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Telephonic Communications > Special Services Special ServicesSpecial Services patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/15/07 - 20070263817 - Automated intelligent network service configuration An intelligent network (20) provides an ability for a user (22) to customize the use of intelligent network services in an automated fashion. A service control point (32) controls operation of the intelligent network services and automatically controls how a service switch point (28) or a home location register (74) ... 11/15/07 - 20070263816 - Selective voice communication among multiple services When a voice call is made between two users (Caller and Callee), both of which may have access to multiple voice communication services, the connection is made automatically by the communication equipment through a selectable communication service, based upon characteristics of connection. Those characteristics may include the services available to ... 11/15/07 - 20070263815 - System and method for communication provision Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in communication provision. A user might, for example, be able to indicate a desire to receive live calls from one or more parties. A party wishing to place a live call to interested users might, for example, be able to place a call to ... 11/15/07 - 20070263814 - System and method for employing state information to enhance network functionality A system and method for enabling an enhanced camp-on feature for a communications device. In an illustrative embodiment, the system includes a first mechanism for providing information pertaining to why a first user of a first communications device is unable to be contacted. A second mechanism enables a second user ... 11/01/07 - 20070253544 - Method and system for providing directory assistance to erroneous telephone calls A system and a method for automatically routing Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls made to an unavailable number to a directory assistance service for further assistance. An intercept system intercepts these erroneous VoIP calls and automatically routes them to a directory assistance service. The directory assistance service can provide ... 09/27/07 - 20070223668 - Inserting content into a connection using an intermediary Inserting audio content into one or more communications channels includes associating audio content with one or more corresponding triggers. A communications channel is established with an initiating device and a host, and a communications channel is established with a recipient device and the host. Voice communications are enabled to be ... 09/27/07 - 20070223667 - Service request apparatus and service request process method A service request apparatus that is connected to a service providing apparatus is disclosed. The service request apparatus includes: a failure state storing unit configured to store a failure state of the service providing apparatus; and a service request determination unit configured to refer to the failure state storing unit ... 09/20/07 - 20070217587 - Method and system for providing location information associated with a calling party Systems and methods for providing location information associated with a calling party are disclosed. Generally, a query is received from a network element. A location associated with a calling party is identified in response to receipt of the query, and an indication of the location is transmitted for delivery to ... 09/20/07 - 20070217586 - Animatronic creatures that act as intermediaries between human users and a telephone system An animatronic telephone agent consisting of a communications subsystem connected to a wired or wireless telephone network for receiving incoming telephone calls, and a robotic automaton coupled to the communications subsystem and responsive to incoming telephone calls for performing different movements that provide non-verbal visual cues to a human observer ... 09/20/07 - 20070217585 - Method and apparatus for event notification A method (300) and apparatus are disclosed for event notification. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a presence services system (PSS) (102) can have a controller (104) that manages operations of a communications interface (110). The controller can be programmed to monitor (302) ... 09/13/07 - 20070211876 - Systems and methods for consent-based recording of voice data Wireless telecommunications systems, methods and devices for processing voice data in connection with a wireless telecommunications system that includes a wireless remote device and a wireless recording device that are configured for communication with a network server. Methods include obtaining varying levels of consent from users of recording devices and/or ... 09/13/07 - 20070211875 - Method of controlling an electronic device using audio inputs A method of controlling an electronic device, during a voice call, using audio inputs, the method including detecting a first interrupt during the voice call while audio input control is disabled; controlling the electronic device, in response to detection of the first interrupt, to prevent the inclusion of audio inputs ... 09/06/07 - 20070206753 - System and method of providing multimedia communication services A system and method of providing multimedia communication services is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving contextual information including a subscriber identification associated with a wireline communication device at an intelligent service switch (ISS) of an integrated wireline-wireless (IWW) network from a network edge device, where the ... 08/30/07 - 20070201664 - Protocol builder for a call handling system Systems and methods are presented for handling calls. In one embodiment of the invention, a call handling system is configured for handling a variety of emergency and/or non emergency related calls. The call handling system may enable recognition of and response to received call information. The call handling system comprises ... 