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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175238 | System and method of providing number identification in an intelligent telephone network In a particular embodiment, a method of managing calls to a toll-free telephone number is disclosed. The method includes modifying a calling party identification (ID) privacy indicator associated with a received telephone call directed to a toll-free number. The cal... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160221 | Cellular telephone with the ability to display and store picture and video messages and caller ID received from a message originator A cellular telephone receives a wireless signal containing Caller ID and a picture or video message. The picture or video message may be encrypted, compressed or encoded. The received Caller ID may be used to establish the identity of the originator of the picture o... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8135118 | Communication apparatus and method of controlling same An incoming call from a public communication network is sensed in a communication apparatus that is capable of switching between an automatic response mode and a manual response mode as a response to an incoming call. If incoming of a specific call signal has been s... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7983404 | Method and apparatus for providing presence status of multiple communication device types A method and apparatus for conveying presence information from distinct communication devices are disclosed. The present invention enables multiple communication devices using distinct communications technologies, such as cellular telephone, traditional wire line te... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978833 | Private caller ID messaging Methods, systems, and apparatuses for caller identification messaging are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a calling party uses a Caller ID Messaging Device that supplants the incoming calling line identification (ICLID) signal with a Caller ID Messaging Sign... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970113 | Caller number notification A caller number notification synchronized with an incoming signal is disclosed. An analog circuit interface section outputs incoming call signal presence information that shows whether to receive the incoming call signal that has the information indicated at a prede... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7949113 | Contact image selection and association method and system for mobile device A method of associating an image with a contact record on a mobile device. The contact record is displayed in a user interface and the user selects an image file for association with the contact record. The selected image is rendered and overlaid with a cropping sha... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949112 | Caller identification billing A method for attributing costs for a telephone call in an SS7 network. Information associated with the telephone call is captured and retained when the telephone call is provided to a call recipient by a second carrier that is a UNE-P lessee of a first carrier. The ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7756259 | Enhanced caller identification using caller readable devices Described are a method and system for providing enhanced caller information to a communications recipient. Enhanced caller information is determined from a caller information storage device associated with a caller attempting to establish a communications session wi... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751541 | Communication setup methods for GSM, UMTS and ISDN protocols to enable personalized telephony and communication device incorporating the same A method for setting up a connection between a first communication device and a second communication device, which are connectable by means of a communication network. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) providing party-defined data, (2) generating a setup m... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7706513 | Distributed text-to-speech synthesis between a telephone network and a telephone subscriber unit A telecommunications system distributes text-to-speech synthesis between a telephone network and a telephone subscriber unit. The telephone network receives a telephone call from a first telephone subscriber unit over a first communication channel intended for a sec... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7623639 | System and method of providing number identification in an intelligent telephone network A method of managing calls to a toll free telephone number is provided and includes receiving a telephone call directed to a toll free number and determining a day that the telephone call is received. Further, the method includes modifying a Calling Party ID privacy... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7593518 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for processing a calling party number to activate a function and/or convey information at a terminating device A network processes a call that has a calling party number field in a signaling message that is associated therewith. The calling party number field includes a calling party number and command codes that are used to activate a function at a terminating device and/or... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7454000 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A wireless information communication system, such as a paging network, that provides caller identification information transmitted from the public switched telephone network to a pager, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or personal communication device carried by a ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443964 | Caller ID messaging Methods, systems, and apparatuses for caller identification messaging are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a calling party uses a Caller ID Messaging Device that supplants the incoming calling line identification (ICLID) signal with a Caller ID Messaging Sign... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7426264 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems Picture messages are transmitted to a wireless device with a paging notification that includes the telephone number of a message originator and are used by the message recipient to identify who is sending the message. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7403604 | Method and apparatus for activating extended services in a user device using a voice over packet gateway An enhanced services display message protocol (ESDMP) facilitates display of messages in a compliant analog telephony device (ATD). An exemplary gateway device in a voice over packet (VOP) network can activate enhanced services in a compliant ATD using the ESDMP and... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7379538 | Telephone answering device which notifies a user based on call related information received from a calling party Apparatus and processes to provide notification to a remote user upon the occurrence of a qualifying event determined by a voice messaging system based on logged call related information, e.g., Caller ID information. A return call data directory table is maintained ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369866 | Message processing for communication terminal Message processing for a communication terminal is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for preparing an outgoing message includes composing the message, programming control information for performing a word spacing function, and associating the outgoing message w... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369843 | Portable cellular phone having function of searching for operational function and method for searching for operational function in portable cellular phone A portable cellular phone having a search function to do a search for operational functions in which a focused search for a desired operational function by combining an icon search with a keyword search can be performed and the operational function for which the use... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359499 | Method and apparatus for eliminating unwanted telephone calls In accordance with the principles of the present invention, unwanted calls may be prevented. In particular, information about a particular destination is stored in a registry at a clearinghouse server located within a network, e.g., the public telephone network. Whe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353274 | Method, apparatus, and system for determining whether a computer is within a particular location Some embodiments provide a method of determining whether a lottery player or the player's computer is within a particular location. The player's computer is connected to a computer network. The method transmits, through the computer network, a pass code and a teleph... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349532 | Picture and video message center system A message originator sends a picture or video message to a message center along with caller identifying information. The message is stored in a memory and transmitted to a wireless picture phone, PDA or portable computing device, or stored at the message center in a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343008 | Identity-based conferencing systems and methods Described in this paper are systems and methods of providing conferencing services where a conference participant is identified by the conferencing system when calling into the system. The system and methods focus on individual users instead of groups of participant... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328255 | Communication system, and connection setting method and connection setting program of exchange and terminal A communication system for connecting a terminal connected to an exchange, to an outside communication network, through the exchange for connecting with the communication network, in which the terminal sends the transmission data including the information of the ter... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319390 | Data processing apparatus, intrusion sensor and antitheft apparatus A data processing apparatus executes data processing with respect to an output of A/D conversion of an input signal. The data processing apparatus includes a high-frequency noise recognition unit. The high-frequency noise recognition unit detects number of peaks of ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315618 | Voice caller ID An apparatus and method for audibly annunciating at a device information transmitted over a telephone network. The information is transmitted in the form of a modulated signal to the device wherein the modulated signal is representative of the information. The appar... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310416 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A system for adding or updating contact data in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown. Contact data associated with actual or potential communicants may be entered into a database in the wireless comm... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308088 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are input at the co... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305076 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A wireless information communication system and method, such as a paging network, that provides caller identification information transmitted from the public switched telephone network to a pager, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable computing device, or per... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295656 | Audio caller identification An audio caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a speaker for audibly alerting the called party to the nature of an incoming c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292684 | User information management program and user information management device Transmission-record information is created based on information that has been transmitted to a user communication device in response to a first user call for utilizing an information provision service. The transmission-record information is then transmitted to an op... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286658 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A method for use in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown in which Caller ID data originating from the public switched telephone network or other caller identifying data is received in a paging signal... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284033 | Systems for communicating current and future activity information among mobile internet users and methods therefor A computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating a current or future event between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving the current or future activity informat... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283625 | Caller ID messaging telecommunications services Methods, systems, and apparatuses for caller identification messaging are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a calling party uses a Caller ID Messaging Device that supplants the incoming calling line identification (ICLID) signal with a Caller ID Messaging Sign... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280646 | Dynamic Caller ID messaging Methods, systems, and apparatuses for caller identification messaging are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a calling party uses a Caller ID Messaging Device that supplants the incoming calling line identification (ICLID) signal with a Caller ID Messaging Sign... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280648 | Display method of multiple types of incoming-call histories A terminal apparatus is provided that has a display unit; communication means which makes communication with other apparatuses and enables reception of multiple types of incoming calls; and a control unit which controls display contents on the display unit. The cont... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280652 | Handheld electronic device having improved phone call log, and associated method An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide an improved call log that presents information relating to logged phone calls in a collapsed manner, meaning that for each phone number having a call stored in the memory of the device, only the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280647 | Dynamic photo caller identification A method for implementing self-chosen caller identification and instantaneous transmission of caller identification information before communications have been established is described. Aspects of the invention improve upon modem methods and bridge the gap between c... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272539 | Representation generation method, representation generation device, and representation generation system Unique representation, such as music or image full of originality, is generated in relation to a specific data sequence such as a telephone number. A music generation server 10 is provided with a material table TA in which material data associated with... | 09/18/2007 |
