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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7369647 | Voice mail notification using instant messaging A system and method that notifies a voice mailbox subscriber of the receipt of a message at a voicemail server using instant messaging. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes an enhanced notification server that receives a notification of the message from ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356139 | Computer telephony integration (CTI) complete hospitality contact center Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling a dynamic hospitality contact center (DHCC) that leverages the assets of a hospitality center's communications systems including internal telecommunications networks, information systems, data networks, and applications... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340246 | Transmission of information during call establishment The present invention relates to a method for transmitting information to a subscriber in a telephone system in connection with call establishment. In order to achieve more efficient transmission of information between the parties participating in the call establish... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328248 | Method and apparatus for message transmission verification A method and apparatus improve the user-friendliness of messaging systems. A message sender is requested to create a message ID which is used to identify a message being sent by the message sender. At some later time the message sender can query the message center u... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7305259 | Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in wireless RF systems A radio frequency (RF) transceiver having improved low power operating modes. The RF transceiver comprises: 1) a radio frequency (RF) modem section comprising: a) receive path circuitry for receiving and down-converting an incoming RF signal to thereby produce an in... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286817 | System for acknowledging a message received on a mobile terminal A system for acknowledging that a message sent by a sender terminal and received on a destination mobile terminal has been read. The sender terminal comprises a module for: a) supplying the identifier of a destination mobile terminal for the message; b) generating t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283620 | Systems and methods for originating and sending a voice mail message to an instant messaging platform Systems and methods for originating and sending a voice mail message to an instant messaging platform. One particular system includes a voice mail service adapted to receive a voice mail message and information associated with a recipient subscriber, request an inst... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266371 | Activation and remote modification of wireless services in a packet network context A third generation (3G) mobile communication system supports an over-the-air activation scheme utilizing a wireless packet data protocol. A subscriber identity module (SIM) is preloaded with temporary operating parameters such as a temporary international mobile sub... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257395 | Methods and apparatuses for programming user-defined information into electronic devices A device for programming user-defined information into an electronic device is provided. The programmer allows a user to program customized information, such as user-selected audio, video, or Internet access information into his or her programmable device. Such elec... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251471 | Emergency phone with single button activation An emergency-use-only cellular phone provides for contacting and establishing full-duplex voice communication with emergency personnel at either a public emergency response service or a private roadside assistance service. The phone automatically places a cellular c... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248863 | Alert-me management system for telecommunications infrastructure and method of operation thereof An alert-me management system for a telecommunications infrastructure and a method of providing an alert-me service. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) distributed alert-me request servers configured to receive and aggregate alert-me requests pertaining to ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248857 | System and method for enhanced message notification Enhanced message notification is provided by an enhanced notification function element and a subscriber preference profile database. The enhanced notification function element queries the subscriber preference profile database to obtain subscriber communication term... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7209475 | System and method for providing on-hold content in a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) environment A method and system for providing on-hold content in a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) environment includes receiving an indication of a call on-hold. On-hold content for the call may be selected based on revenue generation criteria such as, for example, prices ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7197282 | Mobile station loop-back signal processing Processing of loop-back information returned by one or more mobile stations that are served by a wireless communication network permits the network to compensate its transmit signals for increased transmission efficiency and reduced signal interference at the mobile... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7177593 | Estimating communication quality A method for estimating quality of communications between a transmitter and a receiver over a communications link operable to carry data in at least one of a plurality of different compressed forms, the method comprising: detecting an error rate of the communication... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173911 | System and method for music-on-hold in a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) environment This method for music-on-hold in a voiceover Internet Protocol (VoIP) environment includes determining a quality value for each of a plurality of audio streams communicated in the VoIP format. One of the audio streams may be selected for playing to a call on hold ba... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167458 | Method and apparatus for determining a number of times a message is transmitted on a paging channel to a mobile station Method and apparatus for use in a communication system (100) are provided for determining a number of times a message is transmitted on a paging channel. A controller (210, 401) selects a mobile station (102, 103, 104) to receive a general page ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159230 | Emergency alert system A system for inputting conventional emergency alert messages into a digital subscriber television system. The method allows existing emergency alert equipment to interface with the digital system equipment in the headend of a digital subscriber television system. A ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151952 | Portable telephone and terminal equipment The portable telephone (and terminal equipment) according to the present invention comprises operating means 25 having a plurality of input modes and provided with at least one operating keys, for inputting data of a type in accordance with a current input mo... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151923 | Systems for providing message waiting notification updates in a cellular communication network The message waiting notification update system is operable in the serving Mobile Switching Center and, upon receipt of a message-waiting acknowledgement from the mobile subscriber station, updates the local copy of the subscriber's data in the Visited Location Regis... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7136670 | Mobile communication device with audio recorder A mobile communication device that has self-contained audio recorder and playback circuitry therein. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133414 | Method for enhancing broadcast message communications The effectiveness of a communication system for broadcasting curtailment messages to comfort system thermostats is enhanced by conducting an initial test broadcast for the purposes of compiling a list of those users that did not receive the test broadcast. This list... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133700 | Wireless visual alerting method and system A method and system in a telecommunications network for visually alerting a user of an incoming call are disclosed herein. A call can be transmitted to a mobile device associated with a user of the telecommunications network. An alert can also be transmitted to one ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130657 | Methods and systems for improving frame selection in wireless communications networks Methods and systems are provided for improving frame selection in wireless communications networks. During decoding of a frame, a base station generates an error burst representation associated with error bursts and stores the representation within the frame, thus f... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130388 | Portable message waiting indicator An apparatus and method are provided for easily indicating to a user that a communication has been received for him or her. A portable message waiting indication device (MWID) includes a power source (e.g., battery), signal receiver and a visual and/or audible indic... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120390 | BLUETOOTH smart offset compensation An offset history table is implemented and maintained in a BLUETOOTH device and is used to pre-seed an expected frequency offset of a received signal from another BLUETOOTH device. The disclosed offset history table includes one entry for each piconet device in a pa... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7098785 | Juvenile monitoring system The present remote child monitoring system includes a plurality of transmitters for transmitting audio signals at different frequencies from different locations and at least one receiver remote from the transmitters for receiving and announcing the transmitted audio... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099289 | Automatic retransmission and error recovery for packet oriented point-to-multipoint communication Point to multipoint wireless communication, including automatic retransmission and error recovery for packet oriented point to multipoint communication, which integrates adaptive and dynamic responsiveness for parameters for automatic retransmission using wireless c... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096039 | Backhaul multicasting using Ethernet-based radio access networks The present invention sets forth a methodology for providing improved downlink backhaul services from a radio network controller (RNC) to a plurality of base stations via a backhaul network that provides Ethernet services. The Ethernet services are provided by a gro... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088801 | Single telephone number access to multiple communications services A platform provides access to multiple telecommunications services via a single telephone number. These services may include, for example, voicemail services, facsimile messaging services, paging services, and outbound calling services. A guest caller may call the s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088235 | Method and apparatus for retrofitting a patient call system An improved retrofit wireless remote nurse call apparatus requiring no system conversion or structural adaptation uses battery power and decretive water resistant call buttons with electronic key for selective response that are both functional and inexpensive. The t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079831 | Method and apparatus for two-way communications amongst a plurality of communications devices In a security system, a method and apparatus for two-way frequency hopping communications between the control panel and each peripheral device which maintains channel synchronization through the assignment of fixed beacon frequencies for the transmission of synchron... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7068658 | Method and apparatus for resolving ambiguity in reception of multiple retransmitted frames A method and apparatus for resolving ambiguity in reception of multiple retransmitted frames includes ascertaining for each data frame received from a transmitter whether the frame is a retransmitted frame. If the frame is a retransmitted frame, the frame may be sto... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069002 | Message waiting indication operable to overcome a border condition between mobile switching centers There is therefore a need to forward the message waiting indication data to Mobile Switching Centers whose service areas overlap with the service area of the Mobile Switching Center presently serving this mobile subscriber's wireless communication device. In this ma... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053753 | Wireless community alerting system A pager-based alert system includes a monitor center that is in telephonic or data communication with a paging station allowing the command center to send multi-digit code words where selected digits comprise an address for selecting one or more of a plurality of ph... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046958 | Method and system for radio communication with mobile units The invention concerns a system and a method of radio communication between a plurality of mobile units (6) and a stationary system (1, 3, 12, 14) comprising one or several transmitter units (3), wherein radio communication to one or several mob... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043262 | Two-way pager and method for communicating preset messages over the global system for mobile communications (GSM/GPRS) network The present invention provides a communication system for transmitting messages from one or more dispatcher stations to and from one or more stand-alone, two-way pagers via a radio frequency communication channel, namely, the short message service (SMS) of the Globa... | 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 |
| 7039403 | Method and apparatus to manage a resource A method includes selecting a registration resource at a first location and assigning the registration resource to a customer at a second location. The registration resource is released at the second location independently of the first location. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034683 | Electronic vehicle product and personnel monitoring A system providing vehicle, pallet, and personnel tracking within buildings, vehicles such as trucks/trailers, buses, trains and aircraft at a site or in a global network system. RFID transponder Gate readers are used in building doorways, in vehicles such as tracks... | 04/25/2006 |
