公开(公告)号：US5987508A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-16

申请号：US910307

申请日：1997-08-13

申请人： Sanjay Agraharam ,  Prasad Balagopalan ,  Marian Rogers Croak ,  Tom Evslin ,  Stephen M. Gurey ,  Ping Benjamin Hu ,  Ram S. Ramamurthy ,  Richard T. Roca ,  David Hilton Shur ,  Sandeep Sibal ,  Peter H. Stuntebeck ,  Roy Philip Weber ,  Aleksandr Zelezniak

发明人： Sanjay Agraharam ,  Prasad Balagopalan ,  Marian Rogers Croak ,  Tom Evslin ,  Stephen M. Gurey ,  Ping Benjamin Hu ,  Ram S. Ramamurthy ,  Richard T. Roca ,  David Hilton Shur ,  Sandeep Sibal ,  Peter H. Stuntebeck ,  Roy Philip Weber ,  Aleksandr Zelezniak

IPC分类号： H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/12 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L29/12594 ,  H04L29/12896 ,  H04L51/28 ,  H04L61/301 ,  H04L61/304 ,  H04L61/307 ,  H04L61/605

摘要： Cross-service connectivity between use of the telephone network and use of an e-mail data network is provided by enabling a recipient of an e-mail message to receive e-mail messages through an alias e-mail address which is directly associated with the recipient's telephone number. Thus, the alias e-mail address consists of the recipient's telephone number as the recipient name at a well-known and publicized common domain name server. A sender therefore addresses an e-mail message to the recipient to that alias e-mail address using the recipient's alias telephone number name. A message addressed to the alias e-mail address is sent to a translation server at that known domain name, where the alias telephone number-recipient name is translated to the actual e-mail address comprising the recipient's actual name and associated domain name server, and the message is then forwarded to that recipient at that actual e-mail address. Such aliasing capabilities are effected through a registration process in which the recipient registers for such a service and provides to the translation server his or her actual e-mail address and associated telephone number to which senders of messages to that recipient can use to address e-mail messages.

摘要翻译： 通过使电子邮件的收件人能够通过别名电子邮件地址接收电子邮件信息来提供使用电话网络和使用电子邮件数据网络之间的跨服务连接，该别名电子邮件地址与 收件人的电话号码。 因此，别名电子邮件地址由收件人的电话号码作为知名和公开的通用域名服务器的收件人姓名。 因此，发件人使用收件人的别名电话号码名称向收件人发送到该别名电子邮件地址的电子邮件。 寻址到别名电子邮件地址的消息以已知域名发送到翻译服务器，其中别名电话号码 - 收件人名称被转换为包括接收者的实际名称和相关域名服务器的实际电子邮件地址， 然后该邮件将以该实际的电子邮件地址转发给该收件人。 这种混叠功能通过注册过程实现，其中接收方注册这样的服务，并向翻译服务器提供他或她的实际电子邮件地址和相关联的电话号码，向该接收者发送消息的发送者可以使用该电子邮件地址和相关联的电话号码来寻址电子邮件， 电子邮件

公开(公告)号：US06175858B1

公开(公告)日：2001-01-16

申请号：US09114706

申请日：1998-07-13

申请人： Andrew Frederick Bulfer ,  Bruce Lowell Hanson ,  Robert F. Mortenson ,  Steven Charles Salimando ,  Peter H. Stuntebeck ,  Roy Philip Weber

发明人： Andrew Frederick Bulfer ,  Bruce Lowell Hanson ,  Robert F. Mortenson ,  Steven Charles Salimando ,  Peter H. Stuntebeck ,  Roy Philip Weber

IPC分类号： G06F1300

CPC分类号： H04L51/36 ,  H04L51/00 ,  H04L51/066 ,  H04M3/53 ,  H04M2203/4509

摘要： A method and system for consolidating multiple mailboxes into a single universal mailbox. The system comprises an agent, a user database, an application database and a mail repository. The agent searches a user database to determine the list of messaging systems the user subscribes to. The agent then recalls from the application database the procedures for accessing the messaging systems and logs onto each messaging system in turn to retrieve any new messages. The agent notifies the user of new messages according to a predefined notification method.

摘要翻译： 用于将多个邮箱合并到单个通用邮箱中的方法和系统。 该系统包括代理，用户数据库，应用数据库和邮件存储库。 代理搜索用户数据库以确定用户订阅的消息系统的列表。 然后，代理程序从应用程序数据库中回收访问消息传递系统的过程，并依次记录到每个消息传递系统上以检索任何新消息。 代理根据预定义的通知方式通知用户新消息。

公开(公告)号：US5987101A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-16

申请号：US274143

申请日：1999-03-22

申请人： Ram N. S. Rathore ,  Gregg Alan Toney ,  Roy Philip Weber

发明人： Ram N. S. Rathore ,  Gregg Alan Toney ,  Roy Philip Weber

IPC分类号： G07C15/00 ,  G07F17/32 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/487 ,  H04M11/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/3244 ,  G07C15/006 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3255 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/42068 ,  H04M3/4878

