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Method of providing point-to-multipoint service in mobile communication system

Patent Number: RE44198
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A method of providing a point-to-multipoint service in a mobile communication system and transmission controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a better quality of a point-to-multipoint service can be provided in a manner of coping with time-variable channel situation variable adaptively. In a mobile communication system providing a point-to-multipoint service, the present invention includes the steps of receiving data for the point-to-multipoint service from a base station, ...

Method for supporting session mobility

Patent Number: RE44169
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A method for supporting session mobility, more particularly, a method for supporting session mobility that can move various sessions between two or more devices by using session initiation protocol (SIP). Various sessions can be simultaneously moved by utilizing a SIP PUBLISH message. Accordingly, a user can utilize various services as they are regardless of changing of service receiving device while the user utilizes various services. Also, the session mobility can be effectively supported ...

Variable pulse width encoding for information transmission

Patent Number: H2274
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A method is provided for transmitting information incorporated into at least one message packet. The process includes encoding the message packet as a signal, which is afterwards transmitted and analyzed. The encoding operation assigns the message packet to correspond to a specific pulse width. The signal is transmitted across a channel. The analyzing operation parses the signal as corresponding to the specific pulse width, which is then decoded to obtain the message ...

Automatically configuring a distributed network analyzer to monitor identified inverse multiplex groups of an asynchronous transfer mode network

Patent Number: 8442077
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A method and apparatus of automatically identifying IMA links of an asynchronous transfer mode network and automatically configuring a distributed network analyzer to monitor the identified IMA links. Information is selectively extracted from streams of cell data exchanged across an asynchronous transfer mode network to automatically identify IMA links of the asynchronous transfer mode network, and automatically configuring a distributed network analyzer to monitor the identified IMA links. ...

Precise timing control of TD-SCDMA via an asynchronous serial interface

Patent Number: 8442076
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A timing control system includes a counter that is initiated by a time accurate strobe (TAS) signal. A counter value is recorded when a message arrives in a buffer. A baseband integrated circuit (BBIC) calculates an integer number of counter periods and a fraction of a counter period corresponding to a timing correction value received from a base station. The BBIC issues a TAS signal during a counter period that occurs at the integer number of counter periods. At an expiration of the ...

Disparate clock domain synchronization

Patent Number: 8442075
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Disparate clock domains are resynchronized after circuits in one of the clock domains awake from a reduced power state. Parallel test data is routed from a core circuit to a parallel-to-serial converter in an input/output (I/O) circuit. The parallel-to-serial converter clocks the parallel test data in response to a load signal. The load signal is varied until the clock domains are ...

Systems and methods for passing timing information over packet networks

Patent Number: 8442074
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for passing timing information over packet networks. In one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a transmitter inserts a timestamp into various packets being transmitted. A receiver determines the packet delay for each of these packets. The receiver monitors the packet delays of received packets over time to estimate a minimum packet delay for the network. Thereafter, the receiver uses the timestamps of received ...

Method and an apparatus for analyzing a communication network

Patent Number: 8442073
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The invention provides a novel method and apparatus for analyzing a communication network such as a computer network or a social network comprising nodes communicating with each other by means of messages. A topic discovery unit is provided for performing a topic discovery on the basis of a message content which can be formed by textual content. A segmentation unit performs a segmentation of a global network graph representing the communication network into topic sub-graphs depending on the ...

Method of preventing transport leaks in hybrid switching networks by extension of the link layer discovery protocol (LLDP)

Patent Number: 8442072
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An apparatus comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a first data structure comprising a first virtual local area network identifier (VID) and a first forwarding type, comparing the first VID and a first forwarding type with a second VID and a second forwarding type in a second data structure, and reporting a misprovisioned data structure if the first VID is the same as the second VID and the first forwarding type is not the same as the second forwarding ...

Relay device and wireless control network management system using the same

Patent Number: 8442071
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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There is provided a relay device for relaying first wireless communication and second wireless communication. The first wireless communication is based on a process control wireless communication standard, and the second wireless communication is based on another wireless communication standard than the process control wireless communication standard. The device includes: a superframe management unit configured to receive a first superframe of the first wireless communication from the ...

