Telephonic communications inventions 12/07

20070297578 - Hybrid recording of communications: Systems and methods for recording communications are provided. In this regard, a representative system incorporates recording resources and a recording controller. The recording resources are operative to record information corresponding to communications, with the communications being provided in multiple communication formats and/or involving devices and paths with varying characteristics and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070297577 - System and method for maintaining communication recording audit trails: A computer-implemented system and method for establishing an audit trail for a communication record in a contact center is provided. The central server maintains a log file associated with a communication record which contains a message digest, pertinent information, as well as a listing of all of the instances in... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070297579 - Mobile content management and routing system: Apparatus and method for dynamically merging diverse multimedia content. A wireless mobile handset, communicating with an Image Processing System (IPS) through a cellular network servicing the handset, sends a message of diverse media with instructions either accompanying the message or identifying a space residing in an IPS database having the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070297581 - Voice-based phone system user interface: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve the operation of a telephone using spoken commands. A virtual operator service is accessed, such as by a single input of a user. A user speaks a telephone command, and the command is forwarded to the virtual operator service. The spoken command... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070297576 - Method and device for controlling channel state information transferred by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device: The present invention concerns a method for controlling channel state information transferred by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device, the first telecommunication device determining information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices. The method comprises the steps executed by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070297580 - Video caller identification systems and methods: Methods for displaying caller identification information on an integrated display/telephone system capable of displaying images generated with a remote video camera are disclosed. One or more signals are received and one or more images are displayed on a display of the integrated display/telephone system. An incoming telephone call is received... Agent: Alan R. Loudermilk Loudermilk & Associates

20070297582 - Presenting to a user contextual information regarding a communication before the user takes action concerning the communication: In one embodiment, a method including: receiving an incoming telephone call, which a user can choose to answer or leave unanswered; accessing one or more logs that associate data with identifiers to obtain log data associated with an identifier included in the incoming telephone call; creating a user alert for... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070297583 - Method and system for third party charging: In a method for third party charging, a paying party sets its payment limit, verifying code, etc., and shares related information with a service requesting party; when accessing the service, the service requesting party inputs the related information, such as a third party charging access identifier, a paying party identifier,... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070297584 - Computer enabled method and apparatus for connecting individuals via telephone: A computer enabled system and method for social networking. While the present system is computer based in the sense that the registration and setup of members joining the social network may be done through the Internet and a computer server, the actual subsequent interactions between the members of the network... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070297585 - Subscriber partitioning in a charging system: A charging device (100) and method (600) are described herein that can segment subscribers on a service class level and then can further segment those subscribers on an account level by using a service offerings parameter (105). The subscribers use communication services such as circuit switched voice, SMS, MMS and/or... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070297587 - Methods, systems and computer program products for dynamic caller id messaging: Methods, systems, and computer program products for caller identification messaging are disclosed. A calling party uses a Caller ID Messaging Device that supplants the incoming calling line identification (ICLID) signal with a Caller ID Messaging Signal and transmits the Caller ID Messaging Signal to a destination communications address. An alternate... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070297586 - Telecoms: The invention concerns improvements to telecoms systems. In the proposed method and apparatus, an image (which may have advertising content) is displayed to a caller and a recipient prior to relaying a caller message. This supplementary image may take the place of conventional text such as CALLING. On audio/visual equipment,... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070297588 - Home intercom / push-to-talk interface: An apparatus in one example has: an intercom system; a wireless push-to-talk system; and an integrated intercom/push-to-talk system operatively coupled to the intercom system and the wireless push-to-talk system, the integrated intercom/push-to-talk system functioning as a wireless terminal that communicates with the wireless push-to-talk system, and functioning as an intercom... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20070297589 - Method and system for data aggregation for real-time emergency resource management: The present invention provides a system and a method for providing information about resource availability, especially during an emergency such as a natural disaster. The system stores resource information about multiple facilities, across cities, counties, states and even countries. Such information can be provided to designated users based on specified... Agent: Triangle Patents, P.l.l.c.

20070297590 - Managing activity-centric environments via profiles: A unique system and method is provided that facilitates managing an activity centric environment via a master profile (which includes user, group, and device profiles). The master profile follows or stays with the user and can be applied universally across devices and activities (activity templates). When profile data does not... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070297591 - Process for transforming and managing messages from sip signaling into an event-managed asynchronous system: u

20070297592 - Method and apparatus for a telephone user interface control for enabling and disabling a web interface: The present invention provides a method and apparatus to activate or deactivate a web interface to a voicemail system through a telephone user interface to the voicemail system. During a setup procedure that runs on the first use of the telephone user interface, the method and apparatus asks the subscriber... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070297593 - Method for realizing intelligent network service: A method for implementing Intelligent Network (IN) services is disclosed, including: setting an IN service as a combination of several service feature, and each service feature corresponding to a node type; selecting service features from the combination, and configuring invoking relationships of the selected service features, and each invoking relationship... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070297594 - Phone line supervisory controls: Controlling use of a telephone line includes receiving a specification from a first entity that defines one or more supervisory controls on use of a controlled telephone line by a second entity. The supervisory controls specify people with whom the second entity may or may not communicate over the controlled... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070297595 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for routing calls based on the originating network: A method of routing calls in a communication system. A call is received from an originating network in the communication system. The identity of the originating network is determined, and the call is routed in the communication system based on the identity of the originating network.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070297596 - Server apparatus, server control program, and server-client system: A server-client system includes a client terminal having a telephone function, and a server apparatus on a network. The terminal displays telephone number display screen data received form the server apparatus, and transmits, to the server apparatus, designation information indicating a telephone number position in the display screen, which is... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070297597 - Telephone/transaction entry device and system for entering transaction data into databases: Transaction data is entered by the user in response to prompts in a template. The template and entered data are accumulated into data transactions which are exploded and sent to an external database servers for processing and storage. Each database server may explode the data transaction to produce ancillary records... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20070297598 - Telephone-line-connection method: It is determined whether a call-connection condition set to a call-connection device is a first call-connection state or a second call-connection state. When the determination result shows that the first call-connection state is set, a call is connected from an originating terminal to a destination terminal. When the determination result... Agent: Myers Wolin, LLC

