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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8045691 | Method and apparatus for processing routing requests The invention provides a method and apparatus for communication and provision of routing address information. The prior owner of a called telephone number is referred to herein as a “prior subscriber”. When a number is released by a prior subscriber, it is place... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7616751 | Managing held telephone calls by using a messaging resource A method and apparatus are disclosed that provide a technique for managing held calls. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a call-handling system receives a first indication of whether a messaging resource is available at or near... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7436835 | Forced bearer routing for packet-mode interception A method of intercepting call content in a packet-based Internet Protocol (IP) network. The method includes targeting bearer packets containing the call content via a Softswitch controlling the redirection of the targeted bearer packets through a specified Intercept... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437292 | Dialog system for a man-machine interaction having cooperating dialog devices A system and method for a dialog system which provides for a user to carry on a dialog with dialog experts having different capabilities, during an existing dialog session. A terminal device may be connected to a special switching device, which, in dependence upon a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7415105 | Telephone call redirection system A telephone call redirection system for misdialed telephone numbers is provided. When a caller physically and unintentionally dials one of a set of first numbers subscribed to by the system, the system recognizes the number intended by the caller, and provides the c... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7376225 | Method for feature transfer in a telecommunication network A network (30) of a telecommunication system (100) receives requests (31) for feature transfers from one user (10) to another user (20). In addition, network initiated feature transfer marks a call agent (61) for feature tra... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7352848 | Personal address updates using directory assistance data Methods and systems are provided for storing directory assistance information in a subscriber's electronic address book for future use. If a directory number associated with the desired called party is not in the subscriber's address book, a voice services node init... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349000 | Method and system for display of video device status information The status of a video call is displayed in a simplified and intuitive graphical user interface that presents status information of individual video devices of the video call with graphical or color indications with a gauge metaphor, such as a vertically or horizonta... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7305226 | Architecture and method for intercepting communications in a communications network An architecture and method for intercepting communications in a communications network is disclosed. The architecture includes a first access device that captures call identifying information of a call to the communications network and transmits the captured call id... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7283619 | System and method for end-to-end communications tracing A method for tracing communications includes receiving trace criteria from a first remote element and determining whether a call signaling message matches the trace criteria. The method includes attaching a trace tag to the call signaling message, if the call signal... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266191 | Method for handling telephone calls directed to telephone numbers of terminated users that have been reassigned to new users A comprehensive method for handling telephone calls directed to a telephone number of a terminated user that has been reassigned to a new user. The present invention provides user with a notification service that intercepts telephone calls to said telephone number a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7245712 | Method and apparatus for processing routing requests The invention provides a method and apparatus for communication and provision of routing address information. The prior owner of a called telephone number is referred to herein as a “prior subscriber”. When a number is released by a prior subscriber, it is place... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227936 | Method and system for providing directory assistance to erroneous telephone calls A system and a method for automatically routing calls made to an unavailable number to a directory assistance service for further assistance are disclosed herein. An intercept system intercepts these erroneous calls and automatically routes them to a directory assis... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218717 | Method, system, and article for audibly identifying a called party A dialed number of a called party is received from a calling party. Based on the dialed number, a name of the called party is retrieved from a database. An audio message which includes the name of the called party is generated and communicated to the calling party. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7206398 | System and method for forwarding call from disconnected telephone number to new telephone number A new service destination determination switching system is provided for a telecommunications environment in which a called party has discontinued an old service destination and obtained a new service destination. The new service destination determination switching ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197461 | System and method for voice-enabled input for use in the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic, and interactive voice services The delivery of voice serve messages communicating financial, personal or other news telecasts may be customized according to the identity of the recipient and controlled by voice commands. A voice service bureau may generate voice messages for individual subscriber... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190768 | Method and apparatus for human-assisted adaptive outbound telephone call classification based on pattern recognition A system for classifying outbound telephone calls is provided. According to the invention, voice messages received as a result of placing outbound telephone calls can be classified. In particular, autovoice messages, including network intercept messages, can be dete... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187932 | Autopopulation of address book entries Personal address book data is revised and updated based on communication sources and destination. An address tabulator compares a number of communications directed to a selected destination and based on a subscriber profile, determines if address or contact informat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180994 | Method and system for operator services automation using an operator services switch A telecommunications system includes a front end automation system, an operator services switch, an automated operator, and an automation data server. The front end automation system interacts with a caller in order to recognize a request of the caller and determine... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7136475 | Call Management system with call control from user workstation computers A Call Management System provides for management of calls directly by system users at their workstation computers via a digital data network such as a digital networks not controlled via the user's telephone instruments as in prior systems. A call management compute... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133500 | Method and apparatus for intercept of wireline communications Method and apparatus for conducting surveillance in a SS7 Intelligent Network (IN) or Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) provides in the case of AIN that an Info Analyzed trigger is armed in an end office switch and notifies a delivery function when a call is proces... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7120236 | Mnemonic discovery and notification method, product, and apparatus When any user request other than that of a phone number subscription request is received from a user, it may be determined whether a subscription request is offered to the user in response to the received request. When an offer is to be provided, a phone number subs... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7110520 | Method and system for directory assistance services A mobile telephone, or personal communication services subscriber who wishes directory assistance services is connected in the conventional manner to an operator who identifies a destination telephone number desired by the subscriber. As known in the prior art, the ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7079638 | System and method for privacy screening with special information tones A system and method delivers an audible tone to an unidentified caller who places a call to a subscriber to a privacy screening service with special information tones (SITs). The service is initiated when an unidentified caller places a telephone call to a subscribe... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7012979 | Tone signal detection circuit for detecting tone signals Tone signal detection circuit for a receiving circuit for detecting at least one tone signal of predetermined tone signal frequency (fE) which is contained in a received analog input signal, comprising a reference signal generator (41) for generati... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010111 | Audible confirmation using text to speech conversion An audible confirmation system automatically and seamlessly outputs an audible name of a call recipient to a calling party. This audible confirmation system is preferably configured to audibly identify the call recipient to the calling party prior to the call recipi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999576 | System connection adapter and terminal Existing switch markings for telephone numbers are mechanically manipulated via the Recent Change channel to provide an appropriate treatment. In case a call to a vacant pooled-in number cannot be completed, a terminating switch, instead of generating a REL message ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6977992 | System and method for the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic and interactive voice services, with real-time database queries A method and system for accomplishing real-time queries 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 ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6970545 | System and method for completing private or unknown calls made to a subscribers privacy screening service An advanced intelligent network system for managing and routing telephone calls from a calling party to a subscriber to a privacy screening service. The system routes the calls according to whether the calling party number is known and public, in which case the call... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970548 | Communication assistance system and method A communication assistance system (2) is provided for accessing information corresponding to a plurality of subscribers (6). This system is comprised of a telephone switch (12) for receiving calls from a plurality of requesters (4), a cal... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6954458 | System and method for message transport and segmentation A node, and a system including a first node, supporting message transport and segmentation in a communications network having a plurality of nodes, comprising a memory including a database for storing a plurality of segmentation support capability test results, wher... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6922465 | Method and system for reporting events in telecommunication networks Methods and systems are provided for reporting to subscribers network events in a plurality of formats and languages depending upon the particular subscriber group to which a subscriber belongs. When a subscriber requests a call, a switching node in the network invo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6917678 | Method and apparatus for monitoring telephonic members and providing directory assistance Telephone users desiring directory assistance services are connected via standard telephone procedures to a directory assistance provider, such as an operator. An operator provides the destination number and initiates a connection to that number. Once that connectio... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912271 | Personalized recorded message via message delivery system Message delivery system primarily for answering machines which provides a realistic sounding recorded message containing an individualized personal greeting which can be delivered onto one or more answering machines. This automated method of delivering a recorded pe... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907111 | Network and method for providing a name and number delivery telecommunications services with automatic speech recognition capability A network for providing a telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition to a telecommunications user, including a switch in communication with a telecommunications device associated with the telecommunications user for detecting a trigger specific to ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6870915 | Personal address updates using directory assistance data Methods and systems are provided for storing directory assistance information in a subscriber's electronic address book for future use. If a directory number associated with the desired called party is not in the subscriber's address book, a voice services node init... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6839418 | Method for differentiated treatment of calling subscribers A method and exchange unit in a telecommunication system for differentiated treatment of calling subscribers special calls includes separating from normal calls according to information contained in the dialed number, i.e., the routing number. If the call is determi... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6823185 | Systems and methods for performing authorized intercept in a satellite-based communications system Authorized intercepts of communications in a satellite communications system (10) are performed, according to which a law enforcement agency (LEA) can request the intercept of communications to and/or from subscriber units (SUs). In one embodiment, an LEA int... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6823049 | Apparatus and method in intelligent type for filtering a disturbance of incoming phone call An apparatus in an intelligent type for filtering a disturbance for an incoming phone call includes a phone call data bank, a user's interface device, a register module, and a filtering module of incoming phone call. The phone call data bank stores at least one phon... | 11/23/2004 |
