Patents Assigned to j2 Global Communications
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Patent number: 8081337Abstract: A fax processing system handles faxes that are originally destined for a recipient's phone number. The fax processing system communicates with the fax recipient via a data communications network (for example, the Internet) and can provide more sophisticated fax handling capabilities than conventional fax machines.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2011Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: j2 Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: David S. Trandal, David J. Brahm, Leland W. Kirchhoff, Robert A. Dolan, David F. Hofstatter
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Publication number: 20110286363Abstract: Send and receive services are operated that send and receive fax messages, respectively, via fax protocols. Each new customer is offered a predetermined amount of the receive service, and a more limited amount of the send service, both free of charge to the customer, as part of a group of services that includes Internet access, Web services, or Internet telephony. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: j2 Global CommunicationsInventor: Nehemia Zucker
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Patent number: 8031360Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems are provided for processing facsimiles. A call processing system receives a first message transmitted from a first carrier system regarding a facsimile call to a phone address. The first message includes an identifier associated with the user. The identifier is used to determine if the user is authorized to receive call processing system services. If the user is authorized, a second message is transmitted to the first carrier system, the second message indicating that the first carrier system is to connect the call to the call processing system. The call processing system is connected to the call. A facsimile is received via the call at the call processing system. Information regarding the facsimile call is provided over a network, wherein some or all of the information is displayed in a call log visually accessible by the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: j2 Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Leland W. Kirchhoff, David S. Trandal
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Patent number: 8028033Abstract: A method or system for synchronizing e-mail messages for a user, particularly for POP3 protocols. E-mail messages addressed to the user are received at an e-mail control at a local server, from an external e-mail server. The e-mail control stores each e-mail message in a consolidated e-mail storage at the local server. The e-mail control stores a message identifier for each e-mail message, in a message identifier storage at the local server. It is determined whether an e-mail message in the consolidated e-mail storage has been deleted from the external e-mail server, and if so, then the e-mail message is deleted from the consolidated e-mail storage. The invention provides for forward and/or reverse synchronization of e-mail messages. Optionally, the step of determining includes comparing message identifiers in the message identifier storage to message identifiers in e-mail received from the external e-mail server.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: j2 Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Newman, Sanford Schleicher
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Publication number: 20110110503Abstract: Methods of receiving audio transmissions over a telecommunication connection, extracting information about the transmissions, and publishing the information to an RSS feed are described and claimed. Systems and software using the methods are also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: j2 Global CommunicationsInventors: George B. Chapman, Orlando J. Warren
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Publication number: 20110096369Abstract: A fax processing system handles faxes that are originally destined for a recipient's phone number. The fax processing system communicates with the fax recipient via a data communications network (for example, the Internet) and can provide more sophisticated fax handling capabilities than conventional fax machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2011Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: j2 Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: David S. Trandal, David J. Brahm, Leland W. Kirchhoff, Robert A. Dolan, David F. Hofstatter
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Publication number: 20110072360Abstract: A computer implemented method is described. Data is collected about a number of member entities that have online interaction with a group entity. A predefined state is assigned to a selected one of the member entities automatically, in response to applying a predefined rule to analyze some of the collected data. The rule is defined in part by the group entity. The method automatically determines whether or not online content is to be delivered to the selected member entity, based on the assigned state. In another embodiment, online content that is to be delivered to the selected member entity is automatically personalized for the selected member entity, again based on the assigned state. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: j2 Global CommunicationsInventors: Edward Patrick, James Mason, Nehemia Zucker
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Publication number: 20110060638Abstract: A method to promote use of one communication service by associating it with another service and offering incentives to use the first service in return for use of the second service. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: j2 Global CommunicationsInventor: Nehemia Zucker
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Publication number: 20110013544Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and systems for reducing or canceling echoes during fax communications. In an embodiment, during a fax call, a first fax signal from a first fax device intended for a second fax device is detected. Based at least in part on detecting the first fax signal from the first fax device or on the termination of the first fax signal, an echo audio packet is muted, wherein the echo audio packet is at least partly the result of the first fax signal being transmitted over a network, the network including at least a data network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: j2 Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Robert Smith, Alan Erringer
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Publication number: 20110007885Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems are provided for processing facsimiles. A call processing system receives a first message transmitted from a first carrier system regarding a facsimile call to a phone address. The first message includes an identifier associated with the user. The identifier is used to determine if the user is authorized to receive call processing system services. If the user is authorized, a second message is transmitted to the first carrier system, the second message indicating that the first carrier system is to connect the call to the call processing system. The call processing system is connected to the call. A facsimile is received via the call at the call processing system. Information regarding the facsimile call is provided over a network, wherein some or all of the information is displayed in a call log visually accessible by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: j2 Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Leland Kirchhoff, David Trandal
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Patent number: 7869076Abstract: A fax processing system handles faxes that are originally destined for a recipient's phone number. The fax processing system communicates with the fax recipient via a data communications network (for example, the Internet) and can provide more sophisticated fax handling capabilities than conventional fax machines.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: j2 Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: David S Trandal, David J Brahm, Leland W Kirchhoff, Robert A Dolan, David F Hofstatter
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Patent number: 7844626Abstract: A computer implemented method is described. Data is collected about a number of member entities that have online interaction with a group entity. A predefined state is assigned to a selected one of the member entities automatically, in response to applying a predefined rule to analyze some of the collected data. The rule is defined in part by the group entity. The method automatically determines whether or not online content is to be delivered to the selected member entity, based on the assigned state. In another embodiment, online content that is to be delivered to the selected member entity is automatically personalized for the selected member entity, again based on the assigned state. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2007Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: j2 Global CommunicationsInventors: Edward Patrick, James Mason, Nehemia Zucker
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Patent number: 7835941Abstract: A method to promote use of one communication service by associating it with another service and offering incentives to use the first service in return for use of the second service. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: j2 Global CommunicationsInventor: Nehemia Zucker
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Patent number: 7808936Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and systems for reducing or canceling echoes during fax communications. In an embodiment, during a fax call, a first fax signal from a first fax device intended for a second fax device is detected. Based at least in part on detecting the first fax signal from the first fax device or on the termination of the first fax signal, an echo audio packet is muted, wherein the echo audio packet is at least partly the result of the first fax signal being transmitted over a network, the network including at least a data network.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: j2 Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Robert Smith, Alan Erringer
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Patent number: 7808671Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems are provided for processing facsimiles. A call processing system receives a first message transmitted from a first carrier system regarding a facsimile call to a phone address. The first message includes an identifier associated with the user. The identifier is used to determine if the user is authorized to receive call processing system services. If the user is authorized, a second message is transmitted to the first carrier system, the second message indicating that the first carrier system is to connect the call to the call processing system. The call processing system is connected to the call. A facsimile is received via the call at the call processing system. Information regarding the facsimile call is provided over a network, wherein some or all of the information is displayed in a call log visually accessible by the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2009Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: j2 Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Leland Kirchhoff, David Trandal
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Publication number: 20100205103Abstract: A computer-implemented method is performed during an online chat session between a customer service representative (CSR) of a merchant, and the merchant's customer. Conversational text of the session is analyzed to determine a mood of the customer. Previously collected information about the customer is accessed, from a database that stores information about customers of the merchant. A tip is determined and sent to be displayed to the CSR. The tip is determined based on the mood and the accessed previously collected information. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: j2 Global CommunicationsInventors: Edward Patrick, Nehemia Zucker, James Mason
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Patent number: 7769001Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for delivering messages that utilizes a message queue and a router/filter within a private data network. The private network is connected to an external data network such as the Internet, and has separate outbound resource servers to provide a high degree of scalability for handling a variety of message types.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: j2 Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Anand Narasimhan, Yaacov Shemesh, Amit Kumar
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Patent number: 7762455Abstract: A customer is provided a telephone number to which a calling party incurs a charge to be connected. An account balance, which reflects funds deposited into the customer's account but not yet used by the customer, is increased in proportion to the incurred charge. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: j2 Global CommunicationsInventor: Nehemia Zucker
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Publication number: 20100169450Abstract: A message that is to be processed according to an electronic messaging protocol is associated with a sender of the message. The message also includes an attachment from an attaching entity. The attachment is associated with a unique property of the attaching entity. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: j2 Global CommunicationsInventor: Jacob J. Lee
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Patent number: 7720690Abstract: A computer-implemented method is performed during an online chat session between a customer service representative (CSR) of a merchant, and the merchant's customer. Conversational text of the session is analyzed to determine a mood of the customer. Previously collected information about the customer is accessed, from a database that stores information about customers of the merchant. A tip is determined and sent to be displayed to the CSR. The tip is determined based on the mood and the accessed previously collected information. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2005Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: j2 Global CommunicationsInventors: Edward Patrick, Nehemia Zucker, James Mason