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6549612 |
Unified communication services via e-mail
A method and system for providing unified messages services to a subscriber. The subscriber utilizes an active interface embedded in an e-mail notification to control delivery of a non-literal,...
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6545698 |
Mobile video telephone with automatic answering function and method for controlling the same
A mobile video telephone with an automatic answering function is provided for sending a distinct outgoing message to a specified person. The mobile video telephone comprises a camera for taking a...
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6546085 |
System and method to enable a calling party to verify delivery and to cancel stored facsimiles
A system and method that enables a calling party to verify delivery and/or cancel stored facsimiles. This advance is achieved by a voice mail system that receives incoming telephone calls and...
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6546086 |
Process for placing and reading an advertisement
The invention concerns a process and a system for placing and reading an advertisement. In order to place and read advertisements without undue delay and to reach the largest possible group of...
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6542584 |
Digital telephone system with automatic voice mail redirection
A telephone system including a process for redirection of voice mail messages to another voice mail box after a predetermined time or after a predetermined number of attempts at notification by...
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6539088 |
Electrical connector for connecting an audio source to a caller on hold
A connector for use in a business telephone system such as a PBX, Key, or other type of system with audio on hold capabilities. The connector eliminates the need for time consuming stripping,...
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6535583 |
Voice recompression method and apparatus
A method and apparatus for storing a voice message. The method includes the steps of storing a coded representation of the voice message in a block of memory associated with the voice message and...
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6529584 |
Audio program delivery system
A navigable audio delivery system includes an audio application and content. The application includes control data relating to the delivery of audio content to a user replay device. The delivery...
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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...
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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,...
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6519326 |
Telephone voice-ringing using a transmitted voice announcement
A voice-ringing system is provided. The traditional telephone ring for notifying a called party of an incoming phone call is replaced by a short verbal announcement that is provided by the calling...
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6519327 |
System and method for selectively retrieving messages stored on telephony and data networks
A system and method for selectively retrieving voice-mail and electronic mail messages from a plurality of message storage devices residing on a telephony network and a data network and storing...
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6510209 |
Telephone enabling remote programming of a video recording device
A user can program the user's VCR when away from home by calling the user's home telephone number and remotely interacting with the user's telephone which is adapted for programming the VCR in...
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6510207 |
Voice messaging system storage of emergency alert system warnings
Apparatus and method to receive and record an Emergency Alert System warning message on a voice messaging system. A voice messaging system such as a telephone answering device includes an Emergency...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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6501833 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic adaptation of a large vocabulary speech recognition system and for use of constraints from a database in a large vocabulary speech recognition system
The lexical network of a large-vocabulary speech recognition system is structured to effectuate the rapid and efficient addition of words to the system's active vocabulary. The lexical network is...
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6496570 |
Method and communication network for offering announcements
A method and communication network wherein one or more announcement texts are established in a service control point. A message initiated on the basis of a call of the subscriber wherein...
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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....
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6493429 |
Telephone with ability to push audible read out data
In one embodiment according to the invention, a telephonic apparatus includes an interface to a network, a memory adapted to store a telephone number, a text-to-speech module adapted to produce...
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6493432 |
System for ensuring calling party privacy in a call screening system
The system for providing calling party privacy during subscriber call screening for a central office switching system enables a subscriber to monitor and intercept the last forwarded, active call...
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6493428 |
Text-enhanced voice menu system
A text enhanced voice menu system includes data storage, a voice communication path, a text communication path and switch logic. The data storage stores audio information for producing a voice...
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6483901 |
Non-volatile memory platform for digital answering systems
A memory management method for a digital answering system having a non-volatile memory, e.g., flash memory, for storing files of audio messages. In accordance with the method, a first portion of...
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6483895 |
Electronic classified advertising interface method and instructions with direct ad access for advertisers
An interface for an electronic classified advertising system. The interface includes a feature which allows an advertiser to enter the system and input an access number to hear all of the...
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6480580 |
User addressable computer telephony system
Improved methods and arrangements are provided that allow for dynamic mapping of users to devices in a computer telephony system. The computer telephony system is configured to allow users to...
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6480579 |
Method and apparatus for recording and replaying messages
An apparatus for recording and replaying a message received from a calling party through a telephone line is disclosed. Messages received from a plurality of calling parties are stored in a memory....
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6477240 |
Computer-implemented voice-based command structure for establishing outbound communication through a unified messaging system
A method for permitting a user to create a plurality of outbound communication paths to a plurality of communication devices from a unified messaging system, the creating the plurality of the...
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6473494 |
Telephony system formed by a base station and at least one subscriber device, comprising a callback system, method of establishing callbacks
A telephony system is formed by a base station and subscriber devices. The telephony system has a callback system for producing callback signals by acting on a sound device, for example, by ringing...
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6473786 |
Data acquisition and remote administration system
A data acquisition and remote administration system for use during a communication session between at least one client computer and a computerized voice mail server computer system with the at...
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6470076 |
Portable telephone with voice-prompted menu screens
The portable telephone of the present invention provides an environment in which recording/playing back of user's voice is made possible at each of the menu screens. Operations of a portable...
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6470181 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneous text and audio for sponsored calls
A combination of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) capabilities including Short Message Service (SMS), Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and Customized Applications for Mobile network...
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6466653 |
Text-to-speech preprocessing and conversion of a caller's ID in a telephone subscriber unit and method therefor
A telephone subscriber unit ( 22 ) includes a caller identification device ( 120 ), a memory unit ( 114 ), a pre-processor ( 124 ) and a text-to-speech synthesizer (TTS) ( 110 ). The caller...
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6463129 |
Call screening method of a facsimile system having a stationary main unit connected to a telephone network and a cordless portable unit
A call screening method for a facsimile system having a stationary main unit connected to a telephone network and at least one cordless portable unit for enabling a user to screen an incoming call...
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6463132 |
Communication system having the capability of selecting an optimum communication mode from a plurality of modes, depending on the type of equipment at a party to be communicated with
A communication system in which when an incoming call has arrived, a communication line having the capability of a high sampling rate is automatically selected without assistance of an exchange...
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6459774 |
Structured voicemail messages
A sender ( 101 ) creates a voicemail message that includes a plurality of messaging elements that include embedded instructions that define a structure of the message. Other messaging elements may...
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6459780 |
Methods and apparatus for providing a called party call disposition options in real time
Call screening and other communication services are described. The described methods and apparatus allow a call screening service subscriber to be provided with a caller supplied spoken name when...
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6456699 |
Web-based generation of telephony-based interactive voice response applications
A computer system and method for analysis and translation of Web on-line menu architectures to Interactive Voice Response (IVR) menu architectures. The system analyzes Uniform Resource Location...
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6456619 |
Method and system for supporting a decision tree with placeholder capability
A system and method for supporting an interactive decision tree with placeholder capability include an interactive decision tree-based expert unit with an input enabled to receive user data that...
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6453021 |
Public display voice mail system
A voice mail messaging display system having a means for receiving telephone calls, and a data processor or computer coupled to the means for receiving telephone calls. The computer has a memory...
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6449359 |
Telephone identification calling apparatus and procedures
Method for improving the calling procedures of telephones by creating customized messages for telephones coupled to a telephone exchange. The messages are registered on one or more sections of...
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6445776 |
Abstract interface for media and telephony services
A server provides media and telephony services in a telecommunications network. The server has a distributed, object-oriented software architecture, allowing client applications to access resources...
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6445779 |
Method and apparatus for providing outbound voice-to-fax service
A subscriber, using a voice telephone set ( 12 ) may transmit a facsimile message to a recipient facsimile machine ( 14 ) by dialing a telephone number associated with a platform ( 22 ) in a...
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6442242 |
Multifunction autoattendant system and method of operation thereof
A call processing apparatus incorporates a robust database supporting both autodialing and autoattendant functions. Incoming calls not directed to a specific telephone extension and any call to a...
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6442244 |
Method and apparatus for selective audio logo and/or announcements in a telecommunications network
A calling party may receive an audio logo or an audible announcement during a telecommunications call. Upon receipt of the call, a switch ( 30 ) within a network ( 10 ) accesses a service database...
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6438213 |
Message processing method, device, system and recording medium
A message processing method is provided for transmitting a transmit message while adding a unique transmit ID to identify the transmission of a transmit message to the transmit message; registering...
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6438221 |
Electronote wall mounted messaging device
A wall-hung or shelf situated free-standing voice memorandum system allows an individual to record a message for another member of the household. the system can be used in connection with a...
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6438218 |
Internet telephone service
A public switched telephone network utilizing program controlled switching systems controlled by common channel interoffice signaling (CCIS) and preferably an advanced intelligent network (AIN)...
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6438214 |
Answering system for a communication device
The present invention provides an answering system for a communication device which, when set up with an automatic answering mode because a called party is absent or does not want to answer it,...
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6434222 |
Apparatus and method for automated multi-media messaging system information updating
A system ( 100 ) that employs media “blending” to notify a multi-media user of the use of one or more default configurations and provides an opportunity to record or reconfigure the item for...
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