Class 379/911 - DISTINCTIVE RINGING

Subclass of Class 379 - Telephonic communications
Definition: Subject matter for the generation or detection of telephone
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 06/15/2004

Number	Title	Issue Date
6751485	Sounding alert for recent calls Phone numbers of recently made, received or missed phone calls are stored (16) in a memory of a mobile telephone and associated with a distinctive alerting sound. An incoming call matching (34) one of the stored phone numbers causes the distinctive ale...	06/15/2004
6650746	Urgency of call indication to called party through distinctive notification An indication of urgency of a call is received from a caller. The urgency indication is communicated to the called party through a distinctive notification, such as distinctive ringing. The urgency indication may be obtained from a caller via a personal a...	11/18/2003
6512825	Queue-based distinctive ringing in a call center system A novel communication distribution system is provided. In one form, an automatic communication distributor manages multiple queues of calls waiting to be handled by agents. When a call is transferred to an agent's workstation, the workstation provides dif...	01/28/2003
5442692	Telecommunication system having a capability of changing the alerting tone A telecommunication system comprises a network for transmitting information, a plurality of terminals connected to the network for communicating to each other, a data base provided in the network and having a plurality of storage areas corresponding to th...	08/15/1995
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
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
5307059	Selective call receiver having customized voice alerts A selective call receiver comprises a receiver for receiving a signal, a processor for processing the received signal to detect an address code therein, a storage device for storing information representing at least one personalized alert signal, and a co...	04/26/1994
5267307	Communication apparatus A communication apparatus includes a memory for storing extension number information or transfer destination information in association with calling party number information, a unit for receiving calling party number information sent from a calling party ...	11/30/1993
5220599	Communication terminal apparatus and its control method with party identification and notification features A communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network to transmit data from an outgoing call office to an incoming call office and a method of controlling the communication terminal apparatus, in which notification of a pe...	06/15/1993
5202917	Telephone calling method and telephone apparatus A person to whom a telephone call is directed is called at an extension either by voice only or by voice during each silent period of an audible ringing signal. A plurality of telephone sets are provided where each telephone set includes a receiver for re...	04/13/1993
5200994	Communication terminal apparatus and control method with party identification features A communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network to transmit data from an outgoing call office to an incoming call office and a method of controlling the communication terminal apparatus, in which notification of a pe...	04/06/1993
5200992	Communication apparatus having changeable communication procedure signals A communication apparatus for effecting an automatic response in accordance with a call signal supplied from a line comprises a discrimination unit for discriminating types of call signals supplied from the line, and a control unit for effecting a communi...	04/06/1993
5062133	Multi-function telephone call management system The multi-function telephone call management system enables a user to recursively activate a plurality of voice communication features on a single call connection. The multi-function telephone call management system serves to interconnect a plurality of c...	10/29/1991
5040209	Telephone ringing monitoring and control system A control system for use in a conventional telecommunications system comprising a common telephone line to which plural telephones may be connected. The line is arranged to carry plural series of electrical ring-initiating signals, each for a respective o...	08/13/1991
4998273	Telephone line called number recognizer A party-like telephone line with plural numbers having distinguishable ringing signals on a single line is automatically connected to a facsimile or other telephone connected device for receiving incoming messages upon sensing a predetermined ring sequenc...	03/05/1991
4995075	Apparatus and method for encoding telephone ringing signals An encoded telephone signalling apparatus and method provides pleasant, relatively distinct and quickly distinguishable personalized call destination information and distinctive call origin information signals within an audible ringing pattern. The ring p...	02/19/1991
4969186	Telephone message waiting system and apparatus A system transmits information over telephone lines using ring signals. The ring signals have bursts of selectable duration separated by selectable time intervals between bursts. A ring signal translator receives the ring signals from telephone lines wher...	11/06/1990
4926470	Telephone call screening circuit An inexpensive, reliable telephone answering device screens out undesirable calls, screens the calls that are dialed out and inhibits preprogrammed call prefixes from being dialed, adds the "hold" function and a simulated call transfer function to all tel...	05/15/1990