摘要： A method and apparatus determine a caller's eligibility to enter a lottery, determine whether the caller has won the lottery and advise the caller of the winning status in response to a caller's request for communication services. The odds of winning a lottery for the caller can be adjusted based on the caller's participation history, such as a past number of calls made or total call time logged by the caller. Thus, frequent users of a communication service can be rewarded with increased odds of winning a lottery each time a request for communication services is made and communication services are provided.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和装置确定呼叫者进入彩票的资格，确定呼叫者是否赢得了彩票，并响应于呼叫者对通信服务的请求，向呼叫者通知获胜状态。 可以根据呼叫者的参与历史来调整赢得呼叫者彩票的几率，例如呼叫者记录的过去呼叫数或总呼叫时间。 因此，当通信服务的请求和通信服务被提供时，通信服务的频繁用户可以被奖励获得彩票的几率增加。

公开(公告)号：US5666405A

公开(公告)日：1997-09-09

申请号：US502783

申请日：1995-07-14

申请人： Roy Philip Weber

发明人： Roy Philip Weber

IPC分类号： H04M3/42 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M11/00 ,  H04M3/00 ,  H04M15/06 ,  H04M17/00

CPC分类号： H04M15/765 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/7652 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M2215/724 ,  H04M2215/7245

摘要： Entities who normally are financially responsible for calls made by them have their calls paid for by a sponsor when they are selected by the sponsor to be included in a "family ring" and they make calls to other entities that are included by the sponsor in the family ring. This capability is achieved with the aid of a database node which maintains information about the identity of members in the family ring. Operationally, in accordance with one embodiment, any member of the family ring who wishes to call another member of the family ring calls a pre-designated number that connects the calling party to a database node. The database node interacts with the calling party by first determining whether the calling party is a member of the family ring, and when the calling party is authenticated, the database node responds to information that identifies a selected called party who is also a member of the family ring. The database node performs a translation, as necessary, and informs the telecommunication network of the destination desired by the calling party. In response, the telecommunication network connects the calling party to the called party.

摘要翻译： 通常由他们承担的电话负责的实体在赞助商被选择被包括在“家庭戒指”中时由发起人支付电话，并拨打赞助商所在的其他实体 家庭戒指 借助数据库节点实现该功能，该数据库节点维护关于家庭环中成员身份的信息。 在操作上，根据一个实施例，希望呼叫家庭环的另一成员的任何家庭成员呼叫将主叫方连接到数据库节点的预先指定的号码。 数据库节点通过首先确定呼叫方是否是家庭成员的成员来与主叫方进行交互，当呼叫方进行认证时，数据库节点响应识别选择的被叫方的信息，该被叫方也是 家庭戒指 数据库节点根据需要执行翻译，并通知电话网络呼叫方所期望的目的地。 作为响应，电信网络将呼叫方连接到被叫方。

公开(公告)号：US06556562B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-29

申请号：US09407916

申请日：1999-09-29

申请人： Vijay K. Bhagavath ,  Joseph Thomas O'Neil ,  Roy Philip Weber

发明人： Vijay K. Bhagavath ,  Joseph Thomas O'Neil ,  Roy Philip Weber

IPC分类号： H04L1266

CPC分类号： H04M19/08

摘要： A cable access network includes a cable trunk amplifier connected over a coaxial cable to A plurality of cable data modems to provide backup power to the cable modem during power outages experienced by either the trunk amplifier or the modems, thereby insuring uninterruptible IP telephone service. The trunk amplifier applies a DC voltage across the conductors of the coaxial cable. An AC/DC power converter and regulator and also a backup battery are sources of power for the DC voltage applied to the coaxial cable. A power outage sensor selectively connects either the AC/DC power converter and regulator or, alternately, the backup battery to the cable, depending on whether there is an outage sensed at the trunk amplifier. Each cable data modem connected to the trunk amplifier is partitioned into IP voice circuits and other circuits not contributing to the IP voice function. The other circuits include, for example, video/audio receiver circuits and IP data transceiver circuits. The IP voice circuits are connected to the subscriber's telephone hand set. The cable data modem applies a DC voltage to the IP voice circuits and the subscriber's telephone hand set. An AC/DC power converter and regulator in the modem and also the DC voltage from the coaxial cable are sources of power for the DC voltage applied to the IP voice circuits. A power outage sensor selectively connects the IP voice circuits to either the AC/DC power converter and regulator in the modem or, alternately, the DC voltage from the coaxial cable, depending on whether there is an outage sensed at the cable data modem. The other circuits such as the video/audio receiver circuits and IP data transceiver circuits are powered only by the AC/DC power converter and regulator in the cable data modem. In this manner, if there is a general power outage affecting both the trunk amplifier and many of the cable data modems connected to it, the power to be supplied by the backup battery at the trunk amplifier is only required to power the IP voice circuits and the subscriber's telephone hand set.