| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5940589 |
Method and apparatus for validating a subscriber terminal on a telecommunication network |
August 17, 1999 |
| A method and apparatus for validating a terminal for access to a network that includes a central office having a memory for storing an equipment identity record and a local office having a memory for storing a subscriber record and an access count. The equipment identity record and t |
| 5850596 |
Method and system for making unlicensed priority transmissions |
December 15, 1998 |
| A first PCS unit monitors carrier activity of other PCS units in an unlicensed frequency band adjacent to a licensed frequency band used by the first PCS unit, which has a microprocessor that compiles a history table of this other carrier activity. The first PCS unit then uses the hi |
| 5825769 |
System and method therefor of viewing in real time call traffic of a telecommunications network |
October 20, 1998 |
| In a telecommunications network, to provide both statistical reporting functions and reporting on a call by call detail basis, a "TRAFFICVIEW" Server (TVS) system is incorporated with a MCI Traffic Statistics (MTS) system. The TVS is responsive to instructions provided by subscribers so |
| 5818449 |
System and method for renaming a window title |
October 6, 1998 |
| A system and method for renaming a title of a window that has been created and is currently displayed on a computer screen. When a user wants to rename a window's title, the user first brings the window into focus; that is, he makes the desired window the active window. The user then pre |
| 5805691 |
System and method for safely and efficiently redirecting a telephone call |
September 8, 1998 |
| A system and method for efficient routing of communication paths in a telecommunications system. The system comprises a telecommunications network having a pivot node, a destination node, and a release node connected to the pivot node and having a possible connection to the destinati |
| 5805686 |
Telephone fraud detection system |
September 8, 1998 |
| A fraud detection system is disclosed for telephone PBX calls. The system includes a fraud data server for buffering the call detail records relating to inbound 800 number calls and outbound international calls. A threshold manager is connected at its input to an output of the fraud data |
| 5802468 |
System and method for identifying calling areas within a communication system |
September 1, 1998 |
| A system and method for providing different levels of mobile communication service for a mobile station within a communication system service area. A plurality of base transceiver stations (BTSs) are coupled to a common database. Each BTS has a cellular service area for communicating wit |
| 5802144 |
Minimum common span network outage detection and isolation |
September 1, 1998 |
| A method and related system dynamically determines the location of a network outage in a telecommunications network. A plurality of alarm generating network equipments are located at spaced sites along the network. Alarms are generated upon the detection of problems with a signal pas |
| 5794759 |
Protective cover for switches |
August 18, 1998 |
| A protective cover for use on a device having a switch. The protective cover prevents inadvertent or accidental operation of the switch, while allowing deliberate or intentional operation of the switch with the protective cover in place. The protective cover includes a plate and a pa |
| 5790809 |
Registry communications middleware |
August 4, 1998 |
| A computer system has a plurality of non-compatible clients and servers selectively interconnected over a network, each client capable of initiating an application in which a related compatible server is involved. Communication between the clients and servers involve a first registry |
| 5787271 |
Spare capacity allocation tool |
July 28, 1998 |
| An apparatus and method is described that is used to design a minimal spares network for a given communications network. Three data files are used as input which describe the communications network. The information comprising such data files include the number and configuration of the |
| 5784443 |
Integrated revenue domain for telecommunication networks |
July 21, 1998 |
| A system and method automatically, in real-time, create and maintain records of customer use of a telecommunication network for diverse types of service and costs. Each customer use of the network is collected and tagged in a record as an event for each switching device in the network. |
| 5774532 |
Single network record construction |
June 30, 1998 |
| Call records are generated from various network elements processing a call. A consolidation feed acts as a concentrator for the various records. However, since the concentrator receives the call records at different times, the invention provides a concentrator with a count of the various |
| 5768391 |
System and method for ensuring user privacy in network communications |
June 16, 1998 |
| A system and method for ensuring user privacy in a messaging system where a message is sent from a sender to a recipient via a service provider. Information pertaining to the identification of a sender and recipient of a message is encrypted so that a third party cannot determine who is |
| 5768361 |
Flexible enhanced signaling subsystem for a telecommunications switch |
June 16, 1998 |
| The Flexible Enhanced Signaling Subsystem (FESS) performs table-driven processing of incoming and outgoing messages and also handles multiple message types and trunk groups. A message received by the FESS is first processed by an incoming signaling module which performs all necessary |
| 5768256 |
Communications system and method providing optimal restoration of failed-paths |
June 16, 1998 |
| A system and method for restoring communications between a pair of nodes, between which communications have been broken, in a network. The method comprises the steps of designating one of the nodes a SENDER node and the other a CHOOSER node, where the SENDER and CHOOSER nodes each have a |
| 5765140 |
Dynamic project management system |
June 9, 1998 |
| A dynamic project management system includes a server network and a master database. The network is configured to identify a personnel resource pool including a plurality of users. A project planning tool is used to effect the project plan including a plurality of tasks to be performed b |
| 5764749 |
Carrier direct calling |
June 9, 1998 |
| The processing of telephone calls is described herein. A telephone call is initiated over a public telephone line using a carrier direct telephone number having a carrier specific identifier. The carrier specific identifier designates the international carrier that has assigned the c |
| 5761502 |
System and method for managing a telecommunications network by associating and correlating netwo |
June 2, 1998 |
| System and method for managing telecommunications networks. The state of network elements is managed by associating and correlating network events across many different network domains. Network elements include tangible elements, such as hardware and equipment, and non-tangible elements, |
| 5757903 |
Flexible direct and shared termination call processing |
May 26, 1998 |
| A method and apparatus for processing and routing termination telephone calls is disclosed. A termination telephone call is one that terminates at a specific pre-defined shared or specific pre-defined dedicated termination trunk group. The pre-defined trunk group is connected to a pr |
| 5751949 |
Data security system and method |
May 12, 1998 |
| A security system and method are provided for securing user access to server tables having data arranged in rows and columns. The server table is contained in a server computer which is accessible by a plurality of user terminals joined thereto. The server computer includes relational |
| 5748884 |
Autonotification system for notifying recipients of detected events in a network environment |
May 5, 1998 |
| An autonotification system that automatically performs pre-determined notification procedures based on specific messages detected from programs called traps. The present invention detects triggering events, such as job failures, abnormal ends (ABENDs), erroneous output, return codes, and |
| 5748617 |
Method and apparatus for emulating a digital cross-connect switch network |
May 5, 1998 |
| A method and apparatus for emulating a digital cross-connect (DXC) network fully tests a telecommunication network monitoring and control system (MCS). The communication and behavior of a digital cross-connect switching network are emulated in the presence and absence of selected network |
| 5748611 |
System and method for restoring a telecommunications network using conservative bandwidth reserv |
May 5, 1998 |
| A system and method for restoration of a disrupted telecommunications path between a source node and a destination node via at least one tandem node. The operation of the present invention proceeds in five phases: notification, broadcast, path trace-out, confirmation and cleanup. In the |
| 5748229 |
System and method for evaluating video fidelity by determining information frame rate |
May 5, 1998 |
| A system and method for evaluating video fidelity by calculating information frame rate. A time mechanism is sampled to obtain a time video signal. A visual excitation device is also sampled to obtain an information video signal. The time video signal is superimposed over the informa |
| 5745693 |
System for gathering and reporting real time data from an IDNX communications network |
April 28, 1998 |
| A system for analyzing communication network events on a historical basis based on records received from the network. A data processing system is connected via a first communications co-processor to a node of the network, permitting access to the node processor event log. In response to |
| 5742910 |
Teleadministration of subscriber ID modules |
April 21, 1998 |
| A mobile telephone remote programming system and method includes a mobile telephone that has a subscriber ID module (SIM) which can store control data for voice message actuation and vocoder parameters. The telephone is adapted to receive digital programming information over a radio |
| 5737319 |
Dynamic network topology determination |
April 7, 1998 |
| A system and method for dynamically determining the physical connection topology between diverse network elements (DNEs) within a communication network. Each DNE is audited on a periodic basis to determine the arrangement, configuration, cross-connection, and alarm status of each com |
| 5734811 |
Segment substitution/swap for network restoration pre-plans |
March 31, 1998 |
| A system and method are provided to diversely respond to changes in network topology and segment availability that occur between the time a restoration pre-plan is developed and the time it is executed. Changes that have occurred during this time are detected when the pre-plan is imp |
| 5734697 |
Method and apparatus for improving telecommunications system performance |
March 31, 1998 |
| A method and apparatus are described which automatically allocate available physical resources of a telecommunications network to efficiently resolve network problems and improve the serviceability, availability and reliability of such networks. Large volumes of sensor data representing |
| 5726979 |
Network management system |
March 10, 1998 |
| A system and method for managing a telecommunications network. The system and method employs a network management architecture that provides an overlay in which network management functions are performed. The network management architecture includes a workstation function that provides a |
| 5726788 |
Dynamically reconfigurable optical interface device using an optically switched backplane |
March 10, 1998 |
| An optical interface device dynamically reconfigures a telecommunications network. The device includes an optically switched backplane connected between two stages of an optical tapped amplifier. Various modules may be plugged into the backplane for performing selective processing of the |
| 5721914 |
System and method for hierarchical data distribution |
February 24, 1998 |
| The hierarchical data distribution system (HDDS) includes a top level master database system, bottom level client servers, each with its own database copy, and at least one intermediate database level. HDDS is an event driven pusher type system. The entry of update data into the system |
| 5715523 |
Access control for a fixed cellular terminal using a secondary power source |
February 3, 1998 |
| Access control is provided for a fixed cellular terminal using a secondary power source. Upon detecting an interruption of power from a primary power source, a signal is provided to reset a non-volatile memory in the fixed cellular terminal to erase a password previously stored in the me |
| 5687223 |
Method for acquiring statistics in a telephone network employing flexibly changeable rules |
November 11, 1997 |
| Data incorporated in call detail records (CDR), obtained from network switches, are subjected to processing by a statistics engine which maintains separate counts for CDR events relating to certain calls, such as 800 number and 900 number calls. Such events, such as attempted calls, |
| 5680326 |
System and method therefor of estimating optimal spare capacity for a distributed restoration sc |
October 21, 1997 |
| To estimate an optimal amount of spare capacity for a network so that efficient distributed restoration of the network can take place in the event of a network failure, parameter assumptions and network design guidelines are provided to a network modeling tool to generate a desirable |
| 5677946 |
Adapter for connecting a modem to a digital private branch exchange |
October 14, 1997 |
| A device for connecting a data device having an analog output to a digital telephone having a base unit and a handset with first analog signals being coupled bi-directionally between the base unit and the handset. The device includes a first input receiving the first analog signals from |
| 5677945 |
Account balancing and monitoring system for a telecommunications network |
October 14, 1997 |
| A system and method provide prepaid telecommunication services using credit or debit cards in a telecommunication network including a central data base. The system monitors card balances while blocking multiple use of card balances and sends warning messages to subscribers on card balanc |
| 5666831 |
Anti-tampering locking system |
September 16, 1997 |
| A locking system comprising a locking fastener having tamper-resistant features, and a special key having a bit at one end for engaging a socket in the head of the locking fastener to rotate the latter. The internal configuration of the socket corresponds to an external configuration of |
| 5666152 |
Rotating visual display for video testing |
September 9, 1997 |
| A method and apparatus for testing the operation of a videophone wherein a rotating body having a visual pattern of contrasting visual shapes is placed within the visual field of the videophone. The videophone is connected to a communication path which in turn is connected to a display. |
| 5664179 |
Modified skip list database structure and method for access |
September 2, 1997 |
| A database management system and method for operation allow both key compression and quick indexed retrieval of nodes. The system includes a processor, memory and a modified skip list data structure with compressed search keys. The prior art skip list structure is modified so that each |
| 5663822 |
Optical comb generator using optical white noise source |
September 2, 1997 |
| A system and method for multi-wavelength modulated optical communication uses the same optical fiber without the use of multiple tuned lasers. A transmitter includes an optical comb generator and a digital modulator. The optical comb generator generates a broad spectrum of wavelengths us |
| 5657320 |
Method and system for resolving contention of spare capacity circuits of a telecommunications ne |
August 12, 1997 |
| The present invention provides to a distributed restoration scheme a set of timers so that multiple senders and choosers can more fairly contend for the spare capacity of a telecommunications network. In particular, a preactivation timer would force a sender that had reserved excess spar |
| 5646936 |
Knowledge based path set up and spare capacity assignment for distributed network restoration |
July 8, 1997 |
| In a telecommunications network having a plurality of intelligent nodes interconnected by multiple communication channels, alternate paths and spare channels are set up for restoring traffic disrupted by failure to one or more of the communications channels. The alternate paths may be se |
| 5642407 |
System and method for selected audio response in a telecommunications network |
June 24, 1997 |
| A system and method for selected audio response to a telephone call that results in an unsuccessful connection. If a condition within the set of conditions is satisfied based on attributes associated with the caller or the telephone call, an action list associated with the satisfied cond |
| 5642396 |
Release cause table for failed calls in SS7/ISDN Networks |
June 24, 1997 |
| A plurality of release action tables are maintained in the switching nodes of a telecommunication network, e.g SS7, ISDN, one table for each trunk group. The table indicates desired actions or treatments to be taken for failed calls, each identified by a cause condition. Upon receiving a |
| 5640446 |
System and method of validating special service calls having different signaling protocols |
June 17, 1997 |
| The present invention telecommunications system provides validation of authorization codes input by a user for placing a call from a service area of a first telecommunications service provider with a calling card issued by another telecommunications service provider. The present inventio |
| 5638434 |
Conference system for dial-out telephone calls |
June 10, 1997 |
| A conference system provides dial-out conference calls to participants who use various virtual private network dialing plans as well as place non-plan calls, such as Direct Distance Dialing and International Direct Distance Dialing. The conference system recognizes non-identical VPN |
| 5638431 |
Calling card validation system and method therefor |
June 10, 1997 |
| The present invention telecommunications system provides validation of authorization codes input by a user for placing a call from a service area of a first telecommunications service provider with a calling card issued by another telecommunications service provider. The present inventio |
| 5636271 |
Security code selector for telephone access card |
June 3, 1997 |
| A card for tonal entry of PIN codes into a telephone is provided. The keys of a key entry device are contacted in a proscribed sequence to enter a number into the card with each use of the card. The keyed in number is compared with a number stored in the card. If the numbers are the same |
