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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7194076 | Apparatus and method for network-initiated real-time multi-party communications A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network. A telecommunications service provider monitors data relating to communications initiation or termination criteria for at least two communicants in the telecommunications network and ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7151825 | Desk sharing with automatic device relocation A system and method for integrating a desk sharing application with a PBX telephonic user identity and feature transfer function is described. The system and method of the invention utilizes the PBX's administrative interface to transfer attributes from a dedicated ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149297 | Networkwide desk sharing with automatic device relocation A system and method for integrating a desk sharing application with a PBX telephonic user identity and feature transfer function is described. The system and method of the invention utilizes the CSTA protocol to transfer the Personal Identification Number and call f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7031447 | System and method for location-based call distribution A method for location-based call distribution is provided that includes receiving from a customer communication device a request to establish a communication session with an agent communication device based on a specified telephone number. An agent database is searc... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6987846 | System and method of changing entity configuration information while automatically monitoring and displaying such information in a call center A system and method of changing entity configuration information in a call center is disclosed. By automatically monitoring entities in a call center, selecting an entity in the call center, and modifying configuration information of the selected entity, keeping tra... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6956937 | Apparatus and method for network-initiated real-time multi-party communications A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network. A telecommunications service provider monitors data relating to communications initiation or termination criteria for at least two communicants in the telecommunications network and ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6950505 | Monitoring system The invention concerns a monitoring system for monitoring incoming telephone calls routed through a call transference system, the system comprising an electronic processor and an associated database, the system being adapted to detect the originating number of the c... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6823055 | Method for a communication network that allows inter-node user mobility A method for implementing inter-node user mobility in a communication network which enables a user to perform an inter-node change between terminals of the communication network while retaining individual user settings. For this purpose, after the user has registere... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6798873 | Telephone status notification system A telephone line status notification system including at least one telephone line having a status, a communications network, at least one communications terminal which is connectable to the communications network and which is employable by a seeking user to communic... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6690780 | Apparatus and method for network-initiated real-time multi-party communications A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network. A telecommunications service provider monitors data relating to communications initiation or termination criteria for at least two communicants in the telecommunications n... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6665389 | Anonymous interactive internet-based dating service An interactive Internet-based dating service allows people to anonymously interact via Internet browsers, telephone communications and/or video conferencing. The system employs an interactive web site allowing a person to seek another person who may be co... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6597781 | Call programming apparatus and method A method of routing incoming telephone calls and programming routing options and apparatus that allows incoming calls to be routed according to various criteria programmed by the subscriber.... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6587551 | Monitoring system The invention concerns a monitoring system for monitoring incoming telephone calls routed through a call transference system, the system comprising an electronic processor and an associated database, the system being adapted to detect the originating numb... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6546096 | Proximity detector for initiating automatic callback A proximity detector (111) is provided for causing automatic callback. The proximity detector (111) causes the called party's telephone (506) to send a signal to the telephone system indicating that the automatic callback may proceed. For example, the det... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6504921 | Apparatus and method for network-initiated real-time multi-party communications A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network. A telecommunications service provider monitors data relating to communications initiation criteria for at least two communicants in the telecommunications network and init... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6480593 | Communications system automatically diverting calls when user not present In a communications network (130), call divert, for calls directed to a local telephone (100), from the local telephone (100) to a remote telephone (150) is initiated by a computer system (160) after the user has had no interaction with the computer syste... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6449344 | Communication system The present invention discloses a communication system including a communications network, a multiplicity of communications terminals which are connectable to the communications network and which can be employed by users to communicate via the communicati... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6404876 | System and method for voice activated dialing and routing under open access network control System and method for deriving call routing information utilizing a network control data base system and voice recognition for matching spoken word sound patterns to routing numbers needed to set up calls. Public access is provided to a common database vi... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6397182 | Method and system for generating a speech recognition dictionary based on greeting recordings in a voice messaging system A system and a method for generating a speech recognition dictionary that can be used in a telephone system having speech recognition capabilities, in particular capabilities to effect a connection when the calling party utters the name of a subscriber (c... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389127 | Telephone status notification system A telephone line status notification system including at least one telephone line having a status, a communications network, at least one communications terminal which is connectable to the communications network and which is employable by a seeking user ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6381323 | Call programming apparatus and method A method of routing incoming telephone calls and programming routing options and apparatus that allows incoming calls to be routed according to various criteria programmed by a subscriber.