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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155276 | Synchronous and asynchronous brokering of IVR sessions for offline interaction and response An IVR session brokering service provides as one core mechanism, a pool of intelligent software agents residing on a cluster-able software services platform. These agents could be designed to act as stateful and customized interaction brokers for interacting automat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7570745 | Telephone system having message recording function A telephone system having a message recording function includes a message receiving system that is connectable to a calling station to the telephone system through a telephone line and receives a message transmitted from the calling station through the telephone lin... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7437292 | Dialog system for a man-machine interaction having cooperating dialog devices A system and method for a dialog system which provides for a user to carry on a dialog with dialog experts having different capabilities, during an existing dialog session. A terminal device may be connected to a special switching device, which, in dependence upon a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7349532 | Picture and video message center system A message originator sends a picture or video message to a message center along with caller identifying information. The message is stored in a memory and transmitted to a wireless picture phone, PDA or portable computing device, or stored at the message center in a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7310416 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A system for adding or updating contact data in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown. Contact data associated with actual or potential communicants may be entered into a database in the wireless comm... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305076 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A wireless information communication system and method, such as a paging network, that provides caller identification information transmitted from the public switched telephone network to a pager, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable computing device, or per... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286658 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A method for use in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown in which Caller ID data originating from the public switched telephone network or other caller identifying data is received in a paging signal... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7272213 | Method, system and article of manufacture for bookmarking voicemail messages A voicemail system includes a voicemail bookmarking procedure that permits users to bookmark voicemail messages during message playback. Upon receiving a bookmark request from a user, the procedure generates a bookmark pointer defining a starting point for subsequen... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266186 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system Contact data in a phonebook database for a personal communication device are remotely updateable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a wireless radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are inpu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257210 | Picture phone with caller id Pictures are transmitted to a wireless picture phone with caller ID from a message originator and used by the message recipient to identify who is to sending the picture. In one embodiment the pictures are sent to a message center along with the caller ID of the mes... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254223 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are input at the co... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251318 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from the pager database and displays the menu. The pager responds to the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251477 | Method for storing and reproducing a voice message in a mobile telephone A method for managing voice messages in a mobile telephone, including a voice message store mode and a voice message reproduce mode. In the voice message store mode, the remaining memory capacity is calculated first, and, if there is sufficient memory, the voice mes... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7228139 | Location processing system A device for determining the location of a communication device includes a network interface, a signal enhancement module, a tone decoder, and a translator. The network interface is capable of receiving a location message comprising a plurality of signal tones. The ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218203 | Motion activated reminder system A motion activated, voice controlled reminder system, wherein a programmable device automatically reminds the intended receiver of a future event, without any extraordinary action on the part of the recipient, thus enabling the user to, via a telephone, leave a mess... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7190769 | Apparatus for controlling operation of a recording device with a telephone instrument An apparatus for controlling operation of a recording device with a telephone configured for orientation in a first state and a second state includes: (a) an information conveying section for conveying information from the telephone to a recording locus in the recor... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177908 | System and method for managing multimedia messaging platforms The present invention manages a messaging network having messaging platforms interconnecting through a switched backbone such as the Internet. The master platform monitors each messaging platform on the messaging network and administers the addition, deletion, and u... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177806 | Sound signal recognition system and sound signal recognition method, and dialog control system and dialog control method using sound signal recognition system A sound signal including either one or both of a voice signal section and a DTMF signal section is inputted to a sound signal matching/recognizing part via a sound signal input part. The sound signal is divided into a sound signal section by a sound signal analyzing... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167543 | Security system with call management functionality A security system with call management functionality is coupled to a telephone network for providing a telephone service and at least one telephone line. This system also includes a call management controller for enabling, disabling or changing telephone service bas... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7142846 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A processor extracts a numeral string from a pager message which has been received via a pager antenna and a pager-signal receiving unit, and retrieves a telephone number including that numeral from a built-in telephone directory memory. The retrieved telephone numb... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136668 | Method for adjusting the volume of communication voice and key tone in a cellular phone A method for adjusting the volume level of communication voice and key tones in a cellular phone, comprising the steps of inputting a first and a second voice command for commanding the cellular phone to raise the volume level or lower it, determining whether the ce... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7102485 | Motion activated communication device A motion activated, voice control communications device interactive with voice mail systems and electronic mail systems and effective as a stand-alone unit. In general, when a motion detector detects motion in the vicinity of the device, a microprocessor receives in... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7065183 | Method of controlling the transmitting power in a mobile radio system and corresponding mobile radio system A method is provided for controlling the transmitting power in a mobile radio system a corresponding mobile radio system is also provided. A signal emitted from a transmitter is received by a receiver via a transmission channel of the mobile radio system. The transm... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7027569 | Telephone call screening system and method and caller registration system and method for use therewith A telephone call screening system screens telephone calls placed to a subscriber based upon a preferred caller database established by the subscriber from a networked caller registry database. A caller registration system allows callers to select a private identifie... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027781 | Remote control system for electrical apparatus A remote control system for controlling the operation of electrical apparatus, comprising a receiver provided in use at said apparatus and a transmitter having a casing and adapted for use as an add-on module in conjunction with a telephone capable of dialling based... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7012995 | Telephone system having message recording function A telephone system having a message recording function includes a message receiving system that is connectable to a calling station to the telephone system through a telephone line and receives a message transmitted from the calling station through the telephone lin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6879665 | Method and apparatus for sending messages in a data processing system A method and apparatus in a computer for processing voice messages. A voice message is recorded. Responsive to recording of the voice message, an identifying string is automatically inserted into a text message identifying a presence of a voice message. Responsive t... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6693994 | Master system for accessing multiple telephony messaging systems A "master" telephony message system (TMS) application has been developed to allow an individual to access multiple message services (such as voice mail, telephone-accessed email, unified messaging, etc.) in succession without the need to repeatedly hang u... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6658094 | Method and apparatus for storing voice/fax messages in an intelligent network Voice/fax messages are stored in an intelligent network. A network server receives an incoming call from a subscriber and, if the incoming call contains a voice/fax message, a trigger device is used to call up a voice/fax storage service which stores the ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6625261 | Method, system and article of manufacture for bookmarking voicemail messages A voicemail system includes a voicemail bookmarking procedure that permits users to bookmark voicemail messages during message playback. Upon receiving a bookmark request from a user, the procedure generates a bookmark pointer defining a starting point fo... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6614887 | Caller-controlled voice mail sub-mailboxes A voice mail system employs caller-specific sub-mailboxes that are created within a voice mail account owner's mailbox so that a caller designates an access pincode for the sub-mailbox and then has access to the sub-mailbox for leaving messages, deleting ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6590964 | Automatic answering telephone set An automatic answering telephone set which eliminates cumbersome operations when a user tries to listen to a recorded business message from a remote place. The automatic answering telephone set includes a termination detection section and a line interface... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6418198 | Apparatus and method for verification of the presence of a remote user A telephone answering apparatus for verification of the presence of a remote user includes a detector, and a controller operatively connected to the detector and to a timer, wherein the controller restarts the timer upon detection of a telephone signal fr... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6415020 | Call on-hold improvements In a communication system wherein a communication connection is established between a communication apparatus of a first subscriber and a communication apparatus of a second subscriber, a method of terminating the communication connection by a subscriber ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6370236 | Remotely operable telephone answering device and method of operation thereof A telephone answering device (TAD) and a method of controlling such TAD. In one embodiment, the TAD includes: (1) an external interface couplable to a telephone line outbound from a site, (2) an internal interface couplable to a client telephone and (3) d... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6351522 | Method for providing a delivery confirmation of message deliveries made in a telephone network The present invention relates to a method for providing delivery confirmation of message deliveries made in a telephone network. In a network of the present invention, subscriber-specific information is maintained to determine whether a subscriber has a m... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6292545 | Apparatus and method for detecting the source of a telephone tone signal A telephone answering apparatus for detecting the source of a telephone tone signal includes a signal detector for detecting the telephone tone signal, a memory storage device for storing a message, and a controller for stopping playback of the message in... | 09/18/2001 |
