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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8139750 | Early media service control A method of operating a communication network comprises receiving a call setup request from a calling party in a calling network to a called party in the communication network wherein the call requires an early media service provided by a service network to the call... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7903806 | Expert call analyzer and next generation telephony network configuration system A method and apparatus for determining and monitoring the status of telephone calls in a Next Generation Telephony Network (NGTN) is disclosed. The method detects protocols occurring between two or more network elements of a telecommunication circuit and control pro... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7853004 | Active switch replacement using a single point code Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for active switch replacement using a single point code. Signaling data associated with the point code is received via signaling links associated with the active switch. The signaling data is ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7469046 | Telecommunications network system and method A telecommunications network system and method is presented incorporating a distributed feature composition (DFC) architecture, offering new technology for feature specification and composition. In the network architecture of the invention, customer calls are proces... | 12/23/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7386112 | Arrangement for controlling SS7 message routing by selecting a signaling link selection field based on an affected destination An originating node is configured for generating a route management signaling message having a signaling link selection (SLS) value that is selected by the originating node based on an affected destination value. The affected destination value, distinct from a desti... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7373429 | Integrated IP network To provide an integrated IP network containing therein a plurality of separated IP networks with a variety of characteristics, such as IP telephone network, IP video network, IP electronic text network, best effort network, IP data multicast network and IP-based TV ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373335 | System and method for processing database queries The present invention provides a system and method for processing a database query between one or more clients and one or more databases. The database query, which is formatted using a first protocol, is received from one of the clients. One of the databases is sele... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369506 | Method and apparatus for enabling the detection of transparent defects The present invention enables the network to determine the true state of events that appear normal but produce service disruptions by periodically probing the status of all network elements and endpoints and comparing this status to historical graphs of the network.... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370082 | Remote invalidation of pre-shared RDMA key Methods, systems, and computer program products for reducing communication overhead to make remote direct memory access more efficient for smaller data transfers. An upper layer protocol or other software creates a receive buffer and a corresponding lookup key for r... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7369545 | System using a signaling protocol for controlling voice calls originating in a circuit switching telephone network and routed over a packet switching network Communicating voice over a packet-switching network is implemented on a telecommunications network that includes the packet-switching network, two coding units coupled to the packet-switching network and two signaling apparatuses. Signaling data for establishing the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366989 | Element management system with data-driven interfacing driven by instantiation of meta-model A network element management system which can exploit the customized interface features of a variety of versions of a variety of complex system products from a variety of manufacturers. This is done by maintaining a meta-model, which is not itself a model until inst... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359934 | Multiple storage class distributed nametags for locating items in a distributed computing system Methods, signals, devices, and systems are provided for locating and retrieving files, objects, and other items in a network. Nametags are distributed through the network with the items. Each nametag may hold logical names identifying the item, names of the volatile... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356619 | Method and apparatus for dynamic management of input/output subsystem addressing A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing a set of I/O subsystems. Previously stored I/O subsystem information is compared to current I/O subsystem information collected from the set of I/O subsystems. The I/O subsystem information includes address... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349533 | Telephony transitioning system The present invention provides a Universal Signaling Point (USP) that acts as a liaison between a call signaling network and a number of switching entities, which support lines, trunks, or a combination thereof. During a transition of the lines or trunks from a dono... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336653 | Internet caller identification system and method The present invention is an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) based system and method that allows a subscriber connected to the Internet via a dial-up connection to receive caller identification information concerning an incoming telephone call. The information may... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337227 | System and method for cabling computer equipment for a desired installation A system and method are disclosed for performing the installation of cabling in a computing system. In one embodiment, one or more configuration utilities are employed which guide an installer through the appropriate sequence of cable connections for a given computi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337221 | System and method for managing information for elements in a communication network The invention provides a system and method of managing service information in a network management system. The method includes the steps of loading the service information from a database into objects in a structure stored in a memory, receiving a change to be made ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337234 | Retry technique for multi-tier network communication systems A system is provided to manage retry communications between a client and a data source. The system includes a plurality of logical components that sequentially combine to form a communication path for a client communication. At least one of the components in the com... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333598 | Method and system for providing calling name identification requery A method for determining the name of a calling party where the calling party's name and corresponding telephone number are found in a remote database. The method first identifies whether the calling party's telephone number is contained within the local database. Wh... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327720 | Integrated telephone central office systems for integrating the internet with the public switched telephone network Telephone central office-switching system integrated interface devices such as those for DSL, Voice over IP, cable-TV, fixed wireless, and Internet capable wireless cellular are further integrated into integrated interface device systems. Such systems share common f... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328336 | System and method for small-area system data processing A system and method for processing server-to-client and client-to-server data communications using data processing devices (DPDs) in a small-area system, such as a local area network or smaller system. The DPDs act as proxies for the servers to which the transmissio... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327833 | Voice communications menu Methods and systems are described for providing a telecommunications services menu accessible via a voice interactive system, such as a voice services node. A subscriber accesses a voice communications menu by accessing a voice services node. The voice services node... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323970 | Method and system for remote interaction with a vehicle via wireless communication A telemetry system coupled to a vehicle can communicate with a remote site using the overhead control channels of a wireless network, such as a cellular mobile radiotelephone network. The telemetry system can monitor or control aspects of the vehicle's operations ba... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318091 | Methods and systems for providing converged network management functionality in a gateway routing node to communicate operating status information associated with a signaling system 7 (SS7) node to a data network node Disclosed is a communications network element that is capable of routing signaling messages and also performing inter-network management functions in a converged telephony-data network environment. A signaling gateway routing node is adapted to facilitate signaling ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313103 | Method and apparatus for interactive communication between half-duplex and full-duplex systems A communication system (100) includes a first communication unit (101, 102, 103, 104) capable of communicating over a full-duplex persistent-connection link provided by a full-duplex network (105) and a second communication unit (151, 152... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7301899 | Prevention of bandwidth congestion in a denial of service or other internet-based attack A method and apparatus for preventing a Denial of Service attack directed at a target that is hosted on a server. The attack is detected and the IP address of the source client of the attack is identified. The IP address of the source of the attack is then communica... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301952 | Terminal-to-terminal communication connection control method using IP transfer network Both a connection server and a relay connection server are installed in an IP transfer network; a function similar to a line connection control of a subscriber exchanger is applied to a connection server; a function similar to a line connection control of a relay ex... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295667 | Telecommunications network system and method A telecommunications network system and method is presented incorporating a distributed feature composition (DFC) architecture, offering new technology for feature specification and composition. In the network architecture of the invention, customer calls are proces... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289624 | Managing use of experts by callers waiting in a hold queue A method, system, and program for managing use of experts by callers waiting within a hold queue are provided. First, a call on hold in a hold queue is transferred to an expert system responsive to a request by the caller to speak with an expert. Then, responsive to... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286524 | System and method for high capacity/failure tolerance telecommunications in a signaling network gateway A telepathy system provides for the transport of voice communication over a data centric network. Through use of the SS7 signaling network, an additional STP pair may be located between STP pairs in the SS7 network and a switch specially configured for converting vo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286649 | Telecommunications infrastructure for generating conversation utterances to a remote listener in response to a quiet selection A user to conducts a telephone conversation without speaking. It does this by moving the participant in the public situation to a quiet mode of communication (e.g., keyboard, buttons, touchscreen). All the other participants are allowed to continue using their usual... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286492 | Private branch exchange (PBX) conditioning method and apparatus Method for maintaining a virtual presence of a first remote telephone user in a PBX system having a frame relay network connection between two endpoint routers while permitting the first remote user to make local calls includes first signaling a PBX to represent the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277397 | Method and system for handling a packet data service A method and system for handling a packet data service wherein, proceeding from the handling of a packet data service by a service network node of a packet data network to which communication terminal equipment is connected for the transmission of packet data, it oc... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274786 | Method and system for processing telephone calls via a remote tie-line A method and system include routing telephone calls from multiple private networks via public lines and trunks in a public switched telephone network (PSTN) to a host switch, at which the connections would begin to run parallel. The host switch routes the telephone ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274783 | Methods and systems for implementing a real-time, distributed, hierarchical database using a proxiable protocol A system for implementing a real-time distributed, hierarchical database uses a proxiable protocol. The system includes a first proxy server for receiving a first proxiable protocol message from a first network element. The first proxy server performs a first databa... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272221 | System and method for providing telephony services to remote subscribers A system and method for providing telephony services, such as caller ID, voice mail, selective call forwarding, and the like, to a remote subscriber, typically located outside the providers regional territory. The system can include customer premise equipment (CPE) ... | 09/18/2007 |
