33 results about "Public switched network" patented technology

<heading lvl="0">Abstract of Disclosure< / heading> An integrated suite of services for consumers, service providers and manufacturers in the pharmaceutical industry is disclosed. The present invention utilizes one or more of the NCPDP standard formats and adopts the switch for an integrated system of, for example, instant adjudication of prescriptions, consumer data warehousing and / or incentive rewards for the consumer. A participating consumer with one card, can instantly purchase pharmaceuticals and charge the transaction to a credit card and earn and apply savings dollars redeemable for pharmaceutical purchases. For a participating service provider, instant adjudication and instant validation of consumer eligibility can be performed. Moreover, a service provider may receive messages related to the patient's medications. Significantly, data is recorded for consumers even when consumers make the pharmaceutical purchase with cash. The system includes a unique card issued to participating consumers. The card is adapted to encode conventional credit or debit card information specific to the participating consumer so that the consumer can consummate a transaction for the purchase of pharmaceuticals without possession of an additional credit card. The system further includes a host processor coupled to the point of sale at the service provider through a leased line or public switch network or the like. When a customer performs a pharmaceutical transaction at the point of sale of the service provider, the host processor coordinates any benefits and data with other prescription benefit management systems through messages transmitted and received from any primary or secondary carrier systems. The host processor further is adapted to facilitate real-time adjudication of claims and checks for any dangerous drug-to-drug interactions. The host processor additionally facilitates any financial processing including the accumulation and redemption of any bonus dollars earned by the consumer. Furthermore, since the card used by the consumer can be encoded with credit or debit card information, the host processor determines the desired payment method and performs the actual financial transaction. Even if the transaction at the point of sale is a cash purchase, the consumer may desire to use his unique card for the accrual of bonus dollars. Therefore, data concerning the transaction (i.e., pharmacy number, prescription number, etc.) can be recorded even for transactions conducted with cash.

The image processing system is applied to dentistry, for example, and performs photography of the teeth of a patient while causing a plurality of illumination light LEDs of different wavelengths to emit light by means of a photography device when producing a crown repair or denture of the patient, whereby image data are acquired. The image data are transmitted to a dental filing system constituting a processing device where color reproduction data are determined through computation. In addition, color reproduction data are transmitted to the dental technician's office via a public switched network. Therefore, a repair material compound ratio calculation database is searched and the compound data for a material that matches the hue of the patient's teeth are found, whereby a crown repair or denture or the like that very closely matches the color of the patient's teeth is produced.

The advanced intelligent network (AIN) to determine routing of voice calls alternatively between the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a data packet network, such as the Internet, in accordance with the quality of service existing in the data packet network at the times of call origination. The user's acceptable level of service may be predefined with a threshold quality level stored in the user's Call Processing Record (CPR) in the AIN Integrated Services Control Point (ISCP). On a per call basis, the caller linked to a first public switched network may indicate a preference to route through the Internet. This indication is recognized by the AIN system, in response to which the quality of service currently present on the Internet for completion of the call is measured. If the result exceeds the stored threshold, the call is setup and routed through the Internet to the switched network link to the destination party. If the quality of service on the Internet is not satisfactory, the call is alternatively routed through the PSTN, which may include an Interexchange Carrier link. The AIN system automatically controls the alternative routing of such calls.

The packet network phone unit is an interface between a telephone instrument and a packet network for enabling voice data to be communicated over the packet network. The unit also functions as a gateway between a packet network and a public switched telephone network, thereby interconnecting the networks and providing a public switched telephone network gateway to a packet network. When power is not supplied to the unit, a fallback switch automatically links the telephone instrument directly to the public switched network, bypassing the circuitry in the unit. The unit includes links to a plurality of external serial communications lines as well as an interface for connecting to a personal computer. The unit also includes an LCD driver and a display for displaying information such as a caller identification. The packet network phone unit also may function an answering machine / messaging system.

A system for transporting public switched network (PSTN) terminated signaling across an Internet protocol (IP) network includes a gateway between the PSTN and the IP network. The gateway receives a telephony signaling message from the PSTN and determines if the telephony signaling message maps to an IP signaling message. If the telephony signaling message does not map to an IP signaling message, the gateway packages the telephony signaling message in a special IP signaling message for transport over the IP network. If the gateway receives a special IP signaling special message, the gateway unpackages the telephony signaling message from the special message for transport over the PSTN. If the gateway receives DTMF signals from the PSTN, the gateway translates the DTMF signals to digits and packages the digits in a special IP signaling message for transport over the IP network. The gateway also packages the DTMF signals in an IP media transport protocol message for transport over the IP network.

A method and switching system that provisions to subscribers a geographically-specific telephone number. The geographically-specific telephone number is useable by the public switched network (PSTN) and translated by the switching system to connect the call to the subscriber that may be situated outside the geographic local associated with the geographically-specific telephone number. To complete a call, the switching system translates the geographically-specific telephone number to a global customer address of the system. The global customer address is sent to the local exchange carrier (LEC) or internet service provider (ISP) associated with the geographical local of the customer using the global customer address. The switching system also provides call identification capability when the subscriber makes a call to a user on the PSTN.

The invention relates to a remote video monitoring system and a remote video monitoring method based on public switched telephone network-Internet protocol (PSTN-IP) double-network cooperation. The system comprises a plurality of multimedia telephone terminals and one or more network video camera devices communicating with at least one of the terminals, wherein the terminals are in audio / non-audio communication with one another respectively through the PSTN / IP network; the non-audio communication is triggered by PSTN telephone dialing; telephone numbers are used as positioning identifiers of the terminals; IP addressing among the terminals is finished by using a mapping relation between a telephone number maintained in an IP network server and an IP address, so that the non-audio communication connection based on the IP network is established; and a calling terminal sends a control instruction to the network video camera device connected to a called terminal through the non-audio communication connection and acquires video data acquired by the network camera device. By the system and the method, the requirement of family remote video monitoring can be met better; furthermore, the system and the method have flexibility and security, are convenient to operate and are convenient for realizing server network management.

A device that provides a gateway between a public switching telephone network and a gateway device comprises a controller interface including telephony circuitry, power circuitry, and a master cellular phone circuit. The controller is connected to at least one public switching network. The controller interface further includes a plurality of cartridge slots connected to the telephony circuitry and the master cellular phone circuitry, wherein the telephony circuitry links the master cellular phone circuitry to the public switching telephone network. The device further includes a plurality of transceiver cartridges removeably connected to the cartridge slots of the controller interface. The transceiver cartridges are operably configured to wirelessly link the master cellular phone circuitry to the cellular networks. Additionally, the controller interface circuitry is operably configured to switch between land line telephone network and the plurality of cellular networks based on preset conditions.

The present invention is directed to a method for placing a call between a client in one network and a client in another network. The IP network includes a SIP server and a network gateway configured to provide access to a public switched network. The method includes receiving a SIP call request message from the first client. The SIP call request message is authenticated to thereby identify an authentic originating client. Subsequently, a database is searched to find client billing tag corresponding to the authentic originating client. The call is completed if the client billing tag is obtained, and not completed if the client billing tag cannot be obtained. Thus, the present invention provides an efficient method for billing phone calls that are placed from SIP enabled devices to a telephone connected to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The method of the present invention also substantially eliminates certain types of fraud.

A telephone switching system includes a position information management database and a call conversion controller. On receiving number conversion information from an adapter having a radio communication terminal connected, the database registers an identification number assigned to the adapter and terminal information particular to the communication terminal in one-to-one correspondence, thereby managing the position of the communication terminal. When a call is originated on a telephone terminal interconnected thereto or a communication terminal having a voice communication function interconnected to its LAN system, the call conversion controller searches the database on the basis of a destination number and substitutes, if terminal information corresponding to the destination number is found out in the database, the identification number of the adapter corresponding to the terminal information for the destination number to process call switching.

A cable infrastructure includes a plurality of cable modem circuits communicatively coupled to a cable network and associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of subscribers. Each of a plurality of telephones has both a POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) interface and a unique telephone number and associates with a corresponding one of the plurality of subscribers. Each of a plurality of interface circuits couples one of the plurality of cable modem circuits with a corresponding one of the plurality of telephones via the POTS interface. A head end system communicatively couples to the cable network, the public switched telephony network, and the Internet network and supports address mapping that enables communication exchanges between one of the plurality of telephones and an Internet telephony device. The address mapping also enables communication exchanges between telephones serviced by differing head ends via an Internet pathway that is independent of the public switched telephony network.

The invention relates to a voice collecting, distributing and back feeding system of agricultural reverted by the voice system through arranging, assembling and analyzing voice signal related to agricultural transmitted by fixed telephone or mobile phone on public exchanging network or internet. It is mainly made up of user voice distribution, receiving system, telephone exchanging device, host voice service station, internet distribution system and compiling center. The normal farmer dials to the voice service station with fixed telephone or mobile phone, describes the demanded information to service system with voice mode, the system will records the voice of the other side automatically, the voice is classified according to the preference of farmer to voice, processes them and transmits them into the information databank, then carries on information process through the compiling center and feeds them back to farmer through network, thus the farmer can acquire the needed agricultural information in time.

A system and method for providing a voice and / or data service is thus presented, comprising the following. A connection request is detected. The connection request is formatted into a data cell. The data cell is sent to a service control point. The service control point determines in real time whether a connection to public switch network is available. If the connection to a public switch network is available, the requested connection is set up as a virtual circuit connection to the public switch network.

The invention relates to a switching control method for public switched telephone network (PSTN)-Internet protocol (IP) network cooperative communication. The method is used for non-audio communication control between PSTN-IP network cooperative multimedia telephone terminals. Communication connection is initiated by PSTN telephone dialing, telephone numbers are taken as positioning identifiers of the multimedia telephone terminals, PSTN circuit auxiliary authentication, dynamic IP addressing and switching are performed by utilizing a server system of an IP network, IP-network-based non-audio communication connection is finally established, and non-audio communication is realized between the multimedia telephone terminals. An IP-network-based non-audio communication connection protocol is taken as a core, and a login / logout control protocol, a charging information acquisition protocol and a security control protocol are also involved. By the method, a complete non-audio communication protocol is provided, the separate transmission of audios and videos is realized by a PSTN circuit switching network and the IP network, and the short delay of audio communication and the high quality of video communication are ensured at the same time.

The invention discloses a network telephone gateway. The network telephone gateway comprises a determining module and a switching module. The determining module receives a telephone number a user needs to dial or answer and determines whether the telephone number is an emergency telephone number in an emergency call list. The switching module, in case that the telephone number is an emergency telephone number and a conversation network is an IP network, switches the conversation network into a public switched telephone network, realizes an emergency call through the public switched network, records duration of connection maintained with the public switched telephone network after the emergency call ends, and switches the conversation network into the IP network after the duration exceeds a preset time period. According to the network telephone gateway and the emergency call processing method thereof, provided by the invention, such situations can be avoided that the network telephone gateway fails to be switched to the public switched telephone network due to incapability of detection of a reply call of the public switched telephone network and the like, and it is ensured that the reply network call of the public switched telephone network can be normally answered.

A short range wireless protocol is established to / from a processing device, such as a point of sale terminal. Adapters are designed for mating with different ones of commercially available communicating devices (host) using the public switched network. The adapters are arranged to communicate with the host using the host protocol and with the processing device using the established, short range wireless protocol. In one embodiment, power is derived at the adapter using parasitic power from the communication link.

A system, method and computer-readable medium by-passing the public switched telephone network when routing a call from a carrier network to an enterprise network are provided. A carrier gateway server is communicatively coupled with an enterprise gateway server. The enterprise gateway server is adapted to publish direct inward dial numbers assigned to enterprise extensions to the carrier gateway server. Once published, call setups originated in the carrier network may be routed directly to an enterprise network having a terminal assigned the dialed number of the call setup. Advantageously, the carrier network operator does not incur any inter-connect fee from any public switched network operator.

This invention relates to a mobile phone crypto suitable for realizing security voice and data communication of mobile communication network and PSTN including a handheld terminal set integrating a voice IO unit, a voice code and decode unit, a voice post process unit, a primary control unit, a supply management unit, a man-machine interface unit, a connection-expansion unit, a ciphere / de-ciphere unit and a security management unit, a special connection cable and special interface fittings. When a security communication is needed, the crypto of said mobile phone can cut in the mobile communication net or the PSTN quickly in the way of wire or wireless to ensure the security voice session or data communication by end to end and ciphering every time under the internal control of the crypto.

Methods for associating multi-lingual audio recordings with visual objects in a presentation system accessed by the Internet network wherein a plurality of visual objects such as charts or slides controlled by a third party in a server can be accessed by any user of the network. Each visual object being associated with an audio recording in any language selected amongst several predetermined languages. In an example embodiment, the method comprises the steps of calling the third party server by the user in charge of the audio recording associated with a visual object via the Public Switched Network, prompting the user on his telephone to enter his user ID; and transmitting by the keypad of the telephone the user ID including a first part defining a first language to be used for recording the recording, whereby displaying the visual object will be automatically synchronized with the audio recording.

Provided is a dialog system that can simultaneously perform operations by voice using voice recognition, touch input, voice output, and screen display, even for low-performance terminals that are not high-performance or high-function. The system includes a voice device for sending voice information, a screen device for sending picture information, and a dialogue control device for sending and receiving information to the voice device and the screen device, and the above devices are respectively connected to the public circuit switching network and the network. The voice terminal is connected to the line, and the screen terminal is connected to the network. Communication can be performed between the voice terminal and the voice device, and between the screen terminal and the screen device. The dialogue control device controls the mutual communication between the voice device and the screen device. Voice information and screen information are sent and received between the voice terminal and the screen terminal respectively, and voice input and touch input can be performed at the same time. The voice terminal and the screen terminal are composed of different terminals or the same user terminal.

A system and method for providing a voice and / or data service is thus presented, comprising the following. A connection request is detected. The connection request is formatted into a data cell. The data cell is sent to a service control point. The service control point determines in real time whether a connection to public switch network is available. If the connection to a public switch network is available, the requested connection is set up as a virtual circuit connection to the public switch network.