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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189569 | Apparatus and method for realizing user switching between IP network and PSTN network An apparatus for switching a user between an IP network and a PSTN is disclosed in the present invention and includes a user port, a Subscriber Line Interface Circuit, a detection circuit, a PSTN port, an IP network interface circuit and an action unit. A method for... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189570 | System and method for processing calls to VoIP devices using the called party's email address Systems and methods are disclosed for system for processing calls to a SIP or VoIP device using the called party's Email address in which a call redirect server component is provisioned with the called party's Email address and VoIP or SIP device address, and a DNS ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184624 | Systems and methods for multiple mode voice and data communications using intelligently bridged TDM and packet buses and methods for performing telephony and data functions using the same A system for managing voice and data communications coupled to a wide area telecommunications network. Video data is coupled between the system and a video unit under control of a processor. Audio data is coupled between the system and a microphone unit under contro... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8125984 | Method, system, and computer program product for implementing stream processing using a reconfigurable optical switch A method, system, and computer program product for implementing stream processing are provided. The system includes an application framework and applications containing dataflow graphs managed by the application framework running on a first network. The system also ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125983 | VoIP telecommunications switch An exploitation of the proper classification of conventional call processing states into categories, each category corresponding to one of the call states of the SIP finite-state machine (FSM), yields simplified design, implementation, and operation of heterogeneous... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8102841 | Auxiliary peripheral for alerting a computer of an incoming call An auxiliary call control component is coupled to a computing system alerts the computing system of an incoming call in instances where the computing system is not capable of processing the incoming call. When the auxiliary call control component receives an incomin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8054829 | Communication system and method Embodiments of the present invention relate to a communication arrangement for distinguishing between network entities having the same address by translating between the same addresses and surrogate addresses using an intermediary network entity. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050255 | Routing a VoIP call with contextual information A method and system for routing a call connection signal and corresponding contextual information to an appropriate destination is provided. A call center and at least one user may exchange signals, and/or contextual information during a call set-up phase. Relevant ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045544 | Method and system for operating a communication service portal A method of providing communication service, includes receiving user identification information and first communication service criteria. The user identification information identifies a user, while the first communication service criteria describe a first communica... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036211 | Legacy user proxy call session control function A Legacy User Proxy CSCF (“L-CSCF”) provides multimedia services from a SIP based network to legacy access networks and devices. The L-CSCF includes a legacy service control state machine; a P-CSCF state machine and associated protocols; a mapping between a user... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027335 | Multimedia access device and system employing the same A method of establishing a voice communication session with a multimedia access device employable in a multimedia communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes initiating a session request from a first endpoint communication device employing an instan... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8018921 | Using XML expressed primitives for platform and system-independent call modeling A system for providing third-party call control in a telecommunications environment is provided. The system comprises, a call-control mechanism for providing service logic and routing intelligence, a control application for providing service-logic description and co... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014387 | Providing a fully non-blocking switch in a supernode of a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture A mechanism is provided for transmitting data from a first processor of a data processing system to a second processor of the data processing system. In one or more switches, a set of virtual channels is created, the one or more switches comprising, for each process... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005076 | Method and apparatus for activating transport channels in a packet switched communication system Some embodiments provide a method of registering a user equipment (UE) in a communication system that includes a licensed wireless communication system and a generic access network (GAN) that has a generic access network controller (GANC). The method sends a registe... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000320 | System for providing multi-phased, multi-modal access to content through voice and data devices A method for accessing content through multiple devices, e.g. Telephone (1) and/or a data device (4) such as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or Web Enabled Mobile Phone, is discussed where a user can initiate interaction with data through any device... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995565 | System and method for managing call continuity in IMS network environment using SIP messaging In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for managing call continuity in a network environment including a circuit-switched (CS) network and an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network wherein a SIP Invite message having a Domain Transfer-URI contained in the Request-U... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990956 | Voice communication system over IP phone system A voice communication system configured over an IP phone system, with which users could establish voice calls between analog telephone devices and IP phones through an IP phone system without changing their conventional usage method is provided. To allow analog tele... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7978689 | Apparatus, system and method for transmitting voice and data over ethernet An apparatus. The apparatus includes a network interface card in communication with a telephone, a functional circuit in communication with the network interface card, and an Ethernet port in communication with the functional circuit. The functional circuit is for c... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969969 | Signalling gateway A signalling gateway for transmitting messages between a first network and a second network, where the first network comprises an SS7 network and the second network comprises an IP network, the second network comprising a plurality of application servers, the signal... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7933262 | Method and system for providing integration theme pack service Disclosed is a method and system for providing an integration theme pack service in which, if a user receives an integration theme pack content from a content-providing server through a mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal changes a backg... | 04/26/2011 |
