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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130922 | Systems and methods for providing emergency contact services An emergency contact platform provides emergency contact services where usual communications have been disrupted. The emergency contact platform may include a server to receive registration information including a phone number associated with a phone when communicat... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8094791 | Biometric systems and methods for enhanced caller identification and call intercept A system includes at least one service switching device in communication with a first calling device and a second calling device. The system further includes at least one service control point in communication with the at least one service switching device and is co... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7995722 | Data transmission over an in-use transmission medium An embodiment includes a method that includes receiving data through a non-voice input. The method also includes translating the data into one or more numeric values. The method includes encoding the one or more numeric values into an audio stream, wherein the audio... | 08/09/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7409049 | Network-based securing of added-value services against automated connections A network-based verification of call connections is provided between a telecommunications subscriber terminal and a telecommunications service device selected by a service call number. This verification provides a way of enabling secure protection against an undesir... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7386106 | Method, system, and database for providing a telecommunication service A database for a telecommunication service includes a first record for a first number having a predetermined NXX, and a second record for a second number having the predetermined NXX. The first record includes an indication that a call having an automatic number ide... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380013 | Method for providing information to a web server Access to information related to a client terminal is provided to a first web server, the information being stored by a second web server. The first web server is connected to the client terminal via a proxy server. The second web server sends a message, including a... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363023 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. A V-shaped groove is provided adjacent an operation panel, the V-shaped groove containing a first slope s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356134 | Method of accessing a dial-up service A method of accessing a dial-up service involves the following steps: (a) dialing a service number (172); (b) speaking a number of digits to form a first utterance (174); (c) recognizing the digits using speaker independent speaker recognition (176 | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347361 | System, method and program product for account transaction validation A system, method and program product for account transaction validation which may be downloaded or otherwise installed on a networked computing device such as a cell phone or other networked computing device. The networked computing device provides an encrypted vali... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343299 | System and methods for mail security A method of securing the mails is described. Using a mail information retrieval system and a the use of data-rich, machine readable barcodes to make each mailing piece unique by including data that ‘lives’ with the mail piece or package allows mail to become tra... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324807 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324667 | Data converter A data converter is provided, which data converter includes a data conversion unit, a timer unit which counts time, and a lock system which locks a data conversion function of the data conversion unit in a disabled state based on the time counted by the timer unit. | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321759 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel, a V-shaped groove is provided which contains a first slope stretching awa... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321757 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321756 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321760 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321758 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305562 | System, method and computer program product for an authentication management infrastructure A system, method and computer program product that utilizes measurements for the authentication of users to enterprise resources. The system includes an authentication server that stores the engine and collections of data required by the system to authenticate users... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289824 | Mobile communication terminal A mobile communication terminal is molded having an operating surface including a display and a keyboard. A biometric sensor is arranged on the operating surface, for scanning and identifying a fingerprint. The inventive communication terminal can be controlled espe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286799 | Remote caller identification (ID) device The present invention provides technical advantages as systems, devices and methods that enable a person to remotely identify the origin of an incoming call. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284266 | System and method for secure biometric identification A system and method for secure biometric identification. The inventive system includes a mobile unit and a server. The mobile unit is adapted to receive biometric input and provide a first signal in response thereto. In the illustrative implementation, the mobile un... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280970 | Sonic/ultrasonic authentication device A method for verifying and identifying users, and for verifying users' identity, by means of an authentication device capable of transmitting, receiving and recording audio or ultrasonic signals, and capable of converting the signals into digital data, and performin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7245716 | Controlling hold queue position adjustment A method, system, and program for allowing callers to adjust in position within a hold queue are provided. An advancement token earned by a caller while waiting in a hold queue is detected. The advancement token is stored for redemption in a future call by the calle... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239688 | Method, architectures and technique for authentication of telephone calls A method and system authenticates an authenticatee and provides an authentication to a recipient. The authenticatee may be either the called party or the calling party. A network platform or customer premise equipment may be utilized to provide information for authe... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237083 | Storage control system A plurality of key information items with a fixed constitution are stored in a shared memory of a first storage control system. Each key information item corresponds with each of the types of a second storage control system and includes, in a predetermined location ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231035 | Method and apparatus for entertaining callers in a queue One embodiment of the invention provides for receiving a call from a caller, the call being associated with a first merchant; placing the call in a queue; determining a second merchant; and establishing a connection, the connection enabling communication between the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231025 | Acoustic encoding of dynamic identification codes Methods for identifying a remote user of a portable device by using the portable device to encode sound corresponding to the identification of the remote user. The sound is received by a microphone external to the portable device and convened to an electrical signal... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224783 | Subscriber service management A method, system and apparatus for service management. In accordance with the present invention, a service management method can include the steps of receiving a telephone call from a service subscriber over a PSTN and identifying the service subscriber through iden... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215752 | Intelligent switching system for voice and data A teleconferencing system for voice and data provides interconnections among user sites via a central station. User stations at user sites each alternate operation between a data mode connecting a user computer and modem to a user telephone communication path and a ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215793 | Electronic image-capturing apparatus having function for verifying user An electronic image-capturing apparatus includes: an image-capturing element that captures an image of a subject and generates electronic image information; a recording device that records the electronic image information that has been generated in a recording mediu... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203344 | Biometric imaging system and method A method and system of obtaining a ten-print plain impression fingerprint includes scanning a print image, processing the scanned image, separating the processed image into individual fingerprint images, and determining how many print images have been scanned. The m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200215 | Time based regulation of access to callees A method, system, and program for time based regulation of access to callees are provided. An authenticated identity of a caller placing a call is preferably detected. Then, a communication link from the caller to a callee is only attempted if the authenticated iden... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7164756 | Data communication system for supplementing telephone calls A telephone device coupled to the public switched telephone network is utilized by a user to participate in a telephone call between the user and a second party. A data store is provided for storing one or more personal data elements configurable on behalf of the us... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162060 | Method, system, and computer program product for control of platen movement during a live scan A method, system, and computer program product is provided that controls platen movement during a live scan. The platen moves in response to finger movement. The present invention then applies a counter force that counters the platen movement. In one embodiment, the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155412 | Billing for use of a telephony device A method, system, and program for billing a caller for use of an origin device are provided. Usage, of at least one measurable element of a telephony device by an identified individual, is tracked, where the identified individual is distinct from an owner of the ori... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151826 | Third party coaching for agents in a communication system The method and apparatus improve transactions in a communication system, such as a communication system having an automatic call distributor. In one embodiment, an assessment is performed in substantially real time of respective stress levels of at least one of a ca... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149296 | Providing account usage fraud protection A method, system, and program providing identification usage fraud protection are provided. A context for a use of an identification via a communication line is detected at a fraud protection service. The context for use of the identification is analyzed in view of ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130843 | Method, system and program product for locating personal information over a network A method, system and program product for locating personal information over a network are provided. Specifically, under the present invention, personal information is entered using an interface. Then, a search string(s) based on the entered information is formed by ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123696 | Method and apparatus for generating and distributing personalized media clips The invention has many different applications and implementations. One or more embodiments of the invention, however, are directed to a software program and/or computer hardware configured to enable users to select one or more master clips having predefined gaps, ob... | 10/17/2006 |
