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5473671 Selective screening of incoming calls for cellular telephone systems  
In connection with cellular telephones, the divergent call treatment technique of the present invention is used to particular advantage. A list of accepted callers is maintained by a service...
5469499 System for securing access to equipment connectable to a telephone communication channel  
A system for accessing equipment connectable to a secured telephone communication channel by sensing ringing current on an access telephone communication channel. Ringing current on the secured...
5469497 Networked interactive call management subsystems with prevention of simultaneous use of a single account number  
A telecommunications system allows multiple users to place and charge telephone calls to personal debit accounts without requiring specially designed telephones or "smart" cards. The system keeps...
5467388 Method and apparatus for selectively blocking incoming telephone calls  
A system for allowing a telephone subscriber to selectively block incoming calls for selected time periods or during programmed time intervals. A subscriber may pre-program a time interval in...
5455855 System for connecting public network subscriber and private network subscriber  
A connection system of a public network subscriber and a private network subscriber in ISDN includes a first PBX for connecting the public network subscriber and the public network, a second PBX...
5454033 Apparatus and method for controlling access to a telephone  
An apparatus and method is provided for limiting the connection time of selected telephone lines in a private branch exchange (PBX) telephone system to telephone numbers dialed therefrom. A maximum...
5448633 Telecommunications system for controlling access to a destination  
The present invention is a telecommunications system for allowing a business to control customer service. The system is comprised of a switching network and an enhanced services platform. Calls...
5436957 Subscriber control of access restrictions on a plurality of the subscriber's telephone lines  
A subscriber inputs data into a centralized database of the public switched telephone network to control communication services which the network provides via a number of telephone lines assigned...
5414755 System and method for passive voice verification in a telephone network  
A telephone long distance service is provided using speaker verification to determine whether a user is a valid user or an impostor. The user claims an identity by offering some form of...
5412711 Electronic exchange having function of calling number delivery service and blocking  
An electronic exchange capable of providing at least a calling number delivery (CND) service, including a registration search unit for investigating whether or not a call terminating subscriber is...
5392346 Mobile log-in capability featuring fixed physical (terminal-dependent) translations and portable logical (user-dependent) translations  
In a telecommunications system that includes a plurality of user terminals and terminal translations that define attributes of the individual terminals, shared use of the terminals by a plurality...
5392357 Secure telecommunications  
A security node disposed in the telecommunications network connecting calling and called parties transforms information (which can be voice, data, facsimile, video and other types of calls or...
5392335 Arrangement for preventing perpetration of toll fraud through an adjunct processor  
An adjunct processor (16) sends an end-of-address indication, such as a pound sign, along with the address, such as an extension number, to which a call is to be transferred, to a switching system...
5388150 Automatic incoming telephone call identification and disposition system  
An automatic incoming telephone call identification and disposition system embodied in a telephone receiver console which includes a database directory of telephone numbers and disposition...
5365581 Telephonic switching system with automatic port assignment capability and method  
An automatic port capability assignment system for assigning port capabilities to communication ports (20) of a telephonic switching system (10) with a switch (12) controlled by a central...
5361295 Anonymous interactive telephone system  
An anonymous interactive telephone system for connecting a caller to a subscriber without divulging the identity or telephone number of either unless voluntarily revealed. The subscriber publishes...
5357564 Intelligent call screening in a virtual communications network  
A unified and systematic approach is taken both to design of a virtual communications network within a carrier's telecommunications network, and to design the screening filters provided in the VCN...
5345380 System and processes specifying customized customer telecommunication services using a graphical interface  
A method and apparatus for creating and implementing customer service procedures for individual customers of a telecommunication network. The method and apparatus provides for the creation and...
5333186 Telecommunication call billing method and apparatus  
A sponsored-call service feature enables callers to obtain network-provided telecommunication services toil-free or at a subsidized rate. The sponsored-call service permits a third party sponsor to...
5329578 Personal communication service with mobility manager  
A system for providing personal communication services (PCS) is described, wherein a subscriber can tailor the telephone service to provide communication mobility and incoming call management....
5295183 Congestion control system for telecommunications  
A congestion control system is provided which is an enhancement of the dynamic call routing system taught by Szybicki et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 4,284,852. The congestion control system includes two...
5282244 Virtual signaling network method  
A Common Channel Signaling Network such as the SS7 network is configured as a virtual signaling network, such that the network is shared in common among several users. Each user, which may be a...
5251248 Telephone network having personal numbers for position-independent  
This invention allows a subscriber of a telephone network to receive a call by a telephone registered under his/her personal telephone number no matter where he/she carries the telephone with...
5241588 Systems and processes providing programmable or customized customer telephone information services  
A method and apparatus for creating and implementing customer service procedures for individual customers of a telephone network. The method and apparatus provides for the creation and execution of...
5241580 Method for validating customized telephone services  
A method for using an expert system to validate the customized call processing information (CCPI) records which permit a customer to customize services in a telephone network. The information...