| RE42271 | Wireless telephone system including voice over IP and POTS A telephone capable of placing or receiving calls over the PSTN or a packet network. The telephone can store multiple telephone numbers for each potential called party along with preferences that govern the order of selecting telephone numbers to service any given o... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920553 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912043 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899038 | Method and apparatus for communicating fax data over the internet Gateway, method, and apparatus for communicating fax data over the Internet. A gateway includes: a fax receiving module adapted to convert an analog fax transmission to a fax data set; and an Internet Protocol (IP) communication module adapted to encapsulate said da... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889722 | System for interconnecting standard telephony communications equipment to internet protocol networks A system for linking standard telephony communications with internet protocols. Standard telephony equipment, such as a telephone, can communicate using the internet without special adapters or the like. A network of Internet servers may be connected to the Internet... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7876744 | Method for collect call service based on VoIP technology and system thereof One embodiment of the present invention provides a collect call method and system thereof, more particularly, in order to charge the called party with a uniform toll for collect call, which is determined by only the type and location of called party terminal. In one... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873032 | Call flow system and method use in VoIP telecommunication system A method of establishing a communication link between a mobile terminal of a wireless network and a subscriber of a network, such as an enterprise network, and/or a residential network. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7860084 | Outlet with analog signal adapter, a method for use thereof and a network using said outlet A device for a LAN, containing an integrated adapter that converts digital data to and from analog video signals, allowing the use of analog video units in a digital data network or telephone line-based data networking system, eliminating the need for digital video ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852834 | Temporary ENUM gateway A temporary ENUM architecture assigns a temporary ENUM at call time. For an originated communication requiring routing to a party which needs a particular callback format not supported, the TempENUM provides consistency with the specific format required by the recei... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848315 | End-to-end voice over IP streams for telephone calls established via legacy switching systems When voice over Internet Protocol (IP) capabilities are added to a conventional network of voice switches, an IP network is normally used to replace individual trunks between voice switches and to replace telephone lines between telephones and their serving voice sw... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848316 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7830868 | System and method for effecutating a SIP call in a network environment including IMS In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for routing a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call in a network environment including a circuit-switched (CS) network and an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network. When a SIP call is originated by a user equipment (UE) devi... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826443 | Method for network-based remote IMS CPE troubleshooting A method for use in an IMS VoIP Network provides for remote troubleshooting of a CPE problem. After receiving a customer complaint, customer care begins the troubleshooting process, collecting and compiling information to send to the test platform. The test platform... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822022 | Multi-rate, multi-protocol, multi-port line interface for a multiservice switching platform Methods and apparatus for enabling a line card to support multiple ports, multiple rates, and multiple protocols within an optical network system are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a line card that is suitable for incorporation into one of a multi-slot broa... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7808979 | Methods and systems for packet aggregation combining connection-oriented and connection-less techniques The present invention provides methods and systems for aggregating packets combining connection-oriented and connection-less techniques. The methods and systems of packet aggregation utilize connection-oriented techniques to forward data from multiple clients to an ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804820 | System and method for processing packet domain signal Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and a method for processing a packet domain service signal, which enable a terminal that does not support an access control protocol of an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) to access the IMS and acqui... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7796583 | Packet handler for high-speed data networks An improved packet handler for VoIP cable modems and other high-speed digital devices includes a direct communication link via hardware among internal processing components. Incoming and outgoing digital information packets are filtered into MAC packets, voice PDU p... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796584 | Method for connection between communication networks of different types and gateway apparatus A gateway apparatus for conducting connection between different types of communication networks, that are a line-switched network and a packet-switched network, there are provided a method and an apparatus in which sound breaks otherwise caused by delay or loss of s... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7769000 | System and method for managing call routing in a network environment including IMS In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for managing call routing in a network environment including a circuit-switched (CS) network and an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network. When a call is originated by a user equipment (UE) device in the CS network, call info... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760712 | System and method for managing call continuity in IMS network environment In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for managing call continuity in a network environment including a circuit-switched (CS) network and an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network wherein unique identity (ID) information supplied by a user equipment (UE) device is... | 07/20/2010 |