Abstract:
A system for establishing a public wireless local area network (10) comprises a publicly switched telephone network (14), a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (16), and at least one public telephone (18). The digital subscriber line access multiplexer (16) and the at least one public telephone (18) communicate with the public switched telephone network (14). A wireless local area network hub (22) communicates with the public telephone (18) and with the digital subscriber line access multiplexer (16), and is adapted to establish a digital subscriber line connection with at least one wireless communication device (12).
Abstract:
A digital subscriber line self-installation kit comprises an optional network card, a digital subscriber line modem, at least one digital subscriber line filter, a computer-readable medium whose ocntaents comprise computer-readable connection software code, and in instruction manual. The instruciton manual describes a unified installation process for the network card, the digital subscriber line modem, the at least one digital subscriber line filter, and the computer-readable connection software code, wherein the unified installation process requires at most one operating system selection step by a user.
Abstract:
A system and method include implementing and accessing a subscriber's telecommunications services, using a graphical user interface (GUI) via the Internet (44), and an interactive voice response (IVR 45) system via the public switched telecommunications network (PSTN). The system and method enable a subscriber to review, schedule and modify call forwarding information stored and implemented by a service control point (SCP 23) through a common server from any dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) telephone (25) and IVR system via the PSTN or any GUI and Web client (30) via the Internet. The subscriber is able to build and edit call forwarding data, such as a scheduler and priority and rejection screening lists, by the GUI via the Internet for subsequent implementation.
Abstract:
A swinging objective retarding immersion lens system and method wahere a particle source (102) creates a beam of charge particles which are focused and whose energy is controlled by a magnetic lens (115) and a plurality of deflection electrodes (120a, 120b, 120c, 120d).
Abstract:
A desired signal (C(t)) and at least one interfering signal (I(t)) are joint demodulated with a Viterbi equalizer (20) having an adaptive total number of states. The total number of states is based on channel impulse response (CIR) coefficients associated with the desired signal (C(t)) and the at least one interfering signal (I(t)).
Abstract:
Wireless access protocol-capable wireless devices (100 and 310) are able to synchronize displayed Web content. A first WAP device requests (405) a synchronized session through the Sync Proxy of the network. The Sync Proxy, through a WAP Push Proxy, sets up the synchronized session (410). One or both wireless devices may then request (420 and 422) content from a Web site. This content is transmitted from the Web site to the first device (435 and 437), and through a WAP Proxy to the second device (440 and 442).
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for a distributed system (Fig 1) supporting a plurality of services. A service request is initiated by an initiating customer (Fig. 1, #40). The service request is then executed using, for example, a user-to-network interface setup (Fig. 1, #12, #20). A terminating setup is then performed to either accept or reject the requested service. Multiple requests are correlated with respective services to enable at least one appropriate policy and logic (Fig. 1, #20, #24). Data related to the requested service is obtained using at least one of a push procedure (Fig 4), a pull procedure (Fig. 5), a query procedure (Fig. 5), and a procedure in which requests are associated with the issuance of certificates (Fig. 6).
Abstract:
A method and system enable optimization of trunk group design in a public switched telephone network (PSTN). A community of interest, including two end offices (14, 16) connected by a direct trunk (72) and at least one tandem switch (22), is identified using out-of band signalling data collected from the PSTN. An application server (42) interfaced to the PSTN determines whether traffic in the community of interest passes through the tandem switch (22) during a predetermined time period. When traffic passes through the tandem switch (22), the application server (42) further determines whether the direct trunk (72) between the end offices experienced an overflow during the same predetermined time period. When the direct trunk (72) did not experience an overflow condition, an exchange code associated with the traffic passing through the tandem switch (22) is designated as a misrouted code. The misrouted code is flagged so that associated traffic is redirected through the direct trunk (72).
Abstract:
In one preferred embodiment, a message which is to be routed toone of a plurality of authorized parties comprising a first authorized party (34) and a second authorized party (40), is received by a routing system (12). A Web service (26) is polled to detect for a presence of the first authorized party (34). After determining that the presence of the first authorized party remains undetected over an allocated time interval, the Web service is polled to detect for a presence of the second authorized party (40). In response to detecting the presence of the second authorized party, the message is routed to an active communication device (42) associated with the second authorized party.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a customer call routing menu employing an interactive voice response system (IVR) to process a call in a customer service center. The menu messages (56 and 515) are provided in terms of customer tasks (103-106) to be performed, rather than in terms of corporate units. Further, the menu messages are arranged and played to the caller in the order of the most frequently requested tasks and include terminology commonly used by customers.