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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180040 | Corporation switchboard platform and call processing method The present invention discloses a corporation switchboard platform and a call processing method. The corporation switchboard platform comprises a corporation switchboard service control point, a corporation switchboard service switching point and an intelligent peri... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8090091 | Network element routing service Systems and methods for providing a call to a destination address are disclosed. Generally a first network element is queried regarding treatment of a call to a destination address. The call is then routed to the destination address when the first network element de... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8041021 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting a global title translation mode based on an originator of a signaling message and performing global title translation according to the selected mode The subject matter disclosed herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting among different global title translation modes based on a message originator and performing global title translation based on the selected mode. According to o... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7983409 | Geographical call routing for a non-emergency calling service A method for location-based communicating includes defining a first service area and a second service area for a service provider. The method also includes associating, at a memory apparatus accessible to a networked data processing apparatus, the first service area... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7853003 | Geographical call routing for a non-emergency calling service A method for location-based communicating includes defining a first service area and a second service area for a service provider. The method also includes associating, at a memory apparatus accessible to a networked data processing apparatus, the first service area... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7809126 | Proxy server for internet telephony An apparatus and a method are provided for proxying communications between devices on an IP telephony network. In a preferred embodiment, an appliance comprising a network server and proxy server software includes filtering rules which can be modified to enable prox... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7769158 | Network switch and related method using integrated service logic objects to handle service requests A telecommunication switch for operating in a CS-2 intelligent network architecture. The telecommunication switch comprises: 1) integrated service logic (ISL) objects that perform requested services; and 2) a service control function access manager object that recei... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7734031 | Systems and methods for integrating PSTN and IP application platforms to enable advanced telephony services A service control point (SCP) (140) associated with a public-switched telephone network (PSTN) (110) includes a service logic module (210-N+1) and a network interface (215). The service logic module (210-N+1) enables the service co... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7672442 | Signal relay device, method thereof, and system using the same A signal relay device, method thereof, and system using the same. The system utilizes SCTP with multiple transmission addresses to share communication layers above the transmission layer in signal gateway cluster, automatically switching to an available signal gatew... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672443 | Virtual private network dialed number nature of address conversion A method and system for handling identical VPN numbers assigned to multiple companies using a nature of address/number identifier initiated as public. The method includes receiving a query from a switch module to determine routing information for a call initiated by... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7653194 | Geographical call routing for a non-emergency calling service A method for location-based communicating includes identifying a service provider based on information received from a requesting party at a networked communications apparatus. The method also includes determining whether a plurality of predefined service areas have... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7623649 | MLPP telephone emulation A system that implements the display of the well-recognized MLPP keypad generated by a computer-based application adaptable for any authorized user. In one embodiment in accordance with the present invention, a system is provided for emulating an MLPP telephone. The... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620168 | Network element routing service Systems and methods for providing a call to a telephone number are disclosed. Generally a first network element is queried regarding treatment of a call. A telephone number is associated with a second network element, and the call is routed to the telephone number w... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7542559 | Systems and methods for wireless number portability solution for inter-carrier messaging System and methods for alleviating the signaling system number 7 (SS7) network by routing WNP data queries for a number's Service Provider ID (SPID) from the SS7 network to a database that resides within the IP network and processed therein for many applications, in... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7457402 | Telecommunications system with centralized call redirection control logic and speed dial translation logic A switching system receives a first message for a call and transfers a second message. A centralized processing system processes the second message to identify first route information and redirect capability for the first called party, and transfers a third message ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7440553 | Apparatus and method for checkpointing a half-call model in redundant call application nodes An Intelligent Network (IN) switch for use in a communications network. The Intelligent Network (IN) switch comprises N call application nodes capable of executing a plurality of primary-backup group (PBG) applications. Each of the plurality of primary-backup group ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440559 | System and associated terminal, method and computer program product for controlling the flow of content A system for controlling a flow of content includes a terminal and a network entity. The terminal is capable of sending a content status including terminal status information having a listing of one or more pieces of content stored in a memory of the terminal. The n... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433458 | System and method for viewing contents via a computer network during a telephone call A method for enabling one or both parties of a telephone call to view contents of a source computer via a computer network during the telephone call. The method includes the following steps: (1) associating a telephone number of a telephone line with a network addre... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7411944 | Method of and system for providing intelligent network control services in IP telephony A method and system for providing intelligent network control services in IP telephony, wherein the system includes a location manager and an IP telephony proxy server. The location manager includes an interface to a legacy telephony service control entity and the I... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406166 | Message conversion system A message conversion system comprising a first interface configured to receive a call signaling message for a call in a first format wherein the call signaling message includes a plurality of call information elements, a processing system configured to copy the plur... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406073 | Method of and system for providing intelligent network control services in IP telephony A method and system for providing intelligent network control services in IP telephony, wherein the system includes a location manager and an IP telephony proxy server. The location manager includes an interface to a legacy telephony service control entity and the I... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406160 | Method and system for service control point billing The preferred embodiments described herein include a method and system for billing for the use of a service control point (“SCP”). In one presently preferred embodiment, an SCP receives a query from a service switching point (“SSP”) and accesses data in a da... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403606 | General protocol for service control point The present invention discloses a general protocol for a service control point (SCP) in a network system. The network system comprises at least one first type network element (SCP) and at least one second type network element (SSP) for transmitting messages to the f... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7382872 | Systems and methods for providing advanced telephony services Systems and methods for providing a plurality of advanced telephony services using a metaservice are described. In an embodiment of the present invention, a service provider installs a metaservice on the processor and associates the metaservice with a directory numb... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7372953 | Methods and systems for default routing in a signaling network Methods and systems for routing SS7 messages based on DPC-based routing rules and non-DPC-based routing rules are disclosed. For a message containing signaling system 7 (SS7) information, a message routing function at an SS7 signaling message routing node searches a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372954 | Method for NPA split processing A system and method for numbering plan area (NPA) split processing is disclosed. In one implementation, a query is received during a permissive dialing period. The query comprises a destination location that is associated with a first NPA. It is determined whether a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369650 | Service and information management system for a telecommunications network A system for service control and operations for a telecommunications network. In particular, an architecture and method for a service control and operations element system. The system communicates with a plurality of interconnected telecommunications network element... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366292 | Call management reports The present invention relates to a service for providing call reports to a subscriber related to non-answered calls for calls attempted between at least two parties. Using telecommunications switch triggers, call status related to answered, busy, and unanswered call... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366768 | Deploying service modules among service nodes distributed in an intelligent network A method and apparatus for deploying and activating services in a communications network. In the context of a communications network that deploys service functionality by distributing managed software objects to service processing nodes, the present invention relate... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366789 | System using weighted fairness decisions in spatial reuse protocol forwarding block to determine allowed usage for servicing transmit and transit traffic in a node A method and apparatus for servicing transit and transmit traffic in a node of a network. The network includes a plurality of nodes connected by first and second rings formed by two or more transmission media. The method includes receiving usage data from a downstre... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363658 | Personal information intermediary method In a personal information intermediary method of the invention, a first recording medium stores respective items of personal information of registered users and a second recording medium stores respective items of destination information of registered local terminal... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362748 | Implementation method and system of the personal number service that syncretizes the phone network user and IP network user A One Number Link You ONLY number is assigned to each subscriber, which identifies the subscriber exclusively. The said subscriber can be an IP subscriber or an ordinary PSTN subscriber. An ONLY Service Server and an ONLY User Server are configured, any ONLY service... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359368 | System and method for routing calls using dialing partitions A method of routing calls using dialing partitions includes receiving a call request at a first call manager from a first device coupled to a packet-based network. The call request includes a telephone number that is associated with a second device coupled to the pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359502 | System for providing network information service using CID-type messages A network-based announcement and message delivery service for providing a landline customer with information of interest such as weather, financial market data, time/temperature, sporting event results, etc. The information is provided to the subscriber by way of in... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356138 | Method of operating a virtual private network A method of operating a virtual private network includes the steps of: (a) dialing a custom number; (b) receiving the custom number at a switch (20) of a first carrier; (c) routing the call to a switch (18) of a second carrier based on having received ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340043 | Voice extensible markup language-based announcements for use with intelligent network services An advanced intelligent network (AIN) telephony service provided in a public switched telephone network (PSTN) is controlled based on instructions from a subscriber, browsing a packet switched data network using a voice browser. A voice extensible markup language (V... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340049 | Feedback to calling communication device on call connected with intelligent network signaling An apparatus in one example comprises one or more intelligent network platforms that serve to provide feedback to be played to a calling communication device during a call from the calling communication device for a called communication device. One or more of the on... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336649 | Hybrid packet-switched and circuit-switched telephony system A hybrid telephony system with packet switching as well as circuit switching optimizes utilization of transport networks, and is accessible from any conventional telephone set. A call originating from a circuit-switched network is passed through a gateway computer t... | 02/26/2008 |
