| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7486660 |
Transport of caller identification information through diverse communication networks |
February 3, 2009 |
| A voice call is transported through diverse network paths including a switched telephone network and a wide area data internetwork, for example, the Internet. In routing the call, common channel signalling is used to provide data identifying a calling subscriber line from a calling P |
| 7483417 |
Telephony communication via varied redundant networks |
January 27, 2009 |
| A switched telephone network is arranged in a manner to enable packet voice communication between telephone terminals via multiple redundant packet switched networks. The packet switched networks may utilize different protocols, be operated by different entities, and have primary fun |
| 7088705 |
Public wireless/cordless internet gateway |
August 8, 2006 |
| A localized wireless gateway system provides wireless telephone communication, and for at least interexchange communication, provides voice telephone access to a public packet data network, such as the Internet. The wireless gateway system includes base station transceivers and a pac |
| 7012898 |
Telephony communication via varied redundant networks |
March 14, 2006 |
| A switched telephone network is arranged in a manner to enable packet voice communication between telephone terminals via multiple redundant packet switched networks. The packet switched networks may utilize different protocols, be operated by different entities, and have primary fun |
| 6961335 |
Multi-layer ring architecture for fiber-to-the-home telco carrier network |
November 1, 2005 |
| A communications network, for example forming a local exchange carrier telephone network, utilizes three layers of fiber optic rings. The point of demarcation between customer premises media and network media comprises an intelligent soft network interface device or "soft NID". First lay |
| 6898276 |
Soft network interface device for digital broadband local carrier networks |
May 24, 2005 |
| For communications interface across the line of demarcation between the customer premises media and a link of a public digital broadband communication network, a network interface device is "soft" in that it is adaptable to different service applications and readily programmable from |
| 6885678 |
Telecommunications network |
April 26, 2005 |
| A system and method for controlling on a worldwide basis two or more telecommunications networks which are themselves capable of exercising a form of common channel signaling network control. The system uses an architecture in which a destination telecommunications network having com |
| 6870827 |
Voice call alternative routing through PSTN and internet networks |
March 22, 2005 |
| The advanced intelligent network (AIN) to determine routing of voice calls alternatively between the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a data packet network, such as the Internet, in accordance with the quality of service existing in the data packet network at the times of cal |
| 6829332 |
Personal dial tone service with personalized call waiting |
December 7, 2004 |
| An intelligent telephone network provides personalized communication services based on a voice identification of the subscriber. Specifically, when a person requests a service, the network executes a speech processing operation, to identify the person or a party that the person is callin |
| 6721306 |
Public wireless/cordless internet gateway |
April 13, 2004 |
| A localized wireless gateway system provides wireless telephone communication and provides access to a public packet data network, such as the Internet, for at least voice telephone type communications. The wireless gateway system includes a number of base stations, essentially built |
| 6711241 |
Internet telephone service |
March 23, 2004 |
| A system and method for providing telephone type services over the internetwork commonly known as the Internet. Public switched telephone networks utilizing program controlled switching systems are arranged in an architecture with the Internet to provide a methodology for facilitating |
| 6704405 |
Personal dial tone service with personalized call waiting |
March 9, 2004 |
| An intelligent telephone network provides personalized communication services based on a voice identification of the subscriber. The network executes a speech processing operation to identify the person or a party that the person is calling as a known subscriber. The network can provide |
| 6650633 |
Monitor network with advanced intelligent network (AIN) for electronic surveillance |
November 18, 2003 |
| In a public switched telephone network, interoffice call attempts to or from a line under surveillance generate a variety of query, response and release messages between the offices, as part of the normal procedures for setting up and tearing down the calls to and from the line. To insur |
| 6625170 |
Telecommunications network |
September 23, 2003 |
| A system and method for controlling on a worldwide basis two or more telecommunications networks which are themselves capable of exercising a form of common channel signaling network control. The system uses an architecture in which a destination telecommunications network having com |
| 6590965 |
Enhanced voice mail caller ID |
July 8, 2003 |
| The telephone network is adapted to supply name and number information to a voice mail system with a forwarded call. The voice mail system stores the name and number type caller ID information in association with the subscriber's mailbox. The system may store this information even if the |
| 6574216 |
Packet data network voice call quality monitoring |
June 3, 2003 |
| The quality of service existing in a data packet network during the course of communication of a voice call through a data network, such as the Internet, is monitored. A minimum acceptable level of service may be predefined with a threshold quality level stored in the user's Call Pro |
| 6546003 |
Telecommunications system |
April 8, 2003 |
| A public switched telephone network utilizing program controlled switching systems controlled by common channel interoffice signaling (CCIS) and preferably an advanced intelligent network (AIN) CCIS network is arranged in an architecture to provide a methodology for facilitating telephon |