20070297599 - Caller-controlled alerting signals: The present invention allows a caller to control how a called party is alerted when a call is presented to the called party. When initiating the call, the caller may select the desired alerting signal to be provided to the called party for the call. The call is routed toward... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20070297600 - Controlling a device that is also linked to a computer system: An apparatus includes a memory unit, a microcontroller, a first communication port providing a first communication path between the apparatus and a computer system, and a second communication port providing a second communication path between the apparatus and a peripheral device. The peripheral device is also communicatively linked with the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070291905 - A test system and method of operation: A test system comprises a test processor which is arranged to perform hardware level tests on a unit under test. A voice interface interfaces to an external voice communication link coupled to a remote voice communication unit. A test controller is coupled to the test processor and the voice interface... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070291906 - A test system and method of operation: A test system comprises a test processor which determines an operational status, such as a fault status, for a unit under test. The unit under test may e.g. comprise one or more boards of an electronic assembly. A presence processor generates a presence message in response to the operational status... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070291910 - Methods and systems for a sign language graphical interpreter: Systems and methods for displaying visual content to a user corresponding to sound captured at a user terminal are disclosed. After receiving over a network from a user terminal a request to convert sound into a visual content representing the sound, wherein the sound comprises one or more words, a... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20070291911 - Template-based electronic message generation using sound input: A unified messaging system enables a subscriber to log into the system remotely and compose and send text messages, such as email messages, using predefined templates and sound input. The sound input may be DTMF or speech. After the subscriber selects an appropriate template, the system confirms the template, and... Agent: Anatoly S. Weiser

20070291913 - Systems and arrangements for determining communication parameters in a network environment: Systems and methods for utilizing new communication standards in wireless local area networks are provided that also support legacy wireless stations. The method can include a station that transmits a signal having a communication format selected from a plurality of communication formats. A bit rate calculator of the station can... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Intellevate

20070291907 - Voice over internet protocol network test device and method: The invention includes a device and a method for testing a communication network that includes an Internet Protocol (VoIP) network. The inventive device includes a user interface for communicating results of a test, a transceiver for allowing the test device to communicate with a telecommunications network, and a digital signal... Agent: Capital Legal Group, LLC

20070291908 - Method and apparatus for gradual application of a hitless monitoring access to a communications circuit employing a guided transmission media: A monitor access is gradually applied an removed from a communications circuit, including a digital subscriber line (DSL), by a gradual monitor access (GMA) technique, in which a variable impedance element is gradually applied to the communications circuit until the monitor can be introduced to the communications circuit without data... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070291909 - Computer-implemented method and apparatus for recording and organizing multiple responses to queries used to create a legacy profile in a manner that expands memory recall: Focused sets of queries are presented to an interviewee. Responses to the queries are recorded and displayed to the interviewee in a manner that focuses the interviewee on the current query. Responses are sorted based on importance to the interviewee. Responses are confirmed by the interviewee to ensure completeness and... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070291912 - Evaluating performance of a voice mail system in an inter-messaging network: One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for evaluating the performance of an inter-messaging network of voice mail systems. This preferred embodiment includes an evaluation test unit that connects to the inter-messaging network and requests a test data file to be retrieved from a particular... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Bls Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070291914 - Network mapping and bidding system: A network resource mapping system generates pricing reports showing street level pricing of business entities. By mechanizing and combining a number of different calculations into a single tool, the system simplifies the pricing activity, reduces the pricing task time; and enables a pricing manager to propose a price without making... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070291915 - Method and system for generating peer to peer billing records when one or more clients pay for the other clients: A method and a system for generating peer-to-peer billing records for at least one peer-to-peer communication session corresponding to at least one communication service in a communication system. The method comprises the steps of: collecting a completion-billing-token corresponding to a peer-to-peer communication session corresponding to a communication service and evaluating... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070291916 - Telephone intercom remote line interface modules for installations with non-localized points of demarcation: An intercom system for use with a remote demarcation point includes a remote demarcation interface module operatively connected to the remote demarcation point, wherein the remote demarcation interface module selectively connects and disconnects with the remote demarcation point. In the system, a control module connects a subscriber telephone instrument to... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070291917 - Automated calling system for conference calls: A method and system are provided in which teleconference calls are scheduled in advance and, at an appropriate predetermined time, calls are automatically made to the designated participants of the conference calls thereby avoiding the need for the participants to call into a teleconference center. In a preferred embodiment, when... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rvw)

20070291918 - Method for coordinating co-resident teleconferencing endpoints to avoid feedback: A method of controlling teleconference signals includes receiving, at a teleconference bridge, endpoint-generated audio signals from each of a plurality of participating endpoints arranged at a plurality of locations. At least two of the participating endpoints are acoustically collocated at one of the locations. A bridge-generated audio signal is generated... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070291919 - Telecommunications call time slicing system and method: A telecommunications system and method provides a time slicing capability whereby alternate services, such as advertising, can be provided to a party while being kept on hold. Thus, charges associated with portions of the call during which alternate services are provided can be billed to other parties, such as advertisers,... Agent: Mr. S. H. Dworetsky At&t Corp.

20070291921 - Method and system for processing telephone calls via a remote tie-line: A method and system include routing telephone calls from multiple private networks via public lines and trunks in a public switched telephone network (PSTN) to a host switch, at which the connections would begin to run parallel. The host switch routes the telephone calls via a private trunk group to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070291920 - Prompted sending of information by a telephone terminal: The invention relates to a method for the prompted sending of information by a terminal in a telephone network, comprising the following steps: a) receipt of a first message signaling a connection request for the terminal in a connection-oriented service of the telephone network, b) rejection of the connection request,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070291923 - Method and apparatus for the purchase, sale and facilitation of voice over internet protocol (voip) consultations: The present invention relates to a novel method and apparatus for facilitating voice-to-voice communication in an on-line environment between requestors seeking advice and helpers providing advice. The invention comprises a user-friendly website interface in which a plurality of helpers and requesters can provide personal data relating to their qualifications or... Agent: Jerry Tao

20070291922 - Methods and apparatus for variable wait treatments for requests enqueued in one or more queues: Methods and apparatus are provided for variable wait treatments for requests enqueued in one or more queues. A request in a resource allocation system is processed by assigning the request to a queue and selecting a wait treatment for the request based on one or more characteristics of the queue.... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070291924 - Method and apparatus for distributed interactive voice processing: A distributed interactive voice processing system is disclosed that distributes IVR capabilities to one or more agent terminals associated with a call center. One or more agent terminals support the traditional functions of a live agent, as well as additional IVR capabilities to support the functions of a virtual or... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP Suite 205

20070291925 - Autodialer flow control: A method for regulating a call placement rate (CPR) of an autodialer (AD) (100) includes: measuring a time delay between a first event and a second event; and, adjusting the CPR of the AD (100) in response to the measured time delay.... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20070291926 - Method and system for performing automated telemarketing: A method for performing automated telemarketing is disclosed. The method includes receiving potential customer data including a telephone number, and initiating a telephone call to the telephone number using an auto-dialing technology. The method also includes receiving notification that the potential customer has answered the telephone call, sending a verbal... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070291927 - User message delivery to calling party device: In one embodiment, a call setup message for a call from a calling party device to a called party device is received. At least one calling party parameter for the calling party device is determined. A user message is selected based on the at least one calling party parameter. Delivery... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20070291928 - Tone, modulated tone, and saturated tone detection in a voice activity detection device: In a voice activity detection (VAD) device a method for defining tone signals comprises defining a threshold for zero amplitude change, calculating a zero crossing rate of a signal, extracting a set of parameters from a plurality of duration periods of the signal, defining a tolerance threshold between the plurality... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070291929 - Methods and apparatus for performing subscriber line interface functions: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a low voltage SLIC to perform various SLIC functions at a low voltage and provide first, second and bias currents to a high voltage SLIC. The high voltage SLIC is coupled to the low voltage SLIC to receive the currents and generate multiple... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070291930 - Output stacking architecture for an amplifier: In one embodiment, the present invention includes an operational amplifier having a first input to receive a first current formed of an input current and an offset current. A first MOSFET device having a gate terminal may be coupled to an output of the operational amplifier. An output stack including... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070291931 - Customized ringback and communications: A ring-back tone generator system provides a customized ring-back tone to a calling party (attempting to reach a called party) while the ring-back tone generator system participates in alerting the called party of the call connection request. Upon acceptance of the call connection by the called party answering his phone,... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070291932 - Telephone: A land telephone device has a case having a wall and an on/off hook switch operable by a depressable button that protrudes from the wall of the case. One or more magnets are located at the wall of the case for attaching the telephone device onto a support surface by... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070286347 - Monitoring signal path quality in a conference call: It is recognized in the disclosed technique that the way impairments on a conference call are diagnosed and handled in the prior art can sometimes be as distracting as the impairments themselves. The disclosed technique attempts to address some of the disadvantages in the prior art by monitoring the signal... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070286348 - Method for provisioning subscribers, products, and services in a broadband network: A method for provisioning subscribers, products, and services in a broadband network includes establishing a directory system for storing information about a plurality of subscribers. The directory system includes a subscriber namespace and a device namespace. A subscriber is added by instantiating a subscriber object for the subscriber in the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070286350 - Speech-based optimization of digital hearing devices: A method of tuning a digital hearing device, such as a cellular phone, a mobile phone for communicating via a wireless ad hoc network, and a Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone, can include playing portions of test audio, wherein each portion of test audio represents one or more distinctive features of speech.... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070286351 - Method and system for adaptive media quality monitoring: A method for adaptive media quality monitoring includes monitoring at least one metric of a call between at least two endpoints and detecting a threshold crossing event via the monitoring of the at least one metric. The method also includes executing a threshold crossing action based on detecting the threshold... Agent: Baker Botts Bart Showalter

20070286352 - Analog telephone adapter and emergency proxy: An analog telephone adapter (ATA) comprises a dial tone generator, control logic and a packet generator. The dial tone generator generates a dial tone when the ATA is in an unregistered state. The control logic processes a dial-out request when the ATA is in the unregistered state. The control logic... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070286353 - Congestion control method, subscriber terminal used in the congestion control method, disaster system, and core network: A congestion control method includes the steps of: calling from a first subscriber terminal to a second subscriber terminal, the second subscriber terminal positioned within a communication restriction area, communicating to the first subscriber terminal that connection to the second subscriber terminal cannot be made; and making the first subscriber... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070286358 - Digital audio recorder: An audio recording device includes a memory storing pre-recorded audio data that include a plurality of voice tags; a detector that is operative to produce a signal upon detection of a substantial similarity between a first portion of a statement spoken by a user and one of the voice tags;... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20070286354 - Method and system for recalling voicemail messages: Techniques and systems for recalling voicemail messages from remote voicemail systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for recalling a voicemail message from a target mailbox can include: accessing a voicemail system by a caller using a device; authenticating the caller using speaker verification; and deleting the voicemail message... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070286357 - Method and system to enable users to select between wireless and wireline voice mail menus: A voice mail system provides a voice mail service and multiple modes for navigating the voice mail service. The modes comprise a first mode to navigate the voice mail service using a wireless voice mail menu and a second mode to navigate the voice mail service using a wireline voice... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070286355 - Techniques for listening to a caller leaving a voicemail message in real-time and real-time pick up of a call: In one embodiment, techniques allow a callee to listen to a caller leaving a voicemail message on a voicemail system. An applications oriented network (AON) device is configured to detect a connection to a voicemail system when a caller calls a callee. A notification message is then sent to the... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070286356 - Techniques for storing real-time voice messages in a caller's voicemail box: Techniques for storing voicemails in real-time in a caller's voicemail system when a voicemail is left in a callee's voicemail system are provided. A connection to the callee's voicemail system is detected during a call from the caller to the callee. When a voicemail is being left on the caller's... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070286349 - System and method for providing service technicians access to dispatch information: A secondary source of dispatch information is provided in the event of a failure of a primary source of dispatch information. The second source of dispatch information can be accessed electronically by service technicians in the field when the primary source of dispatch information fails so that service technicians do... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20070286359 - System and method for monitoring an interaction between a caller and an automated voice response system: An apparatus and method for monitoring an interaction between a caller and an automated voice response (AVR) system is provided. An audio communication from a caller is processed by executing an AVR script, which includes a plurality of instructions. A visual representation of the audio communication is presented substantially simultaneously... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20070286360 - System and method for providing screen-context assisted information retrieval: A system and method for context-assisted information retrieval include a communication device, such as a wireless personal communication device, for transmitting screen-context information and voice data associated with a user request to a voice information retrieval server. The voice information retrieval server utilizes the screen-context information to define a grammar... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070286361 - Sending a page: Sending a page using session initiation protocol (SIP) includes receiving a call to send the page, determining a paging group that includes one or more devices based on information associated with the call, where the one or more devices are capable of receiving the page, establishing a connection to the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070286362 - System and method for managing customer messages: A system and method for managing customer messages comprising a unification server having a unification server computer readable medium communicating with a customer communications system and a media server; a set of local pre-recorded customer messages embodied in the unification server computer readable medium; a computer readable unification instructions set... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20070286363 - Voice-messaging with attachments: A network method for using a network telephone voice-mail service, by which a caller may leave a voice-message that includes the identification of an attachment, which may include, as examples only, audio, video, text, programs, spreadsheets and graphic attachments. A video, text, spreadsheet or graphic attachment may be converted to... Agent: Ms. Lauren Brighton At&t Corp.

20070286364 - Systems and methods for information provision: One or more voice mail messages, respectively, may be provided as one or reminder messages. After the playing of a voice mail message, an option may be provided to use the message as a reminder message. Delivery information for the reminder message is obtained. The delivery information may include the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Bls Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070286365 - System and method for a secure log-on to a communications system comprising network connection and connection handling computers: In one aspect, communication link established from a communication unit to a communications system. A request message is transmitted from a communication unit to the work connection computer and checked with the aid of a user profile of the communication unit, to verify whether the communication unit has log-on authorization.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070286366 - Chat presence system: A messaging program includes a window where a plurality of contacts are displayed within the window. The plurality of contacts are arranged as a plurality of different groups within the window. A plurality of contacts within each of the different groups is provided with the same status for each respective... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070286367 - Methods, systems and computer program products for offloading prepaid status queries from a prepaid status database for unlimited in-network prepaid calls: Methods, systems, and computer program products for offloading prepaid credit status queries from prepaid credit status databases for unlimited-plan prepaid in-network calls is provided. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method that includes intercepting, at a signaling message routing node, a prepaid status query associated... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070286368 - System and method for call routing device that generates calls through a company's telecom infrastructure: A routing device and method for connecting a free-of-charge call from a customer to a company using the company's own preexisting telecom infrastructure such that the company avoids the added cost of a third party free-of-charge service provider. The device and method provide one or more triggers allowing a customer... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20070286369 - Gateway registry methods and systems: A gateway device for managing a set of two or more local management devices at a location. A system for networks at a plurality of locations. A method of operating a gateway device in a control network. A method for storing information to operate a gateway device in a control... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20070286370 - Apparatuses and methods for presenting caller identities for communications originating and terminating in different communication domains: Systems, apparatuses and methods for providing the identity of communication device users who initiate communications from data networks such as the Internet and that are targeted for users in circuit-switched domains. A calling party identifier is received from a calling terminal initiating a voice call. A circuit-switched (CS) domain identifier... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20070286372 - Customized ringback and communications: Request information received by a call handler system specifies multiple acceptable call connection encoding options or formats for communicating with a caller. The call handler system forwards the multiple acceptable call connection encoding options to a called destination. The called destination responds with a selection of a first call connection... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070286371 - Server apparatus: According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a memory which stores a control table respectively showing correspondence relations between user ID of the first data terminal and listener information indicating that the first data terminal is in operation in a pseudo manner, when the first data terminal contained in... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070286373 - Method for securing a telecommunications terminal which is connected to a terminal user identification module: A method of securing a telecommunication terminal that is connected to a module used to identify a user of the terminal is described. The method includes a step including executing a procedure in which the terminal is matched to the identification module, consisting in: securely loading a first software program... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070286374 - System and method for multi-modal monitoring of a network: A system and method for network monitoring are disclosed. In one embodiment, a network monitoring method includes determining that a caller can receive audible information via a first access device and graphical information via a second access device. The method also includes converting a request communicated by the caller via... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070286376 - Device authentication techniques: Techniques are provided for authenticating a phone or other device for a user. A phone or other device is provided to the user. A personal identification number is provided to the user. The personal identification number is used to authenticate the phone or other device in the network for the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070286383 - Method and apparatus for controlling communications of interest in a specific issue between parties known to each other: A system and method for controlling communications between parties that are known to each other is provided. Communications are received from a first and a second party that are identified to each other, and include the parties respective levels of interest in an issue relating to the parties. If a... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070286377 - Method and apparatus for handling disconnected call: A method of handling an interrupted call on a communication terminal, which includes updating a task model table including a plurality of informational fields related to a task performed during a call placed on the terminal, and restarting the task at a location corresponding to where the task stopped executing... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070286380 - Method of providing services that can be used between network devices, and network device and storage medium suitable for implementing the method: A method of providing services between network devices is provided. The method includes transmitting a service announcement request from a network device; checking service compatibility between the network device that transmitted the service announcement request and a network device that has transmitted a service announcement response, when at least one... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070286379 - Methods, systems and computer program products for accessing number portability (np) and e.164 number (enum) data using a common np/enum data locator structure: According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein comprises methods, systems, and computer program products for accessing number portability (NP) and E.164 number (ENUM) data in a combined NP/ENUM database. One method includes receiving a query including a telephone number (TN). A common NP/ENUM data locator structure is accessed... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070286378 - Presence and/or capability based communication: Methods and apparatuses for detecting current presence and/or determining capabilities of subscribers, and enabling users of communication devices to initiate communication sessions with other communication devices of selected ones of the subscribers, in selected manners, based at least in part on current presence and/or capabilities of the other subscribers, are... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070286375 - Speakerphone control techniques and emergency call systems: Emergency call system which enables an individual to summon assistance includes an emergency call unit connectable to a telephone line, at least one remote speakerphone unit having a speakerphone and connectable to the same telephone line as the emergency call unit, and at least one pendant adapted to be worn... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070286382 - Telephone exchange apparatus: According to one embodiment, a telephone exchange apparatus which accommodates a plurality of telephone terminals includes a memory to store a management table wherein a terminal identification data (terminal ID) and a connection identification data (connection ID) correspond to an operation data indicating a connected/disconnect status with respect to each... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070286381 - System and method of providing a walk-up telecommunications terminal having a telephone application and information application: A system and method are disclosed for providing access to a telephone Application and an Information Application using a walk-up telecommunications terminal having an intuitive, context-sensitive interface configured to facilitate simple and intuitive usage by a user. An Idle Application is displayed on a display screen of the walk-up telecommunications... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070286384 - Method, system and service for achieving synchronous communication responsive to dynamic status: A method for routing a communication connection request includes the steps of obtaining context information from a communication connection requester in response to a communication connection request. The steps further include using the context information to determine a communication connection action, and connecting the communication connection requester based upon the... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070286385 - Communications device and method of operating a communications device that continues to connect local users after a link fails: A next-generation network utilizes a three-tier, cascading fault approach to providing emergency stand-alone (ESA) switching in a circuit-to-packet (C2P) network. Calls that are placed to destination numbers which are connected to the same local network device are completed even when connectivity with a community network level has been interrupted, while... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark C. Pickering

20070286387 - Browsing management apparatus, browsing management method, and program product thereof: A browsing management apparatus includes a location information generating portion that generates unique location information that includes a location of a content used in a conference and identification information identifying a participant of the conference, a transmitting portion that transmits the unique location information to the participant of the conference,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070286388 - System and method for click-to-join audio conferencing: Systems and methods for audio conferencing are described. At least one embodiment includes an audio-conferencing system comprising a web server configured to allow a host to select one or more individuals to receive invitations to participate in a conference call, the web server further configured to receive parameters associated with... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070286386 - Courteous phone usage system: The Courteous Phone Usage System (CPUS) includes devices and methods and system for assisting cellular phone users to conduct cell phone conversations in a low speech level and with minimal annoyance to other individuals in the immediate vicinity, while providing a certain level of privacy for the cell phone user.... Agent: Our Pal Asija Asija House

20070286389 - Communication system and method: According to one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a communication method comprising the steps of making a determination in respect of at least initiating a first call between first and second communication devices having first and second contact numbers respectively; said making the determination comprising identifying at... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070286390 - Method for implementing wide area centrex: The present invention discloses a method for implementing Wide Area Centrex (WAC), wherein the long number and short number corresponding relationship of the WAC users is set and saved. The method includes: routing the call initiated by a user to a soft-switch; receiving by the soft-switch the call information the... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070286391 - System and method for implementing and accessing call forwarding services: A web server implements a call service, including call service data corresponding to a directory number of a user. The web server includes a first interface for communicating with a call processor that processes telephone calls in a telecommunications network. The processor communicates with a database that includes the call... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070286392 - 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 registrant is registered in the telephone number data base, the telephone directory assistance system judges whether a message from the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070286393 - Title-enabled networking: Methods and apparatus are provided for processing packets in a network. A received packet includes title materials which include one or more of a title object, a component of the title object, or a reference to the title object. The title object is a digital bearer instrument representing at least... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070286394 - Web-based network monitoring tool: A monitoring tool for use with one or more automatic call distributors (ACD) which automatically and continuously polls or queries the ACDs to monitor not only alarm conditions but other conditions, such as agent staffing levels, call answering time, call routing and traffic conditions. Such continuous and automatic monitoring and... Agent: Raman N. Dewan Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20070286397 - Application adapted access device and a method to adapt resynchronization: The invention discloses a method to control a resynchronization trigger in an access device (40). A management station (43) is connected to the access CPE (40) via a control channel (50). The CPE is able to receive a control signal including application information and to calculate the synchronization trigger where... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070286395 - Intelligent multimedia dial tone: A method for signaling a status of a communication device. One embodiment of the present invention can include receiving at least one user input on the communication device to initiate a call and, responsive to the user input, identifying at least one device parameter. At least one multimedia dial tone... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070286396 - Methods, devices, and interfaces for address auto-association: Disclosed is an electronic device utility method (200), including receiving a first identifying address data input (202) via a data input device (114), initiating a first communication to the first identifying address (204), and ending the first communication to the first identifying address (206). The method includes receiving second identifying... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070286399 - Phone number extraction system for voice mail messages: Methods, apparatuses, and media for extracting phone numbers from voice mail messages are disclosed. Embodiments may include a method for determining a phone number in a voice mail message that includes analyzing a message and determining phone number(s) associated with the message based on the analysis. Embodiments of the method... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070286398 - Voice recognition dialing for alphabetic phone numbers: Systems, methods and media for determining a phone number from a spoken alphabetic phone number are disclosed. Embodiments may include a method for determining a phone number that includes receiving spoken alphanumeric content from a user, the spoken alphanumeric content having one or more alphabetic characters, such as letters, numbers... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070286400 - Dtmf generating assistant: A DTMF generating device for automatically generating DTMF tones corresponding to a predefined phone number comprises a processor, a memory, and a speaker enveloped in a credit card sized casing. The memory has stored therein DTMF tone samples corresponding to the predefined phone number. When a user presses on a... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20070286402 - Calling party controlled ringback tones: A computer readable medium stores a program for a calling party controlled ringback tone service. The service enables a calling party to control ringback tones, even overriding called party selected ringback tones. The service can operate in a wireless or wireline network, such as a voice over IP (VoIP) network... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070286401 - Method and apparatus for ringback tone personalization: A service based Ringback Tone service that may be personalized by a calling party instead of a called party. The calling party generates and stores an originating profile that contains Ringback Tones or Ringback messages associated with a Ringback Tone subscriber (called party). When the calling party contacts the called... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070286403 - Amplifier coupling coupled between a stationary telephone and a headset: A telephone and a headset have coupled therebetween an amplifier coupling which incorporates circuits with a plurality of transfer characteristics which may be activated by control buttons on the amplifier coupling, allowing a user to adapt the signals received in the speaker to the surrounding sound conditions, thereby improving the... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20070286404 - Improved method and apparatus for detecting echo path changes in an acoustic echo canceller: An echo canceller comprising a first adaptive filter having N_long coefficients for converging to an echo path, a non-adaptive filter representing a direct echo path portion captured by the first adaptive filter and having N short default coefficients, where N_long>N_short, for quick convergence of the echo canceller at start-up, wherein... Agent: Inter-tel, Inc.

20070286405 - Voip adapter for network interface device: An apparatus and methodology for permitting subscriber installation of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service at a subscriber premises. A VoIP adapter is provided that is configured for snap-in mounting in a subscriber premises network interface device (NID). The adapter includes an input plug connector and an output jack connector,... Agent: Corning Cable Systems LLC

20070286406 - Method and device for data communication: A novel data communication device includes a switching mechanism, a detector, a storage, a measuring unit, a comparator, and a controller. In at least one embodiment, the switching mechanism is configured to connect and disconnect a facsimile device to and from a communication line used in common by the data... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070286407 - Terminal apparatus: According to one embodiment, a terminal apparatus includes a telephony application function which converts a first voice signal input from a voice input unit into a second voice signal to be transmitted on a first communication line by a converter, and converts the second voice signal received from the first... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070286408 - Module and connector: The invention relates to a connector module (100) which is used for telephone transmissions, more particularly adapted to transmissions on ADSL subscriber lines. The module (100) comprises a housing (108) including two parallel rows—(R1) and (R2)—of contacts facing each other, whereby each of said contacts comprises a first terminal part... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070286409 - Personal audio listening device: A personal audio listening device is adapted to be worn on a user's ear, and includes a housing, a pivotal knob, and an ear hook member. The housing has a surface and a hollow portion, and defines a first axis and a second axis. The pivotal knob is pivotally mounted... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070286410 - Stand for desktop telephone: A stand allows a user to quickly and easily set the angular orientation of a telephone or other piece of equipment relative to a support surface (e.g. a desktop). The stand is fastened to, and removed from, the equipment without the use of tools by a magnetic attraction. The stand... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070286411 - Patch panel apparatus and system including patch cord path tracing: A patch panel apparatus, system, method and computer program product for patch cord path tracing is provided.... Agent: Venable LLP

20070286412 - Mouse enabled phone: A telephone device includes a housing, a microphone, a loudspeaker and an auxiliary input device coupled to the housing. The auxiliary input device generates output in response to user manipulation. A controller within the housing is coupled to the microphone, loudspeaker and auxiliary input device. The controller is responsive to... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070280427 - System and method for auto-reversing loop polarity of u interface: A loop polarity auto-reversing system 100 of a U interface is disposed in a line terminal 10 connected to a digital service unit 20 via the U interface. The loop polarity auto-reversing system includes a current detection module 101, a loop polarity determining module 103, and a loop polarity reversing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070280428 - E911 location services for users of text device relay services: A system receives, from a text device, an emergency call placed by a hearing-impaired party, the emergency call being associated with information identifying a location of the text device. The system also identifies a public safety answering point (PSAP) based on the location information. The received emergency call may be... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20070280429 - Systems & methods for providing location signals/indicators when 911 dialed: Emergency communication applications and methods interact with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, and/or transmit an Emergency Locator Signal to a communications address of the local communications network. According to exemplary embodiments, the transmitted Emergency Locator Signal communicates with the local communications network to... Agent: Walters & Zimmerman, PLLC

20070280432 - Filtering spurious voicemail messages: A method is provided for discarding an audio message if the audio message meets a predefined discarding condition, which may factor in at least the audio message's total length, presence of spoken word(s) in the audio message, presence of tone(s) in the audio message and the presence of click(s) in... Agent: Eitan Richardson

