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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7298832 | Method for determining concurrent voice over IP calls A method employs call detail records for developing a report on the usage of VoIP calling along a network path or through a network location. By utilizing, for example, a call-beginning record and a call-ending record for each connection, a report is created of the ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7274780 | Network having space chattering control for maximizing call throughput during overload A network includes a space chattering mechanism for maximizing server throughput under overload conditions. The server provides control messages to various network traffic sources, which can require differing control instructions. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 6977995 | Network having space chattering control for maximizing call throughput during overload A network includes a space chattering mechanism for maximizing server throughput under overload conditions. The server provides control messages to various network traffic sources, which can require differing control instructions. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6973171 | Technique for analyzing information assistance call patterns The invention is directed to assessing the viability of a business entity based on statistics concerning information assistance calls requesting the listing of the same. The invention is premised upon a perceived correlation between the number of calls requesting a ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6954520 | Method for determining concurrrent voice over IP calls A method employs call detail records for developing a report on the usage of VoIP calling along a network path or through a network location. By utilizing, for example, a call-beginning record and a call-ending record for each connection, a report is created of the ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6829338 | Network having space chattering control for maximizing call throughput during overload A network includes a space chattering mechanism for maximizing server throughput under overload conditions. The server provides control messages to various network traffic sources, which can require differing control instructions. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6707900 | Dynamic load limiting A service switching point counts the number of pending queries sent to a service control point and awaiting a response. When the counted number reaches a threshold, further call attempts are rejected. This prevents the load on the service control point from becoming... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6674847 | Method and apparatus for performing a traffic measurement in a telecommunication network A method and apparatus for performing a traffic measurement in a telecommunication network is disclosed, wherein a real-time traffic intensity measurement is based on a total reservation time calculation of an object, each time the traffic state of the ob... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6639976 | Method for parity analysis and remedy calculation A method for parity analysis and remedy calculation is provided. The method uses performance measurements that measure the timeliness, accuracy and availability of the services provided by an incumbent local exchange carrier ("ILEC") to determine whether ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6351525 | Method and apparatus for conservation of switching exchange resources An apparatus which provides for the management of high telecommunications traffic volume within a switching exchange, or between exchanges, includes a timer, which measures switching exchange resource use time, and a timer reduction unit, which is used to... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6226519 | Service of a telecommunication system and service device realizing such a service A service of a telecommunication system which is delivered upon receiving of a communication request (REQ) of an originating user (A). The communication request (REQ) is generated at a first terminal (T1-A1) of the originating user (A) and includes an ide... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6178236 | Method and system for providing password protection Access is granted to a portion of a computing system, such as to a configuration menu of a telephone system. In order to grant access, a password is received from a user. A variable password is also calculated. The variable password varies with time. For ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6147974 | Apparatus for monitoring state of traffic in telecommunication network An apparatus for monitoring state of traffic in a telecommunication network by calculating ABR based upon BID and ANS per unit time in the network. This apparatus includes a model generation unit for receiving sampled data for generating models, the sampl... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6078647 | Method and apparatus for detecting a data service provider in a public switched telephone network A system and method for characterizing phone calls in a public switched telephone network (PSTN), in order to identify Data Service Providers (as distinct from conventional telephone users). The system includes monitoring mechanism disposed at a first loc... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5974126 | Method and telecommunications network for control of mass calling It is proposed that in a telecommunications network (KN) for control of mass callings to subscribers of the telecommunications network (KN) with exchanges (VST1, . . . , VST7), each of which has a control means (SM1), to perform measurements to detect a m... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5949869 | Called party control of incoming calls A call referral system (10) for use in a telecommunications network (12) that permits a called party (16) to control the number and treatment of incoming calls. The call referral system includes a switch (34) for receiving calls from calling parties(14) a... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5917886 | Method and equipment for monitoring the condition of an interconnection network A method and equipment for monitoring the condition of an interconnecting interfaces, in which counters, specific to each interconnection interface are provided. Each counter is preset to a predetermined initial value, which is changed on the basis of the... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5901213 | Method for providing virtual dedicated access to an inter-exchange carrier Virtual dedicated access of telecommunication subscribers (12, 14 and 16) to an inter-exchange carrier (IXC) (20) is provided by way of an intelligent local End Office switch (180) that routes calls either to the IXC or to a local End Office switch (18). ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5896447 | Method for accommodating ported directory numbers affected by call block controls implemented in a telecommunications network A method for implementing all blocking controls in a telecommunications system supporting ported directory numbers comprises initializing each switch with a call blocking control. In the preferred embodiment, ported directory numbers are identified, and a... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5881137 | Traffic control in a telecommunications system The invention relates to a method and gate arrangement for controlling traffic in a telecommunications system. The rate of occurrence of the units, such as calls, transmitted is restricted to a certain predetermined threshold value when their rate of occu... | 03/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5848145 | Automatic learning of network routing using random routes A method and apparatus for automatically learning new routes within a distributed telecommunication switching system is disclosed. Randomly routed telecommunication calls are established from one of a plurality of originating switch nodes to one of a plur... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5805681 | Systems and methods for estimating a blocking probability A system for, and method of operation of, estimating a blocking probability for at least a portion of a network and a model of the same are provided. The blocking probability represents a likelihood that a transmitted signal will arrive at least at the po... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5740233 | System and method for statistical diagnosis of the operation of an automated telephone system There is disclosed a system and method for monitoring the performance of a multi-line automated telephone system and detecting complete or intermittent faults on the incoming phone lines and in interactive applications accessed by the automated telephone ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5610915 | System and method therefor of viewing call traffic of a telecommunications network In a telecommunications network, to provide both statistical reporting functions and reporting on a call by call detail basis, a Traffic View Server (TVS) system is incorporated with a MCI Traffic Statistics (MTS) system. The TVS is responsive to instruct... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5528676 | Missed calls accounting and reporting system A method is disclosed for monitoring the activity of a subscriber line to determine the adequacy of the current service and service options. Central to the method is determining the number of missed calls and attempted calls to the line in a given time pe... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5488655 | Method and system for controlling traffic in PSTN links through the use of variable price incentives A method and system for controlling traffic in selected links of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) through the use of variable price incentives. The number of selected PSTN links which are available for use are determined at a predetermined tim... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5425086 | Load control system for controlling a plurality of processes and exchange system having load control system In a load control system having n types of processes provided for processing requests of an identical type, a load processing unit executes one of m types of processes among the n types of processes in response to one of the processing requests where n an... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5410589 | Telephone system adapted to report to customers telephone facility traffic data A telephone system adapted to provide preselected customer traffic data to preselected customers having customer facilities. The central office switch of the central office serving the preselected customers is adapted accumulate and identify preselected c... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5359649 | Congestion tuning of telecommunications networks A system for optimizing the traffic carrying capacity of a telecommunications network having a plurality of elements and a plurality of routes connecting those elements to one another. The controlled congestion in the network is controlled by identifying ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5185780 | Method for predicting agent requirements in a force management system A method for predicting a number of agents required to provide a given service level in a force management system is described. The force management system has the capability to generate call handling performance data including average call arrival rate a... | 02/09/1993 |
| 4962525 | Method for the use of a telephone system with common signaling channel for the casting of votes Casting of votes takes place by the dialing of a subscriber number of a stated destination switching center. By omitting establishing a connection to the destination switching center in the source switching center only the appropriate connection requests ... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4839916 | Telephone toll integrity checking system Apparatus for automatically obtaining data useful to determine accuracy of telephone toll message accounting equipment and procedures is disclosed. The apparatus is connected to plural telephone network lines of the telephone system at a central office lo... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4613729 | Telecommunications system, particularly a telephone exchange system having overload-protected sequential logic systems In a telephone exchange system comprising information-processing sequential logic systems and apparatus for averting overloads, a measuring device continuously identifies the loadability for a central control unit. The measuring device counts the respecti... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4192973 | Processor overload arrangement in time division multiplex exchanges This invention is concerned with a processor-overload relief facility in a time division multiplex (t.d.m.) processor-controlled exchanges. Under overload conditions rejection of new calls may be required until this condition is relieved and this proposal... | 03/11/1980 |
