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6597776 Method and system for allowing extended connections to content providers via prepaid content provider accounts  
A method and system for connecting a caller to a content provider who provides a service to the caller over the telephone system is disclosed. In accordance with the invention, a transaction...
6594352 Method and system for automatically providing a customer billing identifier for a directory assistance extension call to a switch in a public telephone network  
A telephone network capable of handling directory assistance calls includes a switch, connection circuitry coupled between the switch and a directory assistance center, and call origination...
6594354 Method and apparatus for alert control on a communications system  
A switching system in which telecommunications features are improved by the proximity status of a predetermined user to a communications terminal. Proximity status information deduces a...
6587138 Method and device for incorporating advertising into videotelephone communications  
In the inventive video telephony method a server of a selected service provider controls transmission of regular video information and voice information between terminals of a caller and a called...
6584185 Telephone abstraction layer and system in a computer telephony system  
Presented is a telephony system capable of supporting and properly interfacing with a wide variety of telephones or station sets produced by various manufacturers, including analog, ISDN,...
6584186 Protecting communications network integrity  
A method and apparatus for protecting against network damage in next generation communications networks. More particularly, network safety is achieved using semantic restriction of higher level...
6584184 Method and system for an intelligent partitioned communication system  
A secured partitioned communication system includes a shared switch network system in communication with an Intelligent Network Processor (INP). A terminating Intelligent Communication Device (ICD)...
6580790 Calling assistance system and method  
A method for providing a called party's telephone number in response to some online identifying information provided by a calling party. The calling party provides an entire or at least a portion...
6577859 Cellular phone system with outgoing message selection system  
A system and method which allows a cellular phone user to communicate with a caller when the user is unable to speak aloud. The method comprises the steps of establishing a wireless communication...
6577713 Method of creating a telephone data capturing system  
A customer survey design system that allows survey organizations to easily design and modify the survey, and to do so in a shorter period of time. In particular, there is a telephone survey...
6574321 Apparatus and method for management of policies on the usage of telecommunications services  
This invention allows enterprises to achieve specific objectives in the management and enforcement of policies related to the use of telecommunications services. It was conceived for use in...
6574322 Method to provide and perform a telephone service  
A method of providing and performing a telephone service, in which a computer system senses a calling subscriber number, and in which the computer system is constructed to perform a telephone...
6574323 Special need processing of services provided by an advanced intelligent network  
An advanced intelligent network (AIN) stores, at time of service provisioning, call processing records (CPRs) associated with select special needs services. The CPR initiates alternative processing...
6574324 System and method for long distance automatic call-back  
A system and method for providing automatic call-back services between subscribers and designated callers. The system and method use the features of an advanced intelligent network to intercept...
6574316 Method and system for preserving telephone numbers  
The present invention allows a global telephone number be assigned to a first outbound-only telephone line connected to a first service switching point (SSP) to be also assigned to a second...
6570972 Telephony control mechanism  
A telephony control is provided in the form of a relocatable serialized object having an identical route node to a directed graph. The directed graph includes modules performing telephony control...
6570974 Cable connected network server platform for telephone white-yellow page services and emergency 911 location identification  
A twisted pair and/or coaxial cable fed set-top device provides a plurality of services, including computerized directory assistance services and identification of the geographic location and set...
6549613 Method and apparatus for intercept of wireline communications  
Method and apparatus for conducting surveillance in a SS7 Intelligent Network (IN) or Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) provides in the case of AIN that an Info Analyzed trigger is armed in an end...
6546096 Proximity detector for initiating automatic callback  
A proximity detector ( 111 ) is provided for causing automatic callback. The proximity detector ( 111 ) causes the called party's telephone ( 506 ) to send a signal to the telephone system...
6546094 Provisioning of cable telephone service  
A system and method for provisioning cable telephone service in a cable communication system that is at least partially integrated with a telephone network. The cable communication system includes...
6546008 Method and configuration for providing performance features via a communications network  
When an external terminal is signed on to a communications system, a data link is set up between the external terminal and a teleworking subscriber line module of the communications system. Until...
6546095 Automated provisioning of telephone services  
A system and method are provided for automatically provisioning a user's telephone service (e.g., a complementary network service). A request to add, change or disconnect a service element or...
6542595 Process, generating module, server, control module and storage means for the creation of validation rules  
The present invention relates to a process for the creation of validation rules with which a validation module can validate configuration data which can be used as operating parameters for...
6542593 Rules database server in a hybrid communication system architecture  
According to a broad aspect of a preferred embodiment of the invention, telephone calls, data and other multimedia information is routed through a hybrid network which includes transfer of...
6542589 Method of telephone access to internet secretarial services  
A method of telephone access to internet secretarial services. A client makes a telephonic information request to the internet secretary, who is in contact with the internet via high-speed internet...
