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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7266186 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system Contact data in a phonebook database for a personal communication device are remotely updateable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a wireless radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are inpu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257210 | Picture phone with caller id Pictures are transmitted to a wireless picture phone with caller ID from a message originator and used by the message recipient to identify who is to sending the picture. In one embodiment the pictures are sent to a message center along with the caller ID of the mes... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254223 | 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... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251318 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from the pager database and displays the menu. The pager responds to the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7218708 | Internet facilitated emergency and general paging system A plurality of displaced paging systems can be controlled from a common paging facility via a computer network such as the Internet. Real-time streaming audio can be transmitted, via the network to one or more identified facilities and/or zones and broadcast therein... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7177410 | Local control of call features in a telephone system A residential phone system allows for local control of call features from any phone extension. The phone system may include a microcontroller that communicates along the phone lines at a non-utilized frequency to several extension phones in a residence. The microcon... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7076053 | System for the processing of audio data used for music on hold and paging in a private branch exchange The PBX system includes an analog to digital, and digital to analog, (A/D) conversion where the sample size and the sample rate are selectively adjustable. The A/D structure includes registers which hold values indicating the sample size and the sample rate for the ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7039205 | Techniques for audio transducer switching under programmatic and off hook interrupt control Techniques for configuring multiple audio transducers, including telephony devices, are provided. Audio configurations for the multiple audio input and output transducers can be selected by the user. When it is determined that a telephony device has gone off hook, t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7020251 | System and method for the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic and interactive voice services, with real-time drilling via telephone A method and system for accomplishing real-time drilling in conjunction with interactive, real-time, voice transmission of information to a user is disclosed. A voice-based communication between a user and a first system is established and a report is transmitted to... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6690771 | System and method for answering machine call screening in a cordless digital system A system and method for call screening in a wireless telephone system. When a call is received on an answering machine (17) associated with a base part (11), the user at a portable part (12) may select a call screen button (19). The resulting signal is re... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6650744 | Method and apparatus for broadcasting audio in a communication system A Group Page process is implemented by which a variable audio source may be dynamically allocated circuit switch channels for broadcasting to a group of devices. The process is implemented via message exchanges between a Group Page Manager which accesses ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6411682 | Computer controlled paging and telephone communication system and method The invention provides a method and an apparatus for placing a caller into telecommunication with a subscriber. A call from the caller, directed to the subscriber, is detected and, in response thereto, a page is initiated to the subscriber and at the same... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6226370 | Telephone pager and intercom system A pager system connectable to the existing telephone wiring for activation through the normal residential DTMF telephone instruments, the system including a plurality of pager devices, each connected to the phone line between the tip and ring wires, and e... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6014429 | Two-way wireless messaging system with transaction server A two-way wireless messaging system has a messaging network, and a two-way messaging device that originates, receives and replies to messages having dynamic message components to and from the messaging network. A transaction server is located within the m... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5991397 | Voice paging service control method in a switching system A method for automatically providing voice paging information of a caller in a switching system having an automatic attendant function. The method includes the steps of controlling an automatic answering machine equipped in the switching system upon recei... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5970122 | Two-way wireless messaging system having user agent A two-way wireless messaging system includes a messaging network having at least one user agent corresponding to a subscriber of a two-way wireless messaging service. The subscriber receives messages from the messaging network along a first communication ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5912958 | On-hold device A system and a method for connecting an on-hold audio device to a pager in a PBX system is disclosed. The system and method include digitally downloading messages from a server over a communication link to the on-hold device so that convenient and clear m... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5828949 | Radio telecommunications network and method of supporting operation of a combined mobile telephone and pager The present invention is a method within a radio telecommunications network for delivering a telephone call to a mobile station having a telephone portion, a pager portion, and a relay switch between the telephone portion and the pager portion. Data indic... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5754637 | Collective house interphone system and method therefore A collective house controller for relaying a call and guarding the houses is provided, in a collective house including a plurality of blocks separated from each other, each block including a plurality of households. The collective house controller include... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5745769 | Multiple connection method using a single control link A multiple connection method using a single channel is provided. The multiple connection method includes the steps of: (a) transmitting polling addresses from the master in a predetermined sequence using the single channel; (b) receiving the polling addre... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5734707 | Telephone system A telephone system includes a plurality of telephones which do not require the use of a telephone company central switching station and which do not require the use of any other central control station which receives and routes calls made between telephon... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5708701 | Power line telephone communications system having on hook digital voiceband messaging A power line telephone communications system having an ON HOOK digital voiceband messaging feature by which selected information contained in an incoming call to a telephone is received prior tc the telephone being lifted off its hook. The incoming ring s... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5566233 | Communication controlling apparatus for a single-line telephone with extensions thereto In a single-line telephone, there are a plurality of extension telephone sets connected by a telephone line and each extension telephone set is connected to a communication controlling apparatus. The communication controlling apparatus includes an alterna... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5506896 | Intercommunication system An intercommunication system for transmitting signals through a door, and having piezo transducer devices mountable on each side of the door, a matrix of analog switches connecting the piezo transducer devices to the input and output of a bridge amplifier... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5363434 | Audio distribution system A signal distribution and communication arrangement controls the broadcast of different types of signals through speakers located in various zones. The system includes a telephone interfaced with a door speaker controller to allow communication between th... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5228073 | Call identification display system A call identification display system includes a reception unit; at least one remote user unit; and a communication link such as conventional interface electronics located in the reception unit and the remote units interconnected by cables or rf or laser t... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5202917 | Telephone calling method and telephone apparatus A person to whom a telephone call is directed is called at an extension either by voice only or by voice during each silent period of an audible ringing signal. A plurality of telephone sets are provided where each telephone set includes a receiver for re... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5179588 | Improved page party system A page party system for use in industrial environments, having a plurality of stations joined by a page line and by a single party line for providing multiple full-duplex conference calls over the single party line. Multiple full-duplex conferencing is ac... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5166973 | Radio paging system with local local loop A local telephone/radio paging system includes a local paging system, a telephone, and a memory for indicating which telephone numbers are within the local area. When a telephone number is dialed, if the person dialed does not answer, the telephone switch... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5131048 | Audio distribution system A signal distribution and communication arrangement controls the broadcast of different types of signals through speakers located in various zones. The arrangement includes an audio receiver circuit which responds to a music signal from an external music ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5033080 | Method and apparatus for identifying the source of page communication in a party-line intercom paging system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring page communications in an intercom system having multiple stations connected to a common party line. A station module is connected to and continuously monitors each intercom station. Dur... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4741020 | Clerk paging system A clerk paging system for retail stores wherein a customer can push a "help" button on a call box, there being a call box in each department of the store, and the system automatically provides a stored, paging message to the store's existing paging system... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4734932 | Telephone local intercom system Full duplex local intercom circuit arrangements are provided for telephone station instruments within a local network. Each instrument includes an FM receiver and an FM transmitter. If two subscriber telephone paths are provided, switches are also provide... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4682348 | Life safety audio system having a voice synthesizer and a constant volume telephone network A life safety system for monitoring a building has a plurality of detectors for detecting alarm conditions located throughout the building, a plurality of speakers located throughout the building, a source of pre-stored voice messages which can be broadca... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4661972 | Mobile telephone system for automatically paging absent mobile subscriber A mobile telephone unit belongs to a mobile telephone system with a mobile telephone system and a paging system which cover an identical service area, are independently operated, and are connected through an exchange. The mobile telephone unit includes a ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4658416 | Automatic call transfer system capable of carrying out call transfer without manual operation In an automatic call transfer system for use in carrying out transfer of a terminating call from one of telephone sets (T) to another through an exchange (11), a person identification number (ID) is assigned to each of persons movable in a limited area an... | 04/14/1987 |
