Telephonic communications inventions 10/08

20080260109 - Technique for providing selective access to network node: A technique is disclosed for selectively providing access to a network node for testing and verification associated with a testing classification and requests are received from a network component to initiate a call via the net-work node. If it is determined that with the testing classification, service is provided via... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080260110 - Checking whether a public safety answering point (psap) is correctly associated with an endpoint: In one embodiment, a method includes automatically detecting occurrence of an event at an endpoint that suggests checking whether a public safety answering point (PSAP) currently associated with the endpoint is correctly associated with the endpoint. The method further includes, in response to the occurrence of the event, automatically prompting... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080260111 - Visual communication system and its main apparatus: According to one embodiment, an apparatus accommodates a telephone terminal and an emergency call terminal, wherein the telephone terminal is associated with the first video camera and a first display, the emergency call terminal is associated with a second video camera and a second display, and the apparatus further includes... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080260112 - Background noise effects: Mechanisms are disclosed that allow for the use of a false background, or background tone, in voice input in a telephonic call. A voice input may have both voice from a user talking and a background noise input which may be every other noise received at the user's phone. A... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080260113 - Dynamic hearing/voice carry over for global text telephony: A system and method for controlling a telecommunications device capable of text telephone, and voice carry over or hearing carry over operation where transition from text to voice operation, and vice versa, is accomplished without operator intervention. The system includes a text telephone signal detector that detects the presence of... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080260114 - System and method for limiting voicemail transcription: Methods and systems for limiting voicemail transcription. The methods include answering a forwarded call from a caller to a subscriber of the voicemail transcription service, outputting an audio message to the caller prompting for the caller to leave a voicemail message, recording the voicemail message from audio of the forwarded... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080260115 - System for synchronizing telephones and electronic displays: A content server delivers video segments to various on-site modules for display at the respective on-site modules according to respective schedules. The on-site modules may, for example, be located in coffee shops, convenience stores, sandwich grottos, and other establishments where customers are known to wait in line. The on-site modules... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080260116 - Fully redundant call recording: A system provides redundant telephone call processing. A gateway receives a call and identifies a first server as having primary responsibility for servicing the call and a second server as having secondary responsibility for servicing the call. The gateway communicates the call to both the first server and the second... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080260118 - Product, method and system for enhanced voicemail management: The invention discloses enhanced voicemail system management through user-defined “access rules” that can be modified by a telephone account owner to provide permission and/or set a time duration for recording a message left by an incoming caller.... Agent: Lee Law, PLLC IBM Customer Number

20080260117 - Techniques for handling messages in a messaging system: A technique for handling messages in a messaging system includes receiving a playback request for a message. A first user control input that is associated with the playback request for the message is then received. The first user control input corresponds to a fast-forward function or a rewind function. It... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080260119 - Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing service interaction and mediation in a communications network: Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing service interaction and mediation in a communications network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a system for providing service interaction and mediation in a communications network. The system includes a communications interface for receiving a client-to-SCIM... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080260120 - Evaluating the use of services accessible from a terminal: To evaluate the use of services accessible from a user terminal via a telecommunication network, an authentication sever authenticates the user of the terminal and transmits identifiers of the services to a control device to authorize the user terminal to access the services. In response to the service identifiers triggering... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080260121 - Methods and apparatus to protect and audit communication line status: Methods and apparatus to protect and audit communication line status are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a set of available communication lines from a media gateway, associating a plurality of destination numbers with respective ones of the available communication lines, and dialing the plurality of destination numbers from the... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080260122 - Method and system for selecting and navigating to call examples for playback or analysis: A method for searching for one or more recorded telephone communications between one or more customers and a contact center comprising is provided. The method is implemented by a computer readable medium having a plurality of code segments. One or more telephone communications is analyzed and assessment data is assigned... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080260123 - Method for measuring network performance parity: A method for measuring network performance parity includes the steps of computing a call completion ratio for at least one network provider, and determining whether the call completion ratio passes a first test. These steps may further include computing a first call completion ratio for a first network provider, a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080260124 - Method and apparatus for implementing card call service: A method and an apparatus for implementing a card call service are disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: obtaining card information of a user terminal when determining that a call initiated by the user terminal is a card call; providing a card call service for the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080260126 - Caller information provision: By the present invention are disclosed a method for providing and a method for obtaining voice call related information from a first party device (100) to a second party device (200), prior to establishing a voice call between the first party device (100) and the second party device (200). Portable... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080260125 - System and method of providing caller identification information: Systems and methods for providing caller identification information are provided. A method of providing caller identification information may include receiving caller identification information associated with a first communication device at a video processing device via a wireless communication. The method may also include selecting a first display profile associated with... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080260127 - Pc managed networked audio bell/intercom system: A method, storage medium, and system for a managed audio bell/intercom including a controller and audio devices connected by an industry standardized network, wherein the controller contains logic to distribute action via the network to the audio devices.... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20080260128 - Method and system determining the complexity of a telephonic commuincation received by a contact center: A method of determining the complexity of a telephonic communication received by a contact center is provided. The method comprises the step of establishing a call rule based on one or more of a call duration threshold, a non-interaction threshold, a distress event threshold, a third party dialog threshold, and... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080260129 - Multi-modal communications method: A method of collecting information includes sending a text markup programming language query script, using a session initiation protocol message, to a communications device. The query script includes at least one location query to determine a location of the communications device. The method of collecting information also includes receiving a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080260130 - Consolidated access and administration of customized telephone calling services: The present invention provides methods that allow more sophisticated use of custom calling services by consolidating the access to and administration of services for multiple lines and/or telephone devices. Embodiments include a single configuration interface for the calling services on all of an individual's telephone lines or devices, a single... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080260131 - Electronic apparatus and system with conference call spatializer: A conference call spatializer includes an input for receiving voice data corresponding to each of a plurality of conference call participants. A spatial processor included in the conference call spatializer provides a spatial component to the received voice data to produce multi-channel audio data that, when reproduced, provides a spatial... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080260132 - Low bandwidth but high capacity telephone conference system: A teleconference system comprises VoIP server, a rootnode presider terminal, a first level conference element and a second level conference element. The first level conference element includes the rootnode presider terminal and at least one first participant terminals as childnode of the rootnode presider terminal, wherein at least one of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260133 - System and method for dectecting three-way attempts: Disclosed is an improved three-way call detection system and method for use with a telephone management system. Specifically, a three-way call detection system and method for detecting continuous noise indicative of a an attempt to circumvent existing three-way call detection systems and methods. The continuous noise detection system and method... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20080260134 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product for outputting audio data during a communication: A method for outputting audio data during a communication is provided. The method involves initiating an at least bilateral communications state, such as a bilateral audio communications state, between a first communications device and a second communications device. A pre-defined audio composition, such as a song, is caused to emanate... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080260135 - Method and apparatus for cross channel data processing: A method and system for placing a call back from a call center to an end user viewing a website includes sending a request for the call back from an end user computer to a call server, the request including the PSTN number at which the end user wishes to... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080260136 - System and method for forwarding calls: A system and method for forwarding calls is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element to receive a call from a communication system, retrieve a caller ID from information associated with the call, present a caller... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080260137 - Voice portal communications: A method includes receiving a telephone call at a network device and forwarding the telephone call to a proxy device. The method also includes forwarding the telephone call, from the proxy device, to a first voice portal and determining that telephone call should be transferred to a second voice portal.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080260138 - Method and system for user interaction within a queue: A system for providing caller interaction within a queue. In response to receiving a call, it is determined whether a wait time exists before a caller is connected to a customer service representative. In response to determining that the wait time exists, it is determined whether the caller is interested... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080260139 - System and method for voice over internet protocol using a standard telephone system: A system and method is provided for routing telephone calls on a standard telephone network to one of a PSTN network and a VoIP network. The system comprises at least one telephone capable of making local and long distance calls on the network. A Central Office is coupled to the... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080260140 - Method and system for scanning and detecting metallic cross-connects: A method and system is disclosed for automatically scanning for and detecting existing jumper wires or metallic cross-connects within a central office main distribution frame (MDF), street cabinet, and drop point sites. In an embodiment of the invention, the method includes connecting a plurality of modular sender and receiver units... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20080260141 - Method and apparatus for enhanced convergence of the normalized lms algorithm: m

