Nortel Networks Corporation

Northern Telecom Limited

Rockstar Bidco, LP

Sylvain Jodoin

Charles J Meubus

Pierre Belzile

Joanne Pilkington

Alan Bernardi

Raymond Nadeau

Stephane Proulx

Andre A LeBon

Eric Lauzon

Joanne Clare Pilkington

Nathalie Rico

A method is provided that allows data access service provider subscribers to manage their telephone service through a data connection. The subscriber is enabled to obtain call data information and is provided real time control. During a data call, a visual incoming call indicator informs the subscriber, through a popup window, connected to the data access service provider that there is a call attempt. A visual message waiting indicator allows a subscriber, connected to the data access service provider to be notified of a pending message on the voice message system. A visual call disposition allows the subscriber, through the data connection, to dispose of calls. The call disposition options include forwarding a call to voice mail, playing an announcement to the calling party, forwarding the call to another line, sending a text message which could be converted to speech using text to speech technology, answering the call using voice over data call or terminating the data connection in order to accept the call.

Internet-based telephone call manager

The present invention addresses the current limitations of the automatic callback and automatic recall (AC/AR) features. Upon activation of AC/AR and subsequent timeout, the calling party receives ring back. Upon going off-hook, an announcement is played informing the calling party that the monitoring time has expired and that the call could not be completed during that time. The calling party is then offered service options including extending the monitoring time and message delivery.

Service activation upon automatic callback and automatic recall expiration

A service is disclosed which allows subscribers who have multiple telephone lines extending from the same end office and who subscribe to such a service, to now be alerted on all of their multiple lines of an incoming call to any one of their lines. Regardless of which line in a predefined group of lines the incoming call is originally destined for, the subscriber will be alerted of the incoming call on each one of their lines. Numerous enhancements to the service are also disclosed.

Method and system for processing an incoming call

A method and a system for managing communications sessions, in accordance to events that occur in either one of a telecommunications network, such as the PSTN network or a mobile telephone network, and a data communications network such as the Internet is provided. The system includes a service logic controller supporting a data structure that holds a plurality of communication session disposition program entries. The service logic controller connects with the telecommunications network and with the data communications network through respective gateways that transmit communication session disposition inquiry messages. In response to those messages, the service logic controller retrieves the appropriate communication session disposition program and generates from that program an instruction to the entity that originated the inquiry message. The communication session is then processed according to the instruction. In a most preferred embodiment, the system also includes a conditions and events controller, that supplies information to the service logic controller regarding events or conditions prevailing in the telecommunications network that may influence the communication session disposition program.

System and method for communication session disposition responsive to events in a telecommunications network and the internet

The invention manifests a secure, on-demand meet-me conferencing service embodied within a telephone network having an advanced intelligent network (AIN) infrastructure. Centralized control of conferencing bridges located in network switches is effected at a service control point (SCP) in the AIN telephone network. Routing and availability information with respect to the conferencing bridges is maintained by the SCP. When the SCP in communication with a network switch processing a call determines that the call is to initiate a conference, a bridge is allocated to the call. The availability information of the bridge is then updated and the SCP provides the network switch with routing instructions for connecting the call through the telephone network to the bridge.

Centralized management and allocation of bridges in a telecommunications

The invention manifests a secure, on-demand meet-me conferencing service embodied within a telephone network having an advanced intelligent network (AIN) infrastructure. Centralized control of conferencing bridges located in network switches is effected at a service control point (SCP) in the AIN telephone network. Users of the service first subscribe to it, and are assigned a primary authorization code, a code assignment directory number (DN) and a conference DN at that time. Before a conference, a subscriber calls the code assignment DN, provides the primary authorization code, and receives a secondary authorization code for distribution to persons who will be participants of the conference call. At the time of the conference, the subscriber dials the conference DN and provides the primary authorization code to the conferencing service to initiate the conference call. The participants then dial the conference DN and use the secondary authorization code to access the conference.

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Montreal, Canada

Sylvain Jodoin