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7600033 Network traffic control in peer-to-peer environments  
A method and an electronic unit are disclosed for controlling traffic on a network, especially for controlling peer-to-peer related traffic. A filter unit is intercepting messages related to...
7570747 Private branch exchange (PBX), voice store equipment, message processing method, program and recording medium  
A PBX which accommodates an extension station and voice store equipment, the PBX comprising a controller for controlling interconnection between the extension or the voice store equipment and an...
7567660 Message pad subsystem for a software-based intercom system  
The invention is a messaging subsystem used in combination with a software based intercom system for receiving and handling voice telephone calls from a plurality of callers and/or notes. The...
7548614 Audible announcement played to calling party before establishment of two party stable call  
An audible announcement is played to a calling party, upon initiation of a call to a called party, before establishment of the call as a two party stable call between the calling party and the...
7515701 Method and apparatus for screening calls from a telephony device  
A messaging system component provides for a screening of an incoming call from a telephony device of a plurality of telephony devices. The messaging system component is associated with a network...
7474633 Method for forwarding and storing session packets according to preset and/or dynamic rules  
A system and method for recording and/or monitoring data by forwarding it, with or without analyzing or otherwise filtering the data itself. According to preferred embodiments of the present...
7471773 Telephone terminal  
A telephone terminal having a function of telephone communication is provided with a communication recording unit that records the telephone communication as communication data, an interruption...
7430510 System and method of using modular spoken-dialog components  
A system and method are disclosed for switching contexts within a spoken dialog between a user and a spoken dialog system. The spoken dialog system utilizes modular subdialogs that are invoked by...
7409218 Cellular ad hoc phone extension system and method  
A method of establishing a cooperative ad hoc network of phone extensions is implemented by the cellular devices within the ad hoc network. First, a first cellular device receiving an incoming call...
7400711 System and technique for dynamically interjecting live advertisements in the context of real-time isochronous (telephone-model) discourse  
A method, system and program storage device are provided for interjecting messages into a real-time isochronous discourse (such as a telephone call) between a plurality of callers wherein the...
7353256 Application program interface for message routing and management system  
Transmission of messages composed on one or more input devices to a single or multiple recipients by means of one or plural communication modes is facilitated. Such communication modes may include...
7310412 Personalized recorded message via message delivery system  
Message delivery system primarily for answering machines which provides a realistic sounding recorded message containing an individualized personal greeting which can be delivered onto one or more...
7305226 Architecture and method for intercepting communications in a communications network  
An architecture and method for intercepting communications in a communications network is disclosed. The architecture includes a first access device that captures call identifying information of a...
7283521 System and method for reporting communication related information in a packet mode communication  
A method for lawful interception of communication related information is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the method includes detecting the occurrence of an event in a packet data network....
7280649 Personal auto attendant apparatus and method  
A method for operating a telecommunications server including configuring a personal auto attendant associated with a particular telephone extension, the personal auto attendant including a series...
7236577 Call screening system and method  
A call screening system and method. The method can include receiving an inbound telephone call destined for a called party. Associated caller identification data can be identified from the inbound...
7212618 Systems and methods for forwarding telephone calls  
A system ( 130 ) forwards a telephone call to a user. The system ( 130 ) receives a telephone call from a calling party and compares the name of the calling party to a list of names. If the calling...
7190768 Method and apparatus for human-assisted adaptive outbound telephone call classification based on pattern recognition  
A system for classifying outbound telephone calls is provided. According to the invention, voice messages received as a result of placing outbound telephone calls can be classified. In particular,...
7162013 Home network telephone answering system and method for same  
A system and method are provided for answering Home Network telephone calls. The method comprises: receiving telephone calls addressed to a Home Network endpoint; routing the received calls from a...
7133500 Method and apparatus for intercept of wireline communications  
Method and apparatus for conducting surveillance in a SS7 Intelligent Network (IN) or Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) provides in the case of AIN that an Info Analyzed trigger is armed in an end...
7127045 Automatic answering telephone set with individual answering and method thereof  
The present invention relates to an individual answering method for an automatic answering telephone set which can selectively ring the telephone when a call is received by distinguishing absent...
7076032 Method and system for processing telephone calls by IVR  
The present invention relates generally to voice response systems. Specifically, this invention relates to an interactive voice response client using script engines to control various voice...
7065786 Password generation and verification system and method therefor  
A system and method for facilitating password control and maintenance is provided. A system 10 is provided where a plurality of categories are set so that a single piece or multiple pieces of...
7062020 System and apparatus for IVR port sharing  
A telecommunications system is described for dynamic port sharing of a multiple port, multiple script, IVR facility, using CTI server(s).
7054419 Answering machine detection for voice message delivery method and system  
An apparatus and method for detecting an answering machine for a new voice message delivery method and system. The invention detects the presence of an existing answering machine or voicemail...
7023966 Telephonic voice message store and forward method having network address and voice authentication  
Authentication of voice message recipient network addresses employs generating ( 102 ) and storing ( 104 ) a “network file” that includes “voice clips” and associated network addresses that...
6999565 Multi-mode message routing and management  
Transmission of messages composed on one or more input devices to a single or multiple recipients by means of one or plural communication modes is facilitated. Such communication modes may include...
6970535 Wireless messaging system to multiple recipients  
A two way wireless hand held PDA device that allows remote mobile creation of messages and sending of those messages to recipients via different delivery modes. The recipients can be formed into...
6937703 Connection of a computer to a telephone exchange  
The present invention relates to a telephone system, an exchange and a method for setting up telephone connections between a computer, which is an extension of the exchange, and the exchange via a...
6868143 System and method for advanced unified messaging  
Systems and methods for providing advanced unified messaging are described. The subscriber specifies preferences based on message type, access device type, the subscriber's schedule, and other...
6839414 Call prevention device and method  
A call prevention device. The device includes a caller ID detection unit for detecting caller ID data transmitted over a telecommunication network before a connection is established when a call is...
6807256 Call screening method and apparatus  
A cellular telephone system is provided with a process and apparatus for screening an incoming call. The process is carried out by, and the apparatus comprises, a service provider ( 20 ) and a...
6801521 System and method for distributed call signaling in telephony-over-LAN networks  
A gateway ( 106 ) to an H.323 network configured to monitor and intercept in-band signaling from external networks. The gateway ( 106 ) further provides to the H.323 terminal ( 102 ) out-of-band...
6785741 Call director system and method  
A call director (CD) system and method is disclosed which enables a Virtual Automatic Call Director (ACD) environment with integrated voice response unit (VRU) and Virtual Automatic Call...
6757360 Method and apparatus for filtering incoming telephone calls  
A technique for using a computer system to filter incoming telephone is provided. The computer system decodes caller ID information in an incoming telephone call and compares the decoded caller ID...
6744862 Remote prescription refill system  
A central station is provided to which the pharmacy can forward calls at the convenience of the pharmacy. A caller will call in to the pharmacy to request a refill and the call will be...
6721408 Method and apparatus for recording or forwarding messages  
A system and method provide the capability for a visitor to a home or business to leave an audio message for the occupants if they are not present. Outside the home or building, an interface may be...
6714630 System and method for screening calls  
A system for screening telephone calls is provided. The system includes a ring detector that generates ring status data, such as a first data value when a ring signal is being received and a second...
6704395 System and method for reducing call interruptions on a telephone  
The present invention comprises an improved telephone system and method that reduce call interruptions to a telephone, i.e., reduce interruptions caused by a caller placing a call to the telephone....
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...
6693994 Master system for accessing multiple telephony messaging systems  
A “master” telephony message system (TMS) application has been developed to allow an individual to access multiple message services (such as voice mail, telephone-accessed email, unified...
6683939 Method and apparatus for logging DTMF phone symbols dialed from an extension  
A method and apparatus logs outgoing phone symbols dialed from an extension. To log the phone numbers, a switching network is coupled to the phone lines and passes a Dual Tone Multiple Frequency...
6614887 Caller-controlled voice mail sub-mailboxes  
A voice mail system employs caller-specific sub-mailboxes that are created within a voice mail account owner's mailbox so that a caller designates an access pincode for the sub-mailbox and then has...
6549613 Method and apparatus for intercept of wireline communications  
Method and apparatus for conducting surveillance in a SS7 Intelligent Network (IN) or Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) provides in the case of AIN that an Info Analyzed trigger is armed in an end...
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...
6496703 System for disabling wireless communication devices  
An apparatus and method for disabling wireless communication devices establishes a disabling zone. Inside the disabling zone, one or more capabilities of the wireless communication devices are...
6456696 Method and apparatus for temporarily deactivating a call indicator  
A call indicator, such as a ringer, is deactivated on a temporary or preset basis while normal call processing continues, so that the subscriber can attain an appropriate level of privacy for...
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,...
6385307 Apparatus and method for overriding an automatic answer function of a telephone answering device  
An apparatus for overriding an automatic answer function of a telephone answering device includes a host computer in communication with the telephone answering device. The host computer includes an...
6359970 Communications control method and apparatus  
A communications controller is provided for empowering the user of a communications device, such as a telephone or other device, to assume control over incoming communications. Each caller is...
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