Telephonic communications inventions

20090262903 - Butt-set with waterproof and ambidextrous switch: An ambidextrous waterproof switch is provided for activating different modes of a butt-set. The switch is symmetrical about the midplane of the butt-set and therefore allows the technician to use the butt-set with either hand. The switch allows tactile or visual sensing of the position of the switch.... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20090262904 - Automatic telephone line loop around system and method: A loop around system and method for use in a telephone line monitors line conditions to detect the initiation of loop testing and automatically bypasses an electronic device, such as a DSL line conditioner, used in the line to prevent the electronic device from being inadvertently detected by the testing... Agent: Law Offices Of Barry N. Young

20090262905 - Method and device for determining the leakage resistance of at least one wire of a subscriber line having a number of wires in a communication network: While determining a leak resistance of a subscriber connection line provided, for example, with two wires in a communication network, a capacitor connected between two said wires is discharged prior to measuring leakage currents. For this purpose, prior to be connected to a high resistance of the other wire, the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090262906 - Telecommunication relay service assistance for incoming calls: A method is provided in a telecommunications network for clandestinely providing a transmission relay service (TRS) to a called party (30). The method includes: receiving a first call from a calling party (10), the first call being received at a network node (40) serving a called party (30) for which... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20090262907 - System and method for automated telephonic deposition recording and transcription: A system and method for automated telephonic deposition recording and transcription is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a connection is established between a telephone and a CPU. An audio record is opened, wherein the audio record is associated with a user number. A deposition is recorded to the audio record.... Agent: Mckinney Law, LLC

20090262908 - Method for providing early-media service based on session initiation protocol: The present invention relates to a method of providing an early media service based on a session initiation protocol (SIP), wherein early media of a multimedia form can be provided under SIP-based B2BUA mode operation. According to the present invention, in a case where early media are provided to an... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090262909 - Methods, systems and computer program products for providing targeted messages for pharmacy interactive voice response (ivr) systems: A pharmacy Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system can identify a targeted message for playing to a caller using criteria that are based on a prescription number that is provided by the caller The functionality of an IVR system can thereby be enhanced to provide targeted educational messages concerning the pharmaceutical... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090262910 - Enhanced voicemail system and method: A system for processing voicemail is provided that includes a voicemail database processor establishing one ore more of an accounts table, a messages table, a distribution list table, a distribution lists members tables, and a delete request table. In operation a message navigation menu is provided to a user to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090262911 - Repeaterless backhaul: Using the concepts of inverse multiplexing, repeaterless backhaul can be provided on loaded or unloaded loops. Inverse multiplexing can effectively support a large bit rate capacity between the conversion equipment and the CO-side equipment by utilizing a large enough number of potentially low capacity loops. As the distance that the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090262912 - Splitterless communication: Distortion caused by a DSL signal can be determined with the DSL signal. The DSL signal and/or the power spectral density (PSD) can be altered to suitably reduce or eliminate the distortion effects, which normally would be reduced by a POTS splitter. As a result of such adjustments to the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090262913 - System and method for tracking call activity to a set of advertised businesses: A system and method for tracking call activity of a plurality of businesses is disclosed. A global pool of phone numbers is allocated from which to draw numbers. A business-specific pool of numbers is established for business locations involved in advertisements using the Internet via Web pages. As a consumer... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20090262914 - Processing multi-party calls in a contact center: A data processing apparatus is configured for receiving a call comprising multiple callers who are identified in a multi-party caller identification value that is received with the call; retrieving from a database, based on the multi-party caller identification value, information about each of the multiple callers; based on the retrieved... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20090262915 - Method and apparatus for implementing and filtering customized ringing signals: A method for implementing Customized Ringing Signal (CRS) services is provided. The method includes: receiving a call request initiated by a caller terminal; obtaining a policy of playing a CRS tone according to the call request, where the policy is a policy of playing a CRS tone, namely, a caller... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20090262916 - Method and system for playing ringing back tone in ims network: A method for playing a Ring Back Tone (RBT) in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is disclosed according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. The IMS network stores an RBT playing policy of a subscriber and the RBT playing policy includes the corresponding relationship among a called user ID,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090262917 - Delivery of call data in a communication system: A method may include receiving a call having call data, determining that the call data cannot be forwarded along a call path, assigning an identifier to the call data, forwarding the call along the call path without the call data, and storing the call data and the identifier at a... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090262918 - Communication control method, communication system and communication controller: The same number is redundantly set as the extension number associated to a fourth telephone number in different data tables associated to different second telephone numbers. For this reason, it is possible to maintain outstanding scalability of the system in a situation where the total number of settable numbers is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090262919 - Establishment of a telephone based engagement: In general, in one aspect, a computer-implemented method for establishing multiple communication channels between a service provider and a consumer includes establishing a text based communication between the consumer and the service provider over the Internet. The method also includes receiving, at a central system, a first telephone number provided... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090262920 - Mechanism to resume filter criteria at a specific point: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for resuming the evaluation of initial Filter Criteria (iFC) at a specific point. Two new parameters are defined for inclusion in the service logic of application servers and serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) servers. The first parameter, an iFC index... Agent: Carmen Patti Law Group, LLC

20090262921 - Unified services taxonomy for converging network solution platforms: Systems and methods for categorizing and mapping telecommunication services are provided. In this regard, a representative system in a communication, media, and entertainment (CME) environment, among others, includes at least one service provider that is a part of the CME environment. The service provider includes a computing device having a... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090262923 - Method for dispatching service requests: Techniques for dispatching one or more services requests to one or more agents are provided. The techniques include obtaining one or more attributes of each service request, obtaining one or more attributes of each agent, obtaining feedback from each of one or more agent queues, and using the one or... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090262922 - System and method of remote computer service: A system of remote computer service including a call center, the Internet and a computer service supporting system. The computer service supporting system receives the requests from the computer and allocates and/or designates corresponding call center for the computer; the present invention also provides a method that the computer sends... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090262924 - Tone signal detector, tone signal detection method, and computer readable recording medium: Upon selection of the frequency of a tone signal, a local oscillator generates a frequency signal having a shift frequency corresponding to the frequency of this tone signal. A frequency shifter generates a frequency-converted signal by shifting a frequency of the tone signal by a shift frequency of the frequency... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090257565 - Multi-channel quiet calls: A system and method for simultaneously conducting multiple telephone conversations is provided. In an embodiment, a user converses with one individual on a first channel while simultaneously transmitting audible utterances to a second individual or a second channel. The user can select the desired channel or channels and a desired... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090257566 - Systems and methods for accessing information content while holding on a telephone call: Systems and methods are introduced for accessing information content while holding on a telephone call. Instructions provide an automated message voice recognition menu selection system when a caller is placed on hold. A spoken voice recognition response unit associates a category context and, responsive to the user category selection, provides... Agent: Matlock Law Gfoup, PC

20090257568 - Shared knowledge in a telephone system: An information handling system comprises a IP network connecting a hub to a multimedia server and the hub to a data server, and the hub to an IP telephony device that is then coupled to a network device. When a telephone in one local area network within a wide area... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090257567 - System and method for distributing voice and data information over wireless and wireline networks: A method and device for distributing both high-speed data service, such as digital computer, video and multimedia data, and lower speed data service, such as POTS voice telephone signals, throughout a customer premises. High-speed digital data and lower speed POTS voice signals are separated by a POTS splitter and distributed... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Bhgl Attn: Patent Docketing Room 2a-207

20090257569 - Method and system for providing goods or services to a subscriber of a communications network: A method for providing goods or services to a subscriber of a communications network, the method including the steps of: (a) verifying (40) a calling party number; (b) verifying (42) the identity of the subscriber associated with the calling party number; (c) verifying (44) the age of the subscriber; and,... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090257570 - System and method for accessing a messaging service using a short dialing sequence: A system and method for providing easy access to messaging services in a telecommunications network having office switches that are used by different providers of telephone and messaging services. The system uses a supplementary services database to maintain customer records including whether the customer uses messaging services and whether the... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Bhgl Attn: Patent Docketing Room 2a-207

20090257571 - Interface module: An interface module for a telecommunications network service entity, the interface module being operable to communicate with an application provided on the telecommunications network service entity and a session layer of the telecommunications network service entity, the interface module comprising a generic container to communicate with the application and a... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090257572 - Method for performing a telephone call: The invention relates to a method for performing a telephone call between a first user (1) and a second user (2), comprising: connecting a first user equipment (1a) of the first user (1) to a second user equipment (2a) of the second user (2) for establishing a telephone call between... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20090257574 - Interface for voice communications: There is provided an interface viewable on a display for a communications apparatus used during a session for voice communications between at least two parties. The interface includes at least one edge of the display having a row of objects, each object of the row being for representing each of... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20090257573 - Select ring: Select Ring allows users of communication devices, such as cellular telephones, to designate which incoming calls may transmit voice, video, and/or text data via the device's loudspeaker and display screen while the phone is ringing and before the incoming call is accepted. Select Ring also allows users of communication devices... Agent: Timothy Keith Eubank

20090257575 - Methods and systems for improved caller name identification on a telephone network: A phone network in a wireless environment that does not perform CNAM queries when a number is already stored in the receiving handsets' caller directory. CNAM query fees are charged only to obtain caller information on a new caller. The network does not make CNAM queries when the caller information... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090257576 - Method, system and apparatus for requesting confirmation of a communication handling rule change: A method, system and apparatus of requesting confirmation of a communication handling rule change is provided. A proposed change to a set of communication handling rules is determined. A time within a schedule for requesting confirmation of the proposed change is determined. The confirmation of the proposed change requested, at... Agent: Mitel Networks Corporation Michelle Whittington, Esq.

20090257577 - Method for indicating charge status of backup power supply and communication device employing the same: A method for indicating the charge status of a backup power supply of a communication device includes detecting the charge status of the backup power supply. If the charge status of the backup power supply is lower than or equal to a predetermined charge status, the communication device alerts via... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090257579 - Echo canceller: An echo canceller is capable of reducing echo feeling in a conversation even if a tone signal is input. The echo canceller of this invention judges whether a far-end input signal is a calling control tone signal or not, and if that is the case, resets a coefficient of an... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090257578 - Network apparatus capable of canceling far-end-crosstalk and network signal processing method thereof: The present invention provides a network apparatus capable of canceling far-end crosstalk (FEXT). When the network apparatus is under a training mode, hard data is provided to a FEXT canceller for performing FEXT cancellation. When the network apparatus is under a data mode, soft data is provided to the FEXT... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090257580 - Function for controlling line powered network element: A network element comprises a power interface to receive power from a power communication medium; a service interface to provide a telecommunication service over a service communication medium; management interface to receive management data over one of the service communication medium and the power communication medium via at least one... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20090257581 - Cooperative mimo for alien noise cancellation (comac) for upstream vdsl systems: Included are embodiments for reducing alien crosstalk. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving noise data associated with a first user signal on a first tone, receiving noise data associated with a second user signal on the first tone, and receiving at least one alien crosstalk canceller coefficient... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, L.L.P.

20090252302 - Emergency telephone with integrated surveillance system connectivity: Embodiments provide an emergency telephone system including an emergency telephone, an interface connecting the emergency telephone to a network, a camera on the network, the camera being focused on the emergency telephone, a control system for activating the camera, and a monitoring station for displaying camera captured data.... Agent: Moore Landrey

20090252303 - Telephone apparatus and method of making and receiving calls with urgency tags: Based on the urgency, the caller ads a priority tag number while making telephone calls. The called party receives the calls with different alarm features based on the urgency of the call. The called party can set profiles rules so that calls with a lower urgency may be blocked if... Agent: Sanjiv Agarwal

20090252304 - Communications methods and systems using voiceprints: In communications systems where multiple users may be associated with the same account, the voiceprint of a user is used to identify a profile of the user, facilitating identification of the user's preferences without requesting additional information from the user. The system may also monitor messages played to individual users,... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20090252305 - User interface with voice message summary: In one embodiment, a graphics user interface is provided. The graphics user interface includes a plurality of graphical representations. Each of the plurality of graphical representations identifies a separate voice message. A summary of content of each of the separate voice messages is displayed for each of the plurality of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090252306 - Telemedicine system and method: The telemedicine system and method includes an ubiquitous telephone and interactive voice response (IVR) system configured to interface with a hub, and in some embodiments, with medical sensor devices directly. The system and method allows an interested party to interface with the hub using a telephone. The system and method... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090252307 - Method and system for incorporating audio clips during a voice call: A method and a system for incorporating audio clips during a voice call between a calling subscriber A and at least one called subscriber B is provided. At least one of the subscribers A or B incorporates a desired audio clip into the voice call by a press of a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090252308 - Method, system and apparatus for handling establishment of a communication session: According to various embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method, system and apparatus for handling establishment of a communication session. A method of handling establishment of one or more communication sessions comprises receiving from a user an indication of user's desire to cause establishment of the one... Agent: Sean Murray

20090252309 - System and method for authenticating a communication device: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to transmit to a communication system a PKI certificate, and engage in encrypted communications responsive to receiving a public key from the communication system. The communication system can have a plurality... Agent: At&t Legal Department - As Attn: Patent Docketing

20090252310 - Dial up telephone conferencing system controlled by an online computer network: In a telephone conferencing system, a digital communication network such as the Internet is used to establish and control the telephone connections between multiple conferees with the telephone network being the means of exchanging verbal information. Each conferee may have a computer connected to the digital network, and each has... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20090252311 - Electronic device with motion controlled functions: An electronic device may be controlled with a remote control device. The remote control device may be moved in a first manner to cause the electronic device to scroll through an ordered sequence. The remote control device may be moved in a second manner to cause the electronic device to... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090252312 - Service communication list: A method for displaying communication events is provided. The method includes collecting past, present, and future communication events from two or more communication services, where a communication device performs the collecting; combining the past, present, and future communication events into a communication events list, where the communication device performs the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090252313 - Communication terminal apparatus and transmission history control method: In a communication terminal apparatus having a telephone function, an information communication mode function and a transmission history display function, when transmission based on a telephone number described in an electronic information content such as an electronic mail, a website or the like is performed, the electronic information content is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090252314 - Establishing and recovering context related to an on-going sequence of communications: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed that teach methods for establishing context of a subsequent electronic real-time communication. One method detects a connection attempt that is initiated by an instigator-identifiable for a subsequent electronic real-time communication that is directed to a target-identifiable. The instigator-identifiable is associated with a... Agent: Pvf -- Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090252315 - Audio signal routing: A communication system that includes multiple conferencing devices connected in a daisy-chain configuration is communicably connected to far-end conference participants. Multiple conferencing devices provide improved sound quality to the far-end participants by reducing aural artifacts resulting from reverberation and echo. The daisy-chain communication system also reduces the processing and transmission... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20090252316 - Distributed bridging: A communication system that includes multiple conferencing devices connected in a daisy-chain configuration is communicably connected to far-end conference participants. Multiple conferencing devices provide improved sound quality to the far-end participants by reducing aural artifacts resulting from reverberation and echo. The daisy-chain communication system also reduces the processing and transmission... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20090252317 - Method of managing a telecommunications system for adaptive serial ringing and program product therefor: A method of managing communications in a communications network and a program product therefore. Users provide lists of expected future locations, e.g., Serial Ringing (SR) lists. As each call traverses a user's SR-list to contact a respective user, the user's current location (i.e., the endpoint at which a call is... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090252319 - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for automatically displaying customized call center operating statistics based on user profile information: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for automatically displaying customized call center operating statistics based on user profile information. According to one aspect, a method for automatically displaying customized call center operating statistics based on user profile information is provided. The method includes receiving... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090252320 - System and method for multi-channel communication queuing: An apparatus and method for coordinating communication between one or more agents and a plurality of communication channels associated with different media formats such as telephone, email, and fax. A first request in a first media format can be received via a first communication channel and a second request in... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20090252318 - Service wait time notification: A system for communicating service information to a potential customer is provided. The system includes one or more potential customer devices, one or more session initiation protocol (SIP) client devices, and a SIP server. The SIP server is operable to determine an estimated service wait time based on information received... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090252321 - Method and device for creating a media signal: Embodiments relate to a method for rendering a media signal in a communication terminal, comprising the steps of, under control of a control unit in the communication terminal: receiving a transmission over a network, selecting media files stored in the communication terminal in a first order forming a media signal,... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP