Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation

At&t Intellectual Property I, LP

Jasper Wireless, Inc.

Dono Tech Services LLC

Zeeman Zhang

Joseph Michael Knoerle

Hong Nguyen

Stephen R LaPierre

Michael Griffiths

Joseph Knoerle

A network for providing a telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition to a telecommunications user, including a switch in communication with a telecommunications device associated with the telecommunications user for detecting a terminating trigger specific to the telecommunications service in response to an incoming communication to the telecommunications device from a calling party, and an intelligent resource server in communication with the switch for receiving the incoming communication from the switch, for placing an outgoing communication to the telecommunications device via the switch, the outgoing communication including an audible message identifying the calling party, and for automatically recognizing a predetermined keyword spoken by the telecommunications user in response to the outgoing communication.

Network and method for providing a calling name telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition capability

The present invention provides telephone line subscribers the benefits of simultaneous ringing service without wasting telephone network resources. When a simultaneous ringing service subscriber's wireline telephone (the primary telephone) receives an incoming call, a service switching point connected to the primary telephone sends a query to a service control point. The service control point then checks the busy/idle status of the primary telephone as well as the subscriber's wireless telephone (the secondary telephone). If the primary and the secondary telephones are idle and can receive the call, the service control point instructs the service switching point to forward the call to a service node. Otherwise, the service switching point is authorized to terminate the call. When the service node receives the call from the service switching point, it generates two calls simultaneously: one to the primary telephone and one to the secondary telephone. As soon as one of the primary and the secondary telephones is picked up, the service node immediately cancels the call to the telephone that has not answered and connects the caller to the telephone that has answered. The service node then remains on the communication link for several seconds before withdrawing from the communication to minimize a 'clipping effect' associated with the use of the service node.

Method and system for preserving service node resources and reducing clipping effect

A system and method for providing an on-hold call with a selectable continuous tone source using a service node, comprising a service switching point of a central office connected to a service logic program provisioned on a service node. Using the capabilities of the service node, the service logic program plays a continuous tone through a permanent trunk line connecting the service node to the service switching point. When the service switching point puts a call on hold, the service switching point connects the call through the permanent trunk line to the service logic program that is playing the continuous tone. As a result, the caller hears the continuous tone while the service switching point has the call on hold. In addition, the present invention provides a dual tone multifrequency administrative interface on the service logic program of the service node, which enables a customer to dial the interface, enter a passcode for access, and then choose between a variety of tone types such as a dial tone, a busy signal, a normal ring tone, a reorder signal (fast busy signal), a continuous busy signal, and a continuous ring tone.

Method and system for providing a continuous tone source using a network node

A network for providing a telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition to a telecommunications user, including a switch in communication with a telecommunications device used by the telecommunications user for detecting a trigger specific to the telecommunications service in response to a communication from the telecommunications device, and an intelligent resource server in communication with the switch for receiving the communication from the telecommunications device via the switch, for playing an audible message for the telecommunications user in response to receiving the communication, the message prompting the telecommunications user to modify a call forwarding profile associated with the telecommunications user, and for automatically recognizing a predetermined keyword spoken by the telecommunications user in response to the message.

Network and method for providing a flexible call forwarding telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition capability

A network for providing a telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition to a telecommunications user, including a switch in communication with a telecommunications device associated with the telecommunications user for detecting a trigger specific to the service in response to a communication from the telecommunications device and for routing the communication to an operator services system in response to detection of the trigger, and an intelligent resource server in communication with the switch for receiving via the switch the communication from the operator services system with a message including information regarding a party requested by the telecommunication user from the operator services system, for playing an audible message for the telecommunications user in response to receiving the communication, the audible message containing the information regarding the party and prompting the telecommunications user to place an outgoing communication to the party, and for automatically recognizing a predetermined keyword spoken by the telecommunications user in response to the audible message.

Network and method for providing a name and number delivery telecommunications services with automatic speech recognition capability

A network for providing a telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition to a telecommunications user, including a switch in communication with a telecommunications device associated with the telecommunications user for detecting a trigger specific to the telecommunications service in response to a communication to the telecommunications user from a calling party, and an intelligent resource server in communication with the switch for receiving from the switch the communication to the telecommunications user, for playing an audible message for the calling party in response to receiving the communication, the message prompting the calling party to identify itself to the telecommunications user, and for automatically recognizing a predetermined keyword spoken by the calling party in response to the audible message.

Network and method for providing a call screening telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition capability

A network for providing a telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition to a telecommunications user, including a switch in communication with a telecommunications device for detecting a trigger specific to the telecommunications service in response to a communication from the telecommunications device, and an intelligent resource server in communication with the switch for receiving the communication from the telecommunications device via the switch, for playing an audible message for the telecommunications user in response to receiving the communication, the message prompting the telecommunications user to modify a status of a simultaneous ring service associated with the telecommunications user, and for automatically recognizing a predetermined keyword spoken by the telecommunications user in response to the audible message.

Network and method for providing a user interface for a simultaneous ring telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition capability

A system and method for providing simultaneous ringing service to a plurality of customer premises equipment. The method and system utilize a centralized database of subscriber information and a service node to make multiple outbound calls from the service node to multiple telephone lines assigned to a subscriber. The subscriber's telephone lines may include one or more wireless lines. Inbound calls to the subscriber's primary wireline are intercepted by the simultaneous ringing service and forwarded to the service node for processing.

System and method for simultaneous ring service with centralized subscription data

Method and system for providing a continuous tone source using a service node

A network for providing a telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition to a telecommunications user, including a switch in communication with a telecommunications device associated with the telecommunications user for storing identifying information regarding a prior calling party to the telecommunications user, and for detecting a trigger specific to the service in response to a communication from the telecommunications device, and an intelligent resource server in communication with the switch for receiving from the switch the communication from the telecommunications device and a message including the identifying information, for playing an audible message for the telecommunications user in response to receiving the communication, the audible message containing the information regarding the prior calling party and prompting the telecommunications user to place an outgoing communication to the prior calling party, and for automatically recognizing a predetermined keyword spoken by the telecommunications user in response to the audible message.

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Marietta, GA, United States of America

Zeeman Zhang