Two-wire control system
The object of this invention is to provide an electronic system by which power is supplied to electrical loads via a power line, a second signal is transmitted and received by remote devices using tha... Read More
Inventors: Kirchner, Robert D.;, Assignee: |
Apparatus and method for reducing errors in data caused by noise through use of blanking
The present invention is used in a communications apparatus for communicating packets of information over a power distribution line where the information is carried by a carrier signal having a freque... Read More
Inventors: Sutterlin, Philip H.; Downey, Walter J.; Chui, Benjamin W.; Stewart, J. Marcus; Hurlbut, Amy O.;, Assignee: Echelon Corporation (Palo Alto, CA) |
Transformer coupler for communication over various lines
OF THE INVENTION Referring now to the Figures, wherein like numbers designate like or corresponding parts throughout each of the several views, there is shown in FIGS. 6 and 6A block diagrams of a po... Read More
Inventors: Abraham, Charles;, Assignee: |
Method for transferring switch-based information to an external network element
This detailed description provides first a general description of the present invention, and then provides a description of the preferred environment (FIG. 1) for embodiments of the present invention... Read More
Inventors: Malik, Dale W.;, Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Method and apparatus for selecting data from multiple sources for a telephone display
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an ISDN switching network. Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention is described in connection with an ISDN network, the invention may also b... Read More
Inventors: Jreij, Elie Antoun; Bilgutay, Vedat M.; Burnett, Bruce E.; Howard, Graham; Fredericks, Heinz-Josef; Joerg, Paul-Gerhard; Molewski, Gert;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, DE); Siemens Information & Communication Networks Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) |
Flexible customer billing solution for telephone systems utilizing intelligent peripherals in advanced intelligent network
We claim: 1. A billing system in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) comprising at least one central office switching system, wherein a peripheral subsystem is connected to said central office switc... Read More
Inventors: Creamer, Thomas Edward; Gandhi, Shailesh; Jaiswal, Peeyush; Mansey, Pradeep Parsram; Micheals, Joan;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method for delivering call related information to a video display
It is an object of the present invention to provide methods and apparatus which will overcome the disadvantages and meet the needs discussed above. It is also an object of the present invention to coo... Read More
Inventors: Voit, Eric A.; Sours, Larry W.; Liptak, Lance S.; DePaul, Kenneth E.;, Assignee: Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. (Arlington, VA) |
Method and apparatus for identifying and handling on-line access calls within a switch
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an example network environment of the present invention. In this network, protocol conversion and call identification is performed by the originating switch ... Read More
Inventors: Jiang, Shou-Huey; Fair, Geoffrey William; Medeiros, Steven Robert;, Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation (Montreal, CA) |
Internet-based telephone call manager
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 1. A method of providing an indication of a message waiting at a voice messaging service... Read More
Inventors: Meubus, Charles; Jodoin, Sylvain; Bernardi, Alan;, Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (Montreal, CA) |
Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting with verification and name change service
OF THE INVENTION By way of example, FIG. 1 depicts a system 10 of a preferred embodiment. The system 10 comprises a network 20, a called communication station 30 connected with the network 20 and a c... Read More
Inventors: Crockett, Susanne Marie; McBlain, Thomas Joseph; Hardzinski, Mary Louise; Bossemeyer, Jr., Robert Wesley;, Assignee: Ameritech Corporation (Hoffman Estates, IL) |
Switchable POTS splitter
What is claimed is: 1. A switchable plain old telephone service-splitter for separating a voice signal from a data signal having (a) high pass filter for the data signal including at least one capacit... Read More
Inventors: Caldera, Peter; Haeusler, Roland;, Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG (Munich, DE) |
Advanced interactive voice response service node
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Overview The present invention is directed to an advanced interactive voice response (IVR) service node, referred to as a next generation service node (NGSN). In one oper... Read More
Inventors: Campbell, Jeffrey W.; Fly, Henry N.; Holmes, Allen; Hutton, Daniel; Moldenhauer, Judy A.; Santa, Phyllis D.;, Assignee: WorldCom, Inc. (Clinton, MS) |
System and method for recognizing and routing telephone calls involving hearing or speech impaired persons
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference numbers refer to like parts, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the invention for recognizing and routing tel... Read More
Inventors: Dowens, Jac P.;, Assignee: Lucent Technology Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Method and apparatus for assisting speech and hearing impaired subscribers using the telephone and central office
With recent advancements in computing and telephony technology, there is a new method for individuals who are hearing or speech impaired to participate in telephony conversations. Devices for speech a... Read More
Inventors: Alcendor, Tommy R.; Colson, Vicki L.; Mandalia, Baiju D.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method for providing additional information to a telephone customer having a non-published telephone number
