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7392066 Volume control system and method for a mobile communication device  
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method for adjusting volume of a mobile device in relationship to environment noise is provided. The method comprises sampling ambient noise around the...
7379760 Data transmission-reception system and data transmission-reception method  
A data communication system is disclosed which comprises: first terminal devices for transmitting contents and content provider identification data identifying the providers of the contents; a...
7272398 Providing to sender of message an identifier of service provider associated with recipient of the message  
An apparatus in one example comprises a gateway component that provides an identifier of a service provider to a sender of a message through employment of a user address associated with the...
7251321 Crescendo telephone ringer  
Crescendo telephone ringers and methods of providing a crescendo telephone ring signal. The crescendo telephone ringer provides a gradual increase in audible ringing volume as a sequence of...
7248900 Compound ring tunes  
A manner of providing ring-tune alerts to announce the arrival of incoming communications at a communication device such as a mobile station operable in a wireless communication network. When...
7224792 Personalized telephone announcement  
According to the invention, a method for alerting a user of an incoming phone call is disclosed. In one step, notification of the incoming phone call is received with an identifier that is...
7197135 Systems and methods for caller-controlled tune notification of a call  
A system and method for a caller to control a tune notification for a telephone call includes a service switching point and a service control point. The service switching point is operable to...
7170994 Method and apparatus for selecting an alert mode based on user biometrics  
A communication apparatus includes a communication device ( 130 ) and an activity monitoring device ( 120 ). The communication device ( 130 ) includes an alert device ( 275 ) for notifying a user (...
7142664 Intelligent multimode message alerts  
An apparatus that intelligently determines how to alert a user to the arrival of an incoming message at a telecommunications terminal, and what information is imparted to the user via the alert, is...
7142656 Location-based ringbacks  
An apparatus and methods are disclosed that enable a first user of a telecommunications terminal to receive, upon placing a call to a second user, a ringback signal that is based on one or more...
7136482 Progressive alert indications in a communication device  
A communication device and method for providing progressive alert indications includes a first step of storing at least one alert indication in the communication device. The alert indication can...
7120240 Method for auditory differentiation of forwarded phone calls  
The present invention is directed to the auditory differentiation among forwarded phone calls within a phone network, and in particular an advanced intelligent phone network. Unique distinctive...
7106846 System and method for caller control of a distinctive ring  
A system for a caller to control a distinctive ring for a telephone call includes a service switching point and a service control point. The service switching point is operable to receive a feature...
7088816 System and method for customising call alerts  
A computerized system and method for selecting the nature and/or form of an alert used to announce a call made by a user participating in a customized alter service. The method includes...
RE39231 Communication terminal equipment and call incoming control method  
In a communication terminal equipment and in a method of controlling call incoming, unnecessary noises in a period from the start of an alert sound to carrying out of the next operation can be...
7079026 Method and apparatus of karaoke storage on a wireless communications device  
A wireless communications device that alerts a user to a predetermined event includes a transceiver, a speaker, memory, and a controller. First and second pre-recorded audio files are stored in the...
7076529 Systems and methods for notification of electronic mail receipt in a shared computer environment via advanced intelligent network systems  
Systems and methods for delivering a notification of an email arrival to one or more customer premises equipment to alert users that an email has been received at a mail server. The systems and...
7076276 Mobile terminal device comprising vibrating component having light effects  
Mobile phones use light signaling or vibrational effects to silently indicate to a user that e.g. a telephone call is incoming. The present invention provides a method, a component for generating...
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...
7050573 Method of generating ring tones using melody and communication terminal apparatus  
In a communication terminal apparatus such as a portable telephone, it is made possible to sound ring tones of good tone quality simply by using arbitrary music or the like. In a communication...
7046791 Facsimile apparatus for outputting a melody when receiving a call from a specific party  
A facsimile apparatus can notify a user of the fact that facsimile data being received is sent from a specific party. A communication control part receives facsimile data and party information from...
7035675 Method for storing and reproducing ring tone melodies of mobile phones and system thereof  
A server for storing data of a ring tone melody downloaded from a ring tone melody distribution server through a network is disposed. A mobile phone has a memory for storing only one ring tone...
7031453 Telephony ring customization  
The present invention provides for customizing a telephony ring signal to correspond to the originator of an incoming call. Preferably, a user will access an application server using a browser to...
7024229 Mobile terminal device to controlling incoming call notifying method  
When there is an incoming call, a mobile terminal device detects ambient sounds by a microphone. A filter separates the detected ambient sounds into a speech component and a non-speech component....
7016486 Method for automatically switching telephone system to an on-hook state  
A method of automatically switching in an on-hook state suitable for a telephone system is provided. The method automatically switches a spring circuit from an off-hook state to the on-hook state...
7013006 Programmable audio alert system and method  
A user-programmable audio alert system, device, and method includes an audio alert created by a user and programmed into a device, such as a wireless telephone. A user programs and stores in the...
6999571 Device and method for playing a ring signal based on a mediate ring information in a communication apparatus  
The invention provides a device, used in a communication apparatus, for generating a mediate ring information and playing a ring signal based on the mediate ring information. The device comprises a...
6963761 System and method for sounding a music accompanied by light or vibration  
Disclosed is a system for sounding a music accompanied by light including: a speaker for sounding a music including plural parts; a light emitter for emitting light; a driver for having the speaker...
6944285 Communication terminal device, holds melody sensing method, incoming melody playing and information storing medium  
A control block recognizes the other party of the telephone call when both calling and called case. When the user operates the reservation melody key of the key input block while talking over the...
6944284 Pulsed volume control of a magnetic ringer  
A digital circuit for driving an audio transducer that provides consistent tonal quality over a range of volume levels, without requiring a variable gain analog amplifier. A fixed amplitude ringer...
6944277 Text-to-speech and MIDI ringing tone for communications devices  
A method and device for providing a mixed audible signal which includes a ringing tone and the identity of a calling party upon receiving the incoming call of the calling party. The incoming call...
6937716 Method of automatically changing a calling mode of telephone as timer setting changes  
A primary object of the present invention is to provide a method of automatically changing a calling mode of a telephone having a program timer installed therein as a timer setting changes, wherein...
6937712 Network-based intercom system and method for simulating a hardware based dedicated intercom system  
A network-based intercom system and method comprises software and the necessary portions of a computer network on which it is implemented. The software includes a dispatcher module to be installed...
6907113 Method and arrangement for providing customized audio characteristics to cellular terminals  
A method is provided for downloading audio characteristics to terminal equipment. A score information part ( 101, 302, 303 ) is provided describing the presentation instructions of an audible...
6879848 Method and apparatus for alerting an operator of an incoming cellular or portable phone call  
A method and apparatus for notifying a user of an incoming cellular telephone call are provided. The apparatus includes a cellular telephone body having at least a back surface, a first transducer...
6829332 Personal dial tone service with personalized call waiting  
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...
6807433 Mobile communication terminal with unanswered incoming-call notifying function  
A mobile communication terminal is provided with a light-emitting element for notifying an unanswered incoming call. When the cancellation of an incoming call is canceled in a state where an...
6801608 Telephone incoming signal discriminator  
A telephone incoming signal discriminator includes a first relay, an FSK detector, a DTMF detector, a pin detector, a tone amplifier and oscillation control, an FSK/DTMF decoder IC, a memory, a...
6771747 Method of calling up target call receiver and communications terminal equipment used for implementing same  
A communications terminal equipment according to the invention is a communications terminal equipment connected to a single communication circuit for use by a plurality of users, comprising an...
6728354 Methods and devices for outputting audio announcements using CID related and other reference parameters  
Telephones, telephone answering devices (“TADs”) or larger systems are equipped to output audio announcements which identify the sources of incoming calls by comparing caller identity...
6721579 Hand-free handset and neckband arrangement  
A hand-free handset and neckband arrangement includes a neckband for hanging on the user's neck, a slide coupled to the neckband and moved to adjust the diameter of the neckband, a swivel hook...
6718037 Computer with a modem capable of outputting telephone bell signals  
A computer having a modem outputs a telephone bell signals regardless of an active state of the computer as well as the modem. The modem provides a voltage signal responsive to the active state...
6711239 System and method for identifying a callee of an incoming telephone call  
The present invention comprises an improved telephone system and method that determine the identity of the callee of an incoming telephone call. A distinctive ring is selected by one or more of the...
6697470 Incoming call indicator  
A method for selecting from a plurality of modes for an incoming call indicator is provided. One of the plurality of modes comprises alternating playing one of a series of user-recorded messages as...
6687369 Telephone signal discriminator  
A telephone signal discriminator to be used with one pair of telephone wires and a telephone company with coded ring services. The invention detects the interruptions of the ring signals, shapes...
6681119 Wireless communication system in which a call from a private branch exchange is selectively delivered to a mobile unit  
A wireless communication system constructed according to the present invention includes an originating mobile switching center (MSC), a home location register (HLR), a serving MSC and supporting...
6671370 Method and apparatus enabling a calling telephone handset to choose a ringing indication(s) to be played and/or shown at a receiving telephone handset  
A telephone system includes a plurality of telephone terminals wherein a call that is placed from a calling telephone terminal to a receiving telephone terminal is announced by activating a...
6650746 Urgency of call indication to called party through distinctive notification  
An indication of urgency of a call is received from a caller. The urgency indication is communicated to the called party through a distinctive notification, such as distinctive ringing. The urgency...
6618600 Distinctive ringing in a wireless centrex system  
The instant invention discloses a method and system for providing a novel wireless centrex service that untethers subscribers from the immobility associated with traditional desktop telephones....
6611592 Incoming-call tone generation device  
A incoming-call tone generation device comprises: a first storage unit 1 , for storing an effect calculation formula for incoming-call tone data; a second storage unit, for storing incoming-call...
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