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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7885958 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for organizing hierarchical information A method, apparatus, and computer program product for organizing hierarchical information according to a defined objective. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7535995 | System and method for volume indication during a communication session A method for volume indication during a communication session includes detecting analog audio at a telephony device. First communication packets are transmitted from the telephony device indicating that the analog audio is being received. The analog audio is encoded... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7353256 | Application program interface for message routing and management system Transmission of messages composed on one or more input devices to a single or multiple recipients by means of one or plural communication modes is facilitated. Such communication modes may include conventional or wireless telephone, facsimile transmission, pager, e-... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7327723 | Computer, internet and telecommunications based network A method and apparatus for a computer and telecommunication network which can receive, send and manage information from or to a subscriber of the network, based on the subscriber's configuration. The network is made up of at least one cluster containing voice server... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310517 | Techniques for archiving audio information communicated between members of a group Techniques for archiving audio information communicated between members of a group using an audio communication system such as a point-to-multipoint audio communication system. The archived audio information can then be retrieved by members of the group or by any ot... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7280651 | Method and system for performing automated telemarketing A method for performing automated telemarketing comprising receiving potential customer data including a telephone number. A telephone call is initiated to the telephone number using an auto-dialing device. Notification is received at a voice platform that the poten... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266591 | Providing content delivery during a call hold condition An approach for providing content transmission upon placement of a call on hold is disclosed. A data communications system includes a proxy server that is configured to receive a message from a first client indicating the hold condition of a Voice Over Internet Prot... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7227937 | Monitoring natural interaction for presence detection The present invention provides a presence system capable of monitoring state information derived from a plurality of sources over any number of disparate networks. The sources of state information are devices, which are frequently used by a user throughout a normal ... | 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 |
| 7197463 | Method and apparatus for providing secure assistance to a communications unit over a network A method (300) of and secure server (200) for providing secure assistance with control of a communications unit (101, 103, 105) is disclosed. The method includes receiving (303) an instruction message via a network that corresponds to voi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7164760 | Audible caller identification with nametag storage The present invention provides a system and method for audible caller identification with nametag storage. A call signal is received, the call signal including an automatic number identification. A determination is made whether the automatic number identification ma... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164755 | Voice storage device and voice coding device The voice storage device of the invention includes a storage means that stores a voice signal, and a voice compression means that compresses the voice signal requiring a re-coding compression, of the voice signal stored in the storage means, in accordance with a com... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7139797 | Presence information based on media activity The present invention provides presence information to a subscriber indicative of the availability of a user who is already actively participating in a communication session. A presence system receives and processes participation information, which bears on the degr... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7050572 | Telephone set and response method to incoming call A telephone set is provided that includes a control section that, when detecting an off-hook operation, instructs a tone generator and a codec to stop a transmission of an incoming call and simultaneously instructs, using an awaiting voice generation instructing fun... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043006 | Distributed call progress tone detection system and method of operation thereof A distributed call progress tone detection system and method of operation thereof. In one embodiment, the system includes a switching partition having line interface modules, a call progress tone detector configured to perform call progress tone detection analysis, ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035923 | Presence information specifying communication preferences The present invention provides a presence system capable of monitoring state information, communication capabilities, or a combination thereof derived from a plurality of sources over any number of disparate networks. The state information bears on the presence or a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6937700 | Device for and method of outputting data on display section of portable telephone Disclosed is a device for outputting display data information displayed on a display section as audio of a portable telephone, comprising: an audio output key for selecting an audio output mode of the portable telephone; a memory for storing the data displayed on th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6925166 | Method and apparatus for generating automatic greetings in a call center A call center includes a message playback unit for playing back a prerecorded greeting during an outgoing call while a call classifier unit within the call center processes an audible signal received from a remote party location. A call processing unit places a call... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6850602 | Method and apparatus for answering machine detection in automatic dialing In a communications network, systems and methods using a feature other than a tone for detecting if the destination is a machine are described. An exemplary method includes the following steps: establishing a communication with a destination, detecting a response, i... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6842772 | Application program interface for message routing and management system Transmission of messages composed on one or more input devices to a single or multiple recipients by means of one or plural communication modes is facilitated. Such communication modes may include conventional or wireless telephone, facsimile transmission, pager, e-... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6823182 | Cellular mobile telephone apparatus A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating massages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and a transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6782252 | Apparatus and method for transmitting call holding message in mobile communication terminal A call holding voice message transmitting apparatus and method in a mobile communication terminal are disclosed that transmit voice data, preferably stored in the terminal, to a caller in a situation in which the user of the terminal cannot receive an incoming call ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6731725 | Computerized system for the receipt, recordation, scheduling and redelivery of telephone messages The automated, computerized voice message storage and redelivery system (SRS) provides for the receipt, recordation and storage into individual computer files of telephonic messages received from subscribers who telephone into the computer system and respond either ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6697461 | Methods and apparatus for providing call screening and other communication services Call screening is provided by a call processing method, involving detecting a first call directed to the premises of a service subscriber requesting call processing instructions from a service control point in response to the first call, operating the ser... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6671353 | Method for recording and reproducing a short voice memo in portable telephone A portable telephone records a short voice memo during a call and reproduces the recorded short voice memo later. Upon detection of a voice record key input during a call, the portable telephone converts an input voice signal to voice data, stores the voi... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6574601 | Acoustic speech recognizer system and method An adaptive endpointer system and method are used in speech recognition applications, such as telephone-based Internet browsers, to determine barge-in events during the processing of speech. The endpointer system includes a signal energy level estimator f... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6539218 | Message transmitter and response message transmitting method in cellular mobile telephone apparatus and recording medium recording program for executing the method A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately re... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6470181 | Method and apparatus for simultaneous text and audio for sponsored calls A combination of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) capabilities including Short Message Service (SMS), Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and Customized Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL) allows an advertiser to pay a portion... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6470077 | Apparatus and method for storage and accelerated playback of voice samples in a call center A call center includes a recording/playback unit for recording audible signals received (during an outgoing call) from a remote party location, while a call classifier unit within the call center processes the audible signals. A call processing unit place... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6377820 | Radio telephone A portable radio telephone is provided with a headset having a user actuable switch and a microphone. The handset of the radio telephone includes circuitry for responding to the operation of the headset by the user to select or generate information such a... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6366652 | Method and apparatus for using a VM tone to prevent a voice announcement in a group call A technique for preventing voice announcements in a group call is provided. A VM tone begins a voice announcement of a voice mail system. Parties that cause the VM tone to be transmitted are not added to the group call. This approach guarantees that no vo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6275690 | Cellular mobile telephone apparatus A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately re... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6219407 | Apparatus and method for improved digit recognition and caller identification in telephone mail messaging A telephone voice mail messaging system for performing recognition of characters included in a telephone message left by a caller includes: speaker recognition means, responsive to the telephone message, for extracting a voice model of the caller from the... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6167118 | Method and a system for by-passing a receiver-off-hook timer for voice dialing systems and for supporting spoken digit dialing A blended callflow method in which a spoken digit dial option is added to the caller options for dialing. By automatically switching from an implicit to an explicit mode during such an option, without requiring an explicit command from the caller, the pre... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6049397 | Technique for printing call-back information in a facsimile machine combined with automatic answering machine A facsimile machine including an automatic answering machine with a voice memory checks whether the facsimile is set to an automatic answering mode, upon receiving a ring signal of an incoming call. If the facsimile machine is set to the automatic answeri... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5991367 | Telephone call screener A telephone call screener and method of use is disclosed for use with a user's telephone system. It rejects unwanted telephone calls, such as those from telemarketers, while still allowing personal calls to ring through to the user, all without any user i... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5953391 | Data communication apparatus having automatic data reception informing systems A data communication apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving data, a memory unit for storing received data, an informing unit for, after memory reception is performed by the memory unit, automatically calling a predetermined destination and info... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5889838 | Telephone set In a telephone set, a voiced and silent section detecting device detects whether the voice message stored in a storage device by an automatic answering function is a voiced section or a silent section, and the detected voiced or silent section information... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5825771 | Audio transceiver The present invention is an audio transceiver (having an audio receiver and a transmitter) which, on the receiving side, adaptively controls the amount of audio data in the buffer of a PC audio device, such that the audio device always has something to pl... | 10/20/1998 |
