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Reel/Frame:016769/0605   Pages: 35
Recorded: 11/02/2005
Conveyance: SECURITY INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS).
Total properties: 260
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Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/15/1997
Application #:
08518371
Filing Dt:
08/23/1995
Title:
CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY
2
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/27/1998
Application #:
08518413
Filing Dt:
08/23/1995
Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AUDIO POWER LEVEL OF AGENT SPEECH IN A TELEPHONIC SWITCH
3
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/09/1997
Application #:
08527670
Filing Dt:
09/13/1995
Title:
DELAY ANNOUNCEMENT GROUP AND TIME CONTROLLER FOR A TELEPHONE SYSTEM
4
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/04/1998
Application #:
08533484
Filing Dt:
09/25/1995
Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF ACTIVE TELEPHONE CALLS IN A TELEPHONIC SWITCH
5
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/29/1998
Application #:
08535431
Filing Dt:
09/28/1995
Title:
SERVICE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TELEPHONIC SWITCH
6
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/26/1999
Application #:
08535696
Filing Dt:
09/28/1995
Title:
AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE, METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING A REMOTE AGENT TO A TELEPHONE SWITCH
7
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/13/1996
Application #:
08559732
Filing Dt:
11/15/1995
Title:
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH INBOUND CALL RESPONSIVE PREDICTIVE OUTDIALING SYSTEM AND METHOD
8
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/30/2001
Application #:
08581482
Filing Dt:
12/20/1995
Title:
VIDEO SWITCHING SYSTEM, VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS WITH A TELEPHONIC SWITCH
9
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/03/1998
Application #:
08590645
Filing Dt:
01/24/1996
Title:
VIDEO SWITCHING SYSTEM, VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISHING VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS USING A TELEPHONIC SWITCH
10
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/22/1998
Application #:
08606357
Filing Dt:
02/23/1996
Title:
ALARM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TELEPHONE SWITCH
11
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/03/1998
Application #:
08635117
Filing Dt:
04/19/1996
Title:
INTEGRATED VOICE AND BUSINESS TRANSACTION REPORTING FOR TELEPHONE CALL CENTERS
12
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/19/1999
Application #:
08639300
Filing Dt:
04/24/1996
Title:
AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WITH CALL OVERLOAD SYSTEM AND METHOD
13
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/15/2000
Application #:
08641932
Filing Dt:
05/01/1996
Title:
DEVICE FOR UPGRADING A REPORTING SYSTEM
14
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/05/1999
Application #:
08657138
Filing Dt:
05/31/1996
Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A REMOTE COMPUTER AND A COMPUTER SERVICE PROVIDER USING A TELEPHONIC SWITCH
15
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/03/1998
Application #:
08669665
Filing Dt:
06/24/1996
Title:
AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION WITH ANSWER MACHINE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD
16
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/04/2000
Application #:
08686046
Filing Dt:
07/24/1996
Title:
DIGITAL SIGNAL DETECTOR AND METHOD
17
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/19/1999
Application #:
08688656
Filing Dt:
07/29/1996
Title:
AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR WITH AGENT CONTROLLED CALL CONNECTION
18
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/17/1998
Application #:
08689472
Filing Dt:
08/08/1996
Title:
ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A TELEPHONE CALL SWITCHING SYSTEM
19
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/13/1999
Application #:
08715510
Filing Dt:
09/18/1996
Title:
CALL RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITH A TELEPHONIC SWITCH
20
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/22/2000
Application #:
08717559
Filing Dt:
09/23/1996
Title:
TELEPHONIC SWITCHING SYSTEM, TELEPHONIC SWITCH AND METHOD FOR SERVICING TELEPHONE CALLS USING VIRTUAL MEMORY SPACES
21
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/06/1998
Application #:
08718668
Filing Dt:
09/27/1996
Title:
AGENT SPEECH DETECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITH A TELEPHONIC SWITCH
22
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/13/1999
Application #:
08720337
Filing Dt:
09/27/1996
Title:
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND INTERFACE CIRCUIT FOR INTERCONNECTING TELEPHONIC SWITCH AND AGENT COMPUTER
23
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/12/2001
Application #:
08721791
Filing Dt:
09/26/1996
Title:
CALL OVERFLOW SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OVERFLOWING TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN TELEPHONIC SWITCHES
24
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/03/1998
Application #:
08723738
Filing Dt:
09/30/1996
Title:
CALL PATH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING AND MODIFYING A CALL PATH OF A TELEPHONE CALL ROUTED BY A TELEPHONE SWITCH
25
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/03/1998
Application #:
08775757
Filing Dt:
12/31/1996
Title:
DEVICE FOR PROGRAMMING SCRIPT SETS IN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM
26
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/04/2000
Application #:
08784715
Filing Dt:
01/16/1997
Title:
MODULAR SWITCHING SYSTEM
27
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/03/1998
Application #:
08803558
Filing Dt:
02/20/1997
Title:
CALL OVERFLOW SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
28
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/25/1999
Application #:
08843021
Filing Dt:
04/11/1997
Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING RECORDS OF OVERFLOWED ACD CALLS
29
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/25/1998
Application #:
08854865
Filing Dt:
05/12/1997
Title:
INTERRUPT SYSTEM
30
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/08/1999
Application #:
08858601
Filing Dt:
05/19/1997
Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING RECORDS OF OVERFLOWED ACD CALLS
31
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/13/1999
Application #:
08859246
Filing Dt:
05/20/1997
Title:
AUTOMATIC TONE FAULT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
32
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/04/1999
Application #:
08859534
Filing Dt:
05/20/1997
Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING RECORDS OF OVERFLOWED ACD CALLS
33
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/19/2000
Application #:
08868630
Filing Dt:
06/04/1997
Title:
IMPROVED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY
34
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/03/1999
Application #:
08876855
Filing Dt:
06/16/1997
Title:
METHOD OF STRUCTURING A DATABASE OF A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ACCESS BY THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE
35
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/13/1998
Application #:
08901889
Filing Dt:
07/29/1997
Title:
DRAM CONTROLLER WITH BACKGROUND REFRESH
36
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/07/2002
Application #:
08915707
Filing Dt:
08/21/1997
Title:
PERIODIC PROCESS TIMER
37
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/04/2000
Application #:
08937173
Filing Dt:
09/25/1997
Title:
METHOD OF IMPROVING A PROCESSING EFFICIENCY OF AN AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
38
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/05/1999
Application #:
08938040
Filing Dt:
09/26/1997
Title:
AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR WITH PRIORITIZATION
39
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/10/2001
Application #:
08956832
Filing Dt:
10/23/1997
Title:
DPNSS VRU WITH SINGLE CHANNEL TRANSFER
40
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/14/2000
Application #:
08967479
Filing Dt:
11/11/1997
Title:
ISDN PRIMARY RATE INTERSWITCH MAIL USING NON-CALL ASSOCIATED TEMPORARY SIGNALLING
41
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/12/2000
Application #:
08990833
Filing Dt:
12/15/1997
Title:
TIMESLOT INTERCHANGE NETWORK
42
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/21/1999
Application #:
08998127
Filing Dt:
12/24/1997
Title:
DYNAMIC SCHEDULE PROFILER FOR ACD
43
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/28/2000
Application #:
09008737
Filing Dt:
01/19/1998
Title:
TELECOMMUTABLE PLATFORM
44
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/18/2000
Application #:
09018607
Filing Dt:
02/05/1998
Title:
EMULATOR FOR A TELEPHONE SYSTEM
45
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/23/1999
Application #:
09019090
Filing Dt:
02/05/1998
Title:
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING VOICE COMMUNICATIONS USING A COMPUTER NETWORK
46
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/23/2005
Application #:
09032551
Filing Dt:
02/26/1998
Title:
INTERNET WEB SITE WITH AUDIO INTERCONNECT AND AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR
47
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/09/2000
Application #:
09034604
Filing Dt:
03/03/1998
Title:
ACD WITH PACKET DATA BASED AGENT INTERCONNECT
48
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/10/2002
Application #:
09084815
Filing Dt:
05/26/1998
Title:
METHOD OF MULTI-MEDIA TRANSACTION PROCESSING
49
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/15/2001
Application #:
09096334
Filing Dt:
06/11/1998
Title:
CTI INTEGRATION OF TELEPHONIC CALLS MOVED BETWEEN SWITCHES OF AN AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR
50
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/25/2001
Application #:
09105066
Filing Dt:
06/26/1998
Title:
IMPROVED METHOD FOR INCOMING CALL ANSWERING FOR AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTORS
51
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/18/1999
Application #:
09111820
Filing Dt:
07/08/1998
Title:
AUTOMATIC DIAL-UP SOFTWARE UPDATE SYSTEM
52
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/01/2000
Application #:
09114625
Filing Dt:
07/13/1998
Title:
ACD WITH MULTI-LINGUAL AGENT POSITION
53
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/22/2004
Application #:
09136223
Filing Dt:
08/19/1998
Title:
STANDALONE ACD SYSTEM WITH NATIVE SIGNALING SYSTEM 7 CAPABILITY
54
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/11/2001
Application #:
09138619
Filing Dt:
08/24/1998
Title:
METHOD OF PROCESSING E-MAIL IN AN AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR
55
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/10/2002
Application #:
09151386
Filing Dt:
09/10/1998
Title:
R2 MULTI-FREQUENCY COMPELLED SIGNALLING USING A DSP ON A NETWORK TERMINATION CARD
56
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/02/2003
Application #:
09156286
Filing Dt:
09/17/1998
Title:
TELEPHONE TO COMPUTER AUDIO INTERFACE
57
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/21/2003
Application #:
09218316
Filing Dt:
12/22/1998
Title:
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE NEGOTIATION OF PCM COMPANDING FORMAT
58
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/07/2000
Application #:
09219242
Filing Dt:
01/25/1999
Title:
SYSTEM FOR COMPARING AN AGENT ACTIVITY WITH A WORK SCHEDULE BASED UPON SIGNED-OUT STATUS OF AGENT
59
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/22/2006
Application #:
09246389
Filing Dt:
02/09/1999
Title:
SELECTIVE MESSAGING IN A MULTIPLE MESSAGING LINK ENVIROMENT
60
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/23/2002
Application #:
09273926
Filing Dt:
03/22/1999
Title:
SKILL-BASED CALL ROUTING
61
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/07/2006
Application #:
09300676
Filing Dt:
04/27/1999
Title:
DYNAMIC SKILL-BASED CALL ROUTING
62
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/08/2003
Application #:
09311614
Filing Dt:
05/13/1999
Title:
AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH SIGNAL GENERATOR AND METHOD
63
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/19/2002
Application #:
09369215
Filing Dt:
08/05/1999
Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT SOFTWARE FOR AN AGENT WORKSTATION OF AN AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR
64
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/20/2002
Application #:
09386794
Filing Dt:
08/31/1999
Title:
CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING MEMORY INTEGRITY IN A MICROPROCESSOR BASED APPLICATION
65
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/28/2001
Application #:
09399528
Filing Dt:
09/20/1999
Title:
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING VOICE COMMUNICATIONS USING A COMPUTER NETWORK
66
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/08/2003
Application #:
09405585
Filing Dt:
09/27/1999
Title:
SWITCH VOICE/DATA SERVICE EXTENSION TO REMOTE FACILITIES
67
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/25/2003
Application #:
09418178
Filing Dt:
10/13/1999
Title:
ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF AN AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR BY A REMOTELY LOCATED SUPERVISOR
68
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/29/2003
Application #:
09426615
Filing Dt:
10/26/1999
Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING PROBLEMATIC CALLS
69
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/05/2005
Application #:
09434640
Filing Dt:
11/05/1999
Title:
EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGEMENT NETWORK UTILIZING BROADBAND VOICE OVER DATA NETWORKS
70
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/03/2003
Application #:
09460192
Filing Dt:
12/10/1999
Title:
BUS INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR
71
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/25/2008
Application #:
09484140
Filing Dt:
01/18/2000
Title:
AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR WITH LANGUAGE BASED ROUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
72
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/13/2004
Application #:
09487835
Filing Dt:
01/19/2000
Title:
ACD WITH PACKET DATA BASED AGENT INTERCONNECT
73
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/03/2003
Application #:
09489631
Filing Dt:
01/24/2000
Title:
AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AGENT LOG-ON WITH PSEUDO-PORT
74
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/03/2004
Application #:
09491828
Filing Dt:
01/26/2000
Title:
SCHEDULE BASED TRANSACTION ROUTING
75
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/01/2004
Application #:
09496639
Filing Dt:
02/02/2000
Title:
PROFIT-BASED METHOD OF ASSIGNING CALLS IN A TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM
76
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/09/2006
Application #:
09499817
Filing Dt:
02/08/2000
Title:
PROVIDING CUSTOMER DATA TO AN AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AGENT
77
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/02/2002
Application #:
09505206
Filing Dt:
02/16/2000
Title:
REMOTE ACD DATA BASE MODIFICATION VIA TELEPHONE
78
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/11/2001
Application #:
09505210
Filing Dt:
02/16/2000
Title:
Method of identifying a location of a source of an emergency call in a call center environment
79
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/24/2006
Application #:
09505318
Filing Dt:
02/16/2000
Title:
ACD MULTIMEDIA CUSTOMER CONTACT ROUTING WITH DELAY ANNOUNCEMENTS
80
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/10/2003
Application #:
09510740
Filing Dt:
02/22/2000
Title:
ACD TIER BASED ROUTING
81
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/31/2005
Application #:
09511526
Filing Dt:
02/23/2000
Title:
TIMESLOT INTERCHANGE CIRCUIT SUPPORTING PCM, ADPCM, AND MULTIPLE DATA CHANNEL CONNECTIVITY TO T1 AND E1 CIRCUITS
82
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/08/2003
Application #:
09516074
Filing Dt:
03/01/2000
Title:
AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM CONTACT ROUTING WITH MEDIA-PORT
83
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/23/2003
Application #:
09537141
Filing Dt:
03/29/2000
Title:
PACKET TELEPHONY GATEWAY FOR HEARING IMPAIRED RELAY SERVICES
84
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/23/2001
Application #:
09549057
Filing Dt:
04/13/2000
Title:
Method of natural language communication using a mark-up language
85
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/17/2006
Application #:
09584306
Filing Dt:
05/31/2000
Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CHANGING ENTITY CONFIGURATION INFORMATION WHILE AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING AND DISPLAYING SUCH INFORMATION IN A CALL CENTER
86
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/25/2003
Application #:
09611611
Filing Dt:
07/07/2000
Title:
AUTOMATIC CONTACT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DEFINABLE AGENT LOG-OFF REASONS
87
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/01/2006
Application #:
09615266
Filing Dt:
07/13/2000
Title:
VOICE FILTER FOR NORMALIZING AN AGENT'S RESPONSE BY ALTERING EMOTIONAL AND WORD CONTENT
88
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/22/2003
Application #:
09615392
Filing Dt:
07/13/2000
Title:
METHOD OF MODIFYING SPEECH TO PROVIDE A USER SELECTABLE DIALECT
89
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/20/2005
Application #:
09637969
Filing Dt:
08/11/2000
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES OF A CONTACT CENTER
90
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/26/2004
Application #:
09664620
Filing Dt:
09/19/2000
Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATIVE COMMUNICATION
91
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/12/2004
Application #:
09669983
Filing Dt:
09/26/2000
Title:
NATURAL LANGUAGE AGENT FOR MONITORING A THREADED DISCUSSION
92
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/29/2005
Application #:
09670093
Filing Dt:
09/26/2000
Title:
METHOD OF CREATING SCRIPTS BY TRANSLATING AGENT/CUSTOMER CONVERSATIONS
93
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/18/2011
Application #:
09675597
Filing Dt:
09/29/2000
Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING A PHONE TO ACCESS INFORMATION IN A CALL CENTER
94
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/06/2009
Application #:
09846544
Filing Dt:
05/01/2001
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
07/03/2003
Title:
PACKET PRIORITIZING VOICE OVER PACKET NETWORK PHONE AND SYSTEM
95
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/11/2005
Application #:
09879423
Filing Dt:
06/12/2001
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
03/27/2003
Title:
MULTI-SITE RESPONSIBILITY-BASED ROUTING
96
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/11/2006
Application #:
09902205
Filing Dt:
07/10/2001
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
01/16/2003
Title:
SOFTWARE BASED SINGLE AGENT MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE CAPABILITY
97
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/16/2003
Application #:
09910160
Filing Dt:
07/20/2001
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
02/21/2002
Title:
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING VOICE COMMUNICATIONS USING A COMPUTER NETWORK
98
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/09/2013
Application #:
09918902
Filing Dt:
07/31/2001
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
02/06/2003
Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING CUSTOMER CONTACTS
99
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/10/2008
Application #:
09941046
Filing Dt:
08/28/2001
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
03/06/2003
Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING AGENT PERFORMANCE
100
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/15/2005
Application #:
09961875
Filing Dt:
09/24/2001
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
05/22/2003
Title:
CONTACT CENTER AUTOPILOT ALGORITHMS
Assignor
1
Exec Dt:
09/22/2005
Assignee
1
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