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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107608 | System and method for providing routing, mapping, and relative position information to users of a communication network The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing real-time position information of one party to another party by utilizing a conventional telecommunication network system such as the convention telephone network, a mobile telecommunications net... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8045690 | Method and system for providing location information associated with a calling party Systems and methods for providing location information associated with a calling party are disclosed. Generally, a query is received from a network element. A location associated with a calling party is identified in response to receipt of the query, and an indicati... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7769154 | Aggregated perceived presence A system for controlling the presence of a user perceived by contacts is provided. In particular, a rules engine receives a number of inputs related to the desired accessibility of the user, and from such inputs generates a perceived presence for the user that can b... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7715542 | Service delivery method and system A user is pre-qualified for a service provided at a particular location. Location data indicative of where the service is to be triggered and a service element are stored. The service instance element is a full customised instance of the service delivery code or oth... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7512223 | System and method for locating an end user A method of assisting an end user is provides. A first assistance request signal is received from a communication device. A communication node determines an assistance center in close proximity to the communication device to provide assistance to the end user. The c... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7450706 | Method and system for providing location information associated with a calling party Systems and methods for providing location information associated with a calling party are disclosed. Generally, a query is received from a network element. A location associated with a calling party is identified in response to receipt of the query, and an indicati... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7443972 | Method and apparatus for in-progress call forwarding The present invention is a method and system for transferring calls among communicating devices connected through a public network. The service is offered by a public network to permit a party in a ongoing conversation to transfer a call to another communicating dev... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443975 | Geographical call routing for a non-emergency calling service A method for location-based communicating includes defining at least one predefined service area for a service provider. A networked communications apparatus receives a communication including a first identifier that identifies the service provider based on input fr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440565 | Contact number encapsulation system A contact number encapsulation system is disclosed that is operable to consolidate a plurality of contact numbers associated with a given user into a single contact number. The system includes a call processing application that uses information contained in a SIP me... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7421070 | Advanced intelligent single telephone number routing A method for location-based communications routing includes determining a location of a requesting party in accordance with an address of the requesting party. Whether the location of the requesting party is in a first subscriber service area is determined and, when... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7382870 | System and method for selecting a destination number upon receiving a dialed number from a calling party A method and system are provided for routing a call to a common number from a calling party, where the common number corresponds to a plurality of users. The method and system determine whether availability of unique identification information for the calling party ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366499 | Announcement service for the visually impaired A visually-impaired person possessing a GPS-equipped cellular phone, or other mobile communications device, who wants to know their location, uses the cellular phone to call a location-announcement service. In response, the service queries the GPS receiver for the p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7305078 | Speaker identification during telephone conferencing Systems and techniqes for identifying a participant in a teleconference allow other participants at remote locations to be informed of the identify of a current speaker. A currently speaking participant is identified in a teleconference conducted using a connection ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302052 | Advanced intelligent single telephone number routing A method for location-based communications routing includes determining a location of a requesting party in accordance with an originating communications address of the requesting party. The method also includes determining whether the location of the requesting par... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298833 | Wireless device to manage cross-network telecommunication services A communication remote control system allows a user to remotely configure call management functions across various phone networks using a client device. The communication remote control system centrally handles call management for the user's telephones. The communic... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292688 | Geographical call routing for a non-emergency calling service Location-based communications routing includes determining whether a network apparatus which receives a communication, from a calling party attempting to contact a service corresponding to at least one predefined service area, provides service to at least one of the... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7263181 | Telephony system and a method of operating same A telephony system (100) is disclosed as including a number of telephone sets (116a-116f), a home server (110), a fingerprint scanner (102), a keypad (104), a smart card reader (106), and such other iden... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260089 | Remote worker access on networked PBX systems using a VoIP platform A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) feature server provides a remote worker feature over a VoIP platform of an IP network. The remote worker feature facilitates an individual, who is assigned a telephone number at his/her home PBX, to receive telephone service fro... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7233654 | Method and system for providing the name of the state of a calling party A method for providing the names of the city and state of a calling party to a called party when the calling party's name is unavailable. The method utilizes the calling party's telephone number to determine the names of the city and state from which the calling par... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7218719 | Advanced intelligent single telephone number routing A method, system and computer readable medium are provided for defining a service area served by a service location of a telecommunications network customer. The method includes ascertaining a geographic designator of a geographic area. The geographic area includes ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7203302 | Geographical call routing for a non-emergency calling service At least one call is routed based on a location of a calling party. A calling party calls a service corresponding to at least one predefined service area, and it is ascertained whether the calling party is within the at least one predefined service area. When the ca... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200213 | Systems and methods for an operator system service The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing live operator service for a communication session over a packet-based network. The live operator of the invention can receive a call and conference with the caller to determine an intended call recip... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194076 | Apparatus and method for network-initiated real-time multi-party communications A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network. A telecommunications service provider monitors data relating to communications initiation or termination criteria for at least two communicants in the telecommunications network and ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7170986 | Call setup using a packet-switched address such as an internet address or the like The present invention, generally speaking, provides a method and apparatus for setting up a telephone connection using an email address or the like. In many cases, an email address or other Internet address such as a URL may be easily remembered or, in the case of a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7158624 | Methods and apparatus for selectively including an audio signal component within an audio output signal An apparatus and method selectively includes an audio signal component, such as hold music or a hold tone, within an audio output signal, such as a composite audio signal from a multi-party teleconference, based upon a condition of an audio delivery system. In one a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7139374 | System and method for gathering information related to a geographical location of a callee in a public switched telephone network In a telecommunication system having at least two communicants (i.e., a caller and a callee), a system and method are presented for collecting information associated with the geographical location of either of the communicants. In one embodiment, the approach entail... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136473 | System and method for selecting a destination number upon receiving a dialed number from a calling party A method and system are provided for selecting a destination number upon receiving a dialed number from a calling party. The preferred embodiments include a telecommunications system that, after receiving a dialed number from a calling party, selects a particular de... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136474 | Automatic routing and information system for telephonic services A system and method for automatically and seamlessly routing telephone calls across a telephone network. The system includes a telephone network interface box having a computer, a master file and client file stored in the computer. The master file is dynamically lin... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7123706 | Communication exchanging system capable of changing forwarding destination according to notification of presence change of user A communication exchanger has a memory which memorizes a presence state table for all of users and a forwarding destination table for each of the users. In the presence state table, presence information of all users is registered. In the forwarding destination table... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120238 | Sensor-controlled telephone system A telephony system and method are adapted for selecting an operating mode of a telephony system responsive to sensor inputs. A presence detector, communicatively coupled to the telephony system, detects people within a predetermined area associated with the telephon... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116770 | Communication network management A communication network and an associated network manager server according to the invention includes one or more instances of a first object type and one or more instances of a second object type. The first object type is associated with a first product of the commu... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7106848 | Method and apparatus for in-progress call forwarding The present invention is a method and system for transferring calls among communicating devices connected through a public network. The service is offered by a public network to permit a party in a ongoing conversation to transfer a call to another communicating dev... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7068769 | Method and system for communication processing based on physical presence A method and system for using physical presence as a basis to handle communications. A network includes a presence registry that indicates whether users are physically present at stations. Further, the network may include a user-station registry that indicates wheth... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7054432 | Geographical call routing for a non-emergency calling service A communications system is provided for routing calls based on a location of a calling party. The communications system includes a processor that determines routing of a call placed by a calling party using one of a plurality of call origination devices. The call or... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7031447 | System and method for location-based call distribution A method for location-based call distribution is provided that includes receiving from a customer communication device a request to establish a communication session with an agent communication device based on a specified telephone number. An agent database is searc... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027576 | Call screening apparatus and method A method of screening incoming telephone calls and programming screening options and apparatus that allows incoming calls to be screened according to various criteria programmed by a subscriber. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023964 | Communication system Disclosed is a communication system which improves the system flexibility and serviceability by efficiently controlling presence information. A presence inquiring section makes an inquiry about a presence state of a communicating party. A presence information receiv... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020267 | Geographical number portability Telecommunication system, with a communication network (1), and a database (10), accessible through the network (1), the database (10) comprising telephone numbers (60), and associated with a telephone number a location identificat... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6999563 | Enhanced directory assistance automation The present invention enhances directory assistance automation by searching traditional directory assistance databases with independent listing and locality queries. Initially, a caller's speech responses from a directory assistance inquiry are individually converte... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993118 | System and method for accessing personal information relating to a caller in a remote telecommunication network A telecommunication system for accessing personal information relating to a caller having a home network and being engaged in a call with a call taker in a remote network distal from the home network includes: (a) an internetwork communication system coupling a plur... | 01/31/2006 |