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6332082 | Personal communicator telephone system A locator system has a plurality of locator transmitters, each transmitter transmitting a unique locator signal. Paging devices are carried by each user of the locator system and each paging device includes: (i) a receiver responsive to signals broadcast ... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6324274 | Method and system for managing a user profile for use in a personal number service A user profile for use, for example in a personal numbering service, has an associated confidence value for each of the destination terminal numbers in the profile, a confidence value representing the confidence of a call being successfully answered at th... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6226516 | Method for invoking dynamically modifiable subscriber services and an intelligent telecommunication network incorporating the same A terminal coupled to an intelligent telecommunication network may invoke dynamically modifiable subscriber services by transmitting information to a switch to which script files, each containing programming script needed to initiate a calling feature or ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6125176 | Method and system for routing calls based on conditions of electronic devices A call routing system routes an incoming telephone call to a desired party based upon at least one of a plurality of conditions of at least one general purpose electronic device associated with the desired party. The call routing system includes a receive... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6026153 | Personal communicator telephone system A locator system has a plurality of locator transmitters, each transmitter transmitting a unique locator signal. Paging devices are carried by each user of the locator system and each paging device includes: (i) a receiver responsive to signals broadcast ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6018737 | Universal personal telecommunications service for an advanced intelligent network A universal personal telecommunications service includes the steps of receiving, at a home service switching point, a telephone number entered by a caller, sending a query to the service control point coupled to the service switching point, which verifies... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5963912 | Telephone-based personnel tracking system A computer system includes hardware for interfacing with the public telephone network and for accepting incoming telephone calls. The computer system detects from the incoming telephone calls automatic number identification data (ANI data), such as Caller... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5596633 | Charger/detector for cordless telephones The present invention relates to a subscriber presence detector system comprised of a switching system for connecting calls to and from a plurality of lines, a person presence detector connected to a line, for providing an indication to the switching syst... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5577111 | Camp-on communication managing method and apparatus In an exchange system which performs a communication based on personal identification information for identifying respective subscribers, the invention has an object of providing a system which can flexibly accommodate a change of the communication termin... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5515426 | Telephone communication system having a locator A telephone communication system having a locator system for locating telephone users and generating location information. The telephone communication system includes a plurality of telephone functions which are user accessible for usage in conjunction wi... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5475748 | Automatic telephone system with function for multiple out-dialed calls per caller Equipment providing information services, whether installed near a central office or provided as part of a PBX includes a search service for generating a number of outdialing operations in an effort to reach a subscriber of the search service for a caller... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5440541 | System and method for establishing communications between subscribers based on personal number assigned to each subscriber The present invention aims at realizing a real-time call process by performing a timesaving operation in retrieving personal information in a personal communications system for establishing communications based on a unique personal number assigned to each... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5440620 | Telecommunications system subscriber profile updating Personal telephone number service is provided by an adjunct within a communications network to provide a number of functionalities, one of which allows associated subscribers to customize the way in which they receive telephone calls. In particular, each ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5436963 | Telephone answering method and apparatus A method and data processing system are disclosed for processing incoming telephone calls. In one embodiment, the invention, in response to the receipt of an incoming telephone call, searches a calendar database for information describing the scheduled lo... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5428678 | Telephone calling method and apparatus A method and data processing system are disclosed for placing a telephone call. In one embodiment, the invention, in response to user designation of a party and input of a CALL command, searches an electronic calendar database for information describing t... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5402469 | Carrier locating system A system for locating any mobile body or a plurality thereof within a predetermined environment, wherein each mobile body carries a transmitter (10 to 18), each transmitter producing a unique identifying signal, and a plurality of receivers (20 to 32) loc... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5392340 | Telephone exchange apparatus A telephone exchange apparatus for plural extension telephone units is capable of interchanging, in response to a predetermined operation from one of the extension telephone units the extension numbers of two extension telephone units and the associated i... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5392342 | Technique for use in sequentially routing personal telephone calls In a personal communication service (PCS) environment, where a call to a personal telephone number may be routed to a sequence of telephone numbers until the call is answered or abandoned, and where it is possible that the telephone number of the caller i... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5363425 | Method and apparatus for providing a personal locator, access control and asset tracking service using an in-building telephone network A system for providing a personal location, access control and asset tracking service using an in-building telephone network is disclosed. In a first embodiment, users of ID badges containing an RF transmitter can be located across the telephone network f... | 11/08/1994 |
