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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7983407 | Calling party number override for emergency services A system receives an emergency call, a local exchange carrier (LEC) charge number, and Calling Party Number (CPN) from a user device, and overrides the LEC charge number with the CPN for Automatic Number Identification (ANI) determination purposes. The system also d... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7889852 | Remote communications with a vending machine using call back In a communications system, a computer network server (2) is arranged to communicate simultaneously with a plurality of remote computers 201 . . . 20n. A remote embedded application in the form of a vending machine (1) has a module (12... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7864940 | Method and apparatus for calling name caching in communication networks Method and apparatus for caching caller-specific information to reduce query costs and to provide faster access when providing caller-specific information to called parties within communication networks. ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864941 | Modifying call system identifiers to indicate keys associated with user information A call processing system comprises an interface and a processing system. The interface is configured to receive call signaling for a call from a call system and receive user information during the call from a user using the call system wherein the call signaling inc... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7724886 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information for subscribers that interface via private trunk groups A system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information is invalid or can not be provided, even when the called party connects to the network by private trunk group facilities. In one disclosed embodiment, a trunk gr... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7639792 | System and method for location management and emergency support for a voice over internet protocol device In a particular embodiment a system and method for processing a call in a Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) network are disclosed. The method includes receiving the call associated with a private identifier (PRID) at a server, classifying a call location based on ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7496189 | Caller information display methods and systems Methods and systems in a telecommunications network for dynamically providing calling party information to a called party from a calling party. A transfer of calling party information can be initiated from the calling party to the called party utilizing a caller ide... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7443963 | Call processing system with call screening A system is described in which call processing considers unique information about the call to better serve the caller and/or to enable the called party to more efficiently handle the call. In one embodiment, the unique information considered by the call processor is... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7418258 | Server-coordinated ringtones An apparatus and methods are disclosed for enabling multiple telecommunications terminals that are associated with a common user to notify their user of the arrival of an incoming message via a ringtone, where the ringtone is: (i) coordinated across the terminals, a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409046 | Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting with verification and name change service A method and apparatus for verifying call waiting information in a communication system is particularly well suited for correcting mispronunciation of caller identification information provided for a call waiting call. A current pronunciation of the call waiting inf... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7379544 | Comprehensive telephone call screening system A dynamic telephone-call screening system detects indications of the character for incoming calls as a basis to determine acceptance. Calls that are identified and indicated to be undesirable, as from a facsimile machine, may be categorically screened on the basis o... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372948 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information A method and apparatus permit handling of unwanted calls from callers such as telemarketers, when caller identification is provided. In one embodiment, the called party adds the caller identification information for the telemarketer to a personal list after receivin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362854 | Portable electronic device having integrated telephony and calendar functions The phone number or other identifying information of an incoming phone call or other network communication is optionally stored, and a call-back is optionally scheduled. The user is prompted whether to schedule a call back, and if so, a call-back sequence is initiat... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360165 | Addresses as objects for email messages A technique for allowing a user to treat email addresses as objects both incoming and outgoing email messages is presented. A small icon is added to the text of each address which will vary depending on the pedigree of the address. The invention is not limited to si... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353022 | Wireless mobile call location and delivery for non-geographic numbers A system and method is provided for establishing a call to a wireless directory number (982) which is either a non-geographic directory number or a non-dialable directory number. A call is initiated from a wireline telephone (155) to a geographic-based... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7315614 | Remote notification of communications A remote call notification system for incoming calls to a wireline telecommunications device. The system includes a switch, a service control point, an intelligent server, and a monitoring module all in communication with each other. The remote call notification is ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313227 | Animated/digitally depicted interactive voice session services over an IP network A telecommunications service application. The application includes associating, each of a plurality of subscribers with at least one respective avatar, where the at least one avatar includes at least one of a visual avatar and an audible avatar. In response to a fir... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7290032 | Broadcast communication system and method thereof in a point-to-multiport communication system In a point-to-multipoint system, the first communication processing apparatus generates a signal to inquire of the second communication processing apparatus about languages used in the second terminals and transmits the signal to the second communication processing ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286657 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including tailored announcements A system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information can not be provided. A calling party is prompted by an announcement to provide the audible caller identification information. The announcement may be tailored b... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7272219 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information for subscribers that interface via private trunk groups A system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information is invalid or can not be provided, even when the called party connects to the network by private trunk group facilities. In one disclosed embodiment, a trunk gr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272222 | System and method for processing complaints A method and system for automating customer slamming and cramming complaints includes an automated reporting system having one or more receiving devices and a complaint module. Customers who want to report a slam or cram access the automated reporting system and rep... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263085 | Apparatus and method for controlling connection status An apparatus and method of controlling connection status using a flash with information message. A connection can be established between a communication device and a first party. An operation can trigger an event. A flash with information message can be transmitted ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260198 | System and method for displaying a party profile for incoming and outgoing calls This specification relates to a method for providing information about a caller before the call is completed. The invention comprises a method for intercepting a telephone number from a phone line or phone system, searching a database for information associated with... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260196 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification and privacy management Processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called communication station includes detecting signalling information for the call, including determining whether standard caller identification for the calling communication station can... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260203 | Method and apparatus for routing calls based on identification of the calling party or calling line A method and apparatus for routing calls for a subscriber based on the identification of the calling party or the originating line. Generally, the present invention operates to identify a calling party or originating line and then select a routing list based on this... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251484 | Base unit for communicating with a cellular telephone Disclosed herein is a telecommunication system to be used with a cellular telephone network at a fixed location, including a portable cellular handset, a base unit having a recess for the portable cellular handset, a processor included in the base unit for processin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7236577 | Call screening system and method A call screening system and method. The method can include receiving an inbound telephone call destined for a called party. Associated caller identification data can be identified from the inbound telephone call. The associated caller identification data can be comp... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236578 | System and method for remotely accessing caller ID information A remote access device is provided with access to caller ID information stored in a base unit. A communication path between the remote access device and the base unit is established. Caller ID information is transmitted from the base unit to the remote access device... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233651 | Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting and caller identification An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify the customer that a current call is waiting in an effective manner t... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7224785 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification A system (100) and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information can not be provided, even when a subscriber to the service has per line blocking. A service control point (106) detects the directory number... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7215744 | Call processing system with call screening A system is described in which call processing considers unique information about the call to better serve the caller and/or to enable the called party to more efficiently handle the call. In one embodiment, the unique information considered by the call processor is... | 05/08/2007 |
