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  • Method and apparatus for indicating a timeframe modification in a packet-switched network
    Patent number: 8793150
    Abstract: A method and system for indicating at least one modification to at least one timeframe in a packet-switched network is described. In one example, a visual indicator is used to indicate the modification(s) made to the timeframe(s) associated with at least one test suite is provided. Similarly, a notification of the modification(s) is sent to at least one party impacted by the modification(s). In another example, approval for the modification(s) is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring a network element
    Patent number: 8625770
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring a network element in a communications network are described. In one example, an alarm message from the network element when a change in rate associated with at least one of a central processing unit (CPU) utilization or a memory usage by the network element exceeds a predefined threshold. An instruction is subsequently sent to the network element to reduce the change in rate associated with the at least one of the CPU utilization or the memory usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for providing special call handling for valued customers of retailers
    Patent number: 8755496
    Abstract: The present invention enables users of a network service to register with the network as valued shoppers, thereby allowing them to receive specialized treatment when calling registered retailers. The present invention enables retailers to register with the network, thereby allowing them to set preferred service logic for handling valued customer calls by the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for determining a direct measure of quality in a packet-switched network
    Patent number: 8654670
    Abstract: A method and system for analyzing deficiencies in a packet-switched network is described. In one example, network measurement data pertaining to components within a packet-switched network are obtained. Reliability estimates of access networks and associated access links coupled to the packet-switch network are conducted. Lastly, an end-to-end direct measure of quality (DMOQ) is calculated from the network measurement data and network estimation data derived from the reliability estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for measuring quality of service levels
    Patent number: 7995464
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring quality of service levels for a plurality of alternative routes in a packet network is described. In one example, a plurality of alternative routes associated with at least one termination point is determined. The quality of service level for each of the plurality of alternative routes associated is then measured. Lastly, a primary alternative route is selected from the plurality of alternative routes based on the quality of service level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for determining a direct measure of quality in a packet-switched network
    Patent number: 8369230
    Abstract: A method and system for analyzing deficiencies in a packet-switched network is described. In one example, network measurement data pertaining to components within a packet-switched network are obtained. Reliability estimates of access networks and associated access links coupled to the packet-switch network are conducted. Lastly, an end-to-end direct measure of quality (DMOQ) is calculated from the network measurement data and network estimation data derived from the reliability estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting broadband access bandwidth
    Patent number: 7843964
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a method to enable subscribers of broadband access services, such as Digital Subscriber Loop based or Cable based broadband access services, to dynamically reconfigure their access arrangements as a function of the bandwidth usage of subscribers are disclosed. The present invention provides a method for broadband service providers to dynamically adjust access bandwidth allocation for subscribers by monitoring access bandwidth usage by subscribers and dynamically adjust the needed access bandwidth for the subscribers accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for controlling call volume in a packet network
    Patent number: 8072881
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling call volume in a packet-switched network is described. In one example, a number of concurrent calls per codec of a plurality of codecs is monitored. A concurrent call limit for each of the plurality of codecs is obtained. For each codec of the plurality of codecs, an indication is generated for each call causing the number of concurrent calls for the codec to exceed the concurrent call limit for the codec. In response to the indication, the call may be blocked or an alternative codec may be selected for the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for dynamically providing different call service levels
    Patent number: 7756024
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a quality of service level for at least one call in a communications network is described. In one example, a call request for a particular quality of service level for a call is received. Afterwards, the call is processed as a function of at least one of time of day and day of week, in accordance with the requested quality of service level. In a second example, a request to change a predefined quality of service level for a call on a per call basis is received and subsequently processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for providing in country phone numbers and routing rules
    Patent number: 7899159
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a common database to store regionalized and localized dialing plans and emergency contact information of major international countries and cities around the world are disclosed. This database collects feeds from foreign network service providers and other carriers that provide regional and local support around the world on a periodic basis. This database is designed to provide the collected information to retail or wholesale network services providers as an information service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING AND ACTIVATING UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATORS AND PHONE NUMBERS
    Publication number: 20090028137
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling subscribers to store telephone numbers and/or URLs embedded in streaming video contents associated with a video session being shown on video display devices into address books hosted in the network. Subscribers can then access these phone numbers to place phone calls using information stored in the network address books by activating a voice session. Similarly, subscribers can also access URLs to browse websites using URLs stored in the network address books by activation a web session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for automatically generating call flow test scripts
    Patent number: 7231210
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for generating at least one test script for testing at least one service. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining information associated with at least one call flow associated with the at least one service, automatically constructing a call flow representation using the information, and automatically generating the at least one test script, wherein the at least one test script is generated using at least a portion of the call flow representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for managing calls in a packet network
    Patent number: 8681633
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing calls in a packet network is described. One aspect of the invention relates to a method of processing a call in a packet network in communication with a plurality of egress networks. A destination endpoint for the call is identified. Routing cost data associated with the plurality of egress networks is processed to identify an egress network of the plurality of egress networks providing a least cost route to the destination endpoint device. The call is routed towards the destination endpoint device through the identified egress network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for restricting visual material for conference services
    Publication number: 20070180029
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for restricting visual materials in conference services provided on networks such as the packet networks, e.g., Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Service over Internet Protocol (SoIP) networks are disclosed. For example, the customer subscribes to a service with integrated data and voice conferencing capabilities and collaboration services. In one embodiment, the service provider enables the subscriber of the service to create a list of participants for a conference call, to publish visual material to a web site shared by participants, and to restrict segments of the visual material to particular subsets of participants of the conference call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for measuring voice quality in a packet network
    Patent number: 8588083
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for measuring voice quality in a packet network is described. In one example, statistics for calls in the packet network per customer segment of a plurality of customer segments are obtained over a period of time. The statistics are processed to identify call patterns for the plurality of customer segments. Sample measurements of voice quality are obtained for each of the plurality of customer segments in response to the call patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for enabling dual tone multi-frequency signal processing in the core voice over internet protocol network
    Patent number: 8675638
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for enabling DTMF signal processing in the core VoIP network. More specifically, the present invention enables a VoIP network to recognize and respond to special DTMF signals entered by a user and initiate the appropriate service logic response to satisfy the user's service request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for controlling logging in a communication network
    Patent number: 7746771
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an alerting tool to measure the amount of logging in a network component, for example a network element, and to provide an alarm to a network operator or an automated system when the amount of logging reaches a predefined threshold are disclosed. The network component can then be instructed to reduce the logging activities until all processes appear to be normally utilized and queue lengths return to a normal level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for ubiquitous access to dialing plans for enterprise networks
    Patent number: 8340261
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for providing at least one network endpoint of an enterprise customer network access to at least one dialing plan. Specifically, the method comprises receiving at least one dialing plan request from the at least one network endpoint, retrieving at least one address mapping in response to the at least one dialing plan request, and responding to the at least one dialing plan request using the at least one address mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for providing presence status of multiple communication device types
    Patent number: 7983404
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conveying presence information from distinct communication devices are disclosed. The present invention enables multiple communication devices using distinct communications technologies, such as cellular telephone, traditional wire line telephone, packet based telephone, and computer supporting instant messaging applications, to communicate presence status to a single server to enable another subscriber to determine the best method to use to establish a communication channel with a subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
  • Method and apparatus for providing network announcements about service impairments
    Patent number: 7792269
    Abstract: The present invention enables information about a service impacting network event to be collected from network operations and automatically conveyed to a Media Server that plays a network announcement to callers into network customer service center. The announcement can be played as an option on an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) menu and informs the caller of known service issues that are being addressed and estimates of when service should return to normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
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