| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6160877 |
Method of screening and prioritizing an incoming call |
December 12, 2000 |
| A subscriber interface operating as a Personal Agent is provided to simplify, enhance and integrate the currently fragmented telephone services. The Personal Agent enables the subscriber to access and activate telephone network services using voice recognition technology. The subscri |
| 6097801 |
Number portability using enhanced routing table |
August 1, 2000 |
| A method of providing number portability for the treatment of calls from a calling party to a specific number of a ported called party is disclosed. Once the dialed digits are received at a switching office serving the calling party, a determination is made of whether the call is a numbe |
| 6047055 |
Number portability with database query |
April 4, 2000 |
| A method of providing number portability for the treatment of calls from a calling party to a specific number of a called party is disclosed. An Initial Address Message (IAM) containing the calling and called party's numbers to enable said call to reach said terminating office is forward |
| 6002757 |
Number portability using enhanced routing table |
December 14, 1999 |
| A method of providing number portability for the treatment of calls from a calling party to a specific number of a called party is disclosed. Once the dialed digits are received at a switching office serving the calling party, a determination is made of whether the call is directed to a |
| 5999611 |
Subscriber interface for accessing and operating personal communication services |
December 7, 1999 |
| A subscriber interface operating as a Personal Agent is provided to simplify, enhance and integrate the currently fragmented telephone services. The Personal Agent enables the subscriber to access and activate telephone network services using voice recognition technology. The subscri |
| 5966433 |
Method and apparatus for screening calls in telephone networks |
October 12, 1999 |
| A telephone network comprises at least one switching unit having a plurality of subscriber access lines each having an associated calling number and, a storage device storing a plurality of listings of destination numbers. Each listing is associated with a respective one of the calli |
| 5953404 |
Method and system for providing mediated access between signaling networks |
September 14, 1999 |
| A method and system is disclosed for mediating signalling protocol dialogue between an internal signalling network operational domain operated by one network operator and an external signalling network operational domain operated by another network operator. One embodiment provides a met |
| 5953403 |
Method for preventing call congestion on outgoing trunks of a local telephone exchange |
September 14, 1999 |
| A system and method of preventing call congestion on outgoing trunks of a local telephone exchange is provided. A virtual trunk group representing a percentage of the total trunk capacity is assigned at the local exchange for carrying calls which are likely to cause congestion. In one em |
| 5915009 |
Number portability using ISUP message option |
June 22, 1999 |
| A method of providing number portability for the treatment of calls from a calling party to a specific number of a called party is disclosed. An Initial Address Message (IAM) containing the calling and called party's numbers to enable said call to reach said terminating office is forward |
| 5905774 |
Method and system of accessing and operating a voice message system |
May 18, 1999 |
| A subscriber interface operating as a Personal Agent is provided to simplify, enhance and integrate the currently fragmented telephone services The Personal Agent enables the subscriber to access and activate telephone network services using voice recognition technology. The subscrib |
| 5828729 |
Automated mass calling detection using CCS7 message parameters |
October 27, 1998 |
| In a telephone network having a number of telephone switching offices which have CCS7 signalling capabilities and wherein each switching office is linked to STPs (Signalling Transfer Points), or other switching offices with CCS7 signalling links, a method of detecting mass calling events |
| 5768358 |
Method and apparatus for routing a call to a number corresponding to a virtual public dial plan |
June 16, 1998 |
| A method for creating a virtual public numbering domain, which will coexist with and be parallel and non-intrusive to the existing geographic North American telephone network numbering plan is disclosed. It will have sufficient capacity to provide additional and more flexible numbering |
| 5583926 |
Method and apparatus for routing a call to a number corresponding to a virtual public dial plan |
December 10, 1996 |
| A method for creating a virtual public numbering domain, which will coexist with and be parallel and non-intrusive to the existing geographic North American telephone network numbering plan is disclosed. It will have sufficient capacity to provide additional and more flexible numbering |
| 5539817 |
Wide area centrex toll service with novel translation |
July 23, 1996 |
| A method of providing multi-switch business group (MBG) services at each of a plurality of locations is described. The MBG services can be provided for calls made from a calling party served by an originating switch at one location to a called party served by a terminating switch at a lo |
