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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8422407 | Method for managing data transmissions in a subscriber pool A method for managing data transmissions in a subscriber pool involves receiving a telematics unit call at a call center on a channel other than a packet data channel, and from the call and at the call center, recognizing that the packet data channel is unavailable ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422406 | Identifying callers in telecommunications networks A system and method that allows different participants in a conference call to be identified at a receiving terminal includes watermarking speech data when the uplink information from the terminals of the participants is received at the telecommunications network. T... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8259624 | Dynamic picture layout for video conferencing based on properties derived from received conferencing signals A method and apparatus for conferencing dynamically determines composite image layout based on properties of received conferencing signals that include video signals and control signals. Video signals received from connected sites are processed to provide a composit... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8233411 | Enhanced system for controlling service interaction and for providing blending of services A service broker system is presented for mediating events or messages to be sent to or received from a plurality of applications to control service interaction and to provide service blending in a communications system. The service broker system includes steplet fun... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8218460 | Network entity, method and computer program product for mixing signals during a conference session A network entity, method and computer program product are provided for effectuating a conference session. The method may include receiving a plurality of signals representative of voice communication of the participants. In this regard, the signals may be received f... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8130679 | Individual processing of VoIP contextual information A method and system for processing received VoIP data packets based on preferences of a recipient client or capabilities of a recipient computing device is provided. Several users and/or service providers are allowed to specify rules instructing how to process conte... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8094588 | Information transmission method, information transmission apparatus, information recording or reproducing method, information recording or reproducing apparatus and recording medium An information transmission method capable of reproducing the atmosphere of a concert hall or a live performance hall, wherein bio-information of a speaker, player, actor or conductor, who serves as a source of speech, sounds or music and/or bio-information of a per... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8014322 | Diagnostic tool for troubleshooting multimedia streaming applications In one embodiment, a method includes correlating, for each intermediate device associated with a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) application that connects endpoints through a plurality of intermediate devices across a network, one or more first RTP segments input... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7944863 | Accelerated channel change in rate-limited environments Accelerated channel change (ACC) strategies are described for supplying a client module with media information by transitioning between a first delivery of media information provided by first delivery functionality and a second delivery of media information provided... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929463 | Layered codec data distribution apparatus and method The side information of an MP4 file manages plural groups of hint information using plural pieces of hint information as a group, and represents how layered codec data is layer-divided. A streaming server refers to the side information, and selects a group of hint i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7720013 | Method and system for classifying digital traffic A method and system for analyzing continuous bit segments taken from a general data channel and classifying the sampled data by type, such as: voice, audio or data. B contiguous bits are converted to plus and minus deltas. The B-replaced values are then padded with ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7649854 | System and method for providing channels in application servers and transaction-based systems A system and method for providing channels within application servers, messaging systems, and transaction-based systems. Network traffic internal to the server is carried over these channels. This allows the administrator to segregate internal network traffic, usual... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7561538 | Concentrator for speech telephones and method of communication over LAN using same Speech telephones are incorporated in a LAN, and, for example, when a voice telephone 5 communicates with another voice telephone 8, call control is performed through exchange of information between a PC 1 and a PC 4, juxtaposed with the ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7426193 | Multipoint audiovisual conferencing system According to the present invention there are provided a system, method and program storage device for establishing a connection for an endpoint to a scheduled audiovisual conference between a plurality of participants, the plurality of participants connecting to the... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7415499 | Method and apparatus for listening for incoming calls on multiple port/socket combinations In one embodiment, the invention provides a method comprising loading a set of transport components into a memory; initializing each transport component of the set of transport components to listen on a particular conferencing interface using a listen string to asso... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7376091 | Wireless bridge for interfacing an 802.11 network with a cellular network A network access point can serve as a bridge between an 802.11 network and a cellular network. The network access point can receive packets from the 802.11 network and reformat the packets for transmission over the cellular network. Similarly, the network access poi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376137 | Method and system for communication between coordinator-based wireless networks A method and system for communication between wireless networks connected through a wired network in a coordinator-based wireless network environment are provided. According to the method for communication, a wired/wireless relay device that attempts to associate wi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373245 | System and method for networking a plurality of nodes A system and method for networking a plurality of nodes is disclosed. A network of data devices having data representations of connectivity, network node position, and/or position topologies is also disclosed, wherein the network may be self-configuring and the netw... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7339605 | Conference link between a speakerphone and a video conference unit A conference link between devices in teleconference system at one site is disclosed. The linked devices include video conference units, speakerphones or stand-alone loudspeakers. Audio data can be transmitted through the conference link between devices. Audio data p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7301913 | Transcoding arrangement in a session initiation This invention relates to a SIP and SDP protocols. The idea of the invention is to modify SDP descriptions included in SIP messages to facilitate transcoding. After receiving an INVITE message from a calling party, the SIP proxy negotiates with a transcoder for gett... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298834 | System and method for large capacity conference calls A system and method for teleconferencing using multiple media mixers is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a conferencing system may include a conference control server in communication with a central media mixer (CMM) and one or more edge media mixers (EMM). The... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292544 | Multipoint audiovisual conferencing system According to the present invention there are provided a system, method and program storage device for establishing a connection for an endpoint to a scheduled audiovisual conference between a plurality of participants, the plurality of participants connecting to the... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289963 | Sound-reproducing apparatus and high frequency interpolation-processing method The invention provides a sound-reproducing apparatus and a high frequency interpolation-processing method in each of which high frequency interpolation processing having a light burden imposed thereon can be executed. Compressed audio data is decoded by a decoder ( | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290036 | Electronic mail priority alert service via telephone The present invention relates to a new feature for e-mail services which provides a telephone call alert to a particular e-mail user when their e-mail server, web page e-mail server, or other e-mail receiving server receives new e-mail addressed to them. One or more... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283154 | Systems and methods for videoconference and/or data collaboration initiation Systems and methods to accept information regarding audio communication sessions (e.g., telephone calls) and, in response, initiate a videoconference and/or data collaboration session via for example data collaboration terminals associated with the audio terminals u... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284034 | Transparent combination of instant message protocols A system and method for routing instant messages uses a user presence service to aid a user in determining to send an instant message to an intended recipient based on user availability information. The method also uses a configurable delivery manager that defines, ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277679 | Method and apparatus to provide multiple-mode spatial processing to a terminal unit Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for spatial processing in a remote terminal unit. One embodiment is a wireless remote terminal receiver in a wireless terminal unit for operation in a wireless communication system. The wireless remote te... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266368 | Method and apparatus for presenting assistance data in a communication conference system The present invention provides a communication assistance process that is performed by a communication assistance device connected to a plurality of user terminals via a network. During a communication (or video) conference call, when assistance data associated with... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251314 | Voice message transfer between a sender and a receiver A method and system forwards voice messages from a sender to a receiver through a network. A voice-mail device records a phone number of a receiver and a voice message of a sender within a digital file. The voice message and phone number are encapsulated within an e... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240347 | Systems and methods for preserving the order of data A device includes an input processing unit and an output processing unit. The input processing unit dispatches first data to one of a group of processing engines, records an identity of the one processing engine in a location in a first memory, reserves one or more ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7188352 | Intelligent digital audiovisual playback system Payment-based audiovisual playback system characterized by comprising a microprocessor unit, primarily including storage means for storing inter alia in digital form the visual and sound information to be used, and associated, through a number of interfaces, with di... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7173914 | Communication node receipt of node-output information from processorless central equipment A first communication node of a plurality of communication nodes connected with processorless central equipment in a system sends one or more first portions of node-output information to the processorless central equipment. One or more additional communication nodes... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162474 | Recipient controlled contact directories A presence system 4 manages communications in a network 2 between initiating parties 8 and recipient parties 6. The system 4 has a database 10 storing entries each relating to recipient parties 6. Each entry is stored... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155162 | Radio base station and program recorded medium A frequency estimation unit (57) and a timing estimation unit (58) respectively detect a frequency offset and a timing offset from a signal received from a mobile station via a control channel. A weight calculation unit (53) corrects reception s... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7136919 | Method and system for broadcasting alarm messages to selected users of an IP network A system broadcast alarm messages from a server to a list of users among a plurality of multi-platform users sharing the server in a data transmission network which operates under Internet Protocol (IP) and uses the Java language. The system comprises a profile tabl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130658 | Shared circuitry for WLAN receiver functional units A WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) receiver having a synchronization unit is provided. The synchronization unit comprises a first functional unit for performing a first signal processing function, a second functional unit for performing a second signal processing ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7116986 | System and method for providing secure communication between network nodes A network, network device and method is disclosed. A network of network nodes is disclosed in which the network nodes securely transmit communication signals using one or more spatial parameters unique to the network nodes. A data positioning device capable of opera... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113571 | Communication system, communication management system and method A communications system, a communication management system and method are disclosed. Distribution information is distributed to communication terminal devices to which communication lines are connected. And a privilege is assigned to a user of the communication term... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113987 | Method and system for dynamic message registration by a service controller A system and method for providing centralized control of one or more communication services, includes an Integrated Services Controller (ISC), which is in communication with any number of communications networks, such as the Public Switched Telephone Network or in t... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113514 | Apparatus and method for implementing a packet based teleconference bridge A method and apparatus for effecting multi-party teleconferencing that avoids the need for tandem vocoding of packet based information from conference call participants. In particular, the teleconferencing bridge infrastructure utilizes packet tagging of encoded pac... | 09/26/2006 |
