Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155285 | Switchboard for dual-rate single-band communication system A switchboard device and methods of operation of same are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may provide a flexible means of interconnecting wideband and narrowband communications interfaces, where wideband communications interfaces may transfer wideband data s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155284 | Facsimile apparatus to support a plurality of lines and operating method thereof A facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving voice data and non-voice data, and supporting a plurality of lines includes a main section including a plurality of modem units to individually control each of the plurality of modem units, and a line secti... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8139733 | Simultaneous voice and data systems for secure catalog orders Systems and methods for providing a simultaneous voice and data user interface for secure catalog orders and in particular for providing a system and method for providing a distributed voice user interface for a remote device having a limited visual user interface s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8121272 | Adapter for switching a telecommunication terminal, uses and method In one aspect, a device is provided. The device comprises at least one detection unit which generates an output signal in accordance with a status of a transmission path. Accordingly, switching of a telephone between two transmission paths is controlled in a simple ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7924989 | Intelligent link telephone communications Establishing a telephone call includes enabling display of a visual indicator of a call destination entity and detecting selection by a user of the visual indicator. The availability of the user to receive a first telephone call is determined. Voice communications b... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7907708 | Voice and fax over IP call establishment in a communications network In a communications network, voice and facsimile calls are established between first and second and second terminals via first and second media gateways in a communications network. Each gateway is capable of autonomous transitioning between a voice over IP (VoIP) c... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7864932 | Digital telephone switch A digital telephone switch allows transparent switching from a convention telephone service to a cable digital telephone service. The switch is connected to the customer premises equipment and to the old and new telephone services. In its initial state, the switch c... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7826602 | Enabling incoming VoIP calls behind a network firewall A network device is configured to receive a registration message from a private user device including a private internet protocol (IP) address associated with the private user device. A public IP address and discrete port number are assigned to the private user devi... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7643622 | Communication device with communication circuit control system A communication device enables a voice communication with another communication device connected to a communication circuit network. The communication device has a calling signal detection system that detects whether a calling signal is received from the other commu... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7567656 | Telephone communication apparatus A cordless slave apparatus is connected to a host apparatus connected to lines via wireless communications. When the cordless slave apparatus is picked up from a charging apparatus to respond to a call from any of the lines, if the line at which the call has arrived... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7480370 | Device for the management of communications by the selection of terminals and the communication medium A device is dedicated to the management of communications between communication terminals (TMi, TFi and PCi). This device includes a memory (M) which stores user identifiers in correspondence with lists of at least one communication terminal identifier, and processi... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7443961 | Provisioning unified messaging system services In a particular embodiment, a method includes providing a messaging service using a messaging system. The messaging system includes a centralized Internet Protocol switching network, an Internet access subsystem, a voice access subsystem, a mail subsystem and a stor... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7411942 | Method and apparatus for automated calendar selections A method and apparatus for reserving an appointment in a communications network is described. In one embodiment, a request is received from a caller to schedule an appointment with an enterprise customer, wherein the request is processed in accordance with a media s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409056 | Switchboard for dual-rate single-band communication system A switchboard device and methods of operation of same are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may provide a flexible means of interconnecting wideband and narrowband communications interfaces, where wideband communications interfaces may transfer wideband data s... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394892 | Content reproduction device A contents reproducing apparatus includes a main CPU, and in a radio mode, the main CPU causes a DSP to decode broadcast data included in a radio packet signal input via a LAN controller, and decoded PCM data is input to a D/A conversion circuit. Consequently, a sou... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7392191 | Method and device to distinguish between voice conversation and automated speech recognition A method and device for performing some preprocessing on voice transmissions depending upon the intended destination of the transmission. The device includes a receiving component configured to receive a voice signal from a source over a network. The device also inc... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388885 | Splitter circuit A splitter circuit (19) serves to combine on the transmission side signals which are to be transmitted in different frequency bands (A-C), as well as to separate on the reception side these signals which are transmitted in different frequency bands. For this ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386104 | Method and system for transferring data to a line connected device using a computer modem Systems and methods are described for providing connectivity to portable electronic devices, such as a cordless telephone, for the purpose of upgrading software features. In a preferred embodiment, portable electronic devices can receive incoming data at the PSTN ja... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380164 | Fail-over support for legacy voice mail systems in New World IP PBXs An Integrated Communication System (ICS) with fail-over serial data connectivity is disclosed. In one aspect, an ICS may comprise a chassis including a System Switch Processor (SSP) for providing connectivity to a plurality of slots. A Serial Alarm Processor (SAP) m... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376227 | Method and apparatus for integrating agent status between a customer relations management system and a multiple channel communications center A system for integrating a contact center, an agent station, and a customer relation management server for communication includes a network adapter node having port connection to the contact center, the agent station, and the customer relation management server; and... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372847 | Data call routing on IP connections A method and an intermediate element, or a gateway, for routing an information flow in a telecommunication system including a plurality of switching centres. The switching centres are connected with an Internet Protocol (IP) based connection via the gateways, which ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370102 | Managing recovery of service components and notification of service errors and failures A method and apparatus for providing management and maintenance to a node within a data communications network and to the composite data communications network. A network management application is started on a host which may be located at a network operation center.... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7346496 | Method and apparatus to perform speech recognition over a data channel Various embodiments directed to performing speech recognition over a data channel are described. One or more embodiments may comprise encoding voice information to be communicated over a voice channel using a voice compression algorithm, switching from said voice ch... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343400 | Communication system An example communication apparatus is capable of performing communication with an information server in first and second communication modes. After establishing a connection with the information server in the first communication mode and receiving an information acq... | 03/11/2008 |
| RE40057 | Method and apparatus for providing interoperation between a digital communication system and a public switched telephone network An interworking unit (14) for providing an interface between a digital communication network (12) and a public switched telephone network (PSTN) (16) includes a de-vocoder (30), a protocol termination unit (32), and a signal combin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327736 | Changing of channel capabilities In a telecommunications system, in which a connection comprises a part with an interworking function at both ends, a channel is allocated to the connection between the interworking functions. The required channel capabilities may vary during the connection, whereby ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327834 | Method and system for providing interactive event reminders A method and system are provided that communicate interactive event reminder messages across various communications platforms. According to one or more aspects of the present invention, an intended recipient for an event reminder message is defined by, for example, ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320036 | Method and apparatus for multiple communications sessions A method and apparatus for multiple communications sessions is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer implemented method comprises establishing a session at a data link layer between a host and a remote access concentrator, determining a set of ne... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318031 | Apparatus, system and method for providing speech recognition assist in call handover An apparatus, system and method for providing speech recognition assist in call handover are provided. With the apparatus, system and method, spoken utterances of the call taker, not the caller, are captured using speech recognition technology and transcribed. The c... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313520 | Adaptive variable bit rate audio compression encoding An adaptive variable bit rate audio encoder and method that examines audio level information and detects various information in the audio data in a psychoacoustic model to create a quantization value and assign a mode tag to a single frame of audio. A bit rate is as... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310529 | Packet data traffic control for cellular wireless networks Data traffic over a plurality of data communications links of a wireless data communications system is controlled by identifying a poorly performing wireless link, and interrupting data communications over the poorly performing link. The data throughput of remaining... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7289606 | Mode-swapping in multi-modal telephonic applications Multi-modal applications are capable of interacting with a user in a voice mode, a visual mode, and/or other modes of communication. Mode swapping refers to the process of changing from one mode of communication (or one combination of modes) to another. Mode swappin... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289245 | Color facsimile device capable of transmitting color image information represented in appropriate color space through multiple communication channels A color facsimile device capable of transmitting color image information through multiple communication methods, such as G3, G4, T.37, and T.38, which can convert color image information into that represented in appropriate color space for each communication methods... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286492 | Private branch exchange (PBX) conditioning method and apparatus Method for maintaining a virtual presence of a first remote telephone user in a PBX system having a frame relay network connection between two endpoint routers while permitting the first remote user to make local calls includes first signaling a PBX to represent the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286840 | Rule based processing of SMS messages A method and system for receiving, processing and distributing SMS and MMS messages, which consists of a message processor and virtual or desktop clients. The message processor comprises of a rule processing agent that intelligently analyses incoming messages using ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283624 | Idle detection for answer supervision A network device has the capability of monitoring voice over data networks calls. The network device includes a voice activity detector that detects voice activity on a voice channel. If no voice activity is detected, the network device disconnects the call. The net... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283623 | Internet browsing using a uniform interface A system and method for providing a uniform interface on heterogeneous access devices, that are capable of requesting specified classes of information from a server. Access devices, such as those that access Internet content, are often of different hardware and soft... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274368 | System method and computer program product for remote graphics processing A system, method, and computer program product are provided for remote rendering of computer graphics. The system includes a graphics application program resident at a remote server. The graphics application is invoked by a user or process located at a client. The i... | 09/25/2007 |