6542753 Gain control for multi-channel fixed wireless terminal  
A multi-channel fixed wireless terminal ( 14 ) is implemented using a gain controller ( 34 ) for controlling the gain of each of a plurality of transmission channels. The gain controller ( 34 )...
6542594 Method for the management of an automatic branch exchange with the creation of a table of users, and corresponding automatic branch exchange  
A method for the management of an automatic branch exchange of the type interacting with a plurality of users by means of a plurality of user terminals comprises the following steps: the...
6539086 System and method for completing two calls using analog interface to telephone network  
The system and method of the present invention completes at least two calls originating from terminal equipment located at a premises and connected by a point-of-attachment having a single phone...
6535597 Private circuit provision in a telecommunications network  
A telecommunications network includes local switches, main switches and local access lines. A switching unit which takes the form of a computer with switching capability is connected to the local...
6535596 Call processing system utilizing subscriber services and preferences  
A method and apparatus is provided for processing a call from a calling party to a called party. The system includes subscriber profiles for both the called and calling parties and a call behavior...
6535593 System and method for billing communications services provisioned on demand in converging telecommunications network  
System and method for facilitating consolidated billing within a converging telecommunications network. The system and method include and involve a network resource control facility communicating...
6526134 Call set-up by an intelligent network  
In accordance with the invention, at least at one exchange at least one state model or a service-specific portion of the state model, such as a call segment is formed for each service associated...
6526126 Identifying an unidentified person using an ambiguity-resolution criterion  
A system ( 8, 60, 500 ) for identifying an unidentified person ( 14, 510 ) includes a database ( 42 ) that contains utterance data ( 162 ) and an ambiguity-resolution criterion ( 114, 119, 121 )...
6522738 Web site content control via the telephone  
A system for facilitating the administration of a network accessible file stored on a network computer by means of communication with a user over a telephone handset. The network computer storing...
6522733 Communication gateway system  
A service control system grants or denies a user's request for a communication session to a communications system. The service control system receives the request. The service control system...
6522746 Synchronization of voice boundaries and their use by echo cancellers in a voice processing system  
Methods and apparatus for processing a transmitted voice signal include a centralized frame controller providing at least one boundary control signal to voice processing blocks and controlling the...
6522741 Hybrid network call delivery routing using a serving switching element point code and temporary destination location number  
According to the invention, a method and apparatus are disclosed for hybrid network call delivery routing using a serving switching element point code and temporary destination location number....
6522724 Apparatus and method that allow telephone callers to leave longer messages  
A messaging system allows a message recipient to assign different message lengths to different messages. In one embodiment, the recipient sets the length of time per message. In another embodiment,...
6519332 Mechanism for rejecting collect calls  
A mechanism for rejecting specific types of calls in a network including collect calls and telemarketing calls. Calls are tagged to indicate the type of call, this tag being recognizable at the...
6516061 System for and method of extending a PBX phone port to a remote phone device  
A system for establishing a voice and signaling link through a PBX system from an remote telephone device includes a PBX system, a setless gateway, and an remote telephone device. The PBX system is...
6510216 Intelligent network provisioning system and method  
An intelligent network provisioning system ( 20 ) has a client platform ( 22 ) with a user interface for order entry. A server platform ( 24 ) is connected to the client platform ( 22 ) by a...
6507645 Method for changing service data  
A method for changing service data includes setting up service data in at least one of subscriber register nodes of a telecommunications network, the service data containing subscription-related...
6504914 Method for dialog control of voice-operated information and call information services incorporating computer-supported telephony  
A method provides customer with simple and flexible dialog control and faster access to the desired information. In response to a customer call, a control program for dialog control created with...
6504911 Telephone device  
A telephone device that has a call subscriber telephone number detector, a memory for memorizing a plurality of call subscriber information audio signal in advance and which can memorize an...
6504913 Call handling mechanism  
A call handling mechanism provides a resource manager for controlling the allocation of functional modules to process a received call. Each of the functional modules can be implemented as a...
6499017 Method for provisioning communications devices and system for provisioning same  
A method of provisioning communication devices is provided which preferably includes transferring a customer order to an order database. The transferred customer order preferably includes an order...
6496283 Communication device  
In S10, a CPU detects whether the transmission start button 3 a has been turned ON to request an automatic facsimile transmission. If so, then the telephone circuit is closed, and a dial tone is...
6496567 Interactive voice response service node with advanced resource management  
An advanced resource management system for an interactive voice response (IVR) service node allows multiple network ports to be served by one application port thereby increasing efficiency. An IVR...
6496568 Method and apparatus for providing automated notification to a customer of a real-time notification system  
An automated method and apparatus for notifying subscribers of a customer message manager notification system upon changes in some real-time data is disclosed. Subscribers are notified in an order...
6493433 Multi-threaded database system for an interactive voice response platform  
The multi-threaded database system manages access to a plurality of databases. A separate thread is assigned to each of the databases so as to encapsulate activities relative to the databases....