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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160213 | Instant messaging and voice mail integration A method of enabling a user of an instant messaging client to forward an audio recording to another person via his or her instant messaging client is disclosed. The recipient's instant messaging client then inquires whether the recipient would like to hear the audio... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160212 | Voicemail filtering and transcription Systems and methods for voicemail filtering and transcription are described herein. According to various embodiments, an integrated communication system performs filtering and transcription of voicemail messages (“voicemails”) and forwards the voicemails via ema... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155280 | Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Embodiments of the invention provide a system for generating an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) database, the system comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory comprising a list of telephone numbers associated with one or more destinat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8139724 | Method and system for incorporating audio clips during a voice call A method and a system for incorporating audio clips during a voice call between a calling subscriber A and at least one called subscriber B is provided. At least one of the subscribers A or B incorporates a desired audio clip into the voice call by a press of a butt... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130917 | Method and apparatus for group messaging Methods and apparatuses for facilitating group messaging to various communication devices are disclosed. A method disclosed includes receiving from an originating user a broadcast message having an address designating at least in part a group of recipients. Next, an... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121263 | Method and system for integrating voicemail and electronic messaging When an electronic message with a voicemail attachment is received, an audio player object and a reply by chat object are displayed simultaneously along with the electronic message. A reply to the electronic message, whether by chat or by email, is associated with t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107598 | Voicemail filtering and transcription Systems and methods for voicemail filtering and transcription are described herein. According to various embodiments, an integrated communication system performs filtering and transcription of voicemail messages (“voicemails”) and forwards the voicemails via ema... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098799 | Messaging advise in presence-aware networks A presence aware communications system, comprising a messaging system configured to perform at least one of the following operations: (a) provide a subscriber's communication device with information regarding an incoming contact du... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094789 | Provisioning unified messaging system services In a particular embodiment, a system includes a messaging system configured to provide a messaging service. The messaging system includes a centralized Internet Protocol switching network, an Internet access subsystem, a voice access subsystem, a mail subsystem and ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8077838 | Method and voice communicator to provide a voice communication A method and voice communicator to provide a voice communication is described. The method may include identifying text to be communicated and automatically processing the text to generate an audio equivalent of the text. For example, the text may be scraped from a w... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073114 | Message handling The invention relates to handling a message addressed to a client terminal, which client terminal comprises a messaging client for handling said messages. The method comprises the steps of receiving (300) a message addressed to the client terminal, said messa... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073115 | Method and apparatus for receiving and storing video signals Detection devices (1) for controlling storage devices (20) for receiving and storing video signals for a plurality of subscribers are provided with memories (2, 3) for storing subscriber's profiles and detectors (4, 5) for detecting video... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068588 | Unified rules for voice and messaging The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates managing an incoming data communication in connection with unified communications. A unified communications component can employ unified communications for a data communication with at lea... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064576 | Voicemail filtering and transcription Systems and methods for voicemail filtering and transcription are described herein. According to various embodiments, an integrated communication system performs filtering and transcription of voicemail messages (“voicemails”) and forwards the voicemails via ema... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064575 | Method and system for transmission of messages via multiple messaging servers To facilitate improved delivery of messages via multiple messaging servers, a data abstraction layer is provided. When a first messaging server receives a message destined to a particular party served by a second messaging server, the first messaging server queries ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059794 | Sound data providing system, method thereof, exchange and program A sound data providing system capable of improving the freedom of creation of sound data provided from a sending terminal to a receiving terminal, a method thereof, an exchange, and a program. A sending terminal transmits to a user interface information concerning t... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059793 | System and method for voicemail privacy An integrated messaging system for performing various types of messaging across different types of networks, including integrated user interfaces and administrator interfaces. Embodiments include a communication server that couples among networks of different types,... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054948 | Audio experience for a communications device user A system and associated methods provide an audio experience such that a user spatially perceives one or more audio events. One particular method set forth involves obtaining audio events and presenting the audio events so that an audio experience is provided. Accord... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045682 | Stream current song An electronic equipment includes a monitor circuit and a message generation circuit. The monitor circuit is operative to obtain information corresponding to media content reproduced by the electronic equipment, and the message generation circuit is operative to incl... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041013 | Transferring multiple dialogs of a call Communicating a call having a number of dialogs includes initiating a call between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. A first connection for a primary dialog of the call is established according to a feature. The first endpoint determines that the primary dialo... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8023622 | Technique for call context based advertising through an information assistance service In providing an information assistance service in a call by a user, the context of the call is ascertained. Context information is derived from information exchanges during the call. Inferences as to types of advertisement pertinent to the user location, event, etc.... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023623 | Call control element constructing a session initiation protocol (SIP) message including provisions for incorporating address related information of public switched telephone network (PSTN) based devices A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message adapted for use by a multi-media services provider system to form a multi-media communication path between at least a calling communication device adapted to operate using a first protocol (e.g. SIP) and at least a destina... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014498 | Audio message delivery over instant messaging One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for sending instant messages having audio recordings. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes a communications client of a user that is co... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009812 | System and method of audible caller identification via a multimedia device A method and system is disclosed that includes receiving an incoming call including caller identification information at an input responsive to a network. An audio alert and display information associated with the incoming call are sent to a multimedia device. ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005194 | Technique for handling incoming reply messages Messages are handled by a determination that an incoming message is in response to a previous outgoing message, where the previous outgoing message is sent from the computing device. The previous outgoing message is identified, as stored on the computing device. Dat... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005193 | System and method for simple unified messaging A system and method are disclosed for providing simple unified messaging. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include receiving an indication of a call from a calling party to a called party and answering the call at a premises of the call... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995716 | Association of email message with voice message Some embodiments provide reception of a call from a calling party to a called party, acquisition of a voice message form the calling party to the called party, reception from the calling party a selection of an email message sent to the called party, and association... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986771 | Automated call router for business directory using the world wide web The embodiments include a system, a computer readable medium, and a method for establishing a communication connection after searching the World Wide Web for relevant phone information. The system can include a first communication device for forming at least one com... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7978828 | Methods and apparatus for multimedia tracking A system collects a plurality of communications including at least two different types of communications. The system links the plurality of communications with an identifier that can be used to identify the plurality of communications, and stores the plurality of co... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978829 | Voice file retrieval method A voice file retrieval method comprising the steps of: inputting a word; determining if voicing of the word is needed or not; obtaining a storage home address of a voice file corresponding to the word from a voice field of the word if the voice of the word is needed... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970108 | System and method for providing communications services An enhanced services system for a telecommunications network includes operator equipment accessible by an operator, and a routing system for routing a call from a caller to the operator equipment. The caller may access e-mail creation and service and/or interpreter ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961850 | Apparatus and method for simultaneous multiple telephone type services on a single telephone line Apparatus and method for simultaneously providing multiple telephone-type services to any/all POTS-type devices on a single wire pair at a user premises. The present invention provides for the ability to add separately addressable POTS devices on a single service lo... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7907704 | Caching user information in an integrated communication system An integrated messaging system for performing various types of messaging across different types of networks, including integrated user interfaces and administrator interfaces. Embodiments include a communication server that couples among networks of different types,... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907703 | Method and apparatus for telephonically accessing and navigating the internet A method for accessing and browsing the internet through the use of a telephone and the associated DTMF signals is disclosed. The preferred embodiment provides a system that converts the information content of a web page from text to speech (voice signals), signals ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899161 | Voicemail messaging with dynamic content In one embodiment, a voicemail messaging system provides a user with the ability to record a voicemail message that includes at least one static portion and a dynamic content portion. When the voicemail message is accessed for listening by a recipient the dynamic co... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7839983 | Telecommunications voice server leveraging application web-server capabilities A method for providing voice telephony services can include the step of receiving a call via a telephone gateway. The telephone gateway can convey call identifying data to a resource connector. A media port can be responsively established within a media converter th... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7813484 | All-HTTP multimedia messaging A WAP-free, IETF-Specification Compliant Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC)-Multimedia Message Service (MMS) User Agent Interface based on the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is provided, as well as an all-HTTP multimedia messaging technique in general, us... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813485 | System and method for seamlessly integrating an interactive visual menu with an voice menu provided in an interactive voice response system An interactive visual menu system seamlessly integrates an interactive visual menu with an audio menu provided in an interactive voice response system. The system augments a voice menu by displaying the content of the voice menu to a caller. The system assumes that ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809117 | Method and system for processing messages within the framework of an integrated message system A method and system for processing messages within the framework of an integrated message system. Recipients of messages in an integrated messaging system are provided with an authentic impression of the received message. In a first step, a message received within t... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7769144 | Method and system for generating and presenting conversation threads having email, voicemail and chat messages When an electronic message with a voicemail attachment is received, an audio player object and a reply by chat object are displayed simultaneously along with the electronic message. A reply to the electronic message, whether by chat or by email, is associated with t... | 08/03/2010 |
