SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140192968 | SELECTIVE FACSIMILE DENIAL - A method includes determining, at a processor of a computing device, whether an incoming transmission to a first destination is authorized at an electronic device of a communication network. The method includes, in response to determining that the incoming transmission is not authorized, determining whether a particular type of content is communicated via the incoming transmission. The incoming transmission is routed to the first destination when the particular type of content is not communicated via the incoming transmission, and the incoming transmission is not routed to the first destination when the particular type of content is communicated via the incoming transmission. | 07-10-2014 |
20110173650 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING GEOGRAPHICALLY RESTRICTED VIDEO DATA IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV) SYSTEM - A method for distributing geographical restriction data in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system is disclosed. The method includes accepting at an IPTV server, a request from an IPTV client for the geographical restriction data related to geographically restricted video data, determining at the server, a plurality of geographic restriction zones for the geographically restricted video data and sending from the server to the client a message containing the restriction data related to at least one of the restriction zones. | 07-14-2011 |
20100228605 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING BROADBAND RESIDENTIAL GATEWAYS - A broadband residential gateway (BRG) management system ( | 09-09-2010 |
20100214944 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OVERLAYING A HIERARCHICAL NETWORK DESIGN ON A FULL MESH NETWORK - A system and method are disclosed for overlaying a hierarchical network on a full mesh network. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network element of a full mesh network ( | 08-26-2010 |
20100057812 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MIGRATION OF PORTED TELEPHONE NUMBERS BETWEEN SERVICE PROVIDERS - A method and system include obtaining at a first time a first image of a database having number portability records for each telephone number which has been ported between service providers. The first image is indicative of the LNP records in the database at the first time. At a second time a second image of the database is obtained. The second image is indicative of the records in the database at the second time. The first and second images are compared to determine migration of ported telephone numbers. | 03-04-2010 |
20090198569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENTS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to determine a behavioral profile of an end user from packet traffic generated by activities of the end user, and share the behavioral profile with a network element for distributing targeted advertisements to the end user according to the behavioral profile. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 08-06-2009 |
20090096860 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MULTILOCATION VIDEO CONFERENCING - A conferencing unit allows first persons at remote locations to communicate with second persons at a central location. The unit receives respective videos of the first persons and a video of the second persons and outputs: the videos of the first persons to a central display at the central location such that the first persons are displayed on respective portions of the central display; the video of the second persons to remote displays respectively at the remote locations such that the second persons are displayed on one portion of each remote display; the video of one of the first persons to the display of another one of the first persons such that the one person is displayed on another portion of this display; and the video of the other person to the display of the one person such that the other person is displayed on another portion of this display. | 04-16-2009 |
20090067590 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING A HYBRID SEMANTIC MODEL FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - A system includes a network interface, a speech input conversion component, and a routing module. Speech input is received in connection with a call. At least a segment of the speech input is transformed into a first textual format. A first list of entries is generated based, at least partially, on consideration of the first textual format. The first list includes at least one action with a corresponding confidence level and at least one object with another corresponding confidence level. An entry of the first list having a higher corresponding confidence level is selected, and a second textual format is output. A second list is generated based, at least partially, on consideration of the selected entry and the second textual format. A routing option is suggested based on the selected entry and a pairing entry in the second list. | 03-12-2009 |
20080313897 | METHOD FOR PRE-FORMING A TWISTED-PAIR ELECTRICAL CABLE - A method of installing a plug on a cable having insulated wire pairs includes stripping insulation from a cable end to expose the wires and arranging the wires into a plug configuration. A wiring block having a back end leading to a cavity and a front end having pass through holes respectively leading to wire troughs extending between the cavity and front end is provided. The cable end is inserted through the back end such that the wires are inserted into the wire troughs corresponding with the plug configuration and such that the ends of the wires protrude out through the pass through holes. The protruding wire ends are cut off after being pulled until the cable insulation adjacent to the cable end seats itself inside the cavity. The cable is removed from the block such that the cable end can be inserted into a plug to be crimped thereto. | 12-25-2008 |
20080275708 | NETWORK-BASED VOICE ACTIVATED AUTO-ATTENDANT SERVICE WITH B2B CONNECTORS - A network-based voice activated auto-attendant service is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a data processor is provided that can construct an enterprise voice directory by executing instructions to encrypt eXtended Markup Language (XML)-based files using an encryption key issued by a voice activated auto-attendant service provider network to form encrypted XML-based files. The instructions are further to store the encrypted XML-based files in a manner that is accessible to the voice activated auto-attendant service provider network, and to create the enterprise voice directory based on the encrypted XML-based files. The enterprise voice directory is configured to provide run-time access to the voice activated auto-attendant service provider network. | 11-06-2008 |
20080273526 | Method and system of supporting abbreviated dialing between affiliated phones wherein at least one phone is associated with a non-affiliated network - A method and system of supporting abbreviated dialing between phones include determining dialing by a first phone of an abbreviated number associated with a second phone. The first phone is in a circuit-switched network associated with a Centrex system and the second phone is in an Internet Protocol (IP) packet-switched network disassociated from the Centrex system. The phones in the circuit-switched network are associated with the Centrex system. The Centrex system supports abbreviated dialing between phones associated with the Centrex system. A routing number for a phone call from the first phone to the second phone is determined as a function of the abbreviated number. The routing number includes IP addressing sufficient to support routing of the phone call through the packet-switched network to the second phone such as if both phones were associated with the Centrex system. | 11-06-2008 |
20080271068 | System and method for delivering personalized advertising data - A method is disclosed for distributing advertising data in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system, the method including dividing a plurality of end user devices in the IPTV system into K advertising groups; multicasting J advertising data multicast groups to end user devices in J advertising groups having a percentile ranking above or equal to a predetermined percentile ranking; and unicasting advertising data channels for actively viewed IPTV channels being viewed by other end users. | 10-30-2008 |
20080254834 | Apparatus and Method of Securing Private Content Stored in a Memory - Apparatus and a method of securing private content stored in a memory are presented. A terminal includes a memory to store private content. The terminal also includes a security function to compare a private content identifier with a smart card identifier that includes MSISDN information associated with the smart card, to produce a comparison result. The security function grants the smart card access to the private content when the first comparison result is positive. | 10-16-2008 |
20080250468 | System and method for scheduling presentation of future video event data - A method is disclosed for presenting video data comprising receiving at a first end user device, displayable video data for advertising a future video event; scanning the displayable video data for scheduling data associated with the future video event; and queuing the future video event for presenting data for the future video event based on the scheduling data. A system is disclosed for performing the method. A data structure is disclosed for containing data embedded in a computer readable medium for providing a functional and structural interrelationship between a processor, the data structure and data stored in the data structure. | 10-09-2008 |
20080235740 | System and method for storing advertising data - A computerized method is disclosed for presenting advertising data extracted from a video data stream, the method including storing a plurality of advertising data items extracted from the video data stream at an end user device; and displaying a plurality of sorted advertising indicator data items at the end user device, wherein each of the advertising indicator data items indicates one of the plurality of stored advertising data items. A system is disclosed for performing the method. A data structure is disclosed providing a functional and structural interrelationship between a processor in the system and data in the data structure. | 09-25-2008 |
20080235344 | AUTO REPLY EMAIL AND AUTO REPLY EMAIL METHOD - Auto reply email and auto reply email methods are disclosed. A particular email message includes a no-reply origination address and a message body. Characteristics of the message body are selected based at least partially on a previous email message sent to the no-reply origination address. | 09-25-2008 |
20080235087 | System and method for presenting alternative advertising data - A computerized method for presenting an alternative advertising data item is disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes receiving a primary advertising data item in a video data stream in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system; replacing a generic data of the primary advertising data item with alternative data to create the alternative advertising data item; and sending the alternative advertising data item to an end user device for presentation of the alternative advertising data item in place of the primary advertising data item upon occurrence of an end user event. A system is disclosed for performing the method. A data structure is disclosed for containing data embedded in a computer readable medium for providing a functional and structural interrelationship between a processor, the data structure and data stored in the data structure. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232759 | Spool asssembly for absorbing jumper slack - A spool assembly includes a mount and a spool. The mount has first and second opposite surfaces. The first surface of the mount includes an adhesive covered by a removable cover. The spool is supported on the second surface of the mount. The mount with the spool is attachable to a structure when the cover is removed such that the spool stores slack of jumpers adjacent to the structure upon the jumpers being wrapped around the spool. | 09-25-2008 |
20080220756 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE SERVICE AVAILABILITY TO MULTI-MODE TERMINALS IN DIFFERENT ACCESS NETWORKS - Method and system to provide service availability to multi-mode terminals in different access networks is presented. In an embodiment, a computer-readable medium includes instructions that when executed, cause the computer to automatically enable first call forwarding prior to a wireless multi-mode communication terminal access change from a first communication network to a second communication network, where first calls are redirected from a first directory number of the first communication network to a second directory number of the second communication network. The computer-readable medium also includes additional instructions that when executed, cause the computer to automatically disable second call forwarding subsequent to the wireless multi-mode communication terminal access change when the second call forwarding conflicts with the enabled first call forwarding. The second call forwarding includes redirecting incoming second calls to a first directory number of the first communication network. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219245 | Automated method and system for selectively updating communications parameters representing subscriber services in telecommunications networks - Methods and systems for updating subscriber service parameters in a communications network wherein a central provisioning unit automatically locates subscriber ports having subscriber service parameters that require updating and automatically issues commands for updating the subscriber service parameters of the ports requiring updating. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219182 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE BASED SERVICES - A system and method for adjusting digital subscriber line based services is provided. In a particular embodiment, a computer readable medium is provided including computer-executable instructions that when executed, cause a computer to modify a value of a first control parameter associated with a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) network based on a first performance parameter that is measured in real-time at a DSL modem over a first pre-determined time period. | 09-11-2008 |
20080201731 | System and method for single sign on targeted advertising - A method is disclosed for sending targeted advertising data, the method including monitoring in a plurality of data communications networks, single sign on (SSO) subscriber event data from a first SSO subscriber end user device and a second SSO subscriber end user device, calculating product interest correlation scores in a plurality of advertising categories for an SSO subscriber advertising profile based on the monitoring SSO subscriber event data, selecting advertising data in at least one of the advertising categories from an advertiser database based on the SSO subscriber advertising profile, selecting a format to deliver the selected advertising data to a third SSO subscriber end user device and sending the targeted advertising data to the third SSO subscriber end user device. A system and a computer program are disclosed for performing the method. A data structure is disclosed for providing an interrelationship between a processor and data structure data. | 08-21-2008 |