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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940919 | Periodic and automatic telephone redialling system and method A periodic and automatic telephone redialling system and method applicable to a dial-type communication device is proposed to provide a periodic and automatic telephone redialling procedure on phone numbers previously dialled by a user but failed to get through to t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7334735 | Card for interaction with a computer A smart card comprising: a memory for storing information; at least one transmitting or receiving antenna; and a low frequency circuit, for handling information associated with said antenna and said memory, which information is modulated at a modulation frequency of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7302051 | System and method for providing an automatic telephone call back from information provided at a data terminal The system and method provides an automatic telephone call back in response to a request for assistance made at a remote data terminal by an inquiring party. The inquiring party provides information at the data terminal, the information is transferred over a data pa... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7260221 | Personal communicator authentication A method of authentication using an electronic device (20), comprising: providing a computer (22, 24, 26, 28, 140) having a sound receiving (28) and generating sub-system including a microphone (26); providing a personal communicator (... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7231025 | Acoustic encoding of dynamic identification codes Methods for identifying a remote user of a portable device by using the portable device to encode sound corresponding to the identification of the remote user. The sound is received by a microphone external to the portable device and convened to an electrical signal... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7194075 | System and process for automatic storage, enforcement and override of consumer do-not-call requests A method of implementing call compliance at a central facility, the method involving: receiving a call from a caller on an incoming connection; enabling the caller on the incoming connection to initiate an outgoing call on an outgoing connection; receiving over the ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183929 | Control of toys and devices by sounds A method of controlling at least one device by incidental sound produced by a living creature and including: attaching a sound-maker to a living creature so that the natural movements of the living creature will cause the sound-maker to emit a sound; receiving the s... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7170995 | Automatic dialing device, a system, and a method for automatically dialing a telephone number and/or placing an order An automatic dialing device, system, and method for automatically dialing telephone numbers, placing orders and making announcements are provided. A user of the device places the device near the receiver of a telephone and presses a button on the device. By pressing... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152200 | Internet-based database report writer and customer data management system A database report writer and customer data management system and method provides a GUI type interface to allow users convenient on-line access, such as via the Internet, to customer billing and inventory data in the form of an on-line report. The present invention f... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7092511 | Telephone for retrieving memory content through simple operation A telephone enabling a user to search a telephone directory using a simple and trouble-free operation. The telephone has a storage unit for storing names to be called and corresponding telephone numbers, and an operating unit including a plurality of numeric ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082143 | Voice and data exchange over a packet based network with DTMF A method and system for detecting a dual tone in a composite signal having first and second components including means for separating the composite signal into its first and second components, means for estimating power of the separated first and second components, ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7068777 | True DTMF dialer A circular dial buffer is implemented in appropriate random access memory (RAM) accessible by a DSP for the purpose of storing DTMF digits to be generated and output on, e.g., a telephone line. To the processor, the DSP appears to behave much like an off-the-shelf s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7054657 | Backwards compatible, extended method to execute check number calculation of IMEI A method is taught to provide an improved mobile station International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code having at least a six digit hexadecimal SNR representation, in conjunction with modifying a Check Digit calculation procedure so as to insure backwards compa... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7020280 | Method of processing phone dialing/redialing function and the device thereof A method of processing a phone dialing process. At first, whether the dial key signal of the dial device is inputted is checked. When the dial key signals of the dial device are inputted and the dial device is not connected, that is, a user is pressing a phone numbe... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013393 | Universal intelligent card for secure access to system functions A method and apparatus for secure access to secured system functions utilizing a universal access card. The card includes a bank of tuned amplifier circuits and tuned audio transducers to maximize audio output power from the card, such as for telephone communication... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6975208 | Variable alarm for communication devices An apparatus in communication with a network having a tool for tracking connect time to the network. The apparatus may be communications device, a wireless handset, a personal digital assistant, a computer laptop, a portable communications device, a wired communicat... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6961425 | Socket/plug in DTMF tone dialer A system for generating number tones for dialing a telephone device. The system comprises a socket assembly, at least one button assembly, and a converter. The socket assembly defines at least one socket. Each button assembly comprises a memory device for storing a ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6961424 | Protected mechanism for DTMF relay There is provided methods and devices for relaying tone events in a communication system. A first tone data indicative of a first tone is received and buffered. Following, a second tone data indicative of a second tone is received and buffered. The first and second ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6907021 | Vibration-driven wireless network A system and method for delivering messages among multiple localized devices. A communication interface includes a base media interface within each of the networked devices for processing incoming and outgoing vibration wave messages in accordance with a network pro... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6823065 | Auto-dial business card system A business card communication system and auto-dial business cards. The auto-dial business cards include business information indicia and computer readable call connection information. The computer readable call connection information is configured to permit a card h... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6320957 | Telephone dialler with easy access memory An advanced telephone dialler has been described, incorporating a fast retrieval and dial telephone directory. The system simplifies the use of the telephone directory by using a single sliding or rotary key for scanning and selection of the name and numb... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6018580 | Non volatile automatic telephone dialer circuit An automatic telephone number dialing circuit powered from a standard telephone network wire for storing telephone numbers using non-volatile memory including a one-touch dialing device that enables a user to automatically dial a plurality of telephone nu... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5963636 | System and method for programming numbers into the autodial memory of a telephone A telephone having a repertory dialing capacity and the associated method of programming new number sequences into the repertory dialing memory of the telephone. The telephone includes dialing keys, function keys and may include memory access keys. The di... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5859913 | Method and system for the high-speed generation and transmission of a sequence of characters by means of voice frequencies Disclosed is a method enabling the generation, by means of voice frequencies, of a sequence of several characters and the high-speed transmission of these characters. This method comprises the step of the elimination, during transmission, of the blanks be... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5859905 | Cycle-modulating type of dual-tone multifrequency generator A cycle-modulating DTMF generator for generating a DTMF signal; the generator comprises a programmable time-pulse generator, counters or up/down counters, a memory unit for storing data, a digital adder, and a digital-to-analog converter. The circuit of s... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5825871 | Information storage device for storing personal identification information An information storage device for storing and outputting personal identification information. The storage device includes memory and a controller. The memory stores personal identification information and memory access control information. The memory acce... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5802152 | Modem speed dialer circuit A modem speed dialer circuit, used in conjunction with a modem, controls operation of the phone jack of the modem to enable the modem to automatically change the on/off hook status of a connected telephone. For a computer user who only uses the modem for ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5799067 | Smart phone integration with computer systems A business telephone system employs digital signal processing in a digital telephone having a serial link for connection to a general-purpose computer. The Smart Phone is the central intelligence for the system, which may utilize a PBX connected in a LAN ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5761271 | Telephone answering device with improved pager access feature A telephone answering device, having an automatic page feature for automatically paging a user after a message has been recorded thereon, is programmed to dial the telephone number of a paging service to which the user subscribes each time a message is re... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5732133 | System and method for selecting and generating telephone access numbers for limiting access to a telephone service A system and method for selecting and generating telephone access numbers for limiting access to a telephone service. The system includes an auto-dialer having a system clock, a memory device, a processor, and a tone generator. The auto-dialer is used to ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5710808 | Telephone dialling code processor A telephone dialling code processor intercepts outgoing dialling codes such as tones or pulses from a telephone terminal or the like and if the sequence matches a stored sequence it transmits a modified sequence of tones or pulses so that for example a te... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5706341 | Active digit cancelling parallel dialer A method of dialing digits using dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) signals comprised of generating a digit from a DTMF generator comprised of a first pair of signals forming a DTMF signal, one signal of the first pair of signals being in a low frequency ban... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5706340 | Telephone apparatus including circuit for producing dial data from serial key data A serial data generating circuit and a key input signal generating circuit are provided at a panel substrate side, and input key data are transmitted in series to a main substrate side of a telephone apparatus. The number of signal lines connected between... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5684858 | Data transmission apparatus for use with a security system having a telephone dialer A data transmission apparatus includes a telephone line interface, a telephone line fault detector, DTMF and pulse dialing detectors, data pulse and tone detectors, a tone generator, a microprocessor controller, and a radio transmitter. The line fault det... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5636270 | Method of producing signals commonly used with telephones This invention describes a universal method of producing a plurality of analog telephone signal types, commonly used repeatedly, with telephone peripheral, terminal and central office equipment, using a single means. Signal types include dual tone multi-f... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5583933 | Method and apparatus for the secure communication of data An auto-dialer suitable for use as a smart card capable of being acoustically coupled to a telephone and being reprogrammed in response to acoustic signals. The programming and other features of the auto-dialer can be enabled or disabled by the auto-diale... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5495525 | Non-volatile automatic telephone number dialer circuit A telephone having a non-volatile circuit for automatically dialing 911 upon depression of a single key includes an oscillator activated in response to depression of the key for transmitting clock pulses to a counter. Certain of the output signals from th... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5483577 | Single chip telephone answering machine, telephone, speakerphone, and ADSI controller The invention provides a single chip digital answering machine, telephone, speakerphone and analog display services interface controller circuit. The invention includes a telephone controller including a controller which includes a memory interface for co... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5465297 | Telephone line seizure circuit The present invention is directed to a telephone line seizure circuit which may find particular application in home security systems which feature an automatic dialer which automatically sends an alarm detection signal out on a telephone line when an alar... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5455857 | Automatic telephone calling card An automated calling card is provided having internal means for generating audible tones representative of a telephone number or calling card number to be dialed. A small, card-shaped unit houses a microprocessor or logic circuitry, including means for in... | 10/03/1995 |