20080260142 - Splitter architecture for a telecommunications system: An interface card adapted to be mounted at the back plane of a splitter chassis. The interface card includes card edge connectors for providing connections with a splitter card. The interface card also includes cable connectors for inputting mixed voice and data, and for outputting data and voice signals. Tracings... Agent: Attention: Karen A. Fitzsimmons Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080260109 - Technique for providing selective access to network node: A technique is disclosed for selectively providing access to a network node for testing and verification associated with a testing classification and requests are received from a network component to initiate a call via the net-work node. If it is determined that with the testing classification, service is provided via... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080260110 - Checking whether a public safety answering point (psap) is correctly associated with an endpoint: In one embodiment, a method includes automatically detecting occurrence of an event at an endpoint that suggests checking whether a public safety answering point (PSAP) currently associated with the endpoint is correctly associated with the endpoint. The method further includes, in response to the occurrence of the event, automatically prompting... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080260111 - Visual communication system and its main apparatus: According to one embodiment, an apparatus accommodates a telephone terminal and an emergency call terminal, wherein the telephone terminal is associated with the first video camera and a first display, the emergency call terminal is associated with a second video camera and a second display, and the apparatus further includes... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080260112 - Background noise effects: Mechanisms are disclosed that allow for the use of a false background, or background tone, in voice input in a telephonic call. A voice input may have both voice from a user talking and a background noise input which may be every other noise received at the user's phone. A... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080260113 - Dynamic hearing/voice carry over for global text telephony: A system and method for controlling a telecommunications device capable of text telephone, and voice carry over or hearing carry over operation where transition from text to voice operation, and vice versa, is accomplished without operator intervention. The system includes a text telephone signal detector that detects the presence of... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080260114 - System and method for limiting voicemail transcription: Methods and systems for limiting voicemail transcription. The methods include answering a forwarded call from a caller to a subscriber of the voicemail transcription service, outputting an audio message to the caller prompting for the caller to leave a voicemail message, recording the voicemail message from audio of the forwarded... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080260115 - System for synchronizing telephones and electronic displays: A content server delivers video segments to various on-site modules for display at the respective on-site modules according to respective schedules. The on-site modules may, for example, be located in coffee shops, convenience stores, sandwich grottos, and other establishments where customers are known to wait in line. The on-site modules... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080260116 - Fully redundant call recording: A system provides redundant telephone call processing. A gateway receives a call and identifies a first server as having primary responsibility for servicing the call and a second server as having secondary responsibility for servicing the call. The gateway communicates the call to both the first server and the second... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080260118 - Product, method and system for enhanced voicemail management: The invention discloses enhanced voicemail system management through user-defined “access rules” that can be modified by a telephone account owner to provide permission and/or set a time duration for recording a message left by an incoming caller.... Agent: Lee Law, PLLC IBM Customer Number

20080260117 - Techniques for handling messages in a messaging system: A technique for handling messages in a messaging system includes receiving a playback request for a message. A first user control input that is associated with the playback request for the message is then received. The first user control input corresponds to a fast-forward function or a rewind function. It... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080260119 - Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing service interaction and mediation in a communications network: Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing service interaction and mediation in a communications network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a system for providing service interaction and mediation in a communications network. The system includes a communications interface for receiving a client-to-SCIM... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080260120 - Evaluating the use of services accessible from a terminal: To evaluate the use of services accessible from a user terminal via a telecommunication network, an authentication sever authenticates the user of the terminal and transmits identifiers of the services to a control device to authorize the user terminal to access the services. In response to the service identifiers triggering... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080260121 - Methods and apparatus to protect and audit communication line status: Methods and apparatus to protect and audit communication line status are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a set of available communication lines from a media gateway, associating a plurality of destination numbers with respective ones of the available communication lines, and dialing the plurality of destination numbers from the... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080260122 - Method and system for selecting and navigating to call examples for playback or analysis: A method for searching for one or more recorded telephone communications between one or more customers and a contact center comprising is provided. The method is implemented by a computer readable medium having a plurality of code segments. One or more telephone communications is analyzed and assessment data is assigned... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080260123 - Method for measuring network performance parity: A method for measuring network performance parity includes the steps of computing a call completion ratio for at least one network provider, and determining whether the call completion ratio passes a first test. These steps may further include computing a first call completion ratio for a first network provider, a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080260124 - Method and apparatus for implementing card call service: A method and an apparatus for implementing a card call service are disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: obtaining card information of a user terminal when determining that a call initiated by the user terminal is a card call; providing a card call service for the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080260126 - Caller information provision: By the present invention are disclosed a method for providing and a method for obtaining voice call related information from a first party device (100) to a second party device (200), prior to establishing a voice call between the first party device (100) and the second party device (200). Portable... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080260125 - System and method of providing caller identification information: Systems and methods for providing caller identification information are provided. A method of providing caller identification information may include receiving caller identification information associated with a first communication device at a video processing device via a wireless communication. The method may also include selecting a first display profile associated with... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080260127 - Pc managed networked audio bell/intercom system: A method, storage medium, and system for a managed audio bell/intercom including a controller and audio devices connected by an industry standardized network, wherein the controller contains logic to distribute action via the network to the audio devices.... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20080260128 - Method and system determining the complexity of a telephonic commuincation received by a contact center: A method of determining the complexity of a telephonic communication received by a contact center is provided. The method comprises the step of establishing a call rule based on one or more of a call duration threshold, a non-interaction threshold, a distress event threshold, a third party dialog threshold, and... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080260129 - Multi-modal communications method: A method of collecting information includes sending a text markup programming language query script, using a session initiation protocol message, to a communications device. The query script includes at least one location query to determine a location of the communications device. The method of collecting information also includes receiving a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080260130 - Consolidated access and administration of customized telephone calling services: The present invention provides methods that allow more sophisticated use of custom calling services by consolidating the access to and administration of services for multiple lines and/or telephone devices. Embodiments include a single configuration interface for the calling services on all of an individual's telephone lines or devices, a single... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080260131 - Electronic apparatus and system with conference call spatializer: A conference call spatializer includes an input for receiving voice data corresponding to each of a plurality of conference call participants. A spatial processor included in the conference call spatializer provides a spatial component to the received voice data to produce multi-channel audio data that, when reproduced, provides a spatial... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080260132 - Low bandwidth but high capacity telephone conference system: A teleconference system comprises VoIP server, a rootnode presider terminal, a first level conference element and a second level conference element. The first level conference element includes the rootnode presider terminal and at least one first participant terminals as childnode of the rootnode presider terminal, wherein at least one of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260133 - System and method for dectecting three-way attempts: Disclosed is an improved three-way call detection system and method for use with a telephone management system. Specifically, a three-way call detection system and method for detecting continuous noise indicative of a an attempt to circumvent existing three-way call detection systems and methods. The continuous noise detection system and method... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20080260134 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product for outputting audio data during a communication: A method for outputting audio data during a communication is provided. The method involves initiating an at least bilateral communications state, such as a bilateral audio communications state, between a first communications device and a second communications device. A pre-defined audio composition, such as a song, is caused to emanate... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080260135 - Method and apparatus for cross channel data processing: A method and system for placing a call back from a call center to an end user viewing a website includes sending a request for the call back from an end user computer to a call server, the request including the PSTN number at which the end user wishes to... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080260136 - System and method for forwarding calls: A system and method for forwarding calls is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element to receive a call from a communication system, retrieve a caller ID from information associated with the call, present a caller... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080260137 - Voice portal communications: A method includes receiving a telephone call at a network device and forwarding the telephone call to a proxy device. The method also includes forwarding the telephone call, from the proxy device, to a first voice portal and determining that telephone call should be transferred to a second voice portal.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080260138 - Method and system for user interaction within a queue: A system for providing caller interaction within a queue. In response to receiving a call, it is determined whether a wait time exists before a caller is connected to a customer service representative. In response to determining that the wait time exists, it is determined whether the caller is interested... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080260139 - System and method for voice over internet protocol using a standard telephone system: A system and method is provided for routing telephone calls on a standard telephone network to one of a PSTN network and a VoIP network. The system comprises at least one telephone capable of making local and long distance calls on the network. A Central Office is coupled to the... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080260140 - Method and system for scanning and detecting metallic cross-connects: A method and system is disclosed for automatically scanning for and detecting existing jumper wires or metallic cross-connects within a central office main distribution frame (MDF), street cabinet, and drop point sites. In an embodiment of the invention, the method includes connecting a plurality of modular sender and receiver units... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20080260141 - Method and apparatus for enhanced convergence of the normalized lms algorithm: m

20080260142 - Splitter architecture for a telecommunications system: An interface card adapted to be mounted at the back plane of a splitter chassis. The interface card includes card edge connectors for providing connections with a splitter card. The interface card also includes cable connectors for inputting mixed voice and data, and for outputting data and voice signals. Tracings... Agent: Attention: Karen A. Fitzsimmons Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080253533 - Utilities module for proactive maintenance application: A method of managing proactive maintenance tasks for a communication system. The method includes storing proactive maintenance tasks and searching the tasks using at least one search criteria. Deletion of a proactive maintenance tasks is permitted if the proactive maintenance task has not been sent to a technician dispatch module... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20080253534 - Method and device for checking the function for inverting the polarity on a subscriber line comprising a plurality of wires: The invention relates to a method and to a device for testing the function for inverting the polarity on a subscriber connection line (TAL) comprising several wires (a, b), in order to connect at least one subscriber to a subscriber connection line (SLM), which comprises at least one inverting device... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080253535 - Emergency services call delivery from a legacy communications device to a voip psap: An Emergency Services Application Server (ES-AS) that obtains routing instructions for both VoIP-originated and non-VoIP-originated calls to emergency services numbers (e.g., 9-1-1). If the emergency request is a VoIP-originated call and includes a location object, the ES-AS queries its database using the location object to obtain routing information. If a... Agent: Michelle A. Zarinelli C/o West Corporation

20080253536 - Method and system for implementing a ring back tone based on group mobile switchboard service: This invention discloses a method and system of implementing a ring back tone based on a group mobile switchboard service. The method includes: a home service control point of the group mobile switchboard obtaining an identification of an extension subscriber which a calling party calls, and sending routing information of... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080253537 - System and apparatus for processing a communications session: A system and apparatus for processing a communications session is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device can have a controller element to establish a voice communication session with a second communication device, and initiate an action to record the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080253538 - Voicemail message based on text information: A voicemail system includes logic to convert a personal greeting or personal announcement received to a corresponding automated voice communication, logic to associate the corresponding automated voice communication to a call situation, and logic to play the corresponding automated voice communication when the call situation occurs.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080253539 - Control method of telephone user call and short message transmission: A control method of telephone user call is provided, which includes the following steps. A telephone user makes a call, and transmits a calling message to a corresponding processing device. The processing device extracts calling information of the user from the calling message, compares with a trap identification (trap ID)... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080253540 - System and method for managing incoming communication based upon local time: A system and method manage incoming communications to a communication device. An incoming communication is received for the communication device and a local time of the communication device is determined. The incoming communication is intercepted if the local time is within a restricted operating period of the communication device and... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080253541 - Fluid-operated communication system: A communication system including a fluid-operated calling device mounted in a first location in a building, and a fluid-operated indicator mounted in a second location in a building and in fluid communication with the fluid-operated calling device, wherein actuation of the fluid-operated calling device causes the fluid-operated indicator to provide... Agent: David Klein Dekel Patent Ltd.

20080253542 - Provisioning of a service environment using web services: To perform service provisioning in an infrastructure, a provisioning system receives a request to provision a service environment for an application. In response to the request, the provisioning system employs web services to configure resources of the infrastructure for the application. The provisioning system defines interactions between the web services,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080253544 - Automatically aggregated probabilistic personal contacts: Described is a technology by which a user's telephone-related data is aggregated from various sources for use in assisting the user with making telephone calls. For example, call history data corresponding to a landline telephone, a mobile telephone and/or an office telephone of the user may be combined. Other sources... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080253545 - Method and system for real-time insertion of services during a call session over a communication network: A method and apparatus for real-time insertion of services into an IP telephony call session are disclosed. A client initiates a service request message to a second server. The service request message includes the client identity and a requested service available from a second server. The first server determines if... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080253543 - Multi-user system for call back call-through and follow me features using analogs lines and data link: A digital telephony system which provides telephone services to a plurality of subscribers. The system includes a private branch exchange (PBX) which provides multiple analog telephone lines and includes an interface to a data link. The multi-user system which provides telephone services to subscribers not associated with the PBX, is... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080253547 - Audio control for teleconferencing: A virtual representation includes objects that represent participants (i.e., users) in a teleconference. Volume of sound data in the teleconference is controlled according to how the users change location and relative orientation of their objects in the virtual representation.... Agent: Hugh P. Gortler

20080253549 - Distributed conference bridge and voice authentication for access to networked computer resources: A configurable distributed conference bridge is another potential application incorporated within the converged network architecture model of the present invention. The distributed conference bridge enables local conference resources to be utilized and incorporates external service bureau conference bridge resources when needed to supplement the internal conference bridge resources of a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080253548 - Systems and methods for facilitating teleconferencing without pre-reservation of conference resources: A teleconferencing system is provided comprising a telephony interface for answering telephony events routed thereto from a router or switch, and one or more signal processing mechanisms coupled to the telephony interface and locatable by the system. The system includes a characteristic of allowing a user to initiate a teleconference... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080253546 - Telephone conference call management: Conference calls are managed using a permanent or default password associated with a particular call-in phone number and at least one temporary, dynamically-generated password for that same call-in phone number. The temporary passwords are preferably applicable for a particular time period or interval. If a temporary password is not defined... Agent: Marcia L. Doubet Law Firm

20080253550 - Activating private access points for wireless networking: A unique identifier is associated with a personal access point. The personal access point is distributed to an end user, who sends a text message including the identifier. Within an automated computer system, the text message is received, a billing account is associated with the personal access point on the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080253551 - Architecture and implementation for conrol of context aware call processing with local feature definition: A communication system comprising at least one ubiquitous sensor for generating awareness data relating to a user, a context engine for receiving and processing the awareness data to determine the user's current context for the purpose of event handling, a policy engine for receiving and relating at least one pertinent... Agent: Mitel Networks Corporation Michelle Whittington, Esq.

