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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7366527 | Communication device for transmitting/acquiring a phone number via a link network and method thereof A communication device for transmitting/acquiring a phone number via a link network and method thereof are provided. In an embodiment, two communication devices are linked together via a link network to directly transfer a phone number stored in a communication devi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7315614 | Remote notification of communications A remote call notification system for incoming calls to a wireline telecommunications device. The system includes a switch, a service control point, an intelligent server, and a monitoring module all in communication with each other. The remote call notification is ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7272384 | Communication device including phonebook and communication method therefor A communication device comprises a first memory which stores telephone books, each including identification information and a name of a communication party, a second memory which stores communication histories, each including a communication time and identification ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7203307 | Method and apparatus for automatically initiating a telephone communication A system (100) for automatically redialing a telephone number includes a first telephone component (104, 106, 108, 132) operable to initiate a call to the telephone number and operable to transmit the telephone number and a second telephone component (... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197300 | Mobile communication terminal, selection method for destination of communication, and computer program for mobile communication terminal A mobile telephone (mobile communication terminal) (100) searches data sections (11-1 to 11n) of the address book (10) based on attribute information (ATTm) inputted by a user through an operation unit (207) in order to cont... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7149522 | Service mobility and recovery in communication networks A method improves mobility and service recovery for a user in a wireless communication network. Service information concerning the user is stored in a registrar. A subscription message is sent from a user terminal to the registrar. A header in the subscription messa... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142643 | Method and system for unifying phonebook for varied hearing disabilities A network device, relay service, system and method for electronic communication between a hearing-capable user and a hearing-impaired user are disclosed, which includes a network device for use by a hearing-impaired user to communicate with a first voice phone of a ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133700 | Wireless visual alerting method and system A method and system in a telecommunications network for visually alerting a user of an incoming call are disclosed herein. A call can be transmitted to a mobile device associated with a user of the telecommunications network. An alert can also be transmitted to one ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7043011 | Long distance telephonic access assembly and method for conducting telephonic transactions A portable electronic long distance telephonic access assembly that includes an automatic dialing device for producing a long distance telephone number and a personal identification number and a carrier with machine readable data corresponding to the personal identi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039177 | Automatic update of a directory entry within a directory of an electronic communication device by electronic notification A system and method are presented for updating directory entries within an electronic communication device upon receipt of an electronic notification. Electronic communication devices may include, but are not limited to telephones, facsimile machines and electronic ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035393 | System and method for creating a personal directory This invention relates to methods for the automatic generation of personal directories that list calls made to or from a specific phone number. The methods comprise the steps of receiving a telephone number related to a call placed or received on a user's phone, sto... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7020258 | Expandable multiline dialing apparatus There is disclosed an expandable multiline dialing controller which is connected to a computer hosting a database of telephone contact records. The controller is rendered expandable by a capacity expansion interface which allows the connection of second or subsequen... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012997 | Voice prompted user interface for central switch telephone programming An improved user programming method and apparatus for selecting central station features of a telecommunications device such as a telephone by means of voice prompts directly to the line user is disclosed. Prerecorded messages containing specific step by step instru... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6996226 | Communication system An object of the invention is to provide a communication system that enables telephone communications to be quickly performed by a simple operation. A user activates a telephone directory application program on a PDA terminal, and the PDA terminal transmits a destin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6973331 | Corded telephone dialer emulation A cordless telephone according to one embodiment of the invention includes a base unit and a handset, wherein the handset includes a keypad, a key scan element adapted to scan the keypad for a predetermined key sequence, and a controller adapted to cause the initiat... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6963640 | Memory architecture for telephone dialer A telephone dialer includes tables in memory for determining a dialing sequence such as a long distance carrier code to be appended to a dialed telephone number. A variable length prefix portion of the dialed telephone number accesses a prefix table entry that defin... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6950652 | Remote management of an external phonebook The present invention permits access to information stored on a remote device from a local device without requiring that a complete physical copy of the remote information be made. An enhanced and refined hash table permits access to the remote information in order ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6882326 | Portable information terminal A portable information terminal 1 includes a primary terminal 2 and a secondary terminal 3 which are combinable and separable from each other, and individually have displays 2A, 3Ba, operation keys 2B, 3Aa, RAMs 24... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6798879 | Remote telephone call notification system A remote telephone call notification system for notifying a user at a remote location that a communication device is receiving a call. The remote telephone call notification system includes a base unit and a remote unit, with the base unit being adapted for interfac... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792103 | Telephonic automatic dialing system A system is provided for automatically dialing a number stored in an electronic organizer on a telephone. The system comprises an electronic organizer including memory for storing a plurality of telephone numbers therein, an input device for selecting one of the tel... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6738469 | Method and system for performing dialling of a telephone number supplied from a data store A method of telephone dialling comprises: accessing a remote database computer from a terminal computer; interrogating a database thereon to retrieve a required telephone number; causing the storage on the terminal computer of identification data associated with a d... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6711174 | Process, control system, terminal, exchange, incoupling device, decoupling device, and combination device for providing functions to a telecommunications terminal A process, a control system (CS), a terminal (TER), an exchange, an incoupling device, a decoupling device, and a combination device for providing functions to a telecommunications terminal (TER) which is connected to an exchange (EX) via a subscriber line (SL). The... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6504925 | Apparatus for enabling a telephone user to obtain telephone directory information Telephone directory information is obtained and telephone calls are placed with a telephone, a telephone directory memory storing signals representing names and telephone numbers of subscribers, a display, a QWERTY keyboard and special keys. The microproc... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6456704 | Method and system for programming a digital sender via caller ID A system and method for capturing and communicating caller information for a digital communication device are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a caller ID device captures caller information from inbound and/or outbound calls. Thereafter, the caller I... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6411688 | Method for transferring dial tone in real time in computer communication system A method for transferring dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) signals in real time in a computer communications system for performing a telephone call via a modem. In the method, virtual connection with the modem is performed before a user inputs a connection... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6226534 | Portable information terminal apparatus, numeric displaying method, storage medium, and information processing apparatus An information terminal include a communicating device for communication by radio, a controller for at least processing data, and a display screen. When the communicating device receives a signal of radio waves from a transmitting base, the controller ext... | 05/01/2001 |
| 5809117 | DTMF transmission and displaying method for facsimile system A DTMF transmission method for a facsimile system which comprises an operating panel for generating key data according to operation of numeric keys, a dialing section of a telephone for receiving numeric key data from the operating panel and thus generati... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5727046 | Personal electronic telephone directory apparatus with remote accessibility A stand alone Personal Electronic Telephone Directory (PETD) apparatus is provided, that includes an internal telephone line segment, an off hook circuit, a Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) receiver, a ring detection circuit, a micro-controller, a memory,... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5694457 | Method of supporting uniform addressing of telephone numbers A method for supporting uniform addressing of telephone numbers includes constructing a fully qualified number including all numbers necessary to place a telephone call regardless of where the call originates. An electronic dialing device automatically di... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5680449 | Communication apparatus for automatic dialing from a separate terminal A communication apparatus having an automatic dialing function such as redial, one-touch dial, abbreviated dial comprises: a memory to store the dial number; a detector to detect a predetermined hooking operation by another terminal; and a transmitter to ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5677950 | Telephone with dial history access A telephone instrument with computing means and a memory that stores a number of dialed numbers. The computing means follows a process that is responsive to the "re-dial" button of the telephone instrument and to the "#" and "*" buttons on the dial pad. T... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5640449 | Communications device to establish call in ISDN system A communications device, connectable to a digital network, such as an ISDN, for setting up a voice call to a remote telephone via the network, the device comprising logic for sending a call signal to the network to establish a call via the network to a lo... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5555286 | Cellular phone based automatic emergency vessel/vehicle location system A cellular phone based emergency vessel/vehicle location system which includes a navigation unit to determine position and speech synthesis to modulate a transmitter with the emergency message includes a combined dialer and activation detector, in which a... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5483352 | Computer able to link electronic mail functions with telephone functions In a computer linked to a terminal display, and an input device such as a keyboard, being able to transmit and receive electronic mail by using a transmitting and receiving part for transmitting and receiving electronic mail consists of a random access me... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5392447 | Image-based electronic pocket organizer with integral scanning unit An electronic organizer is provided that incorporates an internal electronic scanner and a touch sensitive display screen to enter text and image data. The internal electronic scanner permits both machine generated text and image data to be scanned and di... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5337349 | Image telecommunication apparatus A first aspect of the present invention provides a facsimile machine comprising: a memory storing shortening telephone numbers; a calling device accessing to a line to carry out dialing operation; a mode detector detecting a shortening dial command mode i... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5241590 | Telephone dialing apparatus A device for dialing a preprogrammed telephone number is inserted between a cord connecting the handset and body of a telephone set and either the handset or the body. In order to provide an incentive for installing the device, it is preferably incorporat... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5134653 | Automatic dialing machine An automatic dialing machine adapted to a facsimile machine having a telephone function comprises: a device for displaying an input number; a memory for storing part of telephone number and a coded number corresponding thereto; a speed dial key for inputi... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4910767 | ANI auto dialer with carrier current interface One version of a microprocessor based auto dialer for a PPV television system includes an IR receiver for receiving impulse "buy" decisions, in the form of one or more key pad entries from a portable IR transmitter, and a number generator for adding the a... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4907264 | Telephone set with subscriber listing In a housing (20) taking the form of a microtelephone, a dial-speech circuit (4), a receiver (24), a transmitter (25), a control unit (5), and a key pad (22) are accommodated. The telephone set further includes a subscriber listing (1) divided into sectio... | 03/06/1990 |
