Abstract: A method and apparatus that orders or re-orders the entries in an electronic phonebook based on the number of calls made to and/or received from the phone numbers in the phonebook. The dynamic ordering permits the most frequently called and/or received phone numbers to be more accessible than less frequently called and/or received phone numbers, thus significantly reducing phonebook search times.

Abstract: The illustrated fiber management assembly includes a rectangular case configured to fit between bays of equipment. Fiber connected to the equipment bays enters the case through a top inlet opening and exits the case through one of two outlet openings extending along respective sides of the case, with any excess fiber being located within the storage chamber defined by the case. Adjacent the inlet opening of the case is a clamp that is compressible around the fiber to relieve axial loading on the fiber. The management assembly is provided with a slack take-up mechanism that is configured to support excess fiber in a looped arrangement within the storage chamber. The slack take-up mechanism includes a plurality of spool assemblies adjustably positioned along the length of the storage chamber.

Abstract: A position determining system using a first communication network, a second communication network, and a positioning system. The system may include at least one reference station that has known position coordinates and that is operable to receive first position signals from the positioning system. The reference station further may transmit position data via the first communication network in response to the first position signals and the known position coordinates. A remote central host communicatively coupled to the reference station via the first communication network can receive and store the position data transmitted from the reference station and generate and transmit correction data via the first or second communication network to provide either real-time or archived position corrections to a rover. The rover can receive its own positioning signals and, using the correction data and the position signals, can accurately determine its position.

Abstract: A method and system using mediated service logic enables telecommunications services to be provided in a first telecommunications network, even though the service logic for the telecommunications service resides in a second telecommunications network. A first service control point (SCP), located in the first telecommunications network, has a plurality of service logic modules, including a first mediated service logic module, and a second SCP, located in the second telecommunications network has a plurality of service logic modules, including a second mediated service logic module. When a service switching point (SSP) in the first telecommunications network determines that intelligent network services are required to process the call, it transmits a query message to the first SCP. The first SCP consults the relevant customer's service profile to determine which service logic module to execute to provide the requested service, and the first SCP then executes this service logic module.

Abstract: A service management system based on customized profile management codes. In an advanced intelligent network, a central control point includes a set of logic that defines profile management codes customized for individual subscribers or groups of subscribers. When the central control point receives a profile management code for a particular subscriber, for instance, the central control point may interpret the profile management code altogether differently than it does for the same code from another subscriber. For instance, the logic in a single central control point may indicate for one subscriber that the code “11” means to “activate call forwarding,” and the logic may indicate for another subscriber that the code “11” means to “bill the call to a specified third party account.

Abstract: A method of providing dispatch mode calling in a code division multiple access (CDMA) wireless network (10). The method includes the steps of defining at least one dispatch mode talk-group, receiving a dispatch mode call request from an originating mobile phone (48) in the talk-group, determining location information for destination mobile phones (50, 52, 54, 56) in the talk-group, and encoding and sending the voice packets to the destination phones, along with information to enable the destination phones to decipher the encoded voice packets.