Telephonic communications inventions

20090279673 - Method and system for test automation and dynamic test environment configuration: A method and system of an embodiment may provide a user interface enabling automated testing of a network device. The automated testing may include specifying a network device to be tested, specifying a network technology for testing the network device, specifying a client of the network device, configuring network connectivity... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090279674 - System and method for a telephone panic button: Methods for implementing emergency services on a telephony network are presented. A server receives an indication from a telephone handset that a “panic” button has been selected. A call connection is determined and a call is connected based on instructions associated with the emergency call connection. Telecommunication devices for implementing... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090279675 - Method and system for recording conversation, conversation-recording platform and mrbt platform: The present invention discloses a method and a system for recording a conversation, a conversation-recording platform and an MRBT platform. The method includes: receiving a call request from a calling user; establishing a conversation connection between calling and called users according to the call request; and recording the conversation between... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20090279676 - Systems and methods for delivering computer implemented voicemails: A computer implemented method of sending a voicemail, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first user having a first user ID associated with a first phone number; accepting an voicemail request from the first user containing at least one email address; receiving in a computer based system the... Agent: Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC

20090279677 - Method and system to prevent unintended users from accessing a re-routed communication: A method, system, and computer-readable medium embodying a computer program for securing a communication against access by unintended users is presented. A communication is initiated from a person using an originating telecommunication device to an intended receiving wireless telecommunication device. In response to the communication failing to connect to the... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090279678 - Web-type audio information system using phone communication lines (audio net pages): A web-type audio information system using phone communication lines including a computer based host accessible to phones, supporting multiple indexed stored audio information segments, wherein the content of the segments are substantially selected and supplied by multiple independent subscribers, and the host supports an interactive directory system providing for connecting... Agent: Shaper Iler LLP

20090279679 - Line indication: To augment subtle indications of the line on which an incoming call is being received on a telephone terminal device capable of communication on a plurality of lines, an incoming call screen can be made more obviously line-specific by selecting an appropriate background color, pattern, image or combination thereof. An... Agent: Ridout & Maybee LLP

20090279681 - Location- and presence-based media session routing: A method includes defining multiple recipient candidates for a media session request; identifying a geographic location of a communication device that initiates the media session request; identifying a geographic location of each of the recipient candidates at the time of the media session request; determining the optimal recipient candidate for... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090279680 - Method and system for performing routing of a phone call based on mutual contacts of a contact list: A method, system, and computer program for routing an outgoing communication in real time is presented. A communication is received from a caller to an intended receiving wireless telecommunication device. In response to the communication failing to connect to the intended receiving wireless telecommunication device, scan of other alternate telecommunication... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090279683 - Method, apparatus and system for intelligent call routing: A telecommunication system routes an incoming call to one or more telephony devices, including personal digital assistants and other remote devices, based on the called party's historical call pattern created and updated by the system. The system may also enhance the routing using transient information and/or real-time information when available.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20090279682 - Method, system, and apparatus for access of network services using subsciber identities: Associating user identities with a network service involves detecting, at a first device, a subscriber identity previously associated with a second device. The second device was used to register a user identity with a network service, and the user identity includes a phone number of the second device and an... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk

20090279684 - Method and system for call center screening: Methods and systems are provided for call center screening that enable a network service provider to dynamically control service request traffic directed to selected service centers. An Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) service is configured to intercept calls originating from calling parties and directed to trigger numbers designated for processing predetermined... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090279686 - Echo path change detection in telecommunications networks: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method for detecting an echo path change (EPC) in a telecommunications network. The method detects whether the effectiveness of echo cancellation of an echo canceller has decreased relatively significantly. Once a relatively significant decrease is detected, the method determines whether the decrease... Agent: Mendelsohn, Drucker, & Associates, P.C.

20090279685 - Detection of double talk in telecommunications networks: In one embodiment, the presence of double talk (DT) is detected in a telecommunications network having a near-end user and a far-end user. The energies of both (1) a signal received from the far-end user by the near-end user and (2) a signal to be communicated from the near-end user... Agent: Mendelsohn, Drucker, & Associates, P.C.

20090274278 - Notification systems and methods: Notification systems and methods receive a call from a caller and prompt the caller to identify an event. A response is received from the caller which identifies a particular event. The notification systems and methods select an advertisement related to the particular event, the selected advertisement being associated with a... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20090274279 - Voice over ip method for developing interactive voice response system: A personal Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system includes a plurality of IVR servers communicating personal IVR service node information in a network and a plurality of personal IVR service node clients coupled to the plurality of IVR servers communicating the personal IVR service node information. The plurality of personal IVR... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Bhgl Attn: Patent Docketing Room 2a-207

20090274280 - Retrieval of deleted voice messages in voice messaging system: Apparatus and method to allow retrieval of voice messages deleted from the voice message memory of a voice messaging system. A voice messaging system such as a telephone answering device includes a deleted voice message memory for storing voice messages deleted from the voice message memory. The deleted voice messages... Agent: Mendelsohn, Drucker, & Associates, P.C.

20090274281 - Method and system for providing communication control functionality at a remotely located site using a distributed feature architecture: A method for providing communication control functionality at a remotely located site using a distributed feature architecture which provides communication features and data records to an Enhanced Network User (ENU). The ENU connects to a Distributed Feature Network (DFN) in order to gain access to communications features contained in the... Agent: Samuel H. Dworetsky At& T Corp.

20090274282 - Connecting wireless, wireline, and internet-protocol terminals: An appliance for use at home or a business is disclosed that is inserted between the Public Switched Telephone Network and wireline terminal(s) in the home or business. The appliance also connects to the Internet and has a wireless transceiver for communicating with wireless terminals via radio. The appliance enables... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090274283 - Enhanced directory for communications devices: In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a call, and continuously monitoring the call from or using a first endpoint associated with the call. Monitoring the call includes identifying when an information element associated with the call has changed. The method also includes determining when the information associated with the... Agent: Patent Capital Group - Cisco

20090274285 - Method and apparatus for selecting communication identifiers: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve a targeted party telephone number, retrieve a telephone number assigned to the communication device, submit to a system at least a portion of the targeted party telephone number and... Agent: At&t Legal Department - As Attn: Patent Docketing

20090274284 - Method and appartus for conveying a calling party identifier: A method and system is disclosed for presenting differentiated calling party identifiers representative of a calling party to various called parties based on the identifier information for a particular called party. The differentiated calling party identifier that is conveyed to a called party may be selected from a list of... Agent: Sean Murray

20090274286 - Selecting communication mode of communications apparatus: A communications device capable of communicating via any one of a number of communication modes comprises a mode comparator configured to determine which of the available modes is likely to be most appropriate for selection when initiating communication with a destination call party based at least in part on availability... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090274287 - System and method for blocking mobile phone calls and messages: The mobile phone blocking system and method includes a worldwide prayer time database accessible to mobile phone service provider equipment. Electronic circuitry may be included for comparing local time of the mobile phone to a devotional prayer time in the worldwide prayer time database, wherein a comparison between the mobile... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090274288 - Device and method for energy-saving operation of a communication terminal: During establishing a communication or power characteristics, an idle state is activated such that a communication terminal is at least temporarily unattainable. The idle state results in reducing electric power consumption in the communication terminal for which switchings off such as Always-on-Device are not provided.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090274289 - Method and a system for acquiring calling party feedback: r

20090274290 - Synchronization of data within an acd system: A method and apparatus are provided for synchronizing changes from a plurality of dissimilar automatic contact distributors to an electronic workforce management server. The method includes the steps of determining a type of data received from each of the dissimilar automatic contact distributors and identifying a data criteria for the... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090274292 - Assignment of call-center agents to incoming calls: A technique is disclosed that optimizes the background noise experienced by a party who is calling into a call center. Working as part of an overall call-assignment algorithm, the technique considers the acoustic noise that is present in the vicinities of multiple call-center agents who are otherwise satisfactory candidates to... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090274291 - Single workflow for colloborative network routing over heteogeneous system: A method and apparatus are provided for handling contact requests among a plurality of dissimilar automatic contact distributors. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of workflows scripts, translating each of the plurality of workflows scripts into a respective native language of each of the plurality of dissimilar... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090274293 - Network router for heterogeneous acd system: A method and apparatus for routing contacts within an automatic contact distribution system having a plurality of automatic contact distributors. The method includes the steps of receiving a request for contact from a human client through a public communication system and randomly tendering the contact request to some subset of... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

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