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Telephonic communications November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/10

20100296633 - Method and arrangement for loop qualification in a digital subscriber line (dsl) system: A method and loop qualification unit for determining loop parameters of a topology of a twisted pair loop for a digital subscriber line system. The parameters are represented by a vector that receives a measurement of a SELT parameter measured at one end of the loop and a measurement of... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20100296634 - Systems, methods, and media for connecting emergency communications: Systems, methods, and media for connecting emergency communications are provided. For example, the methods can include: receiving an emergency communication at a particular public safety answering point from a caller directed to the particular public safety answering point by a location-to-service system; creating a conference on a conference system in... Agent: Byrne Poh LLP

20100296636 - method and a system for implementing a multimedia ring back tone service: The present invention discloses a method and a system for implementing an MRBT service, comprising: Step S102, a calling terminal initiates a call to a called terminal which has registered a multimedia MRBT service, and triggers an MRBT service module of the MRBT Application Server according to service template information... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20100296635 - Method for checking a ring-back signal: The present invention relates to a method for checking a ring-back signal comprising the following steps, time synchronizing a first device and a second device, causing an event by requesting the configuration of a ring-back signal with and for the first device at a specific time stamp and capturing the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20100296637 - Service processing method, communication system and related device: Embodiments of this invention disclose a service processing method, a communication system and related device, for making it easier for a user to set up and manage ring personal group, and capable of enhancing system safety. The method comprises: acquiring, by a management client, a ring personal group processing request... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20100296638 - Communication device with automatic responding function and automatic responding method thereof: A communication device with a voice automatic responding function, which stores a phone number and response data inputted by an input module as an automatic responding data is illustrated in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. When the user executes the automatic responding unit, the communication device dials the... Agent: J C Patents

20100296639 - Broadband certified mail: The present invention provides a system and method for providing certified voice and/or multimedia mail messages in a broadband signed communication system which uses packetized digital information. Cryptography is used to authenticate a message that has been compiled from streaming voice or multimedia packets. A certificate of the originator's identity... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Canavan

20100296640 - Multimodal callback tagging: Users in an enhanced communication system are enabled to tag other users so that the tagging user is notified when both the tagged and tagging users meet a predefined criterion of presence states and/or available modalities to the tagging and the tagged users. The tagging user may then, optionally, initiate... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100296641 - System and method for providing chat-based crisis management services: An approach is provided for chat-based crisis management services. A crisis situation is recognized based on one or more events. Individuals needed for crisis management are identified and a bridge communication channel for a plurality of the identified individuals is facilitated. Data is shared among the identified individuals that participate... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100296642 - Method and device for launching application triggered by initiation of telephone call: A telephone or telephone system launches an application upon the dialing of a trigger telephone number. The application may be an electronic message generator that sends an electronic message to one or more recipients upon a telephone number being dialed. One or more text messages may be sent by a... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20100296643 - Integration of voice chat services: A communication system provides a user with the ability to redirect telephone calls to a voice chat account and vice versa. In one example, a voice chat gateway may receive communication requests and determine whether communications directed to a first party is to be redirected. If so, the voice chat... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100296644 - Controlling a call completion: Methods and devices for controlling a set-up of a call from a calling entity (CE201) to a called entity in a telecommunications network are described. The telecommunications network comprises a service control entity (SCE205) and a service switching entity (SSE204). The service control entity (SCE205) is adapted to perform the... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20100296645 - Conserving call logic during handoff: Conserving call logic during handoff may be provided. First, a call may be received at a first server. Next, the first server may determine that it cannot handle the call. Then the call may be transferred by the first server to a second server with enough information so that the... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20100296646 - Instant message contact management in a contact center: The present invention is directed to a method for servicing a transaction in a contact center. When an instant message communication associated with a transaction is suspended prematurely, special treatment may be provided to the transaction initiator. The special treatment includes: (a) maintaining the assigned service priority for the transaction... Agent: Sheridan Ross P.C.

20100296647 - Method, system and apparatus for controlling a network interface device: According to embodiments of the present invention, a method, system and apparatus for controlling a network interface device is disclosed, the network interface device for enabling communication between a communications network and at least one customer device. A condition of the network interface device is determined. In response to the... Agent: Smart & Biggar

20100296648 - Method, device and system for line management: A method for line management includes: acquiring running parameters of a subscriber line; computing a transmitting power spectral density, PSD, and reference virtual noise of the subscriber line according to the running parameters; activating the subscriber line according to the transmitting PSD and the reference virtual noise. A device and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100290599 - Method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for transmitting a message: A method for effecting delivery of a message from an originator in an original message format to a plurality of authorized receivers in a respective reception message format includes: (a) composing the message; (b) characterizing the message for addressing to indicate at least one feature of the message; (c) addressing... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20100290600 - System and method for encrypted media service in an interactive voice response service: A third-party interactive voice response service includes a media archiving service in which media streams from a call to a subscriber is encrypted by a public key of the subscriber. The media streams may optionally be compressed and are encrypted in real-time so that at any time no tangible portion... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - San Francisco

20100290601 - Method for characterizing system state using message logs: A method that enables the run-time behavior of a system to be analyzed is disclosed. By analyzing the totality of the messages in the log or logs system behavior can be better understood. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention detects patterns in message logs, clusters similar messages, and determines... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20100290602 - Method and system for customizing ring-back tone in an inter-operator telecommunication system: A method and a system for providing commercial information (CI) messages as a ring-back tone (RBT) to a caller in an inter-operator telecommunication system are provided. In the inter-operator telecommunication system, the caller and the callee are registered to different telecommunication service providers. The second telecommunication service provider sends a... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20100290603 - Systems and method for determining a relationship rank: A method of determining and an apparatus for displaying, for an organization, a relationship rank between a first party and a second party. A customer relationship management score, a telephone call score, and an e-mail score for the first party relative to the second party may be calculated using a... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20100290605 - Power distribution module form factor: A modular form factor power module system with monitoring and control functions is disclosed. The power module system is configured to power, monitor and/or control telecommunications equipment at the circuit level.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100290604 - Power distribution module with monitoring and control functions: A modular form factor power module system with monitoring and control functions is disclosed. The power module system is configured to power, monitor and/or control telecommunications equipment at the circuit level.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100290606 - Resynchronization of call events after trigger event: Client devices/applications associated with a subscriber of an enhanced communication system are enabled to generate communication records identifying individual communication sessions along with tie-breaker values such that the records can be evaluated following a trigger event and duplicate records for the same subscriber can be removed in order to provide... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100290607 - Billing for calls and routing of billing information in an internet protocol multimedia subsystem: An exemplary method implemented in a telecommunication network generates a charging data record (CDR) for a subscriber that is supported by a visited network while away from the subscriber's home network. A request is transmitted from a first node in the visited network for profile information about the subscriber to... Agent: Charles L Warren Carmen Patti Law Group

20100290608 - System and method for sending data using caller id: The communication device/PBX/contact center can use the data to further route the communication to a specific telephone and/or can use the data to display information such as Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of a cell phone. The data can enhance the capabilities of devices and systems that currently work under... Agent: Avaya Inc. Margaret Carmichael, Docketing Specialist

20100290609 - Method and system for routing calls placed to a telephony identifier associated with a group of identities: A method for processing a call placed to a telephony identifier. The method comprises: obtaining information regarding an origin of the call; identifying a group of identities that is associated with the telephony identifier, each identity designating a party reachable by calling the telephony identifier; determining, based on the information... Agent: Smart & Biggar

20100290610 - Call detail record data refinement and reporting: An embodiment of a method includes selecting call detail report (CDR) call setup attributes from captured CDR data, refining the CDR data, and summing CDR amount attribute values for each set of CDR call entries having common values for the selected CDR call setup attributes. Each set of one or... Agent: Level 3 Communications, LLC C/o Cpa Global

20100290611 - Multimodal conversation park and retrieval: Established multimodal conversations are enabled to be parked within an enhanced communication system such that a subscriber of the system can be notified through a variety of means and enabled to retrieve selected or all modalities for continuing the conversation. Different modalities may be parked together or separately. While waiting... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100290613 - Generalized code communication system: A generalized code communication system including user equipment comprising a device that can dial-up using generalized code function; user identification database storing registered generalized code user data and identification discriminant module identifying user equipment and number; number identification discriminant module accepting data input from non-generalized code user equipment and consult... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20100290612 - Next generation auto-dialer: A communications system for placing a plurality of calls with a common message to a plurality of subscribers via a public switched telephone network is provided. The communications system includes an end office switch disposed in an end office and in communication with the public switched telephone network. The communications... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Gb Attn: Patent Docketing

20100290614 - Method for indicating call-center agent availability: A method for informing a caller of the availability of a call-center agent who can assist the caller without some of the disadvantages of the prior art is disclosed. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, when a caller accesses the address book in the memory of... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20100290615 - Echo canceller operative in response to fluctuation on echo path: In a telephone device, a near-end signal processor delays each input near-end signal delivered from the respective microphones by a delay amount, and synthesizes the input near-end signals into a synthesized near-end signal. In an echo canceller, mounted on board the telephone device, a far-end signal is delayed by the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100290616 - Telephone with state detection using infrared: A telephone includes a phone-set and a handset. The phone-set includes an infrared emitter and a processor driving the infrared emitter to emit infrared light. When the telephone is on-hook, the infrared light is reflected to the handset. The handset reflects the infrared light back to the phone-set, and the... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20100284522 - Interactive voice response (ivr) system call interruption handling: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to interactive voice response (IVR) system session management and provide a method, system and computer program product for call interruption handling in an IVR data processing system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for call interruption... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20100284524 - Method and apparatus for accessing and interacting with an internet web page: A facility is provided for interfacing the Internet with a telecommunications network and vice versa so that a user who does not have access to the Internet may, nevertheless, provide a Web page and update the Web page via the telecommunications network and so that a user may access the... Agent: Capitol Patent & Trademark Law Firm, PLLC

20100284523 - System for remote control of apparatuses, in particular of industrial apparatuses: A system for control of apparatuses, in particular of industrial apparatuses, comprising a plurality of interfaces (20), each dedicated to a connection with a respective apparatus (10) to be monitored, and a processing unit (40) to control the apparatuses (10); the processing unit (40) is provided with first receiving means... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100284525 - Transfer of multiple microphone signals to an audio host device: An audio communications host device has a communications network interface, digitizing circuitry, and a headphone jack. A demultiplexer has an input coupled to receive a signal from a pin of the headphone jack, and multiple outputs coupled to inputs of the digitizing circuitry, respectively. An uplink audio processor receives digitized... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100284526 - Remote monitoring and control apparatus: A remote monitoring and control apparatus (10) comprises a receiver (74) adapted to receive one or more input signals (76) and provide one or more output signals for displaying content on a monitor (12); a telephony unit (26, 62, 64) for connecting a remote telephone (42) to a local interface... Agent: Prass LLP

20100284527 - Importance-based call graph construction: A system and method for importance-based call graph construction, including a) analyzing a computer software application to identify a plurality of calls within the computer software application, b) assigning an importance value to any of the calls in accordance with a predefined importance rule, c) selecting any of the calls... Agent: Kali Law Group, P.C.

20100284528 - Ringtone enhancement systems and methods: The present invention(s) provides for methods and systems for digitally processing a ringtone. In various embodiments, a method comprises generating a profile comprising a plurality of filter equalizing coefficients, configuring a plurality of filters of a graphic equalizer using the plurality of filter equalizing coefficients from the profile, receiving a... Agent: Don J. Pelto Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20100284529 - Method and communication terminal for detecting the status of a telephone receiver: The invention relates to a method for detecting the status of a telephone receiver (H) for a communication terminal (EG), wherein the telephone receiver (H) is equipped with a microphone (M) and with a loudspeaker (LS). The loudspeaker (LS) of the telephone receiver (H) is used to output a defined... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (sen)

20100278313 - Digital subscriber line testing tool: A broadband service, such as Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service, may be tested by a technician installing or performing maintenance on the broadband service. The technician may use the subscriber's computer as a test set, in which the technician may login to a testing service that may test the line... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100278314 - Method and apparatus for dissemenating information relating to a local emergency condition: A method for disseminating information relating to a local emergency condition includes: a) receiving an incoming message from a user device directed to a destination device within a emergency response organization; b) determining if the incoming message can be connected to the destination device without wait time; and c) sending... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20100278315 - Method and apparatus for dissemenating information relating to a local emergency condition: A method for disseminating information relating to a local emergency condition includes providing a user device with access to an outgoing announcement via a network node in a communication network, the outgoing announcement accessible via a non-emergency network address for a destination device of an information service organization that provides... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20100278316 - Synchronous and asynchronous brokering of ivr sessions for offline interaction and response: An IVR session brokering service provides as one core mechanism, a pool of intelligent software agents residing on a cluster-able software services platform. These agents could be designed to act as stateful and customized interaction brokers for interacting automatically and semi-automatically with existing IVR systems. Customers and users would use... Agent: Sheridan Ross P.C.

20100278317 - Speaker recognition in a multi-speaker environment and comparison of several voice prints to many: One-to-many comparisons of callers' voice prints with known voice prints to identify any matches between them. When a customer communicates with a particular entity, such as a customer service center, the system makes a recording of the real-time call including both the customer's and agent's voices. The system segments the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (amex)

20100278318 - System and method for detecting emotions at different steps in a communication: The system and method establish a communication with a first party. A first emotion is detected during a first step during the communication. Steps in the communication can include: establishing a call, waiting in a queue, talking with an agent, communicating with an IVR system, and the like. A second... Agent: Avaya Inc. Margaret Carmichael, Docketing Specialist

20100278319 - Voicemail with data content: Techniques for attaching content to a voicemail are described. Content may be attached to a voicemail by storing the content and the voicemail in a common container or envelope, embedding the content at a location within the voicemail, tagging the content with an identifier identifying the voicemail, tagging the voicemail... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100278320 - Method and apparatus for interrupting an active telephony session to deliver information to a subscriber: A method and apparatus for delivering information to a subscriber involved in an active telephony session is provided. A message originating from a sender and directed to the subscriber is received. Information related to the message is delivered to the subscriber by interrupting the active telephony session involving the subscriber.... Agent: Smart & Biggar

20100278321 - Phonecasting referral systems and methods: Incoming phone calls are answered with playback of an audio feed. A listener can enter a phone number or other identifier to refer a friend. A message recommending the phonecast is then sent to the friend, possibly including a link or some other form of a ‘click-to-call’ facilitation. In some... Agent: Ater Wynne LLP

20100278322 - User-based authentication for realtime communications: Architecture for a communications system enabling a user to provision a telephone at a new location without network administrative pre-configuring. An input component (e.g., keypad) receives a numeric extension and PIN. The extension is a telephone extension of the user and the PIN can be administratively assigned. A location component... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100278323 - Method for controlling a multi party call and a service control entity and a service switching entity for performing the method: The invention relates to a method for controlling a multi party call between three or more communication entities within a communications network. The communications network comprise a service control entity and a service switching entity. The service control entity performs: a) receiving a notification of a multi party event associated... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20100278324 - Forked-call ringback replacement system: A ringback replacement system for modifying or replacing certain communications network signals and tones in a roaming, forked-call, forwarded-call, or mobility environment is disclosed. Communications devices activate and interact with the ringback replacement system to allow for modification of the network service.... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20100278325 - Annoying telephone-call prediction and prevention: A method for predicting whether a telephone call that is being set up will be considered annoying by the called party and, if so, for preventing it from being established. The illustrative embodiment predicts whether a telephone call will be considered annoying by the called party based on temporal characteristics... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20100278326 - Communication assistance system and method: A communication assistance system has a first database haying a plurality of listings therein, each having at least one contact name and a corresponding contact number. A device is configured to receive a directory assistance communication from a device of a user requesting at least one listing. A past requested... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20100278327 - Efficient and cost-effective distribution call admission control: A distributed call control system is provided that can allot bandwidth amongst several call controllers. The distributed call control system includes one or more servers that execute two or more instances of call processing servers that administer call control. The call processing servers form a cluster or group. The cluster... Agent: Sheridan Ross P.C.

20100278328 - Systems and methods for selecting tones for far-end cross talk mitigation: Systems and methods are described for selecting tones for far-end crosstalk (FEXT) mitigation. In particular, systems and methods are described for performing far-end crosstalk (FEXT) mitigation within a digital subscriber line (xDSL) system. One embodiment is a method that comprises determining a first set of function values relating to a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20100278329 - Port detection and protection circuit and electronic device using the same: A port detection and protection circuit utilizes a voltage detection circuits to output a detection signal according to a voltage difference between the tip signal and the ring signal and utilizes a ring detection circuit to output another detection signal according to a voltage difference between a Subscriber Line Interface... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20100278330 - Method and device for processing data and to a communication system comprising such device: A method and a device process data transmitted via a channel. The channel is at least partially represented by a symmetrical transfer matrix, wherein at least one off-diagonal matrix element of the transfer matrix is determined by its symmetric and/or transposed off-diagonal matrix element and its corresponding diagonal matrix elements... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP