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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180028 | System and method for called party controlled message delivery Disclosed are systems and methods which allow a calling party to store messages for a called party even if the called party does not already have message storage facilities, provided the calling party and/or called party meet certain parameters. Delivery of the mess... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170184 | Systems and methods for recording resource association in a recording environment Included are embodiments for channel mapping. At least one embodiment of a system includes an initiating component configured to initiate a communication with a communications device, the communications device being coupled to a first extension. Some embodiments inc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8121267 | Forked-call ringback replacement system A ringback replacement system for modifying or replacing certain communications network signals and tones in a roaming, forked-call, forwarded-call, or mobility environment is disclosed. Communications devices activate and interact with the ringback replacement syst... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8102978 | Storage-enabled facilities Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for enabling network facilities with data storage capability. A data connection is established to a storage device. Customer-defined electronic data is communicated to the storage device via the data connection. At lea... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8050389 | Method and system for automatically selecting outgoing voicemail messages A system for automatically selecting an outgoing message for an incoming call. In response to receiving an incoming call, a calling party is identified. The identified calling party is compared against call log data to determine that the identified calling party has... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8031843 | Voice message recall A system and method for canceling a message sent to a recipient prior to retrieval by the recipient. A telephone call is received by a network from a calling party who desires to cancel a message left for a recipient through an earlier call from the calling party to... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019059 | Method, system and article of manufacture for bookmarking voicemail messages A voicemail system includes a voicemail bookmarking procedure that permits users to bookmark voicemail messages during message playback. Upon receiving a bookmark request from a user, the procedure generates a bookmark pointer defining a starting point for subsequen... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7978831 | Methods and apparatus for defending against telephone-based robotic attacks using random personal codes Methods and apparatus are provided for defending against telephone-based robotic attacks. An interactive voice response method is disclosed, comprising the steps of obtaining a script to present to a caller, the script including at least one menu option having at le... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7961854 | System to record and analyze voice message usage information A voice message system records voice message usage information by creating voice message records when a voice message is sent and when it is received. The voice message record includes: the voice message, a voice message sender identity, a voice message recipient id... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953212 | Method and system for call, facsimile and electronic message forwarding A method and system are provided for forwarding telephone calls, facsimile transmissions and electronic messages to a single forwarding telephone number. The telephone calls, fax transmissions and electronic messages are first forwarded to a central forwarding repos... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945030 | Accessing messages stored in one communication system by another communication system The present disclosure provides systems and methods for accessing messages in one communication system by another communication system. In some embodiments, a request to access data is received from a second communication system. The data is located at a first commu... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945029 | Translation server for facilitating operations with multiple media messaging systems A telecommunications network includes multiple media messaging systems, such as voicemail platforms. A translation server stores messaging system data that associates each mailbox with a routing address (e.g., an IP address) that can be used to reach the media messa... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7924987 | Methods, apparatus and data structures for managing distributed communication systems Methods and apparatus for authorizing and allocating outdial communication services are disclosed. A disclosed system comprises an application server to initiate an outdial communication service, a gateway to transport the outdial communication service from the appl... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912189 | Failover voice messaging An improved approach to failover voice messaging services is provided. In one example, a method includes detecting a network communication interruption between a branch office and a main office, provisioning a mailbox of a failover voice messaging system of the bran... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907707 | Techniques for storing real-time voice messages in a caller's voicemail box Techniques for storing voicemails in real-time in a caller's voicemail system when a voicemail is left in a callee's voicemail system are provided. A connection to the callee's voicemail system is detected during a call from the caller to the callee. When a voicemai... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7885391 | System and method for call center dialog management A system and method for call center dialog management is disclosed. The method discloses: presenting a contact with a first call center dialog segment having a current call center dialog property; receiving from the contact a contact dialog segment; identifying a di... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885392 | Method and apparatus for enhanced voice message addressing and playback via a phone interface Systems and methods for delivering voicemail messages to multiple recipients are disclosed. A system is provided that allows users of voicemail systems to record a voicemail or video message and select multiple recipients to receive the message. The sender may desig... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7817787 | Voice mail apparatus and control method of voice mail apparatus According to one embodiment, a voice mail apparatus includes a voice processor which processes voice messages by a arbitrary processing gain, a gain controller which monitors a signal level of an output signal of the voice processor, and controls the processing gain... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7801286 | Method and system for managing voice mail boxes An improved arrangement for managing voice mail boxes. A group voice mail account will be defined to include a general mailbox and two or more sub-mailboxes. For each sub-mailbox, the voice mail account will define a respective pass code that can be used as a key fo... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7756258 | Communications system with direct access mailbox A communication system (1) in which a user (A) can elect to leave a message directly in the mailbox (11a) of another user (B) without calling or disturbing user (B). A store (database 7) is generated and maintained which identifies those ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751538 | Policy based information lifecycle management A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing a lifecycle of an auditory communication is disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises receiving an auditory communication with associated data representing identified keywords in the communication and ca... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7734023 | System and method for message storage assurance in a geographically distributed voice messaging system A voice messaging system comprises a common message store, a local data store located remotely from the common message store, and a media server. The media server is operable to receive a call directed to a number serviced by the media server, prompt the user for a ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7697667 | Voicemail recall feature A voicemail apparatus comprises a voicemail database for storing messages awaiting retrieval by a subscriber, wherein each stored message comprises a message header and message data, the message header including a calling party phone number and calling party network... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7664236 | Forked-call ringback replacement system A system for customizing a communications network, the system including a first communications station associated with a calling party, a second communication station associated with a called party, a storage device containing at least one announcement, and a commun... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657008 | Storage-enabled telecommunications network Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for enabling a telecommunications network with data storage capability. A data connection is established to a storage device. The storage device is associated with a telecommunications network facility. Customer-define... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7620160 | Announcing presence information during telephone call ringback A method and system for outputting a call announcement based on presence information of a callee as a ringback tone is provided. The announcement system is provided with presence information of users. When the telephone system receives an indication of an incoming c... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7620161 | 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... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7609822 | Methods and apparatus for implementing voice messaging using E-mail Methods and apparatus for controlling and retrieving messages from multiple voice mail systems used by a single individual are described. A voice messaging retrieval and forwarding (VMRAF) system checks a subscriber's voice message systems for messages, retrieves th... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7570747 | Private branch exchange (PBX), voice store equipment, message processing method, program and recording medium A PBX which accommodates an extension station and voice store equipment, the PBX comprising a controller for controlling interconnection between the extension or the voice store equipment and an outside line, the controller including: a destination extension number ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7564956 | Method, system and article of manufacture for bookmarking voicemail messages A voicemail system includes a voicemail bookmarking procedure that permits users to bookmark voicemail messages during message playback. Upon receiving a bookmark request from a user, the procedure generates a bookmark pointer defining a starting point for subsequen... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7561680 | System and method for called party controlled message delivery Disclosed are systems and methods which allow a calling party to store messages for a called party even if the called party does not already have message storage facilities, provided the calling party and/or called party meet certain parameters. Delivery of the mess... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7551729 | Method and apparatus for increasing channel capacity in an IP-based voice messaging system A method and apparatus for increasing channel capacity in an Internet-based voice messaging system. Voice messages are stored in client mailboxes in the voice compression format they are received in a call answering session. During a message pickup session, the voic... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7535999 | Voice mail bridging in communication systems Communication systems and methods are disclosed that provide a voice mail bridging service. A communication network attempts to connect a call between a calling party and a called party. The called party has a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding with a plur... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7499531 | Method and system for information lifecycle management A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing a lifecycle of an auditory communication is disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises receiving an auditory communication with associated data representing identified keywords in the communication and ca... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499530 | System and method for on-demand recording Disclosed is a system and method for on-demand recording of telephone, computer, or video signals. Once a connection is established, the communication signals are sent through an intermediary device, which duplicates the signals. The signals are then stored in memor... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7466804 | Method and system for call, facsimile and electronic message forwarding A method and system are provided for forwarding telephone calls, facsimile transmissions and electronic messages to a single forwarding telephone number. The telephone calls, fax transmissions and electronic messages are first forwarded to a central forwarding repos... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7460654 | Processing of enterprise messages integrating voice messaging and data systems An enterprise system includes multiple disparate information systems, such as voice and data systems. An integration server provides for the interaction of information between these systems through the use of enterprise messages and processing rules. Enterprise mess... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7443965 | Integrated voice and data interoperability platform Disclosed is a communication server that includes a message transfer unit that transfers messages sent between a first user communicating under a first communication system and a second user communicating under a second communication system. For example, the communi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440563 | Telecommunication and advertising business model and method of utilizing same A telecommunication and advertising business model and method of utilizing same that permits users to make telephone calls for a predetermined amount of time according to the destination of the call. The telecommunication and advertising business model is controlled... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440555 | Method and apparatus for rendering audio streams from textual content for delivery to a user Responsive to an incoming telephone call, a session server consults pre-stored caller preferences to generate a source file of caller-specific audio content, then conducts an interactive playback session audibly presenting the content to the caller. Each call's sour... | 10/21/2008 |
