Telephonic communications inventions 01/06

20060018440 - Method and system for predictive interactive voice recognition: A method for a predictive interactive voice recognition system includes receiving a voice call, associating said voice call with a behavioral pattern, and invoking a service context responsive to said behavioral pattern. The system provides advantages of improved voice recognition and more efficient use of the voice user interface to...

20060018441 - Technique for assisting a user with information services at an information/call center: A service providing information assistance may maintain for a subscriber contacts folders comprising private directories of the subscriber, and a personal profile containing the subscriber's preferences. When a user calls the service to attempt to communicate with a desired party through the service, the service can ascertain whether the desired...

20060018442 - Printer with speech transcription of a recorded voice message: A printer has voice recognition capabilities to transcribe a recorded voice message into printed text. The printer has a communication interface that is connected to a communication line for receiving a voice message. The printer also has an extended memory that stores the voice message, and a speech bank that...

20060018443 - Announcement system and method of use: The disclosure is directed to a system including a factor engine, an audio clip sequencing engine and an announcement engine. The factor engine is configured to identify an ordered set of menu options based on a plurality of weighted factors. The audio clip sequencing engine is responsive to the factor...

20060018446 - Interactive voice message retrieval: A method for exchanging voice messages that may be employed in an answering machine, in wired or wireless telephone, or in an voice messaging system. An incoming voice message from a message source is received and recorded, parsed into segments, and the parsed message is played back to a listener,...

20060018447 - Message notification instant messaging: Methods, apparatus and systems for message notification in instant messaging are provided in which a message in an instant messaging session is received at a client application. The content of the received message is compared with a set of entries and the content is matched with an entry. Notification of...

20060018445 - Method and system for multi-mode communication with sender authentication: Enabling control over multiple forms of communication to a recipient, such as email, instant messages, cell phone calls, conventional phone calls, faxes, and the like. The recipient defines rules for authenticating senders and for determining when, where, and how communication from the senders is transmitted to the recipient's preferred receiving...

20060018444 - System and method for voice-mail and e-mail synchronization: Disclosed is a unified messaging system and method for combining a voice-mail system with an e-mail system. The present invention is a hybrid event driven system that polls a universal e-mail box for receipts, with the voice-mail system being fully event driven. The present invention maintains two persistent log-ins to...

20060018448 - Routing telephone calls via a data network: Network architectures, methods, and operations for routing telephone calls are disclosed. A customer premise includes a conventional POTS dedicated communication line to a central office switch and a broadband connection to a data network. The central office switch and the data network are connected by a communication link. An incoming...

20060018449 - Telephone call routing: Network architectures, methods, and operations for routing telephone calls are disclosed. A customer premise includes a conventional POTS dedicated communication line to a central office switch and a broadband connection to a data network. The central office switch and the data network are connected by a communication link. An incoming...

20060018450 - Mobile telephone transaction system employing electronic account card: A method of conducting a transaction at a point-of-sale with a consumer. The consumer uses mobile telephone with a memory library capable of storing a plurality of account numbers, a menu to select a desired account number from the library, and capability to transmit an account number to a point-of-sale...

20060018451 - Telephone communications apparatus: A telephone communications apparatus for mixing a music signal with a speech signal, in which the gamut of music that may be enjoyed, such as a calling/called party, or the sorts of telephone terminal, can be expanded as compared to a conventional system. The apparatus includes a reproducing circuit for...

20060018452 - Multi-line telephone calling: Network architectures, methods, and operations for routing telephone calls are disclosed. A customer premise includes a conventional POTS dedicated communication line to a central office switch and a broadband connection to a data network. The central office switch and the data network are connected by a communication link. A first...

20060018453 - Methods and apparatus for accomplishing call-state synchronization and event notification between multiple private branch exchanges involved in a multiparty call: A system for synchronizing party information and call-state information between two or more telephone switches involved in establishing a multiparty communication session has at least one server application for serving information and receiving information and a translation service for translating received information between formats of telephony and those of digital...

20060018454 - Computer system using identification information and control method thereof: A computer system 1 has a PBX 2, a terminal device 3, and a management server 4. The PBX 2 has a line controller, an extension controller 2b, an interface, a memory that stores identification information and an enciphered file, a decoder that decodes the enciphered file, a comparator that...

20060018455 - Collecting data from telephone users by mid-call event signaling: A method for collecting information from a user of a telephone includes receiving a request at a switch in a telephone network to open a voice call from the telephone to a specified telephone number. Responsively to the request, a voice call is initiated by opening a first leg of...

