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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7991128 | Mirroring of conversation stubs A computer implemented method and computer program product for managing conversational input. The process authenticates a user on a device in a set of communication devices for manipulating conversation stubs. The process monitors an exchange of conversation for a t... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7436940 | Methods and systems for enabling a reply call to voice mail message Methods and systems for enabling a subscriber to reply to a voice mail message that has been made available for the subscriber at a voice mail system (VMS). In response to an indication, the VMS transmits a release message with respect to the subscriber's communicat... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424098 | Selectable audio and mixed background sound for voice messaging system Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by selectably mixing one or more sound files with a telephone caller's voice message, either as background for that message or embedded within the message. Or, the mixing may occur within a t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7411984 | Method of providing tone information to nodes in a packet network Telephone tones such as dialing tones and busy or engaged tones differ in different countries and in traditional telephone networks it has been possible to deal with this because national telephone networks have been used. However, with the advent of next generation... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7372948 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information A method and apparatus permit handling of unwanted calls from callers such as telemarketers, when caller identification is provided. In one embodiment, the called party adds the caller identification information for the telemarketer to a personal list after receivin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369649 | System and method for caller initiated voicemail annotation and its transmission over IP/SIP for flexible and efficient voice mail retrieval A voice-mail annotation system and method that enables callers to annotate the messages they leave at the time they leave them. Annotation may be performed using a touch screen or a telephone key-pad. In addition to allowing the caller to more clearly specify the in... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359491 | Saving information from information retrieval systems A method and system for allowing a calling party to save information obtained from an information retrieval system. The caller may select options to save the information to a memory location, e.g., the caller's own network-based voice mail system or a temporary voic... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353181 | Allocating freight haulage jobs In one aspect, a global freight haulage job manager is configured collect excess capacity information and freight haulage job information on the fly, and automatically match freight haulage jobs to excess capacity in real time. The global freight haulage job manager... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340050 | Apparatus and method for controlling incoming melody In an apparatus and method for controlling an incoming melody, a receiver's telephone terminal allows a caller who transmits a call request signal to select a specific receiver with whom the caller wants to establish a voice call. The receiver's telephone terminal o... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336656 | Method for handling incoming calls directed to a virtual communication service subscriber via a shared line system A method of handling incoming calls directed to a virtual communication subscriber is disclosed. An incoming call intended for the virtual communication subscriber is received at a communication device. A call is placed to the communication device using contact info... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324635 | 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... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317929 | Delivery of voice data from multimedia messaging service messages This invention makes it possible to deliver the voice portion of a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message to a recipient without requiring the recipient wireless stations to be MMS-enabled. A sender creates an MMS message, and sends it to the wireless station of... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317908 | Transferring voice mail messages in text format In different embodiments, the invention contemplates a device, system, and method of transferring a voice mail message in text format on a per use basis. The inventive method includes receiving a voice mail message directed to a telephone number, correlating the tel... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313530 | Methods and systems for generating and displaying the capacity of a delivery management system The present invention is adapted to calculate expected capacity utilization information by zone for a respective delivery agent within the zone then to display delivery agent shipping capacity information via a communications network. The present invention further p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305079 | Method and apparatus for communicating with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305357 | Method and system for providing and controlling delivery of content on-demand over a cable television network and a data network A system and method for delivering content on-demand by way of a cable network are disclosed. Provision of such content is controlled over a data network. Advantageously, a user interface at a conventional computing device may be used to order content and to control... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295664 | Automated telephone attendant A telephony system (100) includes a user device (110, 130) configured to enable a user of the telephony system (100) to place and receive telephone calls, and a service node (180, 185) configured to communicate with the user device (11... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286653 | Saving information from information retrieval systems A method and system are provided for allowing a calling party to save for subsequent retrieval and review information obtained from an information retrieval system. A calling party places a call to either an interactive voice information retrieval system or to a tel... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7260190 | System and method for managing voicemails using metadata A system and method for managing voicemails using metadata is presented. The metadata includes an audible introduction which a user records and associates the audible introduction to a voicemail. The user is also able to associate other types of metadata to a voicem... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257528 | Method and apparatus for Chinese character text input A method and apparatus for inputting Chinese character text into a machine such as a word processor or personal computer. The system consists of an apparatus which forms a closed feedback loop with the operator. The operator supplies stroke selections and other data... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251253 | Audio packet communications system, network telephone terminal and special packet process method A host apparatus incorporates a holding-tone generator. The holding-tone generator generates a holding-tone packet. The holding-tone packet is broadcast, as a broadcast packet, to network telephone terminals. Each network telephone terminal receives the holding-tone... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251477 | Method for storing and reproducing a voice message in a mobile telephone A method for managing voice messages in a mobile telephone, including a voice message store mode and a voice message reproduce mode. In the voice message store mode, the remaining memory capacity is calculated first, and, if there is sufficient memory, the voice mes... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243074 | Capacity monitoring process for a goods delivery system A method for determining capacity utilization and predicting the future capacity utilization of a goods delivery system from a supplier to a buyer utilizing a system having at least one delivery agent, at least one store, at least one manufacturer, and a plurality o... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241946 | Method and device for music format switching A method and device for music format switching. A tone editor is first selected to compose ring tones in accordance with a first music format. It is determined whether a switch operation has been executed. If the switch operation has been executed, the ring tones ar... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233321 | Pointing device with integrated audio input A mobile personal digital assistant (PDA) allows a user to enter information using both a touch screen and voice commands with a stylus. The stylus includes a microphone positioned at one end, and a transmitter for transmitting received voice signals to either a per... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7224963 | System method and computer program product for managing themes in a mobile phone Themes provide the mobile phone with changeable characteristics pertaining to the appearance and sound presented by the mobile phone. A theme profile associated with the mobile phone contains data pertaining to which theme to apply to the mobile phone and when to tr... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221742 | Voicemail box with caller-specific storage folders A method and system are provided for creating and utilizing caller-specific memory locations or folders within a single voicemail box of a telecommunications network-based voicemail system. A subscriber to voicemail services sets up a plurality of caller-specific me... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7194081 | Communication interface between PC's and auxiliary platforms in an intelligent network This invention relates to user access device to intelligent services of an intelligent network (IN) comprising a service control point (2) that communicates with at least one group of physical entities (4, 6, 8) designed to provide at least one initial... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190950 | Storage of voicemail messages at an alternate storage location A method and system are provided for storing received voicemail messages to alternate storage locations. A subscriber to voicemail services provides a voicemail system with an address or a number of addresses to which the subscriber may forward voicemail messages fo... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184531 | System and method for authorizing a party to join a conference A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for allowing an authorized party to join a conference are provided. In some embodiments, an application may create or generate a request for an MCU to handle an ad-hoc or meet-me type conference. The appl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181003 | Direct drive for a subscriber line differential ringing signal A method of generating a subscriber line ringing signal includes the step of applying a time-varying waveform W(t) to the tip line while maintaining the ring line at a pre-determined supply level for a duration T/2. The time-varying waveform is subsequently applied ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181004 | Direct drive for a subscriber line differential ringing signal having a DC offset A method of generating a subscriber line differential ringing signal with a DC component includes providing a time-varying supply level, W(t), having a plurality of non-equidistantly spaced critical points along a folding line. W(t) is coupled to the tip line while ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7151821 | Realcall message delivery system with echo cancellation Interactive system for responding to conditions after an answering machine has been detected in an automatic telephone number dialing and announcing system so that realistic sounding recorded messages can be delivered without truncation. The system starts by: placin... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145989 | Pre-paid telephone calling card having an associated pre-recorded personal greeting System and a method for recording a personal greeting associated with a pre-paid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and a personal greeting. Also... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136472 | System and method for privacy management A privacy management system is disclosed for when a calling party has a private telephone number. Privacy screening services allow a subscriber to manage and monitor incoming telephone calls, such that unwanted calls are not terminated to the subscriber. When a call... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133504 | Non-voice completion of voice calls The present invention relates to a system for allowing a caller to leave a voice message for a called party, who is unavailable, such that the voice message is transferred to the called party in a non-voice format. The present invention enables the user to automatic... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133850 | Postage system having telephone answering and message retrieval capability A postage system includes a data center, a population of postage metering systems and a control system that is in operative communication with the data center and the population of postage metering systems. The population of postage metering systems are located remo... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133687 | Delivery of voice data from multimedia messaging service messages A sender can create and send an instant voice message that can be delivered to recipients with SMS-enabled wireless stations regardless of the other communication capabilities of the wireless stations and the network or network service providers of the recipients. T... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130582 | Wireless communication system A communication link is established between wireless communication devices when an audio tone emitted by a first device is detected by a second device. ... | 10/31/2006 |