Fractional threshold encoding and aggregation

Patent Number: 8442070
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Fractional encoding of a packet into fractional packets and reconstruction of fractional packets into an original packet is disclosed. A packet is received. A plurality fractional packets is constructed from the received packet such that the received packet is fully reconstructable from a portion of the fractional packets. The portion is fewer than all of the fractional packets. At least one fractional packet is ...

System and method to enable uplink control for restricted association networks

Patent Number: 8442069
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate resource management in a wireless communication system. Various techniques described herein can enable a network cell in a wireless communication system (e.g. a macro cell) to mitigate the effects of interference on other surrounding network cells (e.g., femto cells embedded within the coverage of the macro cell). For example, a network cell can allocate control resources that overlap control resources of a nearby cell and assign ...

Apparatus for reduced mode transmission of DPCCH signaling and method thereof

Patent Number: 8442068
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A telecommunication apparatus (100) enabled for high-speed packet access is disclosed. The apparatus (100) is arranged to operate according to a reduced and a further reduced mode of transmission of dedicated physical control channel transmission, and has an operation mode controller (102). The operation mode controller (102) is arranged to determine a number of present consecutive dedicated physical data channel transmissions, and if the number of present ...

Using gathered system activity statistics to determine when to schedule a procedure

Patent Number: 8442067
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Provided are a method, system, and computer program product for using gathered system activity statistics to determine when to schedule a procedure. Activity information is gathered in a computer readable storage medium indicating activity in a computer system during time slots for recurring time periods, wherein each time period includes a plurality of time slots. A high activity value is determined comprising an activity amount of a slot having a maximum amount of activity among the slots ...

Method of changing channels and configuring a sub-network in a wireless network

Patent Number: 8442066
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A method of changing channels of a first device in a wireless network, which includes a first coordinator and at least one device, comprises searching whether another channel other than a first channel which is currently used in the wireless network is available, changing the first channel to a second channel among at least one or more available channels as a result of the searching step, and transmitting data to a second device or receiving data from the second device through the second ...

Apparatus and method for supporting quality of service in wideband wireless communication system using multiple frequency allocations

Patent Number: 8442065
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An apparatus and method for supporting Quality of Service (QoS) in a wideband wireless communication system using multiple Frequency Allocations (FAs) are provided. In a transmitting method for packet distribution in the wideband wireless communication system, the method includes, during a network entry process, determining a number of FAs through multi-FA capability negotiation; distributing packets, received from a superordinate layer, through the multiple FAs; and transmitting the ...

Virtual link aggregation of network traffic in an aggregation switch

Patent Number: 8442064
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Access switches in a switching system may use virtual aggregated links. When a link between an aggregation switch and an access switch fails, the link failure may be reflected in the virtual aggregated link and data traffic to another access switch may be switched away from the failed switch. A forwarding table in the access switch stores a number of entries that each define a correspondence between destination addresses and an output identifier for the switch. At least a first output ...

System and method for scheduling unicast and multicast traffic

Patent Number: 8442063
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A system and method for scheduling delivery of packetized data traffic at an output port of a network node featuring a hybrid queue with a unicast subqueue and a multicast subqueue. An interleave indicator for each unicast and multicast entry in the queue is used to toggle the header type field of the hybrid queue. Upon departure, a scheduler selects between the unicast subqueue and multicast subqueue as dictated by the state of the header type field. The disclosed interleave indicator ...

Group communication system using media server having distributed structure and method thereof

Patent Number: 8442062
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A group communication method in a terminal is provided, which includes: receiving session information and connection management server information; checking whether there is a connection terminal pre-connected to a session corresponding to the session information on own network; when there is the connection terminal at the check result, accessing to a media server that the pre-connected terminal accesses; when there is no connection terminal at the check result, receiving a media server ...

Gateway apparatus, information communication method, information communication program, and information communication system

Patent Number: 8442061
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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There is provided a gateway apparatus connected to at least one or more terminal devices in the same network, including a signaling module that relays transmission and reception of information until a communication session between a terminal device in the same network and a terminal device in another network has been established, a communication capability database in which capability information including at least information relating to communication capability of a plurality of terminal ...

