System and method for performing video collaboration
Granted: May 15, 2012
Patent Number:
8181115
Provided are systems and methods of video collaboration. End-users may participate in collaboration sessions in which inter-personal barriers are rapidly dissolved through the completing of collaborative tasks. The end-users may be grouped into teams to perform these collaborative tasks, and may be scored and/or ranked based not only on performance of the task but on the interactions between team members. In some examples a coach or moderator is provided to assist with task completion…
Method and system for enhanced user experience of audio
Granted: March 27, 2012
Patent Number:
8144837
A system and method for providing enhanced quality audio streaming, including an audio streaming server providing an audio stream, a client including a buffer storing at least portions of the audio stream received from the audio streaming server, a buffer status sensor operative to monitor the contents of the buffer and a client audio output enhancer operative in response to an output from the buffer status sensor for providing a modified audio stream output.
Press fit passive component
Granted: November 22, 2011
Patent Number:
8064214
A press fit passive component, such as a resistor or capacitor, adapted to fit within, or partially within, a via of a printed circuit board. In one example, the press fit passive component has a cylindrically shaped body with solderable terminals at either end of the body, and a dielectric collar disposed at least partially about the cylindrically shaped body.
Method and apparatus for dynamically generating color ringback tones
Granted: September 13, 2011
Patent Number:
8019054
A system and method for providing dynamically generated information to a caller during the ringing state of a telephone call. In one example, color ringback tones may be used in conjunction with text-to-speech technology and caller ID services to provide personalized audio messages. These messages may be generated in real time and may include information that may be useful to the caller, such as up-to-date status information (e.g., the status of the caller's voicemail inbox), news or…
Universal multimedia engine and method for producing the same
Granted: June 28, 2011
Patent Number:
7971132
A method, system and apparatus for adapting the multimedia content for presentation by an application that uses, processes or otherwise services the multimedia content (“multimedia application”) is provided. The method includes receiving the multimedia content formatted in accordance with at least one of a plurality of multimedia protocols; using a function abstracted from the plurality of multimedia protocols to adapt the multimedia content in accordance with one or more…
Automated system and method for delivery of messages and processing of message responses
Granted: June 21, 2011
Patent Number:
7966373
An automated system for delivery of messages to multiple recipients, and for processing of responses to the messages, includes a message client, message server, and system database. A message is created using a universal message form. The message content can be translated into multiple formats and sent to one or more different recipients using one or more different types of messaging devices, including pagers, telephones, fax machines, and e-mail readers. A recipient profile manager…
System and method to permit language independence for web interfaces
Granted: June 7, 2011
Patent Number:
7958442
The disclosed system and method provides a user interface in which language-related content is decoupled from a document structure or content to permit the document to accept variable language text. The language-related content is stored separately from the document structure and content. The document without the language-related content acts like a template that can be populated with any type of language-related content. The language-related content can be provided in a separate file…
Method and system for development and use of a user-interface for operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning of a telecommunications system
Granted: March 22, 2011
Patent Number:
7913223
An extensive and powerful XML meta-data rule-based language and system for developing a use-interface for configuring, monitoring and provisioning a telecommunications system is provided. The language is based on rules that define configuration objects and relationships. The rules are organized into files that define the individual objects used to configure the telecommunications system. The rules are interpreted at run-time to instruct the system to present appropriate user-interface…
Interconnect device with discrete in-line components
Granted: February 22, 2011
Patent Number:
7891980
An interconnect device is provided with a body through which a plurality of wells has been defined. At least one component having two terminals is provided in one or more of the wells. The component is sealed in its respective well such that the two terminals are accessible on opposite sides of the body. The body corresponds to a Ball Grid Array (BGA) device and is positioned between a BGA device and a printed circuit board (PCB). The component in the well is then inline with a solder…
Remote control of device by telephone or other communication devices
Granted: February 8, 2011
Patent Number:
7885272
A communication device, such as a telephone or a personal computer, controls one or more remotely controlled devices solely over a signaling path, without necessarily establishing an audio path, thus eliminating the need for the remotely controlled device, or its controller, to include DTMF detection hardware or software or an RTP stack. The communication device can include authentication information, which the communication device uses to authenticate itself to the remotely controlled…
