Method of completing long distance pots calls with IP telephony endpoints

    公开(公告)号:US06304565B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-16

    申请号:US09082245

    申请日:1998-05-20

    申请人: Ram S. Ramamurthy

    发明人: Ram S. Ramamurthy

    IPC分类号: H04L1266

    摘要: When a calling party calls a called party on the public-switched telephone network (PSTN), a database common to both the PSTN and an Internet Protocol (IP) network, is accessed to determine whether the called telephone line is currently active on the IP network. That database maintains a record for each user who is currently active on the IP network through an Internet Service Provider (ISP). In addition, each record contains information identifying the particular user logged into the network on that line, an indication whether the telephone line is IP telephony capable, an indication whether that line is currently active on an IP telephony call on an Internet Telephony network (ITN), and the IP telephony feature set subscribed to by the called party on that line. If the telephone line is active, IP telephony capable, currently active on an IP telephony call on the ITN, and the called party subscribes to a call waiting-on-IP feature, then the incoming call can be forwarded as an IP telephony call to the called telephone line over the ITN. Alternatively, the incoming call can be directed to an alternate destination on either the ITN network or the PSTN, such as a voice mail or message service. If the called party is engaged in a browsing activity and has an IP telephony capability, then the called party is alerted to the incoming telephone call via a message on his terminal. The incoming call is then completed through the ITN to the called party as an Internet telephony call. If the called party is currently active on the IP network through an ISP, but does not have an IP telephony capability, then the PSTN forwards a message to the ISP, which pushes a message to the called party to inform him or her of the incoming call. The incoming call is then be directed onto the IP network to a messaging service, or on the PSTN to a voicemail service, or to an alternate telephone number, such as a cellular phone, for pickup by the called party.

    Method for managing multicast addresses for transmitting and receiving
multimedia conferencing information on an internet protocol (IP)
network implemented over an ATM network
    2.
    发明授权
    Method for managing multicast addresses for transmitting and receiving multimedia conferencing information on an internet protocol (IP) network implemented over an ATM network 失效
    一种用于管理用于在ATM网络上实现的因特网协议(IP)网络上发送和接收多媒体会议信息的组播地址的方法

    公开(公告)号:US6138144A

    公开(公告)日:2000-10-24

    申请号:US881763

    申请日:1997-06-24

    摘要: In a multicast capable IP network implemented over an ATM network, each client terminal on a multimedia conference, for each media type it transmits, is assigned a multicast IP address and a port number (together known as a socket) on which to transmit packets, wherein each assigned multicast IP address is unique and different than the multicast IP address assigned to any other client for any media type. Each client terminal then selects, for each media type, which clients on the conference it wants to receive packets from. Only packets that are in fact requested by a client are routed over the multicast IP network to the requesting client. A single special purpose Multicast Address Resolution System (MARS) server is associated with the conference when the conference is established. Each client terminal uses that MARS server, whether on the same or different IP sub-networks, but on a common ATM network, for purposes of mapping the multicast IP addresses used in the conference into a set of unicast ATM endpoint addresses used by the ATM-connected client terminals. Similarly, when a specific conference uses a Multicast Server, a single special purpose Multicast Server is used for all clients on the conference, whether on the same or different IP sub-networks, for purposes of establishing point-to-multipoint ATM connections to the conference endpoints.

    摘要翻译: 在通过ATM网络实现的多播能力的IP网络中,对于其发送的每种媒体类型,在多媒体会议上的每个客户端被分配有在其上传送分组的多播IP地址和端口号(一起被称为套接字) 其中每个分配的多播IP地址是唯一的,并且与针对任何媒体类型分配给任何其他客户端的多播IP地址不同。 然后,每个客户端终端针对每种媒体类型选择要在其上接收分组的会议上哪些客户端。 事实上客户端请求的报文只能通过组播IP网络路由到请求客户端。 当会议建立时,单个专用组播地址解析系统(MARS)服务器与会议相关联。 每个客户终端使用该MARS服务器,无论是在相同或不同的IP子网上,但是在公共ATM网络上,用于将会议中使用的组播IP地址映射到由ATM使用的一组单播ATM端点地址 连接的客户终端。 类似地,当特定会议使用多播服务器时,无论是在相同的还是不同的IP子网上,单个专用多播服务器被用于会议上的所有客户端,以便建立到多个组播服务器的点对多点ATM连接 会议端点。

    Method and system for delivering a voice message via an alias e-mail
address
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and system for delivering a voice message via an alias e-mail address 失效
    通过别名电子邮件地址发送语音留言的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US6085231A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-04

    申请号:US2630

    申请日:1998-01-05

    IPC分类号: H04M3/53 G06K5/00

    摘要: A subscriber to alias telephone number e-mail system can retrieve both their voice-mail messages and e-mail messages by accessing only their e-mail system. Specifically, when a calling party calls the subscriber of an alias e-mail system who is unavailable to take the call, and leaves a voice-mail message on a network-based voice-mail system, the voice-mail system stores the message. The network-based voice-mail system then determines, through a network-based database retrieval, whether the called party is a subscriber to an alias telephone number e-mail system. In such a system, e-mail messages are addressed with a name portion including a subscriber's telephone number. A translation server then translates the alias telephone number e-mail address to the subscriber's actual e-mail address and forwards the message to the subscriber. If the called party is determined to be a subscriber to such a system, the voice-mail system converts the stored voice-mail message into a text or a .WAV file and includes the converted message in an e-mail message addressed to the called party/subscriber's alias telephone number e-mail address for transmission over the Internet. The translation server then converts the alias telephone number e-mail address to the subscriber's actual e-mail address and forwards the e-mail message to the called party/subscriber's e-mail repository server at that actual address for later retrieval by the called party.

    摘要翻译: 别名电话号码电子邮件系统的用户可以仅通过访问其电子邮件系统来检索其语音邮件消息和电子邮件消息。 具体来说,当呼叫方呼叫不可接听呼叫的别名电子邮件系统的用户,并且在基于网络的语音邮件系统上留下语音邮件消息时,语音邮件系统存储消息。 基于网络的语音邮件系统然后通过基于网络的数据库检索来确定被叫方是否是别名电话号码电子邮件系统的订户。 在这样的系统中,电子邮件用包括用户电话号码的名称部分寻址。 翻译服务器然后将别名电话号码电子邮件地址转换成用户的实际电子邮件地址,并将消息转发给用户。 如果被叫方被确定为这样一个系统的用户,则语音邮件系统将存储的语音邮件消息转换为文本或.WAV文件,并将转换的消息包括在寻址到被叫方的电子邮件消息中 方/用户的别名电话号码通过互联网传输的电子邮件地址。 然后,翻译服务器将别名电话号码电子邮件地址转换为用户的实际电子邮件地址,并将该电子邮件消息转发到被叫方/订户的电子邮件存储库服务器,该实际地址供被叫方随后检索 。

    Network information delivery system for delivering information based on
end user terminal requirements
    4.
    发明授权
    Network information delivery system for delivering information based on end user terminal requirements 失效
    网络信息传递系统,用于根据最终用户终端要求提供信息

    公开(公告)号:US6035339A

    公开(公告)日:2000-03-07

    申请号:US816234

    申请日:1997-03-13

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06 H04L29/08 G06F13/00

    摘要: A network information delivery system automatically determines end-user information output requirements based on predetermined data corresponding to each requesting end-user terminal. A user profile is maintained in a database either associated with a network information delivery system or with the end-user terminal and is accessed by the network information delivery device. If the network information delivery device has authority to access the end-user terminal, a program may be downloaded to the end-user terminal to determine the exact end-user terminal configuration. The program executing in the end-user terminal returns to the network information delivery device a user profile containing the end-user terminal capabilities so that the requested information may be formatted and delivered to the end-user in an optimal manner. The information to be delivered to end-users may be pre-stored in predetermined formats. The predetermined formats may be determined based on a volume of requests and the characteristic of the information. The information may also be stored in a generic format so that packaging the information for a specific user may be efficiently and timely performed.

    摘要翻译: 网络信息传递系统基于与每个请求终端用户终端对应的预定数据,自动确定最终用户信息输出要求。 用户简档保存在与网络信息传递系统或终端用户终端相关联并由网络信息传递设备访问的数据库中。 如果网络信息传递设备具有访问终端用户终端的权限,则可以向最终用户终端下载程序以确定确切的终端用户终端配置。 在最终用户终端中执行的程序向网络信息传递设备返回包含最终用户终端能力的用户简档,以便所请求的信息可以被格式化并以最佳方式传送给最终用户。 要传送给最终用户的信息可以预先存储为预定格式。 可以基于请求的量和信息的特性来确定预定格式。 信息也可以以通用格式存储,从而可以有效和及时地执行用于特定用户的信息的打包。

    Packet mode multimedia conferencing services over an ISDN wide area
network
    6.
    发明授权
    Packet mode multimedia conferencing services over an ISDN wide area network 失效
    通过ISDN广域网的分组模式多媒体会议业务

    公开(公告)号:US5909431A

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-01

    申请号:US672841

    申请日:1996-06-28

    摘要: Real-time multimedia services are transmitted over a hybrid network including a nonguaranteed quality of service packet switched local area network and a circuit switched ISDN wide area network having a centralized multimedia bridge located within the wide area network. The local area networks and multimedia bridge are interconnected via ISDN routers. An algorithm executed by the multimedia bridge receives signals from the packet switched network and detects the absence of properties needed for real-time audio visual services. The data signals are processed to compensate for the absence of the properties and then are transmitted over the wide area network to enable real-time audio visual services.

    摘要翻译: 实时多媒体业务通过混合网络传输,包括非保证业务分组交换局域网质量和具有位于广域网内的集中式多媒体网桥的电路交换ISDN广域网。 局域网和多媒体网桥通过ISDN路由器互连。 由多媒体桥执行的算法从分组交换网络接收信号,并检测到实时视听服务所需的属性不存在。 处理数据信号以补偿不存在的属性,然后通过广域网传输以实现实时视听服务。

    Mobility support services using mobility aware access networks
    8.
    发明授权
    Mobility support services using mobility aware access networks 失效
    移动支持服务使用移动感知接入网络

    公开(公告)号:US06407988B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-18

    申请号:US09166805

    申请日:1998-10-06

    IPC分类号: H04J324

    摘要: A mobility support technique provides home agents and foreign agents in mobility aware access networks. Participating mobile hosts are assigned a home address that is used by other hosts as the mobile host's address. The home address actually addresses the home agent provided in the mobility aware access network. The home address provides additional privacy to the mobile host because it does not identify the mobile host's home premises network where the mobile host resides permanently absent any mobility of the mobile host. By providing home agents and foreign agents in a mobility aware access network, the agents may cooperatively establish optimal routing paths for data transmitted to a mobile host. The agents may identify a pseudo home agent, an agent in a mobility aware access network located near to a transmitting mobile host, that acts as the home agent of a destination mobile host. The pseudo home agent tunnels data directly to the destination mobile host without requiring the data to be routed first to the true home agent. In this regard, the pseudo home agent establishes a more direct routing path between the transmitting and destination mobile hosts.

    摘要翻译: 移动支持技术在移动感知接入网络中提供归属代理和外部代理。 参与移动主机被分配一个家庭地址,由其他主机用作移动主机的地址。 归属地址实际上涉及在移动感知接入网络中提供的归属代理。 家庭地址为移动主机提供额外的隐私,因为它不识别移动主机的住宅网络,其中移动主机所驻留的移动主机永远不存在任何移动性。 通过在移动性感知接入网络中提供归属代理和外部代理,代理可以协作地为传送到移动主机的数据建立最佳的路由路径。 代理可以识别充当目的地移动主机的归属代理的伪归属代理,位于发送移动主机附近的移动感知访问网络中的代理。 伪归属代理将数据直接传送到目标移动主机,而不需要首先将数据路由到真正的归属代理。 在这方面,伪归属代理在发送和移动主机之间建立更直接的路由路径。

    Method and system to provide an action control point master gatekeeper
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and system to provide an action control point master gatekeeper 失效
    方法和系统提供一个动作控制点的守门员

    公开(公告)号:US06374302B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-16

    申请号:US09052843

    申请日:1998-03-31

    IPC分类号: G06F1300

    摘要: An action control point master gatekeeper for a communications network creates a hierarchical scalable signaling and transaction infrastructure for supporting carrier level deployment of, for example, IP telephony using H.323 terminals and gateways. The action control point master gatekeeper supports a plurality of H.323 zones in an administrative domain. Action control point master gatekeepers in an administrative domain can signal to other administrative domains via a hierarchical signaling infrastructure. A backup master gatekeeper can also be present in an action control point. A customer database, which can be distributed within zones or centralized within an administrative domain, allows for address resolution between a terminal alias and a terminal address. The customer database can also contain pointers to special purpose processes, such as network control points, to implement service specific transaction services.

    摘要翻译: 用于通信网络的动作控制点主网守创建了用于支持例如使用H.323终端和网关的IP电话的载波级部署的分级可扩展信令和事务基础设施。 动作控制点主网守在管理域中支持多个H.323区域。 管理域中的行动控制点主守门员可以通过分层信令基础设施向其他管理域发信号。 备用主网守也可以存在于动作控制点中。 可以在区域内分发或集中在管理域内的客户数据库允许终端别名和终端地址之间的地址解析。 客户数据库还可以包含指向专用流程(如网络控制点)的指针,以实现特定于服务的事务服务。

    Method of providing seamless cross-service connectivity in
telecommunications network
    10.
    发明授权
    Method of providing seamless cross-service connectivity in telecommunications network 失效
    在电信网络中提供无缝跨业务连接的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5987508A

    公开(公告)日:1999-11-16

    申请号:US910307

    申请日:1997-08-13

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

    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