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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8306197 | Telephone interface An apparatus (100) for interfacing a telephone (12) with a telecommunications network (24). The telephone provides and accepts digital signals (118) and the telecommunications network provides and accepts analog signals (124). The ... | 11/06/2012 |
| 7702087 | Method and apparatus for activating and managing VoIP phone with RFID An apparatus equipped with Radio Frequency Identity (RFID) reader and LAN/WAN access reads an RFID tag attached to a Video and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone. The apparatus retrieves phone information, including such information as an Ethernet Media Acces... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7480369 | Network interface device having virtual private network capability A method for providing the communication of information services between customer premises equipment (CPE) at a customer's premises and a source of the information services includes providing a demarcation device at the customer's premises. The demarcation device de... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7474742 | Environmentally-controlled network interface device and methods Certain embodiments of the invention provide network interface devices, as well as systems and methods for using them. In accordance with some embodiments, a network interface device may provide a controlled environment for an interior space defined by the exterior ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7443967 | Second communication during ring suppression Systems and methods for second call during ring suppression are disclosed. After a communications device receives a first incoming call, the ringer is activated to produce an initial audible alert and thereafter, the ringer of the communications device is suppressed... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433465 | Systems and methods for providing application services A network interface system is provided with an addressable application device and a processor. The addressable application device is adapted to interface with a transport medium internal to a customer premises. The processor is adapted to selectively process telecom... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7391856 | 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 ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7376127 | Methods for reconstructing missing packets in TTY over voice over IP transmission A system for reconstructing missing packets in a packetized audio TTY stream that includes: (a) an input 328 operable to receive a plurality of first packets, each comprising one or more TTY tones in a sequence of TTY tones;... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373141 | Mobile communication terminal and method for converting voice message to text message Disclosed herein is mobile communication terminal for performing a voice-text message conversion process that includes a memory, a voice data detecting unit, a voice-text converting unit, and a controlling unit. The memory stores condition information for the voice-... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369655 | Telephone handset universal connector A telephone handset universal connector is used to connect between a phone base having a set of four signal outlets, and a handset having a set of four corresponding signal ports. The telephone handset universal connector includes a universal circuitry and a selecti... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366529 | Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications (17, 18) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362856 | Subscriber line interface circuitry transceiver A subscriber line transceiver apparatus includes an integrated circuit coupling at least one of an upstream and a downstream voice path for carrying voice signals to a subscriber line. The integrated circuit couples at least one of an upstream and a downstream data ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362855 | Subscriber line interface circuitry transceiver A subscriber line interface circuit apparatus includes driver circuitry for combining and driving a downstream voice signal and a downstream data signal onto a subscriber line. Receiver circuitry receives and separates an upstream signal from the subscriber line int... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352776 | Line terminator unit for a subscriber line The invention relates to a line terminating device for a subscriber line which transmits and receives broadband signals via a single subscriber line, a broadband signal being composed of a broadband or narrowband audio-frequency data signal and a broadband higher-fr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349536 | Techniques for providing uninterrupted digital communications to customers coupled to local loop generation equipment Uninterrupted digital communications are provided between a central office and a customer premises by using a high-pass or bandpass filter to bypass local loop generation equipment. In many present-day telecommunications installations, local loop generation equipmen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342925 | Technique for automated MAC address cloning In an arrangement where the device that is known to an ISP is communicating with the ISP through an interposed device that is not known to the ISP, the interposed device captures the known device's MAC address upon startup and clones the captured MAC address in all ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330544 | Digital isolation barrier as interface bus for modems The present application provides a variety of exemplary embodiments, such as modem systems, modem devices, modem connectors, host connectors, communication systems and communication cards. For example, there is provided a modem device for use to enable a host to com... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319861 | Network initiated auto-redial Network initiated auto redialing is based on an auto redial duration selected or entered by a calling party. An auto redial interval or retry rate may also be selected or entered by the calling party. If the calling party is unavailable when a connection is establis... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305076 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A wireless information communication system and method, such as a paging network, that provides caller identification information transmitted from the public switched telephone network to a pager, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable computing device, or per... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305006 | System for allowing a single device to share multiple transmission lines A front end, such as can be used in a Home Phoneline Networking Alliance network, may connected to a plurality of transmission lines. Each of the plurality of transmission lines may connected to one or more devices, such as a plain old telephone service device or an... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7278047 | Providing different clock frequencies for different interfaces of a device A method for operating a device (such as a printer) having a first interface (such as USB interface) connectable to a first computer and a second interface (such as an Ethernet interface) connectable to a second computer. A phase lock loop (PLL) circuit is obtained ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277530 | IP telephone apparatus and IP telephone system An IP telephone apparatus having a plurality of types of calling functions including a telephone calling function for telecommunicating via a telephone network and a network calling function for telecommunicating via a computer network. The IP telephone apparatus in... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274781 | Method and system for enhancement of caller identification The present invention provides a method and system to enable a caller to send additional information along with the Caller Identification to a telephone receiver at the same time the caller makes the call. This additional information better informs the recipient of ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269210 | Electrical isolation techniques for DSL modem One embodiment of the present invention provides a DSL modem for coupling a transmission line to a communication system interface, the modem having digital isolation and power isolation. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for communicating... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266391 | Expanded display and input-output device for mobile wireless telephone A keyboard and a microphone for inputting information, a display screen and a speaker for viewing or hearing information, and a processor, all mounted to or within a housing in the form of a laptop computer or hand-held computer. A phone interface has a slot, channe... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263362 | System and method for deploying multi-function access points in a data network An apparatus is described comprising: telephony circuitry electrically coupled to a telephone network, the telephony circuitry to transmit and receive telephone signals over the local telephone network; a first network controller electrically coupled to the telephon... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260211 | Method and circuit for adapting the impedance of an analog telecommunication connection The invention relates to a method and a circuit for adapting the impedance in a telecommunication connection comprising a speech path and a data path having modems. Conductive properties measured by the modems are used to precisely adjust the impedance on the speech... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257106 | Broadband communications access device An integrated phone-based home gateway system. The integrated phone-based home gateway system is a multi-function wireless and wired networking, wireless and wired telephony, broadband, gateway device. It provides automatic wireless and wired broadband initializatio... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254223 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are input at the co... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254157 | Method and apparatus for generating a phase locked spread spectrum clock signal A method of and apparatus for generating a spread spectrum clock signal on an integrated circuit are provided. A target frequency generated by a ring oscillator can be modulated by varying a supply voltage to the ring oscillator, thereby changing the target frequenc... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251318 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from the pager database and displays the menu. The pager responds to the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248679 | Apparatus and method for transmitting-receiving CID in a PBX A PBX connected to a public exchange includes a separate caller ID service unit for providing a caller ID and/or a system tone by performing a digital signal process. To display the caller ID on a receiver terminal, or caller ID phone, a line is established with the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245703 | Alarm signal interceptor, middleware processor, and re-transmitter using caller ID A relatively simple redialer device is provided at the customer's home to redirect outgoing alarm calls to a middleware processing center. The redialer first dials “★82” (or other appropriate code) to disable caller-ID blocking. The redialer then redirects the... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245702 | Method and apparatus for determining and reporting the operational status of an integrated services hub The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for determining and reporting the operational status of an integrated services hub. The AC power supply and wide area network connection of the integrated services hub are monitored, and a signal is sent to a us... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243253 | Repeating switching of a cross-connect and a timing source in a network element through the use of a phase adjuster A method and apparatus for enabling repeated switching of a cross-connect and a timing source in a network element through the use of a phase adjuster. In one embodiment, a traffic card includes an aligner to adjust the occupancy of the data in two ingress FIFOs to ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242871 | High dynamic range optical receiver An optical receiver, for use for instance in an analog optical communications system such as a return path in cable television, operates over a wide range of input power to its photodetector. This is accomplished by providing in the optical receiver a series of RF a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239338 | Videophone system and method System and method for providing personal videotelephony in which a plurality of videophones are connected to a communications network that is configured for transmitted video and audio communications. Each of the videophones typically includes a camera, display devi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236342 | In-line passive barrier for intrinsically safe communication network A passive isolator may fit between two serial network cables to convert a standard serial network to a serial network suitable for use in hazardous environments. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236576 | Common visual and functional architecture for presenting and controlling arbitrary telephone line features A user interface for screen phones monitors telephone line state information and displays user interface controls and telephone line status information dependent on the telephone line state. The user interface includes a display element referred to as a call slip th... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233406 | Image forming device management system and method In an image forming device management system and method of the present invention, a data communication device is connected to one or a plurality of image forming devices and a central control system is connected to the data communication device via a public switched... | 06/19/2007 |
