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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7978842 | Method and system for managing bandwidth in communication networks A method, system, apparatus and machine-readable medium for managing bandwidth in a communication network via a Turbo Button Service (TBS) are provided. The communication network includes a Regional/Access Network (RAN). The bandwidth management includes varying the... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7426188 | Method and apparatus to facilitate variable-rate call management operations A network element (20), such as a PDSN or home agent, upon determining (11) a need to effect a call management operation, then determines (12) whether to constrain the facilitation of that call management operation. When determining that the cal... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7366288 | Method and apparatus of detection of inter-carrier looping Method and apparatus for detecting inter-carrier call looping. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method that can be used to reliably detect inter-network routing loops and kill associated calls using a modified ISUP Hop Counter parameter to be sent acros... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7317682 | Passive and distributed admission control method for ad hoc networks A method for distributed admission control in communication channels of a network including a plurality of nodes measures, at each node, a traffic condition of a communication channel during successive time intervals having a predetermined length. At the particular ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7302054 | System and method for integrated telephony switching A telephony system includes a switch coupled to a call agent and a legacy application, and further coupled to resources, some controlled by the call agent and others controlled by the legacy application. The switch processes connection requests from the call agent a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292686 | Exchange node An exchange node operable to establish a backward connection comprising part of a call session, the exchange node being operable, on the occurrence of a fault in a backward direction of the exchange to transmit a pivot request to a pivot node in a backward direction... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292687 | Capability negotiation in a telecommunications network A method of negotiating a call capability between signalling points in a telecommunications system. The method comprises sending a capability preference or prioritised list of preferences from an originating signalling point to a terminating signalling point or sign... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286828 | Method of call routing and connection A method of radio communications and routing and connection in a mobile radio system consisting of the steps of providing nodes for transmitting and receiving signals wherein the nodes are positioned in a free form fashion within a defined area, and the routing of a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286802 | Wireless simulator There is disclosed a simulator for mobile terminals within the context of a wireless network, for the purpose of testing the basestations. Channel impairments are effect during baseband processing. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286654 | Method for preventing overload condition in a circuit switched arrangement Congestion problems in networks are alleviated with a method that works toward insuring that unused capacity will always exist in elements of a network that are resources which are shared by a plurality of users and which, consequently, can be overloaded. In respons... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7254228 | Method and system for effective utilizing the switching capacity of local exchanges To support a changing volume of a voice-grade traffic in an access network having a local exchange with a limited capacity, provide two or more access networks each having subscribers and associated local exchange with a limited capacity; each capable of dividing tr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7242755 | Dynamic routing for a telephone conference call A method and system are disclosed to provide a conference among conference participants over a communication network. A routing system receives conference utilization data from a plurality of conference systems. The routing system receives a request to join the conf... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7212495 | Signaling for reserving a communications path A call signaling protocol that uses simplified messaging to set up, confirm set up, tear down, and confirm tear down of a connection. The available capacity of communications links is tracked so that it can be quickly determined whether or not a link can handle a ca... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206281 | Calculating physical routes in a communication network A system operating on a communication network for mapping service-level information comprising logical connections to physical-level information comprising working physical paths of the logical connections, where the physical-level information is obscured by activat... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200141 | Bandwidth detection in a heterogeneous network with parallel and proxy modes Effective bandwidth of a communication link is determined in a heterogeneous, packet switched network between a source and a destination, where effective bandwidth is defined as the actual available bandwidth between the server and the client, minus the overhead of ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194078 | Network redirection control routing A system and apparatus within a communications server for intercepting supplemental service requests to a communications network and ensuring redirection to correct network party and optimal resource usage when redirecting a call over the network. The optimization s... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7187658 | Data transmission apparatus selecting efficient network or service class A data transmission apparatus is provided for transmitting data received from a user terminal device through a plurality of networks to a destination, the user terminal device executing communication using an Internet protocol. The data transmission apparatus includ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174009 | Elimination of inoperable service node during call set up In a service control point (SCP) having logic normally dictating that a call destined to a called party should be routed instead to a service node for handling, a method includes making a determination that the service node has become unavailable. The method thereaf... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165115 | Method for controlling the disposition of an incoming call based on the loading status of a route and on a test of each link along the route Disclosed are network management procedures that apply measurements of traffic load to achieve greater efficiency in the operation of the network. In a method for deciding whether to route an incoming call on a selected potential service route, the potential service... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162017 | System and method for determining an optimal threshold for increasing telephone line capacity and for evaluating line management policies A method determines a threshold for increasing telephone line capacity in a telecommunications system. The method includes receiving a group of parameters that relate to at least one of a telephone line management policy (1030), environmental parameters (1... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158627 | Method and system for inhibiting softswitch overload A method includes receiving, at a softswitch executing on a computer, a plurality of calls for switching, monitoring at least one criteria associated with operation of the computer, and based on the monitoring, limiting the number of calls processed by the computer.... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155433 | Mapping of client application variable to database storage location free of allocation to any particular variable An apparatus in one example comprises a management component that handles information storage to one or more storage locations of a database. The one or more storage locations comprise one or more available locations that are free of allocation to any particular var... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149975 | Optical network administration graphical user interface This invention provides an improved graphical user interface (GUI) for optical network administration. The GUI allows a user to view a network topology in which only those nodes at which channel traffic may be added to and/or dropped from a muxed signal are displaye... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146000 | Routing engine for telecommunications network A system for automated installation of a communication line using an optimal route between a source location and a destination location is disclosed. The system includes a routing engine providing an automated design process for rendering the optimal route. The rout... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139552 | Mailbox answerphone service for mobile communications A service module is provided for use in a mobile communications system. The service module provides services to a calling user such as an answering service comprising several individual mailboxes. In various situations, the service module can automatically forward a... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139830 | Communication apparatus and congestion regulation control method A communication apparatus and a congestion regulation control method which execute regulation control at the time of congestion, thereby improving communication quality. A congestion monitor monitors a congestion state, sets a congestion level and determines whether... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7130402 | Communication request processing system communication request processing method communication request processing apparatus To extract part of a large volume of traffic and adjust the total volume of traffic dynamically. When a communication request is originated from a telecommunications apparatus, a communications control unit makes an inquiry to a service control unit. The service con... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127590 | Reconfigurable VLIW processor Disclosed is a computer processor (300) comprising a plurality of processing units (FU_n) and communication means (302) by which the plurality of processing units are interconnected. The communication means is dynamically configurable based on a comput... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7116767 | Apparatus and method for controlling telephone communications during intervals of high call traffic volume An apparatus for controlling telephone communications through a communication switch during intervals of call traffic volume in excess of a threshold call traffic volume includes: (a) a call traffic volume sensing device coupled with the communication switch and mea... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111073 | Apparatus for estimating delay and jitter between network routers A delay measurement technique according to an embodiment according to the present invention is based on the precept, ascertained by the inventors, that a link between network nodes will often contribute to the delay encountered between several different pairs of net... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106847 | Telecommunication network that provides caller-entered information to a call destination In a telecommunication network, a switching system routes a call to a service platform. The service platform transfers a prompt message over the call, collects caller-entered information from a caller over the call in response to the prompt message, and transfers th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7068766 | Method for preventing overload condition in a circuit switched arrangement Congestion problems in networks are alleviated with a method that works toward insuring that unused capacity will always exist in elements of a network that are resources which are shared by a plurality of users and which, consequently, can be overloaded. In respons... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065202 | Retrieval of data related to a call center In recent times, communications service providers have been able to offer large business enterprises the ability to share call center operation among multiple geographically dispersed call centers. In particular, network-resident call handling technologies have been... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065200 | Method of detecting circular routing in No. 7 signaling A method of detecting circular routing in a No. 7 signaling network is provided which detects circular routing that occurs when operating the signaling network, thereby preventing congestion of links by circular routing and finding out any reasons for the link conge... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065203 | Method and system for managing call requests in a limited bandwidth environment According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing call requests in a limited bandwidth environment includes receiving a call request from a user, determining if a voice channel on a communication link is available for the call request, and providin... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058717 | Method and system for providing highly available services based on a load balancing policy and a reusable connection context object An example of a solution provided here comprises: providing a connection pool, said connection pool including a connection for each of a plurality of servers; applying a load-balancing policy to said connection pool; and assigning a connection from said connection p... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058022 | Method for managing access to networks by employing client software and a configuration protocol timeout A method of configuring a network access device having a network address associated with an extra-regional service provider with a new network address associated with a regional access network provider, where the network access device is connected to a regional acce... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050931 | Computing performance thresholds based on variations in network traffic patterns An exemplary embodiment of a system for a time-bucketing data collection module is disclosed. The time-bucketing data collection module may be configured to retrieve information from remote network devices and to collate (or sort) the retrieved information into time... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050555 | System and method for managing interconnect carrier routing A system and method for managing a carrier's interconnect traffic across a telecommunications network, the method involving receiving cost and routing rules from the carrier, gathering performance data corresponding to the interconnect traffic, applying the cost and... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050561 | Restoration scheme for mesh-based switching networks A method and apparatus are provided for the management of multiple-node networks to provide for efficient and rapid determination of an alternative connection path through the network to avoid a fault in the connection path. The present invention seeks to minimize t... | 05/23/2006 |
