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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8411674 | Method and device for session control in hybrid telecommunications network Combinational networks may provide simultaneous connectivity over networks of different type between terminals. Communication sessions on different network types such as Circuit switched and Packet switched, belonging to the same user equipment can be correlated. In... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8391280 | Method and system for realizing nonloss transmission of media stream after switching between open call and secret call A method for realizing non-loss transmission of media stream after switching between the open call and the secret call, the method includes the steps: after the base station receiving the message of switching from the open call to the secret call from the communicat... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8369319 | System and method for originating a call via a circuit-switched network from a user equipment device Methods and apparatus for originating a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call from a user equipment (UE) device in a network environment including a circuit-switched (CS) network and an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network to a called party are disclosed. In one i... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8363647 | System and method for configuring an IP telephony device System and method for IP telephony. The system includes an IP telephone (IPT) and a Service Gateway (SG). The SG receives an identifier, e.g., a vendor class identifier, included in a DHCP discover message from the IP telephone and determines if the identifier is va... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8325713 | System and method to enable large MTUs in data center ethernet networks A method of configuring a port on a network device includes receiving a frame of information, determining that the frame includes maximum transmission unit (MTU) information, and configuring a prioritized receive queue on the port with an MTU size based on the MTU i... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8284766 | Multi-core processor and method of communicating across a die A multi-core die is provided that allows packets to be communicated across the die using resources of a packet switched network and a circuit switched network. ... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8274969 | Method for improving random access procedure in wireless communications system and related communication device A method for improving a random access procedure for a mobile device of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes initiating the random access procedure, starting a time alignment timer of the mobile device when receiving a time alignment mes... | 09/25/2012 |
| 8265069 | System, terminal, method, and computer program product for establishing a transport-level connection with a server located behind a network address translator and/or firewall A system, terminating node, method, and computer program product enable an originating node in a public network to communicate with a terminating node in a private network by sending a non-IP-based message from the originating node to the terminating node, thereby c... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8254377 | System and method for HLR support for IP-MSC feature activation A method for managing services for a network service provider includes the steps of receiving a Feature Request Message from a switching node associated with a mobile station within a non-circuit switched network at a registration node. The Feature Request Message i... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8243725 | Maintaining circuit switched continuity in an enhanced universal terrestrial radio access network A method for implementing a fallback procedure from a packet switched (PS) radio access technology (RAT) to a circuit switched (CS) RAT is disclosed. A paging message is received at a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via the PS RAT, the paging message including... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8199747 | System and method for instant VoIP messaging There is provided an instant voice messaging system (and method) for delivering instant messages over a packet-switched network, the system comprising: a client connected to the network, the client selecting one or more recipients, generating an instant voice messag... | 06/12/2012 |
| 8194649 | Methods and apparatus for data communication Data communication apparatus including a port and a control entity. The control entity is operative to establish a connection with a remote entity over a first path and negotiate with the remote entity using in-band signaling over the first path establishment of a s... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8179885 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for organizing, managing, and selectively distributing routing information in a signaling message routing node Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing and selectively distributing routing information in a routing node are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for selectively distributing routing information in a routing node includes organizing inte... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8089956 | Method and system for implementing communications The present invention discloses a method and a system for implementing communication for a CSI terminal, the system includes: an IP Multimedia Subsystem Terminal Module (IMS TM), a Circuit Switched Terminal Module (CS TM), a CS/IMS interworking gateway. The method i... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081624 | Communication devices for network-hopping communications and methods of network-hopping communications Wireless communication devices include a software-defined radio coupled to processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to execute computer programming code. Storage media is coupled to the processing circuitry and includes computer programming code ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8040878 | Multi-service transport apparatus with switch for integrated transport networks A multi-service transport apparatus for integrated transport networks that may have an electrical matrix, termination function means handling signals incoming at said apparatus input, a plurality of termination function means interfacing different layers, and adapta... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036212 | Systems and methods for integrating analog voice service and derived POTS voice service in a digital subscriber line environment Systems and methods for integrating analog voice service and derived POTS voice service in a DSL environment are provided. One embodiment is a system comprising: a first communication path for carrying plain old telephone service (POTS) voice signals between a telep... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7995566 | Method for ensuring VLAN integrity for voice over internet protocol telephones A system and method for implementing telephony devices in a distributed network environment is disclosed. The present invention provides for checking data packets to ensure that non-voice data packets are properly tagged to be transmitted on a native virtual local a... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990957 | Method and device for selecting service domain A method and device for selecting a service domain in a system for setting a session for at least one or more services between at least two or more terminals, in which when receiving an INVITE message for setting a voice service related session from an originating t... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986685 | Real-time XML messaging protocol Described are a method and a system for using XML in a real-time message for transmission of data from a source to a destination over a network. The real-time XML message includes a header element and a body element. The header element includes one or more destinati... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7965704 | Method and apparatus for handling IMS terminal's call request including request for real-time service received over IMS domain by CSI terminal A method and apparatus for processing an IMS terminal's call request for real-time service and non-real-time service received over an IMS domain in a CSI terminal. When deciding to use a CS call for real-time service and an IMS session for non-real-time service, the... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7948972 | System and method for providing an integrated communications manager A system and method for providing an integrated communications manager that enables change in a number of voice communication channels and/or data communication channels is provided. Generally, an integrated communication manager (hereafter, “device”) contains a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940751 | Personal area network data encapsulation in WLAN communications An integrated circuit radio transceiver and associated method comprises a multi-mode device operable to support personal area network communications as well as traditional wireless local area network communications. In one embodiment, IEEE 802.11 protocol IBSS commu... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7920554 | Supporting both packet and circuit-based wireless networks Middleware may accommodate both packet data and circuit data services in the same cellular telephone. A cellular telephone may travel between networks that are packet and circuit data service based. A protocol middleware may determine whether packet data services ar... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916717 | Automated gateway routing, incoming and outgoing A method and system for establishing a videoconference between a first network endpoint and a second network endpoint. The method and system including, inputting a plurality of numbers into the first network endpoint, wherein, the first network endpoint is an IP bas... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7903642 | Multi-processor architecture for a device Aspects of the invention provide apparatuses and methods for composing a device with different types of multi-processor subsystems based on expected latency times and processing bandwidths. An apparatus may include multi-processor subsystems with different performan... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899039 | System and method for providing location and access network information support in a network environment A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes communicating location and access network information for an end user to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) element that is coupled to a network element. The network element receives packets for a ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7881287 | Method and device for session control in hybrid telecommunications network Combinational networks may provide simultaneous connectivity over networks of different type between terminals. Communication sessions on different network types such as Circuit switched and Packet switched, belonging to the same user equipment can be correlated. In... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881288 | Routing media streams from packet switched network to circuit switched network A method, apparatus and computer program in a telecommunication network (111, 112, 121) for routing a media stream from an IMS domain to an MSC (107, 107a) associated with a mobile station in a circuit switched domain of a PLMN (109), whe... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873033 | Method and system for supporting shared local trunking An approach is described for providing shared trunking between a telephony gateway and an end office switch. The telephony gateway processes a packetized voice call, and interfaces a shared trunk to an end office switch (e.g., Class 5 switch) configured to switch ca... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7860085 | Dual OSS management of an Ethernet access network Management of Ethernet access networks that provide both TDM services and packet services is disclosed. An Ethernet access network as described herein includes a head end having TDM network interface ports and packet network interface ports, customer location equipm... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7843904 | Method for placing call in voice call continuity and terminal and server thereof A method, server and terminal for providing a Voice Call Continuity (VCC) service, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the terminal includes a storage unit to store operator policy information and user preference information, the user preference information i... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843903 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for emergency 911 (E911) registration assistance for subscribers using portable internet protocol (IP) communications devices Methods, systems, and computer program products for E911 registration assistance for subscribers using portable Internet Protocol (IP) communications devices are disclosed. According to one method, an IP address of a portable IP communications device is stored. A me... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7813336 | Service providing system cooperative with VoIP and web environments and a method therefor In a communication system, a request is generated from a Web browser as a call attempt. A call attempt manager is booted in response to the request under the HTTP protocol. The request is turned by cooperative managers into a request under the SIP protocol, which wi... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7808980 | Integrated multi-media communication system An integrated messaging system for performing various types of messaging across different types of networks, including integrated user interfaces and administrator interfaces. Embodiments include a communication server that couples among networks of different types,... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7729344 | Methods and apparatus for controlling signaling associated with a private branch exchange within a session over internet protocol network A method includes receiving a media signal at an interface device in communication with and disposed between an Internet Protocol private branch exchange (IP-PBX) and a first endpoint. The media signal is associated with the first endpoint and is associated with a s... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7710950 | System and methods for originating a SIP call via a circuit-switched network from a user equipment device Methods and apparatus for originating a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call from a user equipment (UE) device in a network environment including a circuit-switched (CS) network and IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network to a called party are disclosed. In one illu... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7701929 | Distributed telecommunications architecture providing redundant gateways and IP device integration A telecommunications platform that provides redundant interfaces to a telecommunications system for multiple IP based telecommunication devices. The telecommunications platform includes a gateway cluster with two or more signaling gateways. Each signaling gateway is... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7693139 | Managing packet-based telephony A system for assisting a user in selecting a packet-based telephony service provider (“PBTSP”) from a group of PBTSPs, and in registering the user with the selected PBTSP for outbound and/or inbound calling. The selection of a particular PBTSP may be stored in a... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7680100 | Internet protocol appliance manager A system and method for allowing remote access to an IP communications network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for allowing access to an IP network comprises: sending a first message addressed to a first port of an IP communications network component, the ... | 03/16/2010 |
