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7388952 Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting  
A system and method for providing information about a calling party to a called party is disclosed. Generally, a network element obtains information about a calling party when a telephone line of a...
7385962 Method and apparatus for dynamic radio resource controlling  
A method and a mobile terminal for communicating with a mobile network element (IWF) comprising communicating with a mobile network element (IWF) using a bearer that is modifiable by a negotiation...
7359500 Method for carrying out predetermined actions by a receiving telecom device using an answer prefix  
A method for carrying out predetermined actions by a telecom receiving device. A predetermined answer string is entered and stored in a memory portion of a receiving telecom device. Incoming calls...
7352854 Call waiting suppression  
Systems and method for call waiting suppression are disclosed. When a communications device is engaged in an active communication and receives an incoming communication, a call waiting alert is...
7317899 Communication apparatus  
A portable terminal device aborts a screen display process of the current application on a display in accordance with a switch of a communication partner during communication with a speaker A and...
7317714 Internet call waiting messaging  
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for providing Internet Call Waiting (ICW) Messaging Services. In an embodiment, a calling party places an incoming call to a called telephone number...
7313228 Dynamic call processing control  
The present invention allows a subscriber to dynamically select one or more call processing options while an attempt to terminate an incoming call to an associated terminal is being made. As such,...
7292869 Telephone equipment including a line holding system, an extension communication detecting system, and a notification system  
A telephone equipment having a main apparatus and a plurality of cordless handsets, which can perform an extension communication with being relayed by the main apparatus. Such a telephone equipment...
7289620 Method and apparatus for managing incoming and outgoing calls at an endpoint placed on hold  
A method and apparatus for managing incoming and outgoing calls at an endpoint placed on hold are disclosed. A first call that includes an outbound media stream is established on a network between...
7269252 Method and apparatus for improving nuisance signals in audio/video conference  
A system to allow a conferee defined as a nuisance source to respond to an automatic nuisance decision of a Multipoint Control Unit is disclosed. For example, a conferee placing a conference on...
7263182 Intelligent access control system  
In operational environments where local loop generation equipment is used, communication interruptions between a central office and a customer premises device is minimized by using a dedicated...
7260205 Call waiting using external notification and presence detection  
Alerting an intended recipient of a phone call includes identifying an account based on a phone call received from a caller and accessing configuration data related to the account. The...
7254227 Signal-based session management for telephonic applications  
A technique for allowing an automated participant in a telephone conversation, such as an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system or a voice browser, to react to the placing of the conversation...
7254226 Call waiting priority alert  
A method for delivering a priority call waiting alert service to a telephone subscriber. An embodiment of the present invention may be implemented on an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). When a...
7248683 Call hold signaling  
One or more elements in a telecommunications network ( 10, 10′ and 10″ ) receive a call hold-initiating message when a first party places a second party to the call on hold, and in doing so,...
7245612 Internet call waiting with voicemail system that provides monitoring during recording  
An Internet Call Waiting (ICW) service provides single-line subscribers ( 100 ) connected to the Internet with incoming call information, call screening and voice messaging capabilities. An...
7233658 Flexible ring-tone service  
A subscriber associates a ring-tone media selection based on a media genre, author, or title to a calling number. When an incoming call is detected, a particular ring-tone media selection, based on...
7233651 Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting and caller identification  
An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify...
7231031 AIN call queuing  
An inexpensive alternative for call queuing is provided by queuing calls at an intelligent peripheral within an AIN telecommunication system. A call to the subscriber line is detected at a local...
7224775 System and method for providing prioritized access to a messaging system  
A method and system for providing prioritized access to a messaging system includes receiving at an access controller for a messaging system a request for connection by a user to the messaging...
7206395 Telephone apparatus  
A portable telephone apparatus 100 according to the present invention comprises a call waiting section and a telephone number acquisition section that can acquire telephone numbers of telephone...
7184537 Apparatus and method for CNG detection with call waiting  
A telephone switching device which includes a detector for identifying a call waiting (CW) signal when the incoming telephone line is in use. The detector device automatically switches the incoming...
7177623 Localized cellular awareness and tracking of emergencies  
A method of initiating a telecommunication connection between a wireless 911 caller, an emergency 911 dispatcher, and at least one emergency personnel, including identifying a geographical location...
7139383 Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting  
A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message...
7136479 Method of and apparatus wherein a telephone user on hold is not required to listen to an objectionable audio signal  
A telephone user who is at a first telephone station and is placed on hold at a second station is prevented from listening to an objectionable audio signal while a call is in process between the...
7130400 Graphical animation and sound for Internet Call-Waiting messages  
Methods and systems are disclosed for selecting the content of Internet Call-Waiting messages. One method includes providing a selection of content for an Internet Call-Waiting message and allowing...
7123905 Call diversion system  
An interface ( 52 ) is provided between a satellite telephone system ( 4 ) and a cellular telephone system ( 5 ) for allowing calls to a user's cellular telephone to be diverted to a satellite...
7123707 Methods of controlling communications with at least two calling party devices by a user of a called party device  
Methods, and communications devices employing such methods, of controlling communications with at least two calling party devices by a user of a called party device. A first call link is...
7106848 Method and apparatus for in-progress call forwarding  
The present invention is a method and system for transferring calls among communicating devices connected through a public network. The service is offered by a public network to permit a party in a...
7099452 Selective call waiting service  
A communications system is designed to present a number of options to a caller who is attempting to reach a call-waiting subscriber already busy on a first call. The options are presented to the...
7095826 Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting  
A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting announcement to a called party that is busy on a first call and receives a second call. Information provided by a second...
7088991 Portable telephone system  
A portable telephone terminal 1 has a built-in memory 18, in which either the content of a new call arrived is recorded while continuing prevailing communication or recording of the content of...
7082193 Call waiting calling party defined content  
Embodiments of the method and system provide for providing a call waiting method for use in a telecommunications network in which a first caller is engaged in a current call with a second caller,...
7072457 Transferring a call to a backup according to call context  
A method, system, and program for transferring a call to a backup according to call context are provided. A context for a call from a caller to an intended callee is detected. An intended party...
7068768 Method for populating a caller's information to a host-based address book  
A method and apparatus is provided to populate a caller's information to a host-based address book automatically or by a single click on a virtual button included in a popup window or by a series...
7054429 Method and system for call notification  
A method for providing a call waiting notification to a participant in an existing telephone call includes the steps of establishing a telephone call with a calling party. A specified telephone...
7054428 Telephone call interuption request via internet  
Apparatus and method for notifying an Internet user of an attempted incoming telephone call to the same telephone line used to interconnect the called-but-busy party with the Internet. The...
7046784 Polite call waiting notification  
A technique for notifying a person who is engaged in a telephone call with a second person that a third person is calling him or her is disclosed. In particular, the illustrative embodiments wait...
7023976 Method and system for on-demand call waiting  
A method is provided for enabling a customer to activate a call waiting feature for a list of caller numbers specified by the user. Calls from numbers on the list generate call waiting tones if...
7020250 System and method for providing visual indication of caller and telephony platform information on customer premises equipment  
A system and method for receiving information regarding a telephony platform and for retrieving the object of the services provided by the telephony platform corresponding to the information...
7010100 Intelligent voicemail message waiting system and method  
An intelligent voice message status indication device for a single line of a telephone network includes a controller that responds to caller-ID signals to detect whether a mailbox contains a...
7003087 Intelligent call screening system  
Screening a traditional telephony call made by a calling party to a called party includes receiving, over a telephone network, the traditional telephony call from the calling party at a messaging...
6999577 Multi-user call waiting  
Alerting an intended recipient of a phone call includes identifying an account based on a phone call received from a caller and accessing configuration data related to the account. Several...
6996214 Utilization of in-band signaling to facilitate modem on hold  
A communication method and system for use by a local modem and a host, while the local modem is in communication with a remote modem through a central office. In one aspect, an alert signal is...
6993121 Method and system for text-to-speech conversion of caller information  
A system ( 10 ) and method ( 40 ) for providing audible caller information to telephone service subscribers is presented. The system ( 10 ) includes a pre-processor ( 28 ) that converts textual...
6993010 Spoofing to preserve a communication link  
A local communication layer is placed in communication with a remote communication layer via a communication link established between a local modem and a remote modem. The communication layers may,...
6980633 Enhanced call-waiting with caller identification method and apparatus using notch filters  
An enhanced telephony call waiting feature and apparatus is provided wherein identifying information related to a third party wishing to converse with a first party already communicating with a...
6970547 Universal state-aware communications  
A communications system for general business environments that exploits knowledge of user state to provide advantages of efficiency and control for individual users and for the business. The...
6968052 Method and apparatus for creating a presence monitoring contact list with dynamic membership  
Method and apparatus to generate a dynamic contact list of contact and presence information about contact events in a communication system when a calling entity unsuccessfully attempts to...
6968051 Programmable feature queues  
The present invention provides for modification of call features and the priority to initiate these call features on an overall office, group, or subscriber level. In essence, configurable feature...
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