Linda M Roberts, 56Mableton, GA

6724872, Apr 20, 2004

Dec 17, 2001

10/022940

Darryl Cynthia Moore - Conyers GA
Linda A. Roberts - Decatur GA
Anita Hogans Simpson - Decatur GA

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04M 1100

379 9335, 379 9323, 379 8813, 37914215, 37921501

A method and system are provided for delivering personalized messages to a calling party who calls a called party who is engaged in an Internet session over a telephone line not capable of receiving telephone calls without interrupting the Internet connection. The called party receives a notification on her computer screen of an incoming telephone call from a calling party. A drop box on the called partys computer temporarily interrupts the called party and identifies the calling party. The called party may answer the call, forward the call to a separate telephone number, place the call on hold, send the call to voice mail, or type, select or record a personalized message that is delivered to the calling party without interrupting the Internet session. The personalized message may be a text message or a voice message. Text messages are converted from text to speech before delivery to the calling party.

6754323, Jun 22, 2004

Dec 19, 2001

10/025722

E-Lee Chang - Mableton GA
Darryl Cynthia Moore - Conyers GA
Hong Thi Nguyen - Atlanta GA
Linda Ann Roberts - Decatur GA
Sharon E. Carter - Austell GA

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04M 342

37920501, 37921601

A method for automatically establishing a conference call. The method includes viewing numbers associated with a call log feature of a communication device, selecting desired invitees from the call log using a select key, and conferencing desired invitees together by activating a key. Conference call set-up and connect information may be provisioned in a variety of ways, including via a menu-based dual tone multiple frequency (DTMF) mechanism and via a form or formatted file sent from a subscriber. The present method queries a profile database and will connect invitees to a conference based on the directory number associated with the call-log. A method for aiding a subscriber in establishing an automatic conference call that is easy to use and does not require invitee action to connect to a conference bridge.

6754325, Jun 22, 2004

Mar 29, 2002

10/113391

Edward M. Silver - Atlanta GA
Linda A. Roberts - Decatur GA
Hong T. Nguyen - Atlanta GA

Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04M 342

37921102, 37920702

A method and system are provided for allowing caller control of calls directed to a called party where the called party has forwarded incoming calls. A call forwarding control feature is selected at the local telephone switch of the calling party on a call-by-call basis. Alternatively, the call forwarding control feature may be provisioned at the switch for all outgoing calls. After a directory number of a called party is entered, a determination is made as to whether the called party has call forwarding service and whether the called party as activated call forwarding for incoming calls. If the called party has activated a call forwarding service for incoming calls, the callers switch is instructed to terminate the call attempt. A message may be played to the caller to alert the caller that the call attempt is being terminated. If the called partys calls are not forwarded, the callers call is connected to the called party.

6810380, Oct 26, 2004

Mar 28, 2001

09/818858

Linda Ann Roberts - Decatur GA
Edward Michael Silver - Atlanta GA

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

G10L 1522

704270, 704274, 34053913, 379 45, 4554042

The present invention is a system and method for providing personal safety enhancement for communication devices having a speech recognition module. In one embodiment, when a specific speech segment recognized by the speech recognition module is received by a communication device of the present invention, the communication device performs the following tasks: (1) establishing a communication session with the called party; (2) communicating with a location system to generate location information pinpointing the location of the communication device; and (3) providing the location information to the called party. In other embodiments, the communication device performs additional tasks, including for example: (4) detecting a triggering event during the communication session; (5) communicating with the location system to generate subsequent location information; and (6) providing one or more of the subsequent location information and the triggering event to the called party. The called party may then use the location information and the triggering event to perform one or more actions, including providing help to the user of the communication device. The communication device is a wireless device in preferred embodiments of the present invention.

6829342, Dec 7, 2004

Apr 30, 2002

10/135667

Hong Thi Nguyen - Atlanta GA
Linda Ann Roberts - Decatur GA
Edward Michael Silver - Atlanta GA

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04M 342

37921201, 37922108, 37922111

A telephone network includes a service switching point, a service control point, and a service node. The service node determines whether a call to a telephone line is a voice call or a data call. Based on this determination, the telephone network may connect the call to the telephone line, redirect the call to a service line, or terminate the call.

6834103, Dec 21, 2004

Mar 29, 2002

10/109783

Edward M. Silver - Atlanta GA
Linda A. Roberts - Decatur GA
Hong T. Nguyen - Atlanta GA

Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04M 342

37921501, 37920101

A method and system are provided for caller control of telephone calls placed to telephone lines provisioned with a call waiting feature. A call waiting control feature is provisioned at the local telephone switch of the calling party. After a directory number of a called party is entered, a determination is made as to whether the called party has a call waiting feature, and if so, whether her telephone line is busy. If the line has an activated call waiting feature and the line is busy, the call attempt is terminated. If the called partys line does not have a call waiting feature, or if the line does have call waiting, but the called partys line is not busy, the call attempt proceeds. If the call attempt is to be terminated, a message may be played to the caller to alert the caller that the called partys line is busy, that a call waiting feature is activated on the called partys line, and that the call attempt is being terminated. The call waiting control method and system may be switch-based where the determinations as to the call waiting status and busy status of the called partys line are made from information from the called partys switch. Alternatively, the call waiting control method and system may be network-based where the determinations as to the call waiting status and busy status of the called partys line are made at a network component such as a service control point.

6873692, Mar 29, 2005

Mar 29, 2002

10/109976

Edward M. Silver - Atlanta GA, US
Linda A. Roberts - Decatur GA, US
Hong T. Nguyen - Atlanta GA, US

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04M001/56
H04M015/06

37914217, 37914201, 37914206, 37914215, 379 9323

A method and system are provided for locating and retrieving stored computer files that are related to an incoming telephone call directed to a computer user. A called party receives a telephone call while the called party is operating her computer. A computer telephony interface receives caller identification information on the calling party and uses that information to launch a software synchronization program for locating files stored on the called party's computer that are related to the calling party. A dialog box is displayed on the screen of the called party's computer that provides the caller identification on the calling party and provides an icon for displaying a list of stored files related to the incoming caller. The list of files may be automatically presented to the called party, or the called party may retrieve the list of stored files by selection of the icon presented in the dialog box. Selection of one of the stored files by the called party causes an instance of an application program, such as a word processing program responsible for creation and storage of the selected file, to be launched for displaying the selected file.

6876970, Apr 5, 2005

Jun 13, 2001

09/879219

Edward Michael Silver - Atlanta GA, US
Linda Ann Roberts - Decatur GA, US

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

G10L015/22
G06F013/10

704275, 704270, 725 38

A method for voice-activated tuning of broadcast programs. A system architecture of an embodiment of the present invention comprises a microphone, a signal converter, a digital signal processor (DSP), a memory, a tuner, and an output device. A method for implementing an embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps. First, the relationships between voice commands and channels are created. The relationships are preferably stored in the memory. Second, when a speech segment (comprising one or more words) is spoken by a user, the speech segment is captured by the microphone. Third, the microphone transforms the speech segment into an analog signal. Fourth, the signal converter converts the analog signal to a digital signal. Fifth, the DSP receives the digital signal and determines whether the speech segments matches one of the voice commands. Sixth, if the speech segment is determined to comprise a voice command, the DSP instructs the tuner to tune in to the channel or channels that have been previously associated with the voice command.