| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7526081 |
Telephone recording and storing arbitrary keystrokes sequence with replay with a single stoke |
April 28, 2009 |
| A telephone is described that allows any arbitrary combination of key strokes, including numerical keys, extension keys, as well as function keys such as TRANSFER, CONFERENCE, etc., to be programmed such that the entire sequence of key strokes can be recalled with the touch of a single |
| 7522614 |
Multi-service access platform for telecommunications and data networks |
April 21, 2009 |
| A multi-service access platform may have network interface cards and application cards. The network interface cards may interface the multi-service access platform to an ingress network and an egress network. The network interface cards may be coupled to the application cards by a ne |
| 7522589 |
Network units for use in and organisation of cascade systems |
April 21, 2009 |
| A multi-port network unit for use in a cascade system of network units sends from a cascade port a packet including a special header having a source port ID, a destination port ID and a `destination port known` field. The port IDs identify both a unit and a port within a unit. A rout |
| 7519168 |
Host computer digital signal processing system for communicating over voice-grade telephone chan |
April 14, 2009 |
| A conventional computer is coupled to an analog telephone transmission link by means of an analog/digital conversion interface adapter. Modem transmission is accomplished by performing the modulation and demodulation functions digitally in the computer's existing processor which exec |
| 7512685 |
Method and system for implementing wireless data transfers between a selected group of mobile co |
March 31, 2009 |
| A wireless communication method for selective transmission of data among a group of mobile computing devices. A user's device is used to broadcast a query to determine a group of mobile computing devices within communications range. A list of resulting mobile computing devices is the |
| 7490155 |
Management and control for interactive media sessions |
February 10, 2009 |
| A method for management and control of a media session. The method comprises receiving a first message from an end user device at an application server to initiate a media session and forwarding the first message from the application server to a media server. A first media transactio |
| 7483999 |
Distributed bridging with synchronization forwarding databases |
January 27, 2009 |
| A network unit for use in a distributed bridging fabric has a multiplicity of user ports for the transmission of data frames to and from an external network and at least one fabric port for the transmission of frames between the network unit and another unit in the fabric. The network un |
| 7483394 |
System and method for automatically managing a network port based on a calendar function |
January 27, 2009 |
| Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for automatically managing a network port based on a calendar function. In one embodiment, a discovery protocol is provided for automatically discovering at least one port of at least one switch in a network. Furthermore, a managem |
| 7480939 |
Enhancement to authentication protocol that uses a key lease |
January 20, 2009 |
| A method and system for using a key lease in a secondary authentication protocol after a primary authentication protocol has been performed is described. In one embodiment, the primary authentication protocol comprises a strong, secure, computationally complex authentication protocol |
| 7480723 |
Method and system for providing directory based services |
January 20, 2009 |
| A method and system for providing directory based services is provided. The directory service may process an ambiguous destination identifier from a call-session request to multiple database entries in a directory server, and return an appropriately constructed response that can be i |
| 7480300 |
Content addressable memory organized to share entries between different entities such as ports o |
January 20, 2009 |
| A content addressable memory stores entries each comprising a rule and as part of the entry a mask identifying all the entities to which the rule is applicable. A search pattern of data and a bit mask identifying the actual entity (or entities) associated with the data is applied as a |
| 7480299 |
Rules engine for access control lists in network units |
January 20, 2009 |
| A rules engine for the examination of selected fields in an addressed data packet has an access control list table of which the entries each define an access control list rule, an action and a chain identifier. The access control list rule may be a basic rule which refers to network addr |
| 7480260 |
Method and apparatus for implementing a presence-based universal camp-on feature in packet-based |
January 20, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for implementing a presence based universal camp-on feature in packet-based telephony systems are disclosed. A first packet-based device is subscribed to a line status of a second packet-based device. A first notification is received into the first packet-based |
| 7463732 |
Flexible data outlet |
December 9, 2008 |
| A flexible data outlet includes a housing configured for placement in an operating area of a user, such as on a wall adjacent to a user's work space. User interface circuitry in the housing provides an interface to user equipment located in the user operating area, including a user t |
| 7463654 |
Stackable routers employing a routing protocol |
December 9, 2008 |
| A stack of network routers is composed of at least one (elected) master unit and one or more slave units each capable of running a routing protocol. Only the master unit runs the entire routing protocol at a given time. It forwards direct update messages via a transmission control pr |
| 7463620 |
Architecture and method for controlling features and services in packet-based networks |
December 9, 2008 |
| Systems and methods for controlling features and services in packet-based networks are disclosed. The present application provides systems and methods that include sending a first message to a network core device, and identifying a profile from user account information stored on the |
| 7460534 |
Method for statistical switching |
December 2, 2008 |
| A statistical switching method is described. The method involving computing tags from a packet to identify the flow a packet belongs to, looking up the tag in a table to provide switching information and using the switching information to switch the packet without analyzing the whole |
| 7460533 |
System and method for multi-casting announcements |
December 2, 2008 |
| A system and method for multicasting announcements in a communication network. An address is established in a memory. Announcements are formed. The announcements are broadcast on the address. |
| 7453815 |
Method and system for monitoring and management of the performance of real-time networks |
November 18, 2008 |
| Gateway routers for real-time networks have the ability to collect delay, loss, and jitter statistics on a per-connection basis. It is possible to use this information not only to monitor the quality of individual voice calls and other real-time connections, but also to evaluate the over |
| 7451220 |
Techniques for providing secure access to a communication system |
November 11, 2008 |
| A public telephone and Internet access system that comprises Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) that are connected to an Ethernet or other Local Area Network by a network cradle, and a number of Ethernet telephones connected to the same Local Area Network. The PDAs store encrypted inf |
| 7450560 |
Method for address mapping in a network access system and a network access device for use therew |
November 11, 2008 |
| A method to support the assignment of a globally unique network public address and, optionally, a number of locally unique ports to a first private network subdevice having a private network address on a network access system from a second private network subdevice having a public ne |
| 7447728 |
Method and apparatus supporting network communications |
November 4, 2008 |
| One embodiment of the invention includes a method of managing network communications in a network device. The network device includes software components and modules. Some of the components control the interaction between modules, while other components perform specific functions for |
| 7440442 |
IP-based enhanced emergency services using intelligent client devices |
October 21, 2008 |
| Providing enhanced emergency services (E-911) to an IP Telephony-based PBX or similar system, by utilizing aspects of the intelligence of end-user SIP client devices to address challenges and difficulties associated with E-911-like services in LAN-based telephony environments. |
| 7440440 |
Method and system for device-based call park and pick-up |
October 21, 2008 |
| A method for call parking in a network telephony system is disclosed. A first user agent and a second user agent establish a communication session, and the second user agent enters a call park number to initiate a call park of the communication session. Subsequently, the call park nu |
| 7433918 |
Computer network and method of operating same to preload content of selected web pages |
October 7, 2008 |
| A method for operating a computer network to preload the content of web addresses on the local memory. The network comprises at least one device, a web cache memory, and internet access apparatus to connect a device on the network to internet using a web browser, relevant devices on the |
| 7424532 |
Method and system for automatic network resource selection and configuration in a network enviro |
September 9, 2008 |
| A method for selecting and configuring a network resource, out of a plurality of network resources, for use with a computer system client. The method includes the step of determining what network resources reside within a network. The respective attributes of the network resources are |
| 7420968 |
High-speed switch architecture |
September 2, 2008 |
| A system of switch modules contains input demultiplexers connected to ports on each of the modules and output multiplexers connected to each of the modules. Each module has output and input interfaces for mesh links and at least one output interface is looped back to an input interface o |
| 7417988 |
Method and system for network based call-pickup |
August 26, 2008 |
| A method and system for network based call-pickup is provided. In one embodiment a first user agent communicates in a communication session with a second user agent in a network telephony system. The second user agent may request that a third user agent replace the second user agent |
| 7392518 |
Robust remote flash ROM upgrade system and method |
June 24, 2008 |
| The present invention is a solution that provides reliable and robust boot upgrade system and method. A power up boot process is performed in which a boot update application monitors for an indication of available update information and an update setup process is engaged in which an upgr |
| 7391784 |
Method and system for communicating state information between devices of a communications networ |
June 24, 2008 |
| A method and system of communicating state information between devices of a communications network is provided. A gateway of a packet network may change operating states during transmission of packets to another gateway. The gateway may indicate the state change to the receiving gate |
| 7386119 |
Filtered transmit cancellation in a full-duplex modem data access arrangement (DAA) |
June 10, 2008 |
| An improved data access arrangement device for use in full-duplex two-wire communication systems having a transmission impedance characteristic. The DAA includes a transmit amplifier and a receive amplifier adapted for connection to a two-wire line, a codec connected to the transmit |
| 7386103 |
Method and system for providing prompt navigation in interactive voice response (IVR) system |
June 10, 2008 |
| Method and system for navigating in an interactive voice response system including detecting an account login request, authenticating the login request, detecting a location identifier request, and generating a location identifier in response to the location identifier request is pro |
| 7385939 |
Network management apparatus and method for determining the topology of a network |
June 10, 2008 |
| A network management apparatus and method for determining the topology of a network in which a Spanning-Tree protocol is implemented, is disclosed in which address table data is obtained from the ports of the core network devices on the network, and the identity of the ports of the core |
| 7366168 |
TCP control packet differential service |
April 29, 2008 |
| A method and switch for controlling the allocation of priority of TCP packets, more particularly for distinguishing between data and control packets and assigning an increased priority to control packets. The layer 4 information in the form of the flag bits of the header are snooped in |
| 7362750 |
Switch module architecture |
April 22, 2008 |
| A switching module has external ports for sending and receiving data packets and mesh interfaces for internal mesh connections with other modules. A switching engine directs packets to one or other of the mesh interfaces according to the port number of a `destination` or egress port |
| 7359962 |
Network security system integration |
April 15, 2008 |
| A network discovery functionality, intrusion detector functionality and firewalling functionality are integrated together to form a network security system presenting a self-deploying and self-hardening security defense for a network. |
| 7359370 |
Method of communicating between network devices through gateways using call discrimination optio |
April 15, 2008 |
| A method and system of setting up a call over a circuit or packet switched network. Network elements exchange an automode sequence of signals to determine a modulation that both devices support and that will be used for the connection between them. The two elements may exchange the a |
| 7359326 |
Method for splitting data and acknowledgements in a TCP session |
April 15, 2008 |
| In a Quality of Service system, segments in a TCP session are assigned a priority level. A segment may contain an acknowledgement and data. The system determines if network congestion is detected or anticipated in the segment's priority band or in a higher priority band. When the TCP |
| 7350076 |
Scheme for device and user authentication with key distribution in a wireless network |
March 25, 2008 |
| In a computer network, a method of mutually authenticating a client device and a network interface, authenticating a user to the network and exchanging encryption keys. In one embodiment, the method comprises authenticating the client device at the local network device point, with wh |
| 7349335 |
Packet metering in high-speed network units |
March 25, 2008 |
| For each metered flow in a network unit there is a memory entry which defines a time stamp and a rate parameter. When a packet in the respective flow arrives, the time of arrival is compared with the time stamp. If the time of arrival is before the time stamp the packet is discarded. |
| 7340536 |
Method and apparatus for determining unmanaged network devices in the topology of a network |
March 4, 2008 |
| A network management apparatus and method for determining the topology of a network 1 is described. The present invention uses data relating to discovered devices on the network 1, typically network management address table data, to build a network tree. Due to the presence of unsupporte |
| 7340515 |
Optimisation of network configuration |
March 4, 2008 |
| A method and program for checking for misconfigurations and inefficiencies in the configuration of devices and links on a network. Information relating to the configuration of components on the network is stored in a database. The configuration information is accessed for each device, an |
| 7330453 |
System and method for integrating call control and data network access components |
February 12, 2008 |
| A system and method for integrating the call control signaling pathway with data network access components. A call control server agent is resident on a network device that provides a first interface from an access network to a packet-switched data network. The call control server ag |
| 7325048 |
Method for automatically creating a modem interface for use with a wireless device |
January 29, 2008 |
| A method for automatically creating a modem interface on a computer device for use with a wireless device. The method of the present invention creates a modem interface without requiring the user to execute a standard operating system's manual modem installation procedure. The modem |
| 7324488 |
Method and system for providing an intelligent data concentrator communicatively coupled to a ne |
January 29, 2008 |
| The present invention presents a method and system for providing an intelligent data concentrator communicatively coupled to a network by a wireless mode. Specifically, the present invention comprises a portable intelligent device, communicatively connected to a network by a wireless |
| 7324462 |
Methods for discovering devices within a wireless network |
January 29, 2008 |
| An improved method for wireless device discovery that enables a user to select devices by a descriptive identifier rather than a unique alphanumeric identifier. In addition, the method allows for certain wireless devices to be pre-configured for connection such that if they are reque |
| 7317722 |
System and method for distributed multicast routing |
January 8, 2008 |
| A distributed router composed of individual units connected by links in a routing fabric which appears to be a single network entity routes multicast packets by bridging to the final unit in the fabric. At the final unit the packet is replicated as necessary and routed. The scheme av |
| 7307998 |
Computer system and network interface supporting dynamically optimized receive buffer queues |
December 11, 2007 |
| A network interface comprises the first port on which incoming data is transmitted and received at the data transfer rate of the network, a buffer memory coupled to the first port, and a second port coupled with the buffer memory, and through which transfer of packets between the host |
| 7299301 |
Method and architecture for logical aggregation of multiple servers |
November 20, 2007 |
| A system and method are shown for multiple network devices to operate as a single logical entity for serving tunnel connections. A cluster master device is connected to a multiple network devices through a local area network (LAN). The cluster master device is also connected to a wide ar |
| 7299287 |
Secure network outlet for supporting IP device address assigning functionality |
November 20, 2007 |
| A secure network outlet for supporting IP device address assigning functionality. A network access request is received from an electronic device communicatively coupled to intelligent hardware. In one embodiment, a device address request is transmitted to a network server. A first de |
