Abstract:
An IP telephone exchange connects an IP telephone terminal and a non-IP telephone terminal to enable conversation between therebetween. The IP telephone exchange includes a communication control section, a voice channel, a control channel and a voice channel management section. The communication control section conducts data communications with the IP and non-IP telephone terminals. The voice channel interconverts between non-IP voice data and IP voice data. The control channel communicates a call control signal with the IP and non-IP telephone terminals. The voice channel management section detects presence or absence of an available voice channel when communication connection is established between the IP and non-IP telephone terminals based on the call control signal. The voice channel management section notifies a calling telephone terminal and a called telephone terminal that no available voice channel exists, if the voice channel management section detects no available voice channel.
Abstract:
A telephone system comprising a plurality of telephone terminals, a switching device connected to the telephone terminals via a communication network, and a server device connected to the communication network, wherein the switching device comprises a transfer section for transferring a call to a telephone terminal in which a transfer function is set therein to a telephone terminal at a transfer destination, and the server device comprises a monitor section for monitoring a log-in/log-out state of a user for each of the plurality of telephone terminals and a releasing section for releasing the setting of the transfer function on the basis of the result of the monitoring when an operation to the telephone terminal with the transfer function set therein by a log-in user satisfies a defined condition.
Abstract:
A user interface is utilized to establish control communications through a wireless cellular network and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The control information is then used to provide user function control and can be used to provide additional data to the user interface, such as location information regarding the WTRU.
Abstract:
An interactive voice response system (IVR) is described for processing multiple voice application instances, said system comprising: at least one resource such as a speech synthesizer or speech recognition engine; one voice application using said at least one resource; telephony software for determining that at least two instances of the same voice application will use said at least one resource simultaneously; and further telephony software for forcing the instances of the voice applications to be delayed with respect to each other whereby the risk of IVR overloading the at least one resource is reduced. The delay is forced in an active step in a voice application such as answering the application or playing a prompt in the application only if it is determined that future resource utilization (FRM) is above resource utilization capacity (RUC).
Abstract:
System to allow a conferee that has been defined as a source of nuisance to respond to an automatic decision of an MCU. If the conferee places the conference on ‘HOLD’ with hold music, the ND may identify this as a nuisance connection and send this indication to a control unit in the MCU. The control unit may mute the signal coming from this conferee and may place an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) message to the conferee. A message may inform the conferee that he has been muted and request to press a touch tone key, for instance ‘1’, if he returned from ‘HOLD,’ to press ‘3’ if using a noisy line/environment, or press ‘5’ to disable the ND algorithm. If a response is not received, the message may continue for a certain period or for the rest of the conference. If one of those keys has been pushed the system may act as follows. If the key is ‘1’ an embodiment cancels the mute situation and enables the conferee to be heard. If the key is ‘3’ the embodiment may reduce the sensitivity of the ND algorithm. If the new level is above a defined tolerance the embodiment may instruct the conferee that he is too noisy and not add the conferee's audio to the conference. If the key is ‘5’ the embodiment may disable the ND algorithm and connect the nuisance conferee without condition. Other embodiments may place a noisy conferee in push to talk (PTT) operation.
Abstract:
A method and system provides automatic/timed silencing of a mobile phone by a telecommunications network. The method has the steps of: forming a schedule of silence at a mobile phone; sending the schedule of silence to a mobile switching center; storing the schedule of silence in a subscriber database in the mobile switching center; blocking at least incoming calls at the mobile switching center according to the stored schedule of silence, and sending a first message to the mobile phone that instructs the mobile phone to enter a silence mode; transmitting, according to the stored schedule of silence, a second message from the mobile switching center to the mobile phone that instructs the mobile phone to exit the silence mode, and ceasing to block at least the incoming calls to the mobile phone. The system implements the method.
Abstract:
An extra communication service system is disclosed, in which the area of the called party is provided with an extra service according to a set time while correcting the time differential with the area of the called party. The subscriber can enjoy various extra services in accordance with the time based on the standard time of the destination area. When registering the position of a mobile station 1-5 in a visitor mobile service switching center 1-4, a gateway location register 1-3 requests a home location register 1-2 to read the subscriber data of the mobile station. The home location register 1-2 determines the time differential from the common carrier number information or the like of the gateway location register, produces a roaming time table with the time differential corrected from the time set in an original time table 1-7 for the extra services, and transmits it to the gateway location register. The communication network provides the extra service in accordance with the roaming time table.
Abstract:
A system and method for providing a hold operation from a mobile telephone. When a call is received and the mobile telephone user cannot readily answer the phone, he presses a nullholdnull key on the mobile telephone. The hold key plays a message to the caller informing the caller that the receiver intends to answer the call momentarily. In this manner, calls received in places where mobile telephone calls are discouraged or prohibited can be placed on hold until the receiver has moved to a location where he can answer the call. For example, in a theater incoming calls can be held so the user can move to a hallway where he can answer the call and talk to the caller. Wireless technology (Bluetooth) is used to automatically hold calls when the mobile telephone receives a command from a server that installed in the theater or other public place.
Abstract:
An Internet access control method in a mobile communication terminal with a built-in web browser. Upon receipt of an Internet access request from a user, the mobile communication terminal accesses a web server through an Internet, downloads a web document from the web server, and displays the downloaded web document. Upon receipt of a data input from the user while displaying the web document, the mobile communication terminal performs an operation according to the data input. Otherwise, upon failure to receive any web command from the user for a predetermined time after displaying the web document, the mobile communication terminal temporarily releases an access to the Internet. In the meantime, the mobile communication terminal resumes an access to the Internet upon receipt of a web command from the user.
Abstract:
An automated, computerized voice message storage and redelivery system and method comprises a computer for executing software commands, a telephone connection operatively connected to the computer for calling and answering a telephone call from a remote location, and signal recognition capability operatively connected to the telephone connection and to the computer for determining if a telephone called from the telephone connection has been answered by a human voice or by a digital voice. Memory is operatively connected to the computer for storing voice messages for remembering the number of each remote telephone, programs for operating the computer for receiving, recording, and redelivery of voice messages. The programs include calling a remote telephone number; determining if the telephone number is answered and determining by the signal recognition capability if a human voice or digital voice has answered the telephone; and for providing that if a digital voice answers the telephone whether such digital voice is an automated attendant answering system (AAA), a voice mail system (VMS), or an automated answer machine (AAM). The call can be transferred to another telephone number if such number was recorded if an AAA or VMS answers the telephone; and providing by the SRS the message recorded to the AAM if an AAM answers the call.