20080253552 - Acoustic echo canceller: An acoustic echo cancellation device (1) for canceling an echo in a microphone signal (z) in response to a far-end signal (x) comprises: an adaptive filter unit (10) arranged for filtering the far-end signal (x) so as to produce an echo cancellation signal (y),—a combination unit (12) arranged for combining... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080253553 - Filter bank optimization for acoustic echo cancellation: A communications device is presented for providing bi-directional audio communications between a near-end user and a far-end user via a bidirectional communications channel. The communications device includes an adaptive echo canceller receiving a near-end audio signal and a far-end audio signal and providing an echo-canceled near-end audio signal for transmission... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080253554 - Flexible hanging-type earphone device: A flexible hanging-type earphone device comprises a hollow earphone casing; a flexible shaft; a sound receiving seat; an electric wire enclosing set; a first connector; a second connector; and a volume control casing. The flexible hanging-type earphone device has a flexible shaft which be rotated radially and axially so as... Agent: Landy Chen

20080253555 - Slide module for a slide type electronic device: A slide module for a slide type electronic device includes a slide base having two opposite slide edges curling inside to form two longitudinal roll edges. A pair of slide rails are provided with a pair of slick guide recesses. The guide recess receives one roll edge sliding along the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080253556 - Systems and methods of identifying patch cord connections in a communications patching system using common mode transmission: A communications patching system includes first and second patch panels, each having a plurality of connector ports, and a patch cord that is configured to selectively interconnect a connector port in the first patch panel with a connector port in the second patch panel. Each patch panel includes a port... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080247517 - Technique for providing a telecommunications user with a service based on the user's location: A broadband telecommunications carrier routes a location-based service call, e.g., an emergency service call, through a facility shared by an information/call center. This facility receives the call, along with information indicative of the location of the call originating device and, thus, the caller's location. Based on such location information, it... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20080247519 - Method for dialog management: A spoken dialog system and method having a dialog management module are disclosed. The dialog management module includes a plurality of dialog motivators for handling various operations during a spoken dialog. The dialog motivators comprise an error handling, disambiguation, assumption, confirmation, missing information, and continuation. The spoken dialog system uses... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080247518 - Web communicating device functioned as briefing controller: The invention discloses a web communicating device, within which a web communicating function and a briefing controller function are coexisted, and a central processing unit is provided for processing the voice signal of a web communication and the control signal of a briefing controller is a way, such that a... Agent: Hdsl

20080247520 - System and apparatus for managing calls: A system and apparatus for managing calls to voice mail is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail system having a controller element that receives a call redirected away from a targeted communication device without providing the targeted communication device notice... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080247521 - Method and apparatus for voicemail delivery: A system and method for voicemail delivery is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail system having a controller element to initiate a communication session with a communication device of a called party to supply one or more recorded voicemail messages.... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080247522 - Private branch exchange, telephone terminal, and telephone system having the private branch exchange and the telephone terminal: A PBX transmits a superimposed signal to telephones via internal lines, the signal being generated from a transmission data signal modulated and converted into an analog form and a transmission voice signal. The PBX also receives a superimposed signal from the telephones via the internal lines, the signal being generated... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080247523 - Multiple virtual telephones sharing a single physical address: A shared multi-user IP telephone device for receiving, based on SIP, calls transmitted over VoIP network, a system using such a device and method thereof. The shared multi-user IP telephone device includes a storage device for storing user profiles, an ID extraction portion for receiving from the VoIP network a... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20080247524 - Method and system for providing computer-network related information about a calling party: A method and system for providing computer-network related information about a calling party. First, the called party receives a telephone number of a calling party. The called party's customer premises equipment (CPE) or elements in a telephone network then use the telephone number to index a database, which contains combinations... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080247525 - Game-on-hold: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a call from a user at an endpoint, placing the user on hold in response to a particular event, and rendering one or more games that are playable by the user at the endpoint. The rendering of the one or more games enables... Agent: Cisco Systems, Inc. Scientific-atlanta, Inc.

20080247527 - Communication terminal apparatus: The present invention provides a communication terminal apparatus comprising: an application execution unit operable to perform prescribed operations for communications; an address book updating unit operable to update first party information included in an address book to second party information, the address book being stored on an address book storage... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080247526 - System for improving operations in an ims network: A system for improving operations in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM) system having a controller element to receive from a terminating Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) first... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080247528 - Method and system for providing an audio conference: A method and system for providing an audio conference includes receiving audio from a moderator via a circuit-switched telephone network, transmitting a representation of the audio to a first listener group via the circuit-switched telephone network, and transmitting a representation of the audio to a second listener group via a... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.C.

20080247529 - Incoming call classification and disposition: Incoming calls or other messages are automatically categorized and handled based on information gleaned from one or more of the following sources: user location (available contact modes, available contact devices), user-specified preferences, a dialog with the caller, and direct interaction with the callee over a non-telephonic channel. Based on speech... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080247530 - Outgoing call classification and disposition: An automated intelligent component (the Personal Virtual Assistant or PVA) is located between a caller and a callee. A caller calls the PVA and directs the PVA to make one or more calls to one or more call recipients. Based on the information obtained from a voice or text dialog... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080247531 - Techniques for populating a contact list: The invention relates to a system, device, computer readable medium, and process for populating a contact list using a client device with service provider contact information based on location information.... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP Attn:IPDocketing Dept.

20080247532 - Method and system for representing quantitative properties in a computer program and for validating dimensional integrity of mathematical expressions: A software method and system for efficiently representing values of quantitative properties, or dimensions, such as scientifically measured or computed quantities. Each quantitative dimension may be represented by a class defined in an object-oriented programming language. Each quantity of a dimension is represented by an object of the class representing... Agent: Hansen Huang Technology Law Group, LLP

20080247533 - Method and system for call to role: Methods and systems are provided for routing incoming customer service requests directly to the most appropriate destination within a call center without requiring customer knowledge of a specific telephone number or extension to call and without requiring the customer to select from a series of menus. The receiving location or... Agent: George A. Willinghan, Iii August Law Group, LLC

20080247534 - Campaign manager: A process identifies multiple campaign activation points associated with a voice-based menu hierarchy such that the voice-based menu hierarchy is accessed by multiple callers. The process continues by identifying a campaign associated with the voice-based menu hierarchy and determining a campaign value associated with the campaign. Additionally, the process determines... Agent: Innovation Strategies, Inc.

20080247535 - Method and apparatus for mitigating impact of nonlinear effects on the quality of audio echo cancellation: A method is provided for reducing the adverse impact of echo on audio quality in a two-communication system. The method includes two parts. The first part begins by detecting non-linear effects (e.g. clippings and audio glitches). If a non-linear effect is detected, the system temporarily disables adaptation of the adaptive... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080247536 - Spectral domain, non-linear echo cancellation method in a hands-free device: Disclosed is a non-linear echo canceller and method for cancelling echo during full duplex communication in a hands free communication system. An input signal from a far-end talker and an input signal from the output from an echo canceller are received. K spectral subbands are created for each input signal.... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20080247537 - Reducing interference in dsl service from broadband over powerline signals: s

20080247538 - Method for manufacturing electronic device panel and structure thereof: A method for manufacturing a panel having a surface of three-dimensional patterns and the structure thereof, first of all, provides a piece body, on the surface of which plane panel patterns are arranged by means of ink printing process, and which is thermally pressed into a plurality of projected three-dimensional... Agent: Hdsl

20080240367 - Optical network terminal battery back-up control: A system and method for permitting a customer of a telecommunication company, for whom fiber to the premises (FTTP) has been installed, to continue to use the telephone during utility company power failure, by powering both the optical network terminal (ONT) and the customer's telephone(s). The battery backup unit (BBU)... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080240368 - Systems and methods for bridge tap detection based on per-port calibration: Systems and methods for performing bridge tap detection are described. One embodiment is a method which comprises receiving an echo signal for a loop under test where the echo signal is a per-port calibrated echo response obtained using frequency domain reflectometry single-ended line testing (FDR-SELT). The method further comprises analyzing... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, L.L.P.

20080240369 - Method for generating reliability tests based on orthogonal arrays and field data: A method for generating reliability tests for a telephone system is based upon sampling an orthogonal array which covers various combinations of test parameters. Field data is collected of actual telephone activity on a telephone system. The field data is evaluated so as to determine call-mix characteristics. Probabilistic weights for... Agent: Mg-ip Law, PLLC

20080240370 - Testing acoustic echo cancellation and interference in voip telephones: Described is automatically testing the quality of an audio coupling between juxtaposed first and second digital telephones, e.g., VoIP telephones, such as to quantitatively determine the quality of audio echo cancellers in those digital telephones. An analyzer receives timestamps from a first telephone and second telephone during a calling session,... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080240371 - Calling party number override for emergency services: A system receives an emergency call, a local exchange carrier (LEC) charge number, and Calling Party Number (CPN) from a user device, and overrides the LEC charge number with the CPN for Automatic Number Identification (ANI) determination purposes. The system also determines the ANI of the user device based on... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080240372 - Alarm system providing multiple network routing, interface module and method: In an alarm system, outgoing calls representing a sensed alarm condition are routed to one of several communications networks. The calls are routed by first initiating a telephone call to a defined number, in response to sensing the alarm condition, and then selecting one of plurality a plurality of available... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20080240374 - Method and system for linking customer conversation channels: A method for managing communications between a customer and a contact center is provided. The communication may include voice data, interactive response data and web interaction data. Upon the receipt of an interaction identifier, related conversation data is located. Following the location of the related conversation data, the conversation data... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080240373 - System, method and program for controlling mp3 player: Communicating an audio message to a listener of an audio player device. An audio message file is generated at a workstation and sent to the audio player device via a network. In response to receipt of the audio message file, the audio player device halts play of a song or... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080240375 - Method of processing multiple ring back tone in voice service application based on sip fork: A signaling-based processing method is presented, which is based on the influence of early media (a ring back tone or a voice notice before a session is established) from multiple called participants on the calling participant in SIP FORK-based voice service, which ensures the calling participant not to receive early... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080240376 - Method and system for automatically routing a telephonic communication base on analytic attributes associated with prior telephonic communication: A method for automatically routing a telephonic communication to at least one of a plurality of communication destination addresses is provided. The method is implemented by a computer readable medium having a plurality of code segments. The method comprises the step of receiving customer identifier and communicating with a customer... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080240377 - Voice dialing method and apparatus for mobile phone: A voice dialing method and apparatus for simplifying voice dial is provided. The voice dialing method includes receiving a speech in a voice recognition mode, extracting characters from the speech, translating the characters into corresponding numerals, and dialing a phone number on the basis of the numerals.... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080240379 - Automatic retrieval and presentation of information relevant to the context of a user's conversation: Methods, apparatus and computer-code for electronically retrieving and presenting information are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, information is retrieved and presented in accordance with at least one feature of electronic media content of a multi-party conversation. Optionally, the multi-party conversation is a video conversation and at least one feature is... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20080240380 - System and method for controlling voicemail transcription from a communication device: Systems, methods and software product control voicemail transcription from a communication device. An audio mode is monitored within the communication device to determine a change in status between a sound-on mode and a sound-off mode. Automatic transcription of voicemail messages is enabled if the audio mode status transitions from sound-on... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080240378 - System and method for pushing multimedia messages to a communication device: The present invention is directed to a system and method in which voicemail or other media messages together with their text transcriptions are sent as digital messages to the user's phone. In one embodiment, voicemail message is recorded remotely from a user's mobile device. The voicemail message is converted to... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080240381 - Method and apparatus for providing contextual information with telephone calls: The present invention is directed to a method for propagating contextual data in an audio communication by storing the contextual data obtained from a calling party in an extensible mark-up language formatted text document. A telephone call between a first party and a second party is converted to a session... Agent: George A. Willinghan, Iii August Law Group, LLC

20080240382 - Method and system for providing an audio representation of a name: A system and method for providing an audio representation of a name includes providing a list of a plurality of users of a network and respective presence information regarding each of the plurality of users; receiving a request from an endpoint to receive an audio representation of a name of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080240383 - Calling party name provisioning: A system may receive a telephone call request for a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) user. The telephone call request omits a name of a calling party. The system may further determine if the VoIP user has a calling party name feature enabled and obtaining, when the VoIP user has... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080240384 - Methods and apparatus to provide presence information: Methods and apparatus to present presence information are disclosed. An example method includes requesting presence information associated with a first user, receiving the presence information from the first user, receiving information from a monitoring sensor associated with the first user, and sending a first message indicating that a communication session... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080240385 - Black phone presence services: Techniques for providing presence services to black phones are described herein. According to one embodiment, a call is received from a caller party to a called party, where the call is originated from a POTS device that is not capable of handling IMS protocols. In response to the call, a... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080240386 - Network system and communication device: A network system may include a first communication device, a second communication device composed separately from the first communication device and an address database. The first communication device may include a first access device. The first access device may be capable of accessing a network address. The address database may... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080240387 - Communication apparatus: A communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus comprises: a detection sensor for detecting a human body; a mode setting unit which sets a notification mode to a normal mode or a quiet mode; a sound notification unit which has a plurality of volume levels, and which conveys notification information... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080240388 - System and method for providing prepaid language interpretation services: A method is provided. The method provides a user with a prepaid account with a predetermined number of units for language interpretation service. Further, the method provides a live language interpretation service, through a telephone call, to the user. In addition, the method deducts one or more units from the... Agent: Patent Ingenuity, PC

20080240389 - Telephone personalization system and methods: A method of projecting information about a user from a device associated with the user to at least one device associated with a group of friends, comprising: receiving from the user a set of contacts, storing the set of contacts in the device associated with the first user; permitting the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080240392 - 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)

20080240391 - Conference system and conference telephone line setting method: Client terminals of participants of a conference, connected to a network, and a server connected to the client terminals are used to authenticate and confirm the participants of the conference. After successful authentication, a telephone line is set among telephone sets of the participants to hold the conference.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240390 - Discussion unit with removable rim: Summary The discussion unit (10) for use in a conference system is disclosed, which is adapted to be connected to at least one second discussion unit (10). The discussion unit (10) comprises an essentially closed casing (410) and at least one exchangeable portion (420). The at least one exchangeable portion... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20080240393 - Conference system discussion unit with exchangeable modules: A discussion unit (6) for use in a conference system (8) is disclosed, which is adapted to be connected to at least one second discussion unit (6) of the conference system (8). The discussion unit (6) is switchable between at least two operating modes. The discussion unit (6) further comprises... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080240394 - Enabling multi-party call in telephone system: An apparatus includes a base unit and cordless handsets configured to establish a call with a communication apparatus, and a storage unit configured to store information corresponding to the communication apparatus indicating whether a multi-party call among the communication apparatus and at least two of the base unit and the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240395 - Method and system of providing interactive speech recognition based on call routing: A speech recognition process and system are used for interactive telecommunication. A caller is prompted for input. Each of the phrases represents a destination for routing the call. The response utterance is matched by the system to one of the phrases and the call is routed to the corresponding destination.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080240396 - Semi-supervised training of destination map for call handling applications: A method of semi-supervised synonym inference for a call handling application, such as automated directory assistance or call routing, is described. In one embodiment the method comprises examining a database of caller interaction results from a directory assistance system that includes an automated directory assistance engine, detecting a specified characteristic... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080240398 - Enhanced directory assistance system with voice over ip call handling: A method is provided for operating a directory assistance system. The method includes the steps of storing a plurality of directory listings, including listings relating to identification of Voice over IP devices. A directory request is received for one of the directory listings and a call completion record is generated... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20080240397 - White page and yellow page directories in a geo-spatial environment: A method, apparatus and system of white page and yellow page directories in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes geo-coding an address data associated with a listing of a directory on a map and publishing an inventory of a user associated with the listing to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080240399 - Systems and methods for recording resource association in a recording environment: Included are embodiments for channel mapping. At least one embodiment of a system includes an initiating component configured to initiate a communication with a communications device, the communications device being coupled to a first extension. Some embodiments include a receiving component configured to receive recording data from a plurality of... Agent: Lawrence A. Aaronson, P.C. Lawrence A. Aarronson

20080240400 - Telephone call processing method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for processing telephone calls in a packet-based telephony service is disclosed. A store of telephone party identifiers is maintained for multi-service users having access to the packet-based telephony service and an alternate telephony service. Incoming signaling information for telephone calls in the packet-based telephony service is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080240401 - Communication center methods and apparatus: A communications center supports sales and/or customer support services corresponding to a plurality of business affiliations. Operator terminals within the communications center are configurable. A management module manages the allocation of the operator terminals between the plurality of different business affiliations being supported by the communications center. The management module... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080240402 - Cti system and cti control method: In a CTI system, when a wireless terminal is called in response to a transmission request from a personal computer, a key telephone main unit adds to a call signal identification information indicating that a call is based on the transmission request from the personal computer. When the call is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240403 - Dual mode network telephony gateway: A system and method for routing and interacting with a dual mode network telephony environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes an external analog telephony line, a DSL modem, an analog telephony bridge controller, one or more additional analog telephony lines, and a communication center computer. The system... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080240405 - Method and system for aggregating and analyzing data relating to a plurality of interactions between a customer and a contact center and generating business process analytics: A method and system for aggregating data associated with a plurality of interactions between at least one customer and at least one agent for generating business process analytics is provided. The method is implemented by a computer readable medium having a plurality of code segments. The method includes the step... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080240404 - Method and system for aggregating and analyzing data relating to an interaction between a customer and a contact center agent: A method and system for aggregating data associated with an interaction between a customer and a customer service representative is provided. The method is implemented by a readable medium having a plurality of code segments. The method includes the step of receiving customer service representative call activity data, the customer... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080240406 - System and method for the automatic selection of interfaces: The automatic selection of interfaces can result in the optimization of interaction between entities. Such selection of interfaces can be applied specifically in the context of interactive voice response systems, and can allow the interface presented to a caller to be optimized based on factors including the caller's usage of... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080240407 - Method, computer program product, and apparatus for transferring a call and associated data and an associated system thereof: A method, computer program product, and an apparatus for transferring a telephone call and associated data from an IVR system to a live agent or other system are provided. An exemplary embodiment may include a voice portal of the IVR system requesting an access number for a live agent and... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080240408 - Telephone exchange apparatus and telephone system: According to one embodiment, a telephone exchange apparatus includes a plurality of processors whose connect communication lines differing in communication protocol from one another, a memory which stores a plurality of items of protocol unique information to process communication signals corresponding to the plurality of processors, a communication controller which... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080240409 - Crossbar cable: A crossbar cable to connect a crossbar switch with a plurality of outputs comprises a switch connector, a plurality of cables, a plurality of device connectors, and an encasing wrap. The switch connector comprises a plurality of sockets. Each cable has wires connected at a first end to a subset... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20080240410 - Systems and method for orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing: Systems and methods for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing are provided. In one embodiment, a multi-carrier modem comprises: a receiver configured to receive a waveform comprising a plurality of spectrally overlapping carrier signals from at least two of a plurality of remote units, wherein the plurality of spectrally overlapping carrier signals... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20080240411 - Ring tone reminders: A device may receive a telephone call, automatically create a ring tone in response to receiving the telephone call, and cause the ring tone to be audibly provided to a user.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080240412 - Maintaining convergence of a receiver during changing conditions: In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an automatic gain control (AGC) stage to receive an input signal from a communication channel physical medium, a first local gain stage coupled to an output of the AGC stage, an equalizer coupled to an output of the first local... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080240413 - Cross-correlation based echo canceller controllers: Cross-correlation based echo canceller controllers are described herein. By way of example, a system for controlling an echo canceller having one or more adaptive filters can include one or more adaptive filter controllers each corresponding to one of the one or more adaptive filters and each configured to halt adaptation... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080240414 - Hybrid echo canceller controllers: Hybrid echo canceller controllers are described herein. By way of example, a system for controlling an echo canceller can include a signal indicator and an echo canceller controller. The signal indicator can be configured to indicate periods of near-end signal and to indicate periods of echo only with echo-path change... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080240415 - Hybrid echo canceller controllers: Hybrid echo canceller controllers are described herein. By way of example, a system for controlling an echo canceller can include a cross-correlator, a discriminator and an echo canceller controller. The cross-correlator can be configured to produce a cross-correlation based output that facilitates controlling the echo canceller by cross-correlating two signals... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080240416 - Telephone with enhanced function display and selection ability: A user interface, telephony device, and method for managing user control settings associated with a telephony device is described. The user interface displays a label array on a display device of the telephony device. The label array includes at least one row of labels, each representing a discrete function or... Agent: Mg-ip Law, PLLC

20080240417 - Method and system for a wireless ear bud: Exemplary embodiments include methods and systems for detecting an incoming telephone signal, processing the incoming telephone signal, transmitting the processed signal to a remote receiver and alerting a remote user of the incoming signal.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080240418 - Hands free aural device holder: Disclosed is a hands-free holder for hands-free use of a device that is designed to be held up to a user's ear. The holder is connectable to the device and includes a sleeve that includes a transparent elastically stretchable material that defines an opening for receiving a portion of the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP