Telephonic communications inventions 10/07

20070248217 - Interface device for testing a telecommunication circuit: An interface device and method for testing a telecommunication circuit by utilizing a test cord that has a first end that is integrated with the interface device and a second end that terminates with a test connector. Upon insertion of the test connector into a test port of a connectivity... Agent: Attention Of Steven C. Bruess Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070248218 - Method and apparatus for automatic telephone menu navigation: Principles of the present invention provide techniques for automatically navigating through a telephone menu system. Illustrative techniques of the invention permit a user of a telephone menu system (e.g., IVR system) to record operations needed to navigate to a particular point in a menu tree of the telephone menu system... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070248219 - System and method for wirelessly actuating a moveable structure: A system and method for wirelessly actuating a moveable structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a cellular device is utilized to send a command signal to a server, which, in turn verifies the command signal and, upon verification, transmits a control signal over a cellular network. The control signal is... Agent: Scott T. Griggs

20070248220 - Apparatus, systems and methods for managing incoming and outgoing communication: The present invention provides apparatus, systems and methods for managing incoming and outgoing communications for various communications methods. The invention provides control over inbound communications including definition of if, when, and who may communicate with a recipient. The invention also supports concealed identification communication in that no actual addresses, phone... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070248221 - Call notification with rich caller identification: Communication systems and methods are described that include call notification with rich caller identification. Components of the communication systems are configured to receive a call for a user via an enterprise voice channel. A call request is automatically generated in response to event data of the received call. The call... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070248222 - Toll-free directory assistance without charge to the customer: The current invention is a system for providing telephone directory assistance service in which a telephone user calls to the system and the system will, based on the requested number or type of service, hear a recorded advertisement. The advertisements are selected from a databank, which may include any number... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070248223 - Communication channel activation switch apparatus: A communication channel activation switch apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the communication channel activation switch apparatus functions to open a communication channel for transmission and/or reception of information. The information transmitted and/or received may be audio and/or data information.... Agent: Erik M. Vieira

20070242813 - Electronic conference system, electronic conference support method, and electronic conference control apparatus: An electronic conference system includes a portable storage device that stores written content as image data, a reader that reads the image data recorded in the portable storage device, and a display controller that incorporates the image data read by the reader as additional image data into image data to... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070242808 - Method and apparatus for telephonically accessing and navigating the internet: A method for accessing and browsing the internet through the use of a telephone and the associated DTMF signals is disclosed. The preferred embodiment provides a system that converts the information content of a web page from text to speech (voice signals), signals the hyperlink selections of a web page... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070242809 - Advanced voice and data operations in a mobile data communication device: A system and method for integrating voice and data operations into a single mobile device capable of simultaneously performing data and voice actions. The mobile device working in a network capable of exchanging both cell phone calls and data items to the mobile device. By wearing an earphone or an... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070242810 - Providing calling party information in a request to establish a call session: A method and apparatus are provided for providing calling party information in a request to establish a call session. The method comprises receiving a call request from an entity to establish an interactive call session. The method comprises receiving information associated with the entity. The method further comprises providing the... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070242811 - Toll-free directory assistance with competitor advertisement: The current invention is a system for providing telephone directory assistance service in which a telephone user calls to the system and the system will, based on the requested number or type of service, hear a recorded advertisement for a competitor of the requested service. The advertisements are selected from... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070242812 - Apparatus and system for operating a community: A system for performing selective voice-over-IP (VOIP) communication by members of a community over a wide area network (WAN), that comprises a VOIP server, which routes voice-over-IP packets from one user to one or more other users; means provided within the VOIP server, or coupled to it, to maintain a... Agent: Kevin D. Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber, P.C.

20070242814 - Mobile cle media service with cross-platform bookmarking and custom playlists: The present invention teaches systems and method for accessing content over a variety of devices through a mobile media service. For example, the present invention teaches broadcasting podcasts of all types of content including continuing legal education content over a variety of devices across a variety of platforms. Further, the... Agent: Michael Gober