4922526	Automated access facilities for use with key telephone systems A call processor (32) for intercepting incoming calls to a key telephone system (10) and returning a message to a calling party. A digital message storage unit (48) stores messages associating called parties with respective pseudo-telephone numbers so the...	05/01/1990
4899358	Call announcement arrangement A call announcement arrangement that obtains the calling party name from a database search and uses a text-to-speech unit to generate speech signals for transmission to the called communication station. The calling party name is spoken at the station inst...	02/06/1990
4893336	Call forwarding arrangement An improved call forwarding arrangement where forwarded calls receive different terminating treatment from non-forwarded calls, for example providing a readily detectable, distinctive alerting signal for forwarded calls or completing only forwarded calls ...	01/09/1990
4893335	Remote access telephone control system A telephone control system connects to the telephone line from a telephone exchange. The control system includes a detector for detecting signals on the line, a signal generator for producing and applying control signals to the telephone line, memory for ...	01/09/1990
4856055	Controllable telephone annunciator A circuit is connected to the line of a telephone for disabling the ringer (22) of the telephone and supplying, instead of the regular ring signal, any of a plurality of predetermined alternative signal melodies or voice messages. The circuit comprises a ...	08/08/1989
4850012	Automated access facilities for use with key telephone systems A call processor (32) for intercepting incoming calls to a key telephone system (10) and returning a message to a calling party. A digital message storage unit (48) stores messages associating called parties with respective pseudo-telephone numbers so the...	07/18/1989
4782518	Apparatus for converting distinctive ring to selective ring in telephone lines An apparatus for converting a distinctive ring to a selective ring includes a rectifier connected between a main telephone line and ancillary telephone lines to prevent AC ring current from passing to the ancillary lines. A relay is connected to each anci...	11/01/1988
4639552	Apparatus for converting a standard telephone to an unlisted number telephone The apparatus of this invention is a system which is attached to a standard telephone instrument at a receiving station. When a call comes from a transmitting station through a switching station, this call is received in this apparatus, which signals the ...	01/27/1987
4598179	Telephone privacy system A telephone privacy system provides audible melodies identifying respective authorized callers without requiring the system user to answer the phone. A first ringing signal burst on the user's telephone line actuates the telephone ring circuit to announce...	07/01/1986
4591664	Multichannel interactive telephone answering apparatus A multichannel interactive telephone answering apparatus (300) adapted for use with a captured telephone line (26) is responsive to the detection (318, 324, 326, 310, 328, 330) of designated arming signals transmitted by the calling party, such as from th...	05/27/1986
4578540	Telecommunications systems A telecommunications system is disclosed which is user programmable permitting inter and intrapremises communications from existent two-wire telephone extension sets at a customer's premises. The system may be functionally described as a telephone call in...	03/25/1986
4567333	Electronic tone ringer with distinctive signaling circuitry An electronic tone ringer provides a distinctive ringing capability through the use of two oscillators which allow selection of four tones and four modulation rates. In determining the type of tone generated, formattable inputs select between frequency sh...	01/28/1986
4560837	Call transfer method and circuitry In the disclosed call transfer method and circuitry, audibly distinguishable ringing signals at a station set enable an answering party to determine whether a received call is either the original call or a previously answered call. Line status LEDs at eac...	12/24/1985
4508937	Method and circuitry for encoding telephone ringing signals In the disclosed coded telephone ringing signal method and circuitry, audibly distinguishable ringing codes are generated by alternately shifting between at least a pair of single frequency tones at different modulation rates. Other distinguishable ringin...	04/02/1985
4477697	Method and circuitry for encoding telephone ringing signals The method and apparatus encodes telephone ringing to identify both the origin and destination of a received call. The ring envelope of the ringing signal is divided into two segments. During the first segment, call origin information is encoded by varyin...	10/16/1984
4446334	Telephone number coding device A telephone number coding device for eliminating unwanted telephone calls by requiring that a caller dial a special number code, in addition to a regular telephone number, in order for a telephone connected to the device to "ring." The coding device conta...	05/01/1984
4277649	Method and apparatus for screening telephone calls A telephone system is disclosed for providing customized telephone services. A called customer can screen calls incoming to his station based on the identity of the calling line. The calling line's identity is forwarded to the switching office containing ...	07/07/1981
4113986	Telephone controlled lock release arrangement Circuitry is disclosed for the automatic dial-up of an apartment telephone from a lobby telephone to provide voice communication therebetween via a central switching office and for controlling the establishment of a switched signaling path through a switc...	09/12/1978

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Class 379/911 - DISTINCTIVE RINGING