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7603486 Network management system providing logic signals over communication lines for detecting peripheral devices  
A method and apparatus for detecting the presence and the type of network devices connected to a management device via transmission lines. The apparatus may include a pull-up resistor, a pull-down...
7587040 Systems and methods for detecting false signals on an outbound call  
Systems and methods for detecting false signals on a telephone line. The devices provide an additional verification for outbound calls which result in a disconnected or not in service signal that...
7567664 Method and apparatus for providing accessibility features for a telephone  
Method and apparatus for providing accessibility features for a telephone is described. In one example, a telephone system includes a memory, a counter, and a microcontroller. The memory is...
7450938 Method for improving communication success rate in simultaneous call trial between subscribers in mobile communication systems  
Disclosed is a method for improving a communication success rate in a simultaneous call trial between subscribers in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving by a second...
7330502 Input/output circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit  
An input/output circuit includes a reference clock generator configured to generate a reference clock. A signal transmitter is configured to transmit serial data in synchronization with one of the...
RE40020 Impedance blocking filter circuit  
An impedance blocking filter circuit is provided for use in telecommunication systems for interconnecting between incoming telephone lines and customer's terminal equipment so as to unconditionally...
7315592 Common mode noise cancellation  
A noise cancellation system configured to isolate and process a common mode noise signal to generate a cancellation signal. The cancellation signal is combined with a differential signal to cancel...
7260152 Method and device for injecting a noise signal into a paired wire communication link  
The present invention relates to a device and method for injecting a noise signal into a wire pair of a communication link. In operation a differential mode noise signal is received at a first and...
7254230 Subscriber line interface circuitry  
A subscriber line interface circuit apparatus includes a signal processor having sense inputs for sensed tip and ring signals of a subscriber loop. The signal processor generates linefeed driver...
7227943 Tone detector  
The present invention provides a tone detector that is capable of performing accurate tone signal detection in a short period of time. Specifically, the tone detector according to the present...
7224793 Communication set with detection of set function and line condition  
A description is given of a communication set for connection to a communication line such as a telephone line, which communication set includes means for detecting set functions such as ringing...
7190769 Apparatus for controlling operation of a recording device with a telephone instrument  
An apparatus for controlling operation of a recording device with a telephone configured for orientation in a first state and a second state includes: (a) an information conveying section for...
7162028 Universal telephony interface polarity detector  
A method and apparatus for measuring signals conveyed by a varying the voltage polarity across the tip and ring terminals in a telephone system is disclosed. The invention provides a composite...
7155000 Process, arrangement, devices for seizure of a shared telephone line  
The invention relates to the control of access of various appliances of an installation which are connected to a telephone line. The appliances have a priority level. There is provision for the...
RE39406 Telephone line coupler  
The telephone line coupler circuit has a single transmit opto-coupler whose output includes a DC bias component connected to a gate of a line seize switch for connecting a DC line seize load across...
7113587 Method and apparatus for non-disruptive telecommunication loop condition determination  
The invention provides a low cost, simple, circuit for detecting the condition of a telephone line.
7103178 Speech amplifier-resident mechanism for controllably supplying power to a line circuit  
A voltage-coupling and loop current supply mechanism controllably turns on an output transistor within the tip amplifier circuitry portion of the speech amplifier to controllably apply a prescribed...
7103147 Methods and apparatuses for determining loop characteristics using standard voice-band modem  
Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses to determine the characteristics of a local loop using the multi-tone line-probing signals of a standard voice-based modem. For one...
7095824 Instructive out-of-service telephone lines  
A method ( 10, 20 ) and apparatus ( 30 ) enables a customer ( 47 ) to distinguish between a dead or broken Internet Protocol telephone line and an out-of-service Internet Protocol telephone line....
7085370 Ringback detection circuit  
A ringback detector determines whether ringback by comparing measurements of a characteristic of the received signal, such as the energy of the received signal, to a threshold. The threshold is set...
7079637 System and method for detecting unauthorized call activity  
Disclosed are systems and methods which detect unauthorized, impermissible, or otherwise undesired call activity through a silence detection technique employing multiple samples. One embodiment...
7072385 Load coil and DSL repeater including same  
Systems and methods are disclosed for improving DSL performance, including ADSL and VDSL performance, over a local loop between a telephone company central office and a customer premises. In...
7065204 Method for transmitting charging signals via a data transmission path using resonance phenomena  
Method for transmitting charging signals via a data transmission path using resonance phenomena The invention provides a method for transmitting charging signals, in which an electrical resonance...
7054435 Apparatus and method for determining a minimal time bound for performing tone detection  
Performing tone detection for an amount of time that is calculated from the tones that the detector is designed to detect.
7046755 Digital access arrangement circuitry and method for connecting to phone lines having a DC holding circuit with switchable time constants  
A digital direct access arrangement (DAA) circuitry may be used to terminate the telephone connections at the user's end that provides a communication path for signals to and from the phone lines....
7043012 Method and apparatus for ring again feature for a telephone system  
A method and apparatus for an automatic ring again feature on a telephone set for a user that answers a telephone call not intended for that user is disclosed. If a user has answered an incoming...
7027590 Dynamic allocation of overhead voltage to support simultaneous transmission of signals on a telecommunication line  
Overhead voltage is allocated in a telecommunication system among different AC signals, such as POTS, on-hook transmission POTS, PPM and XDSL signals, communicated between a telephonic switch and a...
7027587 System and method for deriving sealing current  
An adaptive unit that taps into an existing POTS line, DLC POTS line, DLC channel unit designed for sealing current outputs, or AC-DC transformer designed for sealing current output, to provide...
7020274 Universal apparatus and method for interfacing signals with telephony networks  
A communication apparatus is used to interface signals with any one of a plurality of telephony networks having different impedances. The apparatus includes memory, a processor, a digital-to-analog...
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...
7006623 Circuit for reducing voltage peak in interfacing with a telephone line  
According to an embodiment, a DC driver circuit is coupled to a tip/ring line. The DC driver circuit includes a first capacitor coupled to a first switch where the first switch is coupled to an...
6999581 Event detection circuit  
A network interface circuit that screens out transient signals and provides an indication to the line side that an actual event has occurred, so that appropriate discrimination circuitry is powered...
6980643 Fallback function telecommunications device  
The invention herein is fallback function communications device comprised of a microprocessor, utilized to perform a predetermined operation and processing of a predetermined input signal and then...
6954531 Software controlled ring voltage generator  
A ring voltage generator uses values stored in random access memory to generate a train of pulses used to drive a voltage waveform to ring a telephone ringer. The values are stored in RAM, and are...
6944286 Ground key detection circuit and method for interference-resistant detection of the activation of a ground key for telephones  
A grounding key detecting device and method for interference-proof detection of the operation of grounding keys in telephones. A circuit that detects the operation of a grounding key includes a...
6940966 Method and apparatus for detection of a telephone CPE alerting signal  
A method and apparatus for detecting a signaling tone within a communications channel, such as a telephone line, is presented. The energy level of the communications channel signal is measured at...
6934382 Method for recognizing an off-hook condition on a single subscriber line with two terminal devices  
The invention is directed to a method for recognizing, in a system having a first terminal device and a second terminal device connected to a two-wire subscriber line, an off-hook condition of the...
6914981 Communication device  
A communication device has a cut-off frequency switching unit for switching a cut-off frequency for communication data at a communication line, and a confirming unit for confirming whether or not a...
6879686 Line take-up detection circuit  
An interface circuit including a galvanic isolation barrier between a transmission line and a user equipment, and a detector for detecting, independently from a transmission, the idle or busy state...
6876741 Device for detecting telephone line seizure  
The device for detecting telephone line seizure performs a measurement of voltage of the telephone line across a first and a second optocoupler connected in series to the telephone line and...
6865269 Method and apparatus for switch hook detection  
A method and apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving a signal over a connection from a telephonic device, determining if the signal is greater than a first preselected value, and...
6856685 Feed arrangement for a subscriber loop with multi-level current regulation capability  
A feed arrangement for a telephone subscriber loop. The feed arrangement includes an input for connection to a power supply and an output for connection to the TIP and RING conductors of the...
6813343 Method and apparatus for filtering asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) signals  
A method and apparatus for selectively filtering signals on a digital subscriber line (DSL) so as to prevent interference resulting from a telephone instrument switching between its on-hook and...
6813340 Ringing SLIC fault handling  
A line card or other telephone or communications interface provided with a ringing SLIC outputs relatively high voltage, such as in excess of about 90 volts, and/or relatively high current such as...
6810120 Method of determining answer supervision at a line appearance of a public switch telephone network  
Audible ring, which is provided to all line appearances, is detected and used to determine whether or not a far end party has answered, i.e., answer supervision, for equipment connected to the line...
6778664 Line current protection circuit and method for linear and nonlinear hold circuit  
A novel line-current protection circuit for detecting excessive line current from a telephone line and protecting line interface circuitry from the excessive line current is presented. The...
6778663 Method and apparatus for sensing current  
A method and apparatus are provided for sensing current in a subscriber line. The method includes receiving a current signal from a driver capable of driving the current signal on the subscriber...
6757378 Method and telecommunications center for recognizing connection requests at a subscriber line  
In a circuit arrangement for recognizing connection requests at an analog subscriber line in which a number of subscriber terminal devices such as an analog telephone and an MSFM modem, are...
6744873 Telephone accessory device  
A telephone accessory device includes a first circuit that detects an off-hook condition of a telephone and a second circuit responsive to the first circuit wherein the second circuit simulates an...
6741700 Low insertion loss current sense circuit  
A current sense circuit for sensing a current in a subscriber loop comprising a transformer having a first and second winding coupled for sensing a differential current in a loop, a sense winding...
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