20070242815 - Method for exchanging information between devices in case of a change in network configuration and home network system therefore: A method for exchanging information between appliances to notify a home server of a network configuration change and a home network system therefore is disclosed. In the present invention, when an electronic appliance is connected to a network, the appliance first transmits a particular message to a home server N... Agent: Jonathan Y. Kang, Esq. Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070242816 - Converged prepaid and postpaid charging: Communication networks and methods are disclosed for providing converged prepaid charging and postpaid charging. A communication network described herein includes a switching system, a charging selection system, a prepaid charging system, and a postpaid charging system. When the switching system receives a call for a subscriber, the switching system processes... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070242817 - Method and system for identifying telemarketer communications: A method and system for identifying telemarketer communications directed to a subscriber of a call screening service is provided. A link monitoring system monitors all inbound and outbound calls of a carrier network collecting data such as calling and called telephone directory numbers, and a termination status for at least... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070242818 - System and method for real-time fraud detection within a telecommunication network: Real time detection of the fraudulent use of a telecommunications network is accomplished by analyzing data for each call that is occurring within the network. A signal protocol receiver is used to collect signaling protocol for each call that is occurring within the network. The Signaling protocol data is collected,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070242819 - Method and unit used to determine useable services: In one aspect, a method used to determine services in a network is provided. For a plurality of devices, information pertaining to a location of the respective device is stored in a location information item. A location information item providing a location of a user is generated. At least one... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070242820 - Rotating mechanism for electronic device: A rotating mechanism comprises a base, a rotating device and a rebound device. The base includes a base body, a base joint and a first shaft. The base joint and the first shaft are disposed on the base body respectively. The rotating device includes a rotating device joint. The rotating... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070237310 - Alphanumeric data entry apparatus and method using multicharacter keys of a keypad: A method and apparatus for predicting the desired alphanumeric character of a depressed multi-character key of a reduced-key keypad based upon the previous selection of characters. Rule trees defining the prediction associated with a depressed key based upon the previous selection of characters are dynamically built upon use to readily... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20070237311 - Network access model and methods: A terminal adapter, along with a value added network, is disclosed that interworks a plurality of terminals with a processing host to accomplish transaction processing. The terminals can use different protocols and typically incorporate card readers for completing financial or other types of transactions typically involving credit, debit, ATM or... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070237312 - Communications device: The present disclosure relates to a communications device including a memory unit for storing image data and telephone book entries and a processor unit. Said processor unit is configured to favor image data containing information that describes faces.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070237313 - Telephone/transaction entry device and system for entering transaction data into databases: A data transaction processing system in which transaction data is entered by the user in response to prompts in a template which is tailored to each user application. The template and entered data are accumulated into data transactions which are immediately transmitted upon completion to an external database server for... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070237314 - Method and system for entry of electronic data via fax-to-email communication: A method for a computer system for transmitting a facsimile to an e-mail destination, comprises receiving a facsimile transmission comprising an instruction page and a document page, wherein the instruction page includes an optical representation of an e-mail address, using an optical character recognition process to determine the e-mail address... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070237315 - System for maintaining type and/or status information for a party - communication point relationship: According to one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided that comprises a communication point database configured to provide a communication point data set; a party database configured to provide a party data set; wherein the communication point database and the party database are communicatively coupled with one another... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070237316 - Remote control device and system for controlling a device: A remote control device capable of controlling devices in an expanded range is provided. Processing executed by a remote control includes the steps of transmitting a control signal to an HDD recorder, transmitting a communications request to a remote control connected over the Internet based on a reply received from... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070237317 - Communication apparatus: A communication apparatus plurally using the same and different types of lines, wherein the upper limit of a communication charge as calculated per hour from the upper limit of a predetermined monthly communication charge is compared with an actual communication charge as calculated per hour from the time that has... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070237318 - System and method for providing mobile device services using sms communications: An enhanced services platform said platform includes an interface for receiving a communication from a user requesting a desired data. A response module parses the communication and retries the desired data. The platform arranges the desired data into a response message that is sent to the user. A user identifier... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070237319 - Intermediary device based callee identification: Methods, systems, and products for informing a caller of a callee identity are disclosed that include: detecting a call receipt condition from a destination device at a trusted telephone network; brokering a connection between said destination device and an external server enabled to perform a callee identity authentication service; and... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070237320 - Technique for providing caller-originated alert signalsin circuit-switched communications: A technique for providing caller-originated alert signals in circuit-switched communications is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method comprising the steps of: transmitting, from a first user equipment, a request to initiate a communication session with a second user equipment; notifying the second user... Agent: Hunton & Williams, LLP/ Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (usa), Inc.

20070237321 - Technique for obtaining caller-originated alert signals in ip-based communication sessions: A technique for obtaining caller-originated alert signals in IP-based communication sessions is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a first user equipment and via a first communication channel, a request to initiate a communication session, the request... Agent: Hunton & Williams, LLP/ Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (usa), Inc.

20070237323 - Power feeding system for telephone terminal in lan: Terminals are connected via cables in a star-shaped fashion with respect to a HUB in a LAN. Each of the cables includes therein signal lines and power feed lines. The HUB includes therein a power feed section. The power feed section and the power feed lines of each cable are... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070237322 - Power over ethernet connector with integrated power source equipment (pse) controller: In a Power over Ethernet (POE) system, a power source equipment (PSE) device configured to deliver power to one or more powered devices (PDs) over a plurality of Ethernet transmission lines. The PSE interface includes a multi-port transmission line connector capable connecting to multiple Ethernet transmission lines, and a power... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070230667 - Method for testing dsl capability of telephone lines: A system and method for performing DSL assessments of a telephone line along a prescribed test path is disclosed. The disclosed system includes a loop diagnostic test unit adapted for testing said telephone line using narrow-band and mid-band frequency test signals; a test system controller and a test system server... Agent: Teradyne, Inc

20070230668 - Real-time call control system: A system and method are provided for real-time call control. When a call is received at a telephone server for a service subscriber, the server identifies the subscriber and retrieves information that will allow the server to contact the subscriber via instant messaging. An instant message is sent to the... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070230669 - On-hold message system: A programmable in-the-skin or intelligently connected message on hold delivery system is disclosed which comprises a message storage system and a processor for generating prompts which are transmitted to a control device. The prompts are received at the control device and allow an operator to select from a number of... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070230670 - Elevator monitor system: In an elevator monitoring system, an operation monitoring device receives operating condition data from a group management control device, and causes a monitor to display operating conditions of a plurality of elevators. An interphone base unit is connected to the operation monitoring device such that mutual communication can be established... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070230671 - Methods and apparatuses to track information via passing information during telephonic call process: Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications via a telephonic apparatuses that support data communications. In one embodiment, a telephonic apparatus includes: a network interface to submit a query over a data communication network and to receive a listing with embedded information about the query; and a call module... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070230672 - Telephony based remote location monitoring: A method, system, and program for telephony based remote location monitoring are provided. A telephone network receives the caller request to listen only to a remote location telephony device. The telephone network allocates a listen only channel between the caller telephony device and the remote location telephony device. The telephone... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20070230673 - Systems and methods for receiving telephone calls via instant messaging: A system establishes a telephone call between a calling party and a called party. The system receives a telephone call connection request, including identification of the called party, from the calling party and determines, based on the identification information, if the called party is currently connected to a data network.... Agent: Infineum Usa L.p.

20070230674 - Systems and methods to convert a free call to a fee-based call: A method and system for converting a free call to a fee-based call are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the invention, an automated system establishes a connection between a first entity and a second entity. After the connection has been established, the system monitors the connection to determine if... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070230675 - Fraud detection based on call attempt velocity on terminating number: A method of identifying fraud in a telecommunications system, the method including receiving data related to a current call placed from an originating ANI to a terminating ANI, where the received data includes the terminating ANI and a billing number used to place the call. Billing numbers for prior calls... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20070230676 - Technique for delivering caller-originated alert signals in ip-based communication sessions: A technique for delivering caller-originated alert signals in IP-based communication sessions is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a first user equipment, a request to initiate a communication session with a second user equipment, the request further... Agent: Hunton & Williams, LLP/ Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (usa), Inc.

20070230677 - System and method for dynamically establishing optimum audio quality in an audio conference: A system and method for dynamically establishing optimum audio quality in an audio conference is disclosed. A connection with one or more remote communication devices is initially established. An available data rate associated with the connection is then determined. Next, a bandwidth is assigned based on the available data rate.... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070230678 - Technique for providing caller-originated alert signals: A technique for providing customized, caller-originated alert signals is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for providing caller-originated alert signals. The method may comprise the steps of: creating, by a first user associated with a first user equipment, an alert signal that is... Agent: Hunton & Williams, LLP/ Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (usa), Inc.

20070230679 - Methods and apparatuses to track information using call signaling messages: Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications via a telephonic apparatuses that support data communications. In one embodiment, a telephonic apparatus includes: a network interface to submit a query over a data communication network and to receive a listing with embedded information about the query; and a call module... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070230680 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for processing mobile originated query messages for prepaid mobile subscribers in a number portability environment: Methods, systems, and computer program products for routing query messages associated with prepaid subscribers in a number portability environment are disclosed. One method may include sending a registration message to an HLR. At the HLR, the ID or address of an STP is inserted as the prepaid SCP ID in... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070230682 - Method and system for providing performance statistics to agents: A method and a system for providing and presenting performance statistics to an agent. A further embodiment of the present invention provides performance comparison reporting between an agent and an agent data group and/or a management unit. This is achieved by collecting and calculating statistical parameters that characterize the performance... Agent: Carr LLP

20070230681 - Presence awareness agent: The present invention is directed to a customer contact 100 in which a agent service function 136 to collect predetermined types of information regarding the contact and/or the contact center 100 and interface with the contact. The interface can include presenting service options to the contact. A mood detector 152... Agent: Sheridan Ross P.C.

20070230683 - Controlling hold queue position adjustment: A method, system, and program for allowing callers to adjust in position within a hold queue are provided. An advancement token earned by a caller while waiting in a hold queue is detected. The advancement token is stored for redemption in a future call by the caller according to an... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20070230684 - Method and apparatus for entertaining callers in a queue: One embodiment of the invention provides for receiving a call from a caller, the call being associated with a first merchant; placing the call in a queue; determining a second merchant; and establishing a connection, the connection enabling communication between the caller and the second merchant while the call is... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20070230685 - Wireless remote controlled handset lifter system using magnetically coupled ring detection: An automatic handset lifter is used with a wireless communication system. The system attaches to a conventional telephone and creates a communication link between the telephone and a portable device such as a wireless headset. The system automatically detects the ringing of the telephone by sensing magnetic fields of the... Agent: Michael B. Lasky Altera Law Group

20070230686 - Method and devices for providing wetting current: A device, a method and a line testing device connected to a line-capturing matrix for providing wetting current in the communications field are disclosed. Connecting the line-capturing matrix to a wetting current circuit in a network device makes it possible to acquire a wetting current from the wetting current circuit... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP