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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175239 | Method and apparatus for efficient abbreviated dialing A system comprising an abbreviated digit constructor, an abbreviated digit analyzer and a calling line identification data store. The abbreviated digit constructor is communicatively coupled to the calling line identification data store and abbreviated digit analyze... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8126125 | Methods, systems, and products for providing announcements to called numbers Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing announcements at a called number. A call is processed to the called number, and a database is queried for a name of an announcement for the call and an Internet Protocol address associated with the called nu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8102982 | Credit card activation processing system and method A method, system and apparatus for activating a credit card held by a telephone subscriber using identifying information provided through the PSTN to a credit card activation authority. In accordance with the present invention, a credit card activation management me... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8090088 | System and method for privacy screening A communications network-based system and service is disclosed. The service permits subscribers to control and manage incoming telephone calls. Subscribers can establish preferences for how calls will be handled by a communications network if the calls are received ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8036355 | Methods and systems for visual voice calls In an exemplary method, at least one telephony attribute associated with a voice call directed from a client communication subsystem to a voice network identifier is detected. Visual content that has been predefined as being associated with the at least one telephon... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027442 | Apparatus, systems and methods for managing incoming and outgoing communication An apparatus, system and method for managing incoming and outgoing communications for various communications methods are disclosed to provide control over inbound communications including definition of if, when, and who may communicate with a recipient, A concealed ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8000458 | Method and system for verifying incoming telephone numbers A system for automatically verifying an incoming telephone number. In response to detecting an incoming communication, a determination is made as to whether a telephone number associated with the incoming communication matches one of a plurality of telephone numbers... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7953214 | Caller ID system with retransmitted caller ID information Upon detecting an incoming call, a call screening system determines the CALLER ID information associated with the call and compares it to a database of allowable calling parties. If the calling party is to be allowed to ring through, the call screening system routes... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7929675 | Visual caller identification A visual caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone includes a series of colored lights for visually alerting the called party to an incoming call. The called party may program the caller identi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7894583 | Method for automatic information capturing of communication events This invention provides a method for automatically integrating and assembling the timestamp of a communication event with the identification of the communicating parties and available event attributes, presenting prompts for user entries on a terminal or interface d... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885395 | Telephone call routing Inbound calls to an enterprise are handled by a call-handling component, by identifying the calling party from intrinsic information about the call, by identifying a potential recipient from non-intrinsic information about the calling party, and by automatically rou... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7852996 | Method and system for providing information for identifying callers based on partial number Embodiments of the present invention include a caller identification system and method for identifying a caller with a partial phone number look-up table. The caller identification system comprises a database that stores received calls and can be personalized to inc... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7817790 | Caller ID call memo system A system and method of saving and delivering a voice memo or text memo to identify incoming calls is provided. A user of the system of the invention is given the option of recording a memo on the calls he or she has received through a prompt on a telecommunication d... | 10/19/2010 |
| RE41692 | Telephone caller location data retrieval A system for obtaining location data of calling parties for telephone calls provides location data for display by a called device. Through reception of the name, telephone number, or other calling party identifier as is done through the conventional caller ID servic... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7760863 | Method and system of providing caller identification with name A system (20) for providing a caller identification with name service includes a destination service switching point (22) having a plurality of destination numbers (24). A switching control point (26) has a caller identification with name... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7734027 | Call control component collection of communication device identification information for internet protocol endpoint An apparatus in one example comprises one or more call control components. One or more of the one or more call control components connect an internet protocol call initiated by a communication device to an internet protocol endpoint. One or more of the one or more c... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7734028 | Method and apparatus for delivering enhanced caller identification services to a called party Methods and apparatus are disclosed for delivering enhanced caller information to a called party. A user document associated with a calling party is provided to the called party as part of signaling information associated with the call, such as a SIP invite message.... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7609827 | Computer telephony integration A CTI system includes a translation table of user names against consistent (i.e. simulated) calling line identity. When a user originates a call, the CTI server knows the name of the user currently associated with, i.e. logged on at, the originating work desk, and r... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7590229 | System for prompting the caller before and after voice-over-internet-protocol call connection A method for interacting with a calling party during a call session in a VoIP system includes determining rules to apply to the call session before, during, and after the call based on parameters associated with the calling party or a called party, where the called ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7542557 | Display accurate information when multiple contacts are matched for an incoming phone number When multiple contacts are detected for a phone number of an incoming call, a notification that multiple contacts matched the phone number is displayed. When the display area for displaying the notification is adequate to display a full list of the contacts that cor... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7526076 | Audio delivery of caller identification information Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for announcing audio caller identification information to a PC or other IP communications device connected with a telecommunications network. A calling party dials a called telephone number and an incoming communicatio... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7440778 | Methods and apparatus for providing restrictions on long distance calls from a wireless communication device Methods and apparatus for providing restrictions on long distance calls from wireless communication devices which operate in a wireless communication network are described. The wireless devices are preferably combined voice and data communication devices. In one ill... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436948 | Method and system for timed interaction with an interactive voice response Provided are methods and systems associated with interactive voice response (“IVR”) systems that control the amount of time a user interacts with the system. According to the invention, an IVR system utilizes a timer or series of timers to determine how long a u... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424099 | Saving and forwarding customized messages Methods and computer-readable media provide presenting a customized message to an incoming calling party and for allowing the calling party to save or forward the customized message. A called party desiring to leave a customized message for certain incoming calling ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412041 | Mobile communications terminal and method In a telephone terminal an incoming call is detected from a calling entity followed by determining a caller identity of the calling entity. Then it is determined whether the caller identity is associated with a subscription to presence information associated with th... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409050 | Method and apparatus for managing missed-call lists A method and apparatus for managing a missed-call list in a telephone device by flagging a missed-call entry as “called-back” when a telephone call is placed to or received from the party listed in a missed-call list. The telephone device may still maintain the ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403600 | Person to person telephone services A method for delivering person to person services to a telephone subscriber. An embodiment of the present invention may be implemented on an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). A telephone number of a buddy of the subscriber is associated with a buddy rule on a budd... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397908 | System and method for telephone operation in quiet mode A method and system for automatically changing the operation of signaling features in a telephone are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method is disclosed to provide automatic reduction in the sound volume associated with the signaling features of a telephon... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7388949 | System and method for audio caller identification service Methods and systems are disclosed for audibly announcing information associated with a calling party in an advanced intelligent network comprising a service switching point, a service control point and a services node. The service switching point is adapted to suspe... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7376395 | Controlling a telecommunications device A telecommunications device comprises a communication alert system arranged to inform the user that a telecommunications signal has been received. The communication alert system uses one of a number of different indicators. The controller is arranged to control the ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373120 | Mobile communication terminal A mobile communication terminal which includes a plurality of lights, apparatus for controlling the activation of the lights, apparatus for storing a number of sequences of activation of the lights, and apparatus for assigning one of the stored sequences of the acti... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359722 | Apparatus and method for deleting a text message received in a mobile communication terminal Disclosed is an apparatus for deleting a text message received in a mobile communication terminal including an information detecting unit for detecting deletion time information from the received text message; a time checking unit for checking whether the deletion t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356129 | Apparatus for locating a station initiating transmission of an emergency message in a network having multiple transmission sources A system for identifying the location of an individual at a transmission source who has initiated a message relating to an emergency. The system includes means for determining the specific location of the message initiator. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356132 | Tune master telephone Systems for providing a tune master telephone includes a telecommunications network and a communications device that is operatively coupled to the telecommunications network. The telecommunications network is configured to provide caller identification information f... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352855 | Method and system for providing a privacy management service A method for providing a privacy management service in a telephone system including initiating a telephone call from a subscriber telephone number to a called party telephone number. The initiating is performed by a subscriber. It is determined if the called party t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349687 | Method and device for handling telephone calls directed to non-reachable mobile phones A method for handling telephone calls directed to a non-reachable mobile phone, and for handling data pertaining to them, wherein: I—provided the call diversion service to a different number, or the answering service, have not been enabled, the phone call is route... | 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 |
| 7343150 | Log-based ringtones A method is disclosed for determining properties of an output signal that notifies a user of an incoming message, based on information that is available to and associated with the user's telecommunications terminal. In particular, in the illustrative embodiment one ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343007 | Method and system for providing calling name identification with advanced intelligent network An advanced intelligent network (AIN) for providing the name and telephone number of a calling party to a called party comprising a plurality of central offices and a service control point (SCP). The central offices are equipped with AIN software which enables them ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340246 | Transmission of information during call establishment The present invention relates to a method for transmitting information to a subscriber in a telephone system in connection with call establishment. In order to achieve more efficient transmission of information between the parties participating in the call establish... | 03/04/2008 |
