James F Bedingfield

6628761, Sep 30, 2003

Dec 30, 1999

09/476681

Maria Adamczyk - Alpharetta GA
James Carlton Bedingfield - Lilburn GA

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04M 164

379 8819, 379 8821, 379 8822

Methods and systems to provide a particular subscriber of a messaging system with access to a selected messaging platform (SMP) by making a call to a pilot number from a line number other than a line number of the subscriber. The call is routed to the SSP serving the line number from which the call originated. Based on the use of the pilot number, the SSP receives instructions from an intelligent network element (INE) to route the call to a messaging platform serving the line number from which the call originated. If the messaging platform receives a backout indicator in the call, then the messaging platform provides a backout notice to the SSP. The SSP engages in an exchange with the INE so as to result in the SSP obtaining a selected number from the particular subscriber and providing the selected number to the INE. The selected number is used by the INE to obtain an address for the SMP. The INE then instructs the SSP to route the call to the address for the SMP.

6633633, Oct 14, 2003

Dec 22, 1999

09/468888

James C. Bedingfield - Lilburn GA

BellSouth Intellectuel Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04M 342

37920111, 37920702

A system and method for restoring the original calling number in a call routed through an out-of-network enhanced service provider to a forwarding destination. The system comprises a service control point, a service switching point in communication with the service control point, and an enhanced service provider service node in communication with the service switching point, wherein the service node is located outside of a network while the remaining components reside within the network, and wherein the service switching point is provisioned with two triggers: an incoming trigger for calls to the service node and an outgoing trigger for calls from the service node. According to the method, the service control point, in response to the incoming trigger, removes and stores the private call information of a call exiting the network and, in response to the outgoing trigger, restores that private call information to the call once the call re-enters the network.

6665388, Dec 16, 2003

Dec 20, 2000

09/742765

James C. Bedingfield - Lilburn GA

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04N 156

37914201, 37920713, 379230, 379245, 379247

A system for monitoring incoming communications to a telecommunications device. The system includes a switch and a service control point in communication with each other. The switch is for detecting an incoming communication to the telecommunications device from a calling party, wherein the switch is in communication with the telecommunications device by a first communications link. The service control point is for receiving a first message from the switch regarding detection of the incoming communication and for sending a second message to a data communications device, the second message containing information regarding the calling party, wherein the service control point is in communications with the data communications device by a second communications link.

6724863, Apr 20, 2004

Dec 22, 2000

09/742377

James C. Bedingfield - Lilburn GA

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04M 164

379 8812, 379 8811, 379 8825, 379 8822, 37922001, 455413

A method and system for forwarding information, such as a message waiting indicator (MWI) message, to a telephone number corresponding to a foreign network (e. g. , a wireless network) and a shared NPA/NXX. The invention evaluates individual telephone numbers of shared NPA/NXXs to determine to what networks to send information. In a representative embodiment, the invention uses a pseudo NPA to deliver an MWI message from a messaging service provider to a wireless (i. e. , foreign network) telephone number of a shared NPA/NXX. A voicemail platform delivers to a signal transfer point an MWI message that references a pseudo NPA. The signal transfer point translates the pseudo NPA to a point code corresponding to the foreign network, and routes the MWI message to the point code. A converter of the foreign network translates the pseudo NPA back to the associated real NPA.

6757274, Jun 29, 2004

Dec 16, 1997

08/991079

James Carl Bedingfield - Lilburn GA
Robert A. Koch - Norcross GA
Alexander David Raji - Atlanta GA

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation

H04L 1266

370352

A method for notifying an internet browser user of an incoming telephone call is performed by intemet call notification software residing on the users computer and software residing within a telephone network. A user selects the location of the internet notification software as a home page for the browser. The home page prompts the user for activation of internet call notification. If the user requests internet call notification, the software transmits an internet protocol address to the telephone network. The network then stores the internet protocol address for the user. When a call is made to the user, the telephone network accesses a database to retrieve the stored internet protocol address. The network then transmits a message to the users software to notify the user of the incoming call. The software displays a window containing information about the telephone call.

6810113, Oct 26, 2004

Dec 30, 1999

09/476055

James Carlton Bedingfield - Lilburn GA
Navneet Patel - Marietta GA

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

H04M 164

379 8818, 379 8817

Methods and systems allow use of a TCP/IP or other network for a message senders messaging platform (MP ) to engage in a query/response exchange using a standardized protocol such as LDAP with a directory or an other messaging platform to obtain spoken name data associated with a recipient of a message from the sender. If available, the directory responds to the MP with the spoken name data. If unavailable at the directory, the directory may retrieve the spoken name data from an other messaging platform, or may provide MP with profile data indicating the location of the spoken name data. If MP does not receive the spoken name data from the directory, then MP may use the profile data to obtain the spoken name data from the location indicated. Once MP receives the spoken name data, MP makes a presentation to the sender.

6842506, Jan 11, 2005

Dec 22, 2000

09/742376

James C. Bedingfield - Lilburn GA, US

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corp. - Wilmington DE

H04M 164
H04M 342
H04M 700

379 8812, 379 9817, 379 8819, 37920101, 379219, 37922001, 37922113

A method and system for forwarding information, such as a message waiting indicator (MWI) message, to a telephone number corresponding to a foreign network (e. g. , a wireless network) and a shared NPA/NXX. The invention evaluates individual telephone numbers of shared NPA/NXXs to determine to what networks to send messages. A representative embodiment of the invention uses a service control point and service package application to deliver an MWI message from a messaging service provider to a wireless (i. e. , foreign network) telephone number of a shared NPA/NXX. Shared NPA/NXXs are marked as “portable” in a signal transfer point for forwarding to the service control point, which determines whether the shared NPA/NXX telephone numbers require local number portability global title translation or should be forwarded to an inter-switch voicemail routing (ISVMR) service package application. The ISVMR service package application determines the point code to which the MWI message should be routed.

6879683, Apr 12, 2005

Jun 28, 2001

09/894359

Brian Fain - Alpharetta GA, US
James C. Bedingfield - Lilburn GA, US

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corp. - Wilmington DE

H04M003/00
H04M005/00
H04M003/42

37926502, 37926601, 37920901, 37921001

A system and method for providing a call back option to a customer of a call center. According to one embodiment, the system includes a telecommunications switch and an automatic call distributor in communication with the telecommunications switch via first and second communications links. The system also includes means for providing the customer with a call back option in response to a first call from the customer, wherein the first call is routed to the automatic call distributor by the telecommunications switch over the first communications link, and means for establishing a second call between the automatic call distributor and the customer over the second communications link when the customer accepts the call back option.