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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8140048 | Alarm system with two-way voice Techniques are described for establishing a two-way voice communication session with an alarm system. The alarm system may establish a two-way voice communication session with an operator associated with a monitoring service that provides monitoring services for ala... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135376 | System and method for differentiating between incoming and outgoing messages and identifying correspondents in a TTY communication A method and system are provided that examine incoming and outgoing TTY transmissions to determine an identifier for distinguishing between correspondents in a TTY call. The system may utilize existing contact information associated with an incoming call to provide ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8060055 | Method, system and color ring back tone platform for downloading media resources to terminal The present invention discloses a method for downloading media resources to a terminal. The method may be applied to mobile communication network, and includes: calling by a calling terminal a called subscriber through an MSC at a calling side; establishing a bi-dir... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7957717 | System and method for differentiating between incoming and outgoing messages and identifying correspondents in a TTY communication A method and system are provided that examine incoming and outgoing TTY transmissions to determine an identifier for distinguishing between correspondents in a TTY call. The system may utilize existing contact information associated wit an incoming call to provide c... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7912444 | Media portion selection system and method A device may store a media file. A portion of the media file may be identified and played back in response to an event associated with the device. In one implementation, a portion of an existing audio file may be used as a ring tone in response to a received incomin... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7539479 | Use of T1 facility data link to transport status and configuration data packets for loop-powered T1 radio In order to configure and monitor the operation of a span-powered T1 radio, use is made of the out-of-band facility data link channel that is available within an extended superframe of the T1 digital data stream transported between an indoor carrier services unit an... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7515898 | Connect customized ring back tone service only at one MSC when intersystem page is involved Embodiments of the present method allow only one serving mobile switching center to connect an incoming call from a communication terminal to a customized ring back tone server when a called mobile terminal moves from an area of a serving mobile switching center to ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7426379 | Method and system for sound mitigation during initiation of a packet-based real-time media session A method and system for mitigating the impact of latency in the initiation of a packet-based real-time media session. When an initiating station is setting up a requested session, the initiating station will generate and play out a repetitive tone pattern (e.g., rin... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7379760 | Data transmission-reception system and data transmission-reception method A data communication system is disclosed which comprises: first terminal devices for transmitting contents and content provider identification data identifying the providers of the contents; a server device for receiving and storing the transmitted contents and cont... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7359702 | Apparatus for providing a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products provide for creating a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network. The gateway device is connected to a wired home telephone network having one or more wired telephones, a wired telephone ne... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359737 | Data transmission-reception system and data transmission-reception method A data communication system is disclosed which comprises: first terminal devices for transmitting contents and content provider identification data identifying the providers of the contents; a server device for receiving and storing the transmitted contents and cont... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353047 | Integrated mobile phone ring scheduler A mobile telephone comprises a ringer to provide an audible alert of an incoming telephone call. The mobile telephone has a ringer schedule interface to receive a ringer control schedule. The ringer control schedule indicates times at which a parameter of the ringer... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7330721 | Method and system for supporting non-intrusive and effective voice communication among mobile users A system and related method for supporting non-intrusive and effective voice communication among mobile users in which voice calls between mobile users are managed based on callee availability, caller-callee relationships, and non-intrusive information exchange, inc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7305079 | Method and apparatus for communicating with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7277696 | System and method for minimising bandwidth utilisation in a wireless interactive voice response system The present invention provides a novel system, method and apparatus of delivering interactive voice response services in a more efficient manner over a network. The system provides for the placement of a subscriber station local 28 to the subscriber and a gat... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277691 | Method and system for management of call tones A method for management of call tones (tones that a caller hears when they call a party) is described which is particularly suitable for use by wireless telephones. The management of call tones can by performed off line. The method includes a step of: a) downloading... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277734 | Device, system and method for augmenting cellular telephone audio signals A device, system and method is described for augmenting cellular telephone signals for a cellular telephone. In an exemplary embodiment, an audio signal device cellular is provided with a sound generating device that stores one or more audio signals that are activat... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272415 | Telephone system enabling operation of a telephone set by way of a portable terminal In a telephone system which includes a main device and a telephone set connected to the main device and which further includes a portable terminal having a display unit, the portable terminal further has an interface portion for interfacing the display unit with the... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269181 | Robust radio base station controller architecture A base station controller system comprises a high data rate distributed switching fabric providing flexible access to call processing resource pools. The arrangement permits a system controller to selectively assign specific resources depending on call type based on... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269020 | Bezel mounting device A mounting device, for mounting a bezel (50) to cover an opening of a chassis (10) which is received in a cabinet (4), includes a pair of sliding units (20), a locking plate (30) attached to the chassis and the cabinet, and a pair ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7253352 | Music playing/processing device and method for playing music file according to playing order of tones The present invention relates to a music playing/processing device for playing a musical file in a wireless communication device and determining the playing order of a plurality of tones of the musical file. The music playing/processing device comprises: an analysis... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248851 | Method for controlling routing information for intellectual peripherals in subscriber-based ring-back-tone-service A method for controlling routing information for intellectual peripherals (IPs) in a subscriber-based ring-back-tone service. The routing information to be routed to IPs (50) corresponding to subscribers is classified on a subscriber telephone number-by-numbe... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7221950 | Auto sensing home base station for mobile telephone with remote answering capabilities The present invention discloses in one embodiment a mobile telephone capable of communicating with a home base station through radio signals. The mobile telephone registers with a home base station before beginning to communicate with the home base station. The home... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212816 | Fixed wireless telephone device Methods and apparatus are disclosed for establishing a fixed wireless telephone service. A fixed wireless device includes a wireless device for establishing wireless connections to a wireless communications network that interfaces with a public switched telephone ne... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200425 | Device and method for augmenting cellular telephone audio signals A system and method is described for augmenting cellular telephone signals for a cellular telephone. In an exemplary embodiment, a cellular battery is equipped with a sound generating device that stores one or more audio signals that are activated upon receipt of a ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194083 | System and method for interfacing plain old telephone system (POTS) devices with cellular networks A system and method for interfacing plain old telephone system (PATS) devices with a cellular network is presented. In a broad sense, the system includes an interface that bridges the POTS devices with the cellular network. The interface is configured to convert POT... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7171242 | Method and apparatus for performing noise control in a telematics system A method and apparatus for accessing information in a wireless network is provided by determining whether a wireless connection from a mobile platform to a server is a phone call or a telematics call, selecting one of a phone call filter and a telematics filter base... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7149514 | Cellular docking station A system for communicating with the user of a cellular telephone via the cellular mobile radio (CMR) system and the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A communications interface appends the telephone exchange number of an outgoing communication to include an ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7123903 | Wireless telephone and wireless telephone system In a related art mobile telephone system, the generation of an RBT (ring back tone) and a busy tone is realized by transmitting data registered in a network system to a calling telephone. In a mobile telephone system according to this invention, RBT data and the lik... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120454 | Auto sensing home base station for mobile telephone with remote answering capabilites The present invention discloses in one embodiment a mobile telephone capable of communicating with a home base station through radio signals. The mobile telephone registers with a home base station before beginning to communicate with the home base station. The home... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113781 | Methods and systems for generating and sending messages in a mobile communications network in response to a change in location of a subscriber A message processing platform correlates mobile call signaling messages transmitted between a home location register (HLR) and a (VLR) when a mobile subscriber changes locations. The message processing platform generates a change in location indication message in re... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113805 | Method of combining fixed-network telephone and mobile radio telephone communications The invention relates to a method for combining landline network and mobile telephony with the use of at least a home cell, a landline network and a mobile network, whereby the user uses a dual mode terminal that operates both in cellular mode and in cordless mode. | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110512 | Method and apparatus for providing prepaid local telephone services A system and method for providing prepaid dialtone services. The system includes a prepaid dialtone service center having an applications server that maintains a prepaid dialtone subscriber database including subscriber identification and service period information.... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7089041 | Method for managing incoming calls on a mobile phone The present invention provides a method for managing incoming calls of a mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a control circuit and a volume detector. The method includes (a) receiving a call signal by the mobile phone, (b) detecting environmental volume surround... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089027 | Method and system for advanced termination of communication sessions A method and system that helps to reduce delay in initiating communication sessions. A network entity operates as a signaling agent on behalf of a terminating node and positively acknowledges a session initiation request on behalf of the terminating node without fir... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079852 | Method and device for improving audio quality in a mobile radio network A method and a device for improving audio quality in a mobile radio network that enables audio quality to be improved in mobile radio networks independently from the terminal(s) includes an equalizer connected to the audio path assigned to be the communication link,... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069046 | System and method for base station initiated call setup A system and method for performing base station initiated call setup is provided. A base station initiated call setup may be utilized to establish a test call, to deliver a packet data services call to a subscriber unit, or to reactivate a dormant packet call. The b... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7054657 | Backwards compatible, extended method to execute check number calculation of IMEI A method is taught to provide an improved mobile station International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code having at least a six digit hexadecimal SNR representation, in conjunction with modifying a Check Digit calculation procedure so as to insure backwards compa... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043010 | Smart phonebook search A smart phonebook search method comprises collecting, from a customer, a phone number to use for a dial-up connection, filtering any national direct dialing prefix from the collected number, obtaining a country code from an operating system of the smart phonebook se... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043224 | Communication apparatus An apparatus for communicating with one or more individuals, especially children, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a transmitter and three receivers, allowing a parent or guardian to transmit radio signals to more than one child to give them messages. The trans... | 05/09/2006 |