Method and apparatus for providing signaling access

Patent Number: 8442060
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Signaling-only access may be established with an access node under certain circumstances such as, for example, upon determining that a node is not authorized for data access at the access node. A node that is not authorized for data access at an access node may still be paged by the access node through the use of signaling-only access. In this way, transmissions by the access node may not interfere with the reception of pages at the node. A first node may be selected for providing paging ...

Storage proxy with virtual ports configuration

Patent Number: 8442059
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A fiber channel network is configured into different zones. A first zone of the fiber channel network is configured with an initiator port, a first virtual port for a first physical port on a storage proxy, and a first virtual port for a second physical port on the storage proxy. A second zone of the fiber channel network is configured with a storage target port, a second virtual port for the first physical port on a storage proxy, and a second virtual port for the second physical port on ...

Locating stations between protocols

Patent Number: 8442058
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A wireless system including a first network protocol, a second network protocol, and an interoperability node. The interoperability node operable on the system to locate one or more stations within one or more of the first and second network ...

Queuing architectures for orthogonal requirements in quality of service (QoS)

Patent Number: 8442057
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A node in a mobile ad-hoc network or other network classifies packets (a) in accordance with a first set of priority levels based on urgency and (b) within each priority level of the first set, in accordance with a second set of priority levels based on importance. The node: (a) queues packets classified at highest priority levels of the first and/or second sets in high-priority output queues; (b) queues packets classified at medium priority levels of the first set in medium-priority output ...

Scheduling packets in a packet-processing pipeline

Patent Number: 8442056
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The disclosed embodiments relate to a packet-processing system. This system includes an input which is configured to receive packets, wherein the packets include control-message (CM) packets and traffic packets. It also includes a pipeline to process the packets, wherein the pipeline includes access points for accessing an engine which services requests for packets, wherein CM packets and traffic packets access the engine through different access points. The system additionally includes an ...

Information distribution system and method, terminal apparatus, server apparatus, data reception method, and data transmission method

Patent Number: 8442055
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An information distribution system and method capable of averaging a traffic load over time and effectively utilizing communication facilities, wherein a terminal station 30 transmits to a contents server 10 a distribution request for desired information including information of time limit of distribution, and the contents server 10 receives the distribution request, estimates a time band where the traffic load is small in the communications system in the period until ...

Method and core network node for establishing a connection through a core network

Patent Number: 8442054
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A method and core network node for establishing a connection between a first access node and a second access node. The first access node sends to a first core network node, a connection establishment request that includes a set of framing protocol parameters for the framing of information to be sent over an interface between the first access node and the first core network node. The first core network node stores the parameter set and initializes a connection to a further core network node ...

Establishing connection across a connection-oriented telecommunications network in response to a connection request from a second telecommunications network

Patent Number: 8442053
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A first Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Internet Protocol (IP) data network transmits data to a second MPLS IP network via a legacy network, which would not otherwise be able to handle the required user network interface (UNI) protocol by configuring the legacy network and its network management system (TNMS) so that they emulate an MPLS network. When a first network element (NE) receives a connection (UNI) request from the MPLS network under a UNI protocol, the UNI request is passed ...

Forward packet recovery

Patent Number: 8442052
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A method for providing ordered data packets to a processor is provided. The method comprises receiving a plurality of data packets, each comprising an order identifier. At least one out-of-order data packet of the plurality of data packets is placed in a priority queue. One or more correction packets are received. One or more missing data packets or corrupted data packets of the plurality of data packets are detected based on the one or more correction packets. The one or more missing data ...

Data transmission method for HSDPA

Patent Number: 8442051
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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In the data transmission method of an HSDPA system according to the present invention, a transmitter transmits Data Blocks each composed of one or more data units originated from a same logical channel, and a receiver receives the Data Block through a HS-DSCH and distributes the Data Block to a predetermined reordering buffer. Since each Data Block is composed of the MAC-d PDUs originated from the same logical channel, it is possible to monitor the in-sequence delivery of the data units, ...

