Ameritech Corporation

Sbc Properties, L.p.

At&t Intellectual Property I, LP

At&t Knowledge Ventures, LP

Sbc Services, Inc.

Other

Sbc Technology Resources, Inc.

At&t Labs, Inc.

At&t Services, Inc.

At&t Teleholdings, Inc.

Gordon Lynn Blumenschein

Susanne Marie Crockett

Dianna Inara Tiliks

Jeffrey James Meek

Thomas Joseph McBlain

Carol Shifrin Gruchala

James Daniel Kovarik

John Wesley Moss

William Harvey Meek

Kenneth Robert Stroud

Nancy Ann Book

Karen Jeanne Pelletier

Scott Ryan Watry

Douglas Marshall

Carlos H Donoso

Roger Albert Sosa

Laura Marie Griffith

William Trost

David Anthony Orwick

Todd August Bartels

William M Moy

Mary Louise Hardzinski

Stephen Mark Mueller

Laura Kay Culli

Thomas Lee Adams

Richard Everett Sabinson

Elizabeth Goldwyn Gibson

Anthony A Haeuser

Melanie Murphy

Donald W Buell

Michael Albert Machacek

Paul H Vlasek

Paul Wilczynski

Timothy R Whiting

Scott E Bowers

Xiaolian Yang Bi

Eugene J Wagner

Rodney T Brand

Gilbert Badillo

Uma Rao

Peter Robert Neuwald

Barbara Jablonski

Jayson Anthony O'Neill

Matthew D Brooks

Ronald Stephan Urban

A system and method for emergency telephone call notification. The system includes an AIN capable switch, a service control point (SCP) having a database of designated contact numbers associated with a service subscriber telephone number, and an intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the SCP for contacting the designated contact numbers. The method includes the steps of recognizing an N11 trigger and the SCP initiating telephone calls, via the IP, to each of the contact numbers corresponding to the telephone number of the subscriber making the emergency telephone call.

Emergency telephone call notification service system and method

A method of operating a telecommunications network includes, in one embodiment, detecting a call at an originating switch of the telecommunications network and, when a destination for the call matches a predetermined destination, routing the call on designated data trunks. When traffic on the designated data trunks exceeds a capacity threshold, the method further includes routing the call to a terminating switch using interoffice trunks and completing the call to the destination from the terminating switch.

Direct route ISDN primary route interface

A method and system for transmitting a facsimile message uses a public-switched telecommunications network, the public-switched telecommunication network having a messaging platform capable of storing a plurality of facsimile messages. The initiation of a telephone call to a destination is detected, the content of the call including the facsimile message. If the destination is available at a first time to receive a telephone call, the facsimile message is transmitted. The facsimile message may be stored on the messaging platform only if the destination is unavailable at the first time, or every time a telephone call is initiated by the originating party. The method also provides for situations where a telephone call is redirected, where an inter-NPA seven digit dialing case has occurred, and where 'busy' or 'no_answer' triggers are implemented. If the facsimile message was stored, the facsimile message is transmitted at a second time if the destination is available.

Methods and telecommunications system for transmitting a facsimile message

Method and telecommunications system for transmitting a facsimile message

An enhanced Calling Party Pays (CPP) or Paging Party Pays (PPP) system that enables 1) billing of calls originating from traditionally non-billable sources, 2) routing of incoming calls to voicemail if the caller does not wish to incur the additional charges, 3) allowing the caller to complete the call and charge the cellular (or paging) subscriber for additional air-time usage when the caller enters a PIN or security code, also referred to as a billing override code, and 4) allowing the caller to block CPP/PPP charges from being billed to the calling party.

Calling-party-pays call processing for cellular and paging

A method for updating communications service parameters includes receiving, at a platform configured for speech recognition functionality and corresponding to a communications address associated with verbally updating communications service parameters, a voice instruction from a requester to update a communications service parameter. The voice instruction is translated into digital command data and the digital command data and the update to the communications service parameter are stored in a database. A change in a communications service corresponding to the update to the communications service parameter is implemented in near real-time.

Voice enhancing for advance intelligent network services

An method and apparatus for efficiently querying a service manager are provided. The method includes running a thread that includes a common object request broker architecture (CORBA) request. The request includes a structured query language string. The request, including the structured query language string, is forwarded to the service manager.

Structured query language (SQL) query via common object request broker architecture (CORBA) interface

An advanced intelligent network (AIN) based system and method that allows a subscriber connected to the Internet to receive customized call alerts and caller identification information concerning an incoming telephone call. Using client software, the subscriber associates telephone numbers to sound files. Then, when an incoming call with caller identification information is received, the client software determines whether the incoming telephone number points to a sound file. If so, the client software directs the sound file to play.

Method and system for presenting customized call alerts in a service for internet caller identification

A telecommunications service translates an abbreviated dialing code into a toll free number, routes the call to an interexchange carrier, and manages the billing associated with the call. A billing system processes the billing such that a subscriber of the abbreviated dialing code service is billed for the call rather than a calling party.

Method of billing in an abbreviated dialing service

The present invention relates to a service for providing call reports to a subscriber related to non-answered calls for calls attempted between at least two parties. Using telecommunications switch triggers, call status related to answered, busy, and unanswered calls is collected in a record and used to populate a report. The report is then provided to a report formatter that formats the report so that it is suitable for presentation to a subscriber. The reported call information can be provided to the report formatter in near real time.

Call management reports

A service includes verbally editing at least one parameter of a subscriber's advanced intelligent network (AIN) service using speech recognition functionality of an intelligent peripheral. A call is received from the subscriber at a switch, including a dialed number for editing the AIN service. A connection is established with the intelligent peripheral in response to the dialed number. Call service data, including the parameter, is retrieved from a database. The intelligent peripheral plays a voice announcement identifying the parameter to the subscriber, receives a voice instruction from the subscriber in response to the voice announcement and translates the voice instruction into digital command data relating to a change to the parameter. The digital command data and the change to the parameter are stored in the database for near real-time implementation. The intelligent peripheral and the database are likewise accessible by the subscriber through a packet switched data network.

Method and telecommunication system for transmitting a facsimile message

A method for providing a messaging service in a telecommunication system () includes providing a calling party with an option to leave a voice message (). If the calling party accepts the option, determining screening criteria for the called communication station (). In response to the screening criteria, the call is selectively completed to a messaging service ().

Method and system for termination blocking of message delivery service in a switch-based telecommunication system

An enhanced Calling Party Pays (CPP) or Paging Party Pays (PPP) system that enables 1) billing of calls originating from traditionally non-billable sources, 2) routing of incoming calls to voicemail if the caller does not wish to incur the additional charges, 3) allowing the caller to complete the call and charge the cellular (or paging) subscriber for additional air-time usage when the caller enters a PIN or security code, also referred to as a billing override code, and 4) allowing the caller to block CPP/PPP charges from being billed to the calling party

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Woodridge, IL, United States of America

Gordon Lynn Blumenschein