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8170194 |
Method and system for replicating ring back tones
The present invention, in one aspect, relates to a method for replicating ring back tone (RBT). In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of sending a Play and Collect request to a media...
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8150025 |
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...
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8135389 |
Missed telephone call management for a portable multifunction device
In one aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method is disclosed for use in conjunction with a portable electronic device with a touch screen display. A list of items comprising missed...
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8121653 |
Methods and apparatus for autonomously managing communications using an intelligent intermediary
Apparatus for handling an incoming telephone call including a call processor coupled to a wired or wireless telephone network for receiving an incoming telephone call directed to a called person, a...
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8116826 |
Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for automatic adjustment of call and message alert levels for missed/rejected calls/messages
A device for intelligently adjusting a volume level for call/message alerts includes a processor, an interface(s), a memory, a timer and a volume adjuster. The processor receives a...
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8107614 |
Enhanced colorful ring-back tone by mixing content streams in real time
Methods and systems for enhanced Colorful Ring-Back Tone (eCRBT) services by mixing multiple digital content streams in real time are provided, including audio, video, data, text-based message, and...
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8099137 |
Network support for mobile special alerting
An apparatus in one example has: a mobile terminal having at least first and second modes of operation; and a special alerting code; wherein, in response to the calling party entering the special...
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8098811 |
Methods and systems for selectively playing received ringtones
Methods and systems are described for selectively playing received ringtones. Receipt at a communication device of an incoming voice call that includes a ringtone is detected. A ringtone...
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8073495 |
Delayed user notification of events in a mobile device
A sender-specified courtesy notification scheme to delay notification by a receiving device of the receipt of a data message is disclosed. A sender may specify a notification parameter defining a...
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8014760 |
Missed telephone call management for a portable multifunction device
In one aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method is disclosed for use in conjunction with a portable electronic device with a touch screen display. A list of items comprising missed...
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RE42590 |
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...
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7986977 |
Systems and methods for facilitating the acquisition of content
The present invention provides systems and methods for acquiring content (e.g., a ring tone or a ring view) for a communication device.
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7970387 |
Method and system for personalizing a call set-up period
A method of personalizing a call set-up of a mobile radio terminal includes acquiring contact information associated with a callable device. The contact information includes call set-up audio data...
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7957523 |
Method and system for implementing a ring back tone based on group mobile switchboard service
This invention discloses a method and system of implementing a ring back tone based on a group mobile switchboard service. The method includes: a home service control point of the group mobile...
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7940922 |
Telephone interface circuit
A telephone interface circuit comprising a speech circuit, a control circuit turning on upon receiving a supply of a forward direction trigger current so as to connect first and second telephone...
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7937074 |
Information terminal, and event notifying method
An information terminal of the present invention aims at informing the user of an occurrence of an event during the reproduction of contents without an unexpected feeling. An information terminal...
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7869588 |
System and method for providing particularized audible alerts
A system and method of generating at least two distinctive auditory alerts upon receiving a transmission or telephone call at a device is described. Data indicative of a first plurality of sounds...
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7869768 |
Techniques for controlling speaker volume of a portable communications device
A technique is directed to controlling speaker volume of a speaker of a portable communications device (e.g., a cellular telephone, a cordless hand phone, a combination of a cellular phone and a...
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7839995 |
Change to playback characteristic of ringback tone
A playback characteristic of a ringback tone, played to a calling communication device employed by a user for a call to a called communication device, is changed based on input from the user of the...
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7792282 |
Ringing for power system management
A network device has at least two communication ports to allow the device to communicate with at least two telephony devices. The device has a ring manager to determine if any of the communication...
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7715883 |
Alert signal generation
An alert signal of a communication device (1), such as the ring signal of a mobile phone, comprises a set of musical samples that are played by the communication device in sequence. The sequence...
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7636429 |
Providing call backup of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) terminal
In providing call backup of a VoIP terminal, where the VoIP terminal connected to a VoIP network is automatically provided with a PSTN backup function, the on the hook state is deferred for a...
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7339924 |
Method and apparatus for providing ringing timeout disconnect supervision in remote telephone extensions using voice over packet-data-network systems (VOPS)
A Multiservice Access Concentrator (MAC) provides a time limit for a first ringing voltage signal in response to an attempted call. The call is attempted via a voice over packet-data-network system...
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7324331 |
System and method for providing and receiving electric power through telephone wire-pairs
Converter modules for providing and receiving electric power through a single telephone wire-pair and related systems and methods. In one embodiment, a converter module for providing electric power...
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7260210 |
Unbalanced slic with a built-in ring circuit
A method and apparatus is provided for implementing an unbalanced subscriber line interface circuit with built-in ring circuit. A signal to be conditioned is received. An unbalanced output...
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7257222 |
Ring voltage generation circuit and method for generating a ring voltage
The present invention relates to a ring voltage generation circuit for generating a ring voltage (VTR) between a TIP lead (9) and a RING lead (10) with minimized power loss for electronic...
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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...
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7239695 |
Method and apparatus for detecting line card threshold
A method and apparatus is provided. The method includes transmitting a signal having an AC component to a subscriber line and receiving at least a portion of the transmitted signal from the...
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7212840 |
Cellular phone and incoming call reception informing method
Incoming call tones and program numbers as numbers used to specify respective incoming call tones are stored in a memory of a cellular phone so as to be set in correspondence to each other. The...
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7197134 |
DTMF generating assistant
A DTMF generating device for automatically generating DTMF tones corresponding to a predefined phone number comprises a processor, a memory, and a speaker enveloped in a credit card sized casing....
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7181005 |
Telephone interface circuit
An interface circuit that interconnects a terminal device at an extension station with the adjunct port circuit of a telephone of a business communications system (BCS), such as a digital PBX. The...
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7181004 |
Direct drive for a subscriber line differential ringing signal having a DC offset
A method of generating a subscriber line differential ringing signal with a DC component includes providing a time-varying supply level, W(t), having a plurality of non-equidistantly spaced...
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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...
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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...
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7067731 |
Sound source circuit and telephone terminal using same
A sound source circuit is provided for a telephone terminal to reproduce chorus-effect imparted musical tones as incoming call sound or hold sound. Herein, original musical tone data ω c1 are ...
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7068777 |
True DTMF dialer
A circular dial buffer is implemented in appropriate random access memory (RAM) accessible by a DSP for the purpose of storing DTMF digits to be generated and output on, e.g., a telephone line. To...
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7046797 |
Telephone system with controllable ringing voltage
A telephone system includes a controllable ringing generator for generating a ringing signal and an interface for providing a ringing voltage derived from that signal on the transmission line. The...
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7042996 |
Method and apparatus for cas-based ring limiting of FXS ports
A method and apparatus for call-limiting one or more candidate calls received by a router is disclosed. The method and apparatus may be configured to determine whether ringing one or more candidate...
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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...
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7031464 |
Ring relay control unit for foreign exchange station
The ring relay control unit of an FXS includes a main control unit for controlling relay interrupt command; a relay control device for generating a relay control signal in accordance with a relay...
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7031465 |
Network interface device and method
A network interface device includes a first interface operable to receive at least two incoming calls over a subscriber line, and a second interface operable to facilitate communication between the...
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7020280 |
Method of processing phone dialing/redialing function and the device thereof
A method of processing a phone dialing process. At first, whether the dial key signal of the dial device is inputted is checked. When the dial key signals of the dial device are inputted and the...
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7016706 |
Mobile radio terminal
An image processing section reads out moving picture data from a memory section in accordance with an instruction from a control section, and subjects the moving picture data to a predetermined...
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7013393 |
Universal intelligent card for secure access to system functions
A method and apparatus for secure access to secured system functions utilizing a universal access card. The card includes a bank of tuned amplifier circuits and tuned audio transducers to maximize...
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6996228 |
Motor for generating vibrational signal
A vibrator mechanism is constructed with a permanently magnetized rotor having an eccentrically positioned center of mass and a flat profile. The magnetized rotor is magnetically coupled to a...
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6961424 |
Protected mechanism for DTMF relay
There is provided methods and devices for relaying tone events in a communication system. A first tone data indicative of a first tone is received and buffered. Following, a second tone data...
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6961425 |
Socket/plug in DTMF tone dialer
A system for generating number tones for dialing a telephone device. The system comprises a socket assembly, at least one button assembly, and a converter. The socket assembly defines at least one...
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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...
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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...
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6940974 |
Systems and methods for generating tones for operating telephones
A system for generating number tones for dialing a telephone device comprising a microphone. The system comprises a housing, a first data entry device, first and second memory devices, an output...
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