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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949104 | Message delivery system with echo-cancellation Interactive system for responding to conditions after an answering machine has been detected in an automatic telephone number dialing and announcing system so that realistic sounding recorded messages can be delivered without truncation. The system starts by: placin... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7881442 | Call announcement service A method and operation for a call announcement service which answers incoming phone calls. The system retrieves identifying information about the calling party and provides that information to the called party. The called party can choose from several options for an... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7756255 | Method and system for delivering a voice message from a telephone to a group of recipients There is disclosed a method and system that allows a telephone user to send voice messages to multiple recipients. According to an embodiment, DTMF signals along with a voice message may be sent over a voice call to a network service platform. The voice message may ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7386102 | System for remote control of an automated call system A system for automatically generating and controlling a plurality of outgoing telephone calls from a first physical location, includes displaying, in a second physical location that is physically remote from the first location, data regarding telephone calls handled... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386101 | System and method for call answer determination for automated calling systems There is disclosed an automatic calling system which analyzes the contents of detected voice on a called line and controls the operation of the calling system dependent upon the analyzed context. In one embodiment, the content is analyzed based on typically expected... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382874 | Shared recorded digital voice system A telephone interface device adapted for the transmission of recorded audio files over communication channels is disclosed. The telephone interface device comprises electronic circuitry contained within a case member. The circuitry includes a plurality of electrical... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373179 | Call queue in a wireless device A wireless phone includes a memory, a processor, and a call queue function, the call queue function to enable the configuration and storage in the memory of a call queue, the call queue comprising an ordered list of entries to dial, wherein the processor and the mem... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359502 | System for providing network information service using CID-type messages A network-based announcement and message delivery service for providing a landline customer with information of interest such as weather, financial market data, time/temperature, sporting event results, etc. The information is provided to the subscriber by way of in... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7320026 | Intersystem messaging using ENUM standard A system and method for transforming voice mail messages into a package capable of being parsed and read by different proprietary voice mail systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method that allows for intersystem messaging throug... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313229 | System and method for delayed or repeated message delivery A system and method that records a message and then delivers the message to one or more recipients. The message may be delivered to the recipients at some determined later time. Each recipient may be able to receive the message at different times depending on data t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310412 | Personalized recorded message via message delivery system Message delivery system primarily for answering machines which provides a realistic sounding recorded message containing an individualized personal greeting which can be delivered onto one or more answering machines. This automated method of delivering a recorded pe... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7289763 | Cellular telephone system that uses position of a mobile unit to make call management decisions A cellular telephone system has call management decisions made based on the exact geographic location of the mobile unit. These call management decisions include billing and taxing decisions, cell site selection, frequency selection and even cellular system selectio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280641 | Communication terminal apparatus and transfer method therefor Messages from a remote telephone set are automatically recorded as automatically recorded data by an answering function. An e-mail transmission/reception unit stores e-mail received from an e-mail server in a received mail file. An automatically recorded message and... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272210 | System and method for voice organizer message delivery The present invention is a voice organizer system having a message intake module, for storing a voice organizer message created by a first user, and a message delivery module. The message delivery module includes instructions for delivering the voice organizer messa... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260201 | Method and apparatus for monitoring telephone status The monitor is for monitoring the status of a first client telephone, and for sending this status information via a central server to an authorized second client telephone. The central server stores a database of registered client telephones and corresponding client... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7240215 | System and method for on-demand computing for parallel SCSI A system and method for managing parallel SCSI device functionality is presented. A user sends a request to a vendor whereby the request corresponds to the user changing the functionality of one of the user's SCSI devices. The vendor generates and sends a key that i... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236775 | Method for transmitting destination information in mobile communication terminal A method for transmitting and for storing destination information in a mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The method for transmitting destination information includes determining whether a navigation mode is enabled and, if the navigation mode is enabled, d... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7221739 | Callback function for messaging platform in public telephone system A messaging system includes a messaging platform storing a message from a calling party, a switching mechanism for receiving a call from a subscriber to access the stored message, and a routing application at a server. The subscriber accesses the message at the mess... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206390 | Simulated voice message by concatenating voice files Computer-generated personalized voice messages are created by concatenating data files of audio that were pre-recorded in the voice of an individual whose live voice is to be simulated during the delivery of the voice message. A call to a person or list of persons i... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197461 | System and method for voice-enabled input for use in the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic, and interactive voice services The delivery of voice serve messages communicating financial, personal or other news telecasts may be customized according to the identity of the recipient and controlled by voice commands. A voice service bureau may generate voice messages for individual subscriber... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7190768 | Method and apparatus for human-assisted adaptive outbound telephone call classification based on pattern recognition A system for classifying outbound telephone calls is provided. According to the invention, voice messages received as a result of placing outbound telephone calls can be classified. In particular, autovoice messages, including network intercept messages, can be dete... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184521 | Method and system for identifying a party answering a telephone call based on simultaneous activity A method and system for identifying whether a communicating party is a person or an automated device is provided. The identification system determines whether a person or an automated device is currently providing audio of the communication. When the identification ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7158630 | Do-not-call compliance management for predictive dialer call centers A mechanism and method for updating local call information databases for calls to be placed by predictive dialers deployed at different geographic locations within a communications network. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151821 | Realcall message delivery system with echo cancellation Interactive system for responding to conditions after an answering machine has been detected in an automatic telephone number dialing and announcing system so that realistic sounding recorded messages can be delivered without truncation. The system starts by: placin... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148795 | System and method for management of resources in emergency situations Provided is a method for designing, managing and executing emergency response plans. Specific plan and resources are defined and a defined plan is executed either automatically or manually according to pre-determined or “real-time” parameter definitions. An exec... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136461 | Method and apparatus for implementing voice messaging using E-mail Methods and apparatus for controlling and retrieving messages from multiple voice mail systems used by a single individual are described. A voice messaging retrieval and forwarding (VMRAF) system checks a subscriber's voice message systems for messages, retrieves th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7088801 | Single telephone number access to multiple communications services A platform provides access to multiple telecommunications services via a single telephone number. These services may include, for example, voicemail services, facsimile messaging services, paging services, and outbound calling services. A guest caller may call the s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082190 | System and method for interfacing a privacy management service with a voice mail system A privacy screening service in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) includes a service node which records a caller's name when a call directed to a subscriber of the service originates at an unknown number. The service node, in turn, places a call to the subscriber... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076235 | Automatic notification of personal emergency contacts from a wireless communications device A wireless communication device notifies designated contacts of an emergency using contact information stored in the wireless communication device. The contact information includes, but is not limited to, a list of designated contacts, at least one individual notifi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7054829 | Method and system for validating votes A method and system for validating the creation and submission of absentee ballots is provided. An authentication/validation mark is generated and printed on an absentee ballot and/or the envelope that contains the absentee ballot. The authentication/validation mark... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054939 | Simultaneous visual and telephonic access to interactive information delivery The functionality of Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) components and Internet-based resources are integrated to provide simultaneous visual and telephonic access to an interactive information delivery system. The present invention enhances conventional Interactive... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054419 | Answering machine detection for voice message delivery method and system An apparatus and method for detecting an answering machine for a new voice message delivery method and system. The invention detects the presence of an existing answering machine or voicemail system of a Recipient by listening for talk-over during playback of the me... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054420 | Voice over IP telephone recording architecture A method and system is disclosed for on-demand recording of a voice session by a telephone recording device in a telecommunication network. After establishing a voice session between the telephone recording device and at least one communication device, a user of the... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046769 | Computerized system for the receipt, recordation, scheduling and redelivery of telephone messages to predetermined telephone numbers An automated, computerized voice message storage and redelivery system and method comprises a computer for executing software commands, a telephone connection operatively connected to the computer for calling and answering a telephone call from a remote location, an... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7023970 | Arrangement in a local computer for sending voice messages to a unified communications system A user computer, for example a personal computer (PC), includes a recorder configured for generating an audio file having an identifier enabling a unified messaging system to identify the audio file as a voice message, and an e-mail client configured for sending the... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023980 | Outbound dialing decision criteria based A dialer for managing outgoing contacts is provided that includes a contact filtration agent 144 operable to retrieve presence information associated with a party to be contacted and determine, based on the presence information, whether or not to contact the ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020251 | System and method for the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic and interactive voice services, with real-time drilling via telephone A method and system for accomplishing real-time drilling in conjunction with interactive, real-time, voice transmission of information to a user is disclosed. A voice-based communication between a user and a first system is established and a report is transmitted to... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010110 | Method and apparatus for monitoring telephone status The monitor is for monitoring the status of a first client telephone, and for sending this status information via a central server to an authorized second client telephone. The central server stores a database of registered client telephones and corresponding client... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003790 | Broadcast-program selection history information acquisition apparatus and its method In a broadcast-program selection history information acquisition apparatus and its method, the totalization side can easily totalize selection history information. To acquire the selection history information of a broadcast program selected out of broadcast programs... | 02/21/2006 |
