288 results about "Unified communications" patented technology

The present invention relates device, system and method for facilitating receiving active note(s) from active note(s) provider(s) from the client device and responding multidimensional active resources & actions(s) for said active note(s) by multidimensional active resources & actions(s) provider(s) to the client device. A real time and / or near real communication mechanism such as online, smart and mobile communication applications like web site, smart client, instant messaging, e-mail may be used to communicate with a client device and a community of responders or multidimensional active resources & actions(s) provider(s). One or more Active Note(s) are received from client devices, processed, and sent to responders. Responses from the responders are received, and response is sent to the client device.

A method for viewing communications events on a mobile device which includes a user interface, a communications event handler, and a communications event database is disclosed herein. The communications event handler interfaces with the database and the user interface to provide a user of the mobile device with a communications event history associated with the correspondent of an incoming communications event. Additionally the communications event handler interfaces with the database and the user interface to provide a user of the mobile device with a communications event history for a specified correspondent. When a communication event is received, the communication events history associated with the correspondent is presented on the user interface. This gives the advantage that the user of the mobile device is, able to determine the context of the communicaion event.

A method and system for customized, contextual, dynamic & unified communication, zero click advertisement, dynamic e-commerce and prospective customers search engine is described. A method includes allow sender to dynamically associate one or more identified active links with active note (message) or with response of active note (message) and send or present said active note (message) or response of active note (message) with active link(s) to determined target receivers, wherein said active link(s) enables receivers to sell, purchase, transact, communicate, collaborate, search, share, workflow, provide response, participate in same activities as sender and access the active link(s) for message specific purpose in an integrated, contextual, customize and unified manner. A method further includes zero click advertisement in which each user's each message content matched with each advertisement content including keywords and ad targeting criteria and send message to advertiser or responder, wherein said message identifies target customers and charging advertiser based on receiving said message from identified target customers. A method further includes dynamic e-commerce in which an offer does not become valid until associate dynamic rules & conditions attained.

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for managing and monitoring a plurality of emergency power supply systems (EPSS's) at a facility via an emergency power management system (EPMS). The EPMS generally comprises EPSS equipment, a management computer system for managing, monitoring, and testing the operational characteristics of the EPSS equipment, and a plurality of interface modules for providing unified communication capabilities between the management computer system and the EPSS equipment. Additional aspects relate to methods for easily and efficiently creating and installing an EPMS at a facility. Further aspects are directed to providing predictive analyses related to the EPSS equipment. Also, aspects of the present disclosure relate to normalizing EPSS equipment information across varying vendors, makes, and models of equipment so as to provide a unified view of all equipment across a given facility.

A system and method for implementing a service oriented architecture that supports complex event processing and business activity monitoring. An enterprise service bus (ESB) generates a first list of one or more devices, receives a selection from a user associated with a first device of a second device in the first list, generates a second list that includes functions associated with the selection from the first user, receives a request from the first device to perform one of the functions in the second list, translates a first communication protocol of the request received from the first device into a second communication protocol used by the second device to create a translated request, translates a first message format of the request into a second message format and transmits the translated request to the second device.

The invention relates to a system and method of handling a plurality of communications between parties. Novel approaches to the presentation, storage and creation of both real-time and “store and forward” interactions are presented. These make it easier for a user of the system to read and understand what is being communicated, by whom and to whom. This extends beyond the presentation of a single message to sets of related messages. By combining recording of real-time interactions with the presentation and handling of inherently “store and forward” mechanisms, users find it easier to mix and match communication methods optimally for the task at hand.

A unified communication repeater for wireless communication repeats signals between a network and communication terminals via a wireless line. The unified communication repeater precisely and stably prevents oscillation generation during bidirectional signal repeating, and minimizes radiation patterns serving as signal interference between a receiver antenna and a transmitter antenna for the bidirectional signal repeating.

A unified communications appliance provides integration of various types of information, regardless of the modality, in a common, centralized interface where the various types of information are grouped based on what they are related to. For example, as is common with most modalities of information exchange, there exists a “subject” that is present in one of the fields of communication. The ability to associate all of the types of communication with a common “subject” (or conversation) and provide an interface that allows access to the various types of information, regardless of the modality is provided by the unified communications interface.

A unified communications system is configured for receiving, storing, and / or sending SMS messages based on management of the SMS messages according to a prescribed open standards-based protocol. The unified communications system includes an SMS module configured for receiving SMS messages according to SMPP protocol. The SMS module obtains source and destination information from the received SMS message, and accesses a subscriber profile directory for subscriber profile information based on at least one of the source and destination information. The SMS module generates a common format message that includes the SMS message, and selectively supplies the common format message to selected destinations based on the accessed subscriber profile information. The common format message may be stored in a prescribed message store, for example an IMAP directory, or output as an e-mail message to a prescribed destination. The SMS module also is configured for selectively supplying stored messages to a unified messaging subscriber as an SMS message based on the profile information on the unified messaging subscriber. Hence, the unified communications system enables SMS messaging users to send SMS messages to non SMS-type devices (e.g., telephones, e-mail clients, etc.) and retrieve stored common format messages (e.g., fax, e-mail, voice messages) using the SMS message system.

A unified communications appliance provides integration of various types of information, regardless of the modality, in a common, centralized interface where the various types of information are grouped based on what they are related to. For example, as is common with most modalities of information exchange, there exists a “subject” that is present in one of the fields of communication. The ability to associate all of the types of communication with a common “subject” (or conversation) and provide an interface that allows access to the various types of information, regardless of the modality is provided by the unified communications interface.

A mobile communication device, such as a wireless mobile phone, is provided with a unified message function equipped to facilitate a user in interacting with a communication partner including messages of different message types supported by the mobile communication device via a unified thread.

Unified communication system for consolidating different message sources (e.g. emails, SMS, voice message, fax, etc.) into a single accessible location with the ability to incorporate phone calls, VoIP calls, voice commands, etc. This is achieved through integration of a Speech-ready IVR system with an E-mail client to act as the Unified Communication System. Furthermore, the IVR flexibility allows the user to access messages when internet access is not available or read messages such as SMS and emails when not physically convenient e.g. when user is driving. A computer based server receives a message in the format of SMS, fax, e-mail, or phone message. The server identifies what format the message is in and displays a notification on a graphical user interface. Through integration with a speech ready IVR system user may select to listen to the message or read the message.

The invention discloses a framework system and implementation method of a middleware applied to a car networking, and relates to the technical field of an embedded middleware applied to the car networking. The framework system includes a middleware message bus module, a car networking application component module, a car networking middleware message broker module, a car networking security component, and a car networking communication protocol adaptation layer. The car networking middleware application component forms a standard function component; the car networking middleware message broker is used for analysis and classification of all kinds of messages in the car networking; a remote connection request is verified by a security component; if the remote connection request passed verification, a corresponding application component thread is searched in a car networking message bus; and through the message bus, a message channel is established between a remote terminal and a local application component or middleware message broker, and then communication is carried out. The car networking communication protocol adaptation layer is used to shield differences between a platform and an enterprise protocol, and to provide a unified communication call interface. According to the invention, the reusability of the code and the development efficiency of the application program are improved.

A computer system (a method) for exchanging information such as a Universal Resource Locator (URL) or a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) over a communication channel in general and over a telephone communications channel in particular in a unified communications system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a phone URL exchange unit configured to receive a phone URL exchange request from a first endpoint, to determine the URL to be sent and URL encoding method based on the request, to encode the URL into audio data or as a part of the communications control signals using the URL encoding method and to send the encoded data to a second endpoint over the telephone communications channel. The phone URL exchange unit is further configured to receive audio data or the communications control signals embedded with a URL and to decode the received data to reveal the URL.

The invention relates to a system and method for connecting DC charging piles to a charging facility operation management platform. According to the invention, each DC charging pile is externally connected to an external conversion module, the DC charging pile and the corresponding external conversion module are connected and communicated through an RS232 or 485 interface, the external conversion modules convert communication protocols of various charging facility manufacturers into a platform unified communication protocol, and transmit information such as the charging state of the charging piles to the charging facility operation management platform in a wireless mode, the external conversion module can also receive instructions sent by the charging facility operation management platform, modify parameter setting of the conversion modules and forward the instructions to the corresponding charging piles so as to realize unified dispatching, interconnection and interaction of charging piles of various manufacturers. The technical scheme provided by the invention can shield a circumstance that interfaces of various manufacturers are different, the DC charging piles are connected to the charging facility management platform by adopting the consistent communication protocol, monitoring and network interconnection are implemented on isolated charging piles and pile groups, information interaction is performed, unified management, unified billing and settlement are realized for the charging piles of various manufacturers, and an operator can dispatch and give instruction to the charging piles in a cross-manufacturer manner.

A telecommunications system includes a network; a plurality of client devices operably coupled to said network, said plurality of client devices adapted to set one or more time contact parameters for buddies on a contact list; and a presence server including a timer, and adapted to maintain a timing of time contacts for selected contacts responsive to said parameters.

A system and method for context-aware unified communication for enabling communications between users over a common communications platform or heterogeneous communications platforms. The system comprises: agents associated with a respective caller and callee communications device for generating commands providing call control between the caller and callee devices; a routing engine for routing call commands between caller and callee via respective device agents to establish a communication session, and enabling exchange of conversation messages between the caller and callee communications devices over said single or heterogeneous communications platforms; a device for monitoring dynamic context of a callee and obtaining callee's preferences for receiving communications so that the routing engine enables a call setup between a caller and callee communications devices based on the callee's preferences or dynamic context information; and, further enabling either caller or callee to migrate a call to another communications device without disrupting a flow of a conversation.

A virtual reality network provides access to a number of virtual reality representations, each virtual reality representation representing a location in a virtual universe and defined by VR data stored on the network. The VR data can be in a simplified data format. A database stores the network address and the location in the universe of each virtual reality representation. A database server provides access to the database. The database server generates a list of locations in response to a location query from a visitor, and provides the network address of the virtual reality representation of a selected location. A visitor connects to the database server with a client host to visit the locations in the virtual universe.

A medical appliance having an auxiliary computer system in addition to its action computer system, and further having two communications buses. The auxiliary computer system independently monitors the functional mode of the action computer system and can induce a reliable state of the appliance in an emergency. To easily, quickly and reliably implement a programming, the execution of test sequences, the diagnosis and the maintenance of such an appliance, a connection line, which can be interrupted by a switch, is arrange between the communication buses, and both communications buses can be connected to form a unified communications bus via the communication line. A method for executing such a programming process, testing process, diagnostic process and / or maintenance process of a medical appliance is also provided.

A messaging hub provides communication services for user devices associated with an enterprise office telephone number. The messaging hub establishes a secure connection between the messaging hub local SMSC / MMSC and a data adapter of a unified communications service, provision the enterprise office telephone number for use in a global SMS / MMS network and delivers messages addressed to the enterprise office telephone number to selected user devices.

The invention discloses an Internet of Things equipment and Internet of Things server communicating method and device. The Internet of Things equipment and Internet of Things server communicating method includes that obtaining equipment data from data uploaded from the Internet of Things equipment according to the communication protocol of target Internet of Things equipment, wherein the equipment data comprises equipment type, equipment model and effective data of the equipment; dispatching an analytic file corresponding to the equipment type and equipment model of the target Internet of Things equipment, analyzing the effective data to obtain analyzed data, and encapsulating the analyzed data according to a preset communication criterion to obtain encapsulated data; uploading the encapsulated data to the Internet of Things server. By means of the Internet of Things equipment and Internet of Things server communicating method, the Internet of Things server does not need to care the communication difference between different Internet of Things equipment through converting the data of different communication criteria into the data of the uniform communication criteria, and the working efficiency of the Internet of Things server is greatly improved.

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing unified access to communications services offered by vendors. One method presents an interface to a unified communications service offered by a communications service provider. If a user is authenticated to the unified communications service, the user is presented one or more communications services offered by a vendor that the user may access.

This disclosure describes a virtual multipoint control unit (112, 300) for unified communications. The virtual multipoint control unit (112, 300) communicates with multiple devices (102, 104) over a network (106). The control unit (112, 300) includes multiple unified communication (UC) applications (208,314) being executed on the devices (102, 104). The UC applications (208, 314) decode received audio data stream and video data stream. A virtual imaging device (214) and a virtual audio device (216) are mapped to the UC applications (208, 314). A virtual video mixer (210) receives the decoded video data stream from the UC applications (208, 314) via the virtual imaging device (214). A virtual audio mixer (212) receives the decoded audio data stream from the UC applications (208, 314) via the virtual audio device (216).

The subject invention provides a system and / or a method that facilitates interacting with a device component to provide uniform communication, discovery, and management. A device service provider interface (DSPI) component can provide a uniform manner to communicate and / or manage a radio frequency identification (RFID) device. The DSPI component can include a receiver component that receives one or more RFID server data and RFID device data. The DSPI component can define an interface that facilitates communication of the one or more of RFID server data and RFID device data between an RFID device and an RFID server in a uniform manner. The interface(s) can be defined to handle discovery, configuration, communication, and connection management.

A computer-implemented method for generating mobile phone contact records comprises, receiving at an intermediate server communicatively coupled to a mobile phone associated with a first phone number corresponding to a first contact group and a second phone number corresponding to a second contact group, a request from the mobile phone to make an outgoing call. The intermediate server identifies whether a set of contact records associated with the mobile phone includes a contact record associated with the recipient based on the recipient phone number. The contact record comprises a contact type of the recipient corresponding to the first contact group or the second contact group. In response to determining that the set of contact records does not include the contact record associated with the recipient, the intermediate server determines the contact type of the recipient and creates the contact record associated with the recipient.

An electrical control network is laid over one or more vehicle dynamics control and / or ride control systems of a heavy vehicle, which control network controls actuation of components thereof. The invention offers many advantages including reduction of components, simplified design, unified communication for numerous different types of system components, simplified resolution of conflicts between competing control strategies, expandability to additional vehicle systems, and flexibility to upgrade for new, improved vehicle control schemes.

The invention provides a vehicle speed control system for an expressway main line. The system comprises a multichannel traffic environment comprehensive detector, divided lane LED variable speed-limit signs and a traffic guidance control system, wherein the multichannel traffic environment comprehensive detector, the divided lane LED variable speed-limit signs and the traffic guidance control system are arranged on the expressway main line road segment, the multichannel traffic environment comprehensive detector comprises an integrated communication module, a rain gauge, a fog and snow light-transmitting gauge, an anemoscope and a traffic flow detector, and the rain gauge, the fog and snow light-transmitting gauge, the anemoscope and the traffic flow detector are connected with the integrated communication module. The integrated communication module outputs data to the traffic guidance control system through a unified communication interface, and the traffic guidance control system is combined with speed limiting restraining conditions of divided lanes, optimally provides dynamic speed limiting values or lane-closing running instructions of the divided lanes, and outputs the values and instructions to the divided lane LED variable speed-limit signs. The vehicle speed control system has the advantages of optimally providing the dynamic speed limiting values or no-entry instructions of the divided lanes on basis of comprehensively considering the rain, snow, fog, wind and traffic congestion conditions, and ensuring the running safety on the expressway main line under the complex traffic condition.

A uniform protocol can facilitate secure, authenticated communication between a controller device and an accessory device that is controlled by the controller. An accessory and a controller can establish a pairing, the existence of which can be verified at a later time and used to create a secure communication session. The accessory can provide an accessory definition record that defines the accessory as a collection of services, each service having one or more characteristics. Within a secure communication session, the controller can interrogate the characteristics to determine accessory state and / or modify the characteristics to instruct the accessory to change its state.