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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7146329 | Privacy compliant multiple dataset correlation and content delivery system and methods An individually targeted content delivery system and methods which allows content to be delivered to at least one set top box while preserving the privacy of the set top box users. The system and methods of the present invention determine one or more user models for... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6868140 | Telephony call control using a data network and a graphical user interface and exchanging datagrams between parties to a telephone call In a communications network, a method and apparatus are disclosed for using a graphical user interface for telephony call control. A method is also disclosed for sending a datagram from a called party to a calling party. Call control of a call is diverted to a voice... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6711241 | Internet telephone service A system and method for providing telephone type services over the internetwork commonly known as the Internet. Public switched telephone networks utilizing program controlled switching systems are arranged in an architecture with the Internet to provide a methodolo... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6434528 | Computer network telephony There is provided method and apparatus for connecting computer network ip telephones using a speech recognition engine and a ip address database on an INTERNET server, The method comprises opening a voice channel from an ip phones to a speech recognition ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6421427 | Interactive voice response data transfer system and method An interactive voice response (IVR) system collects data associated with a telephone call, and provides the data to a server. The server transforms the data into a format consistent with a different telephony platform specification implemented by clients ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6397182 | Method and system for generating a speech recognition dictionary based on greeting recordings in a voice messaging system A system and a method for generating a speech recognition dictionary that can be used in a telephone system having speech recognition capabilities, in particular capabilities to effect a connection when the calling party utters the name of a subscriber (c... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6343115 | Method of announcing an internet call A called party is alerted to the presence of a voice call on the Internet (110) by a page that is automatically transmitted to the called party's pager (120) upon initiation of the call by a calling party from his terminal (101) running Internet voice com... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6134321 | Modem loop current detect system to detect an off-hook condition in an extension telephone A telephone line monitoring circuit uses an optoisolator to convert the telephone line current to a voltage which is applied to the input of an AID converter. The A/D values are coarse values representing telephone line current. The A/D is sampled at a pr... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5974130 | Transparent call discrimination (TCD) method and apparatus A method of transparent call discrimination includes providing a call discrimination data message within a Caller ID message frame structure of an outgoing call from a call originating equipment. A type of call on an incoming telephone line of a call rece... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5974468 | Controlling the flow of electronic information through a modem A method for controlling flow, through a computer hardware resource, of information to and from computer applications. When a flow of information is initiated from one of the applications, a determination is made whether the resource is being accessed by ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5608786 | Unified messaging system and method The present invention relates to a unified messaging system and method which is more convenient and advantageously combines or makes use of existing communication channels or networks. Part of the system and method relies on a data communication network f... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5572643 | Web browser with dynamic display of information objects during linking A method of browsing the Worldwide Web of the Internet using an HTML-compliant client supporting a graphical user interface and a browser. The method begins as a web page is being displayed on the graphical user interface, the web page having at least one... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5566179 | Broadband switching networks A broadband switching network for transmitting information by using a cell composed of an information field and a header, including a first network comprising an ATM ring having a plurality of access nodes for multiplexing and demultiplexing the cell and ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5544234 | Facsimile apparatus with automatic answering telephone function, and communication method in said apparatus Disclosed is a facsimile apparatus equipped with an automatic answering telephone function, as well as a communication method in this apparatus. When a tone signal from a line is detected after the start of storage of a voice message in response to an inc... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5533116 | Network management system A network management system for configurating and reading data and states of several network elements, such as telephone exchanges, of a telecommunication network by giving the network elements commands according to their internal command language when at... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5526351 | Network broadcast communication system and communication network connecting apparatus A network broadcast system having at least one local area communication network connecting apparatus which interconnects LANs and PBXs electrically connected thereto. The local area communication network connecting apparatus includes at least one LAN conn... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5479498 | Digital line card having universal port for upgrading electronic messaging system A digital line card is provided for use in an electronic messaging system for enabling the receipt of voice and text or image data over a single communications port. The digital line card includes a digital signal processing integrated circuit, a micropro... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5442463 | Facsimile machine having telephone answering function If the facsimile machine on the called side detects a facsimile signal such as a CNG signal sent from the calling side after the initiation of the recording operation, the facsimile machine on the called side is switched to the facsimile operation. If the... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5422939 | Parallel off-hook detection for both line-available and phone pick-up detection A secondary communications device, such as a modem, a facsimile machine, an automatic meter reader or an answering machine, shares a telephone line with a subscriber's telephone and must grant the telephone primary access to the line. The present inventio... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5416834 | Redirection of calls by a communication terminal A telecommunication protocol message that allows redirection of a call received by a first telephone station set to a second telephone station set or other terminal equipment by the first telephone station set transmitting the redirect message to a teleco... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5406557 | Interenterprise electronic mail hub An interenterprise communications center has a computer hub comprising a common core and a plurality of input and output modules. The input modules connect to a first end user and converts a message sent by the first end user into a universal format. The ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5404400 | Outcalling apparatus An embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for placing a telephone call over a telephone line and for detecting whether the telephone call was answered by a live person, an answering machine, a facsimile machine, or a data apparatus such as a ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5361296 | Modem with ring detection/modem processing capability A modem which connects to a data terminal is connected to a telephone line capable of supporting multiple directory numbers with each number having a distinctive ring signal. The modem has a ring detector which indicates the presence of a ring signal asso... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5341374 | Communication network integrating voice data and video with distributed call processing A token ring local area network integrates voice, data and image information over a single cable with voice packets having a higher priority than non-voice packets, and with all the voice packets having the same length and the maximum non-voice packet len... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5337349 | Image telecommunication apparatus A first aspect of the present invention provides a facsimile machine comprising: a memory storing shortening telephone numbers; a calling device accessing to a line to carry out dialing operation; a mode detector detecting a shortening dial command mode i... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5333190 | Telephone ring detection method and apparatus A ring detection device adapted to be connected in a telephone line to a telephone or telephone device. The device includes circuitry for distinguishing between several differently encoded telephone ring signals and enabling and/or maintaining disablement... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5317629 | Data communication apparatus connectable with a plurality of telephone sets and a telephone line A communication apparatus selectively uses plural telephone sets and a line. The communication apparatus includes a circuit for detecting a calling signal from a line, and a control circuit for allowing a specific telephone set to receive an incoming call... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5305376 | Facsimile machine with voice answer unit A facsimile machine which accommodates a plurality of lines includes a voice answer unit for generating a predetermined voice message with remaining communication time, and a processing unit, for outputting the voice answer message generated by the voice ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5255312 | Facsimile machine connectable to various communication equipments A facsimile machine which is coupled to a telephone line and a telephone set, where the facsimile machine connects the telephone set to the telephone line in a telephone mode and disconnects the telephone set from the telephone line in a facsimile mode so... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5255311 | Data communication apparatus A data communication apparatus operates in a first switching mode in order to switch over between data communication and speech communication depending upon whether or not a signal indicating data communication mode is received within a predetermined peri... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5224158 | Terminal apparatus A terminal apparatus carries out both of facsimile communication and automatic telephone answering operation which has the response message circuit for sending first and second response messages to a telephone circuit responding to calling signal; the fir... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5224155 | Change-over system for automatic answering telephony and facsimile reception A change-over system for automatic answering telephony and facsimile reception in a facsimile apparatus capable of connecting an automatic answering telephone set thereto. The time interval until the automatic answering telephone set reaches an off-hook s... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5222126 | Communication apparatus connected to other communication terminals A communicating system has a control unit to perform a switching control of lines, a communicating apparatus which is connected to the control unit and operates in accordance with the control by the control unit and another terminal such as a facsimile ap... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5191603 | Message receiving apparatus The invention provides a device to be connected to a telephone line and, alternatively, to a telephone set or a printer. The device comprises a switch device for automatically operating the one or the other connection according to the signals received thr... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5166975 | Communication terminal equipment A communication terminal equipment that permits two-way communications to be performed over a complex communications network having an integrated services digital network interconnected with existing multiple communication networks and that has a capabili... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5165096 | Image communication apparatus having communication with another communication apparatus and a shared communication line An image communication apparatus comprises a selector for selecting a first receive mode or a second receive mode, a first detector for detecting a protocol signal of image communication, a second detector for detecting a DTMF signal, and a control unit f... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5159624 | Communication system for transmitting to a portable receiver data indicative of received image or voice signals A communication system is disclosed having a portable radio called receiver and a communication apparatus for calling this receiver. The portable radio called receiver includes a display and a tone generating circuit. The communication apparatus includes ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5153912 | Data communication apparatus A data transmission apparatus includes a facsimile section for performing data transmission, at least one multifunction telephone set terminal for performing speech communication, a switching circuit for switching the facsimile section and the multifuncti... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5151972 | Apparatus for automatically connecting terminal device to telephone lines An improved method and system for integrating voice telephone and data terminal devices in a single system is described. The present system may be incorporated with an existing telephone system without modification of the telephone system. The present inv... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5150400 | Method of controlling a data terminal equipment for equalizing a transmission line characteristic and data terminal equipment using the same A method for controlling a data terminal equipment coupled to a network via a line and coupled to a center apparatus via the line and the network. A plurality of tone signals sent from the center apparatus and having mutually different frequencies are rec... | 09/22/1992 |