08/30/07 - 20070201663 - Method for listening to signal tone from a called party by a calling party during network interworking A method for listening to signal tone from a called party by a calling party during network interworking. When the media gateway control unit receives an Address Complete message or Call Progress message from the circuit domain network, the media gateway control unit instructs a media gateway to open a ... 08/30/07 - 20070201661 - Class-based call request routing Communication systems and methods are described that include class-based call request routing. Components of the communication systems are configured to receive information of a class at a calling device. In response to the class information, a call request is automatically generated and addressed to resources of a class group. The ... 08/30/07 - 20070201660 - Method and apparatus for blocking voice call spam The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining voice call spam, a method and service server for blocking voice call spam, a voice communication system that has applied the service server and a switch that is used in the voice communication system. The apparatus for determining voice call ... 08/30/07 - 20070201659 - Systems and methods to manage privilege to speak Methods and apparatuses to prioritize requests for speaking privilege in a communication session. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving from an audience one or more bids for privilege to speak in a communication session; selecting one or more speakers from the audience based at least in part on the ... 08/30/07 - 20070201658 - Method and system for implementing service triggered by off-hook A method for implementing a service triggered by off-hook includes: sending information of a service triggered by off-hook which is subscribed by a user to a service implementing server; carrying out an operation of the service triggered by off-hook according to the information of the service triggered by off-hook when ... 08/30/07 - 20070201657 - Method and system for providing a camp-on service for a network service A method for providing a camp-on service for a network service includes detecting a request from a user for access to a network service and detecting that the network service is unavailable. The method includes subscribing the user to a camp-on service for the network service. The method includes detecting ... 08/30/07 - 20070201656 - Time-scaling an audio signal For time-scaling an audio signal, which is distributed to a sequence of frames, one scaling period is removed from the audio signal within a current frame, in case the audio signal is to be shortened in the time-scaling. Moreover, a segment of the audio signal following upon the removed scaling ... 08/30/07 - 20070201655 - System and method for installing custom services on a component-based application platform A system and method for dynamically linking an extension service with an application, such that the application is configurable for deployment on a device and for interaction with the extension service during execution on a runtime environment of the device. The system and method comprise an input module for receiving ... 08/30/07 - 20070201654 - System and method for extending a component-based application platform with custom services A system and method for dynamically associating an application with an extension service to generate an extended, dynamically linked version of the application. The application is configurable for deployment on an electronic device and for subsequent interaction with the extension service during execution through communication messages defined in a structured ... 08/16/07 - 20070189484 - System and method for enabling external service logic for calls involving number portability lrns A system and method for handling a call involving Number Portability in a telecommunications network is provided. A Call Control Entity (CCE) detects a Location Routing Number (LRN) event invoking service logic on an External Network Entity (ENE), separate from the CCE, to provide enhanced service for ported calls. ... 07/19/07 - 20070165816 - Automated electronic telecommunications order translation and processing Systems and method for processing orders for telecommunications services are disclosed. Generally a telecommunications transaction set of an electronic data interchange standard is received, the telecommunications transaction set corresponding to a telecommunications product or service for a customer. An order for the telecommunications product or service is then generated based ... 07/19/07 - 20070165815 - Automatic routing and information system for telephonic services A system and method for automatically and seamlessly routing telephone calls across a telephone network. The system includes a telephone network interface box having a computer, a master file and client file stored in the computer. The master file is dynamically linked to the client file at routing time to ... 07/19/07 - 20070165811 - System and method for spam detection A caller verification system and method include generating a challenge to be sent to a caller which requires a response from the caller prior to accepting a call. A response or lack thereof is determined from the caller, and the response is analyzed relative to an acceptable response to determine ... 06/14/07 - 20070133773 - Composite services delivery Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for deploying and delivering composite services in an NGN network. A composite service enabling data processing system can include multiple channel servlets enabled to establish multiple different channels of access to a common session for a composite ... 06/07/07 - 20070127665 - System and method for creating and accessing outgoing telephone call log Outgoing call log data associated with a call from a subscriber's terminal is provided by a system including a switch, which receives the call from the subscriber's terminal and launches a query in response to the call, and a service controller, which receives the query and forwards call data to ... 06/07/07 - 20070127664 - Method and system for selection of mode of operation of a service in light of use of another service in an adsl system Methods and systems for use in connection with an asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) system being available to provide voice service and data service to the customer's premises. One service of the voice service or the data service is in use at the customer's premises, and the exemplary methods and ... 