Method and system for handwritten electronic messaging
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and system for handwritten electronic messaging 有权
    手写电子信息的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07003308B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-21

    申请号:US11009193

    申请日:2004-12-10

    摘要: The present invention provides a system and method for providing handwritten messages with electronic communication devices. For example the electronic communication device may be a mobile communication device and may include a touch screen, screen buffer memory, processor, and transceiver. In preferred embodiments, the mobile communication device may be a personal digital assistant (PDA), a two-way pager, or a mobile telephone. The mobile communication device user may create a handwritten message on the touch screen using, for example, a stylus. In one exemplary embodiment, the handwritten message displayed on the touch screen may be stored to the buffer memory as an image, directed by the processor to the transceiver, and transmitted via a wireless connection to, for example, a wireless base station and the Internet. The Internet may route the handwritten message image to a desired Internet address. The handwritten message may be displayed in real time on the recipient's display, e.g., an instant message (IM) session, or stored in their email mailbox for later retrieval and display. The recipient may type in a text message in response to the hand written message, and this message will be transmitted to mobile communication device and displayed on the mobile communication device. In another embodiment, the receiving party may also have handwritten messaging capabilities (included with, for example, a PC, PDA or a mobile phone) and may respond with a handwritten message.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种用于向电子通信设备提供手写消息的系统和方法。 例如,电子通信设备可以是移动通信设备,并且可以包括触摸屏,屏幕缓冲存储器,处理器和收发器。 在优选实施例中,移动通信设备可以是个人数字助理(PDA),双向寻呼机或移动电话。 移动通信设备用户可以使用例如触笔在触摸屏上创建手写消息。 在一个示例性实施例中,显示在触摸屏上的手写信息可以作为由处理器指向收发器的图像存储到缓冲存储器,并且经由无线连接发送到例如无线基站和因特网 。 互联网可以将手写消息图像路由到所需的因特网地址。 手写消息可以在接收者的显示器上实时显示,例如即时消息(IM)会话,或者存储在他们的电子邮箱中以供稍后检索和显示。 接收者可以响应于手写消息输入文本消息,并将该消息发送到移动通信设备并显示在移动通信设备上。 在另一个实施例中,接收方也可以具有手写消息传递功能(例如包括在PC,PDA或移动电话中),并且可以用手写消息进行响应。

    Update of web audio messages via audio user interface
    3.
    发明授权
    Update of web audio messages via audio user interface 失效
    通过音频用户界面更新Web音频消息

    公开(公告)号:US06493434B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-10

    申请号:US09028030

    申请日:1998-02-24

    IPC分类号: H04M164

    CPC分类号: H04M3/4938

    摘要: A method and system are disclosed for updating announcements on a packet network site such as a website. An exemplary method includes receiving an announcement through an audio interface and storing the announcement on a website server. In accordance with the exemplary method, merchants without Internet access can now update announcements on their websites quickly and economically by using an audio interface such as a conventional telephone. The updated announcements may be either audio or data. If the announcement received in the exemplary method is an audio announcement, it is converted from a first audio format into a second audio format prior to the step of storing the announcement. Whether the announcements are audio or data, the merchants' customers can then retrieve them by accessing the merchants' websites via the Internet.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于在诸如网站的分组网络站点上更新公告的方法和系统。 一种示例性方法包括通过音频接口接收通知并将该通知存储在网站服务器上。 根据示范性方法,无需上网的商家现在可以通过使用诸如常规电话的音频接口来快速和经济地更新其网站上的公告。 更新后的公告可能是音频或数据。 如果在示例性方法中接收的通知是音频通知,则在存储通知的步骤之前,将其从第一音频格式转换为第二音频格式。 无论公告是音频还是数据,商家的客户都可以通过互联网访问商家的网站来检索它们。

    Method and apparatus to provide enhanced directory assistance information in a communication network
    4.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus to provide enhanced directory assistance information in a communication network 有权
    在通信网络中提供增强的目录辅助信息的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06466910B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-10-15

    申请号:US09847804

    申请日:2001-05-02

    IPC分类号: G10L1522

    摘要: A method and apparatus that provide enhanced directory assistance information. An operator receives a request for directory information about a listed party over a telephone connection. It is then determined if enhanced directory information for the listed party is available in an enhanced information database. The enhanced directory information associated with the listed party is retrieved, from the enhanced information database, as a script that incorporates the enhanced directory information. The enhanced directory information can then be provided using the script. The enhanced directory information can be stored, for example, on a Web server that is updated by the listed party and the information can be transferred using a Phone Markup Language script.

    摘要翻译: 提供增强的目录辅助信息的方法和装置。 操作者通过电话连接接收关于被列出方的目录信息的请求。 然后,确定增强型信息数据库中是否提供了列出方的增强目录信息。 从增强信息数据库中检索与列出的方相关联的增强目录信息,作为包含增强目录信息的脚本。 然后可以使用脚本提供增强的目录信息。 增强目录信息可以存储在例如被列出方更新的Web服务器上,并且可以使用电话标记语言脚本传送信息。

    Methods and apparatus for providing improved quality of packet transmission in applications such as internet telephony
    5.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for providing improved quality of packet transmission in applications such as internet telephony 有权
    用于在例如因特网电话的应用中提供分组传输质量提高的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06233249B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-15

    申请号:US09565281

    申请日:2000-05-02

    IPC分类号: H04J326

    摘要: A digital data packet transmission process and system provides more efficient and higher quality of service in applications such as Internet telephony. In one aspect of this approach, transmission control protocol (“TCP”) is used to send data from a first user or client over standard telephone lines to a local Internet service provider (“ISP”). At the ISP, the data packets are converted from TCP to user datagram protocol (“UDP”). The UDP packets are then transmitted, typically over a higher bandwidth link to another local ISP serving the recipient. The UDP packets are translated back to TCP packets and routed to the receiver. Because many existing systems currently employ UDP packets, the present approach is largely backwards compatible should a recipient be hooked up to an ISP that does not employ a TCP/UDP converter. A bidirectional TCP/UDP converter is preferable for two way communication such as Internet telephony.

    摘要翻译: 数字数据分组传输过程和系统在诸如因特网电话的应用中提供更高效和更高质量的服务。 在该方法的一个方面,传输控制协议(“TCP”)用于通过标准电话线将数据从第一用户或客户端发送到本地因特网服务提供商(“ISP”)。 在ISP,数据包从TCP转换为用户数据报协议(“UDP”)。 然后,UDP数据包通常通过更高带宽的链路传输到为接收方服务的另一本地ISP。 UDP数据包被转换回TCP数据包并路由到接收器。 由于许多现有系统当前使用UDP数据包,如果接收者连接到不使用TCP / UDP转换器的ISP,则本方法大体上向后兼容。 双向TCP / UDP转换器对于诸如因特网电话的双向通信是优选的。

    Method and apparatus for controlling a network device
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for controlling a network device 有权
    用于控制网络设备的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06970696B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-29

    申请号:US09898209

    申请日:2001-07-03

    IPC分类号: H04W4/16 H04W88/16 H04Q7/38

    CPC分类号: H04M3/54 H04W4/16 H04W88/16

    摘要: A personal communications device may be placed in, or removed from, a docking station. In response, a predetermined command may be selected from a plurality of predetermined commands and transmitted from the docking station to at least one of a plurality of network devices. Each predetermined command may include the address of the network device and may be configured to cause the network device to respond. In this way, a user's communication infrastructure may be reconfigured in a simple and intuitive manner.

    摘要翻译: 个人通信设备可以放置在对接站中或从对接站移除。 作为响应,可以从多个预定命令中选择预定命令并从对接站发送到多个网络设备中的至少一个。 每个预定命令可以包括网络设备的地址,并且可以被配置为使得网络设备响应。 以这种方式,可以以简单和直观的方式重新配置用户的通信基础设施。

    Low-latency buffering for packet telephony
    8.
    发明授权
    Low-latency buffering for packet telephony 失效
    分组电话的低延迟缓冲

    公开(公告)号:US06301258B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-09

    申请号:US08985229

    申请日:1997-12-04

    IPC分类号: H04L1256

    摘要: In a method for reducing latency in packet telephony caused by anti-jitter buffering, audio data elements are received and placed in a telephony input buffer used for anti-jitter buffering. Rather than wait until the buffer is full, the audio data elements are clocked, or played, out of the buffer at a rate slower than the normal play rate. In this way, latency due to the initial buffer fill period is reduced or eliminated. Audio data elements continue to be played out at a slower than normal rate until the buffer fill level reaches a threshold. At that time, the play rate for sending data elements out of the telephony input buffer is adjusted to the normal play rate. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the fill level of the telephony input buffer is controlled within a desired range by speeding up or slowing down the rate at which audio data elements are played out of the telephony input buffer. In yet another alternative embodiment, the amount of latency jitter in the packet network is measured and the size of the telephony input buffer is adjusted based upon the relative amount of jitter, such that the relative size of the buffer is reduced when the packet network is quiet, and the size of the buffer is increased when the network is relatively jittery.

    摘要翻译: 在用于减少由反抖动缓冲引起的分组电话中的等待时间的方法中,接收音频数据元素并将其放置在用于抗抖动缓冲的电话输入缓冲器中。 而不是等到缓冲器满了,音频数据元素以比正常播放速率慢的速率从缓冲器中计时或播放。 以这种方式,减少或消除由于初始缓冲器填充周期引起的延迟。 音频数据元素以比正常速率慢的速度继续播放,直到缓冲器填充电平达到阈值。 此时,将数据元素从电话输入缓冲器发送的播放速率调整到正常播放速率。 在本发明的替代实施例中,电话输入缓冲器的填充级别通过加速或减慢从电话输入缓冲器播放音频数据元素的速率来控制在期望的范围内。 在另一替代实施例中,测量分组网络中的等待时间抖动的量,并且基于抖动的相对量来调整电话输入缓冲器的大小,使得当分组网络为 当网络相对抖动时,缓冲区的大小会增加。

    Universal telecommunications services account
    10.
    发明授权
    Universal telecommunications services account 失效
    通用电信服务账号

    公开(公告)号:US5991380A

    公开(公告)日:1999-11-23

    申请号:US955840

    申请日:1997-10-21

    IPC分类号: H04M15/00 H04M17/00

    摘要: A method and a system for accumulating charges for telecommunications services used during a calling card call, whether the calling card is periodically billed or prepaid. According to the invention, call information detail information, such as a user identification, a beginning time of the call, and setup parameters of the call, is received for a calling-card call. Services rate information is received for telecommunications services used during the calling-card call. A depletion rate of an available funds account associated with the calling-card call is then determined in real time, and the available funds account is depleted at the determined depletion rate during the calling-card call, also in real time.

    摘要翻译: 用于在电话卡呼叫期间用于电话服务的收费的方法和系统,电话卡是定期收费还是预付费。 根据本发明,接收到用于呼叫卡呼叫的呼叫信息详细信息,诸如用户识别,呼叫的开始时间和呼叫的建立参数。 在电话卡呼叫期间使用的电信业务接收业务速率信息。 然后,与呼叫卡呼叫相关联的可用资金帐户的耗尽率被实时确定,并且可用资金帐户在呼叫卡呼叫期间也被实时地耗尽确定的耗尽率。