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| 8189572 | Systems and methods for resetting a network device A network device includes a data store with first and second parameters, the first parameter affecting a communication operation of the network device and the second parameter affecting a security operation of the network device. A device reset function enables a us... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8179886 | System for supporting analog telephones in an IP telephone network An integrated VoIP phone that seamlessly integrates POTS phones and IP phones is provided. In an embodiment, the integrated VoIP phone includes a Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) registrar, a SIP session border control (“SBC”), a SIP proxy, a SIP feature ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8155111 | Method and system for employing underutilized communication channels as outbound gateways Disclosed is a method and system for employing underutilized communication channels as outbound gateways. A call from a calling terminal to a called terminal is routed to a first residential gateway at a first customer premises via a broadband data network and then ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149824 | Method and system for implementing service triggered by off-hook A method for implementing a service triggered by off-hook includes: sending information of a service triggered by off-hook which is subscribed by a user to a service implementing server; carrying out an operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149823 | Computer telephony integration (CTI) systems and methods for enhancing school safety Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling a dynamic computer telephony integration campus call center that leverages the assets of a school communications system including internal telecommunications networks, information systems, data networks, and application... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139567 | Transceiving apparatus and data processing system for communication base stations A base station apparatus adaptive for antenna arrays including at least one radio frequency (RF) header module, at least one data processing apparatus, and transceiving apparatus for transceiving data between the at least one radio frequency (RF) header module and t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139568 | Communication method, communication system, relaying device and communication device A communication device transmits to a relaying device a transmission right grant request for requesting a grant of a transmission right to a transmitting device, and the relaying device determines whether the received transmission right grant request is a command as... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139566 | System and method for establishing a communication session between two endpoints that do not both support secure media A method for establishing a communication session between two endpoints that do not both support secure media includes receiving a registration from a first endpoint. The registration indicating the first endpoint supports secure media and non-secure media. The meth... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8116302 | Method and system for providing call screening in a packet-switched network Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for determining whether a call in a packet-switched network to a first destination is to be forwarded, forwarding the call to a second destination based on a determination that the call is to be forwarded, not... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116303 | Systems and methods for communicating documents via an autonomous multiple-function peripheral device A multiple-function peripheral device includes a packet-switched network interface and an autonomous application programming interface. The application programming interface requests image information from a remote server via the packet-switched network interface in... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107465 | Slim bandwidth reservation protocol over an IP network A media gateway is coupled to an Internet Protocol (IP) network through a router. The router and the media gateway communicate through a slim protocol that allows the media gateway to reserve connections over the IP network that have certain minimum bandwidth and la... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8094652 | Method and apparatus for providing circuit switched domain services over a packet switched network A method and Packet Mobile Switching Center (PMSC) for providing MSC-based services over a packet-switched network. An interface between a mobile station and the PMSC is used to transfer control plane and user plane information between the mobile station and the PMS... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089958 | Voice over data telecommunications network architecture The present invention describes a system and method for communicating voice and data over a packet-switched network that is adapted to coexist and communicate with a legacy PSTN. The system permits packet switching of voice calls and data calls through a data networ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089957 | Secure IP address exchange in central and distributed server environments Embodiments of the present invention provide a network infrastructure operable to support the exchange of communications, such as textual, image, video and voice communications, between a first client terminal having a first user identifier and service by a first se... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085761 | Voice over data telecommunications network architecture The present invention describes a system and method for communicating voice and data over a packet-switched network that is adapted to coexist and communicate with a legacy PSTN. The system permits packet switching of voice calls and data calls through a data networ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8072970 | Post answer call redirection via voice over IP A method is provided for forming a multi-media communication path between at least first, second and third communication devices coupled to a multi-media provider system during post answer call redirecting and/or teleconferencing. The method includes receiving and p... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072969 | VoIP terminal speech quality control system and method A handover source AP among APs in a system has a RAM 203 storing a MAC address of a VoIP terminal performing a VoIP communication, holding status information indicative of a holding state, and data on the number of in-call terminals. A CPU 202 monitors... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064439 | Method and system for call processing According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of processing calls includes configuring a gatekeeper to forward all dialed phone numbers to a call manager. The method also includes receiving a signal at the gatekeeper from a first endpoint requesting an IP a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064438 | Method and apparatus for determining the configuration of voice over internet protocol equipment in remote locations The present invention enables equipment housed in unmanned facilities to be periodically scanned by remote systems for information regarding physical hardware and software configurations. The captured configurations can be compared against a reference configuration ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059634 | Method, system, and apparatus for estimating voice quality in a voice over packet network This present invention provides a method, system, and apparatus for determining voice quality in a VOP network. The present invention implements the ITU-T E-model in a packet network. It implements the ITU-T E-model in a simplified approach using a straight-line est... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8040880 | Signed message based application generation and delivery A mailbox system that has a distributed architecture is disclosed. The system includes an application server, a media server, and message storage system having subscriber mailboxes. Application messages may be stored in a subscriber's mailbox. When the subscriber ac... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036214 | Voice over data telecommunications network architecture The present invention describes a system and method for communicating voice and data over a packet-switched network that is adapted to coexist and communicate with a legacy PSTN. The system permits packet switching of voice calls and data calls through a data networ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031702 | Charging control in IP multimedia subsystem For controlling charging in an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem, it is detected whether a session initiated in the Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem is associated with a service requiring special charging control, and charging information is added to mess... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031701 | Retransmission-based stream repair and stream join The Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) and its related standards define a retransmission packet format and a way to give feedback via Negative ACKnowledge (NACK) packets for data that has been lost. In one embodiment, a unicast RTP repair session is associated with ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027336 | Enhanced directory assistance system with voice over IP call handling A method for operating a directory assistance system responsive to Voice over IP device requests including receiving a first directory assistance request from at least one Voice over IP device and identifying the requested information on a database. The requested in... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8005077 | Distributively routed VDSL and high-speed information packets High-speed information packets are routed through a distributed communication system. Each packet destined for a subscriber unit is provided with an address indicating a destination within the communication system. In each distribution point along the path to the de... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7948973 | Session initiation protocol (SIP) message incorporating a multi-purpose internet mail extension (MIME) media type for describing the content and format of information included in the SIP message A system and method for processing a plurality of requests for multi-media services received at a call control element (CCE) defined on the system from a plurality of IP-communication devices. The system includes at least one Network Routing Element (NRE), a Service... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7933263 | Analysis of VoIP data using incomplete call information A method for determining the existence of calls in a VoIP system is disclosed. The present method enables calls that escape detection under known methods to be captured and analyzed, thereby improving the operation of a monitoring component that incorporates the pri... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7924825 | System for providing portable VoIP services A portable VoIP telephony service includes a portable device that includes a processor and memory having information stored therein. If the portable device is coupled to a first computer, information is coupled via the first computer to the telephony service, and in... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7903643 | Method and apparatus for determining bandwidth for services over an Internet Protocol network A method and apparatus for determining a bandwidth needed for services to be provided over an Internet Protocol (IP) network such as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network and a Service over Internet Protocol (SoIP) network are disclosed. For example, the ser... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899040 | Synchronization of event processing at a media gateway A method and apparatus of communication processing at a client (e.g., media gateway) connected to a server (e.g., media gateway controller) includes collecting events in a quarantine buffer. The contents of the buffer are examined to determine whether the collected ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7881289 | Method and apparatus for porting telephone numbers of endpoint devices The present invention enables a capability for automatically porting the telephone number of the original VoIP endpoint device to the user's new VoIP endpoint device by re-associating the original telephone number with the MAC address of the new IP endpoint device. | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876745 | Tandem free operation over packet networks A packet-based network carries a stream of voice band data, such as PCM voice data, which can include tandem free operation (TFO) information. Voice data is usually subject to processing, such as compression, at an ingress entity. The ingress entity determines wheth... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873034 | System and method for providing feature mediation and orchestration on internet protocol service networks Systems and methods for providing feature mediation and orchestration on SIP-enabled networks are shown. In one exemplary embodiment, a method may include providing a first telephony services application, providing a second telephony services application, and combin... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873035 | Method and apparatus for voice-over-IP call recording and analysis A method and computer-readable medium for obtaining information associated with a VoIP communication session includes tapping the computer network passively to obtain signaling and media information in a first format, separating the signaling and media information, ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7864756 | Systems and methods for providing a network conversion interface Systems and methods are provided wherein an incoming plain old telephone systems (PSTN) signal is input into a network conversion interface. The network conversion interface first determines the data type of the incoming signal. Next, the network conversion interfac... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864755 | Mobile node, base station, router and packet communication system that complies with an edge mobility scheme A mobile node in a packet communication system including a node, a link and a base station that complies with an Edge Mobility scheme is disclosed. The mobile node includes: a route information reporting unit configured to report route information that is informatio... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7804821 | Circuit switched cellular network to internet calling with internet antennas A call routing system for use with a wireless telephone systems is disclosed. The system, which monitors the subscriber's current physical location, determines the device to which a call should be terminated, and routes the call. The device can be any IP telephone, ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7804823 | Systems and methods for communicating documents via an autonomous multiple-function peripheral device A multiple-function peripheral device includes a packet-switched network interface and an autonomous application programming interface. The application programming interface requests image information from a remote server via the packet-switched network interface in... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7804822 | Method and apparatus for detecting subscriber service address change A method and apparatus for allowing VoIP service providers to detect service address changes of IP service subscribers are disclosed. Specifically, when a power cycle, e.g., powering off and on, of a particular VoIP endpoint device, such as a Terminal Adaptor (TA) o... | 09/28/2010 |
