Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Marc Brandt

Sharad Singhal

Siani Lynne Pearson

John O'Connell

Alain Guigui

Fred A Cummins

Pierre Sauvage

Robert H Hyerle

David Mansutti

Philippe Wieczorek

Jean-Philippe Caradec

Xavier Peuziat

Galina Guyot

Senthil-Kumar Ananda Ganesan

Valerie Sauvage, Legal Representative

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a communication system and method for supporting multiple communications between users using a plurality of different services.

Communications system and method

In one embodiment, a data set is received at a network service element of a network service, a location record for that data set is generated, and the location record is sent to a location registry within the network service to monitored locations of that data set within a network service. The network service element is operatively coupled to a communications link. The location record is generated based on a portion of the data set and a cryptographic key associated with the network service element. The location record uniquely identifies the presence of the data set at the network service element.

Methods, apparatus and systems for monitoring locations of data within a network service

A method and system for sharing status information across a plurality of communication networks is presented. Such a method and system is adapted to collect and make available network session status information and to collect and make available network user status information.

Sharing status information across a plurality of communication networks

In one implementation, encrypted data and a virtual machine are stored together as a virtual machine-data image, wherein the virtual machine is configured to EXERT management control over the data based on policies set by an owner of the data. In another implementation, metadata defining or tagging policies for usage of data is associated with the data. Control capabilities of service providers are mapped to the policies, wherein those service provider environments that best satisfy the controls mapped to the policies are identified.

Data management using a virtual machine-data image

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, in a telecommunication system, of establishing a connection between a calling terminal and a called terminal, the called terminal having an associated presence status, the connection establishment being initiated by a connection establishment request sent by the calling terminal, comprising: obtaining, in response to the connection establishment request, the presence status associated with the called terminal; and supplying the obtained presence status to the calling terminal.

Relating to telephone communications

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided apparatus for controlling a communications system having a plurality of voice channels and a user terminal for receiving at least one of the voice channels comprising: a receiving element for receiving a plurality of the voice channels, a controller for identifying one of the voice channels to be monitored, an event detection element for detecting the presence of a predeterminable event in the identified voice channel, and an alert generator for generating an alert when the predetermined event is detected.

Multiple voice channel communications

A method of selectively sending a DTMF tone from a terminal to a first or a second destination, wherein the terminal sends a signal comprising at least one DTMF tone to an intermediate module prior to distribution to the intended destination, comprising: receiving the signal at the intermediate module; analyzing the nature of any DTMF tones in a portion of the received signal to determine the intended destination thereof; and sending a DTMF tone corresponding to the DTMF tones in the received signal to the determined destination.

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Marc Brandt