| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7119680 |
FSOC/radio intrusion detection system |
October 10, 2006 |
| Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising sensing an intruder within a predetermined vicinity of a Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC) system; and reducing an emitted power of the FSOC system. Certain exemplary embodiments provide a system comprising a Free Space |
| 7117156 |
Method and apparatus for performing packet loss or frame erasure concealment |
October 3, 2006 |
| The invention concerns a method and apparatus for performing packet loss or Frame Erasure Concealment (FEC) for a speech coder that does not have a built-in or standard FEC process. A receiver with a decoder receives encoded frames of compressed speech information transmitted from an |
| 7117155 |
Coarticulation method for audio-visual text-to-speech synthesis |
October 3, 2006 |
| A method for generating animated sequences of talking heads in text-to-speech applications wherein a processor samples a plurality of frames comprising image samples. Representative parameters are extracted from the image samples and stored in an animation library. The processor also |
| 7116997 |
Method and apparatus for network-assisted automatic confirmation of short message service delive |
October 3, 2006 |
| In a mobile communications network, a delivery acknowledgement receipt can be sent to indicate a SMS message is delivered. A system can be based on currently-existing protocols, such as described in the IS-136 standard. Existing network signals that acknowledge receipt of a message can b |
| 7113910 |
Document expansion in speech retrieval |
September 26, 2006 |
| Methods of document expansion for a speech retrieval document by a recognizer. A database of vectors of automatic transcriptions of documents is accessed and the vectors are truncated by removing all terms that are not recognizable by the recognizer to create truncated vectors. Terms |
| 7113903 |
Method and apparatus for providing stochastic finite-state machine translation |
September 26, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for stochastic finite-state machine translation is provided. The method may include receiving a speech input and translating the speech input in a source language into one or more symbols in a target language based on stochastic language model. Subsequently, all |
| 7113512 |
Ethernet-to-ATM interworking technique |
September 26, 2006 |
| A network interworking facility (24) advantageously interworks Ethernet and ATM networks (22, 26) having different protocols to permit the data from in one network to pass to the other and vice versa without the need for the source in to account for the protocol of the destination. Upon |
| 7113503 |
Intelligent network interface device for caller identification multicasting |
September 26, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to a network interface device and a communication network incorporating the network interface device. The network interface device may receive incoming calls placed from a copper loop network, a cable network or wireless network, determine CallerID infor |
| 7110950 |
Method and system for aligning natural and synthetic video to speech synthesis |
September 19, 2006 |
| According to MPEG-4's TTS architecture, facial animation can be driven by two streams simultaneously--text, and Facial Animation Parameters. In this architecture, text input is sent to a Text-To-Speech converter at a decoder that drives the mouth shapes of the face. Facial Animation |
| 7110947 |
Frame erasure concealment technique for a bitstream-based feature extractor |
September 19, 2006 |
| A frame erasure concealment technique for a bitstream-based feature extractor in a speech recognition system particularly suited for use in a wireless communication system operates to "delete" each frame in which an erasure is declared. The deletions thus reduce the length of the obs |
| 7106848 |
Method and apparatus for in-progress call forwarding |
September 12, 2006 |
| The present invention is a method and system for transferring calls among communicating devices connected through a public network. The service is offered by a public network to permit a party in a ongoing conversation to transfer a call to another communicating device that may be more |
| 7106691 |
Method for tracking source and destination internet protocol data |
September 12, 2006 |
| In an IP network, tabulating the number of data packets received from and/or sent to a particular IP address over time can provide a mechanism by which it is possible to determine or predict overloading of a node or nodes in an IP data network. By selectively deleting data packets re |
| 7103347 |
Automatic wireless service activation in a private local wireless system |
September 5, 2006 |
| Automatic activation of a wireless device with a first wireless communication system occurs within an area having an overlapping second wireless communication system. Operation of the first communication system access procedure is achieved by masking an access and authentication proc |
| 7103115 |
Optimum training sequences for wireless systems |
September 5, 2006 |
| In various embodiments, techniques are provided to determine channel characteristics of various communication systems such as OFDM systems or systems using a plurality of transmit antennas by using various sets of training symbols that produce zero cross-correlation energy. Channel c |
| 7103066 |
Method and apparatus for providing common intelligent value-added service protocols for accessin |
September 5, 2006 |
| A novel method of and system for providing common value-added services for two-way point-to-point, multi-point-to-multi-point, point-to-multi-point, and/or multi-point-to-point real-time communications using various communication protocols. The present invention provides common value |
| 7099950 |
Method and apparatus for using XML for both a protocol layer and application layer |
August 29, 2006 |
| A method and system for using XML for both a protocol layer and application data are described. The method comprises the steps of initiating a connection by a client to a server to form a session, responding by said server to said client indicating that said connection has been succe |
| 7099830 |
Effective deployment of temporal noise shaping (TNS) filters |
August 29, 2006 |
| In the MPEG2 Advanced Audio Coder (AAC) standard, Temporal Noise Shaping (TNS) is currently implemented by defining one filter for a given frequency band, and then switching to another filter for the adjacent frequency band when the signal structure in the adjacent band is different |
| 7099624 |
Method for code division switching of communication signals by trunk coding in a satellite commu |
August 29, 2006 |
| A method provides for trunk group satellite switching using a code division multiple access (CDMA) scheme. The method includes receiving inbound satellite beams carrying individually encoded user signals including a plurality of inbound trunk groups, processing and mapping the trunk |
| 7099452 |
Selective call waiting service |
August 29, 2006 |
| A communications system is designed to present a number of options to a caller who is attempting to reach a call-waiting subscriber already busy on a first call. The options are presented to the caller via an announcement that offers the caller the alternative of either sending immed |
| 7099444 |
Database service for telemarketers to screen and block selected telecommunication messages |
August 29, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for screening and blocking certain telecommunications sent via a communication network by telemarketers or other message senders is disclosed. This service is provided to subscribing parties that initiate the telecommunications. A periodically updated "do-not-c |
| 7099413 |
Method for near optimal joint channel estimation and data detection for COFDM systems |
August 29, 2006 |
| Joint channel estimation and maximum likelihood decoding method for Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (COFDM) systems are presented. Using this method in conjunction with convolutional coding, robust and nearly optimal coherent detection can be achieved in rapid dispersive |
| 7099329 |
Method for preventing overload condition in a circuit switched arrangement |
August 29, 2006 |
| An arrangement where connections between a terminal and a switch are effected through a serial connection of shared, overloadable, resources, and where conventionally each of the resources has a given number of communication channels, provides for effective congestion control by conv |
| 7095958 |
Fiber access architecture capable of being seamlessly upgraded |
August 22, 2006 |
| Disclosed is an architecture enabling premium services to be provided over fiber to high-end users/customers. The architecture has a plurality of nodes and a passive optical device inserted prior to one of the nodes. The optical device allows wavelengths provisioned for original service( |
| 7095957 |
Optical/radio local access network |
August 22, 2006 |
| A communication system includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of point-to-point links that interconnect the plurality of nodes into a network. Each node includes an optical switch to controllably route a plurality of in-ports of the optical switch into a plurality of out-ports |
| 7095912 |
Technique for mitigation of polarization mode dispersion in fiber optic transmission links |
August 22, 2006 |
| A technique for PMD mitigation in an optical communications system that utilizes a plurality of polarization rotators in an optical fiber to continuously rotate the polarization state of at least one optical signal that propagates through the fiber. The optical fiber is segregated into a |
| 7095754 |
Tiered contention multiple access (TCMA): a method for priority-based shared channel access |
August 22, 2006 |
| Quality of Service (QoS) support is provided by means of a Tiered Contention Multiple Access (TCMA) distributed medium access protocol that schedules transmission of different types of traffic based on their service quality specifications. In one embodiment, a wireless station is sup |
| 7093030 |
Internetworking driver with active control |
August 15, 2006 |
| A network interface driver embodied in a processor readable medium comprising executable program instructions that, when executed by a processor, independently process internetworking protocols for a host computer (or other network access device) with another computer on a remote net |
| 7092631 |
System for providing high connectivity communications over a packet-switched optical ring networ |
August 15, 2006 |
| A system for providing high connectivity communications over a packet-switched optical ring network comprises a core optical ring having at least one node, the node being coupled to a subtending system by an optical crossbar switch, a source for generating a set of packets, a stacker |
| 7092450 |
Frequency-domain method for joint equalization and decoding of space-time block codes |
August 15, 2006 |
| Space-time block coding is combined with single-carrier, minimum-mean-square-error, frequency-domain equalization for wireless communication through a medium characterized by multi-paths. The transmitter encodes incoming symbols into two or more streams that are transmitted over a co |
| 7092445 |
Video coder providing implicit coefficient prediction and scan adaptation for image coding and i |
August 15, 2006 |
| A predictive video coder performs gradient prediction based on previous blocks of image data. For a new block of image data, the prediction determines a horizontal gradient and a vertical gradient from a block diagonally above the new block (vertically above a previous horizontally a |
| 7092389 |
Technique for ethernet access to packet-based services |
August 15, 2006 |
| An Ethernet Metropolitan Area Network (10) provides connectivity to one or more customer premises (16.sub.1,16.sub.2,16.sub.3) to packet-based services, such as ATM, Frame Relay, or IP, while advantageously providing a mechanism for assuring security and regulation of customer traffic. |
| 7092378 |
System for utilizing a genetic algorithm to provide constraint-based routing of packets in a com |
August 15, 2006 |
| A Path Generator connects to a communication network and uses genetic algorithms to assign flows to paths. Genotypes encode flow to path assignments for working and protection paths. Genotype fitness functions are computed as a weighted sum of constraint fitness functions. Each const |
| 7091976 |
System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication applic |
August 15, 2006 |
| A method of creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from the sender an image file at a server, the image file having an entity and a background image. The server presents to the |
| 7091849 |
Inbound interference reduction in a broadband powerline system |
August 15, 2006 |
| Disclosed is a method and apparatus for reducing inbound interference in a broadband powerline communication system. Data modulated on first and second carrier frequencies is received via respective first and second lines of the powerline system. A characteristic of at least one of the |
| 7089329 |
Subscription-based priority interactive help services on the internet |
August 8, 2006 |
| The present invention includes a method and apparatus for providing an e-help service over a network. The e-help service provides one or more action sequences, i.e., recommended courses of action, for specialized circumstances over a network, such as an Internet Protocol network. Sub |
| 7088810 |
Caller originated multiple calling |
August 8, 2006 |
| The present invention relates generally to a calling party initiated call in a communication system. More particularly, the invention encompasses a method and an apparatus for subscriber or caller originated multiple calling to one or more individuals at a plurality of addresses. The |
| 7088676 |
Methods and systems for fast restoration in a mesh network of optical cross connects |
August 8, 2006 |
| Communication is restored in a fiber optic network by placing error detection circuitry at the add/drop ports of the network nodes of the network. If the error detection circuitry detects an error condition for a communication signal traversing a normal communication path within the |
| 7085720 |
Method for task classification using morphemes |
August 1, 2006 |
| The invention concerns a method of task classification using morphemes which operates on the task objective of a user. The morphemes may be generated by clustering selected ones of the salient sub-morphemes selected from training speech which are semantically and syntactically simila |
| 7085495 |
System for flexible multiple broadcast service delivery over a WDM passive optical network based |
August 1, 2006 |
| A system and method for simultaneous delivery of a plurality of independent blocks of 500 MHz digital broadcast television services, stacking a plurality of RF blocks on a plurality of spectrally sliced WDM optical bands. The method for delivering a plurality of video blocks to a use |
| 7085494 |
High-capacity packet-switched ring network |
August 1, 2006 |
| A packet-switched WDMA ring network has an architecture utilizing packet stacking and unstacking for enabling nodes to access the entire link capacity by transmitting and receiving packets on available wavelengths. Packets are added and dropped from the ring by optical switches. A fl |
| 7085454 |
Method for fabricating optical devices by assembling multiple wafers containing planar optical w |
August 1, 2006 |
| A method for fabricating optical devices comprises the steps of preparing a first substrate wafer with at least one buried optical waveguide on an approximately flat planar surface of the substrate and a second substrate wafer with at least a second buried optical waveguide. The waveguid |
| 7085366 |
System and method for telemarketing through a hypertext network |
August 1, 2006 |
| A system and method for providing telemarketing services through a hypertext network that interconnects a telemarketing server system with a customer computer and an agent computer. The telemarketing server accepts a telemarketing request from the customer, and forwards the request to |
| 7085231 |
Algorithm for computing the size of a virtual circuit (VC) generating too much red traffic |
August 1, 2006 |
| A method is provided for computing the size of a virtual circuit that places excessive traffic into a network. An illustrative method adjusts a contracted rate of traffic for a virtual circuit in a telecommunication network and can include downloading statistical data for network switche |
| 7082553 |
Method and system for providing reliability and availability in a distributed component object m |
July 25, 2006 |
| A method and system for improving reliability and availability in distributed computer applications. The method and system may be used in the context of primary-backup, failover recovery. The method involves software-fault tolerance using technique of structured storage; referral com |
| 7082396 |
Methods and apparatus for rapid acoustic unit selection from a large speech corpus |
July 25, 2006 |
| A speech synthesis system can select recorded speech fragments, or acoustic units, from a very large database of acoustic units to produce artificial speech. The selected acoustic units are chosen to minimize a combination of target and concatenation costs for a given sentence. Howev |
| 7082252 |
Fiber-optic cable attenuator device |
July 25, 2006 |
| In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a fiber-optic cable attenuator is presented. An assembly is presented for encasing a cable and providing an airtight chamber around the fiber-optic cable. The fiber-optic cable is then deflected within the assembly to allow a |
| 7082142 |
System and method for delivering content in a unicast/multicast manner |
July 25, 2006 |
| The present invention is a system and method for enabling multicast synchronization of initially unicasted content. Multiple unicast streams are synchronized in order to convert the unicast streams into a multicast stream. Each unicast stream may be accelerated or slowed down in relation |
| 7080248 |
System providing dynamic quality of service signaling messages in a cable telephony network |
July 18, 2006 |
| A system of Quality of Service signaling in an IP cable telephony system includes encrypting Quality of Service signals and sending them, instead of directly from an Internet Protocol Digital Terminal to a Cable Modem Termination System, indirectly via Broadband Telephony Interface servi |
| 7080136 |
Method and apparatus for size-dependent sampling for managing a data network |
July 18, 2006 |
| The present invention provides a method and apparatus for sampling data flows in a data network in order to estimate a total data volume in the network. Sampling the data flows In the data network reduces the network resources that must be expended by the network to support the associate |
| 7079634 |
Apparatus for tracking connection of service provider customers via customer use patterns |
July 18, 2006 |
| A method for identifying tracking accounts belonging to a customer of a service provider using profiles indicating customer patterns of use of the service. The profiles distinguish the account of the service provider customers from each other. Those profiles that substantially match are |
