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7305075 Telephone call messaging device  
A messaging device is disclosed. The device is connected to a telephone line and communicates with other devices identical to itself via a communications link established over existing phone lines,...
7295656 Audio caller identification  
An audio caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a speaker...
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...
7263179 Apparatus and method for identification of person placing a phone call  
The present invention relates to a telephone system in which the actual identity of the calling individual is provided to the called party. The calling individual has at least one identification...
7260188 System and method for scanning voice mail messages  
A voice mail system that provides a message scan mode that plays back only brief portions of each message, i.e., message snippets, saved in the voice mailbox queue. If the user takes no action...
7257204 Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services  
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method allows a subscriber to create a data message. The subscriber may associate the data message to an...
7254221 Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services  
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method receives a communication from an originating party, with the communication intended for a receiving...
7248676 Apparatus and method for personalized call acknowledgement  
A method of operating a call management system enables a subscriber to acknowledge a call, without taking the call. When the system receives the call, it identifies the called subscriber, obtains...
7245612 Internet call waiting with voicemail system that provides monitoring during recording  
An Internet Call Waiting (ICW) service provides single-line subscribers ( 100 ) connected to the Internet with incoming call information, call screening and voice messaging capabilities. An...
7236578 System and method for remotely accessing caller ID information  
A remote access device is provided with access to caller ID information stored in a base unit. A communication path between the remote access device and the base unit is established. Caller ID...
7233651 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...
7227931 Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification screening using audible caller name announcement  
A method and system provide enhanced caller identification information to a called party. The system determines whether or not standard caller identification information associated with a calling...
7224785 Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification  
A system ( 100 ) and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information can not be provided, even when a subscriber to the service has per line blocking. A...
7221748 Method for linking call log information to address book entries and replying using medium of choice  
A method for utilizing the caller identification information stored in call logs to retrieve address book entries stored in a database, enabling a reply to each call in the call log using the...
7221743 Resetting sent information  
A method for operating a message memory connected to a telecommunications network includes assigning a message memory to a subscriber line of an addressee, the subscriber line being selectable...
7221741 Dialing using caller ID  
A telephone and voice mail (voice processing) system, which is implemented using only a single processing means for controlling operation of both the telephone system and the voice mail system,...
7221739 Callback function for messaging platform in public telephone system  
A messaging system includes a messaging platform storing a message from a calling party, a switching mechanism for receiving a call from a subscriber to access the stored message, and a routing...
7218720 Telephone directory assistance method and telephone directory assistance system  
This telephone directory assistance system accepts a request for a telephone number of a registrant, and judges whether the registrant is registered in a telephone number data base. When the...
7218710 Separately secured voice messages  
Apparatus and processes to allow voice messages to be individually and/or separately secured by a caller for playback only by an intended person or persons. The voice messages are separately...
7212808 Unified message box for wireless mobile communication devices  
A mobile communication device, such as a wireless mobile phone, is provided with a unified message function equipped to facilitate a user in interacting with communication messages of different...
7206572 Calling party announcement apparatus  
A calling party announcement apparatus that provides the identity of the caller in synthesized human speech. The invention captures the Incoming Caller Line Identification (ICLID) signal sent by...
7200211 Method and system for providing information for identifying callers based on a partial number  
Embodiments of the present invention include a caller identification system and method for identifying a caller with a partial phone number look-up table. The caller identification system comprises...
7197030 Processing device network  
A network of processing devices is arranged to communicate by packets having an addressing header and a data portion. Within the network, audio telephony is implemented. A signaling packet is sent...
7174007 Method and apparatus providing caller identification telephone service with a real time audio message  
An Audio Caller ID service is provided which permits the calling party to speak a real time audio message that can be received and played by the called party's Caller ID equipment while his...
7164754 Control of access for telephone service providers using voice recognition  
A telecommunications network includes a plurality of subscriber stations, a plurality of network elements and a voice recognition module. The voice recognition module is associated with a network...
7155211 Method and system for providing a picture as caller identification  
A method and system for providing a picture as caller ID (Identification). In a mobile communication system having a first mobile station (MS) on a calling side, a second MS on a called side, and a...
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...
7139383 Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting  
A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message...
7127400 Methods and systems for personal interactive voice response  
A personal interactive voice response system with a web-based interface allowing the user to specify treatment of incoming calls based on voice or touchtone responses provided by the calling party....
7099449 Telecommunication network that provides caller-entered information to multiple call destinations  
In a telecommunication network, a switching system routes a call to a service platform. The service platform transfers a prompt message over the call, collects caller-entered information from the...
7099445 Name-alias based delivery of subscriber services  
A method, system and apparatus for name-alias based delivery of services through the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A method for resolving caller identity in a PSTN can include detecting...
7099441 Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting with verification and name change service  
A method and apparatus for verifying call waiting information in a communication system is particularly well suited for correcting mispronunciation of caller identification information provided for...
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...
7068767 Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including screening invalid calling party numbers  
A system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information is invalid or can not be provided. In one disclosed embodiment, the Caller ID information...
7063619 Method and apparatus for identifying game players and game moves  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for simultaneously indicating on each of a plurality of communication terminals, instructions transmitted by each terminal and the identity of the respective...
7062021 Integrated telephone call and context notification mechanism  
A mechanism for placing a telephone call while at the same time communicating context (e.g., subject, importance and/or nature) of the telephone call. The caller uses a mechanism on a user...
7054819 Voice print access to computer resources  
A dual-access communications server system is disclosed for enabling communication between server resources and a wide spectrum of end-terminals to enable users access to the resources of both...
7039167 Call routing system and method  
System and method for providing at least one predetermined automated message to an account holder via a voice response unit based on a likely reason for the call by the account holder to be because...
7031439 Audio file transmission method  
A computer implemented method of transmitting electronic voice messages including the steps of establishing a caller identity associated with a first telephone connection, recording a first audio...
7027578 Call-back number voice capture method and apparatus  
A method for operating a telephone server includes receiving an incoming call from a first user for a second user at a telephone extension, prompting the first user to speak a message, receiving a...
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.
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...
7012999 Audio caller identification  
An audio caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a speaker...
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...
6996219 System and method for sending called party caller identification information to a forward-to telephone device in a communications system  
A method, computer program product, and a signaling system for conveying caller identification information of a called party to a forward-to telephone device in a communications system. A call set...
6996211 Voice over IP method of determining caller identification  
Before completing a call initiated at a calling telephony device for a called telephony device; caller identification information for the calling telephony device is obtained for the call. If...
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...
6977993 Integrated telephone call and context notification mechanism  
A mechanism for placing a telephone call while at the same time communicating context (e.g., subject, importance and/or nature) of the telephone call. The caller uses a mechanism on a user...
6970706 Hierarchical call control with selective broadcast audio messaging system  
A cordless digital telephone system which allows hierarchical call control in a cordless phone system is provided. Based upon a priority level associated with the identified phone number, a call...
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