| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D379274 |
Stand for a video monitor |
May 20, 1997 |
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| D378089 |
Telephone stand |
February 18, 1997 |
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| D377794 |
Pager |
February 4, 1997 |
|
| D377793 |
Telephone stand |
February 4, 1997 |
|
| D377651 |
Remote controller |
January 28, 1997 |
|
| D377354 |
Portable telephone handset |
January 14, 1997 |
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| D377014 |
Portable telephone handset |
December 31, 1996 |
|
| D376143 |
Portable telephone handset |
December 3, 1996 |
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| D375750 |
Portable telephone handset |
November 19, 1996 |
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| D375738 |
Portable telephone handset |
November 19, 1996 |
|
| D375737 |
Portable telephone handset |
November 19, 1996 |
|
| D375736 |
Portable telephone handset |
November 19, 1996 |
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| D375091 |
Portable telephone handset |
October 29, 1996 |
|
| D375043 |
Pager |
October 29, 1996 |
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| D374236 |
Combined multiple memory card reader and player |
October 1, 1996 |
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| D374235 |
Telephone caller-ID module |
October 1, 1996 |
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| D374230 |
Telephone stand |
October 1, 1996 |
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| 7454225 |
Method and apparatus for reducing transmitted energy in power-controlled systems based on early |
November 18, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a method for reducing transmitted energy based on early decoding. The method includes accessing a first portion of a block including a plurality of symbols indicative of an encoded message. The first portion has been transmitted at a first transmission |
| 7454200 |
Personal handyphone system component employment of prepay telephone service system component to |
November 18, 2008 |
| An apparatus in one example comprises a prepay telephone service system component and a personal handyphone system component. The personal handyphone system component employs the prepay telephone service system component to allow a user of a wireless telephone to execute a purchase o |
| 7454165 |
Methods of receiving signaling information in a communication network supporting a broadcast-mul |
November 18, 2008 |
| Methods for signaling information to a group of users in a communication network supporting a broadcast-multicast service are described, in which one or more indicator bits of a sequence may be assigned to indicate transmission of signaling information that is related to the group. The |
| 7454164 |
Providing a multimedia message with a multimedia messaging service message in a mobile environme |
November 18, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for communicating a multimedia messaging service message from a source mobile device to a target mobile device in a telecommunications network. The method comprises receiving a request for a multimedia message and associating t |
| 7454144 |
Low total excursion dispersion maps |
November 18, 2008 |
| A process optically transports digital data over an all-optical long-haul communication path. The process includes transporting digital optical data signals at a selected bit rate and a selected wavelength over a sequence of transmission spans. The sequence includes 70 percent or more |
| 7454112 |
Ridge and mesa optical waveguides |
November 18, 2008 |
| Apparatus including: a substrate layer having a substantially planar top surface; an optically conductive peak located and elongated on, and spanning a first thickness measured in a direction generally away from, the top surface; the optically conductive peak having first and second |
| 7453945 |
Methods and devices for controlling RF, multi-carrier amplifier signal power |
November 18, 2008 |
| The input (and output) power of a multi-carrier amplifier can be controlled to allow the amplifier to operate at high RF power levels and still remain within a power rating profile. The amplifier (or amplifiers) power is controlled using an aggregate scaling factor. The aggregate sca |
| 7453933 |
Method of estimating a signal-to-interference+noise ratio (SINR) using data samples |
November 18, 2008 |
| In the method of estimating a signal-to-interference+noise ratio (SINR), either the polarities or bit values of a plurality of received data symbol samples are estimated. Then an SINR estimate is generated based on the plurality of received data symbol samples and the estimated polar |
| 7453876 |
Method and apparatus for providing distributed SLF routing capability in an internet multimedia |
November 18, 2008 |
| A routing technique for supporting an internet protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Subscriber Locator Function (SLF) is provided. It is, in part, based on using a user's identification information, e.g. a user's realm, to facilitate the routing of information. This technique enables |
| 7453871 |
Efficient redirection of logging and tracing information in network node with distributed archit |
November 18, 2008 |
| A method for distributing logging and tracing information in a network node is disclosed. In one embodiment, log messages generated locally on the line cards are collected by Secondary Log Managers residing on the line cards. The Secondary Log Managers process the collected messages and |
| 7453852 |
Method and system for mobility across heterogeneous address spaces |
November 18, 2008 |
| A mobile node includes a processor, a network interface, and a storage device having computer program code for execution by the processor. The computer program code includes a network layer for transmitting and receiving packets and an intermediate driver that transmits packets to th |
| 7453845 |
Distributed call control |
November 18, 2008 |
| A method for dynamically varying the allocation and distribution of a base station's resources in response to fluctuations in demand for services. The method includes transmitting a status signal from a base station to a base station controller over an I.sub.ub interface. The status sign |
| 7453821 |
Methods of detecting signaling information in a wireless communication system |
November 18, 2008 |
| In a method of detecting signaling information in a signal received in a wireless communication system, signaling information for a signal received in a subsequent time instant may be detected using an estimated value for the subsequent time instant. The estimated value for the subse |
| 7453807 |
Efficient rendezvous point tree to shortest path tree switch-over process |
November 18, 2008 |
| A method of operating a network node in PIM-SM (Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a Rendezvous Point Tree (RPT) to Shortest Path Tree (SPT) switch over process is initiated after the packet flow rate of the RPT data stream is compared agains |
| 7453796 |
Method and apparatus for designing networks to support fast restoration |
November 18, 2008 |
| Improved network design techniques are provided. More particularly, the invention provides network design techniques that support fast restoration. In one aspect of the invention, a technique for designing a protection capacity to be reserved in a network comprises the following step |
| 7453629 |
Semiconductor optical amplifier pulse reshaper |
November 18, 2008 |
| A system includes a pulse reshaper for reshaping and re-amplifying optical signals in a communications network. In one embodiment, a vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifier (VCSOA) device, comprising dual mode reflectors optically cooperating at each of an input signal wavelength |
| 7452741 |
Process for manufacturing an apparatus that protects features during the removal of sacrificial |
November 18, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a process for manufacturing an apparatus. The process, in one embodiment, includes providing a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device, the micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device including an actuator coupled to a movable feature, sacrifici |
| 7451340 |
Connection set-up extension for restoration path establishment in mesh networks |
November 11, 2008 |
| An extension to a connection setup protocol for establishment of a restoration path for a service in a mesh network involves, at a transit node along the restoration path, the steps of (1) receiving a service data structure having an identification of each link and transit node in a |
| 7451241 |
Method and system for providing failure protection in a ring network that utilizes label switchi |
November 11, 2008 |
| A working label switched path (LSP) between neighbor label switched routers (LSRs) in a ring network that utilizes label switching is protected by an LSP that connects the neighbor LSRs of the working LSP in an opposite direction to the working LSP. If the working LSP fails, then pac |
| 7451195 |
Method and system for operating a PDA for use with an IP phone device |
November 11, 2008 |
| A personal digital assistant (PDA) stores a list of available phone features and policies and selects certain phone features and policies from the stored features and policies. When connected with an internet protocol (IP) phone device, the PDA downloads the selected phone features a |
| 7450863 |
Optical receiver for wavelength-division-multiplexed signals |
November 11, 2008 |
| A WDM receiver that includes a single, delay interferometer coupled to an N-channel wavelength-demultiplexing filter provides for the simultaneous conversion of a multiplex of N differential-phase-shift-keyed modulated optical signals of different wavelengths into N intensity-modulated |
| 7450801 |
Apparatus for free-space switching between planar lightwave circuits |
November 11, 2008 |
| A free-space optical switch for switching light beams between waveguides of planar lightwave circuits (PLCs). Switching is accomplished using a combination of lenses and micromirrors. The lenses and the controlled tilt of the micromirrors can establish a one-to-one interconnection path |
| 7450522 |
Power control system using acknowledgments |
November 11, 2008 |
| A power control system for a wireless communications system adjusts the transmit power of a wireless transmitter in relation to a number of acknowledgments expected for radio transmissions over a wireless link. For example, a wireless unit monitors the number of acknowledgments it re |
| 7450507 |
Hierarchal rate-limiting at a network node that utilizes an infinity rate-limit check |
November 11, 2008 |
| Rate-limiting a traffic stream using a rate-limit hierarchy involves subjecting a packet to a first rate-limit check, the first rate-limit check corresponding to a first-level traffic classification, subjecting the packet to a second rate-limit check and an infinity rate-limit cheek, |
| 7449649 |
Liquid switch |
November 11, 2008 |
| An apparatus comprising a liquid switch. The liquid switch comprises a substrate having a surface with first and second regions thereon and a fluid configured to contact both of the regions. The regions each comprise electrically connected fluid-support-structures, wherein each of th |
| 7444131 |
Method and apparatus for rerouting terminations for CALEA targets through a predetermined survei |
October 28, 2008 |
| A system and method is provided for surveilling call terminations to a roaming mobile in a wireless telecommunications network in which Location Request Queries (LRQs) for the target mobile can be sent from any MSC in the network. The system and method include forcing the path of the tar |
| 7443879 |
Communication between user agents through employment of codec format unsupported by one of the u |
October 28, 2008 |
| An apparatus in one example comprises one or more network controllers that serve to allow a second user agent to communicate with a first user agent through employment of a codec format unsupported by the first user agent. |
| 7443856 |
Managing processing utilization in a network node |
October 28, 2008 |
| A technique for managing the utilization of processing resources involves filtering packets that are sent to a CPU for learning before allowing the packets to reach the CPU. The filtering involves determining if related packets have already been allowed to reach the CPU for learning and |
| 7443819 |
Managing scrambling codes during serving radio network subsystem relocation |
October 28, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for managing relocation of one or more scrambling codes in a spread spectrum wireless communications system. The method comprises detecting an indication for a serving radio network subsystem relocation that causes a user equipment |
| 7443804 |
Method and apparatus of estimating available bandwidth on a packet network |
October 28, 2008 |
| By approximating a packet network, such as the Internet, by an M/M/1 queuing model, the available bandwidth of the network can determined from the variance of the distribution of the sojourn times of packets transmitted through the network. In order to determine the variance of the d |
| 7440760 |
Methods and apparatus for allocating bandwidth to communication devices based on signal conditio |
October 21, 2008 |
| Techniques and systems for allocating bandwidth in a communication channel to devices using the communication channel are described. A communication system includes a central device and one or more remote devices. The central device may transmit information to and receive information fro |
| 7440459 |
Methods of detecting protocol support in wireless communication systems |
October 21, 2008 |
| In a method of detecting whether a given node supports a given protocol version, a source node sends a request message to the destination mode based on a first protocol version. The source node receives an indication message in reply to the request, and may detect that the destination no |
| 7440404 |
Load balancing method and apparatus for ethernet over SONET and other types of networks |
October 21, 2008 |
| A load-balanced network architecture is disclosed in which a traffic flow at a given network node is split into a plurality of parts, and the parts are distributed to respective ones of the plurality of nodes that are designated as participating in a load balancing process for the traffi |
