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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8135127 | Method and apparatus for detecting and responding to events occurring on remote telephone A process and a system are disclosed for detecting activity, e.g., three way calling, call forwarding, or the like, during a phone call. The process includes, and the system is configured for, establishing the call path between a first party and a second party, addi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7974402 | TDMA mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) with second order timing and tracking A communication system includes a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) and having a network clock time. A plurality of wireless communications links connects the mobile nodes together. Each mobile node includes a communications device an... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7783031 | Method for translating a dialed string entered by a calling party A method and apparatus are disclosed for automatically translating the dialed string entered by a calling party to identify a called party into another dialed string. The string translation may be based, for example, on characteristics of the telephone number or tel... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7377952 | System and method for removing contaminates from the air in a mail-sorting room An air decontamination system including a sealed room to hold at least one person and the sealed room having an air inlet. The system further including a vacuum unit to create a negative pressure within the sealed room, by suctioning air through the air inlet into t... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7340048 | System and method for directory services and e-commerce across multi-provider networks The present invention solves the problem of cross-provider access proprietary information between unaffiliated and competing network providers, but not allow that information to be disclosed to competing providers. The invention provides a system that allows increas... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336158 | Status indicating doorbell A doorbell unit capable of displaying several status indicators or messages next to its activation button. The activation button is located on a display panel. The user can set the display panel to show a variety of messages, including “Do Not Ring,” “Ring Wit... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7269163 | Remote control telephone dialing system and method An apparatus for allowing a calling party to initiate a telephone call from an Internet-enabled device. The apparatus includes a server for receiving an originating telephone number and a destination telephone number in response to a command from the Internet-enable... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251317 | Methods and systems for making telephone calls Methods and systems are disclosed for making a call. In one embodiment, methods and systems may request the call using a network, initiate a first leg to a caller device based on the request, initiate a second leg to a receiver device based on the request, connect t... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7221950 | Auto sensing home base station for mobile telephone with remote answering capabilities The present invention discloses in one embodiment a mobile telephone capable of communicating with a home base station through radio signals. The mobile telephone registers with a home base station before beginning to communicate with the home base station. The home... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7200220 | Portable telephone maintenance service system and maintenance service method A portable telephone maintenance service system and maintenance service method for backup control of a portable telephone set, to make it possible to prevent misuse by third persons and to perform data restoration service. A maintenance service center is connected t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194083 | System and method for interfacing plain old telephone system (POTS) devices with cellular networks A system and method for interfacing plain old telephone system (PATS) devices with a cellular network is presented. In a broad sense, the system includes an interface that bridges the POTS devices with the cellular network. The interface is configured to convert POT... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7149514 | Cellular docking station A system for communicating with the user of a cellular telephone via the cellular mobile radio (CMR) system and the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A communications interface appends the telephone exchange number of an outgoing communication to include an ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146158 | Method and apparatus for reformatting dialed numbers A wireless communication unit (101) is operable to reformat dialed numbers according to dialing plans for a plurality of communication networks (103, 107, 109), where the unit comprises a transceiver (201) for communicating with any of the plura... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142663 | Global directory service with intelligent dialing A central directory system for a network of dial-up communication devices is described. In a preferred embodiment, the communication devices are videoconferencing devices. The system includes a directory management module coupled to the network and configured for im... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139370 | Using hyperlinks to establish call sessions A communication system includes various terminals that are capable of establishing call sessions over a data network. Each of the terminals includes a display in which hyperlinks can be presented. User selection of the hyperlinks is communicated to one or more appli... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7124172 | Method for providing anonymous browsing by transferring a request from a server to a relaying apparatus in response to the request generated at a client computer A network system and communication method of same, a communication system, an information relaying apparatus and method of the same, and an information providing apparatus, which prevent personal information from being revealed when requesting more detailed material... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120454 | Auto sensing home base station for mobile telephone with remote answering capabilites The present invention discloses in one embodiment a mobile telephone capable of communicating with a home base station through radio signals. The mobile telephone registers with a home base station before beginning to communicate with the home base station. The home... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116943 | System and method for classifying signals occuring in a frequency band A system and method for classifying signals occurring in a frequency band. One or more characteristics of one or more signals in the frequency band are detected using any suitable technology, such as a device that can generate characteristics of signal pulses detect... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7106842 | Method of detecting cut-off calls in a switching system A system and method for detecting cut-off of calls in a switching system records data corresponding to connection of a call in a first memory, records the call connection data in a second memory, and then at a later time and, for example, in response to a call relea... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7046755 | Digital access arrangement circuitry and method for connecting to phone lines having a DC holding circuit with switchable time constants A digital direct access arrangement (DAA) circuitry may be used to terminate the telephone connections at the user's end that provides a communication path for signals to and from the phone lines. Briefly described, the DAA provides a programmable means for the DC t... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6996072 | Method and apparatus for exchange of information in a communication network A technique for connecting a dialed B-party number to a data object is described. The connecting of a B-party number to a specific data object, hereafter referred to as phonepage, will allow an A-party direct access to information that a B-party wishes to display to... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6977909 | Method and apparatus for exchange of information in a communication network A technique for connecting a dialed B-party number to a data object is described. The connecting of a B-party number to a specific data object, hereafter referred to as phonepage, will allow an A-party direct access to information that a B-party wishes to display to... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975721 | Global directory service with intelligent dialing A central directory system for a network of dial-up communication devices is described. In a preferred embodiment, the communication devices are videoconferencing devices. The system includes a directory management module coupled to the network and configured for im... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968049 | Transmission of charging signals on a data transmission path An apparatus for transmitting charging signals on a data transmission path having a line impedance includes a driver device for setting a line voltage level that corresponds to the line impedance. The driver device is configured to provide, in response to a driver i... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6960244 | System and method for removing contaminates from the air in a mail-sorting room A system for removing contaminates from the air in a mail sorting room includes a vacuum unit and a filter, both of which may be located within this room. The vacuum unit creates a downwardly directed laminar flow of air which expels airborne particulates (e.g., ant... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956942 | Multi-modal address book A multi-modal address book for a customer associated with at least one account in an electronic communications environment is provided. The multi-modal address book is associated with a customized profile of the customer and has multiple entries. Each entry of the m... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952433 | Method for increasing the flexibility of a communication network with separated call control and bearer control A system and method that enables a more flexible architecture in communication networks with separated call control and bearer control. The invention enables full support of the advantages of a communication network with separated call control and bearer control whe... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6947747 | Implementation of basic call setup transporting layer address and logical point in forward direction in cellular networks with separation of call control and bearer control The invention herein relates to implementation of basic call setup for GSM/UMTS core networks, including supplementary services CFU, CFB, CFNREA, CFNRY, CW, HOLD and MPTY, with transporting Media Gateway address and logical point coding and framing information in a ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6813353 | Redundant operation of ring voltage generators utilizing voltage bus segmentation for fault isolation A redundant ringing signal generator subdivides a ringing signal bus into multiple ringing bus segments. A plurality of redundant ringing voltage generators sourcing internally and/or externally ringing voltages are individually and selectively connectable to the mu... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810120 | Method of determining answer supervision at a line appearance of a public switch telephone network Audible ring, which is provided to all line appearances, is detected and used to determine whether or not a far end party has answered, i.e., answer supervision, for equipment connected to the line appearance which requires answer supervision for proper operation. T... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6766016 | Supervisory control system In a supervisory control system where an upper supervisory control terminal supervises and controls transmitting devices, the upper supervisory control terminal has two supervisory states. The transmitting devices store state change information to be transmitted to ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6549546 | Call cut-off detection circuit for switch and method of the same A call cut-off detection circuit for a switch and a method of the same are disclosed. The circuit includes a time switch unit switching a first PCM data, a COB processing circuit combining the first PCM data and a first call state data or separating the f... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6498847 | Dialer programming and device with integrated printing process An improved account access system and device in which a portable electronic card may be loaded into a combined programming and printing system to be programmed with predetermined signals and imprinted with associated variable data. The predetermined and p... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6411693 | Long distance modem warning A computer implemented method is disclosed for automatically intercepting and analyzing computer modem commands for toll characteristics andthen alternatively permitting or preventing the computer modem command based on the results of the toll analysis an... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6343300 | File updating method capable of updating an operation file without interrupting online processing An input/output control device (11) comprises a dual processor system. Supplied with a file update request, first and second processors (12, 14) perform individual processing independently of each other. While the first processor (12) processes a processi... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6272212 | Telephone intercept apparatus and method for intercepting an outgoing telephone number A telephone intercept device interposed between a telephone company network and telecommunications equipment in a consumer unit. The telephone intercept device monitors outgoing telephone numbers and disconnects the telecommunications equipment from the t... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6256379 | Method and system for conveying supervision information A method and system for conveying supervision information to a call processing system using an intelligent network is provided. A call originating at the call processing system is received by a network switch. The network switch sends a query to a service... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6192123 | Method and apparatus for initiating telephone calls using a data network In accordance with the present invention a process for initiating a telephone call, comprises the steps, performed by a processor, of: receiving a network request identifying a telephone number and an account number; retrieving from the database a telepho... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6185294 | Method and apparatus for installing telephone intercom-voice messaging apparatus at doorbell for dwelling A doorbell response system in used in a dwelling including a telephone line and a telephone. The doorbell response system includes a doorbell, doorbell button, speaker, microphone, dialer to initiate the dialing of a telephone number, connection between t... | 02/06/2001 |
