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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7986770 | Method and apparatus for obtaining telephone status over a network A system and method for monitoring the state of a structure over a network. The system and method provides for providing the status of a monitoring device to a status file. The status file is accessible over the Internet by computer so that a party can first determi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7751532 | Call tracking system The embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses for tracking data calls placed to or from a terminal of a call service subscriber using of an advanced intelligent network in real time in a communications network. A SDS query to an SCP in communication with a datab... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7734018 | System and method for establishing a call between a calling party and a called party over a wired network A system and method for establishing a telephone call between a calling party telephone and a called party telephone over a wired network. A telephone number associated with the called party telephone is monitored using a telephone status monitor to obtain a status ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7440558 | Telephony security system A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling and logging access between an enterprise's end-user stations and their respective circuits into the public switched telephone network (PSTN). One or more rules are de... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440562 | Phone line supervisory controls Controlling use of a telephone line includes receiving a specification from a first entity that defines one or more supervisory controls on use of a controlled telephone line by a second entity. The supervisory controls specify people with whom the second entity may... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437454 | Low-impact method and apparatus for maintaining network access servers A method of performing maintenance on a network access server having associated channels carrying incoming digital or analog traffic determines whether maintenance is needed on a network access server and then communicating a busy condition of any unused associated ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7388947 | Controllable telecommunications switch reporting compatible with voice grade lines Data generated at a telecommunications network switching node is selectively delivered to one or more data receiving device (e.g., data “collection box”) connected to the network, and command and control signaling is transmitted from the data receiving device to... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370099 | Cluster computing system and its failover method A cluster computing system includes an active system and a standby system connected via wire networks. The active system and the standby system each has a wireless communications apparatus, such that when all of the wire networks connecting the active system with th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356348 | Method and apparatus for providing telecommunications over a cable network employing a wireless communication path as an alternative backup path A cable telephony network for providing a communications path connecting a first device and a second device. The communications path is selectable between a first communications path and a second communications path. The network comprises a broadband cable system, p... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353295 | Distributed services architecture through use of a dynamic service point map An information management system within a client/server based computer system is disclosed. The information management system manages information as to the dynamic locations and continuous changes relating to services offered within the computer system. The informat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334038 | Broadband service control network Services are provided in an architecture utilizing a framework of standardized interconnection mechanisms that allow for the dynamic addition of new services that meet rules for the distributed services network. Likewise, new agents may readily be added to the netwo... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333445 | Method and system for monitoring and recording voice from circuit-switched via a packet-switched network Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for monitoring and recording voice from circuit-switched switches via a packet-switched network. A circuit-switched or VoIP recording system may record and/or live-monitor telephone calls ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328005 | Information storage system Method and customer information system with a processor and memory, from which information is retrievable, whereby such system: can communicate with several remote data sources; can import from those several data s... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7289617 | Phone line supervisory controls Controlling use of a telephone line includes receiving a specification from a first entity that defines one or more supervisory controls on use of a controlled telephone line by a second entity. The supervisory controls specify people with whom the second entity may... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283816 | Apparatus and process for a universal diagnostic monitor module on a wireless device A wireless device includes a communications processing engine having a plurality of diagnostic data relating to the operation of the wireless device on a wireless network; a computer platform having a universal diagnostic monitor module operable to retrieve selected... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277528 | Call-content determinative selection of interception access points in a soft switch controlled network By selecting access points specific to the various components of call-content of a call, a monitoring agency is ensured of obtaining the call-content of each participant in telephone call irrespective of call transfers and network reconfiguration. Devices in the tel... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7257199 | Telephony based remote location monitoring A method, system, and program for telephony based remote location monitoring are provided. A telephone network receives the caller request to listen only to a remote location telephony device. The telephone network allocates a listen only channel between the caller ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245702 | Method and apparatus for determining and reporting the operational status of an integrated services hub The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for determining and reporting the operational status of an integrated services hub. The AC power supply and wide area network connection of the integrated services hub are monitored, and a signal is sent to a us... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230811 | Modular power line network adapter A modular feed-though adapter that allows an electrical connection to a power line network adapter without “using up” an electrical outlet is described. In one embodiment, the modular feed-through adapter also provides noise filtering to protect electrical equip... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224672 | XDSL modem A reception result of an analog signal transmitted from a local switch to a subscriber line, or a voltage difference corresponding to a line current is analyzed, and a transmission characteristic in the subscriber line is evaluated based on an analyzing result. The ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225000 | Communication apparatus The mobile communication apparatus informs occurrence of a missed event with a vibrator 54 in response to the detection of a second state that a case separates from the other case in the apparatus. For example, the missed event can be that the apparatus has a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212496 | Remote test unit A remote test unit (RTU) and method of operation are provided for utilizes the ability of an access matrix ability to route signals. The RTU can emulate a central Digital Subscriber Line Modem (DSLM-C) for testing customer premises equipment containing a remote Digi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206322 | System and method for using ADSL for introducing multiple derived lines over a single line A system and method for providing a plurality of voice and data communication lines using an ADSL local loop communication line over existing premises wire comprising a network interface device (NID), the NID receiving the ADSL local loop communication line from an ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203580 | Electrical control unit and control system comprising plural electrical control units When ENG frames created in an ENG transceiver unit and ECT frames subjected to gateway processing in an ECT gateway processor are transmitted around the same time, a transmission mediating unit alternately transmits each of the ENG frames and the ECT frames. Therefo... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7175079 | Method and system for online purchasing Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to online purchasing via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an appropriate sensing device. The sensing device communicates with a ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174147 | Bandpass filter with tunable resonator A tunable bandpass filter is provided that comprises a first shunt-connected ferroelectric (FE) tunable tank circuit having a first node to accept an input signal. A second shunt-connected FE tunable tank circuit has a second node to supply a bandpass filtered signa... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7161962 | Method and apparatus for coding modem signals for transmission over voice networks A method and apparatus of transmitting a modulated data over a digital voice network that includes voice compression. The method and apparatus determine whether a voice signal to be transmitted over the network includes a modulated data signal and then encodes or de... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158614 | Metallic test access for xDSL connectors A metal port block is used on an intermediate distributor or vertical terminal block in a connection architecture to obtain a metal contact of the combined voice and data signals, which can subsequently be monitored by a test rack, without needing to disconnect or r... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158506 | Data manager for wireless communication devices and method of managing data in a wireless device A data manager, and a method of managing data, for a wireless device. The data manager includes a data receiver that receives voice data over the internet protocol connection, a data sender that sends other voice data over the internet protocol connection, a data re... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155004 | System and method of delivering DSL services A system and method for delivering digital subscriber line (DSL) service to a subscriber from a remote terminal of a telephone network. Included is a first route for delivering a telephone signal to the subscriber, and a second route for passing the telephone signal... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151954 | Cellular phone set and incoming call notification control method used therein This invention is associated with an incoming call notification technique in a cellular phone set. In the cellular phone set of this invention, when a radio wave directed to the cellular phone set is received, the reception electric field strength level of the radio... | 12/19/2006 |
| RE39432 | Impedance blocking filter circuit An impedance blocking filter circuit is provided for use in telecommunication systems for interconnecting between incoming telephone lines and customer's terminal equipment so as to unconditionally block impedances above 20 KHz due to the customer's terminal equipme... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7136270 | Surge protector including data pass-through A surge suppressor includes a high-pass filter configured to pass signals in the range suitable for use in a powerline network. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130609 | Wireless backup telephone device and associated support system A wireless telephone backup device for landline telephone equipment that may be located on the customer side of the landline service connection, typically in a restricted access location, such as an attic, basement, or utility closet. An interconnection circuit in t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130628 | Integrated wireless/wireline registration Systems and methods are presented in which a routing number for telecommunication environments are stored in both a wireless network and a landline network. By storing the routing number at both the wireless network and the landline network, a “tromboning” effec... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124313 | Data processing device and method of controlling power consumption in back-light in data processing device A data processing device includes (a) a display unit, (b) a light-emitting unit which illuminates the display unit, (c) a communication unit which makes radio communication with other data processing devices, (d) a detector which detects whether the communication un... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120239 | System and method for providing no answer detail service for telephone calls that are not completed Call detail service is provided using a trigger that only activates after the disposition of a telephone call is known, for example, a T-Busy and/or a T_NoAnswer. When a telephone call encounters the T-Busy or T_NoAnswer trigger a terminating central office switch a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7110931 | Advanced electronic signal conditioning assembly and method An advanced electronic signal conditioning circuit and associated housing elements. In one embodiment, the circuit comprises a plurality of coupled inductors and capacitors arranged in a signal filtering configuration which achieves enhanced voice- and DSL-band perf... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103164 | Computer telephony integration A CTI system in which a user's profile comprises a workgroup containing the names of other users in whose telephony status he is interested, e.g. whether they are free or busy. The user's client displays a respective icon for each of his workgroup members, the icon ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103379 | Wearable electronic device Disclosed is a wearable electronic device including a processing device, memory that stores organization data, a wireless receiver that receives organization data, and a display that displays organization information to a user, wherein the electronic device is subst... | 09/05/2006 |
