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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7412598 | Method and system for real-time insertion of service during a call session over a communication network A method and apparatus for real-time insertion of services into an IP telephony call session are disclosed. A client initiates a service request message to a second server. The service request message includes the client identity and a requested service available fr... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7336774 | Vote processing in a public switched telephone network A method, system and apparatus for vote processing in concert with a PSTN. In accordance with the present invention, a method for vote processing in a PSTN can include receiving a vote from a calling party over the PSTN. Caller information for the calling party can ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7321924 | Communication scheme for realizing effective data input/setup in compact size portable terminal device using locally connected nearby computer device A communication scheme in which it becomes possible to improve handling of a user interface or omit tedious operations in a portable terminal device by cooperating the computer device with the portable terminal device is disclosed. The portable terminal device obtai... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319863 | Method and system for providing an opinion and aggregating opinions with mobile telecommunication device A mobile device (620) provides an opinion system (600) for receiving opinions from a user and displaying results relating to the received opinion. Opinion user interface elements (621-622) receive input relating to the item of the opinion... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314170 | System and method for product imputation relating to sample stores Prescriptions are imputed or allocated to a non-reporting sample outlet in a universe of outlets that generally report prescription data to a database. Prescriptions are imputed or allocated based on the outlet's recent prescription or physician distribution. Prescr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310350 | Mobile surveys and polling A method and system are provided for allowing mobile device users to participate in an online survey community by entering opinions and reading opinions of other through their mobile devices. The mobile devices need not support the same protocol as the server that m... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7289762 | Method for performing an inquiry in a telecommunications network The invention concerns a method for performing an inquiry in a telecommunications network, in which the inquiry is carried out in the following steps: —creating a database of persons, —forming and recording the questions, —selecting from the database a set sat... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277671 | Wireless response system and method A wireless response system includes a base unit and a plurality of handheld response units communicating with the base unit over a wireless communication link. The base unit sends polling commands to the response units over the wireless communication. The response u... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7145998 | Systems, methods, and devices for a callback/callback reminder feature A telecommunications device. The device includes a receiver for receiving an incoming call and a processor in communication with the receiver. The processor has a callback/callback reminder module for automatically calling back a calling party of an incoming call or... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146329 | Privacy compliant multiple dataset correlation and content delivery system and methods An individually targeted content delivery system and methods which allows content to be delivered to at least one set top box while preserving the privacy of the set top box users. The system and methods of the present invention determine one or more user models for... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7133834 | Product value information interchange server An electronically accessible server receives, stores, and sends value information from customers. The server or other digital medium stores the value information generated by independent users. Triggers or interactions can be used to determine when value information... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7076442 | Marketing selection optimization process A market selection optimization method comprising the steps of assigning product offers to consumers in the presence of multiple constraints, such that each consumer is assigned at least one product offer; determining a difference in expected profitability associate... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7047212 | Method and system for storing prospect lists in a computer database A system for implementing a computerized prospect list service includes a server computer hosting a prospect list service accessible via client computers to a plurality of prospect list managers and a plurality of list purchasers and a database of information concer... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6873688 | Method for carrying out questionnaire based survey in cellular radio system, a cellular radio system and a base station The invention relates to making a questionnaire-based survey in a cellular radio system including a central device and a number of independent terminal devices, where between the terminal devices and the central device, data transmission connections can be made. In ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6683943 | Automated mass audience telecommunications database creation method A method for coordinating a generally publicly broadcast contest show with automatically dialed marketing telephone calls by which the recipients are first interrogated about their willingness to participate in the contest, and if so, they each disclose f... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6631184 | System for community generated feedback and/or rating A telecommunications network system and method enabling feedback and rating data corresponding to products, services, or product or service providers to be shared among users in real-time. Feedback and rating data can be entered into a database using a te... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6601113 | System platform for a communication system An object oriented system platform for a telecommunication system that provides subscriber services includes an upper layer containing applications in the form of base and supplementary functions providing base and supplementary services. This layer is im... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6523233 | Method and apparatus for telephone network impairment detection and compensation in signal transmission between modems A general, low cost method for detecting and compensating any non-linear digital impairment and linear analog gain for data communication systems transmitting signals through telephone networks is disclosed. The inventive method eliminates the need of cos... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6519328 | Variable low frequency offset, differential, OOK, high-speed twisted pair communication using telephone load coils A method and system for transmitting data over loaded twisted pair copper wires using a low frequency offset, differential voltage, on-off keying (OOK) transmission technique are described. According to one embodiment, an analog or digital signal is sent ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6456650 | Splitterless modem using harmonics reduction In a splitterless Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modem 30, a receiver architecture (100) that permits monitoring of harmonics within the upstream channel of a DSL connection. The receiver (100) can detect the harmonics by monitoring the harmonics in some e... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6457039 | Method and apparatus for avoiding IP-address collision when connecting an incoming voice phone call to an internet application A method and an apparatus solve the problem of how to avoid IP-address collision when connecting an incoming voice phone call to an internet application. The problem is solved by, from time to time, for each entry in the list, sending a message to an appl... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6324266 | Information gathering system An audience participation system is disclosed, in which the users are invited to initiate a voting process by dialling a predetermined number using one of the conventional short code memory keys on a DECT cordless telephone 1, or specialized equipment inc... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6064724 | Modem with automatic callback provisions A modem is included in a television receiver for transferring data, such as "pay per view" billing information, to a modem in a billing station during periodic callback operations. The television receiver modem monitors the telephone line for predetermine... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6047052 | Data collection method and system with shorter control interval A data collection method and system is provided, by which blank time due to a time lag is not generated and a call probability to be broadcast can be calculated based on the number of potentially calling terminals which was counted as recently as possible... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6041115 | User interaction procedure A user interaction procedure in an Intelligent Networks system may include several stages, such as playing an announcement to a user, and receiving digits entered by the user. The switching point returns messages to the control point at intermediate stage... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6021187 | Multimedia phone system A system and method for a telecommunications terminal system is disclosed. In one aspect, the method and system include providing a telecommunication device; and providing a back panel coupled to the telecommunication device. The back panel is for communi... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5977880 | Data communication system and data communication terminal applied thereto A communication system is designed to exchange messages between a plurality of paging receivers each having a transmission section. One of the paging receivers transmits a question message and a plurality of answer contents to the question message to a pa... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5956486 | Method and apparatus for monitoring multiple electronic mail systems A method for monitoring multiple electronic mail systems includes the steps of: a) configuring an e-mail system polling process on a user's machine; b) polling a number of e-mail systems from the user's machine; c) retrieving data from the e-mail systems ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5859899 | Method and system for data collection using public network and broadcasting A data collection scheme with an improved data collection efficiency. In order to collect data from many terminals to a center having a plurality of center service ports through a public network, terminal data are transmitted from the terminals to the cen... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5835580 | Method and apparatus for automated provisioning and billing of communication services A method for operating a communication network where the tie between the provisioning of and billing for service and the terminating point of the telecommunication network to which service is provided is severed. Instead, an association is maintained betw... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5822423 | Apparatus and method for supervising derived channel communications A supervisory signal for a derived channel data reporting system is implemented as a tone having a frequency capable of transmission using a telephone signal communicating network, including networks incorporating digital equipment, at an attenuated level... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5559867 | Automated calling system with database updating An automated phone calling system includes a database comprising phone numbers and one or more data fields associated with each phone number. Phone numbers (callees) in the database are selected based on the data fields associated therewith. A recorded vo... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5479492 | Televoting method and system Televoting method in which a large number of subscribers (1) connected to a telecommunications network (2) are able to make a call to a subscriber number, referred to as televoting number, of a televoting processor (4) in order then to transmit their vote... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5374951 | Method and system for monitoring television viewing A system for monitoring and recording as data television program viewing habits utilizing a plurality of remote program monitor units in panelists households and automatically periodically reporting such data to a central computer via a conventional telep... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5262860 | Method and system communication establishment utilizing captured and processed visually perceptible data within a broadcast video signal A method and system are disclosed for capturing and processing visually perceptible data, such as address or telephone numbers, within a broadcast video signal. Optically recognizable text, numbers, or visual barcodes representative of text or numbers are... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5185780 | Method for predicting agent requirements in a force management system A method for predicting a number of agents required to provide a given service level in a force management system is described. The force management system has the capability to generate call handling performance data including average call arrival rate a... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5155762 | Method and a system for acquiring and transmitting information about TV program audiences The invention relates to acquiring information about television program audiences and transmitting it in real time by means of detection apparatuses (10) associated with telephone sets (12) and connected via the switched telephone network (12) and the TRA... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5091877 | Data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus for use in an electronic data research system in which data produced at respective panelist' home is transmitted to a data center via a telephone link which is commonly used by a telephone set of the panelist' home, there are p... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5081680 | Initial reporting of remotely generated data A device for reporting remotely stored data is coupled to a descrambler in an impulse pay-per-view television system for storing and reporting data pertaining to subject matter descrambled by the descrambler, such as identification of each impulse pay-per... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5075771 | Method of and apparatus for optimal scheduling of television programming to maximize customer satisfaction In a method of and apparatus for providing a list of optimal television programs for each individual, it is possible to give a computer center a subscriber's complaints about the individual television program list (timing table), through a telephone line ... | 12/24/1991 |
