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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8045689 | Method and system for call screening A method of screening a call from a calling party to a called party, the calling party being connected to a communication network through a first line, the called party being connected to said communication network through a second line, includes sending a notificat... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8005200 | System and method for control of communications connections and notifications A method and system for selectively establishing a communications connection between an origin and destination in a communications network based on one or mediations rules and one or more lists of prohibited and exempted destination identifiers either in real-time u... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7447301 | Toll-free number blocking override indicator A menu routing service routes calls made to a customer's toll-free number according to customized routing instructions. A service provider establishes service parameters, which include the toll-free number and a restriction associated with at least one of the custom... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7440562 | Phone line supervisory controls Controlling use of a telephone line includes receiving a specification from a first entity that defines one or more supervisory controls on use of a controlled telephone line by a second entity. The supervisory controls specify people with whom the second entity may... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440564 | System and method for privacy management A privacy management system is disclosed for when a calling party has a private telephone number. Privacy screening services allow a subscriber to manage and monitor incoming telephone calls, such that unwanted calls are not terminated to the subscriber. When a call... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440558 | Telephony security system A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling and logging access between an enterprise's end-user stations and their respective circuits into the public switched telephone network (PSTN). One or more rules are de... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7418089 | System and method for restricting and monitoring telephone calls A telecommunications service controls and monitors telephone calls by storing at a service control point (SCP) restricted telephone numbers and priority telephone numbers. Upon receiving call data relating to a call between a subscriber telephone number and an outsi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406161 | System and method for real-time fraud detection within a telecommunication network Real time detection of the fraudulent use of a telecommunications network is accomplished by analyzing data for each call that is occurring within the network. A signal protocol receiver is used to collect signaling protocol for each call that is occurring within th... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7388951 | Access code enhancement for caller preview service By manipulating parameters of call setup messages, calls made with a caller's access code in a caller preview service may be completed to the called party or voice mail box with caller identification information displayed. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386106 | Method, system, and database for providing a telecommunication service A database for a telecommunication service includes a first record for a first number having a predetermined NXX, and a second record for a second number having the predetermined NXX. The first record includes an indication that a call having an automatic number ide... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372949 | System and method for call redirect detection and treatment Disclosed are systems and methods in which call intelligence, such as may be disposed in communication with signaling systems utilized in controlling calls, is used to provide information for making determinations with respect to the treatment of calls. Call intelli... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7333600 | Interactive electronic ordering for telecommunications products and services A system and method for exchanging telecommunication service information between a telecommunication service provider and a telecommunication service customer include electronically receiving a request in a predefined format to establish an interactive session with ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330899 | Apparatus and method for developing applications with telephony functionality One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates developing applications with telephony functionality. The system includes a session initiation protocol (SIP) gateway configured to interface with a public switched telephone network (PSTN). ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327837 | Call routing method A call processing method is disclosed. A first station initiates a call to a second station. Call information associated with the initiated call is evaluated by comparing the call information with information in a fraud database. Completion of the call is prevented ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324505 | Sustained VOIP call logs using PoC contact lists A method for logging Voice Over IP (VOIP) calls from a caller client device to a recipient client device. The method includes the steps of generating a VOIP call from the caller client device directed to the recipient client device; storing identification informatio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320026 | Intersystem messaging using ENUM standard A system and method for transforming voice mail messages into a package capable of being parsed and read by different proprietary voice mail systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method that allows for intersystem messaging throug... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7295660 | Telemarketer screening A called party may screen for a telemarketing solicitation made by a calling party by receiving a traditional telephony call from the calling party at a messaging service platform and using the messaging service platform to perform telemarketer-screening operations.... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293020 | String search scheme in a distributed architecture Methods and apparatuses for searching network data for one or more predetermined strings are disclosed. A multi-stage search may be performed by different hardware components. In a first search stage, a first processor may perform a comparison of blocks of incoming ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289617 | Phone line supervisory controls Controlling use of a telephone line includes receiving a specification from a first entity that defines one or more supervisory controls on use of a controlled telephone line by a second entity. The supervisory controls specify people with whom the second entity may... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286659 | Method and system for termination blocking of message delivery service in a switch-based telecommunication system A method for providing a messaging service in a telecommunication system (900) includes providing a calling party with an option to leave a voice message (1010). If the calling party accepts the option, determining screening criteria for the called com... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283969 | Methods and systems for automatically registering complaints against calling parties Disclosed is a communication system that is adapted to notify a calling party that no further call attempts should be made and to automatically register a complaint with a calling party complaint registration database. The calling party complaint database is further... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281046 | Application program interface for automating high speed network access ordering and provisioning processes An application program interface system and method for automating high speed network access ordering and provisioning processes, particularly involving business to business interactions, such as automating interactions between ISPs and ILEC/CLECs for xDSL service or... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269160 | Voice over internet call center integration A telephony server, comprising an application program executing under an operating system, communicating directly with telephony hardware to implement telephony system control, having an application programming interface including a call to an external program also ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266190 | System and method for managing communications A communications network-based system and service is disclosed. The service permits subscribers to control and manage incoming telephone calls. Subscribers can establish preferences and set encumbrances. The service also connects calls to a called party otherwise pr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260623 | Remote services system communication module The invention relates to a remote services communication module which includes: a communication protocol and a communication encryption module. The communication protocol module provides support for an application level protocol used in a remote services system. The... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254387 | Management and control of telecommunication services delivery The present invention relates to a telecommunications service provision manager that is configured to allow access to a plurality of telecommunications services to determine the location of a service and control execution of that service. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248681 | System and method for real-time fraud detection within a telecommunication network Real time detection of the fraudulent use of a telecommunications network is accomplished by analyzing data for each call that is occurring within the network. A signal protocol receiver is used to collect signaling protocol for each call that is occurring within th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245713 | Call monitoring Methods and systems are provided for monitoring calls routed to a telephone network-based voice mail system. When a subscriber receives a telephone call, a determination is made as to whether the call should be routed to the voice mail system. If call monitoring ser... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246067 | Secure online dating support system and method A secure online dating support system and method requires potential members to submit personal information regarding themselves as a predicate to becoming a member of the dating system. This personal information is provided in a manner, either in-person at an inform... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240109 | Remote services system service module interface The invention relates to an apparatus for interfacing between a plurality of service modules and a remote services system which includes a service module application program interface. The service module application program interface provides an interface between th... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237257 | Leveraging a persistent connection to access a secured service Leveraging a persistent connection to provide a client access to a secured service may include establishing a persistent connection with a client in response to a first request from the client, and brokering a connection between the client and a secured service base... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230927 | Non-blocking expandable call center architecture An improved call center architecture includes a switch which communicates with agents either over a broadband network or through a conventional legacy PBX. The hybrid configuration also includes N+1 fault tolerance and the ability to linearly expand the capacity of ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231026 | Detection of carrier mis-routing in telephone systems Methods to identify inter-carrier telephone calls in a telephone system that are being mis-routed in such a way as to violate existing regulatory tariffs and/or established inter-carrier contracts. The common name for this manipulation is “arbitrage”, and the in... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231030 | Passive call blocking method and apparatus A process and apparatus to support passive call blocking, a call block that is performed in a manner that the caller does not recognize as a call block. When passive call blocking is utilized, blocked callers receive a passive response, such as a continuous telephon... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227843 | Method for reducing congestion in packet-switched networks The present invention permits a network service provider to detect an operational condition—such as congestion—in a packet-switched network and to alleviate such congestion by providing customer incentives to avoid use of the network. The detection mechanism tri... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221748 | Method for linking call log information to address book entries and replying using medium of choice A method for utilizing the caller identification information stored in call logs to retrieve address book entries stored in a database, enabling a reply to each call in the call log using the communication medium and contact address of choice. Using this method, a c... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218912 | Method and system for providing supervisory control over wireless phone usage A system for controlling wireless phone usage enables a supervisor to establish user profiles for supervised users of wireless phones across a range of parameters which are stored in a user profile database. Such parameters may include one or more locations at which... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218924 | Method for restricting calls to a cell phone The present invention is a method for restricting calls to a cell phone, including the steps of: receiving restriction information; testing an incoming call to the cell phone against the restriction information; and, if testing determines that the incoming call is r... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218718 | Method to perform a telecommunication with dialing destination preview The present invention concerns a method to perform a telecommunication between a caller terminal and a callee terminal identified by an identification code, such as a phone number. Method wherein it comprises the steps of: collecting routing information relat... | 05/15/2007 |
