An example method includes: receiving, from an initiating device, a call destined for a target account; establishing, at a server, a central call session for the call and connecting the initiating device to the central call session; sending a central call session notification to a target device associated with the target account, the central call session notification to prompt the target device to initiate a request to join the central call session; receiving, from the target device, a response to the central call session notification; and when the response comprises the request to join the central call session, connecting the target device to the central call session to establish the call.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
Goods & Services
Telecommunication services, namely, providing transmission of voice, multimedia data, namely, pictures, music and video via global wireless networks; electronic transmission of voice, text, images data and information via cellular telephones; mobile telephone communication services; wireless telecommunication services, namely, providing access to the internet using a wireless telecommunications device for text messaging services, multimedia messaging services namely picture and video messaging, sending and receiving electronic mail and for accessing a global communications network; providing a web hosting platform for social networking services Downloadable software application for use on a mobile communications device that allows a user to send and receive unlimited text and picture messages. Telecommunications and communications equipment, apparatus and systems for recording, transmission, reception, processing, retrieval, reproduction, manipulation, analysis, display and print out of sound, images or data, namely mobile radios, cellular telephones, digital cellular telephones, mobile telephones, mobile data receivers and transmitters; encoded smart cards, namely prepaid smart cards for mobile telephones, Internet access, and telephone calling cards; accessories for cellular telephones and all other communications devices, namely, protective covers for mobile phones, microphones and speakers, phone cradles, and telephone holsters and downloadable pre-recorded ringtones; interactive video game software Posters, stickers; plastic or paper cards without magnetic encoding, namely, telephone cards for making telephone calls Entertainment services, namely organizing community sporting events, namely providing information in the field of sports entertainment, organizing sports competitions and games, namely in the field of football, soccer, hockey, tennis, golf, baseball, organizing cultural events, namely musical, theatrical, dance, art and craft exhibitions, and on-line gaming
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
38 - Telecommunications services
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
(1) Downloadable software application for use on a mobile communications device that allows a user to send and receive unlimited text and picture messages. Telecommunications and communications equipment, apparatus and systems for recording, transmission, reception, processing, retrieval, reproduction, manipulation, analysis, display and print out of sound, images or data, namely mobile radios, cellular telephones, digital cellular telephones, mobile telephones, mobile data receivers and transmitters; encoded smart cards, namely prepaid smart cards for mobile telephones, Internet access, and telephone calling cards; accessories for cellular telephones and all other communications devices, namely, protective covers for mobile phones, microphones and speakers, phone cradles, and telephone holsters and downloadable pre-recorded ringtones; interactive video game software; posters, stickers; plastic or paper cards without magnetic encoding, namely, telephone cards for making telephone calls. (1) Telecommunication services, namely, providing transmission of voice, multimedia data, namely, pictures, music and video via global wireless networks; electronic transmission of voice, text, images data and information via cellular telephones; mobile telephone communication services; wireless telecommunication services, namely, providing access to the internet using a wireless telecommunications device for text messaging services, multimedia messaging services namely picture and video messaging, sending and receiving electronic mail and for accessing a global communications network; providing a web hosting platform for social networking services.
(2) Entertainment services, namely organizing community sporting events, namely providing information in the field of sports entertainment, organizing sports competitions and games, namely in the field of football, soccer, hockey, tennis, golf, baseball, organizing cultural events, namely musical, theatrical, dance, art and craft exhibitions, and on-line gaming.
An example method includes: receiving, from a server, a call notification, the call notification including a call identifier for a call; providing a call alert to a user of the computing device; sending, to the server, a message including a registration request and the call identifier; receiving, from the server, handling parameters for handling the call; and handling the call according to the handling parameters.
An example communications routing system includes a prediction engine to, for each user account, generate a predicted cost of communications events using a gamma-gamma cost model, generate a predicted revenue of presented advertisements using a gamma-gamma revenue model, generate a margin based on the predicted cost and the predicted revenue, and, when the margin for a given user account is below a margin threshold, restrict a status associated with the given user account.
G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
G06Q 30/0201 - Market modellingMarket analysisCollecting market data
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Telecommunication services, namely, providing voice, data, pictures, music and video via wireless networks, electronic transmission of voice, text, images data and information by means of mobile radios, cellular telephones, digital cellular telephones and mobile telephones; mobile telephone communication services; wireless Internet access services; and wireless data services for mobile devices via a wireless network for the purpose of sending and receiving electronic mail, data, images, information, text, numeric messaging and text messaging and for accessing a global communications network Telecommunications and communications equipment, apparatus and systems for recording, transmission, reception, processing, retrieval, reproduction, manipulation, analysis, display and print out of sound, images or data, namely, mobile radios, cellular telephones, digital cellular telephones, mobile telephones, mobile data receivers and transmitters; encoded smart cards, namely, prepaid smart cards containing programming used for mobile telephones and Internet access, and prepaid telephone calling cards, magnetically encoded; accessories for cellular telephones and all other communications devices, namely, protective covers for mobile phones, microphones and speakers, phone cradles, and telephone holsters and downloadable pre-recorded ringtones; interactive video game software Printed posters, stickers; plastic or paper cards, namely, telephone calling cards, not magnetically encoded, for making telephone calls Entertainment services, namely, organizing community sporting and cultural events; providing a website for customers to participate in on-line computer games, and for operation and coordination of game tournaments, leagues and tours for recreational computer game playing purposes Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring computer software platforms for social networking services; Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable interactive video game software
7.
Systems and methods for improving audio quality using feedback control
An example communications system includes: a source device and a destination device; a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, the VoIP service configured to support a voice call between the source device and the destination device over at least one of a wide-area IP network and a public-switched telephone network; wherein, for at least one leg in the voice call: an encoding device is configured to encode an analog audio stream to a digital audio stream according to one or more input parameters, the input parameters including variable input parameters; a receiving device is configured to send a quality indicator to the encoding device, the quality indicator representing the quality of the digital audio stream received at the receiving device; and the encoding device is configured to, at a feedback controller, determine updated variable input parameters for encoding a subsequent analog audio stream.
A mobile communications system includes switching between communication paths based on the quality of service. A VoIP service is coupled to a mobile network and a wireless local-area network (WLAN) via a wide-area IP network. A plurality of mobile communications devices are associated with VoIP telephone numbers. A public switched telephone network (PSTN) is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices and coupled to the VoIP service. A quality of service server is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices via the wide-area IP network for determining the quality of data channels to a mobile communications device via the mobile network and to the mobile communications device via the WLAN. A voice call is carried over one of the mobile network, the WLAN, and the PSTN depending on the quality of the data channels.
An example communications system for providing communication services between communications devices may employ multiple usage rates for metered communication services. A method for adjusting usage amounts to account for multiple usage rates may include determining a usage adjustment factor for a communications event; determining a metered usage amount for the communications event; and determining an adjusted usage amount based on the usage adjustment factor and the metered usage amount for the communications amount. Thus, a billing system in the communications system may determine an invoice amount based on the adjusted usage amount and a predetermined bill rate.
An example method of suggesting contacts in a communications routing system includes: routing, via a routing engine, communications events between a communications device and a plurality of further communications devices coupled to the communications routing system as VoIP calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers; storing, for a user account associated with the communications device, a contact database representing VoIP telephone numbers stored in a contact tracking application of the communications device; storing, in the contact database for the user account, a log of communications events including a record for each new telephone number; and when the record for a new telephone number satisfies a threshold condition, providing a prompt, at the communications device, to add the new telephone number to the contact tracking application.
H04W 8/26 - Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
H04M 7/00 - Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres
H04L 61/4535 - Network directoriesName-to-address mapping using an address exchange platform which sets up a session between two nodes, e.g. rendezvous servers, session initiation protocols [SIP] registrars or H.323 gatekeepers
H04L 61/4594 - Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents
An example communications system includes: a source device and a destination device; a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, the VoIP service configured to support a voice call between the source device and the destination device over at least one of a wide-area IP network and a public-switched telephone network; wherein, for at least one leg in the voice call: an encoding device is configured to encode an analog audio stream to a digital audio stream according to one or more input parameters, the input parameters including variable input parameters; a receiving device is configured to send a quality indicator to the encoding device, the quality indicator representing the quality of the digital audio stream received at the receiving device; and the encoding device is configured to, at a feedback controller, determine updated variable input parameters for encoding a subsequent analog audio stream.
G10L 21/02 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
G10L 19/005 - Correction of errors induced by the transmission channel, if related to the coding algorithm
G10L 25/60 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination for measuring the quality of voice signals
H04L 29/12 - Arrangements, apparatus, circuits or systems, not covered by a single one of groups characterised by the data terminal
12.
Mobile electronic communications using internet protocol
A database stores unique associations between account identifiers and mobile-network telephone numbers assigned by a mobile network to mobile communications devices. The account identifiers are also associated with voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone numbers. Voice calls between the mobile communications devices are made as voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers. Tracking of the VoIP calls is performed through the mobile network using respective mobile-network telephone numbers, so that a prepaid balance can be enforced.
An example method of suggesting contacts in a communications routing system includes: routing, via a routing engine, communications events between a communications device and a plurality of further communications devices coupled to the communications routing system as VoIP calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers; storing, for a user account associated with the communications device, a contact database representing VoIP telephone numbers stored in a contact tracking application of the communications device; storing, in the contact database for the user account, a log of communications events including a record for each new telephone number; and when the record for a new telephone number satisfies a threshold condition, providing a prompt, at the communications device, to add the new telephone number to the contact tracking application.
An example method of suggesting contacts in a communications routing system includes: routing, via a routing engine, communications events between a communications device and a plurality of further communications devices coupled to the communications routing system as VoIP calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers; storing, for a user account associated with the communications device, a contact database representing VoIP telephone numbers stored in a contact tracking application of the communications device; storing, in the contact database for the user account, a log of communications events including a record for each new telephone number; and when the record for a new telephone number satisfies a threshold condition, providing a prompt, at the communications device, to add the new telephone number to the contact tracking application.
A mobile communications system includes switching between communication paths based on the quality of service. A VoIP service is coupled to a mobile network and a wireless local-area network (WLAN) via a wide-area IP network. A plurality of mobile communications devices are associated with VoIP telephone numbers. A public switched telephone network (PSTN) is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices and coupled to the VoIP service. A quality of service server is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices via the wide-area IP network for determining the quality of data channels to a mobile communications device via the mobile network and to the mobile communications device via the WLAN. A voice call is carried over one of the mobile network, the WLAN, and the PSTN depending on the quality of the data channels.
An example communications system for providing communication services between communications devices may employ multiple usage rates for metered communication services. A method for adjusting usage amounts to account for multiple usage rates may include determining a usage adjustment factor for a communications event; determining a metered usage amount for the communications event; and determining an adjusted usage amount based on the usage adjustment factor and the metered usage amount for the communications amount. Thus, a billing system in the communications system may determine an invoice amount based on the adjusted usage amount and a predetermined bill rate.
An example method of assigning a telephone number to a user account in a communications system is provided. The method includes obtaining a mnemonic seed and obtaining a subset of telephone numbers filtered from a global telephone number pool based on the mnemonic seed. The alphanumeric representation of each telephone number in the subset is within a threshold Hamming distance of the mnemonic seed. The method further includes receiving an indication of a selected telephone number from the subset and assigning the selected telephone number to the user account.
An example communications routing system includes a prediction engine to, for each user account, generate a predicted cost of communications events using a gamma-gamma cost model, generate a predicted revenue of presented advertisements using a gamma-gamma revenue model, generate a margin based on the predicted cost and the predicted revenue, and, when the margin for a given user account is below a margin threshold, restrict a status associated with the given user account.
G06Q 30/02 - MarketingPrice estimation or determinationFundraising
G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
H04M 7/00 - Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres
An example method of assigning a telephone number to a user account in a communications system is provided. The method includes obtaining a mnemonic seed and obtaining a subset of telephone numbers filtered from a global telephone number pool based on the mnemonic seed. The alphanumeric representation of each telephone number in the subset is within a threshold Hamming distance of the mnemonic seed. The method further includes receiving an indication of a selected telephone number from the subset and assigning the selected telephone number to the user account.
An example communications system for providing communication services between communications devices may employ multiple usage rates for metered communication services. A method for adjusting usage amounts to account for multiple usage rates may include determining a usage adjustment factor for a communications event; determining a metered usage amount for the communications event; and determining an adjusted usage amount based on the usage adjustment factor and the metered usage amount for the communications amount. Thus, a billing system in the communications system may determine an invoice amount based on the adjusted usage amount and a predetermined bill rate.
An example method of assigning a telephone number to a user account in a communications system is provided. The method includes obtaining a mnemonic seed and obtaining a subset of telephone numbers filtered from a global telephone number pool based on the mnemonic seed. The alphanumeric representation of each telephone number in the subset is within a threshold Hamming distance of the mnemonic seed. The method further includes receiving an indication of a selected telephone number from the subset and assigning the selected telephone number to the user account.
A mobile communications device receives an indication of a balance from a server when establishment of a voice call or sending of a message is requested. The mobile communications device determines whether the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over a mobile network. If the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, the voice call is established or the message is sent under normal operating conditions. If the balance is insufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, a grace period is activated and the voice call is established or the message is sent during the grace period over an available wireless local-area network.
A mobile communications system includes switching between communication paths based on the quality of service. A VoIP service is coupled to a mobile network and a wireless local-area network (WLAN) via a wide-area IP network. A plurality of mobile communications devices are associated with VoIP telephone numbers. A public switched telephone network (PSTN) is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices and coupled to the VoIP service. A quality of service server is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices via the wide-area IP network for determining the quality of data channels to a mobile communications device via the mobile network and to the mobile communications device via the WLAN. A voice call is carried over one of the mobile network, the WLAN, and the PSTN depending on the quality of the data channels.
A mobile communications device receives an indication of a balance from a server when establishment of a voice call or sending of a message is requested. The mobile communications device determines whether the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over a mobile network. If the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, the voice call is established or the message is sent under normal operating conditions. If the balance is insufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, a grace period is activated and the voice call is established or the message is sent during the grace period over an available wireless local-area network.
A database stores unique associations between account identifiers and mobile-network telephone numbers assigned by a mobile network to mobile communications devices. The account identifiers are also associated with voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone numbers. Voice calls between the mobile communications devices are made as voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers. Tracking of the VoIP calls is performed through the mobile network using respective mobile-network telephone numbers, so that a prepaid balance can be enforced.
A database stores unique associations between account identifiers and mobile-network telephone numbers assigned by a mobile network to mobile communications devices. The account identifiers are also associated with voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone numbers. Voice calls between the mobile communications devices are made as voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers. Tracking of the VoIP calls is performed through the mobile network using respective mobile-network telephone numbers, so that a prepaid balance can be enforced.
A mobile communications device receives an indication of a balance from a server when establishment of a voice call or sending of a message is requested. The mobile communications device determines whether the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over a mobile network. If the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, the voice call is established or the message is sent under normal operating conditions. If the balance is insufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, a grace period is activated and the voice call is established or the message is sent during the grace period over an available wireless local-area network.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Accessories for cellular telephones and all other communications devices, namely, protective covers for mobile phones, microphones and speakers, phone cradles, and telephone holsters and downloadable prerecorded ringtones; interactive video game software. Providing a web hosting platform for social networking services.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
38 - Telecommunications services
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
(1) Downloadable software application for use on a mobile communications device that allows a user to send and receive unlimited text and picture messages.
(2) Telecommunications and communications equipment, apparatus and systems for recording, transmission, reception, processing, retrieval, reproduction, manipulation, analysis, display and print out of sound, images or data, namely mobile radios, cellular telephones, digital cellular telephones, mobile telephones, mobile data receivers and transmitters; encoded smart cards, namely prepaid smart cards for mobile telephones, Internet access, and telephone calling cards; accessories for cellular telephones and all other communications devices, namely, protective covers for mobile phones, microphones and speakers, phone cradles, and telephone holsters and downloadable pre-recorded ringtones; interactive video game software; posters, stickers; plastic or paper cards without magnetic encoding, namely, telephone cards for making telephone calls. (1) Telecommunication services, namely, providing transmission of voice, multimedia data, namely, pictures, music and video via global wireless networks; electronic transmission of voice, text, images data and information via cellular telephones; mobile telephone communication services; wireless telecommunication services, namely, providing access to the internet using a wireless telecommunications device for text messaging services, multimedia messaging services namely picture and video messaging, sending and receiving electronic mail and for accessing a global communications network; providing a web hosting platform for social networking services.
(2) Entertainment services, namely organizing community sporting events, namely providing information in the field of sports entertainment, organizing sports competitions and games, namely in the field of football, soccer, hockey, tennis, golf, baseball, organizing cultural events, namely musical, theatrical, dance, art and craft exhibitions, and on-line gaming.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
38 - Telecommunications services
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
(1) Telecommunications and communications equipment, apparatus and systems for recording, transmission, reception, processing, retrieval, reproduction, manipulation, analysis, display and print out of sound, images or data, namely mobile radios, cellular telephones, digital cellular telephones, mobile telephones; portable wireless internet access hubs; encoded smart cards, namely prepaid smart cards for mobile telephones, Internet access, and telephone calling cards; accessories for cellular telephones and all other communications devices, namely, protective covers for mobile phones, microphones and speakers, phone cradles, and telephone holsters and downloadable pre-recorded ringtones; interactive video game software; posters, stickers; plastic or paper cards without magnetic encoding, namely, telephone cards for making telephone calls. (1) Telecommunication services, namely, providing transmission of voice, multimedia data, namely, pictures, music and video via global wireless networks; electronic transmission of voice, text, images data and information via cellular telephones; wireless telecommunication services, namely, providing access to the internet using a wireless telecommunications device for text messaging services, multimedia messaging services namely picture and video messaging, sending and receiving electronic mail and for accessing a global communications network; providing a web hosting platform for social networking services.
(2) Entertainment services, namely organizing community sporting events, namely providing information in the field of sports entertainment, organizing sports competitions and games, namely in the field of football, soccer, hockey, tennis, golf, baseball, organizing cultural events, namely musical, theatrical, dance, art and craft exhibitions, and on-line gaming.