20060018456 - Method for operating a call-centre: In a call-centre, external telephone calls form customers are distributed to terminals so that they can be answered by agents. The invention relates to a method for operating a call-centre, wherein an external call is initially connected to a free terminal. If an interruption in the conversation occurs, a message...

20060018457 - Voice activity detectors and methods: Hands-free phones with voice activity detection using a comparison of frame power estimate with an adaptive frame noise power estimate, automatic gain control with fast adaptation and minimal speech distortion, echo cancellation updated in the frequency domain with stepsize optimization and smoothed spectral whitening, and echo suppression with adaptive talking-state...

20060018458 - Acoustic echo devices and methods: Hands-free phones with voice activity detection using a comparison of frame power estimate with an adaptive frame noise power estimate, automatic gain control with fast adaptation and minimal speech distortion, echo cancellation updated in the frequency domain with stepsize optimization and smoothed spectral whitening, and echo suppression with adaptive talking-state...

20060018459 - Acoustic echo devices and methods: Hands-free phones with voice activity detection using a comparison of frame power estimate with an adaptive frame noise power estimate, automatic gain control with fast adaptation and minimal speech distortion, echo cancellation updated in the frequency domain with stepsize optimization and smoothed spectral whitening, and echo suppression with adaptive talking-state...

20060018460 - Acoustic echo devices and methods: Hands-free phones with voice activity detection using a comparison of frame power estimate with an adaptive frame noise power estimate, automatic gain control with fast adaptation and minimal speech distortion, echo cancellation updated in the frequency domain with stepsize optimization and smoothed spectral whitening, and echo suppression with adaptive talking-state...

20060018461 - Termination block: A termination block having spaced apart rear and front faces with rear and front apertures, respectively, and a plurality of mounting surfaces on the rear face. A screw receiving portion receiving a screw is positioned at each mounting surface. An interior recess is between the rear and front faces, accessible...

20060018462 - Make-before-break adsl/vdsl splitter card: Methodologies and structure are provided for use in association with circuit cards employed in make-before-break systems to reduce or eliminate cross-talk between input and output circuit portions of splitter circuits that may be associated with ADSL/VDSL systems. Shielding structures are positioned as integral portions of printed circuit boards supporting splitter...

20060018463 - Keyboard for a mobile device: A keyboard apparatus includes a group of keys with corresponding actuation indicia for a plurality of numerals in a telephone keypad and a plurality of letters in an overlapping text-entry keyboard. Each key in the group is configured for multi-directional movement pivotally into multiple actuated positions that comprise at least...

20060018464 - Holder for supporting objects in vehicle: A holder device includes a base having an opening formed in a board, a seat received in the base and having a bracket attached to a panel, to form a channel between the bracket and the panel. The channel of the bracket is aligned with the opening of the board....

20060013366 - 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 while the message snippet is being played back, or within a short grace period after that,...

20060013367 - Automated message handling system: A method for processing an incoming message in substantially real-time is provided. The method may include receiving the incoming message in response to a condition associated with a client device. The incoming message may be processed using a message handler and an approved rule. The approved rule may be operatively...

20060013368 - Apparatus and method for providing a unified messaging integration tool: The software tool of the present invention operates on a network connected to plural messaging systems and is a synchronization engine to provide a unified messaging system. It consists of a series of intelligent logic functions and filters. The engine periodically polls the various messaging systems and is able to...

20060013369 - Voice over ip method for developing interactive voice response system: A personal Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system includes a plurality of IVR servers communicating personal IVR service node information in a network and a plurality of personal IVR service node clients coupled to the plurality of IVR servers communicating the personal IVR service node information. The plurality of personal IVR...

20060013370 - Voice communications apparatus: Voice communications apparatus intervenes between a telephone set and a broad-band transmission path that has a communication band broader than a voice band limited by the transmitter and receiver characteristics of the telephone set. The voice communications apparatus includes a transmitter frequency characteristic corrector circuit for correcting the frequency characteristic...

20060013371 - Communication system based on sip, and communication terminal: A communication system based on a communication protocol such SIP includes a first communication terminal Bob and a second communication terminal Bill, wherein the second communication terminal Bill has a unit, when the first communication terminal Bob receives an incoming message from a source communication terminal Alice, transmitting a substitute...

20060013372 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically populating signaling-based access control database: Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically populating a signaling-based access control database based on output from a fraud detection application are disclosed. According to one method, a fraud detection application detects fraud based on call information received from monitoring points in a network. The fraud detection application produces...

