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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7369544 | Internet telephone system with hunting diversion A method of diverting a hunting function of a PSTN central office switch is provided. The method diverts a hunting function in the event a channel within a hunting group is available but a call can not be completed. The method comprises detecting a status of a plura... | 05/06/2008 |
| 5898382 | Shared channel communication system A communication system includes a scanning receiver coupled to a first antenna, a plurality of repeaters coupled to a second antenna, wherein each repeater operable on any channel in a band, and a computer coupled to each repeater for controlling the oper... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5774654 | Communication terminal apparatus and communication method for communicating data through a plurality of communication channels When there are unused communication channels, it is checked whether an attribute of an image associated with transmission image data indicates color image data or monochrome image data. If the transmission image data is monochrome image data, the image da... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5040173 | Network control arrangement based on topological equivalence A network control arrangement where path hunts through a first network are performed with reference to a second network that is topologically equivalent to the first. Path hunts through a crossover network, well-suited for implementation in the photonics ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4993016 | Network control arrangement for processing a plurality of connection requests A network control arrangement where two or more path hunt operations are performed in parallel using one or both of two techniques: (1) reading a memory for a second path hunt operation during the time that information read from the memory for a first pat... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4982187 | Low-end high-performance switch subsystem architecture An architecture for a low-end, high-performance switch subsystem allows the connection of a multitude of requests per link. The switch subsystem operates a cross-bar switch under the control of a controller, such as a personal computer, to connect selecte... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4852083 | Digital crossbar switch A digital crossbar switch for switching data from an input/output data bus to an internal data bus and to the same or another input/output data bus which includes a plurality of multiplexer logic units, an m-bit internal data bus coupled to each of said m... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4349702 | Nodal switching network with binary order links A nodal switching network is disclosed wherein each node is connected to distant nodes by groups of links whose lengths are ordered to span distances definable by powers of a finite (preferably binary) integer. Starting at the calling node, a single idle ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4079207 | Telecommunication switching system A telecommunication switching system in which a required number of switching arrays or matrixes are combined together and the switching arrays or matrixes are divided into a group having in a predetermined ratio outlets of non-multiple connection and outl... | 03/14/1978 |
| 3949176 | Method of and apparatus for all busy detection A method of and an apparatus for detecting the all make busy state of a line concentrator or an exchange in which all outgoing circuits are divided into a plurality of groups, at least one circuit is specified from each of the groups, the specified circui... | 04/06/1976 |
