| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7458092 |
Centralized IP video gateway with port extenders having remote control interfaces |
November 25, 2008 |
| A centralized gateway connects to a broadband digital network for receiving various types of video feeds. The gateway provides output television signals directly to conventional inputs of standard television receivers. Port extenders connected to the gateway via a local-area network |
| 7453488 |
Sharing of prerecorded motion video over an Internet work |
November 18, 2008 |
| A data call between at least two internetworked computers is established using a central server. Once the data call is in place, prerecorded motion video is shared between the two computers by creating a streaming video server on one user's computer for streaming the prerecorded motion |
| 7385621 |
Private sharing of computer resources over an internetwork |
June 10, 2008 |
| A data call between at least two internetworked computers is established using a central server. Once the data call is in place, any types of data, information, or computer resources are shared between the two computers, regardless of protocol or data format, by creating a virtual se |
| 7362745 |
End-user systems for communication services over peer-to-peer internet protocol connections betw |
April 22, 2008 |
| An end-user communication device comprises a telephony interface, network interface, and control circuitry. The telephony interface exchanges telephony signals with a telephone connection to a telephone. The network interface exchanges Internet Protocol (IP) packets with an IP interface |
| 7356307 |
IP telephony with user localization for call control management |
April 8, 2008 |
| Fixed station equipment automatically determines whether a telephony user is in close proximity to the station and then automatically adopts a profile that properly directs calls according to whether the user is "in-office" or is "away." Call controls are automatically set correspond |
| 7316029 |
Network security services architecture |
January 1, 2008 |
| A convenient and low cost computer security system deploys a menu of security tools within a local network that can be selected by a user connected to the network. A network architecture of the invention is structured to provide highly effective and flexible security features while g |
| 7206826 |
Configuration recovery after gateway failure |
April 17, 2007 |
| User connection sessions with a gateway in a computer network are preserved even after a temporary failure of the gateway. User status information is stored in a status table in a RADIUS server during times that an authenticated user session is established with the gateway. A failure |
| 7191332 |
Digital rights management for multicasting content distribution |
March 13, 2007 |
| Licensed multimedia content is distributed to users electronically via an internetwork. An archive stores packaged content files wherein each packaged content file includes encrypted multimedia content and protection identification information, and wherein the encrypted multimedia co |
| 7113577 |
Caller identification employing a digital content set |
September 26, 2006 |
| An information server according to one embodiment of the invention includes a communication interface configured to communicate over a communication network and a processing system connected to the communication interface. The processing system is configured to receive one or more di |
| 7099288 |
Telephonic addressing for establishing simultaneous voice and computer network connections |
August 29, 2006 |
| A user system uses a called number to establish a telephone call over a public telephone network to a called party. In response to the telephone call, the user system transfers a data call request to a server system over a public data network. The server system uses the called telephone |
| 7095720 |
Trunk level echo canceller test system |
August 22, 2006 |
| Integrated echo cancellers in a telecommunications system are tested using a test apparatus connected to the main communications trunk where a large number of individual signals are multiplexed together. The signals are de-multiplexed in the test apparatus and specific amounts of echo de |
| 7058689 |
Sharing of still images within a video telephony call |
June 6, 2006 |
| A data call between at least two internetworked computers is established using a central server and call clients in the two computers. Once the data call is in place, a video telephony conversation is initiated. In addition, still images such as a slideshow of personal photographs are |
| 7046269 |
Sharing of prerecorded motion video over an internetwork |
May 16, 2006 |
| A data call between at least two internetworked computers is established using a central server. Once the data call is in place, prerecorded motion video is shared between the two computers by creating a streaming video server on one user's computer for streaming the prerecorded motion |
| 7039706 |
Session admission control for communication systems that use point-to-point protocol over ethern |
May 2, 2006 |
| A server system provides admission control for a communication system where Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet (PPPOE) user systems transfer requests to use the communication system and transfer bandwidth usage information indicating their respective bandwidth usage. The server sy |
| 6947411 |
Digital data communication system using video telephony |
September 20, 2005 |
| A service provider communication system includes a computer network-enabled workstation for a service provider (e.g., a medical caregiver) and a computer network-enabled communication device for a requester (e.g., a patient) in a location remote from the service provider workstation. A |
| 6915250 |
Customer premises simulation for a service provider |
July 5, 2005 |
| A simulation system that simulates a customer premises is disclosed that is tunable. The simulation system is comprised of a communication media simulator system and a device simulator system. The communication media simulator system receives a service provider signal from a service |
| 6901358 |
Communication media simulation for a service provider |
May 31, 2005 |
| A simulation system that simulates a length of communication media is disclosed that is tunable. Examples of communication media include wire, coaxial cable, and fiber. The simulation system is comprised of a communication media simulator system. The communication media simulator sys |
| 6810480 |
Verification of identity and continued presence of computer users |
October 26, 2004 |
| The identity and continued presence of an individual at a computer workstation are verified prior to and during execution of an application on the computer workstation. A first biometric sample of an individual proximate to the workstation is gathered at a first time. A first identity |
| 6697097 |
Synchronizing voice and video transmitted over separate channels |
February 24, 2004 |
| Reproduction of voice signals and video signals in a video telephony call are synchronized at the receiving end. Voice signals are transmitted from a first telephone device of a first party to a second telephone device of a second party via a public switched telephone network (PSTN) conn |
| 6693662 |
Coordination of video sessions when calling an auto-attendant system |
February 17, 2004 |
| Computerized video telephony enhances the interaction between a calling party and a called user wherein the called user is an enterprise employing a computerized, automated telephone response system together with a pool of live human operators or agents. The present invention coordinates |
| 6690407 |
Obtaining on-demand goods and services using video telephony |
February 10, 2004 |
| A combined telephonic/computerized on-demand ordering system for goods or services employs a computer network communication session that is established automatically in response to a telephone call made from a requestor to a provider. The computer network data call can provide video |
| 6677976 |
Integration of video telephony with chat and instant messaging environments |
January 13, 2004 |
| The present invention establishes a direct communication session between separate users that are engaged in active sessions in an Internet chat or instant messaging environment. Within these active sessions, a video telephony call is initiated for sending video over a public data network |
| 6545697 |
Video telephony |
April 8, 2003 |
| A user system uses a called number to establish a telephone call over a public telephone network to a called party. In response to the telephone call, the user system transfers a video call request to a server system over a public data network. The server system uses the called telephone |
