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6400256 Communication apparatus capable of displaying simultaneously the latest messages received from a plurality of callers  
A communication apparatus of the present invention displays, in its stand-by state, particular callers' name belonging to a preset group and the latest messages respectively corresponding to...
6377794 Communication apparatus notifying calling information to called party  
A communication apparatus includes an antenna, a TDMA/TDD processing unit, a radio unit provided between the antenna and the TDMA/TDD processing unit for data transfer, a telephone directory memory...
6370523 System and methods for determining a desired listing using an intersection of coverage areas and a search region  
A system and method for determining a desired listing by ranking coverage areas based on the intersection of a search region and one or more coverage areas. The desired listing is created by...
6370519 Method for storing and displaying telephone numbers of communication terminals  
A method for storing telephone numbers of communication terminals. The method includes the steps of receiving a telephone number entered after a telephone number storage mode is selected; checking...
6370235 Unsolicited phone call removal system  
A method is provided for preventing the transmission of unsolicited phone calls. The telephone number corresponding to the source of the phone call is first compared with a reject list and with an...
6347136 Calling party announcement message management systems and methods  
A calling party announcement apparatus and method for providing the identity of the caller in a non-synthesized, pre-recorded human speech. The invention detects and decodes the Incoming Caller...
6330310 Directory dialing telephone set  
A directory dialing telephone set, with which the user can register necessary telephone numbers in a directory of the directory dialing telephone set efficiently and with a minimum of effort, is...
6327347 Calling party identification authentication and routing in response thereto  
A method and system for indicating authentication of the identity of a calling party based on an intrinsic property of the calling party is disclosed. Representations of intrinsic properties of...
6295340 Speech coding selection based on call related information  
A variable voice compression device and method in a voice messaging system is provided. The device includes a call related information/coding table or database which contains associations between...
6266400 Method for customizing and managing information in a voice mail system to facilitate call handling  
A method and system for organizing and managing information to be used by a voice mail system to facilitate call handling based on information contained in an address book having a database with...
6263053 System and method for processing telephone calls  
A telephone call processing system and method for providing operator service. The system maintains a number of customer directories, each customer directory having information pertaining to a...
6223156 Speech recognition of caller identifiers using location information  
A speech recognition system recognizes a caller identifier received during a telephone call as a speech signal from a caller. The system generates a plurality of caller identifier choices from the...
6195424 Automatic person-following communication system  
In accordance with the invention, there is provided an automatic person-following system for a telephone switching machine having at least one 2-way DID trunk operative for receiving incoming and...
6195426 Service providing customized information to queuing customers  
A communication system that provides information to customers holding in a queue. Upon arrival to the queue, the queue identifies the customer and further identifies information that is related to...
6178231 Method and system for generating predetermined messages during selected calls-in-progress  
A method and system for generating a predetermined message during selected calls-in-progress utilizes a communication station to detect a connection being attempted between a subscriber telephony...
6111938 Telephone answering machine  
A telephone answering machine including a caller ID extracting part, a transmission period and reading part, a response message reading part and a central control part enables lower cost for the...
6097792 Interactive method and apparatus for the generation of leads  
An interactive method and apparatus for the generation of leads is provided that stores a plurality of prerecorded messages. The system accepts user's phone calls and captures the user's phone...
6081583 Post call directory entry device and method  
The invention includes a post call directory entry device that performs the post call directory entry function for a telephone station. The post call directory entry device includes a directory...
6061450 Alternate telephone system  
Apparatus for routing local calls around the local exchange carrier includes an intelligent call diverter (ICD) which stores the Automatic Number Identification Code (ANI) of the calling telephone,...
6038293 Method and system for efficiently transferring telephone calls  
A computer implemented method responds to a telephone call from a caller. In response to receiving the telephone call, a first call receiving device obtains call information for the caller. The...
5987424 Accounting method and system for discounted communications charges  
An accounting method is provided wherein advertisement information is provided from an exchange to a terminal accommodated in the exchange and the communication charge to be charged to the terminal...
5974398 Method and apparatus enabling valuation of user access of advertising carried by interactive information and entertainment services  
Interactive information and entertainment service customers see advertisers' bids for their attention which are displayed on their display screens and choose which advertisements to view. For each...
5969647 Method of compressing letters in a caller identification code system  
A method of compressing letters adapted to store a letter in a specific bit and a memory unit includes compiling a set of 26 letters of the English alphabet and dividing it into two halves, which...
5963626 Method and system for posting messages to callers based on caller identity  
A method and system for generating and posting a message to callers based on a caller's identity includes a communication station for determining whether a calling party is attempting to connect...
5857013 Method for automatically returning voice mail messages  
A method for returning a voice mail message for a subscriber of a voice mail service. The method includes the steps of accessing the voice mail service on a second calling line on the public...
5848131 Automatic information and routing system for telephonic services  
A system and method for automatically and seamlessly routing telephone calls across a telephone network. The system includes a telephone switch having a computer, a master file and client file...
5818836 Method and apparatus for anonymous voice communication using an online data service  
An anonymous telephone communication system. The system includes an anonymous voice system which can establish an anonymous telephone communication through a circuit switched network (CSN). In...
5796806 Apparatus and method for spoken caller identification using signals of the advanced intelligent network  
An apparatus and method for providing spoken identification of a telephone caller on all phones of a service subscriber's telephone line. The caller's identification is spoken over a regular...
5787159 Use of caller ID information  
An improved voice processing system is described which utilizes caller ID information, or portions thereof, in order to change processing parameters utilized by the voice processing system to...
5724408 Automated call screening  
A method for facilitating call completions utilizing a call identification telephone number which is transmitted along with an incoming call. A user of the call processor of the invention can...
5661787 System for on-demand remote access to a self-generating audio recording, storage, indexing and transaction system  
The system allows radio broadcast listeners to use a telephone to connect to a database that contains prerecorded audio descriptions (e.g. spoken text and/or music) of material played by the radio...
5636269 Intelligent call waiting  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using information about a calling party's identity or the importance of a call to control the call waiting signal played to a called party that is busy on...
5631949 Location independent time reporting message retrieval system  
When a subscriber to message retrieval service retrieves a message, rather than reporting a time of day associated with the message that may not have any meaning to the subscriber if the...
5627884 Method for returning inbound calls  
Caller information is automatically taken from a caller on hold, the call disconnected and the call returned at the time when the caller would have been serviced had the caller stayed on hold. The...
5625676 Method and apparatus for monitoring a caller's name while using a telephone  
A method and apparatus for an auto attendant system to allow a called party to monitor a screening name left by a caller while the called party is on the telephone with a third party. If the called...
5623537 Telephone message center  
A telephone message system overcomes the problems and limitations of presently available systems that seek to enhance inter-and intra-premises communications. The system advantageously comprises a...
5619557 Telephone switching system and method for controlling incoming telephone calls to remote agents and for collecting and providing call data  
A telephone switching system (100) including an automatic call distributor (102) for routing incoming telephone calls over a telephone network (116) to agent telephonic units (112, 114) is...
5619556 Automated telecommunication peripheral system  
Method and apparatus for providing customized telecommunication services through a peripheral node which includes a node interface for connection through incoming and outgoing telephone trunks to a...
5604790 Voice processing call announcement and answering system  
A telephone terminal that allows simple word commands to produce different results depending on the identity of the caller. The use of a limited set of word commands allows the utilization of an...
5596627 Call screening method using selective call acceptance  
An anonymous interactive telephone system for connecting a caller to a subscriber without divulging the identity or telephone number of either unless voluntarily revealed. The subscriber publishes...
5590186 System and method for redirecting a telephone call with call merging  
Calls made to a toll-free 800 service subscriber are routed to a subscriber's primary location via a telephone network switch operating in conjunction with a specially configured adjunct processor....
5583925 Automatic three-way calling feature for a telecommunications system  
A facility is disposed in a telecommunications network which, advantageously, establishes a conference (N-way) call more efficiently than was done priorly. Specifically, a caller may establish a...
5559878 Telephonic communications answering and callback processing system  
A system and method for solving problems associated with limited attended answering of telephone calls during peak periods is provided. The system implements a method for controllably and...
5559860 User selectable response to an incoming call at a mobile station  
An apparatus for selectively answering an incoming call transmitted from a cellular base station to a mobile station based upon the telephone number of a calling party. An ID processor is...
5555290 Long distance telephone switching system with enhanced subscriber services  
A long distance telephone switching system is adapted to provide various enhanced subscriber services, such as an audio news and information service, conference calling, voice messaging, message...
5550900 Apparatus and method for routing messages in a telephone message center  
A telephone message system overcomes the problems and limitations of presently available systems that seek to enhance inter-and intra-premises communications. The system comprises a controller unit...
5535264 Prompt issuing protocol for an intercept voice messaging system  
A voice messaging service system for caller accepted voice store and forward service. The service offering prompt is issued during dial tone in response to caller off-hook, advising that the...
5535265 Method and circuitry for controlling voice mail, call logging and call blocking functions using a modem  
A telephone line monitoring circuit for a MODEM monitors the TIP and RING lines of the telephone line. A first circuit of the monitoring circuit detects when a local phone goes off-hook while the...
5533102 Telephone auto attendant system for delivering chosen greetings to callers while on the phone  
A method and apparatus for providing a telephone user with information concerning a caller. The call by the caller causes information concerning the caller to be transferred over a communication...
5524146 Automatic access to communication service providers  
A short dedicated code, such as an N11 telephone number, is used to access an information source selected from a large number of voice, data, facsimile and/or video services offered by information...
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