20070280435 - Managing packet-based voicemail messages: Aspects of present invention provide a method, computer-readable medium, and system for saving and modifying a draft voicemail message. More specifically, a caller may create a draft voicemail message that is saved without being transmitted to a callee. Then the caller may access the draft voicemail message and generate events... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070280434 - Processing a received voicemail message: Aspects of the present invention are directed at software for processing a received voicemail message to provide enhanced features in a voicemail system. In one embodiment, a user interface is provided where a callee may generate events to modify audio attributes of a received voicemail message. When an event to... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070280433 - Voicemail message controls: Generally described, aspects of the present invention are directed at software systems for responding to a received voicemail message. In one embodiment, a selection user interface is provided where a primary callee may generate an event to create a draft voicemail message that is related to a received voicemail message.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070280437 - Dynamic speed dial number mapping: A method of facilitating a telephonic response to an electronic message is described. The method includes determining at least one telephone number from a received electronic message, and assigning the determined telephone number dynamically to a button on the telephone to provide a speed dial button on the telephone. Determining... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070280438 - Method and apparatus for converting a daisy format file into a digital streaming media file: A method and apparatus for converting a Daisy format digital talking book file into a conventional digital streaming media file. The method includes accessing administrative information in a Daisy file, identifying a start and end point for a specific audio portion of the digital talking book, parsing the specific audio... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070280441 - Method and system for using advertisement to sponsor international mobile phone calls for cellular telephone networks: A method for making telephone calls whereby advertisers sponsor free calling minutes to telephone customers. In addition, the platform is useful for placing targeted advertising. To this end, advertisers are allowed to insert audio, text and video advertising in an active telephone connection, typically at the beginning of a circuit... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070280440 - Voice file retrieval method: A voice file retrieval method comprising the steps of: inputting a word; determining if voicing of the word is needed or not; obtaining a storage home address of a voice file corresponding to the word from a voice field of the word if the voice of the word is needed;... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070280445 - Method for interacting via an internet accessible address-book using a visual interface phone device: From a visual-interface-enabled voice-network-operative telephone device, a user navigates an Internet based address-book, and upon finding a desired record in the address-book, the user will cause a server associated with the address-book to initiate a call or a message to a device associated with the electronic address stored in the... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20070280446 - Mobile communication device: A mobile communication device is provided. The device includes a non-volatile display, a storage unit, a processing unit, and a plurality of keys. The storage unit includes a temporary storage section for storing a communication history list, which records previous communication records and frequencies of communication of each of the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070280430 - Method for handling emergency service in network communication: The present invention discloses a method for handling an emergency service in a network communication, including: sending, by an emergency service initiating side, an emergency service identifier together with the emergency service to a network side; and allocating, by the network side, resource to a received service firstly when determining... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070280431 - Messaging system: A patient care messaging system comprises a patient administration system on which appointments are administered and a care reminder system. The care reminder system is arranged, before an appointment, to compose and send an electronic message to a patient's telephone which is a reminder of that appointment.... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070280436 - Method and system to seed a voice database: In one embodiment the invention provides a method, comprising: (a) obtaining an audio recording corresponding to a legal proceeding of interest; (b) extracting from the audio recording audio belonging to of the defendant of the legal proceeding; and (c) enrolling the extracted audio into a voiceprint database.... Agent: Hahn And Moodley LLP

20070280439 - System and method for obtaining responses to tasks: A method of automatically forwarding a response to a message to the sender of the message, wherein the sender is prompted to provide a message, the sender is prompted to identify a recipient, the recipient having a plurality of associated contact numbers, a user is prompted to rank the identified... Agent: Rudoler & Derosa LLC Attn: Docket Clerk

20070280442 - Network-based voice over power lines (vopl) system and methods: Disclosed herein is a network-based voice over power lines (VoPL) telephone communication system, comprising a power line network, multiple clients and a server. The clients are respectively connected to the power line network for providing access for a user telephone and/or for providing a user operation interface. The server comprises... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20070280443 - Methods and systems to connect consumers to information: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for specifying and obtaining services through audio commands, resulting in a live conversation between a user and a selected service provider using an audio-transmission medium (the telephone). A service seeker locates a service provider by entering a keypad code corresponding to a... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070280444 - Method for controlling data links: A method of gradually dismantling a data link between subscribers and by automatically setting up the data link between the subscribers with the aid of a trigger from one of the subscribers is provided.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070280447 - Ims gateway systems and methods: IMS gateway systems and methods are disclosed for providing online charging for IMS sessions. An IMS gateway system described herein operates based on a state machine to provide charging triggers and IMS session control. For one charging trigger, the IMS gateway system transmits an initial credit control request message to... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070280449 - Incoming caller information on self-labeling telephone keys: A communication system, comprising at least one telephone appliance having multiple line appearances selectable via associated self-labeling line buttons, and a switch for receiving an incoming call intended for a particular one of the line appearances and in response generating a message containing predetermined information and an indication of an... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070280448 - Polled geofencing and distinguished ring-back: In an embodiment an apparatus may have: a telecommunication network having a tracking calling terminal and a tracked called terminal; a polled geofencing system associated with at least one predetermined area having a predetermined boundary, the tracked called terminal having a location relative to the predetermined boundary; and at least... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20070280450 - Method and system for controlling individualized information: A method for controlling individualized information including: receiving a call request sent from a calling terminal requesting to initiate a call to a called terminal; determining whether the called terminal is idle, and if the called terminal is idle, connecting the call to the called terminal and sending a ring... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

20070280451 - System for providing communication services: A system is described for providing communication services and this system comprises a communication network with a number of exchanges and a number of connection points. Each connection point is connected by a fixed line to an exchange and is adapted to connect at least one communication terminal to the... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20070280455 - Alerting for long duration sessions in communication networks: Communication networks and associated methods and systems are disclosed that provide duration alerting for communication sessions to subscribers. A communication network of the invention comprises a charging system and a network management system. The charging system receives charging information from at least one network node serving a session for a... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070280460 - Callback processing of interactive voice response requests: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and devices for processing a call to a call distribution point. In this regard, one embodiment of such a method, among others, can be broadly summarized by the following steps: receiving a request from a caller to the call distribution point; parsing the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Bls Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070280458 - Caller directed voicemail response: A method, system and computer program product for enhancing a phone device such as a cell phone by automatically linking/associating caller identifying information with voicemail notification so that the phone's user (callee) receives notification of which missed call(s) generated a voicemail/SMS notification. The voicemail notification displays a notification identification (NID)... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070280452 - Contact online status alert for telephone handset interfacing with a soft-phone client: Discloses a system method for producing a status alert indicating a user contact is now online on a communications device operable with a soft phone application running on an internet interface device in communication with at least one messaging service provider. The communications device has a telephone style handset with... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20070280461 - Method and system for making anonymous phone calls: A method for allowing a first person to anonymously talk to a second person. The method includes entering an identifier that is associated with the second person and an intermediate server computer using a first phone, and then forwarding the identifier to the intermediate server computer. The identifier masks the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070280453 - Method and system to provide access network information to a service: A system (100) and method (200) is provided to customize services (150). The method can include conveying (204) access network information from a user device to a core network using a SIP message, and adapting (206) a service provided by the core network according to the access network information contained... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070280457 - Missed call integration with voicemail and granular access to voicemail: A method, system and computer program product for enhancing a phone device such as a cell phone by automatically linking/associating caller identifying information with voicemail notification so that the phone's user (callee) receives notification of which missed call(s) generated a voicemail/SMS notification. The voicemail notification displays a notification identification (NID)... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070280456 - Randomized digit prompting for an interactive voice response system: A system and method that provides a user with the ability to transmit confidential information to an IVR system in a secure manner includes invoking an interactive voice response (IVR) routine, the IVR routine determining each of the digits in the sequence by making successive queries and/or digit guesses. A... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20070280454 - Signaling a telecommunications terminal through a remote system: A technique is disclosed that provides a conduit for enabling a private branch exchange, or other data-processing system, to initiate the performance of a function on a cellular telephone or other off-premises telecommunications terminal that is affiliated with the exchange. The conduit comprises a client application that resides on the... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070280459 - Single button operations for a device: Techniques are provided for configuring a device. One or more operations are determined in accordance with a scheduled meeting. One or more configurable buttons on the device are provided. Each of the one or more configurable buttons corresponds to one of the operations. Selecting a first of the one or... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070280462 - System and method for security monitoring and response delivery: A system and method of security monitoring and response delivery for a user having a user's device by a monitoring service whose services include monitoring the user upon request. The method includes maintaining a user profile for each user in a user database, maintaining response provider information in a response... Agent: Ashley J. Wells Attorney At Law

20070280463 - Systems, devices, and methods for managing call requests: Certain exemplary embodiments can utilize a method that can include, making available, to a plurality of potential call service providers, a set of parameters associated with a received call request, and/or transferring said call request to a first potential call service provider of said plurality of potential call service providers.... Agent: Nokia Siemens Networks Intellectual Property Department

20070280464 - Call management service: An embodiment of the invention pertains to a call management service (62) for a communications system (60), configured to automatically: receive telephone call data identifying a destination end point and identifying a source end point; initiate a call-back telephone call to said source end point to set-up a first call... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070280465 - Method and device for providing a selection option for establishing a communication between at least two terminals: A method and device for providing a selection option for establishing a communication between at least two terminals is provided. The communication is established on a first terminal of at least two terminals in a network. Each terminal has a public mode and a private mode. The public mode indicates... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070280466 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for performing range-based directory number (dn) screening: Methods, systems, and computer program products for performing range-based directory number (DN) screening are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for determining that a telecommunications device DN is within an allowed set of numerical ranges. The method includes creating a range tree for... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070280467 - Method, communications system and communications terminal for establishing communication: In one aspect, a method for establishing communication in a packet-oriented communications network between a calling (EG1) and a called terminal is provided. In the method, before a call-accepted signal by the called terminal, triggered by a message within the framework of call set-up signaling, a direct, first payload connection... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070280468 - Automated system and method for handling human and caller queues: A system for handling service requests received from end-users that include telephone callers and persons who are physically present at a branch or store. The system includes an ACD and a ticket dispenser coupled with the ACD. The ticket dispenser being operable to first dispense a ticket having an identifier... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20070280469 - Dialing plan information as provided to a telecommunications endpoint: A technique is disclosed for receiving call-control data, often from a variety of sources; processing the data into a format, content, and size that is appropriate for a telecommunications endpoint; and transmitting the processed call-control data to the endpoint. The personal profile manager of the illustrative embodiment is what first... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070280470 - Output system and device for information reproduction: An output system comprising an information reproduction device and an electronic device is provided. In the system, the electronic device comprises a first connection interface through which a command signal is transmitted and a reproduced signal is inputted, a command output unit to transmit the command signal for instructing execution... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070280471 - Minimizing saturation caused by power transfer in a communication system transformer: A method and apparatus that minimizes saturation caused by power transfer in a communication system transformer, such as a transformer found in a Power-over-Ethernet system. A magnetic flux imbalance causing saturation in the transformer is detected. A compensation current is injected into a winding to minimize the magnetic flux imbalance... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070280472 - Adaptive acoustic echo cancellation: An acoustic echo cancellation technique. The present adaptive acoustic echo cancellation technique employs a plurality of acoustic echo cancellation filters which use different adaptation techniques which may employ different parameters such as step size, to improve both the adaptation algorithm convergence time and misadjustment over previously known acoustic echo cancellation... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20070280473 - Echo canceller: In a speech communication device capable of bidirectional communication, a clock deviation between the speaker side (the receiving side) and the microphone side (the transmitting side) is detected, and based on the above deviation, either a first frequency signal (speaker signal (reference signal)) or a second frequency signal (microphone signal)... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP