| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7463731 |
Apparatus and method for dual mode phone |
December 9, 2008 |
| A dual mode packet phone is provided, comprising a first connector to connect the phone with a data network, and a second connector to connect the phone with a backup network. The phone automatically switches between the data and backup networks in the event that the data network fails t |
| 7461378 |
Methods and apparatus for processing an instant message |
December 2, 2008 |
| A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for processing of an instant message. According to embodiments of the present invention, a sender or originator of an instant message may be sent a notification regarding one or more actions involving the instant message a |
| 7450934 |
Apparatus and method for IM to PTT correlation of mobile phones as associated devices |
November 11, 2008 |
| Some embodiments provide a system and method for enabling automatic call configuration to associated devices of parties involved in a data session. The call configuration involves a computing device utilized by an originating party. The originating party has an associated device othe |
| 7428417 |
System and method for presence perimeter rule downloading |
September 23, 2008 |
| A telecommunications system includes a plurality of network clients (150) including a positioning controller (504) and a communications controller (502); and a positioning server (152) including a coordinating controller (161) for maintaining a database of network clients to be tracked a |
| 7403786 |
System and method for in-building presence system |
July 22, 2008 |
| A telecommunications system includes a plurality of network clients (150) including a positioning controller (504) and a communications controller (502); and a positioning server (152) including a coordinating controller (161) for maintaining a database of network clients to be tracked a |
| 7391857 |
Methods and apparatus for forwarding caller ID data from a call answering device utilizing a cal |
June 24, 2008 |
| Methods and apparatus for forwarding Caller ID data on demand when retrieving messages from an answering device using an endpoint telecommunications device and an associated call control system (such as the central office of the calling phone, a PBX, ToL Gatekeeper, wireless carrier |
| 7372822 |
Computer-based telephone call conferencing |
May 13, 2008 |
| Some embodiments provide a system including a telephone and a computing device coupled to the telephone, the computing device to establish a conference call between the telephone and at least one other telephone. |
| 7333819 |
System and method for global positioning system enhanced presence rules |
February 19, 2008 |
| A telecommunications system includes a plurality of remote clients (150) including a positioning controller (504) and a communications controller (502), the positioning controller receiving position information and the communications controller communicating the position information; and |
| 7315746 |
System and method for speed-based presence state modification |
January 1, 2008 |
| A telecommunications system includes a plurality of network clients (150) including a positioning controller (504) and a communications controller (502); and a positioning server (152) including a coordinating controller (161) for maintaining a database of network clients to be tracked a |
| 7248684 |
System and method for processing conference collaboration records |
July 24, 2007 |
| A telecommunications system includes a network (102) and a multimedia server (104) operably coupled to the network. The multimedia server (104) is adapted to manage a multimedia conference and includes a memory (103) for storing selectable portions of the multimedia conference. The syste |
| 7245607 |
Apparatus and method for telephony feature access and gatekeeper policy interaction on combined |
July 17, 2007 |
| A ToL/PBX system is provided whereby a single policy may be enforced for both TFA (telephony feature access) and ToL (telephony over LAN) users by making the H.323 gatekeeper (103) aware of those TFA connectors so as to accurately allocate the remaining available bandwidth. According to |
| 7224966 |
System and method for web-based presence perimeter rule monitoring |
May 29, 2007 |
| A telecommunications system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless device (30-150) including a positioning controller (504) and a communications controller (502); and an administrative device (30-152) for receiving alerts from said wireless communicat |
| 7206384 |
System and method for automating communications system software upgrades |
April 17, 2007 |
| A telecommunications system includes a switch having a controller implementing software to control switching operation and a memory for storing a database of software upgrade risk factors. The software upgrade risk factors define whether a software upgrade is to be attended by an on- |
| 7206306 |
System and method for emergency call diversion |
April 17, 2007 |
| A distributed communication system that is capable of providing emergency call diversion during an event such as a power outage, network or sub-network failure, site closure, or the like, allows devices within the system affected by the event to rapidly inform one another that it is |
| 7202814 |
System and method for presence-based area monitoring |
April 10, 2007 |
| A telecommunications device includes a positioning controller (504) adapted to determine positioning information for said telecommunications device; and a wireless communications controller (502) adapted to receive said positioning information from said positioning controller and cause |
| 7200113 |
Apparatus and method for isochronous network delay compensation |
April 3, 2007 |
| In an isochronous telecommunications system sending packets over two routes in a network, a server of the network compares overall transmission delay between the routes. If the new route is faster, a server buffers cells on the new route until the last cell on the old route is delive |
| 7158509 |
Apparatus and method for providing a secondary messaging system for a ToL communication system |
January 2, 2007 |
| An external or secondary messaging system is coupled to a ToL system for providing a temporary storage cache where messages may be left when elements of ToL system cannot be reached do to outage events. The secondary messaging system is located outside the area of the ToL system that |
| 7133695 |
System and method for automatic mobile device activation |
November 7, 2006 |
| A telecommunications network includes a central service center (112) for maintaining a master system database (122, 124) and propagating to switch databases preactivation information. Local switches (114) include or are operably coupled to switch databases (126, 128) and PIN collection u |
| 7130409 |
Systems and methods using secondary signal backchanneling |
October 31, 2006 |
| Within a network environment, redundant capabilities for exchanging call-processing signals enhance reliability of telephony support for telephony endpoint devices. A data network, such as a telephony-over-local area network, provides primary support for the telephony endpoint device |
| 7130403 |
System and method for enhanced multimedia conference collaboration |
October 31, 2006 |
| A telecommunications system includes a network (102) and a multimedia server (104) operably coupled to the network. The multimedia server (104) is adapted to manage a multimedia conference and includes a memory (103) for storing selectable portions of the multimedia conference, as well a |
| 7120927 |
System and method for e-mail alias registration |
October 10, 2006 |
| An e-mail alias registration system is provided. According to one embodiment, users may register an e-mail address and a password at an alias relay server (102). Then, when a third party attempts to reply to the registered user, the third party will be presented with a sign on screen |
| 7110510 |
System and method for handling of threaded messages |
September 19, 2006 |
| A messaging system (300) capable of handling threaded messages. Older messages (400, 402) in a thread may be identified as having already been read or opened, and handled in the same way as later messages (404) in the thread. If a user opens an intermediate message (402) in a thread, he |
| 7106737 |
System and method for reinterpreting TOS bits |
September 12, 2006 |
| A system and method for providing Quality of Service in an Ethernet network. One or more telephony application programs are provided, along with an H.323 Recommendation stack, an IP layer, and modular Generate QoSEthernet and QoSEthernet layers. The Generate QoSEthernet layer is adap |
| 7065785 |
Apparatus and method for TOL client boundary protection |
June 20, 2006 |
| A telephony-over-LAN (ToL) system having a graphical user interface (GUI) wherein an authorized or guest user may be locked within a ToL window, having full access to the ToL features, but denied access to other parts of the computer system. In such a system, the terminal user or subscri |
| 7023812 |
System and method for improving modem transmission through private branch exchanges, central off |
April 4, 2006 |
| A modem including an echo canceller adapted to determine locations of far-end echo sources. The echo canceller is adapted to send a signal to turn off network echo suppressors and enter a training mode. A training signal at a predetermined modem training frequency is sent from the modem |
| 6999572 |
Automated call connection system |
February 14, 2006 |
| A method and system are provided for automatic call connection. A call back request is initiated by a first user and then sent to a second user. After the call back request is received by the second user, the second user is given the option of accepting or rejecting the call back request |
| 6914519 |
System and method for muting alarms during a conference |
July 5, 2005 |
| A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for muting or disabling audible alarms or alerts during a conference or collaboration event are provided. During the conference or collaboration event, users may participate in the conference via user or client devices (e.g., |
| 6901080 |
System and method for providing an intermediary layer for VoIP call pipe establishment |
May 31, 2005 |
| A Generate QoSEthernet layer (118) is provided, interposed between an IP layer and a QoSEthernet layer (115). The Generate QoSEthernet layer (118) intercepts call commands, such as call setup commands, and identifies a required QoS for the particular call. The Generate QoSEthernet layer |
| 6842768 |
Apparatus and method for selectable compression |
January 11, 2005 |
| Messages or data files of various compressions can be intelligently and efficiently managed as needed based on a current connection speed. According to a specific embodiment of the invention, channel speed is determined, and for lower speed channels messages or data files with higher |
| 6829622 |
Apparatus and method for mobile device synchronization |
December 7, 2004 |
| Many portable computing devices include data based applications such as schedules, contact managers, and the like, which can be synchronized with another computing device, such as a desktop computer, whereby the data on both synchronized devices are conformed. The present invention discl |
| 6801521 |
System and method for distributed call signaling in telephony-over-LAN networks |
October 5, 2004 |
| A gateway (106) to an H.323 network configured to monitor and intercept in-band signaling from external networks. The gateway (106) further provides to the H.323 terminal (102) out-of-band signaling indicative of the nature of the in-band signaling received from the external network. If |
| 6785867 |
Automatic application loading for e-mail attachments |
August 31, 2004 |
| A system and method for automatically loading an application program associated with an e-mail application attachment file upon reception of the e-mail. Alternatively, the application program may be loaded as soon as the e-mail message itself is opened, without waiting for the user to |
| 6775247 |
Reducing multipoint conferencing bandwidth |
August 10, 2004 |
| A method, apparatus and communication system for efficiently and economically supporting a multipoint videoconference call is described. The multimedia conference unit determines which communication unit is a dominant communication unit, with the other communication units being thus |
| 6766422 |
Method and system for web caching based on predictive usage |
July 20, 2004 |
| The present method for predictive caching operation determines a time-based pattern of a high-access period for a web page, and pre-fetches the web page into a cache before the high access period begins. A table is generated where the table comprises a URL, a time of last access and a |
| 6757277 |
System and method for coding algorithm policy adjustment in telephony-over-LAN networks |
June 29, 2004 |
| A bandwidth adjustment server (BWAS) (109) is provided which monitors system bandwidth usage, sends requests to terminals (102A, 102B and/or 106), to identify their coding capabilities, and directs each of the terminals to adjust their coding algorithms based on system bandwidth usag |
| 6738343 |
System and method for utilizing direct user signaling to enhance fault tolerant H.323 systems |
May 18, 2004 |
| An H.323 client terminal (102) according to an embodiment of the invention employs primary and secondary H.323 control units or state machines (110a, 110b). The primary control unit (110a) sends signaling messages to a primary gatekeeper (108a) and triggers the secondary control unit (11 |
| 6731993 |
Computer telephony audio configuration |
May 4, 2004 |
| Techniques for validating an audio configuration of a computer are provided. Validation tests are performed on the audio configuration and results from the tests are displayed to a user as a report. The report can include an indication of the audio configuration settings that will ad |
| 6728221 |
Method and apparatus for efficiently utilizing conference bridge capacity |
April 27, 2004 |
| Methods, apparatus and computer system for efficiently utilizing a conference bridge capacity in order to support a multipoint conference call are described. Each conference bridge within multiple communication groups determines which local communication unit is a dominant local comm |
| 6721399 |
Apparatus and systems for utilizing caller ID data to automate return call processing |
April 13, 2004 |
| Apparatus and systems for recording Call ID data and transmitting the Caller ID data to remote telecommunications devices on demand, to fully or partially automate the dialing process for remotely calling back a message sender. |
| 6707827 |
Method and apparatus for optimizing audio response in telephony-over-LAN systems |
March 16, 2004 |
| To improve the quality of audio signals transmitted over a computer network, a source computer (12) and a destination computer (30) that participate in the call exchange information concerning the gain and the frequency characteristics response of the audio components of each partici |
| 6700901 |
System and method for digital telephones on H.323 networks |
March 2, 2004 |
| A communications system and interface (109, 210) for interfacing a proprietary digital telephone (108, 114) to a local area network (LAN) (104). The interface may be embodied in a computer expansion card or a stand-alone unit. The interface converts signals from the proprietary digit |
| 6693874 |
System and method for enabling fault tolerant H.323 systems |
February 17, 2004 |
| An H.323 client terminal (102) according to an embodiment of the invention employs primary and secondary H.323 control units or state machines (110a, 110b). The primary control unit (110a) sends signaling messages to a primary gatekeeper (108a) and triggers the secondary control unit (11 |
| 6687792 |
Method and system for selectively caching web elements |
February 3, 2004 |
| The present method for selective web caching comprises the steps of generating a table, the table comprising a URL, a time of last access and a time stamp of a web page, the table further comprising a URL, time of last access and time stamp of elements found on the web page; when a r |
| 6683889 |
Apparatus and method for adaptive jitter buffers |
January 27, 2004 |
| A jitter buffer controller allows the depth of the jitter buffer to be adjusted dynamically according to the varying jitter of the current sequence. The contents of the jitter buffer are examined during a transmission. If the delay or average delay within the buffer drops to a predet |
| 6657965 |
System and method for enhanced routing and reservation protocol |
December 2, 2003 |
| A network node and a method of dynamically reconfiguring routes of established connections in a communications system operate to provide the optimal path for a new connection based on a priority status of the new connection. The optimal path is provided even when a communication link on |
| 6653930 |
Urgency-based variable call notification |
November 25, 2003 |
| A method and device are configured to generate alerts that are varied based upon whether an incoming communication is perceived to be mode (i.e., a non-urgency mode), with different tactile-based patterns being dependent upon the selection of the mode. That is, the patterns of the alerts |
| 6636965 |
Embedding recipient specific comments in electronic messages using encryption |
October 21, 2003 |
| A message processing system allows a user to create messages for delivery to a number of recipients. In addition, the user can create one or more comments or special instructions in the message that are to be delivered to fewer than all of the recipients of the common message. The commen |
| 6600817 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring communication connections within and across time zones |
July 29, 2003 |
| A method and a system monitor communication connections from a calling communication terminal to a target communication terminal during predetermined time periods, so as to prevent calls placed at undesirable times from being automatically connected to the target communication termin |
| 6590869 |
Method and apparatus for selecting whether to place a call over the internet or the PSTN using a |
July 8, 2003 |
| A method and a system for handling calls includes utilizing a delay calculation module to calculate a transmission delay between first and second terminals over a voice-over-data-network, such as the Internet. A local call processor determines if the transmission delay exceeds a pred |
| 6587553 |
Method and apparatus for protecting call privacy |
July 1, 2003 |
| A method and an apparatus for protecting call privacy allow a calling party to control the privacy of a telephone call by selecting among a group of privacy options that represent varying degrees of privacy and enforcing the selected privacy options during the call. The privacy options s |
