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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7257110 | Call processing architecture A call processing system includes an access gateway that has a local switching unit. The access gateway, in operation, provides access to voice signals and data signals. The call processing system also includes a call feature server that has a host interface platfor... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7133517 | Interface to integrated switch control software An interface to integrated switch control software includes a front-end interface coupled to a network; a back-end interface coupled to the integrated switch control software; and an interface control component that manages implementing requests from the network wit... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7107597 | Method of and system for controlling task-oriented systems utilizing an application programming interface A method of, and system for, using a high-level, task-oriented Application Programming Interface (API) to access a legacy system, the method including the steps of: (a) providing the legacy system, including emulation software for accessing the legacy system; (b) op... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106724 | System and method for querying and recovering circuit group state in a switched network Disclosed is a system and method for querying and recovering circuit group state in a switching system. A self station searches processors including circuit groups which are allocated to a certain route, and requests circuit group state from the searched processors ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7076053 | System for the processing of audio data used for music on hold and paging in a private branch exchange The PBX system includes an analog to digital, and digital to analog, (A/D) conversion where the sample size and the sample rate are selectively adjustable. The A/D structure includes registers which hold values indicating the sample size and the sample rate for the ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7013335 | Intelligent call platform for an intelligent distributed network architecture The present invention provides an intelligent call processor, an intelligent switching node and an intelligent communications network for use in a communications system. The intelligent call processor comprises a logical platform having a plurality of functions wher... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6954528 | Message path bypass for intelligent network elements A PSTN service control point including multiple subsystems, a memory storing inbound SS7 messages and a SS7 module which internally routes outbound messages directed to the same point code. On receipt of an inbound SS7 message, a SS7 controller stores the complete m... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6947547 | Management system for a telecommunications switch A management system for telecommunication switch is described. The management system is useful for providing operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) functions in a terabit switch. The management system is a scalable management system, whereby processing of ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6907046 | Communication system and device that provides service independent communication bridging A communication device automatically transfers a software application to a bridge agent in response to an operational control channel between the communication device and the bridge agent. The bridge agent executes the software application to translate a bridge requ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6810121 | Common package A common package serves as, for example, a common network interface package for a switching system. Since the common package is usable for various purposes, its cost is reduced and the cost of maintenance and management of the switching system is reduced. The common... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6785379 | Call management system with call control form 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... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6744880 | Method for creating a telephone digital switching platform A method for creating a telephone digital switching platform to provide conversion and routing of telephone calls arriving on a number of telephony interfaces to a number of outbound telephony interfaces, based on in parameter and out of parameter call setup informa... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6718032 | Read-only in-memory tables for intelligent call processing system A novel communication handling system 25 is disclosed. In one embodiment, communication handler process 120 accesses read-only, in-memory copies 130 of data tables from read-write table storage 140. In this embodiment, handler process ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6643525 | Mobile communication system Disclosed is a mobile communication system that includes a mobile switching center having a multiprocessor configuration and radio base stations subordinate to the mobile switching center, with a single radio base station being connected with mutually ind... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6611591 | 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 c... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6567516 | Method and device for controlling affiliation of remote line-collection device with switch A method of controlling affiliation of a remote line-collection device with a plurality of switches connected via a network includes the steps of providing each switch with a backup-storage area in advance in addition to a normal storage area, and transfe... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6393114 | Switching equipment for setting up a connection between at least two telephone subscribers Switching equipment for setting up a connection between at least two pieces of terminal equipment wherein terminal equipment-related supplementary information such as, for example, the telephone number of calling terminal equipment is transmitted in addit... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6366662 | System and method for alternative routing of subscriber calls A method of switching subscriber calls is disclosed that includes receiving a subscriber call request on an access terminal, determining whether the access terminal is in communication with a telecommunications network and routing the subscriber call requ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363498 | Method and apparatus to automatically back up switching system files Computer-controlled switching systems, such as telephone switching systems, like the No. 4ESS™, are extremely complex. Such systems routinely require millions of bytes of program instruction and millions of bytes of data to function. When a system is lo... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6178168 | Method of controlling connections in a telecommunication system User terminals are connected to a telecommunication system. The telecommunication system includes a control system for the control, such as set-up, release and modification, of connections between the user terminals. A large portion of functions are commo... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6151315 | Method and apparatus for achieving fabric independent routing technique The routing of calls in a telecommunications switching system (121, 122) comprised of one or more fabrics (221, 222, 223) controlled by corresponding fabric controllers (261,262 and ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6144731 | Distributed telephony management Apparatus and method for achieving distributed telephony management within a network of telecommunication switches are disclosed. By using techniques known to computer communication technology but as yet unapplied to telephony, execution of tasks necessar... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6097807 | Switching system A switch (10) for controlling the switching of communication paths in communication equipment, such as telephone networks, is connected to a plurality of controllers (11, 12, 13) via a divider unit (14). The divider unit (14) divides some or all of the re... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6041117 | Distributed network control and fabric application interface A distributed communications switching system and its associated telecommunications network infrastructure(10) includes a plurality of interconnected switching systems (121, 122 and 123), some of which may be controlled by... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5999614 | Telecommunications system architecture The call processing capacity of the of a telecommunications network by forming the communication switches forming the network into respective groups of communication switches. The communication switches forming a respective group of switches are fully int... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5974134 | Method of and apparatus for managing call resources in switching system A method and an apparatus for managing call resources, which can contribute to an improvement in the performance and stability of systems to which the method and apparatus are applied. Call processors are connected to a shared library via a resource manag... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5946386 | 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 managem... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5926102 | Method for controlling bidirectional line protection switching by using a remote defect indication signal A method for controlling bidirectional line protection switching by using a remote defect indication signal. The method includes the following steps of: inserting and transmitting a remote defect indication signal through the opposite directional link, in... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5901216 | Membrane switch for a telephone handset A photo-assisted secondary keypad for a telephone. The secondary keypad includes a plurality of openings that expose a number of membrane switch keypads. Depression of a keypad dials a telephone number stored in a memory of the phone unit. Each opening ha... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5887058 | Digit parsing for a flexible dial plan capability in a telecommunications switch A telecommunications switch (12) includes a dial plan database (300) used for creating, identifying, and verifying dial plan codes and dialing sequences of a desire dial plan (100). The dial plan (100) is created through a craft terminal (201) that commun... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5825301 | Cross connect apparatus with routed path protecting function In a cross connect apparatus, a switch section includes a plurality of switches and having n input terminals and m output terminals. A control section reads a current connection information indicative of a current connection state of the switch section in... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5790650 | Telephone call center management system which supports multi-user and separate private applications A telephone call center management system capable of simultaneously operating at least two separate telephony applications. A first group of agents is assigned to service a first telephone application. A first telephony center supervisor is assigned to at... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5784452 | Telephony call center with agent work groups A telephony call center management system allows agents to be assigned and grouped into work groups. A supervisor is assigned to supervise one or more work groups. Supervisors may move agents between work groups that the supervisor oversees. A supervisor ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5784451 | Virtual telephony data message system and process A system and process for accepting, assigning, and delivering telephony communications data between computer telephony integration clients and stored program control point applications through a server-based virtual circuit management system. The virtual ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5764750 | Communicating between diverse communications environments Voice calls between multimedia workstations (1937-1939) of a LAN-based client-server multimedia communications system (1911) and telephones (1918-1919) of a telephone system (1912) are effected by an interface that comprises a pair of ISDN ports (1920 and... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5712954 | System and method for monitoring audio power level of agent speech in a telephonic switch A system 200 and method for monitoring audio power level of speech of an agent in an automatic call distributor 100 is provided. The system 200 comprises an agent audio power circuit for detecting the audio power level of the agent's speech. The audio pow... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5686905 | Input/output switching apparatus having virtual control An input/output switching apparatus which can construct the system more flexibly as compared with the conventional system. The input/output switching apparatus is configured so that a user can manage the connection state of a physically-existing switching... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5594904 | Tracing with keys and locks A method and apparatus for detecting events occurring in a telecommunications network is disclosed which comprises stored program control (SPC) exchanges, each SPC exchange comprising a switch and processors for executing software programs to control the ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5568543 | Stored program controlled digital public exchange A stored-program-controlled local telephone exchange in which internal connections and conference connections are treated as though they were both a combination of an external connection, namely an originating connection and a terminating connection. This... | 10/22/1996 |
