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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130920 | System and method for providing network information service using CID-type messages A network-based announcement and message delivery service for providing a landline customer with information of interest such as weather, financial market data, time/temperature, sporting event results, etc. In a first embodiment, information is provided to a subscr... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7406330 | Method and system for extending IP PBX services to cellular wireless communication devices An IP PBX system that serves enterprise telephones via a landline IP network connection is be expanded to serve cellular wireless communication devices (WCD) via a cellular wireless carrier's radio access network (RAN). Calls to and from the cellular WCD are connect... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7327835 | Methods and systems for enabling return to same position in a review of messages in a voice mail system using tag or identifier stored in the voice mail system Methods and systems for enabling a subscriber to interrupt a review of messages in a voice mail system (VMS), to make a call or take some other action, and to return to the same position as occupied at the time of interruption in the review of messages in the VMS. I... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327723 | Computer, internet and telecommunications based network A method and apparatus for a computer and telecommunication network which can receive, send and manage information from or to a subscriber of the network, based on the subscriber's configuration. The network is made up of at least one cluster containing voice server... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310513 | Hand-ear user interface for hand-held device A hand-held information processing device, such as a mobile phone, has a thumb wheel that lets the user scan a circular array of options. Each respective one of the options is represented by a respective audio output that gets played out when the wheel is turned a n... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305488 | Routing of electronic messages using a routing map and a stateful script engine The present invention enables an electronic message to be distributed sequentially to selected recipients. The electronic message is associated with a routing map, which defines the route of the electronic message. The routing map includes a list of operations, at l... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302280 | Mobile phone operation based upon context sensing A mobile device is provided that includes at least one sensor that provides contextual information to the device. When the mobile device receives an incoming message, or notification, the device responds thereto based at least in part upon the contextual information... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7260384 | Method and system for dynamic selection of voice mail system A method for dynamically selecting a voice mail system to receive a call on behalf of a cellular wireless subscriber. A radio access network (RAN) receives a voice mail call request, and a policy server determines which of a plurality of voice mail systems should re... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7248678 | Methods and apparatus for routing and accounting of revenue generating calls using natural language voice recognition Techniques and systems for routing and information collection for telephone calls are described. Upon initiation of a revenue generating call, a data management module creates a call interaction record, including a unique call identifier and information generated by... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7218917 | Method for searching nodes for information A method by which one node can search for and retrieve information from another node. A message identifying the sought-for information item and an address is created at a first node. The address identifies a repository for the sought-for information. A second node r... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218710 | Separately secured voice messages Apparatus and processes to allow voice messages to be individually and/or separately secured by a caller for playback only by an intended person or persons. The voice messages are separately secured with security information contained in a header associated with eac... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7202978 | Facsimile telecommunications system and method A system and method for facilitating facsimile transmissions has one or more store and forward facilities. The store and forward facilities include a computer for controlling operations and mass data storage equipment. Subscriber mailboxes are provided as part of th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194075 | System and process for automatic storage, enforcement and override of consumer do-not-call requests A method of implementing call compliance at a central facility, the method involving: receiving a call from a caller on an incoming connection; enabling the caller on the incoming connection to initiate an outgoing call on an outgoing connection; receiving over the ... | 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 |
| 7184536 | Intelligent forwarded telephone call handling with a call answering system The present invention allows calls that have previously been handled by an answering system to be identified when they are forwarded from a switch back to the answering system. In one embodiment, the invention includes receiving an incoming call at an automated atte... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180889 | Personal control of address assignment and greeting options for multiple BRG ports A method and apparatus for providing multiple telephone lines using a single directory number. A method and apparatus for associating multiple directory numbers with multiple telephone lines. A broadband residential gateway (BRG) is a user interface to a broadband c... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7103156 | Telephony voice server A voice server for hosting telephony services can include a stack interface configured to exchange telephony signaling information with a circuit-switched to packet-switched interface and a plurality of core clients, each having a call model stored therein. Each cor... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099280 | Method and system for logging voice quality issues for communication connections A method and system for logging voice quality issues for a communication connection includes receiving a signal for logging quality information for a voice connection at an endpoint of the voice connection. Voice samples are collected from the voice connection at th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7079630 | Voicemail system component employment of internet protocol network to store or access one or more voicemail messages on one or more storage devices One or more voicemail system components of an apparatus in one example employ an internet protocol network to store or access one or more voicemail messages on one or more storage devices. The one or more voicemail system components are coupled with the one or more ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7054420 | Voice over IP telephone recording architecture A method and system is disclosed for on-demand recording of a voice session by a telephone recording device in a telecommunication network. After establishing a voice session between the telephone recording device and at least one communication device, a user of the... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7039205 | Techniques for audio transducer switching under programmatic and off hook interrupt control Techniques for configuring multiple audio transducers, including telephony devices, are provided. Audio configurations for the multiple audio input and output transducers can be selected by the user. When it is determined that a telephony device has gone off hook, t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7020252 | Group audio message board A communications system is provided comprising a communal audio message recordal apparatus GAMB (10) with multiple users (12) enabled to record and access recorded messages. The recordal of each message includes capture and storage of at least one qual... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010727 | Method and system for negotiating compression techniques to be utilized in packet data communications Disclosed is one embodiment of a system and method for negotiating a compression technique while signaling is occurring in a communications network, the method comprising sending a message with a compression negotiation indicator, receiving a response to the message... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6977992 | System and method for the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic and interactive voice services, with real-time database queries A method and system for accomplishing real-time queries in conjunction with interactive, real-time, voice transmission of information to a user is disclosed. A voice-based communication between a user and a first system is established and a report is transmitted to ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6970752 | Method and apparatus for detecting switch closures An apparatus and method for detecting the closure of one of several switches using a single input line of a detector is disclosed. The input line is also used to carry an audio-frequency signal when a recording switch is closed. The switches are connected to a netwo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6947546 | Hook-flash simulation in parallel with off-hook devices A method for producing a hook-flash event on a loop (6B) incorporating a supervisory signal circuit. The supervisory signal circuit includes a supervisory signal source (2) that causes a supervisory current to flow around the loop through a threshhold ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947763 | Portable telephone having an external memory unit connector A portable telephone has a readable and writable internal memory unit, a readable, writable, and detachable external memory unit, a connecting unit for connecting the external memory unit to the main body of the portable telephone, and a control unit. The control un... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6937706 | System and method for data recording A system and method for monitoring a telephone switching environment. In a preferred embodiment the system and method simultaneously monitor both an SMDR link and a real-time CTI link, gather information about calls from both sources, and combine gathered informatio... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6724864 | Active prompts Method and apparatus are provided for generating a prompt stream in a telephony system. At least one voice prompt associated with at least one audio stream to be played to a user of the telephony system is inserted into the prompt stream. Also inserted into the prom... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6683942 | Telephone switching system with data integration A telephone switching system and computer implemented method to enhance the integration of an independent voice mail system and a telephone exchange switch. The system also includes telephone sets in communication with the switch and a voice mail system w... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6671353 | Method for recording and reproducing a short voice memo in portable telephone A portable telephone records a short voice memo during a call and reproduces the recorded short voice memo later. Upon detection of a voice record key input during a call, the portable telephone converts an input voice signal to voice data, stores the voi... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6636590 | Apparatus and method for specifying and obtaining services through voice commands The present invention overcomes the problems in the existing art described above by providing a method and apparatus for specifying and obtaining services through voice commands, via a voice portal, resulting in a live conversation between a user and a se... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6570964 | Technique for recognizing telephone numbers and other spoken information embedded in voice messages stored in a voice messaging system A technique for recognizing telephone numbers and other information embedded in voice messages stored in a telephone voice messaging system. A voice recognition system is coupled to the telephone voice messaging system. A voice message stored in the voice... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6532278 | Announcement device with virtual recorder An announcement device in an electronic switching system is disclosed. It includes a virtual recorder in an electronic switching system. This allows for using a virtual channel for recording and monitoring voice announcements without occupying a system ch... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6504911 | Telephone device A telephone device that has a call subscriber telephone number detector, a memory for memorizing a plurality of call subscriber information audio signal in advance and which can memorize an arbitrary call subscriber telephone number in correspondence with... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6498836 | Data communication apparatus A data communication apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving data, a memory unit for storing received data, an informing unit for, after memory reception is performed by the memory unit, automatically calling a predetermined destination and info... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6483901 | Non-volatile memory platform for digital answering systems A memory management method for a digital answering system having a non-volatile memory, e.g., flash memory, for storing files of audio messages. In accordance with the method, a first portion of the memory is dedicated for the storage of file information,... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6470076 | Portable telephone with voice-prompted menu screens The portable telephone of the present invention provides an environment in which recording/playing back of user's voice is made possible at each of the menu screens. Operations of a portable telephone can be smoothly performed by adding voice information ... | 10/22/2002 |
