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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415292 | Charging cradle for seating portable device both horizontally and vertically Disclosed is a charging cradle for seating a portable device both horizontally and vertically. The charging cradle for a portable device includes a cradle body, a support body supporting the cradle body on a rear side of the cradle body, a first slot defined and sur... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7369650 | Service and information management system for a telecommunications network A system for service control and operations for a telecommunications network. In particular, an architecture and method for a service control and operations element system. The system communicates with a plurality of interconnected telecommunications network element... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7346658 | System and method for notifying an offline global computer network user of an online interaction A system and method for notifying an offline global computer network user of an online interaction in which the offline user could participate. The system and method specify notification criteria of the offline user, monitor activities occurring on the global comput... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7324635 | Branch calling and caller ID based call routing telephone features A caller ID based call routing feature is described for blocked and non-blocked caller ID's. A processing system in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) receives first identifying information for identify the source of a telephone call and associates additio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321760 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7292961 | Capturing session activity as in-memory snapshots using a time-based sampling technique within a database for performance tuning and problem diagnosis Techniques for capturing samples of session activity in a database are provided. Session activity for active sessions is recorded at certain times over a time period. Accordingly, a sample of session activity is taken for sessions in a database. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280487 | Embedding sample voice files in voice over IP (VOIP) gateways for voice quality measurements A mechanism to measure voice call quality in a Voice over IP (VOIP) network using a single voice call quality test probe is described. VOIP communications devices, such as gateways, that are deployed at various points along the border of the VOIP network each are co... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7233933 | Methods and architecture for cross-device activity monitoring, reasoning, and visualization for providing status and forecasts of a users' presence and availability The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate collaboration and communications between entities such as between automated applications, parties to a communication and/or combinations thereof. The systems and methods of the present invention... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7215748 | Methods and systems for defining and distributing data collection rule sets and for filtering messages using same Methods and systems for defining and distributing network data collection rule sets and for filtering messages using the rule sets are disclosed. Message-based filter criteria are automatically deduced from CDR-based filter criteria and downloaded to site collectors... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196630 | Method and apparatus for routing a communication to a user based on a predicted presence A method and apparatus are provided for analyzing a user's communication activity to determine presence patterns at one or more communication devices. A user's presence at one or more communication devices is monitored over time to detect at least one pattern of beh... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7164758 | System, evaluation device and method for verifying connection-related communication data determined by a digital exchange A system and method for ensuring that a digital switching exchange is able to properly collect data on the charges incurred for pay connections by providing a verification of the accuracy of the communications data records generated by the digital switching exchange... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6980637 | Service and information management system for a telecommunications network A system for service control and operations for a telecommunications network. In particular, an architecture and method for a service control and operations element system. The system communicates with a plurality of interconnected telecommunications network element... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6914967 | Method for measuring quality of service in a telecommunications network A method for assessing the quality of service of telephone calls on a trunk includes identifying and counting telephone call sequences including a plurality of telephone calls placed on the trunk. Each of the telephone calls in the sequence has the same originating ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6754320 | Process, exchange, charge computer, charge billing computer and program modules for the processing of charge data for telecommunications services The present invention relates to a process, an exchange (SW1), a charge computer (BS1), a charge billing computer (BC) and a program module in each case for an exchange (SW1), for a charge computer (BS1) and for a charge billing computer ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6721416 | Call centre agent automated assistance This invention relates to the automated assistance of a telephony call center agent comprising a method and system for providing dialogue suggestions to an agent during an agent caller interaction. A prior art solution provides data based on analyzed text from one o... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6519228 | System and method of operation for verifying and validating public switch telephone networks (PSTN) to (IP) network services A system verifies and validates PSTN to IP Network services prior to the availability of the services to a plurality of subscribers. A PSTN call generator services a plurality of callers coupled to the PSTN and to a test database. An IP client simulator i... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516052 | Method of scheduling connections Call pattern data is generated for scheduling calls between a number of sites connected to a communication network. The call pattern data defines instructions for a number of sites to make a number of connections across the network to other sites over a p... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6366645 | System and method for providing service assurance for prepaid telecommunication services A prepaid service assurance system provides service assurance for a prepaid telecommunication system by generating a call to the prepaid telecommunication system. In response to the call, the prepaid service assurance system then receives an actual respon... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6240091 | Implementation of access service The invention relates to the implementation of an access service in a telecommunications network comprising an access network, a network providing services, and user-operated terminals which are connected to the access network. The access service is offer... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6208714 | Telephone answering apparatus for indicating the presence of a power cycle A telephone answering apparatus for indicating the presence of a power-cycle includes a memory device which stores a retrieved message and a value from a clock, and a controller operatively connected to the memory device and to the clock. The controller i... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6141777 | System and method for reporting telecommunication service conditions A system and method for reporting, directly to a customer, conditions of telecommunications services to which the customer subscribes. The system includes a server for collecting fault information from the telecommunications network management system and ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6016340 | Billing scheme for a telecommunications network A billing scheme for a telecommunications network is described in which a billing record for a call including at least a plurality of data bytes is generated in a switch (10), each billing record is duplicated, and check information is generated from each... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6016334 | Method and system for automatically verifying provisioning of telecommunications services A method for automatically verifying provisioning of a telephony database includes receiving from the telephony database a first table structure for a first table within the telephony database and automatically generating, based on the first table structu... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5987633 | System, method and article of manufacture for time point validation A system software solution for testing various network elements/entities and processes in a telecommunications network is provided. A network under test contains network entities which save data to a common database that is associated with processing part... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5878113 | Service and information management system for a telecommunications network A system for service control and operations for a telecommunications network. In particular, an architecture and method for a service control and operations element system. The system communicates with a plurality of interconnected telecommunications netw... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5870452 | System and method for controlling message looping between network elements In the proposed Local Number Portability (LNP) telecommunications network, the traditional link between the first six digits of a ten-digit dialed number and the geographic link of a switch is broken. Some pre-LNP telephone services, however, have been im... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5867564 | Time-of-day clock synchronization in commincations networks A system for service control and operations for a telecommunications network. In particular, an architecture and method for a service control and operations element system. The system communicates with a plurality of interconnected telecommunications netw... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5818906 | Connection event reporting in a cable telephony system A cable telephony system (100) including a plurality of subscriber units (142) connected to a cable control unit (102) by a cable distribution network (106) in which the cable control unit (102) detects events associated with connections occurring in the ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5768353 | Data processing system for communications network An inter-network call accounting system for use in a communication network such as the public switched telephone network in Britain allows call records to be sorted according to the network operator to be charged in respect of the calls, prior to being pr... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5734696 | Testing telecommunications equipment A system for testing telecommunications equipment located at two sites includes a set of test instruments located at each site, a local test controller located at each site for controlling the test instrument at that site, and a master test controller con... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5729588 | Enhanced recording verification system The integrity of AMA records generated by a switch in the telephone network is achieved by generating test calls and then monitoring and then processing the AMA records generated by those switches in the network which handled the test call. Such monitorin... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5721753 | Recording verification system The integrity of AMA records generated by a switch in the telephone network is achieved by generating test calls and then monitoring and then processing the AMA records generated by those switches in the network which handled the test call. Such monitorin... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5659593 | Detection of deviations in monitored patterns A system and method for detecting significant deviations in a pattern in near real time by making forecasts about the pattern and determining if the actual pattern is within a threshold of the forecast. The preferred embodiment is a method for detecting r... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5606601 | Centralizing storage and verification element for telephone network A telephone network has elements that generate application data field (ADF) requests to data access points, requesting routing information for telephone calls. The data access points respond with application data field (ADF) records. A request and respond... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5606600 | Generalized statistics engine for telephone network employing a network information concentrator Data incorporated in call detail records (CDR), obtained from network switches, are subjected to processing by a statistics engine which maintains separate counts for CDR events relating to certain calls, such as 800 number and 900 number calls. Such even... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5539802 | System for testing the billing function in a telecommunication system Test system for testing a telecommunication system (1) for reliability of the usage billing. A number of simulation units (8) is connected via normal subscriber lines (7). Each includes a control unit (9) which is controlled by a control program (13) with... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5488648 | Behavior monitoring and analyzing system for stored program controlled switching system A test and diagnostic tool for stored program controlled telecommunications switching systems captures the occurrence and timing of "events" arising from subscriber actions and from actions which occur within blocks of software in the telecommunication sw... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5369680 | Pro-active billing and routing test set An apparatus for verifying the central office billing translations from a remote location is disclosed. The system includes a processor with software which generates patterned telephone calls through a test set at the switch at a switching station to all ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5065392 | Network controller scheduling system and method of operation There is disclosed a system and method for controlling the cross connect fields of a multi-locational switched network from a single location under control of instructions from the end users. The different cross connect fields of the entire switched netwo... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5065393 | Network controller billing system and method of operation There is disclosed a system and method for controlling the cross connect field of a multi-locational switched network from a single location under control of instructions from the end users. The different crossconnect fields of the entire switched network... | 11/12/1991 |