5239577 Network and method for providing cross-media connections  
A network (10) for providing cross-context connections between subscribers comprises a plurality of directory databases for storing mappings between individual names, addresses and personal...
5220599 Communication terminal apparatus and its control method with party identification and notification features  
A communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network to transmit data from an outgoing call office to an incoming call office and a method of controlling the...
5208848 Telecommunications call processing  
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for establishing telecommunications calls. An intelligent peripheral is bridged to a call being dialed. If the intelligent peripheral recognizes a...
5199062 Telephone communications system including a digital telephone switch, a voice response unit and a stored program sequence for controlling both the switch and the voice response unit  
The present invention relates to a telephone communication system which includes a telephone switch having a plurality of incoming and outgoing lines for switching calls therebetween, an audio...
5181238 Authenticated communications access service  
This invention relates to arrangements for providing pre-authenticated access from a caller to a service provider. The caller dials the number of the service provider and subsequently enters a...
5148469 Direct pager access with full number dialing  
A paging system and method utilize a trunk interface module which is capable of recognizing unique identification numbers, which comprise the telephone number which a caller dials to reach a...
5070525 Method for avoiding call blocking  
Methods for avoiding a call blocking feature. In a first method a list is kept for the trunks previously used to call a particular telephone number. Each time that particular telephone number is...
5060258 Call traffic control  
There are disclosed a method of call control (gapping) and a communications switching system in which such method is implemented, the system incorporating a call gapping arrangement for limiting...
5058152 Anonymous interactive telephone system having direct connect feature  
A method and apparatus for establishing telephone communications between anonymous service subscribers and responding callers over public telephone lines employing the Direct Inward Dialing (DID)...
4987587 Method and apparatus for providing 800 number service  
Apparatus and method for providing an on-site 800 number customer-made determination of a further action to be taken in response to a caller dialing an 800 number associated with the 800 number...
4901341 Method and apparatus for caller-controlled receipt and delivery of voice messages  
A line interface unit for caller-controlled receipt and delivery of voice and/or data meassages over a telephone system having a voice/data message facility, the message facility connectible to at...
4896346 Password controlled switching system  
A password controlled switching system and method of operation for enrolling and storing passwords identifying lines and trunks of the switching system denied access thereto by other lines and...
4893330 Method and apparatus for restricting credit card communication calls  
A method and an apparatus are disclosed to enable a public switching network to limit the geographical calling area of calls charged to a credit card. When a credit card call is originated, the...
4878239 Anonymous interactive telephone system with expanded outward calling features  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for establishing anonymous telephone communications between service subscribers and responding callers over public telephone lines controlled by a public...
4837804 Telephone answering voiceprint discriminating and switching apparatus  
A voice mail system is furnished with voiceprint analysis and comparison units. In a first mode, the system discriminates whether the voiceprint of a calling party coincides with a predetermined...
4769834 Inter-exchange carrier access  
This Inter-Exchange Carrier Access arrangement uses the Automatic Number Identification (ANI) capability of the central switching office to eliminate the need for the customer to dial an...
4625081 Automated telephone voice service system  
An automated telephone voice service system includes a data store having a plurality of addressable voice storage message baskets defined therein and a control system coupled between the store and...
4506116 Security dialing system for long distance telephone systems  
An automatic dialing system (ADS) for Touch Tone single or multiple trunk telephone systems that allows access to long distance dialing services including the access phone number of the service and...
4486626 Method of and system for limiting access to a group of telephone trunks  
After a telephone switching system user has dialed sufficient digits to identify a call as extending beyond the system, the system attempts to route the call over trunks which will result in the...
4446336 Method for recording and updating stored messages in an announcement system  
A telephone switching office is disclosed having a public announcement system wherein new announcements can be recorded or priorly recorded announcements can be updated via the telephone network....
4371752 Electronic audio communication system  
An advanced electronic telecommunication system is provided for the deposit, storage and delivery of audio messages. A Voice Message System (10) interconnects multiple private branch exchanges (12)...
4317007 Telephone-conferencing method and apparatus with monitor-only access  
A telephone conferencing and inquiry handling apparatus and method provide a plurality of incoming calls with access to one or more ongoing or new communications groupings or pools. Apparatus for...
4232198 Device for establishing conference calls via at least one telephone exchange switching system  
The invention concerns a device for use in establishing telephone conference calls, the object of the device being to enable an originating subscriber to connect a plurality of telephone exchange...
4224479 Method of controlling call traffic in a communication switching system  
Call traffic in a stored program controlled telephone switching system is controlled by performing code gapping on telephone calls to a particular called customer. Code gapping is performed by...
4113986 Telephone controlled lock release arrangement  
Circuitry is disclosed for the automatic dial-up of an apartment telephone from a lobby telephone to provide voice communication therebetween via a central switching office and for controlling the...
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