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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7388952 | Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting A system and method for providing information about a calling party to a called party is disclosed. Generally, a network element obtains information about a calling party when a telephone line of a called party is busy. The network element notifies the called party ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379760 | Data transmission-reception system and data transmission-reception method A data communication system is disclosed which comprises: first terminal devices for transmitting contents and content provider identification data identifying the providers of the contents; a server device for receiving and storing the transmitted contents and cont... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7359737 | Data transmission-reception system and data transmission-reception method A data communication system is disclosed which comprises: first terminal devices for transmitting contents and content provider identification data identifying the providers of the contents; a server device for receiving and storing the transmitted contents and cont... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343007 | Method and system for providing calling name identification with advanced intelligent network An advanced intelligent network (AIN) for providing the name and telephone number of a calling party to a called party comprising a plurality of central offices and a service control point (SCP). The central offices are equipped with AIN software which enables them ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333599 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including total call control for all received calls All calls terminating to a customer's directory number are intercepted. If caller identification information can be presented, the call is forwarded to a service node for disposition. The service node reconfigures signaling information of the call so that the call i... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7315618 | Voice caller ID An apparatus and method for audibly annunciating at a device information transmitted over a telephone network. The information is transmitted in the form of a modulated signal to the device wherein the modulated signal is representative of the information. The appar... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7236577 | Call screening system and method A call screening system and method. The method can include receiving an inbound telephone call destined for a called party. Associated caller identification data can be identified from the inbound telephone call. The associated caller identification data can be comp... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7224792 | Personalized telephone announcement According to the invention, a method for alerting a user of an incoming phone call is disclosed. In one step, notification of the incoming phone call is received with an identifier that is associated with the incoming phone call. The identifier associated with the i... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7203293 | System and method for monitoring incoming communications to a telecommunications device A system for notifying an Internet-accessible device of a communication placed from a first telecommunications device to a second telecommunications device by a calling party is disclosed. The system includes a switch and a node in communication with the switch. The... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7174007 | Method and apparatus providing caller identification telephone service with a real time audio message An Audio Caller ID service is provided which permits the calling party to speak a real time audio message that can be received and played by the called party's Caller ID equipment while his telephone equipment remains in the “on-hook” state. A calling party whic... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7139383 | Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representati... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7127238 | Method and apparatus for using Caller ID information in a browser of a mobile communication device A mobile telephone comprises a telephony unit to process wireless telephony signals and a browser to enable the user to navigate hypermedia information via a wireless network. The telephony unit receives a signal indicating an incoming telephone call with Caller-ID ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7099457 | Personal ring tone message indicator A system and method of message indicating that enable the sender of a message to chose the ringing tone of the receiver's cellular telephone upon arrival of the sender's message. The sender has the ability to either choose or create the ringing tone to be played on ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085358 | Visual caller identification A visual caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a series of colored lights for visually alerting the called party to an incomi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7062036 | Telephone call information delivery system A telephone call information delivery system includes answering circuitry to answer a telephone call incoming from a service provider and to attain information input by a caller. The system further includes an information signal provider to provide at least one sign... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054417 | Advanced call screening appliance According to the invention, a network interface device for processing a telephone call is disclosed. The network interface device includes a first and second communication interfaces, a telephone switch and a controller. The first communication interface is coupled ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050573 | Method of generating ring tones using melody and communication terminal apparatus In a communication terminal apparatus such as a portable telephone, it is made possible to sound ring tones of good tone quality simply by using arbitrary music or the like. In a communication terminal that conducts radio communication with a predetermined station a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046791 | Facsimile apparatus for outputting a melody when receiving a call from a specific party A facsimile apparatus can notify a user of the fact that facsimile data being received is sent from a specific party. A communication control part receives facsimile data and party information from a remote facsimile apparatus, the party information identifying the ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7031453 | Telephony ring customization The present invention provides for customizing a telephony ring signal to correspond to the originator of an incoming call. Preferably, a user will access an application server using a browser to associate audio files with telephone numbers of people who are expecte... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6999585 | Folding type portable communication device The present invention is intended to simplify operation of a folding type portable communication device 1 in making a switch or selection between a call reception vibration mode and a call reception sound mode. The device 1 has two communication units ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6944277 | Text-to-speech and MIDI ringing tone for communications devices A method and device for providing a mixed audible signal which includes a ringing tone and the identity of a calling party upon receiving the incoming call of the calling party. The incoming call can be a voice call, a call to convey an MMS message, or a call to con... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6829343 | Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representati... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6771747 | Method of calling up target call receiver and communications terminal equipment used for implementing same A communications terminal equipment according to the invention is a communications terminal equipment connected to a single communication circuit for use by a plurality of users, comprising an extension number database which is a first database, provided in a memory... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6751212 | Multimedia data communication system A sound element database is installed in an analog telephone hub. When hold operation or the like is performed on an analog telephone during voice communication, the analog telephone hub selectively reads out necessary sound element data from the sound element datab... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6748075 | Telephone and cordless telephone A telephone reads out caller information between rings even if a caller is unregistered. The telephone includes a caller information receiver for receiving a call ring and caller information coming in from a caller identification service, a caller information memory... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6728354 | Methods and devices for outputting audio announcements using CID related and other reference parameters Telephones, telephone answering devices (“TADs”) or larger systems are equipped to output audio announcements which identify the sources of incoming calls by comparing caller identity (“CID”) data and ring cadence signals in an incoming call with reference p... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6697470 | Incoming call indicator A method for selecting from a plurality of modes for an incoming call indicator is provided. One of the plurality of modes comprises alternating playing one of a series of user-recorded messages as the incoming call indicator to a called party. When an in... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6611592 | Incoming-call tone generation device A incoming-call tone generation device comprises: a first storage unit 1, for storing an effect calculation formula for incoming-call tone data; a second storage unit, for storing incoming-call tone data that consist of data for original sounds; a control... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6570983 | Method and system for audibly announcing an indication of an identity of a sender of a communication A method and system to generate a communications identification announcement including an indication of an identity of an author of an incoming communication is disclosed. In an embodiment the method. Includes receiving a communication having a communicat... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6542603 | Telephone answering unit with caller ID and variable ring sounds A telephone display unit in which by rotating a dial reception data histories are sequentially displayed and if a name corresponding to a telephone number has been registered, the name is displayed. If a name is not registered, a telephone number is displ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6519326 | Telephone voice-ringing using a transmitted voice announcement A voice-ringing system is provided. The traditional telephone ring for notifying a called party of an incoming phone call is replaced by a short verbal announcement that is provided by the calling party when placing the phone call. In a manner similar to ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6449359 | Telephone identification calling apparatus and procedures Method for improving the calling procedures of telephones by creating customized messages for telephones coupled to a telephone exchange. The messages are registered on one or more sections of memory located in the telephone exchange and coupled to the te... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6393117 | Telephoning method comprising novel subscriber service A telephoning method, intended to facilitate possibility to offer subscribers of a telephone network/telecommunication system a novel service for preferably incoming calls/communication. According to the invention, a subscriber can, preferably by means of... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6289099 | Ringer for satellite user terminals An apparatus, system, method, and computer program product for providing a flexible ringer for multiple deskset phones. A controller detects a flag message that precedes an incoming telephone call, and selects one or more frequencies based on a local expe... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6002944 | Vehicular telephone and method including an improved user interface A vehicular passenger telephone 37 according to the present invention includes an improved passenger call notification mechanism 154, 534 and user interface. A passenger telephone 37 is provided which includes a handset 506, a credit card reader 508 and a... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5903628 | Caller information (CLID) controlled automatic answer feature for telephone On receiving a new call, a controller in a telephone station apparatus compares the incoming caller information with caller information in stored records. On a match, an associated name is spoken over a handsfree speaker and then the controller places the... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5854826 | Ring voice message generating device and method of automatic answering telephone A ring voice message generating device for use in an automatic answering telephone system including a key input unit having alphanumeric keys or other function keys, for allowing a user to set the telephone system in a voice calling mode so that, upon rec... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5850435 | Method for audible caller name announcement with call list feature A method to audibly announce an identified caller name includes one embodiment, the caller name includes determined by making a query to a database with phone numbers and corresponding line owners (e.g., to the line information database (LIDB)). In this e... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5828742 | Caller discrimination within a telephone system A method is provided for a telephone subscriber to distinguish between callers. The method is accomplished by storing a pass code for a subscriber's telephone within a memory of the telephone system. Callers who have been informed of the pass code and who... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5802148 | System for generating aural announcements within a premises A system for generating aural announcements of incoming calls within a premises has a premises phone connected within a premises phone line that forms first and second communication channels. The first communication channel is adapted for connection and c... | 09/01/1998 |