Apparatus and method of controlling LSP of RSVP-TE protocol using label with availability of end-to-end range

Patent Number: 8442050
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Provided are a method and apparatus of controlling a Label Switched Path (LSP) of a Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) protocol, which may define an available label in an End-to-End range when a label is not changed by transit nodes, and is determined only by an external management system or a manager, or an ingress node or an egress node, thereby more simply and effectively operating the RSVP-TE protocol, and removing limitations in functions of nodes such as path ...

Base station and attaching method thereof

Patent Number: 8442049
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A base station and an attaching method thereof are provided. A relay network system comprises the base station, a relay station and a core network. The base station is connected with the core network via a backhaul link. The base station comprises a processing unit and a transceiver. The processing unit is configured to setup a communication link procedure between the relay station and the core network corresponding to a link request from the relay station, and to create a mapping table for ...

Methods and apparatus for configuring a virtual network switch

Patent Number: 8442048
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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In one embodiment, a method includes sending a configuration signal to a virtual network switch module within a control plane of a communications network. The configuration signal is configured to define a first network rule at the virtual network switch module. The method also includes configuring a packet forwarding module such that the packet forwarding module implements a second network rule, and receiving status information from the virtual network switch module and status information ...

Method, system, router and apparatus for implementing switching between layer-2 multicast route tracing and layer-3 multicast route tracing

Patent Number: 8442047
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Disclosed herein are a method for implementing switching between layer-2 multicast route tracing and layer-3 multicast route tracing, and a method, a system, a router and an apparatus for differentiating between a layer-2 property and a layer-3 property. One of the methods includes: The query apparatus judges whether to perform layer-2 multicast route tracing, and adds an IP option of layer-2 multicast route tracing into the IGMP Tracert Query packet if layer-2 multicast route tracing needs ...

Sending routing protocol data on a multi-access network segment

Patent Number: 8442046
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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In one embodiment, a method includes setting a re-flood time to a non-zero first value. Update data that indicates a change to link data is received over a network interface from an updating node of multiple nodes on a multi-access segment connected to the interface. The change is to link data that indicates links on the updating node. It is determined whether an acknowledgment message is not received within the re-flood time from a particular node of the multiple nodes. If an ...

Multicast packet forwarding using multiple stacked chassis

Patent Number: 8442045
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A stacked chassis comprising multiple physical switch/router chassis operates without any special stacking hardware or stacking channels. Instead, a stacking LAG is installed between front-end switch ports on the stacked chassis. The chassis controllers negotiate a master, which controls operation of all chassis in the stack. A stacked-chassis-wide port numbering scheme is used to distribute information to all line cards in the system. Each line card processes the information to distill ...

Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data

Patent Number: 8442044
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A digital broadcasting system and a method of processing data are disclosed. Herein, additional encoding is performed on mobile service data, which are then transmitted, thereby providing robustness in the processed mobile service data, so that the mobile service data can respond more strongly against fast and frequent channel changes. The method of processing data in a transmitting system includes receiving mobile service data, encapsulating the received mobile service data to a transport ...

Service selection mechanism in service insertion architecture data plane

Patent Number: 8442043
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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As described herein, explicit service ordering information may be associated with each of a plurality of logical services in a service path. A unique sequence number, for example, may be assigned, and associated with each service in the path. The sequence number may be assigned by a service broker in the control plane of a service insertion architecture that provides a platform-independent framework to insert services into a network. The sequence number may represent the relative ordering ...

Appliance and a consumable holder with an embedded virtual router

Patent Number: 8442042
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An embedded virtual router is provided for a system comprising a device having a first software component configured to obtain and convey information associated with a consumable and an appliance having a second software component configured to perform a physical cycle of operation on an article using the consumable. The embedded virtual router encapsulates the two software components so that collaboration between them is uniform and identical whether the collaboration is over a network or ...

Virtual service domains

Patent Number: 8442041
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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In one embodiment, ports of a network device are assigned to virtual service domains (VSDs). The ports are coupled to a virtual Ethernet module (VEM) of the network device. Each VSD is associated with one or more virtual service engines (VSEs) in a particular order. Each VSE is configured to apply a particular service to traffic traversing the VSE. Traffic received at a virtual Ethernet module (VEM) of the network device that is destined for a particular VSD, and is received on a port that ...

Modular adaptation and configuration of a network node architecture

Patent Number: 8442040
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention provides a system, apparatus and method for modularly adapting a network node architecture to function in one of a plurality of potential node types. The architecture includes a configurable switching element, integrated optics, and a plurality of modules that allow a “type” of node to be adapted and configured within the base architecture. The module interfaces may be optical or electrical and be used to construct various different types of nodes including ...

Method, user equipment and server for multimedia session transfer

Patent Number: 8442039
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention discloses a method, User Equipment (UE), and server for multimedia session transfer, and relates to a mobile communication technology, and in particular, to a technology for transferring multimedia sessions from a Circuit Switched (CS) network to a Packet Switched (PS) network. The method includes: receiving a session transfer request sent by a UE, where the session transfer request carries a static Session Transfer Identifier (STI); executing a procedure for ...

Method and network unit for setting up a connection in a second network

Patent Number: 8442038
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Method and network unit for setting up a connection in a second network (16) from a first user terminal (21) to a second user terminal (22), when a connection in a first network (15) is present between the first user terminal (21) and at least the second user terminal (22). The connection in the second network (16) is initiated using a context dependent second network address, the context dependent second network address identifying a ...

System and method for device registration replication in a communication network

Patent Number: 8442037
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A system for device registration replication in a packet-based network includes a first call manager and a second call manager that are coupled to the packet-based network. The first and second call managers each control one or more devices and store composite registration information associated with the devices. The first call manager communicates status information to the second call manager in response to a change in the control status of a device controlled by the first call manager. ...

Image communication apparatus

Patent Number: 8442036
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An image communication apparatus comprises: a call connection control unit that establishes a session with a communication partner using an SIP message; and an image communication control unit that controls an image communication, wherein (i) when the call connection control unit receives, as a calling party, from a called party, an INVITE SIP message in which a T.38 communication and a first priority transport are specified in a session description protocol, and when a second priority ...

Method and device for grandparent media realm for session border controllers

Patent Number: 8442035
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A method may include receiving handshake signals to establish a media session between at least two endpoints, determining location information of the at least two endpoints based on the handshake signals, and releasing media exchanged between the at least two endpoints if it is determined that the location information of the at least two endpoints indicates that the at least two endpoints are in a same ...

Dual mode network telephony gateway

Patent Number: 8442034
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A system and method for routing and interacting with a dual mode network telephony environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes an external analog telephony line, a DSL modem, an analog telephony bridge controller, one or more additional analog telephony lines, and a communication center computer. The system routes analog and Voice-over-Internet Protocol calls between the analog telephony lines and the communication center computer. Furthermore, the communication center ...

Distributed voice over internet protocol recording

Patent Number: 8442033
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Included are embodiments of systems and methods for recording data related to a communication. One exemplary embodiment, among others includes receiving data related to a communication from a communications device, recording at least a portion of the data related to the communication, determining a time of reduced network activity and sending at least a portion of the data related to the communication to a central recording server at a time of low network ...

Method and system for customer selected direct dialed voice-over-internet protocol (VOIP)

Patent Number: 8442032
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A Voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) communications network system that enables direct-dialed (single-stage) access to the Internet Protocol (IP) network from the circuit-switched network. Specifically, the VoIP network system includes a VoIP service implemented on a communications system which, after a customer number has been registered for the service, automatically recognizes calls from the registered customer's telephone number and determines if the call can be routed as a VoIP call ...

Method and apparatus for utilizing network services in a manner substantially transparent to service endpoints

Patent Number: 8442031
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The invention includes a method and apparatus for regenerative signaling. Specifically, the method includes receiving at least one base protocol message formatted in accordance with at least one base protocol, obtaining service information associated with at least one network service, and generating, in response to the at least one base protocol message, at least one companion protocol message formatted in accordance with at least one companion protocol. The at least one base protocol ...