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Telephonic communications January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/10

20100020940 - Far-end sound quality indication for telephone devices: A sound quality metric may be determined at a near-end telephone system, the sound quality metric associated with far-end sound quality received at a far-end telephone system. A signal adjustment may be determined, based on the sound quality metric. The signal adjustment may thus be provided at an earpiece of... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Cpa Global

20100020941 - Remotely actuated two-way speakerphone for use with call-for-help systems: A system and method for providing a call-for-help capability is provided by the invention. The system comprises a central location having a dedicated telephone line having a specified caller identification known to a speakerphone system located in the general location of a person who uses the system for emergency signaling.... Agent: Harvey & Associates, P.C.

20100020942 - E911 location server: A system including a location server configured to receive registration data from an IP device and a location database configured to store location information of the IP device, wherein the location server queries the location database to determine whether the registration data matches the location information stored at the location... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100020943 - Call-details recording device and call-details recording method: A call-details recording device including: a detecting unit detecting a connection or disconnection of a call; a recording unit recording, when the detecting unit detects the call connection, details of the call by storing the voice data of the call-details in a storage device; and a reproduction enabling unit storing,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100020944 - Method for sending a previously recorded personalized message to a caller by a network voice mail system: An embodiment of a method for providing a personalized greeting to a caller includes receiving an incoming call addressed to a first communication device from a caller using a second communication device, and determining a received caller identifier associated with the second communication device. The method further includes determining if... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20100020945 - Method, system and device for playing enterprise color ringback tone: A method for playing an enterprise color ringback tone is disclosed, including the following steps: establishing, by a service switching entity, a connection with a service access entity in accordance with an EVC access code; searching, by the service access entity, for a connection identifier of a destination terminal corresponding... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20100020946 - Secure payment service and system for interactive voice response (ivr) systems: A secure payment method, system or computer readable medium for a merchant's interactive voice response system are disclosed. The merchant's interactive voice response system receives customer calls and requests a payment from the customer. The customer responds to the request by providing over a data network authentication information and payment... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Gb Attn: Patent Docketing

20100020948 - Method and apparatus for voice interactive messaging: An audio indication of a recipient for a message is received, the message to be sent by a user to the recipient. An electronic database is searched for the recipient. When the recipient is found in the electronic database, information is determined from the electronic database concerning the recipient. An... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100020947 - Systems and methods for providing voicemail features in a voip system: A distributed VoIP system includes a first switch coupled to a network and configured to provide voicemail features to a first group of one or more users. The system also includes a voicemail server coupled to the network. The voicemail server is configured to provide voicemail features to a second... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100020949 - Method and apparatus for managing contact books: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to receive from a first communication device (CD) a telephone number of a second CD, submit a verification code to the second CD, submit a request to the first CD for the... Agent: At&t Legal Department - As Attn: Patent Docketing

20100020950 - Device, method and system for realizing hangup notification service: A method, a system and a device for realizing hangup notification service are provided. The method includes the following steps: during a conversation between a calling party and a called party, obtaining, by a switch device, hangup notification service information subscribed by a non-hangup user and/or a hangup user after... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20100020951 - Speaker identification and representation for a phone: A system and method for determining a speaker's position and a generating a display showing the position of the speaker. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first speakerphone system and a second speakerphone system communicatively coupled to send and receive data. The speakerphone system comprises a display, an input... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20100020952 - Privacy protection and identity verification in online social networks with extension to public switched telephone networks: The present invention describes a method and apparatus for protecting the privacy and verifying the identities of both calling and called parties in online social networks, with an extension to the public switched telephone networks. More specifically, this invention relates to the distribution of unique user identities in social networks... Agent: Yiu Man Leung

20100020953 - Method and arrangement for handling communication requests from unknown parties: A method and apparatus for performing a caller investigation in order to provide relation information to a called party (200) regarding an unknown calling party (202), when implemented in a service entity (204) serving said called party. A relation query for the calling party is received from the called party,... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20100020954 - Method for carrying out an audio conference, audio conference device, and method for switching between encoders: A method and an audio conference device for carrying out an audio conference are disclosed, whereby classification information associated with a respective audio date flow is recorded for supplied audio data flows. According to a result of an evaluation of the classification information, the audio data flows are associated with... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (sen)

20100020955 - Systems and methods for implementing generalized conferencing: Generalized conferencing is implemented using a special conferencing matrix that maps conference inputs to conference outputs. The conferencing matrix defines respective output media to be provided to each of the conference participants based on respective input media received from the other conference participants.... Agent: Garlick, Harrison & Markison (alu)

20100020956 - System and method for configuring and operating a network based telephone system: The present disclosure provides a system and method to configure and operate a residential telecommunications system. The system may include a residential gateway configured to receive a call and to output call information associated with the call to a telephony feature-processing framework. The system may also include the telephony feature-processing... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100020957 - System and method for facilitating a custom ring in connection with a call: A system and method are disclosed for facilitating a custom ring in connection with a call. A ring tone delivery system may include an interface operable to receive a calling signal that indicates a request to place a call from a calling party to a communication device of a called... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100020958 - Call waiting priority alert`: A method for delivering a priority call waiting alert service to a telephone subscriber. An embodiment of the present invention may be implemented on an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). When a call intended the subscriber is received by a service switching point from a calling party while the telephone line... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Mmm

20100020960 - System and method for providing communications services: An enhanced services system for a telecommunications network includes operator equipment accessible by an operator, and a routing system for routing a call from a caller to the operator equipment. The caller may access e-mail creation and service and/or interpreter services. A method of sending an electronic message includes routing... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20100020959 - Routing callers to agents based on personality data of agents: Systems and methods are disclosed for routing callers to agents in a contact center, along with an intelligent routing system. An exemplary method includes routing a caller from a set of callers to an agent from a set of agents based on a pattern matching algorithm utilizing caller data associated... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100020961 - Routing callers to agents based on time effect data: Systems and methods are disclosed for routing callers to agents in a contact center, along with an intelligent routing system. Exemplary methods include routing a caller from a set of callers to an agent from a set of agents based on a performance based routing and/or pattern matching algorithm(s) utilizing... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100020962 - Method and apparatus for transmitting signaling tones over a packet switched network: As part of a system and method for transmitting a signaling tone over a packet switched data (or other communication) network, an audio encoder may have a speech encoding unit and a tone distorter. The tone distorter may distort one or more components of a signaling tone within an audio... Agent: Eitan Mehulal Law Group

20100014644 - Method and apparatus for providing automated processing of a switched voice service alarm: A method and apparatus for providing automated processing of a switched voice alarm on a switched and/or Internet Protocol (IP) network are disclosed. For example, the method receives an alarm associated with a switched voice service, and retrieves a Local Routing Number (LRN) or Primary Inter-exchange Carrier (PIC) information from... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Wt

20100014645 - Method and device for determining, and method and system for configuring dsl reference virtual noise: A method for determining reference virtual noise of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), includes: obtaining a receiver-end-actual noise of DSL subcarriers; and determining a reference virtual noise according to the obtained receiver-end-actual noise of the DSL subcarriers. Furthermore, the invention also discloses a device for determining a reference virtual noise of... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20100014646 - Tty translation for voip: A device for transmitting TTY communications includes an input for receiving analog tones from a TTY device, a first output for connecting to a public telephone switch network (PSTN) and a second output for connecting to digital communications network. The device is configured to operate in a first mode and... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20100014647 - Method and apparatus for providing customized ringbacks: An approach is provided for providing custom ringback services. The approach includes prompting a user for content as part of a managed ringback service. The content is received from the user, and is set as a ringback. An identifier corresponding to the ringback is received from the user, wherein the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100014648 - Method of connecting audio advertising information to visual display advertisements: A method and system for connecting an audio message containing advertising information to a visual display advertisement is provided.... Agent: Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP

20100014649 - Method for publishing messages from identified, authorized senders to subscribers: Publishing messages over a network includes receiving a message from a sender in a first format, identifying the sender of the message as an authorized sender based on information associated with the message in comparison to data in a sender account using software executing in a central processor, wherein the... Agent: Leason Ellis LLP

20100014650 - Digital fax using analog lines: A digital fax system carries out handshaking over the voice lines as conventional and sends the scanned document by electronic communication, e.g. email, to a recipient.... Agent: Scott C Harris

20100014651 - Method and apparatus for processing of a toll free call service alarm: A method and apparatus for automatic processing of toll free call service alarms are disclosed. For example, the method receives a trouble ticket by a service provider for a toll free call service alarm, and retrieves a calling to number and a calling from number from the trouble ticket. The... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Wt

