| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D562806 |
Remote control device |
February 26, 2008 |
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| D550696 |
Replay icon for a display screen |
September 11, 2007 |
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| 7450924 |
Interference cancellation and receive diversity for single-valued modulation receivers |
November 11, 2008 |
| A combined SAIC receiver and a multiple-antenna, receive diversity receiver are employed to reduce interference in a wireless system. The real and imaginary parts of the de-rotated signal for each receive path associated with an antenna are separately filtered and a combined output s |
| 7444171 |
Method and system for sharing speed dial lists amongst multiple telecommunications services |
October 28, 2008 |
| A master database stores a speed dial list associated with a user of multiple telecommunications services. The database shares the speed dial list with the telecommunication services such that a single speed dial list serves all of the user's telecommunications services. The database |
| 7433362 |
System and method for SONET NSAP addressing |
October 7, 2008 |
| A synchronous optical network (SONET) system having multi-hierarchal network service access point (NSAP) addressing includes a plurality of network elements (NEs) electrically linked, and a first level routing area and a second level routing area that each includes at least one NE. T |
| 7415760 |
Apparatus for pre-forming a twisted-pair electrical cable |
August 26, 2008 |
| A wiring block pre-forms a cable end having twisted wires for subsequent installation of a plug on the cable end. A back end of the block leading to a cavity within the block receives the cable end such that a cable portion adjacent to the cable end sits inside the cavity. A front end of |
| 7415106 |
Network-based voice activated auto-attendant service with B2B connectors |
August 19, 2008 |
| In a particular embodiment, a method of processing enterprise information system data for use by a voice activated auto-attendant service network is disclosed. The method includes provisioning a network-based voice activated auto-attendant service via a web interface including downlo |
| 7406504 |
Intelligent email detection and auto reply email technique to emails destined to no reply email |
July 29, 2008 |
| An intelligent email detection and auto reply email tool is disclosed. A method includes receiving an incoming email, determining whether the incoming email requires a response; and after determining that the incoming email requires a response, generating an auto reply email to the i |
| 7406334 |
Systems and methods for securing personal or private content stored in the internal memory of a |
July 29, 2008 |
| Mobile terminals, such as cell phones, having an internal memory and operating in a GSM wireless network environment with a SIM, store private content such as images, ring tones, buddy lists, email and the like, in the terminal memory. The private content is associated with the IMSI/ |
| 7400720 |
System and method for optimizing digital subscriber line based services |
July 15, 2008 |
| A method is provided that can be used for modifying a control parameter associated with a digital subscriber line (DSL) service. Initially, a real-time performance parameter is received from a first termination unit that is coupled to an DSL circuit. The real-time performance parameter i |
| 7388948 |
AMA access over local audit analysis (AAOLA) |
June 17, 2008 |
| A method of evaluating automatic message accounting records associated with telephony calls that originate at a local exchange carrier telephony office and that are routed over an inter-exchange carrier telephony facility is disclosed. The method comprises collecting originating auto |
| 7388906 |
Method for detecting bridged taps on telephony cable |
June 17, 2008 |
| In a particular embodiment a method of collecting and processing modem data is provided. The method includes, during training of a broadband modem, sending a series of tones within a frequency transmission band of the broadband modem, receiving the transmitted series of tones at a re |
| 7386116 |
Quick shift jack panel |
June 10, 2008 |
| A method and system for coupling a second wire pair to a communications service are disclosed. The system includes a first connector for receiving an electrical connection to a first wire pair. The first wire pair provides a communication service to a customer location. The system al |
| 7384168 |
Light fixture having air ducts |
June 10, 2008 |
| A light fixture has an outer housing having a top outer wall, outer side walls extending substantially perpendicularly from the outer edges of the top outer wall, an inner housing having a top inner wall, and inner side walls extending substantially perpendicularly from the inner edges o |
| 7379650 |
Apparatuses having spool assembly for absorbing jumper slack |
May 27, 2008 |
| An apparatus includes a trough for routing jumpers along a surface of the trough. The apparatus further includes a spool assembly having a spool supported on a mount. The mount has an adhesive surface. The adhesive surface is attached to the trough surface to attach the spool to the |
| 7379449 |
Method and system of supporting abbreviated dialing between affiliated phones wherein at least o |
May 27, 2008 |
| Method and system of supporting abbreviated dialing. The method and system may be used in conjunction with calls between affiliated phones if at least a portion of the signals associated therewith are transmitted over a non-affiliated network. |
| 7379448 |
Automated method and system for selectively updating communications parameters representing subs |
May 27, 2008 |
| Methods and systems for updating subscriber service parameters in a communications network wherein a central provisioning unit automatically locates subscriber ports having subscriber service parameters that require updating and which automatically issues commands for updating the su |
| 7376112 |
Method and system for seamless service availability for multi-mode terminals in different access |
May 20, 2008 |
| Systems, methods and devices provide seamless communication service for a wireless multi-mode communication terminal. A multi-mode communication terminal with an intelligent call forwarding module automatically forwards calls in a multi-mode network environment. A backbone communicat |
| 7366337 |
Personal bill denomination reader |
April 29, 2008 |
| A memory stores built-in images per bill denomination for a plurality of bill denominations. The built-in images may include a corresponding image for each of four corners for each of two sides of the bill denomination. A camera captures an image of a bill. A pattern recognizer matches t |
| 7366203 |
Passive optical network and ultrawide band adapter |
April 29, 2008 |
| The disclosure relates generally to a system including a passive optical network element and a first ultra wideband adapter coupled to the passive optical network element. The first ultra wideband adapter is coupled via a data communication line to a second ultra wideband adapter. The se |
| 7362713 |
System and method for accessing digital subscriber line data |
April 22, 2008 |
| A system and method of accessing digital subscriber line data is provided. The system includes a first server having an input to receive a telephone number from a web browser interface and having an output to provide performance analysis data associated with at least one of a plurality o |
| 7359494 |
System and method for restricted telephone message delivery |
April 15, 2008 |
| A system for controlling restricted telephone calls that originate from a facility includes a facility resident telephone for calling a destination telephone number as a collect call, where the collect call is completed when accepted, a call processing platform electrically coupled to th |
| 7356475 |
System and method for providing access to an interactive service offering |
April 8, 2008 |
| A system and method are disclosed for providing access to an interactive service offering. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include receiving a first communication in a format that complies with a first protocol. The first communication may be associated |
| 7356023 |
System and method for facilitating packetized calls between managed networks |
April 8, 2008 |
| A system and method for facilitating packetized calls between managed networks are disclosed. In one embodiment of a system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, a mediation server may be associated with and maintain an information store holding a first collection of con |
| 7353047 |
Integrated mobile phone ring scheduler |
April 1, 2008 |
| A mobile telephone comprises a ringer to provide an audible alert of an incoming telephone call. The mobile telephone has a ringer schedule interface to receive a ringer control schedule. The ringer control schedule indicates times at which a parameter of the ringer is to change. The |
| 7346756 |
System, computer readable medium and method for multi-tiered data access |
March 18, 2008 |
| A system, computer readable medium, and method for multi-tiered data access. The method includes the steps of determining a first search parameter and a second search parameter in response to an operator initiated command, determining a physical location of a data unit corresponding |
| 7346152 |
Intelligently providing dialup access numbers using an automated voice response system |
March 18, 2008 |
| A method for an automated voice response system to present access numbers to dial-up Internet users. The automated voice response system can perform the step of establishing a telephony communication with a party responsive to a received telephone call from the party. An indicator a |
| 7342920 |
Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) telephone apparatus and communications systems for carrying |
March 11, 2008 |
| The present disclosure is generally directed to a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) telephone apparatus and a communication system for carrying VoIP traffic. In a particular embodiment, the VoIP telephone apparatus includes an encoder and decoder module responsive to a handset of t |
| 7336694 |
Delay-induced scattering with phase randomization and partitioned frequency hopping |
February 26, 2008 |
| A first copy and a second copy of a signal, which comprises a plurality of TDMA frames, are transmitted from the same antenna. Relative to the first copy, the second copy of the signal has a fixed delay and a random phase. The random phase changes from one of the TDMA frames to another o |
| 7325988 |
One-piece ergonomic keyboard and related methods |
February 5, 2008 |
| A one-piece keyboard includes a compressible body having a plurality of depressible key areas, each associated with a first spring constant, and a wrist support area of the body associated with a second spring constant. By selecting appropriate spring constants, stresses on a user's |
| 7321656 |
Shared usage telecommunications billing system and method |
January 22, 2008 |
| In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a telecommunications billing system that includes an interface, a customer database, a usage database and a billing module. The interface is configured to receive subscription data associated with a subscription and a first se |
| 7313576 |
System and method for flexible data transfer |
December 25, 2007 |
| A method and system for flexibly transferring data from one or more data sources to one or more data destinations within an information network where each of the one or more data sources have data in a particular source format and each of the one or more data destinations have data in |
| 7313562 |
Rhetorical content management system and methods |
December 25, 2007 |
| The present disclosure is directed generally to a method of content management. The method includes receiving a user input entered in a plurality of grammatical structured text entry elements associated with a content subject, each of the plurality of grammatical structured text entr |
| 7310807 |
System and method for local video distribution |
December 18, 2007 |
