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7289616 User-configurable call answering/redirection mechanism  
Very flexible call management is achieved by a method for handling a call setup request ( 7 - 10, 7 - 22 , . . . ) from A party (A 1 . . . A 9 ) to a B party ( 511 ). A reachability server (RS)...
7286657 Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including tailored announcements  
A system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information can not be provided. A calling party is prompted by an announcement to provide the audible...
7155201 Method and network for emergency call services  
A method and network provide mobile information for emergency calls based on mobile position during a call in progress. As soon as an Emergency Services Call is invoked, the Mobile Station position...
7146383 Method and system for an automated disambiguation  
A method and system for automating the disambiguation of search results includes one or more database including a plurality of records, a search engine, and a disambiguation engine. The search...
7142647 Database for use in telephone communications  
Techniques for storing data used in making announcements in telephone communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, an announcement depends on classes of services associated with telephone...
7117445 Multi-mode communication apparatus and interface for contacting a user  
A system and method for providing multi-mode communication options on a data processing device. A method according to one embodiment of the invention includes: receiving an incoming electronic...
7095826 Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting  
A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting announcement to a called party that is busy on a first call and receives a second call. Information provided by a second...
7079631 Localized broadcast information based on call related information  
A method and apparatus for accessing an one of a plurality of highly localized weather broadcasts based on the reception by a weather forecast service of call related information (e.g., Caller ID...
7046783 Seamless re-direction of calls between home and mobile telephones  
A method is described for providing wired line telephone and mobile telephone cross-usage comprising the steps of de-activating call forwarding of incoming mobile telephone calls to a subscriber's...
7031441 Method and apparatus for supporting on-demand connectivity for network applications  
A method and apparatus for supporting on-demand connectivity for network applications is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a method and apparatus for remotely triggering a...
7027798 Electronic terminal having an emergency message function and insurance system using the same  
An electronic terminal having an emergency message function which can be easily used little inducing erroneous operation or operation out of fun. The electronic terminal comprises a predetermined...
7027576 Call screening apparatus and method  
A method of screening incoming telephone calls and programming screening options and apparatus that allows incoming calls to be screened according to various criteria programmed by a subscriber.
7027572 System and method for associating interactive voice response unit data to a telephone call using automatic number identifiers  
A system and method of providing interactive data exchange between a plurality of outside parties utilizing a plurality of telephone apparatus, a voice response unit, at least one operator...
7023968 Message handling system  
A system for handling messages may be adapted to handle both electronic mail and telephonic messages in substantially the same fashion. For example, telephonic messages may be converted to a...
7020250 System and method for providing visual indication of caller and telephony platform information on customer premises equipment  
A system and method for receiving information regarding a telephony platform and for retrieving the object of the services provided by the telephony platform corresponding to the information...
7010101 Method and system for termination blocking of message delivery service  
A method ( 20 ) and system ( 50 ) is provided that permits a telephone caller to leave a message for a called party that does not have a conventional answering service, such as voice mail, an...
7006605 Authenticating a caller before providing the caller with access to one or more secured resources  
In one embodiment, a system authenticates a caller before providing the caller with access to one or more secured resources. Identification and verification data is stored during system enrollment...
6993121 Method and system for text-to-speech conversion of caller information  
A system ( 10 ) and method ( 40 ) for providing audible caller information to telephone service subscribers is presented. The system ( 10 ) includes a pre-processor ( 28 ) that converts textual...
6954521 Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting and caller identification  
An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify...
6928154 Remote caller identification telephone system and method with internet retrieval  
A remote caller identification system with data logging and retrieval features including a data logging unit which logs caller identifying information from incoming calls from a caller to a...
6912275 Secure remote access to voice mail  
A coupler includes an analog port for interfacing with a telephone answering system a network port that is adapted for connection to an insecure network. The security problem associated with...
6909777 Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including tailored announcements  
A system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information can not be provided. A calling party is prompted by an announcement to provide the audible...
6870924 Automatic call distribution system and method  
A method and system for automatically distributing calls from calling parties to agents in a telephonic service provider facility, in which a database associates specific calling parties with...
6807264 Computer telephony integration  
A CTI system in which a user profile contains a call-related feature table for holding the user's chosen timeout values for the facility “Divert To Mail After Timeout”. The call-related...
6807259 Audible calling line identification  
Audible calling line identification. Network resources are used to provide text-to-speech translation based audio “caller-ID” services to a telephone subscriber. In a plain old telephone system...
6785368 On-demand caller identification  
An on-demand caller ID service is disclosed. A customer dials an access code to retrieve calls made to his telephone number. An automated voicemail response system would repeat the telephone...
6765999 Private branch exchange system  
A private branch exchange has a terminating classification table for storing, in connection with terminating information transmitted through an outside line circuit, destining extension numbers and...
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...
6741689 System and method for providing call subject information to a called party  
A system and method is provided for providing call subject information to a destination device. A call subject platform provides a selection menu to an originating device to receive call subject...
6735287 Method and system for multimodal presence detection  
A presence device operable in a first mode and a second mode is associated with a communication device. In the first mode, a user using the presence device is biometrically authenticated and a...
6724885 Automatic call distribution center with queue position restoration for call-back customers  
A novel Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) Center allows an on-hold customer, upon learning of an unacceptable waiting time for service, to accept a date- and time-stamped “Priority Token,” and...
6721397 System and method for message exchange over a public-switched telephone network  
Telephones are able to exchange arbitrary messages over a public-witch telephone network. Messages are created and sent to a switch. The switch transfers the message to a called party telephone....
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....
6693995 Personal caller I. D.  
This invention can state a Client's question or request for information, answer the question and give the requested information and get a response on the question answered and a response on the...
6678360 Telephonic-interface statistical analysis system  
A system D interfaces with a multiplicity of individual terminals T 1 -Tn of a telephone network facility C, at the terminals callers are prompted by voice-generated instructions to provide digital...
6678359 Called party identification in packet switched networks  
In processing of VoIP calls, a called facility, prior to the cut through of ringing that would alert personnel to the presence of an incoming call, transmits previously stored information that...
6631182 Call screening apparatus and method  
A method of screening incoming telephone calls and programming screening options and apparatus that allows incoming calls to be screened according to various criteria programmed by a subscriber.
6608887 Voice messaging system with ability to prevent hung calls  
A method and system for preventing hung calls on a channel of a network interface device of a voice messaging system is described. A channel of the network interface device receives a new incoming...
6590964 Automatic answering telephone set  
An automatic answering telephone set which eliminates cumbersome operations when a user tries to listen to a recorded business message from a remote place. The automatic answering telephone set...
6574319 Convenience features in a method and system for providing enhanced caller identification  
An improved system and apparatus for providing caller identification information to a called party when standard Caller ID cannot be provided. If standard caller ID information cannot be provided...
6442263 Electronic business cards  
The system and method consistent with the present invention provides improved electronic business cards for a communication device. Electronic business cards may be created using CLID information,...
6430270 Automatic conversational record  
Customer premises telephone equipment and methods are provided for automatically recording telephone conversations based on a comparison of call related information (for incoming calls) or dialed...
6421428 Flexible ANI  
In various forms of telephone network signaling, automatic number identification information (ANI) includes a field of two or more ‘information’ (II) digits, typically used to indicate a...
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...
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