| 6542497 |
Public wireless/cordless internet gateway |
April 1, 2003 |
| A localized wireless gateway system provides wireless telephone communication, and for at least interexchange communication, provides voice telephone access to a public packet data network, such as the Internet. The wireless gateway system includes base station transceivers and a pac |
| 6504907 |
Call detail reporting for lawful surveillance |
January 7, 2003 |
| A lawfully authorized electronic surveillance operation requires reporting of detailed call data for a variety of calls associated with the subject of the surveillance. For at least some specified calls to or from the subject, the invention provides profile data in a switching office ser |
| 6438218 |
Internet telephone service |
August 20, 2002 |
| A public switched telephone network utilizing program controlled switching systems controlled by common channel interoffice signaling (CCIS) and preferably an advanced intelligent network (AIN) CCIS network is arranged in an architecture to provide a methodology for facilitating telephon |
| 6427010 |
Systems and methods for providing voice mail services to ported numbers by supplying routing inf |
July 30, 2002 |
| A communications system offering telephone number portability services, where a subscriber of a ported telephone number is able to maintain existing voice mail services from an existing end office switching system, independent of the new end office switching system serving the ported |
| 6404858 |
Personal dial tone service with personalized call waiting |
June 11, 2002 |
| A communication service loads subscriber profile information corresponding to an intended call recipient in a call processing register of a switch serving a link to a destination station and transmits a distinct predetermined call alert signal over the link to the destination station |
| 6400708 |
D-channel voice communications |
June 4, 2002 |
| A number of proposals have been developed to provide data communications over two-wire copper circuits at rates equivalent to a number of combined ISDN B-channels. For example, for an ISDN rate digital subscriber line (IDSL), the circuit between the network termination at the customer |
| 6359880 |
Public wireless/cordless internet gateway |
March 19, 2002 |
| A localized wireless gateway system provides wireless telephone communication, and for at least interexchange communication, provides voice telephone access to a public packet data network, such as the Internet. The wireless gateway system includes base station transceivers and a pac |
| 6330250 |
Telecommunications network |
December 11, 2001 |
| A system and method for controlling on a worldwide basis two or more telecommunications networks which are themselves capable of exercising a form of common channel signaling network control. The system uses an architecture in which a destination telecommunications network having com |
| 6295292 |
Inbound gateway authorization processing for inter-carrier internet telephony |
September 25, 2001 |
| A communication system providing telephony communication across combined circuit switched and packet switched networks, such as a telephone network and the Internet, which are connectable to terminals, such as telephones and computers, for selective communication therebetween. The commun |
| 6292481 |
Inter-carrier signaling and usage accounting architecture for internet telephony |
September 18, 2001 |
| A communication system providing telephony communication across combined circuit switched and packet switched networks, such as a telephone network and the Internet, which are connectable to terminals, such as telephones and computers, for selective communication therebetween. The commun |
| 6292479 |
Transport of caller identification information through diverse communication networks |
September 18, 2001 |
| A voice call is transported through diverse network paths including a switched telephone network and a wide area data internetwork, for example, the Internet. In routing the call, common channel signalling is used to provide data identifying a calling subscriber line from a calling PSTN, |
| 6292478 |
Telecommunications system |
September 18, 2001 |
| A public switched telephone network utilizing program controlled switching systems controlled by common channel interoffice signaling (CCIS) is arranged in an architecture to provide a methodology to permit a caller to set-up and carry out a telephone call over the Internet from telephon |
| 6289010 |
Inbound gateway authorization processing for inter-carrier internet telephony |
September 11, 2001 |
| A communication system providing telephony communication across combined circuit switched and packet switched networks, such as a telephone network and the Internet, which are connectable to terminals, such as telephones and computers, for selective communication therebetween. The commun |
| 6285745 |
Analog terminal internet access |
September 4, 2001 |
| A system and method of affecting transfer of a message such as a voice message from one centralized messaging system in a first switched telephone network to a centralized messaging system in a remote second switched telephone network wherein each of said telephone networks includes |
| 6272126 |
Internetwork telephony with enhanced features |
August 7, 2001 |
| Interconnect traffic between local exchange carrier (LECs) networks and other carrier networks, particularly competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) networks, dictates a need for efficient monitoring and analysis of the interconnect traffic. In accord with the invention, monitor equipm |
| 6246875 |
Use of cellular digital packet data (CDPD) communications to convey system identification list d |
June 12, 2001 |
| An analog cellular voice telephone system and subscriber stations associated therewith are controlled to conserve power and to provide alternate service carriers. Acquisition of all of the service carriers is facilitated through the use of system identification numbers (SIDS) associa |
| 6243374 |
Telecommunications custom calling services using voice mail |
June 5, 2001 |
| A telephone network provided with an Internet connection and a call routing and control data base connected to the Internet is further provided with multiple geographically separated voice messaging systems connected to the Internet. Calls through the telephone network may be directed to |
| 6233313 |
Call detail reporting for lawful surveillance |
May 15, 2001 |
| A lawfully authorized electronic surveillance operation requires reporting of detailed call data for a variety of calls associated with the subject of the surveillance. For at least some specified calls to or from the subject, the invention provides profile data in a switching office ser |
| 6233234 |
Secure LAN/internet telephony |
May 15, 2001 |
| A system and method for providing telephony communication through a packet switched data network such as the Internet and an organization having telephone and computer terminals connected to a local area network. Selectable security is provided for the telephony applications through the |
| 6229887 |
Advanced intelligent network (AIN) functionality for electronic surveillance |
May 8, 2001 |
| Following the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), the FBI developed a standard set of communication services and interfaces. for lawfully authorized electronic surveillance, for both call data recording and content recording. Existing public switched telephone |
| 6226359 |
Voice mail source address indentification blocking |
May 1, 2001 |
| In a voice messaging system, voice mailboxes can be designated as private boxes from which boxes messages can be forwarded, with their source identities concealed, to destination mailboxes. Communication of messages may be between remote VMS systems as well as between mailboxes in the sa |
| 6215858 |
Analog terminal internet access |
April 10, 2001 |
| A system and method of effecting transfer of a message such as a voice message from one multipurpose, multimode centralized messaging system in a first switched telephone network to a multipurpose, multimode centralized messaging system in a remote second switched telephone network, wher |
| 6215790 |
Automatic called party locator over internet with provisioning |
April 10, 2001 |
| A system and method using enhanced processing, responsive to domain name translation requests, to provide selective routing services through a public packet switched data network. The name processing applies to translation of a domain name into a group of Internet Protocol (IP) addre |
| 6195425 |
Telecommunications system with wide area internetwork control |
February 27, 2001 |
| A communications system including multiple telecommunications networks having common channel signaling hardware is controlled by a hybrid or combination of common channel interoffice signaling (CCIS) system with a data internetwork to link the signaling points in the telecommunications |
| 6195422 |
Method for providing equal access dialing for pre-paid telecommunication services |
February 27, 2001 |
| To provide toll services but limit the amount of such services, toll calls from a party's line are routed to selected calling card type processing equipment. However, so that such calling party's have equal access to multiple carriers and need not dial additional digits, the communicatio |
| 6185289 |
Mediated AIN control of short code access to information service providers |
February 6, 2001 |
| In an Advanced Intelligent Network, a central mediation point stores call processing records for controlling call routing and other call processing functions. To provide short code access to information service providers, each information service provider will operate an independent data |
| 6181695 |
Telecommunications network |
January 30, 2001 |
| A system and method for controlling on a worldwide basis two or more telecommunications networks which are themselves capable of exercising a form of common channel signaling network control. The system uses an architecture in which a destination telecommunications network having com |
| 6167253 |
Mobile data/message/electronic mail download system utilizing network-centric protocol such as J |
December 26, 2000 |
| In an information distribution system having mobile users, a method of distributing communication channels to mobile users includes transmitting information signals including at least one of Web related information and Internet related information received via one ore more of the Interne |
| 6167119 |
Providing enhanced services through SIV and personal dial tone |
December 26, 2000 |
| An intelligent telephone network provides personalized communication services based on subscriber prescribed double speech signal processing of utterances of both calling and answering parties on a subscriber line having multiple subscribers with a single directory number. Specifically, |
| 6157648 |
Network session management |
December 5, 2000 |
| A communication system providing telephony communication across combined circuit switched and packet switched networks, such as a telephone network and the Internet, which are connectable to terminals, such as telephones and computers, for selective communication therebetween. The commun |
| 6157636 |
Network session management with gateway-directory services and authorization control |
December 5, 2000 |
| A number of gateway objects interconnect circuit switched and packet switched networks, such as the telephone network and the Internet, for example to enable telephony communication across the combined networks. A directory object coupled to the packet network provides address transl |
| 6154445 |
Telephony communication via varied redundant networks |
November 28, 2000 |
| A switched telephone network is arranged in a manner to enable packet voice communication between telephone teyminals via multiple redundant packet switched networks. The packet switched networks may utilize different protocols, be operated by different entities, and have primary functio |
| 6154207 |
Interactive language editing in a network based video on demand system |
November 28, 2000 |
| An authoring tool is utilized for authoring an interactive multimedia application which eliminates undesired language from an audio source. The application monitors either audio itself or text which accompanies the audio and temporarily stops the audio for a duration corresponding to tha |