06/07/07 - 20070127663 - Method and system for providing service menu in communication system A method and system for providing service menu information when an alerting service is provided between a calling terminal and a called terminal are provided. For this includes transmitting, by a calling terminal, a call setup request message including a service menu request; comparing, by a first server, service capability ... 05/31/07 - 20070121865 - Enhanced whisper feature An enhanced whisper feature enables a user to engage simultaneously in disparate telephonic communication sessions by isolating audible input of the user from a select one of the telephonic communication sessions while providing audible output from each of the telephonic communication sessions to the user. The whisper feature can be ... 05/03/07 - 20070098145 - Hands free contact database information entry at a communication device A method, system, and program provides for hands free contact database information entry at a communication device. A recording system at a communication device detects a user initiation to record. Responsive to detecting the user initiation to record, the recording system records the ongoing conversation supported between the communication device ... 03/22/07 - 20070064899 - Method, system, and computer program product for providing privacy measures in instant messaging systems The present invention provides privacy measures in instant messaging systems. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: setting a time-out value for a message; sending the message to a receiving user; and displaying the message to the receiving user only for a time period equal ... 03/01/07 - 20070047713 - System and method for modifying package service subscriptions online A disclosed method allows service subscribers to modify service subscriptions online. Operations within the method may include receiving an order for a service package from a subscriber, wherein the service package includes multiple features. In response to the order, the features in the service package may automatically be cross referenced ... 01/04/07 - 20070003038 - System to capture communication information Apparatuses and methods to mask identification information to create billing mechanisms in an online listing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of operating an online listing system includes determining an identity of a user based on an identifier entered by the user that uniquely identified the user; ... 12/28/06 - 20060291636 - System and method for providing internet busy call treatment A method for providing called party phone line availability information to a calling party terminal attempting to call a called party terminal is provided. The method includes determining that the called party phone line is busy and engaged in an Internet call session, and sending the calling party terminal an ... 12/21/06 - 20060285670 - Method and apparatus for providing conference call services A method of scheduling and establishing a conference call in a telecommunications network including a conference call server and a database for storing conference call information. The method includes scheduling a conference call with at least one private chat room for a conference call originator, establishing the conference call with ... 12/21/06 - 20060285669 - Enhanced private call screening A method and apparatus for identifying a caller who does not provide caller identification on an unanswered call. The caller is asked to record his/her name (or some other characteristic utterance). If the call is unanswered, the record is retained and can be accessed by the called party when that ... 12/07/06 - 20060274892 - Communicating apparatus, control method of communicating apparatus, and control program of communicating apparatus In a communicating apparatus which makes speech and image communication, a proper communication path is selected by a simple construction of a low cost, thereby enabling data communication of a high-speed and high reliability to be performed. If a telephone number of an opponent station corresponds to an VoIP network, ... 11/23/06 - 20060262916 - Proxy server for internet telephony An apparatus and a method are provided for proxying communications between devices on an IP telephony network. In a preferred embodiment, an appliance comprising a network server and proxy server software includes filtering rules which can be modified to enable proxied communication between an IP phone on a first data ... 11/23/06 - 20060262915 - Proxy for application server An application server system is provided having a core engine connecting one or more protocol providers to one or more applications, preferably including an SCCP proxy. In a preferred embodiment, the one or more applications run on a respective one or more virtual machines having their own execution threads. A ... 11/09/06 - 20060251232 - Enhanced alerting system An enhanced alerting system delivers caller identification information to a user of a mobile communications device with the called device announcing in an audio format the name associated with a calling device. The enhanced alerting system may be implemented by an Internet Protocol (IP) based system, e.g., IP Multimedia Subsystem ... 10/26/06 - 20060239429 - Privacy screening services A privacy screening service allows a subscriber to send a call screening request during a telephone call. The call screening request may comprise a Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency key (e.g., “Touch Tones”) on a telephone keypad, a softkey entry on a communications device, and/or a data message from an Internet Protocol phone ... 10/12/06 - 20060227951 - Telephone communication system A telephone communication system in which a call-originating side and a call-incoming side communicate by telephone via a communication network capable of wideband communication and narrowband communication. When an apparatus exclusively used for narrowband communication, an apparatus capable of wideband communication and narrowband communication, and an apparatus exclusively used for ... 08/31/06 - 20060193456 - System and method for obtaining equipment status data over a network A system and method for equipment status data over a network. Equipment adapted for reporting status data indicative of the status of the equipment is connected to a first network A status file connected to the first network receives the status data from the equipment over the first network. A ... 08/31/06 - 20060193455 - System and method for establishing a call between a calling party and a called party over a wired network A system and method for establishing a telephone call between a calling party telephone and a called party telephone over a wired network. A telephone number associated with the called party telephone is monitored using a telephone status monitor to obtain a status of the called party telephone. The status ... 08/17/06 - 20060182248 - Incoming call screening, control and prioritisation in a telephone device A circuit for a telephone such as a mobile radiotelephone. The circuit has a memory for storing phonebook items and for storing group attributes associated with phonebook items, a connection to a radiotelephone receiver for receiving telephone calls and calling party identifications, and a controller for selecting the disposition of ... 08/10/06 - 20060177032 - Call extension in telecommunications systems A method is disclosed that enables a user of one telecommunications terminal that is engaged in a call to move or “extend” the call to a second telecommunications terminal without notifying any other party on the call of the move. This is particularly useful in many situations. For example, the ... 07/20/06 - 20060159245 - Testing user terminal status A network system and method of testing the terminal status so as to acquire the link status of the wired/wireless terminals associated to the VoIP-based network includes at least one user terminal which transmits a status message in response to a SIP-based Options message and a soft switch which transmits ... 06/29/06 - 20060140374 - System and method for obtaining a status of an authorization device over a network for administration of theatrical performances A system and method for determining the status of an authorization device over a network. Output signals indicative of the status of the authorization device are stored in a ticket file. An authorization datastore accesses the ticket file over the first network and obtains the status of the authorization device. ... 06/29/06 - 20060140373 - Method to invoke service among devices in home network This invention discloses a method of calling service among devices in home network, comprising following steps: a service calling party obtains a service handle of the called service by using the characterized information of the service, sends a service calling request information to a called party by using the obtained ... 06/22/06 - 20060133590 - Missed call alerts The present invention discloses a method of providing a Missed Call Alert (MCA) for a missed call to a first device in a first telecommunications network, wherein the MCA is provided to a second device in a second telecommunications network. The method comprises forwarding a call missed by the first ... 06/01/06 - 20060115064 - Method and apparatus for handling an incoming call A method for handling an incoming call received at an inbound terminal via an analog line is described. The method comprises receiving the incoming call at the inbound terminal; storing caller ID data enabling identification of incoming call; comparing a stored existing caller ID with the stored current caller ID ... 04/06/06 - 20060072726 - Wireless device to manage cross-network telecommunication services A communication remote control system allows a user to remotely configure call management functions across various phone networks using a client device. The communication remote control system centrally handles call management for the user's telephones. The communication remote control system may provide a centralized address book, call log, and voicemail. ... 04/06/06 - 20060072725 - Method and apparatus for processing routing requests The invention provides a method and apparatus for communication and provision of routing address information. The prior owner of a called telephone number is referred to herein as a “prior subscriber”. When a number is released by a prior subscriber, it is placed into a database referred to as the ... 03/30/06 - 20060067498 - Method and apparatus for accessing missed call information The invention comprises a method and apparatus for enabling missed call information to be accessed from a remote device via a packet network. Specifically, the method comprises receiving missed call information associated with a called party, storing the missed call information and transmitting the missed call information towards a remote ... 03/30/06 - 20060067497 - Dialog-based content delivery A method and apparatus that enable the delivery of relevant content to a telecommunications user engaged in a call are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment content is selected based on dialog of the call (e.g., speech text, etc.), and optionally, one or both of: (i) the state of the call ... 03/23/06 - 20060062366 - Overlapped voice conversation system and method Two or more calls to the same destination are mixed. The mixed audio information includes foreground and background calls. The call in the foreground is mixed with a higher volume level than background calls. A key, button, switches or other information is used to switch between foreground and background calls. ... 03/16/06 - 20060056612 - Context retention across multiple calls in a telephone interaction system A method of providing information to a user in a telephone interactive system includes receiving a new call. A comparison is then made between an identifier associated with the new call with stored call information pertaining to previous calls. If the identifier associated with the new call matches an identifier ... 01/05/06 - 20060002536 - System and method for real-time call log status A system and method for real-time call log status includes a call log database of call records representing transpired communication events. The call log is displayed for the user and includes a status indicator for each of the events. The status indicator may be an icon, a description, a pop-up ... 12/01/05 - 20050265531 - Device management system and method Embodiments of the present invention include device, methods, and computer code products which allow a user to customize the features which will be available after boot up of a device. The various embodiments can include a profile module adapted to store profiles and a startup management configured to start background ... 11/24/05 - 20050259802 - Architecture and implementation for control of context aware call processing with local feature definition A communication system comprising one or more ubiquitous sensor(s) for generating awareness data relating to a user, a context engine for receiving and processing the awareness data to determine the user's current context for the purpose of event handling, a policy engine for receiving and relating at least one pertinent ... 11/03/05 - 20050243987 - Process and server for routing telephone calls Process for managing calls to users of telecommunication networks, comprising the steps during which: the users each enter at least one call routing rule associating at least one condition applied to an incoming call characteristic with a routing action for the incoming call; a call routing server receives and determines ... 11/03/05 - 20050243986 - Dialog call-flow optimization The present invention is concerned with reorganizing dialog call-flow in the presence of resource constraints. A call-flow has a set of dialogs. The set of grammars in a given call-flow set of dialogs is determined. Each grammar has an associated resource requirement. The resource constraint of the device is also ... 10/27/05 - 20050238155 - Providing information on services in a communication system A method provides information on services in a communication system. The method includes obtaining information on services provided via the communication system. The method also includes receiving a request for a service from user equipment. The method also includes verifying, using the information, whether the service is available for the ... 09/22/05 - 20050207552 - Method and system for processing call setup messages using call attributes A system for processing calls based on call attributes includes a call screening processor arranged for receiving a call setup message for placing a call between an originating switch and a dialed number. The call setup message contains basic network information including at least the number dialed and information related ... 09/22/05 - 20050207551 - Cti system A CTI system comprises a telephone terminal (12-2) having an ID tag (18-2), a server-connected main unit (11, 13) for controlling the telephone terminal, and an information processing terminal (16-1) having an ID reader and a communication unit (CU). By positioning the ID reader of the information processing terminal and ... 09/15/05 - 20050201543 - Status monitoring system utilizing an rfid monitoring system A status monitoring system utilizing an RFID tag. In an embodiment of the present invention, a status of a receiving device comprises a device address, whether the device is able to receive communications from a sending device, and a recipient list of users able to use the receiving device at ... 09/15/05 - 20050201542 - Enhanced ip phone operation An enhanced IP telephone taking advantage of the many call-related functions provided by existing PBX systems. The enhanced IP telephone includes a thin computer telephony integration (CTI) client transmitting to a CTI server a command associated with a particular call-related function provided by a PBX unit. The CTI server translates ... 09/08/05 - 20050195952 - Telephone having ring stopping function A telephone comprising means for stopping the audible ringing due to an incoming call without answering or hanging up on the incoming call is disclosed. The telephone can be a portable telephone such as a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, or a satellite telephone. The means for stopping the audible ... 09/01/05 - 20050190906 - Application server component(s) providing of line-side service(s) associated with network address on home network for user to telephony device on remote network for the user One or more application server components employ one or more data streams to provide to a telephony device on a remote network for a user one or more line-side services associated with a network address on a home network for the user. ... 08/25/05 - 20050185782 - Local control of call features in a telephone system A residential phone system allows for local control of call features from any phone extension. The phone system may include a microcontroller that communicates along the phone lines at a non-utilized frequency to several extension phones in a residence. The microcontroller permits each phone to control call features such as ... 08/04/05 - 20050169448 - Automated electronic telecommunications order translation and processing A system and method for processing orders for telecommunication services received by a telecommunication services provider include receiving an electronic message in a first predefined format from a telecommunications customer, automatically processing the electronic message to identify information related to a telecommunications service offered by the telecommunications services provider, and ... 06/23/05 - 20050135585 - Telephone system responsive to call control protocol Some embodiments provide receipt by a telephone of call control signals from an external device, the call control signals associated with a third party call control protocol, and execution of telephone call functionality in accordance with the call control signals. ... 06/09/05 - 20050123114 - Methods and systems for telephony call completion The present invention is directed to processing calls to busy telecommunications lines. In one embodiment, the presence of a subscriber accessing a computer network over a first telephone line via a first computer terminal is detected, wherein the subscriber also has a first telephone station connected to the first line. ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |