone generation in a communication system In a communication system, call tones are individually associated with call messages. The communication system comprises a wireless communication system and a wireless user device. The wireless user device transfers a call tone request to the wireless communication ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7139823 | Dynamic intelligent discovery applied to topographic networks A method, system, and computer program product for discovering status of a network topology. A network management framework provides the ability to specify a method for determining how to gather status of a data processing system. A data gathering technique (DGT) ma... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139384 | System and method for mixed mode communications in an advanced intelligent network telephone system A system and method of processing calls in a telephone network having advanced intelligent network (AIN) capabilities is provided. The method includes the step of coordinating the use of an indirect interface and a direct interface over direct and indirect data path... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137074 | System and method for displaying alarm status The invention provides an improved automated system and method for monitoring the states of other systems. In one embodiment, the inventive system and method may be employed by an operations console that is monitoring the state of one or more data processing systems... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130397 | Apparatus, and an associated method, for detecting a mass call event and for ameliorating the effects thereof Apparatus, and an associated method, for detecting and facilitating amelioration of mass call event in a telephonic network. A detector monitors call attempts to form call connections during operation of the telephonic network. When more than a selected level of cal... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127054 | System and method for detecting SS7 messaging inefficiency The present invention uses a software program to analyze all of the SS7 message traffic in a telephone network. By comparing point codes in the message data, the present invention can detect invalid and undesirable network inefficiencies in different types of teleph... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120833 | Error codes in Agent X The solution involves placing additional information in the AgentX error status field. In a preferred embodiment, the Agent X error status field is a 32-bit field. The lower 5 bits are reserved for the SNMP-defined error codes which are very general in nature and, t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107496 | Method, apparatus, computer-readable media and user interface for annunciating problems in a system A method, apparatus, computer-readable media and user interface for annunciating problems in a system. The method involves producing signals for concurrently indicating a plurality of system problems and problem priority information associated with the system proble... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103034 | Approach for tracking internet protocol telephony devices in networks An approach for tracking IP telephony devices in a network generally involves detecting changes in physical connections of IP telephony devices to the network by evaluating address data for the IP telephony devices. Address data for the telephony devices is evaluate... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099779 | Information processing apparatus, monitoring method and program, and memory medium In a network print environment in which printers of various residual amount outputting methods exist mixedly, in an information processing apparatus for monitoring a supplement of consumables which are used in the printer which can communicate via a communication li... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099285 | Remote configuration of a subnet configuration table in a network device A multiport switching device includes a configuration table that stores associations between addresses of subnets directly connected to the switching device and the port number of the multiport switching device that leads to the subnet. A host processor connected to... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092504 | Method and system for presenting data stored within a network component A method, system, and medium for retrieving information stored within a telecommunications-network component is provided. The method includes presenting component information to a user in response to providing one or more links upon which to derive information. The ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7068773 | Methods and systems for load sharing signaling messages among signaling links in networks utilizing international signaling protocols Methods and systems for load sharing signaling messages among signaling links in a network utilizing an international signaling protocol are disclosed. A routing node receives a signaling message formatted according to an international signaling protocol. The routin... | 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 |
| 7062264 | Network testing systems A method of testing a digital mobile phone network such as a GPRS or 3G network comprises creating test traffic using an unmodified test mobile phone coupled to a computer, and using the computer to measure a parameter associated with the network's response to the t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058166 | System and method for real-time fraud detection within a telecommunications system Real time detection of the fraudulent use of a telecommunications network is accomplished by analyzing data for each call that is occurring within the network. A signal protocol receiver is used to collect signaling protocol for each call that is occurring within th... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054431 | Method and system for generating call data reports A method and system for generating customer reports based on station message detail recording (SMDR) data includes a service control point (SCP) in a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN). The service control point samples calling data from multiple serv... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050564 | Call progress tone generation in a communication system A communication system is disclosed that generates call progress tones for a call. The communication system is comprised of a calling device and an originating system. Examples of the calling device include a telephone, a cellular phone, a computer, and a fax machin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050549 | Real time call trace capable of use with multiple elements A system for testing and monitoring the operation of telephone systems uses a call trace method for capturing messages associated with a phone call. The system can provide an indication as to the time a particular triggering signaling message (e.g., IAM or RLC messa... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7035387 | Methods and systems for detecting and mitigating intrusion events in a communications network Methods and systems for detecting intrusion events, such as war dialing events are disclosed. According to one method, signaling messages associated with calls being made or attempted in a telecommunications network are analyzed. Based on the signaling messages, it ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028225 | Application manager for monitoring and recovery of software based application processes A constant monitoring and recovery system that enables the measurement of task usage/metrics and performance of software-based business applications. These metrics can then be evaluated by logic, in combination with each other and/or a timer, in a distributed enviro... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010782 | Interactive automatic-test GUI for testing devices and equipment using shell-level, CLI, and SNMP commands A test manager software program includes an interactive test graphical-user-interface (GUI) for testing network devices using high-level networking commands. The test GUI allows the test engineer user to enter high-level commands such as Simple Networking Management... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003080 | Methods and apparatus for reducing data capture and storage requirements for call and transaction related message monitoring and fraud detection Systems for monitoring, storage, and analysis of information in signaling messages, communicated from originating networks to a destination network through one or more intermediate networks are described. Correlation and comparison between signaling messages of inte... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002951 | Automatic voicemail announcements with multimedia attachments A network system and method use a distributed network and a network processor connected to the network. System data storage is provided connected to the processor. Administrator data packets including contact telephone data and voice packets are sent by the processo... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996225 | Arrangement for controlling congestion in an SS7 signaling node based on packet classification A signaling network node is configured for identifying a received signaling message as belonging to one of a plurality of prescribed originating node groups, based on prescribed message class selection criteria. Each originating node group has at least one originati... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980821 | Call center access in a push to talk based call system A dispatch based call system configured to contact a call center using a single unique name or number. Multiple users are able to simultaneously dispatch the single generic call center number and communicate with a unique end station or individual at the call center... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976076 | Architecture for the graphical management and analysis of authentication tokens An analysis of at least one authentication token for an application is provided. At least one login module within the application is identified. Responsive to a failure to access the application, principal information is retrieved associated with the at least one lo... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975705 | System, method and apparatus for capturing and processing call processing failures occurring at a telephone switch control processor A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for capturing call processing failures in a telecommunication system occurring at a telecommunication switch control processor as the failures occur. The system includes a computing system adapted for communicating with th... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970540 | Detection of common information elements in PSTN call processing patterns A system and method for detection of invalid and undesirable conditions associated with a telephone network. The invalid and undesirable conditions can include, for example, call looping, misrouting, mass calling, and excessive redialing. Initial Address Messages as... | 11/29/2005 |
