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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100054158 | Method and apparatus for managing multiple media streams during call setup To address the need to manage multiple media streams within the communication network rather than at the user equipment, the network may employ a method such as that depicted in diagram 10. The network determines (11) that a called remote unit is associate... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100054159 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CALL FORWARDING SERVICE FOR USERS A method and a device for providing a call forwarding service for users are provided. The method for providing a call forwarding service for users includes the following steps. An IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network entity receives a call towards a user who accesses f... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100034121 | METHOD FOR REPELLING UNWANTED SPEECH ADVERTISING FOR PACKET-ORIENTED COMMUNICATION NETWORKS A service (LD) according to the invention is disclosed for managing lists in a packet-oriented network (LAN) for end devices (EG) of the network, said service providing a first (blacklist) and second (whitelist) list (L1, L2) of identifiers (id, rn) in which one or no u... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100029308 | DIRECT MOBILE STATION-TO-MOBILE STATION COMMUNICATION OF MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE SERVICE (MMS) MESSAGES Multimedia message service (MMS) communications directly between mobile stations avoid interactions with a MMS Center (MMSC). In the examples, the originating station sends a short message service (SMS) message notifying the destination mobile station of the availabilit... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100020727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING DIAMETER BASED SIGNALING TO ACTIVATE AND DEACTIVATE SUBSCRIBER CENTRIC, VISUALLY RENDERED, SERVICES A system and method is provided for providing using Diameter based signaling to activate and deactivate subscriber centric, visually rendered, services. The system is implemented in a computer infrastructure which includes computer executable code tangibly embodied on a... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100008264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING INSTALLATION OF PACKET-SWITCHED TELEPHONY EQUIPMENT ON A SUBSCRIBER PREMISES A residential gateway provides packet-switched telephony service over a broadband communications network. The gateway includes data terminal equipment having an interface for communicating with customer premises equipment. The gateway also includes a self-installation a... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100008265 | AUGMENTED REALITY METHOD AND SYSTEM USING LOGO RECOGNITION, WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL BROWSING AND VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL TECHNOLOGY An augmented reality platform is provided which interacts between a mobile device and a server via a communication network. The augmented reality platform includes an image recognition application located on the mobile device which receives a live, real-time image, reco... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100002606 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A SERVICE OVER A HYBRID NETWORK AND SYSTEM THEREOF There is provided a service system, application platform, application design framework and method of providing a service over a hybrid network comprising at least one circuit-switched network and at least one packet-switched network connected via at least one gateway co... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090323558 | System and an improved method for controlling multimedia features and services in a sip-based phones A system for controlling multimedia features and supplementary services in SIP based phones comprising: At least one UAC, operable to request desired data using a RDT message as an expanded SIP and check whether the data is correctly received; at least one UAS, operable... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090323559 | Method for predicting a port number of a NAT equipment based on results of inquiring the STUN server twice We propose a method for predicting a port number of a NAT equipment according to results of inquiring a STUN server twice in this invention. A network terminal device A in a private network sends an inquiry packet to the STUN server before and after sending a hole punch... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090296605 | MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATOR A multimedia communicator is disclosed. The multimedia communicator comprises a processing unit; and a storage device coupled to the processing unit. The multimedia communicator further includes a plurality of interfaces to allow the multimedia communicator to offer a u... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090296606 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PEER-TO-PEER HYBRID COMMUNICATIONS An improved system and method are disclosed for peer-to-peer communications. In one example, the method includes retrieving a profile and a routing table from an access server by a first endpoint during an authentication process. The profile identifies at least a second... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090290515 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING SERVICES IN A MOBILE TERMINAL OF A MOBILE RADIO NETWORK A method and apparatus for configuring services in a mobile terminal of a mobile radio network. Configuration data for services in the mobile terminal is updated by means of a data-switching network element and a data-storage network element, data being transmitted by m... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090285129 | Systems and Methods for Delayed Message Delivery A system for delayed message delivery can include an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network that is in communication with at least one of a first user equipment and a second user equipment, and a message application server. The message application server can be configure... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090279701 | CONTROLLING ACCESS NODES WITH NETWORK TRANSPORT DEVICES WITHIN WIRELESS MOBILE NETWORKS A network controls provision of access functionality by an access node to provide a network service to a subscriber device. For example, the network device may control the queuing and forwarding of packets by the access node to facilitate packet transmission according t... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090268639 | SERVER APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PAGING EXECUTION METHOD According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a storage module stores information to execute paging of which the broadcast is not completed yet for paging using the recording module, a determination module determines whether or not to execute paging of inform... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090252067 | EMERGENCY CALL METHODOLOGY FOR VOIP COMMUNICATIONS A method for determining the location of a VoIP caller includes receiving an emergency call from a VoIP phone from the internet via a VoIP enabling device. A device identifier of the VoIP enabling device through which the call from the VoIP device originated is received... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090245142 | ADDITIVE SERVICE BEACON Embodiments of methods and apparatus for wirelessly transmitting a plurality of beacons describing one or more services offered by a service providing device are disclosed. In some embodiments, the service providing device transmits a first beacon including a first comp... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090225685 | Computer-Implemented Voice Markup Language-Based Server A computer-implemented method and system for a telephony server to provide services based upon a call from a user. A user communicates with the telephony server over a telephone communication device. The telephony server retrieves a voice application over a computer net... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090225684 | METHOD FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF CALL CONNECTION FAILURE AND SYSTEM TO PERFORM THE METHOD A method for reducing a risk of a call connection failure in a video communication providing a multimedia ring back tone service includes replying to a call connection request from a calling terminal, receiving a first message, determining whether the first message incl... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090207759 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONVERGED WIRELINE AND WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving packets for a communications flow from an end user that can conduct the flow through a wireless network and through a wireline network. The method also includes providing policy control for the end us... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090190505 | Method and apparatus for targeted content delivery based on real-time communication session analysis A system and related method for targeted content delivery based on real time communication session analysis, including one or more of the following: a behavior analyzer that formulates a behavioral profile of a user of a terminal device that requests and receives a real... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090190506 | Method for Allowing Control of the Quality of Service and/or of the Service Fees for Telecommunication Services A method permitting the control of the service quality and/or service fees of telecommunication services in which several service nodes are involved. During the initiation and/or implementation of a communication service, an exchange of signaling data occurs between a c... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090190479 | Methods, systems and apparatus for monitoring and/or generating communications in a communications network A module for use in a communications network in which a plurality of signals are transmitted between respective first and second nodes, the module having an engine for receiving the plurality of signals over the network, for extracting protocol data therefrom and for pr... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090156171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING MESSAGES A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve a communication identifier from a communication session, match an entry in an address book with the communication identifier, ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090129293 | RECORDING A CIRCUIT SWITCHED CALL USING AN IP BASED CONTROL INTERFACE A method of recording at least a part of a conversation between a plurality of conversation parties, wherein said conversation is enabled by establishing a call through a circuit switched telecommunications network. Said at least one part of said conversation is recorde... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090129294 | Systems and methods for multi-customer access to high speed data optimization applications over TCP/IP WAN and internet The present invention allows multi-customer access to the common high speed carrier for contracting customers. The customer initiates a data transfer utilizing a registered address that activates high speed encapsulation to accelerate the data transmission. This change ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090122728 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, NETWORK ELEMENTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS Mechanisms and methodologies are provided that enable marketing, advertising and customer relations management campaign implementation that includes a combination advertising, marketing and direct marketing strategies implemented via a combination of communications via ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122726 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING VOIP TELECOMMUNICATIONS A system, method or device for sharing revenue for incoming Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls between a VoIP service provider and VoIP service subscribers. The VoIP subscribers may earn credits for receiving incoming calls from a first network to an Internet Pro... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122727 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERING TRACKING AREA UPDATE IN PACKET SWITCHED WIRELESS SYSTEM The present invention discloses a method for triggering tracking area update in packet switched wireless system that includes equivalent tracking areas. The method includes: S302, configuring, managing and/or updating one or more tracking area identifier pool(s) ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090109877 | Methods and Systems for Presenting Online Content Elements Based on Information Known to a Service Provider Methods and systems for presenting online content elements based on information known to a service provider. One of the methods is a method for presenting online content at a communication apparatus, the communication apparatus being assigned an identifier. The method c... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109878 | METHOD FOR INFORMING THAT THE NETWORK SUPPORTS THE MOBILE IP ENHANCEMENT CAPABILITY A method for informing that the network supports the mobile Internet Protocol (IP) enhancement capability includes the network sending a message indicating the mobile IP enhancement capability of the network to a mobile station (MS). If the MS supports the mobile IP enh... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090103457 | Method and apparatus for providing notification of an attempted communication Method and system for providing notification of attempted voice communication between a calling party and a called party in a voice communication system includes the called party receiving a voice communication attempt, sending notification of the voice communication at... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090103458 | AVOIDANCE OF INCORRECT CLASSIFICATION OF DESIRED MESSAGES AS SPAM-OVER-INTERNET-TELEPHONY MESSAGES The subject matter of the invention is a method and an apparatus for avoiding incorrect classification of desired messages as spam-over-Internet-telephony messages, SPIT messages for short, and accordingly a connection request is forwarded within communication networks ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090097420 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LAWFUL INTERCEPTION OF VALUE-ADDED SERVICE IN IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM A method and a system for lawfully intercepting a value-added service in an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) are provided. In the present method, a service subscription information is sent to a first information delivery module when a suspect is registered to an IMS networ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090088139 | Method, network unit and system for providing subscriber information of a group call to an interception unit To provide at least one piece of subscriber information regarding at least one group call to an interception unit from a network unit by way of a communication network, the network unit receives at least one piece of subscriber information regarding at least one group c... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090059817 | Method and apparatus for assigning and provisioning VOIP services A method, system, and computer usable program product for assigning and provisioning VOIP services are provided. A data processing system receives an order for the VOIP service and information about virtual inventory. The data processing system may create a provisioning... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090059818 | Systems and methods for providing configurable caller id iformation Systems and methods for providing voice communications using a computing system associated with a first user are disclosed. A communications service is provided that manages packetized voice communications between a plurality of users including the first user. A voice c... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090048869 | AUTOMATED HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS The present invention involves value-added applications (or middleware) that integrates and adds value to existing call system and medical software packages by leveraging the assets of telecommunications manager software and medical records software with further special... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090034436 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RECORDING SOLUTION INTERFACE Included are embodiments for providing an interface. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving communications data associated with a communications session, the communications session facilitated in an Internet Protocol environment and providing an interfac... | 02/05/2009 |