20100014652 - Method and apparatus for controlling restriction on call connections: Restriction on call connections is controlled by grouping a plurality of terminals. One or more groups each including one or more terminals are provided. Each of the one or more groups is associated with the maximum number of calling terminals and a group restriction relaxing ratio indicating a relaxing degree... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20100014653 - Method and apparatus for scheduling callbacks via offline offer tasks to knowledge workers: In one embodiment, a method includes a request that is obtained by a call center system from a customer. The method also includes identifying a first set of experts that includes at least a first expert suitable for, or capable of, processing the request. The first expert is offline with... Agent: Patent Capital Group - Cisco

20100014654 - Retablissement d'appel dans un serveur d'appel d'installation de telecommunications privee: For quickly restoring a previously set up call between first and second terminals associated respectively with first and second call servers, a first call string associated with the first terminal and with a first context of the call previously stored in the first server is created. A call restoring request... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20100008476 - Testing system and method for testing a modem interface function of a computer: A testing system includes a computer with a modem interface to be tested, a telephone, and a telephone simulator having two input ports electrically respectively coupled to a modem in the computer and the telephone. The computer has a main test procedure capable of sending commands to the telephone via... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100008477 - Surveillance device detection with countermeasures: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for detecting surveillance devices on a telephone line and deployment of countermeasures therefor. The apparatus comprises a line monitoring circuit for evaluating whether the phone is off hook or ringing. A test generation circuit produces a test signal to be injected into a... Agent: The Weinstraub Group, P.L.C

20100008478 - Notification apparatus, notification system, method of operating notification apparatus, and program for notification apparatus: A management apparatus of a notification system includes an interface unit that communicates with a store terminal used for a predetermined site work process by a site worker and an IP telephone terminal used for IP phone call, which are located at one work site; an accepting unit that accepts... Agent: Mr. Jackson Chen

20100008479 - Method and apparatus for generating commissions from e-commerce transaction assistance: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for generating commissions from e-commerce transaction assistance provided by a network-based text-to-speech (TTS) alert system. The network-based text-to-speech (TTS) alert system takes a user's textual and/or multimedia input from a user interface to schedule delivery of text-to-speech-converted information as a reminder call to a user... Agent: Invent Capture, LLC

20100008480 - Universal internet telephone system: There is described a method for setting up a call over the Internet between a Web-based phone and a phone device. The Web-based phone is loaded on a Java-enabled computing device. The call involves a Web application hosted on an external server capable of communication with a SIP Server on... Agent: Benoit & Cote, S.e.n.c.

20100008481 - System and method for certifying and authenticating correspondence (ii): A system and method are provided to monitor and control electronic communications. A processor is in operable communication with processor readable media, and a user interface is provided by the processor over a communication network that is operable to send, receive and report communications from a plurality of users. A... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20100008482 - Systems and methods of identifying connections in a communications patching system using common-mode channel signal transmissions: Communications patching system and methods utilizing common-mode channel communications are provided for identifying patch panel ports to which a backbone cable is connected in a communications patching system, for identifying a patch panel port to which a horizontal cable terminating at a telecommunications outlet is connected in a communications patching... Agent: Needham James Boddie, Ii Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20100008483 - Charging method and control device for group main line service: A charging method for group main line, GML, service is disclosed. For an outgoing call from an extension of the GML, the initiated call is identified by adding a prefix for group service before the called number. When an intelligent network, IN, finds that there is the prefix for group... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20100008484 - Real-time flexible account selection for communications: A communications system (20) and method of operation thereof charges a call to at least one of plural customer accounts. A basic method comprises receiving a user identifier from a communications network in conjunction with a communications call or session, using an account-based filter to make a determination whether the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100008485 - Device for screening out non-original calling numbers: A device for screening out non-original calling numbers includes at least one teleport and a called party operator which are interconnected by a telecommunication network. The teleport has a calling module which generates a calling signal to carry out a talk; the calling signal is transmitted to the telecommunication network... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100008486 - Communications terminal device: A communication terminal device is provided with a communication unit; a memory unit that stores a telephone directory data having at least names, telephone numbers and display control information, a display unit that displays the information; and a control unit that carries out communication display prohibition control to prohibit the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100008487 - Apparatus and method for blocking specific network in mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and a method for blocking a specific network in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes adding a first network to a blocked network list, when the first network is the only network available to provide service to a terminal, temporarily removing the first network from... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20100008488 - Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer: A system and method for improved audio controls on a personal computer is provided. The system and method provide a unified architecture for audio controls across hardware and software interfaces of the personal computer. An intelligent facility may automatically change audio controls for users to simply interact with various communications... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20100008489 - System and method for screening incoming telephone calls: A do-not-disturb mode is entered in response to an identifier and a first authorization code is received. A call is received from a caller whereafter the caller is prompted to input a second authorization code. If the first and second authorization codes are the same, a notification is generated to... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20100008491 - Intelligent dialing system and method: In a communication system, an intelligent dialing method comprising: receiving a dialing sequence relating to a business entity; in a switch in the communication system, checking for the geographical location; an IN data base checks the request to direct the call; the call is directed through the switch to the... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20100008490 - Phone dialer with advanced search feature and associated method of searching a directory: A method of retrieving a directory listing includes steps of storing a plurality of directory listings, each listing searchable by a plurality of keys, each of the keys comprising a plurality of symbols selected from a subset of an alphabet; receiving a sequence of inputs each designating a plurality of... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100008492 - Method of unifying control of contact center system: A method and apparatus are provided for changing operating parameters within an automatic contact distribution system that includes a plurality of functionally similar but structurally different automatic contact distributor subsystems. The method includes the steps of a user selecting an operating parameter for use by each of the plurality of... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20100008493 - Methods and apparatus to decode dual-tone signals: Methods and apparatus to decode dual-tone signals are disclosed. An example receiver to decode a dual-tone signal includes a tone detector to detect a start of a first tone, a first counter to count first cycles of the first tone, a second counter to count second cycles of a system... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20100008494 - Drive and positioning method and system for automated switch matrix: A method and system for automating a switch matrix board for cross-connecting any line in a set of input lines to any line in a set of output line, to be used e.g. in automating cross-connects for line pairs in a central office main distribution frame (MDF) of a telecommunication... Agent: Albihns Ab

20100008495 - Keyboard with integrated telephone service: The present invention relates to a keyboard that can be coupled to external equipment connectable to a communication network compatible with the Internet Protocol. The keyboard includes at least keys for sending commands to the external equipment; an interface unit for coupling the keyboard to the external equipment; a main... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20100002845 - Deluxe emergency notification: An emergency notification system is provided including a switching unit, a plurality of communications devices communicatively in communication with the switching unit, an emergency response unit in communication with the switching unit, a plurality of receiving units in communication with the switching unit. Each of the communications devices is configured... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20100002846 - Psap capabilities defining system and method for handling emergency text messaging: A system and method for routing an emergency data message to a PSAP may include receiving an emergency data message and cell code identifier indicative of a location of a wireless communications device of a user. A PSAP local to the user may be selected, and the emergency data message... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20100002847 - Emergency warning apparatus using relay driving by electric cutting and breakdown: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an emergency warning apparatus that notifies the user via a wired/wireless interface network of power disconnection and breakdown or fire and crack when one or more of these problems occur in a facility or equipment in which the subject apparatus is... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20100002848 - Telephone for the visually impaired: A telephone for the visually impaired is disclosed, which comprises a frame and a receiver. The frame is configured with an operation panel and a receiver holder, whereas there are a keypad being disposed at a position on top of the operation panel and a first protruding dot being disposed... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20100002849 - Method, apparatus and system for realizing a multimedia call: A method for realizing a multimedia call includes the following steps. A call request initiated by a calling terminal is received. An indication of the multimedia negotiation capability of the calling terminal is acquired, in which the indication of the multimedia negotiation capability identifies whether the terminal has the capability... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20100002850 - Method and system to manage multiple ivrs: A method includes storing a profile associated with a user of a telephone and, based upon the profile, presenting the user with an option to search, browse, subscribe to, or bookmark content provided by a plurality of IVR content providers.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20100002851 - Method and equipments for establishing telecommunication: and, in case of detection of said telecommunication activity of said second user, setting up a telecommunication between said first and second users after the end of said telecommunication activity of said second user with a third user different from said first user. The invention also relates to devices for... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20100002852 - Unified messaging system: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a unified messaging system. The unified messaging system comprises a unified messaging system server and clients, such as personal computers, telephones, facsimile machines, and two-way paging machines connected via both land based and wireless connections. This system enables a user to... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100002853 - Audio interface: An audio interface includes interface circuitry configured to translate audio signals received from a military handset to audio signals compatible with a plain old telephone system (POTS) network. The interface circuitry presents a 6-pin (or 5-pin) audio port configured to couple the military handset to the interface circuitry. The interface... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20100002854 - Communications network interface for user friendly interactive access to online services: A method and a system for connecting a service provider and a user at a remote location relative to the service provider, via a network based telecommunications device, are provided. The method includes utilizing a network operable terminal for transmitting communications between the service provider and the user, employing a... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20100002855 - Communication terminal device adapted to physical characteristics of telecommunication network and method for adapting communication terminal device to physical characteristic of telecommunication network: The communication terminal device includes a handset, a central controller, a telephone network adaptor unit for converting analog signals transmitted/received between telecommunication network and the communication terminal device into digital signals, an interface unit physically isolating the central controller from the telephone network adaptor unit, and transmitting/receiving the converted digital... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20100002856 - Communication terminal device adapted to physical characteristics of telecommunication network and method for adapting communication terminal device to physical characteristics of telecommunication network: The communication terminal device includes a handset, a central controller, a telephone network adaptor unit for converting analog signals transmitted/received between telecommunication network and the communication terminal device into digital signals, an interface unit physically isolating the central controller from the telephone network adaptor unit, and transmitting/receiving the converted digital... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20100002857 - Addressing data loggers and telephones upon networks, including upon the pstn, in parallel and in common in groups, with subsequent secondary addressing of devices uniquely: The present invention contemplates improved addressing of, and retrieval of data from, unique addressable data loggers connected by and upon networks, including the Public Service Telephone Network (PSTN). Collection of data from the data loggers distributed upon the network to a data-collecting central, base, station is by (1) network broadcast... Agent: William C. Fuess

20100002858 - Method and apparatus for issuing a credit: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method to monitor service outages of a service center, detect a service outage, identify one or more customers affected by the service outage, and assign a credit to each of the affected one or more customers.... Agent: At&t Legal Department - As Attn: Patent Docketing

20100002859 - Determining a preferable mode of communicating with a called party: A called party's communications habits are determined from the party's communications history, and the habits and the called party's current state (presence) are analyzed in view of a calling party's parameters for a desired communication with the called party to determine a preferable mode and/or time for the desired communication.... Agent: Avaya Inc. Margaret Carmichael, Docketing Specialist

20100002860 - Shared mapping of a station extension within a distributed, enterprise telecommunications system, to an associated telephone number: A method is disclosed that provides the sharing of a station-mapping description with a first private-branch exchange, where the description has been initialized and maintained at a second private-branch exchange. Such a description describes a logical association between a station extension of an enterprise deskset and a telephone number of... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20100002861 - Method for obtaining data at an electronic communication device: A method for obtaining data at an electronic communication device enables transmission of data in response to a ring back tone. The method comprises transmitting from the electronic communication device to a network a call setup signal for a call to a callee device (step 205). A ring back tone... Agent: Motorola Inc

20100002862 - Telephone relay apparatus, telephone relay system, recording medium and data processing method: A telephone relay apparatus stores peripheral telephone numbers of a plurality of peripheral telephone terminals scheduled to be located at the periphery of each specific terminal user. When a line connecting request from an outgoing telephone terminal of an arbitrary telephone outgoing user to a specific telephone terminal is received,... Agent: Mr. Jackson Chen

20100002863 - Workflow management in contact centers: A method, system and computer program product are provided for monitoring a communication session in a contact center. An agent follows a structured workflow while handling the communications session, and trigger events are defined which are associated with significant steps in the workflow other than (or additional to) the connection... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20100002864 - Method and system for discerning learning characteristics of individual knowledge worker and associated team in service delivery: A method and system for measuring the learning ability and productivity of knowledge workers related to the delivery of services in service industry sectors, such as information technology (IT), healthcare and accounting. The method and system applies broadly to service domains that have a strong correlation between the learning ability... Agent: Cahn & Samuels, LLP

20100002865 - Mutual assistance routing system for improved utilization of customer service resources: The invention disclosed is a new system and method for providing the mutual sharing of resources devoted to customer service. The system utilizes a telecommunications switching apparatus to rout incoming customer contacts to one or more pools of customer service agents. The system provides for a universal customer service interface... Agent: Mueller And Smith, Lpa Mueller-smith Building

20100002866 - Voice communication apparatus: A voice communicating apparatus in which a far-end voice of high sound quality can be outputted from a loudspeaker and an echo which is caused by the outputted far-end voice can be accurately removed with high precision. An analog far-end voice signal supplied from a telephone unit is directly outputted... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20100002867 - Method and arrangement for the adaptive filtering of signals: The invention relates to a method for adaptive filtering in which a level of a reference signal necessary for the adaptive filtering is determined in the context of an adaptation by estimation, using a quantity equivalent to the reference signal, wherein the filtering is dependent on the electrical power of... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (sen)