| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D603842 |
Remote control device |
November 10, 2009 |
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| D602020 |
Wireless access point |
October 13, 2009 |
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| D597059 |
Handset |
July 28, 2009 |
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| D596177 |
Base station |
July 14, 2009 |
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| D589928 |
Handset |
April 7, 2009 |
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| D582875 |
Communication tablet |
December 16, 2008 |
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| D580856 |
Communication tablet cradle and charger |
November 18, 2008 |
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| D580855 |
Handset cradle and charger |
November 18, 2008 |
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| 7620386 |
Establishing a collaborative domain among communication terminals responsive to authentication |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method of establishing a collaborative domain among a plurality of communication terminals can include having a communication terminal authenticate one or more other communication terminals based on personal information, which can be stored on a removable memory card in the other t |
| 7620170 |
Computer telephony integration (CTI) complete customer contact center |
November 17, 2009 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling a dynamic contact center (DCC) that leverages the assets of a business' communications systems including internal telecommunications networks, information systems, data networks, and applications, of public telecommunications networks, of |
| 7620165 |
Method and apparatus for communicating information about a called party to a calling party |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus is provided for automatically retrieving and displaying supplemental information about a called party on the CPE of a calling party. When a caller places a call, the number called is used to look up and return to the caller the Universal Resource Locator (URL) of |
| 7620161 |
Saving information from information retrieval systems |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method and system for allowing a calling party to save information obtained from an information retrieval system. The caller may select options to save the information to a memory location, e.g., the caller's own network-based voice mail system or a temporary voice mailbox provided |
| 7620156 |
Systems and methods for providing location signals/indicators when 911 dialed |
November 17, 2009 |
| Emergency communication applications and methods interact with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, and/or transmit an Emergency Locator Signal to a communications address of the local communications network. |
| 7620058 |
System and method for configuring and operating a network based telephone system |
November 17, 2009 |
| The present disclosure provides a system and method to configure and operate a residential local area network (LAN) based telephone system. The illustrated system provides a residential gateway configured to receive a telephone call and process the call based on user configured optio |
| 7620026 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing advertising and/or information ser |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method of operating an electronic billboard includes detecting a mobile electronic device within a predetermined distance of the electronic billboard, establishing an ad hoc wireless connection with the mobile electronic device, and transmitting location-specific data to the mobile |
| 7617516 |
Methods and systems for providing video on demand over a communication network using managed qua |
November 10, 2009 |
| Methods for providing video on demand service from an Application Service Provider ("ASP") to a user over a Regional/Access Network ("RAN") are provided. A request for a video on demand application flow may be received from the user. In response to the request, information may be obt |
| 7617508 |
Methods and systems for collaborative capture of television viewer generated clickstreams |
November 10, 2009 |
| Methods and systems provide clickstream captures at both local and remote components by receiving user commands generated by the viewer locally where at least some of those commands are then sent to the remote component concurrently relative to when they are generated by the viewer. |
| 7617457 |
System and method for collaborative call management |
November 10, 2009 |
| A system and method for collaborative call management are disclosed. In one embodiment of a method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, a graphical user interface (GUI) element may be presented in connection with a collaborative call. The GUI element may display a listi |
| 7617443 |
Flexible multiple spreadsheet data consolidation system |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method of consolidating data from multiple spreadsheets includes selecting multiple spreadsheets (52). Portions of data from files corresponding to each of the spreadsheets (52) are also selected. Automated consolidation of said portions of data is executed. The consolidation inclu |
| 7617248 |
Notification system and method |
November 10, 2009 |
| A dispatch and notification system that can adjust resources to meet and accommodate real time changes in demand or load is disclosed. The system provides an automated assembly that includes provisions that provide an effective and low cost arrangement that notifies technicians of real t |
| 7617244 |
Computer-readable medium and data structure for communicating technical architecture standards t |
November 10, 2009 |
| A computer-readable medium and a data structure for communicating information regarding the current and future components of a technical architecture standard to vendors are provided. The computer-readable medium includes a data structure having a data field containing data identifyi |
| 7617137 |
Surgical suite radio frequency identification methods and systems |
November 10, 2009 |
| Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for tracking surgical items. A sensor reads RFID tags and confirms the type of surgical procedure to be performed on a patient's body. An allowable zone is determined in the patient's body that corresponds to the type of surgical procedure to |
| 7617043 |
Automated location-intelligent traffic notification service systems and methods |
November 10, 2009 |
| Traffic notification systems include a location determination system that is configured to determine a geographic location of a subscriber and an automated traffic notification system that is configured to automatically transmit a traffic notification message that is based on the geograp |
| 7616950 |
Call forwarding control device and method of call management |
November 10, 2009 |
| In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a device that includes a proximity sensor, a network interface, and a module. The proximity sensor determines the proximity of a mobile device. The module is coupled to the network interface and is coupled to the proximity sen |
| 7616755 |
Efficiency report generator |
November 10, 2009 |
| Systems and methods for generating efficiency reports, which in one embodiment among many, can be broadly summarized by a representative method of associating a call-center supervisor with a call center, obtaining a network statistic for the call center, categorizing the network stat |
| 7616743 |
Methods and apparatus to self-configure a flexible residential gateway |
November 10, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus are disclosed to self-configure a flexible residential gateway providing access to an external communications network, and providing communications with an in home network. An example flexible residential gateway may include an xDSL ("x" variety of Digital Subsc |
| 7616741 |
System and method for facilitating a custom ring in connection with a call |
November 10, 2009 |
| A system and method are disclosed for facilitating a custom ring in connection with a call. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an electronic device operable to support telephonic communication. The electronic device may have a hou |
| 7614048 |
System and method for automated software distribution in a fiber optic network |
November 3, 2009 |
| A system for automated software distribution to network elements in a fiber-optic network is disclosed. The system contacts multiplexors, which communicate with a central office, and checks the status of software stored on a plurality of firmware cards located in the multiplexor. If |
| 7613483 |
Portable radiotelephone for automatically dialing a central voice-activated dialing system |
November 3, 2009 |
| A portable radiotelephone can be shifted between a first condition wherein the radiotelephone does not receive or transmit voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels and a second condition wherein the radiotelephone receives and transmits voice |
| 7613279 |
Method and system for directly interconnecting a TDM PBX to a voice mail system |
November 3, 2009 |
| A method is presented for routing a call from a PBX to a voice mailbox on a communication platform wherein a call is received from an originating device at the PBX and the PBX is associated with a voice mail box on a communication platform. A redirecting number associated with the PBX is |
| 7613136 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing communications re-connection se |
November 3, 2009 |
| A method, system, and computer program product for implementing communications re-connection services is provided. The method includes determining whether a disconnection for a communications session occurring between at least two devices is voluntary. The method also includes automa |
| 7613135 |
System and method for routing packet traffic |
November 3, 2009 |
| A system and method for routing packet traffic is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a router having a routing element that routes packet traffic according to Internal Gateway Protocol (IGP) weights that prevent multica |
| 7610361 |
System and method for ethernet network design |
October 27, 2009 |
| A system and method for Ethernet network design are disclosed. In one embodiment of a method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, embedded network information describing at least one existing network element and a plurality of physical locations available for locating new |
| 7610341 |
Filtered email differentiation |
October 27, 2009 |
| The present disclosure provides systems and methods for removing an undesired email message. Some embodiments comprise providing detection mechanisms for detecting undesired email messages from an email service of a user. Accordingly, a user interface may be provided to display an id |
| 7610288 |
Performance management system and method |
October 27, 2009 |
| A performance management system is disclosed. The performance management system includes a host system in communication with a client system. The host system includes a database server and an application server. The database server is configured to receive workplace performance infor |
| 7610047 |
System and method for providing integrated voice and data services utilizing wired cordless acce |
October 27, 2009 |
| Systems and methods provide integrated wireless and wired data voice and data services via a dual mode telecommunications device. A dual mode telephone operates as a digital cordless handset of a wired data network in a structure equipped with one or more wireless access points to allow |
| 7609832 |
Real-time client survey systems and methods |
October 27, 2009 |
| A system and method is provided that includes an automatic call distribution system adapted to communicate over a network and includes a first software control module. The automatic call distribution system is configured to route incoming calls received from the network to a call age |
| 7609825 |
Method and apparatus for automated billing and crediting of customer accounts |
October 27, 2009 |
| An account management system (100) is coupled to a service center (101) serving a number of customers (108). The account management system has a communications interface (110), a memory (104), and a controller (102). The controller is programmed to monitor (202) service outages of the |
| 7609820 |
Identification and management of automatically-generated voicemail notifications of voicemail an |
October 27, 2009 |
| Methods and systems are provided for utilizing voicemail messages to notify a subscriber of electronic mail receipt. A message notification and consolidation module monitors e-mail received, read, deleted or otherwise disposed of by an e-mail receiver (subscriber). Upon receipt of an |
| 7609628 |
System and method for fault-tolerance in an inter-carrier network interface |
October 27, 2009 |
| A system and method are disclosed for fault-tolerance in an inter-carrier network interface. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a PE-ASBR (Provider Edge-Autonomous System Boundary Router) (108, 138) having a communications interface |
| 7609623 |
Method and system for automatically rerouting data from an overbalanced logical circuit in a dat |
October 27, 2009 |
| A method and system are provided for automatically rerouting data from an overbalanced logical circuit in a data network. Status information is received for a logical circuit communicating data in the data network. The status information may include a forward explicit congestion noti |
| 7607090 |
Frameless data presentation |
October 20, 2009 |
| Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for presenting data from a plurality of computer applications for display. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. A graphical interface control to |
| 7606864 |
Setting and display of communication receipt preferences by users of multiple communication devi |
October 20, 2009 |
| Methods, systems, devices, and products are disclosed for indicating a preference for receipt of a communication. One such method stores a profile of a member and provides information on the member's profile to a sender of the communication. The information includes a communication r |
| 7606840 |
Version control in a distributed computing environment |
October 20, 2009 |
| The present disclosure provides systems and methods for maintaining and controlling different versions of electronic files in a distributed server environment. As such, one embodiment, among others, accesses a local file and compares the local file to a master file. The local file ha |
| 7606357 |
Caller identification of recipient that answered a simultaneous or routed communication |
October 20, 2009 |
| Simultaneous Ring Called Party Identification services identify an actual communications address (or other called party identifier) of an answering communications device in a simultaneous ring service. In some of the exemplary embodiments, a calling party uses a communications device tha |
| 7603494 |
Home networking resource management |
October 13, 2009 |
| In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method of configuring a computer coupled to a residential gateway. The method includes executing resource sharing software on the computer, receiving a message from the residential gateway requesting identification of availa |
| 7603467 |
Instant messaging architecture and system for interoperability and presence management |
October 13, 2009 |
| A computer network system establishes an instant messaging (IM) session between a first user registered with a first ISP (ISP) and at least one user registered with a second ISP when the two ISPs operate using different IM protocols. The ISPs each contain a Local IM server connected |
| 7603462 |
Methods and computer program products that manage communication interfaces between order handlin |
October 13, 2009 |
| A communication interface between an order generating program that generates orders and an order processing program that processes orders is managed. At least one metric that is based on orders passing from the order generating program to the order processing program is monitored. Th |
| 7603110 |
Identity blocking service from a wireless service provider |
October 13, 2009 |
| Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mobile subscriber (i.e., |
| 7602898 |
System and method for providing computer assisted user support |
October 13, 2009 |
| The disclosure is directed to a customer support call system including an interactive voice response system configured to receive a customer support call and configured to determine a caller identification. The interactive voice response system is configured to determine whether the |