| A system and method are disclosed for facilitating local video distribution. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include linking a plurality of users with associated carrier frequencies. The associated frequencies may be given approximately six MHz slices o |
| 7308288 |
System and method for prioritized interface design |
December 11, 2007 |
| A system and method for prioritized interface design are disclosed. In one embodiment of a system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, a wireless-enabled device may include a display, a user input mechanism, and a housing component that at least partially defines an interna |
| 7307574 |
Remote control, apparatus, system and methods of using the same |
December 11, 2007 |
| A system provides an audible signal to the user of the system before a control or function is activated by the user. In one embodiment, a remote control can be used with an apparatus, such as a set-top box. When the user places an object near a control of the remote control, a control or |
| 7302155 |
Apparatuses having spool assembly for absorbing jumper slack |
November 27, 2007 |
| A spool assembly includes a spool supported on a mount. The mount has an adhesive covered by a cover capable of being peeled off from the adhesive. The adhesive is attached to a structure such as a trough or a panel in order to attach the spool to the structure such that the spool st |
| 7301936 |
Ring overlay network dedicated to carry broadcast traffic to DSLAMs |
November 27, 2007 |
| A broadcast overlay network has a ring topology to carry broadcast traffic from a head-end network. A digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) has a network interface in communication with the broadcast overlay network. The DSLAM is to receive a request for a particular video |
| 7299478 |
Integration service and domain object for telecommunications operational support |
November 20, 2007 |
| In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to an integration service. The integration service includes an interface layer, a logic layer, an object layer, and a resource layer. The interface layer includes a plurality of communications adapters. The logic layer includes a |
| 7296027 |
Rhetorical content management with tone and audience profiles |
November 13, 2007 |
| A content management system including an audience profile is disclosed. The content management system includes a database having a plurality of records. At least one record of the plurality of records includes a plurality of fields storing a plurality of grammatical syntax elements a |
| 7293291 |
System and method for detecting computer port inactivity |
November 6, 2007 |
| A system and method for detecting an idle or inactive data port connection on a personal computer (PC) and blocking external access, e.g., Wide Area Network (WAN) access to an end-user PC is presented. The system provides for added security for unattended PCs having broadband connections |
| 7286834 |
System and method for location based policy management |
October 23, 2007 |
| The disclosure is directed to a system including a set of short-range wireless access points and a policy server. The set of short-range wireless access points are configured to provide a short-range wireless network having a coverage area and are configured to communicate with a wir |
| 7272281 |
Powered fiber cable |
September 18, 2007 |
| An optical fiber for information transmission contains a glass tube core wrapped in a sheath of conductive material attachable to a power source such as a battery or generator to transmit power via the conductive sheath of the fiber. Methods to transmit power via an optical fiber, to |
| 7272209 |
Automated DSL performance adjustment |
September 18, 2007 |
| The present application discloses an automated digital subscriber line performance control system comprising a computer system including a logic module to evaluate performance of a plurality of DSL lines and to automatically select a set of DSL lines from the plurality of DSL lines, |
| 7269408 |
Method and system of alerting callers to surcharges |
September 11, 2007 |
| Method and system of alerting callers of surcharges associated with making phone calls. The method and system relating to calls made between affiliated and non-affiliated providers wherein the surcharges are fees incurred in service calls therebetween. The fees may be flat-rate fees or |
| 7268993 |
Integrated protector and splitter |
September 11, 2007 |
| A method and five pin integrated protector and splitter module are provided for use at a protector panel of a facility for housing telephone-related equipment, where the module is capable of being used in conjunction with at least a broadband MODEM separate from a digital loop carrie |
| 7263346 |
Method and system for enabling mobile users to manage cells |
August 28, 2007 |
| A method for a user to manage calls includes provisioning the user with mobile minutes for calls within the same provider and usage minutes for usage calls. Upon a call between the user and another user it is determined whether the users have the same provider. The call is a mobile c |
| 7260089 |
Remote worker access on networked PBX systems using a VoIP platform |
August 21, 2007 |
| A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) feature server provides a remote worker feature over a VoIP platform of an IP network. The remote worker feature facilitates an individual, who is assigned a telephone number at his/her home PBX, to receive telephone service from a remote PBX using |
| 7248774 |
Router having interconnected tubular segments |
July 24, 2007 |
| A router includes tubular segments interconnected to one another. Each tubular segment surrounds an interior which accommodates fiber optic jumpers within the tubular segment. A latch of a first one of the tubular segments connects to a connector hole of a second one of the tubular s |
| 7242751 |
System and method for speech recognition-enabled automatic call routing |
July 10, 2007 |
| A system and method are disclosed for processing a call by receiving caller input in a speech format and utilizing phonemes to convert the speech input into word strings. The word strings are then converted into at least one object and at least one action. A synonym table is utilized |
