Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC

Hewlett-packard Company

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Andrew Franklin Seaborne

Colin Andrew Low

Nicolas Bouthors

James H Waldo

Michael Dean Whitmarsh

Brian W McBride

Peter S Showman

Kenneth C Arnold

Brian D Harrison

Douglas B Robinson

Ulf Beyschlag

Nicolas Raguideau

Michael J Cannon

Lamar D Smith

D Jeffrey Hoffman

Marlena E Erdos

Service resource items for use in call setup in a telephone system are held on servers that are connected to a computer network which is logically distinct from the telephone system infrastructure; this computer network may, for example, make use of the Internet. Each service item is locatable on the network at a corresponding URI and is associated with a particular telephone number. A mapping is provided between telephone numbers and the URIs of associated service resource items. When it is desired to access a service resource item associated with a particular telephone number, this mapping is used to retrieve the corresponding URI which is then used to access the desired service resource item.

Method for accessing service resource items that are for use in a telecommunications system

Method and apparatus for accessing service resource items that are for use in a telecommunications system

Method and apparatus for accessing communication data relevant to a target entity identified by a number string

Service resource items () for use in call setup in a telephone system are held on servers () that are connected to a computer network which is logically distinct from the telephone system infrastructure; this computer network may, for example, make use of the Internet. Each service item () is locatable on the network at a corresponding URI and is associated with a particular telephone number. A mapping is provided between telephone numbers and the URIs of associated service resource items. When it is desired to access a service resource item () associated with a particular telephone number, this mapping is used to retrieve the corresponding URI (step) which is then used to access the desired service resource item ().

Service resource items () for use in call setup in a telephone system are held on servers () that are connected to a computer network which is logically distinct from the telephone system infrastructure, this computer network may, for example, make use of the Internet. Each service resource item () is locatable on the network at a corresponding URI and is associated with a particular telephone number. A mapping is provided between telephone numbers and the URIs of associated service resource items. When it is desired to access a service resource item () associated with a particular telephone number, this mapping is used to retrieve the corresponding URI (step) which is then used to access the desired service resource item ().

Service resource items () for use in call setup in a telephone system are held on servers () that are connected to a computer network which is logically distinct from the telephone system infrastructure; this computer network may, for example, make use of the Internet. Each service resource item () is locatable on the network at a corresponding URI and is associated with a particular telephone number. A mapping is provided between telephone numbers and the URIs of associated service resource items. When it is desired to access a service resource item () associated with a particular telephone number, this mapping is used to retrieve the corresponding URI (step) which is then used to access the desired service resource item ().

Method and apparatus for determining a telephone number for accessing a target entity

A system and method of brokering a print job between a customer and a plurality of print providers includes defining a network communication link between the customer and a print brokering system controller having a printing capability of each of the print providers registered therewith. The print brokering system controller compares a print request for the print job with the printing capability of each of the print providers and determines which of the print providers have the printing capability to fulfill the print request. As such, the print brokering system controller compiles a list of the print providers which have the printing capability to fulfill the print request.

Internet print brokering system and method

A method of accessing service resource items for use in setting up bearer channels through a switched telecommunications system including the step of provisioning one or more servers connected to a computer network with a plurality of service resource items that are located with corresponding known URIs. The computer network is logically distinct from a telecommunications system and the service resource items relate to setup control for bearer channels through the telecommunications system. Each of the service resource items is associated with a respective predetermined code. The predetermined codes are distinct from the URIs and identify end-point entities for the bearer channels. The method also includes providing a mapping between the predetermined codes and the known URI of the service resource item associated with its predetermined code. The method further includies utilizing the predetermined codes to access service resource items by using the mapping to determine the URI corresponding to that resource item and then using the URI to access the service resource item.

Method of accessing service resource items that are for use in a telecommunications system

Content items (,) are held on Internet servers (,) with each item being locatable at a corresponding URI and having an associated identifying number (&ldquo;,&rdquo;) that can be input using a telephone keypad. A PSTN is provided with an intelligent peripheal (,) that has connectivity with the Internet (,). To access a particular content item (,), a telephone user (A) inputs a service designator code (&ldquo;,&rdquo;) followed by the identifying number (&ldquo;,&rdquo;) of the required content item (,). The intelligent peripheral (,) translates the input identifying number to the URI of the required item. This URI is then used by the intelligent peripheral (,) to retrieve the required content item and deliver it to the telephone user (A), typically as a speech rendition of the item.

Method of making available content resources to users of a telephone network

Method of accessing a target entity over a communications network

An object oriented distributed computing system is provided. Processing means call a location service within automatically generated stubs in response to a request for a service provided by a particular object. The location service is automatically called on behalf of the requester to locate the target object when the request is issued. Multiple Object Managers reflecting multiple Object Models are permitted in the system. Programmers and users do not need to know the Object Model adhered to by an Object Manager. A request to any object in the system is independent of the Object Model of the sought object's Object Manager. A generic interface enables new Object Managers reflecting new Object Models to be easily added to the system. Availability of the target object is independent of association of the target object with a process at the time the request was issued. Deactivation of processes is automatically accomplished in response to the system needing resources.

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Andrew Franklin Seaborne