Supplementing facsimile image data
Granted: September 14, 2010
Patent Number:
7796285
The present disclosure provides supplemental data for facsimile image data representing an image of a document for transmission. The supplemental data can describe an aspect of the document, such as by uniquely identifying the document that the facsimile image data represents. The supplemental data can be provided with the image of the document, in a manner that will not essentially obscure the image of the document. The supplemental data can be in a machine readable form that identifies…
Method and apparatus for detecting stuck calls in a communication session
Granted: July 20, 2010
Patent Number:
7761577
A method and apparatus for terminating a communication session at a first communication device that had established a communication session with a second communication device in response to a determination that the first communication device has not received any media packets from the second communication device within at least one predetermined time period. In the event the first device determines that no media packets have been received from the second device within a first…
Phoneme lattice construction and its application to speech recognition and keyword spotting
Granted: May 25, 2010
Patent Number:
7725319
An arrangement is provided for using a phoneme lattice for speech recognition and/or keyword spotting. The phoneme lattice may be constructed for an input speech signal and searched to produce a textual representation for the input speech signal and/or to determine if the input speech signal contains targeted keywords. An expectation maximization (EM) trained phoneme confusion matrix may be used when searching the phoneme lattice. The phoneme lattice may be constructed in a client and…
Method and apparatus for handling an incoming call to avoid a conflict with an earlier call
Granted: April 6, 2010
Patent Number:
7693271
A method for handling an incoming call received at an inbound terminal via an analog line is described. The method comprises receiving the incoming call at the inbound terminal; storing caller ID data enabling identification of incoming call; comparing a stored existing caller ID with the stored current caller ID to determine if an earlier incoming call is being signaled to an application; if the earlier incoming call is being signaled, disconnecting the earlier incoming call; and…
Automatic local LAPB device configuration method and apparatus
Granted: January 5, 2010
Patent Number:
7643433
A method and apparatus is disclosed for configuring a local LAPB device in accordance with a remote LAPB device using a received frame provided by the remote LAPB device.
Digital network modem with an integrated DHCP server
Granted: December 22, 2009
Patent Number:
7636775
The digital network modem has a built-in Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) mechanism for dynamically assigning network addresses to clients on the local network. To prevent confusion with a potentially existing DHCP server on the local network, an autosense mechanism is provided to detect the existence of a DHCP server and disable the internal, built-in DHCP mechanism. At power-on, the modem has no knowledge of clients on the local network, and the addresses in use are checked…
Conferencing architecture employing media servers and enhanced session initiation protocol
Granted: September 15, 2009
Patent Number:
7590692
A conferencing system that can access advanced conferencing features while following essentially the same call flow as conventional conferencing systems. The conferencing system includes a computer network, and at least one conferencing application server, at least one media server, and at least one user agent connected to the network. The conferencing application server establishes and manages multimedia conferences by engaging in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling with the…
Filterless digital frequency locked loop
Granted: July 28, 2009
Patent Number:
7567099
A frequency and/or phase locked loop architecture that eliminates the loop filter generally required in conventional phase locked loops, and which may be implemented in digital logic, for example, as a field programmable gate array. In one example, a frequency/phase locked loop includes both a frequency comparison component and a phase comparison component to allow locking of an output clock signal to both the frequency and phase of a reference signal.
Methods and systems for jitter minimization in streaming media
Granted: July 28, 2009
Patent Number:
7567509
A method for transmitting data includes monitoring a packet-based traffic flow to obtain traffic flow information. The method also includes calculating a transmission interval for transmitting a packet-based communication into the packet-based traffic flow, where the calculation is based on the traffic flow information and a clock signal obtained from a clock. The packet-based communication is transmitted into the packet-based traffic flow during the transmission interval, based on the…
Jitter buffer management
Granted: March 3, 2009
Patent Number:
7499472
A sample jitter buffer manager more or less aggressively conserves (rations) or discards data in a jitter buffer, based on the fluctuating amount of data in the jitter buffer. The jitter buffer manager counts, provides, discards and/or otherwise manages individual sample data units, rather than entire packets. Normally, enough data is removed from the jitter buffer to fill a data packet for a receiver. However, if the amount of data in the jitter buffer is low, less data is removed from…