The present invention provides an improvement to telephone networks and more specifically to the service provided to non-published customers of the telephone network. The present invention provides a ... Read More
Inventors: Gilbert, Lanny;, Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Digital subscriber line (DSL) modem compatible with home networks
An aspect of the present invention provides a filter which can be used in a ADSL modem (or CPE in general) to filter the undesirable components such that the filtered component is suitable for subsequ... Read More
Inventors: Easwaran, Prakash; Oswal, Sandeep;, Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX) |
Coin release mechanism of payphone
An object of the present invention is to provide a payphone coin release device, which has a pivotal intermediate link to transmit the force from the driving link to the driven link, to function more ... Read More
Inventors: Cheng, Li-Der; Lee, Yi-Rong;, Assignee: |
Method of billing a value-added call
FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram for an automatic call distribution (ACD) system that is programmed to operate according to the present invention. An exemplary ACD system that is suitable for t... Read More
Inventors: Felger, David;, Assignee: |
Billing for abbreviated dialing plan service
OF EMBODIMENTS In view of the above, the present invention through one or more of its various aspects and/or embodiments is presented to accomplish one or more objectives and advantages, such as thos... Read More
Inventors: Fleischer, III, Harold C.; Morales, Louis Michael; Simino, John E.; Stroud, Kenneth Robert;, Assignee: SBC Technology Resources, Inc. (Austin, TX) |
X-ray source
OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION With reference first to FIG. 1, a preferred embodiment of the X-ray source 10 of the present invention is there shown and comprises an elongated enc... Read More
Inventors: Armentrout, Charles J.; Basinger, Thomas J.;, Assignee: Pilot Industries, Inc. (Dexter, MI) |
Shared information between multiple telephones
In accordance with the principles of the present invention, a customer premises equipment is capable of synchronizing data with other customer premises equipment. The customer premises equipment compr... Read More
Inventors: Ubowski, Richard M.;, Assignee: Agere Systems Guardian Corp. (Orlando, FL) |
Dual-mode ISDN/STN video telephony terminal
The present invention overcomes these disadvantages. The object of the invention is a dual-mode visiophone terminal for use on an integrated services digital network (ISDN) or a switched telephone net... Read More
Inventors: Herve, Philippe;, Assignee: Thomson-CSF (Paris, FR) |
Multi-channel telephone data collection, collaboration and conferencing system and method of using the same
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a multi-channel telephone data collection, collaboration and conferencing system and method that permits the conference participants to sc... Read More
Inventors: Sorensen, Jeffrey Scott; Dharanipragada, Satyanarayana; Tydlitat, Borivoj;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System and method for completing private or unknown calls made to subscribers to a privacy screening service
The present invention is a system and method that allows calls to be completed to subscribers who have subscribed to a privacy screening service, even when the subscriber and the caller have private n... Read More
Inventors: Hussain, Aamir M.; Holt, Scott C.;, Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Communication on hold
In accordance with the purpose of the present invention as broadly described herein, there is provided method and system for placing a communication on hold. According to one embodiment of the present... Read More
Inventors: Kerner, Yair; Shalem, Iddit; Olafsson, Sverrir;, Assignee: Conexant Systems, Inc. (Newport Beach, CA) |
Method and apparatus for executing a scheduled operation after wake up from power off state
An object of the present invention is to provide an improved digital computer system executing a scheduled operation with the system having the apparatus and method to execute the sceheduled operation... Read More
Inventors: Lim, Jae-Doo; Lee, Chang-Ho;, Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Kyungki-do, KR) |
Method and apparatus for provisioning a soft switch
Generally speaking, pursuant to these various embodiments, a provisioning server couples to (or optionally can be made a part of) a soft switch that is otherwise comprised of a plurality of logical c... Read More
Inventors: Tripathi, Anoop; Sardesai, Ashish; Ramakrishna, Sudhakar;, Assignee: 3Com Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Ring oscillator clock generator network
Errors caused by distributing a clock signal may be reduced, according to the invention, by generating a distributed clock signal from a ring structure coupled to a chain structure. The ring structure... Read More
Inventors: Kermani, Bahram Ghaffarzadeh;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Method and system for selective notification of E-mail messages
It will be understood that the following detailed description is exemplary and intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. The present invention relates to an improved commun... Read More
Inventors: Skladman, Julia; Thornberry, Jr., Robert Joseph;, Assignee: Ameritech Corporation (Hoffman Estates, IL) |
Method and apparatus for routing an anonymous call
A method and apparatus are provided for allowing an anonymous call to be completed without forcing the calling party to hang up and redial even though the called party's active subscriber features inc... Read More
Inventors: Strickland, David;, Assignee: Ericsson Inc (Research Triangle Park, NC) |
Ring Tones 