20060013373 - Providing multiple line functionality using alternative network telephony: Providing multiple line functionality using alternative network telephony is disclosed. A local telephone installation comprises a first local telephone equipment associated with a first local node, a second telephone equipment associated with a second local node, and local telephone wiring connected to the first and second local nodes. The local...

20060013374 - Advanced intelligent single telephone number routing: A method, system and computer readable medium are provided for defining a service area served by a service location of a telecommunications network customer. The method includes ascertaining a geographic designator of a geographic area. The geographic area includes a plurality of geographic sub-areas that each correspond to a geographic...

20060013375 - Methods of providing caller identification information and related registries and radiotelephone networks: Caller identification information may be provided for a plurality of radiotelephone networks operated by a plurality of service providers. For example, a registry may be provided including a first serial number and a first identification other than the first serial number for a first radiotelephone registered for service with a...

20060013377 - Method for providing a caller-based ringback tone sound in case of a non-subscribed called: The present invention relates to a method for providing an arbitrary sound chosen by a subscriber instead of a conventional RBT, more particularly, to a method for providing a caller with an arbitrary sound chosen by the caller instead of an RBT in case that a called is not a...

20060013376 - Method for providing subscriber-based ringback tone with no progress tone: The present invention relates to method for providing a calling subscriber with an arbitrary sound chosen by a called subscriber instead of a common ringback tone (RBT) with no progress tone. In this present invention, if a call is generated, a terminating exchanger starts paging of the called and simultaneously...

20060013378 - Telephone system: A telephone system comprising a plurality of telephone terminals, a switching device connected to the telephone terminals via a communication network, and a server device connected to the communication network, wherein the switching device comprises a transfer section for transferring a call to a telephone terminal in which a transfer...

20060013379 - Failsafe configuration for alternative network telephony: A failsafe configuration for alternative network telephony is disclosed. An indication as to whether an alternative network telephony call processing system is available to process calls from an associated piece of telephone equipment is received automatically and transparently to a user of the telephone equipment. Calls placed from the telephone...

20060013380 - Call center operations system: A multi-call-center operations system is provided with a collective operator management device for determining an increase or a decrease in the number of operators in charge of outbound service at each of call centers and for transferring the resulting determination to an associated call center, and collectively manages at one...

20060013381 - Method for executing an additional service in a wireless terminal: A method for executing an additional service function by means of a prefix for executing the additional service function in a wireless terminal. The method includes the steps of (1) when the prefix for executing the additional service function is input, displaying the input prefix; (2) when discrimination mode signals...

20060013382 - Telephone exchange system and control method used for the same system: A telephone exchange apparatus includes a memory which stores several different volume values for each call mode indicating a combination of connected lines, a determination circuit configured to determine a call mode of the telephone terminal when a call is made using the telephone terminal in the on-hook state and...

20060013383 - Automatic gain control for an adaptive finite impulse response and method therefore: Methods and apparatus are provided for an echo cancellation system. The echo cancellation system comprises an automatic gain control (AGC), a first scalar, a second scalar, a signal summing stage, and an adaptive filter. The AGC is responsive to a first signal in a reference path and a second signal...

20060013384 - Upgrading a telecommunication street cabinet: An apparatus and a method are provided to upgrade services provided to subscribers already through a street cabinet. The upgrading is achieved by externally connecting to the street cabinet a communication apparatus which comprises two units, the first, connected to the street cabinet, while the second, mountable onto the first...

20060013385 - Rotating input selection device: A rotating input selection device is equipped with a rotating input unit, a case member rotatably supporting the rotating input unit, a circuit substrate opposing the rotating input unit, and a contact connection structures formed from a fixed contact point and a movable contact point. A rubber sheet, interposed between...

20060013386 - Holder and communication apparatus: A holder that is detachably attachable to a casing of a communication apparatus, including: a placement surface on which a handset can be placed; a first side surface; a displacement unit that is displaced in response to an act of placing the handset on the placement surface; a lever that...

20060008058 - Remote wellness monitoring and communication: System and method are provided for remotely monitoring an individual's health and safety and communicating information to appropriate personnel and services, wherein the individual wears a remote monitoring device or the individual is monitored by cameras. The remote monitoring device can be capable of being activated by the individual or...

20060008059 - System and method for managing messages in a packetized voice environment: A system and method are disclosed for managing messages in a packetized voice environment. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone. The VoIP telephone may include an interface for communicatively coupling with a broadband network access device. The VoIP telephone...

20060008060 - Personal caller id: The present invention provides an apparatus for efficient communication of messages such as voice messages in a telephone answering system. The apparatus includes an input to receive an incoming call, a recorder for recording outgoing messages, a memory to store incoming and outgoing messages, a comparator for comparing caller information...

20060008061 - Integrated filter and modular jack for voice over digital subscriber line service: An integrated filter and modular jack for filtering a voice signal delivered over a digital subscriber line between a first communication circuit and a second communication circuit where the voice signal includes analog and digital portions. The modular filter jack includes a connector for receiving the voice signal from a...

20060008062 - Residential telephone system and method: The invention relates to a telephone system and method for use by a residential user. A residential telephone system is electrically coupled to an external telephone service facility and electrically coupled to a user telephone. The system comprises a telephone service facility interface for receiving an incoming call signal from...

20060008063 - System for providing flexible charging in a network: The present invention relates to arrangements for charging in a packet switched network. Packets are charged differently dependent on which service flow the packets belong to. The charging system comprises a control system and a serving element residing in a packet forwarding system wherein said control system comprises an account...

20060008064 - Flexible traffic rating interworking: A packet inspection system is provided with data inspection logic for inspecting subscriber packet traffic. The system includes a pre-rating classification table associated with the data inspection logic. The pre-rating classification table includes a table having one or more entry for static or slowly changing rating aspects of traffic applications...

20060008065 - Method for setting up a conference call: A method for setting up a conference call where the subscribers are not only concentrated in one area but also more widely dispersed. The method allows both groups of subscribers to be contacted for a conference call with individuals close to the point of origination of the conference call being...

20060008066 - Methods, systems and storage mediums for providing a self-provisioning telephony service: Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing self-provisioning telephony services. The method includes receiving a request for the self-provisioning telephony services from a caller of a telecommunications service provider. The method also includes prompting the caller to provide information for facilitating implementation of the self-provisioning telephony...

20060008067 - Automatic routing and information system for telephonic services: A system and method for automatically and seamlessly routing telephone calls across a telephone network. The system includes a telephone network interface box having a computer, a master file and client file stored in the computer. The master file is dynamically linked to the client file at routing time to...

20060008068 - Method for providing subscriber-based ringback tone in flexible paging mode: The present invention provides a caller with an arbitrary sound chosen by a called subscriber instead of a conventional RBT (RingBack Tone) without fails even in a flexible paging mode. In the present method: both exchangers check individually whether first information on replacing RBT or not and second information informing...

20060008069 - Method and apparatus for providing real time execution of specific communications services in an intelligent network: System and methodology for providing real-time call processing services received at a switch in an intelligent network having one or more service nodes having originating switches for receiving a call event. The system includes a platform-independent communication system for enabling communication between object instances executing at service nodes in the...

20060008071 - Directory assistance dialog with configuration switches to switch from automated speech recognition to operator-assisted dialog: A method of providing a caller with a directory assistance dialog. The dialog is configurable, at any level of the dialog, from an automated speech recognition (ASR) dialog to an operator-assisted (OP) dialog. The dialog is handed off to an operator if any level of the speech recognition dialog fails....

20060008070 - Method of providing a screen-pop via sip: A method and apparatus for providing information to an agent of an organization through the Internet. The method includes the steps of detecting a call from a client of the organization through the Internet, assigning the call to an agent of the organization and automatically creating a record related to...

20060008072 - Telephony system and method: An answering phone calls system, including means for implementing waiting options for the caller, in case it is not possible to answer the phone at that moment. The caller can choose between waiting on the queue, or asking the system to call him/her back, when only a short time will...

20060008073 - Call center operations system: A multi-call-center operations system is provided with a collective operator management device for determining an increase or a decrease in the number of operators in charge of outbound service at each of call centers and for transferring the resulting determination to an associated call center, and collectively manages at one...

20060008074 - Tone detector judging a detection of a predetermined tone signal by comparing a characteristic quantity of the tone signal with characteristic quantities of other signals: A tone transmission part transmits a tone signal. A tone signal detection part detects data representing an echo signal of the tone signal transmitted by the tone transmission part, and detects data representing a predetermined tone signal targeted to be detected. The tone signal detection part also detects data representing...

20060008075 - Direct digital access arrangement circuitry and method for connecting dsl circuitry to phone lines: An isolation system is provided that is suitable for use in telephony, medical instrumentation, industrial process control and other applications. Preferred embodiments of the invention comprise a capacitive isolation barrier across which a digital signal is communicated. The system provides a means of communication across the isolation barrier that is...

20060008076 - Adaptive hauling canceller: An adaptive hauling canceller has a plurality of adaptive filters. A delay adds a time delay of an acoustic feedback path to an electric signal fed from an amplifier of a sound-reinforcement system. Each adaptive filter filters the output signal of the delay with a filter coefficient, which is periodically...

20060008077 - Speech amplifier-resident mechanism for controllably supplying power to a line circuit: A voltage-coupling and loop current supply mechanism controllably turns on an output transistor within the tip amplifier circuitry portion of the speech amplifier to controllably apply a prescribed voltage to the telephone line during on-hook/standby mode. This controllably applied voltage serves as a source of loop current when the phone...

20060008078 - Floor control management in speakerphone communication sessions: The floor in a speakerphone communication session is managed such that a mobile device user can cause voice data to be transmitted to a remote party without the remote party giving consent to relinquishing the floor. As the remote party holds the floor, the speakerphone user presses a talk button...

20060002521 - Distributed customizable voicemail system: A Voice extensible Markup Language (VXML) based voicemail system that has a distributed architecture is disclosed. The VXML voicemail system includes a media server and an application server. The media server is in communication with a telephone network. The media server receives a telephone call through the telephone network and...

20060002520 - Message durability and retrieval in a geographically distributed voice messaging system: A message retrieval subsystem comprises a voice extensible mark-up language browser, a message server, and a message library. The VXML browser is configured with an application programming interface that enables a subscriber of a distributed voice messaging service to request a stored message. The message server receives a request to...

20060002523 - Audio chunking: A voice mail system that allows for the delivery of voice messages by chunks, thereby optimizing the delivery of the information. When a subscriber attempts to listen to his or her voice mail message, the header information for the first voice mail message is down loaded and played back to...

20060002524 - Enhanced voicemail system: An enhanced Voice extensible Markup Language (VXML) based voicemail system that has a distributed architecture and methods for implementing enhanced VXML based voicemail systems are disclosed. The voicemail system includes a media server, which is in communication with a telephone network. The media server is adapted to invoke a voicemail...

20060002522 - System and method for message storage assurance in a geographically distributed voice messaging system: A voice messaging system comprises a common message store, a local data store located remotely from the common message store, and a media server. The media server is operable to receive a call directed to a number serviced by the media server, prompt the user for a voice message, direct...

20060002525 - Auto block and auto discovery in a distributed communication system: A voicemail system enabling various components of the voicemail system to be distributed geographically yet operate as a seamlessly integrated system is disclosed. A signal gateway interfaces with a telephone network. In addition, one or more media servers interface with the signal gateway as well as the telephone network. The...

20060002526 - Telephone switching equipment and switching network system: A telephone switching equipment is connected to a plurality of telephone terminals via extension lines, and connected to a plurality of central office lines each having a plurality of communication channels. The telephone switching equipment includes: an acquisition unit that, when a request to use one of the central office...

20060002527 - Network telephone system and telephone terminal: When, for instance, a telephone conversation is carried on by way of an IP telephone terminal, a control section of the IP telephone terminal adjusts, through control of a comfort amplifier, the level of comfort noise so as to superimpose the comfort noise on a received voice signal in accordance...

20060002528 - Telephone terminal and method for controlling display of the telephone terminal: A telephone terminal is connected to a communication network that transmits voice packets and connected to a terminal control unit. The telephone terminal includes a display, an input buffer, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The input buffer temporarily stores text display information that represents an operational state of the...

20060002529 - Method and apparatus for reducing modem command and status latency on a digital audio interface within a direct access arrangement circuit: An apparatus for reducing modem command and status latency within a direct access arrangement (DAA) circuit is disclosed. The DAA circuit includes a serial audio interface for providing communications between the DAA circuit and the host computer system. The serial audio interface can operate under multiple serial communication interface standards,...

20060002530 - Method and apparatus for fast v.90 modem startup: A fast startup procedure for a modem system utilizes known characteristics of a previously established communication channel to reduce the initialization period associated with subsequent connections over the same channel. In response to the establishment of a call, the modem devices determine whether the fast connect protocol is supported. If...

20060002531 - Telephone system in multi-function products and method and medium for operating the same: A telephone system and a method and medium for operating a telephone system in a multi-function product equipped with an analog telephone circuit to realize a telephone function such that analog voice signals can be sent/received at a low price are provided. A method of operating a telephone system in...

20060002532 - Methods and interfaces for probing and understanding behaviors of alerting and filtering systems based on models and simulation from logs: The present invention relates to systems and methods that predict behaviors of alerting and filtering systems based on simulation from messaging logs. By logging contextual information, such as the presence, activity, and availability of users, as well as incoming messages and their properties, forecasting services can be created that serve...

20060002533 - System and method for facilitating a telephony carrier to make transactions: In a system and method for facilitating an telephony carrier to make transactions with carrier customers and/or carrier suppliers, one or more parameters are monitored and the telephony carrier is automatically to be triggered to send an offer to at least one of the carriers when at least of the...

20060002534 - Method for determining concurrent voice over ip calls: A method employs call detail records for developing a report on the usage of VoIP calling along a network path or through a network location. By utilizing, for example, a call-beginning record and a call-ending record for each connection, a report is created of the number of concurrent VoIP calls...

20060002535 - Method and system of providing caller identification with name: A system (20) for providing a caller identification with name service includes a destination service switching point (22) having a plurality of destination numbers (24). A switching control point (26) has a caller identification with name database (30) and a customer caller identification with name database (32). A signaling system...

20060002536 - System and method for real-time call log status: A system and method for real-time call log status includes a call log database of call records representing transpired communication events. The call log is displayed for the user and includes a status indicator for each of the events. The status indicator may be an icon, a description, a pop-up...

20060002537 - Communication networks including flash hook detectors and methods of operating the same: A communication network that includes a flash hook detector and a communication device is operated by detecting a flash hook of the communication device at the flash hook detector. A signal is transmitted from the flash hook detector to the communication network responsive to detecting the flash hook. The flash...

20060002538 - System and method for minimizing queue callback faults: Queue callback systems and methods handle scheduled callbacks to requesters in the absence of resources by providing a pre-established message soliciting the establishment of an alternate callback. Non-callback options can also be presented to the respective requester. Agents can also be organized in a plurality of queues, each of a...

20060002539 - Customer premises equipment that can support multiple call control languages or multiple call agents: Consumer premises equipment (CPE) configured to be connected with one of a selectable plurality of call agents using one of a selectable plurality of call control languages in response to user input to the telephone. In one aspect, telephone users can therefore select, e.g., a service provider. In another aspect,...

20060002540 - Real-time customer service representative workload management: A system and method is provided that includes an automatic call distribution system adapted to communicate over a network and includes a software control module. The automatic call distribution system is configured to route incoming calls received from the network to a call agent station in communication therewith based on...

20060002541 - System and method for outbound calling from a distributed telecommunications platform: Outbound calling from a Voice eXtensible Markup Language (VXML) based voicemail system, which has distributed architecture, is disclosed. The voicemail system includes a media server, which is in communication with a telephone network. The media server includes multiple communication termination-link components, and the communication termination-link components are adapted to couple...

20060002542 - Telephone number area code processor: This invention provides an apparatus and method for processing telephone numbers that assists telephone subscribers in reaching the desired destination when the area code is unknown or has changed. The invention can be integrated into a telephone unit, implemented as a stand-alone device connected to the subscribers telephone line (including...

20060002543 - Computer telephony integration: An enhanced computer keyboard connected to the user's computer to thereby provide an improved user interface for controlling a telephone when the user is primarily operating a computer. In particular, this improved user interface involves locating the button controls of the telephone on the computer keyboard, thereby keeping the mental...

20060002544 - Apparatus for protecting multi-function products from surge voltage: Provided is an apparatus for protecting a multi-function product from surge voltage, the multi-function product including a public telephone network connection unit which receives one of a ring signal, a voice signal, and a fax signal and transmits the signal via first and second signal lines and an external apparatus...

20060002545 - Power offloading for a subscriber line interface circuit: A power offload network has a node for receiving at least one supply V1. The power offload network includes at least one switch and a power offload element providing a supply drop of VR. The switch is configurable for selecting a linefeed supply level from the set including {V1, V1-VR}....

20060002546 - Multi-input channel and multi-output channel echo cancellation: An echo cancellation technique that can process multi-input microphone signals with only a small increase in the overall CPU consumption compared to implementing the algorithm for a single channel microphone signal. Furthermore, the invention provides an architecture that provides for echo cancellation for multiple applications in parallel with only a...

20060002547 - Multi-channel echo cancellation with round robin regularization: A method and system of multi-channel echo cancellation using round robin regularization. The multi-channel round robin regularization echo cancellation method includes applying a plurality of adaptive filters, each having an inverse correlation matrix, to the multi-channel playback signal. Each of the plurality of adaptive filters is selected in a round...