| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7367212 |
Rotational and linear shock apparatus |
May 6, 2008 |
| One embodiment of a shock apparatus comprises at least one linear impact object capable of movement along a first substantially linear path; a rotational impact object capable of rotation about an axis of rotation and movement along a second substantially linear path parallel to the |
| 7366949 |
Distributed software application software component recovery in an ordered sequence |
April 29, 2008 |
| A distributed software application comprises a plurality of software components within a plurality of executables. A manager component for the distributed software application performs a recovery of two or more software components, of the plurality of software components, in an order |
| 7366911 |
Methods and apparatus for computationally-efficient generation of secure digital signatures |
April 29, 2008 |
| Methods and apparatus are disclosed for generation of secure and efficient digital signatures in an information processing system. The system includes one or more user devices, a signing aid or other intermediary device, and a verifier. A given user device has associated therewith key |
| 7366659 |
Methods and devices for selectively generating time-scaled sound signals |
April 29, 2008 |
| Time-scaled, sound signals (i.e. sounds output at differing speeds) are generated by mixing weighted time-and frequency-domain processed signals, the former signal generally representing speech-based signals while the latter representing music-based signals. The weights applied to each t |
| 7366548 |
Method for alerting a mobile unit of a missed call upon movement of the mobile unit |
April 29, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a method for alerting a mobile unit of a missed call. A mobile unit receives a call request. If the mobile unit does not answer the call request and the mobile unit is stationary, the mobile unit waits for the mobile unit to move. Upon movement, the mobile |
| 7366526 |
Method and apparatus for providing improved border paging in a wireless network |
April 29, 2008 |
| This technique is applied in the circumstances where an intersystem page message, e.g. an IS-41 ISPAGE2 message, is received in a first border switching module. The intersystem page message may originate from a second border switching module. In this case, the network determines whet |
| 7366518 |
Supplemental channel sharing algorithm |
April 29, 2008 |
| Disclosed is a method for utilizing SCH resources more efficiently for supplemental channels (SCH) by minimizing gaps between data bursts due to overhead delays. Such gaps are minimized using a supplemental channel sharing algorithm to prospectively assign SCH resources supporting ex |
| 7366514 |
Method of handing off a packet switched to a circuit switched call |
April 29, 2008 |
| By obtaining the address of a circuit switching controller in a network with which a mobile station is registered, a packet call controller instructs the circuit switching controller to send notification of when a handoff request is received for a mobile station by the circuit switching |
| 7366424 |
Methods and apparatus for producing transmission failure protected, bridged, and dispersion resi |
April 29, 2008 |
| Apparatus for creating a communication signal, comprising a modulator adapted to: modulate a first and a second beam of continuous wave electromagnetic radiation with a source signal, assemble modulated portions of the first and second beams into a first electromagnetic radiation sig |
| 7366296 |
Network support for voice path signal strength balancing |
April 29, 2008 |
| Embodiments of the method and system provide for automatic balancing of audio signal strength levels on voice paths between first and second parties in a telecommunication system. The method in an embodiment may have the steps of: checking for a subscription to audio signal strength |
| 7366198 |
Method and system for packet and circuit telephony in a distributed telecommunications switching |
April 29, 2008 |
| Methods and systems for interfacing packet and circuit telephony operations in a distributed telecommunications network. Initially, one or more digital circuit switches can be associated with the distributed telecommunications network. Thereafter, one or more network transmission ele |
| 7366196 |
Ranging arrangement and method for TDMA communications |
April 29, 2008 |
| An out-of-band ranging technique is automatically initiated at a customer premises equipment unit when the equipment is installed, when power is restored after a power failure or interruption, upon verification of the equipment, upon reconnection after a disconnection of the equipment or |
| 7366178 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling data packet transmission over a multihop wireless backhaul n |
April 29, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for scheduling the transmission of data packets over a multihop wireless backhaul network in which delay guarantees through the network may be advantageously ensured. Illustratively, a novel packet scheduling scheme is provided which is advantageously based on |
| 7366174 |
Adaptive classification of network traffic |
April 29, 2008 |
| Rules for classifying traffic in a communications network are set by collecting traffic data related to traffic that is input into a network node, processing the traffic data that is collected, and setting classification rules in response to the processed traffic data, wherein the se |
| 7366100 |
Method and apparatus for multipath processing |
April 29, 2008 |
| A multipath processing architecture that allows multipath packets to be distributed across multiple paths using a hash function and a modulo-arithmetic-based mapping function is disclosed. In one embodiment, the multipath processing architecture is implemented as part of a packet cla |
| 7363528 |
Brink of failure and breach of security detection and recovery system |
April 22, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for managing a network includes detecting occurrence of a network event associated with a new network condition including unplanned and planned macro-events associated with network elements and communication links of the network. The network event is classified |
| 7362980 |
Duobinary transmission system and method |
April 22, 2008 |
| An optical duobinary transmission system and method are provided for transmitting optical duobinary signals across an optical transmission link having residual dispersion. The system includes a transmitter having a low bandwidth modulator, adapted to provide filtering for low pass fi |
| 7362979 |
Apparatus and method for duobinary transmission |
April 22, 2008 |
| An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting an optical duobinary signal using a low bandwidth modulator having a bandwidth of less than about 60% of the transmission bit rate of the transmitter. The modulator is adapted to provide low pass filtering for low pass filtered duobin |
| 7362977 |
Method for reduction of non-linear intra-channel distortions |
April 22, 2008 |
| A method for reducing intra-channel, non-linear distortions of an optical signal resulting from non-linear fiber propagation includes applying a polarization mode dispersion (PMD) pre-distortion to an optical signal such that the PMD pre-distortion produces two replica signals of the |
| 7362969 |
Camera model and calibration procedure for omnidirectional paraboloidal catadioptric cameras |
April 22, 2008 |
| A paraboloidal catadioptric camera is calibrated by relaxing the assumption of an ideal system to account for perspective projection, radial distortion, and mirror misalignment occurring within the camera system. Calibration points, which are small and visually distinct objects, are |
| 7362819 |
Device and method for reducing peaks of a composite signal |
April 22, 2008 |
| A method of limiting at least one peak of a composite signal having multiple carriers signals involves placing energy in at least one bandwidth gap located between respective frequency bandwidths of carrier signals. |
| 7362787 |
Self-mode-locked semiconductor laser |
April 22, 2008 |
| An interband self-mode-locked (SML) semiconductor laser utilizes an active waveguide structure that includes an active waveguide section and one or more passive waveguide sections that together enhances self-mode-locking. The SML laser operation is based on enhanced Kerr lens mode-lockin |
| 7362734 |
Time-slot partitioning in a TDMA system |
April 22, 2008 |
| According to the present invention there is provided a method of transmitting user data in a TDMA system in which the number of channels is increased by partitioning at least one time-slot in a TDMA frame into at least two sub-time-slots. Each sub time-slot may be allocated to a diff |
| 7362710 |
Organization and maintenance loopback cell processing in ATM networks |
April 22, 2008 |
| A communication system comprising a plurality of sources, a plurality of destinations, and a plurality of switches forming an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network connecting the sources to the destinations. Each switch in the plurality of switches includes a plurality of line car |
| 7361929 |
Field-effect transistors with weakly coupled layered inorganic semiconductors |
April 22, 2008 |
| A field-effect transistor includes source, drain, and gate electrodes; a crystalline or polycrystalline layer of inorganic semiconductor; and a dielectric layer. The layer of inorganic semiconductor has an active channel portion physically extending from the source electrode to the d |
| 7360153 |
Method and apparatus for importing digital switching system data into a spreadsheet program |
April 15, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for importing digital switching system data into a spreadsheet program. Via the switch data examiner of the present invention, raw data from a digital switch/switching system such as the 5ESS.RTM. is converted by the switch data examiner to a format compatible |
| 7359710 |
Satellite TV derivative programming via mobile phone |
April 15, 2008 |
| A wireless telephony network provides satellite TV derivative program information and content, in addition to conventional wireless telephony services, to eligible mobile stations of the wireless telephony network. The wireless telephony network receives satellite TV programming from a |
| 7359466 |
Signal detection by a receiver in a multiple antenna time-dispersive system |
April 15, 2008 |
| In a MIMO system the bit error rate floor caused by time dispersion is reduced by employing a joint minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalizer for all of the respective transmit antenna--receive antenna pairings that are possible in the MIMO system. The resulting joint equalization c |
| 7359446 |
Methods and devices for decoding signals containing noise and distortion |
April 15, 2008 |
| "Reliability-related" values are assigned to received signal samples containing noise and distortion. The samples are then sent to a Viterbi decoder in order to regenerate originally transmitted messages. |
| 7359384 |
Scheduling of guaranteed-bandwidth low-jitter traffic in input-buffered switches |
April 15, 2008 |
| A switch schedules guaranteed-bandwidth, low-jitter-traffic characterized by a guaranteed rate table (GRT) method. A rate matrix generated from collected provisioning information is decomposed into schedule tables by a low jitter (LJ) decomposition method. The LJ decomposition method |
| 7359312 |
Method and apparatus for identifying an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) terres |
April 15, 2008 |
| A terrestrial repeater is disclosed for use in a satellite transmission system that may also include a plurality of satellites. The terrestrial repeaters are implemented as OFDM transmitters to minimize the channel impairments caused by multi-path propagation. The OFDM terrestrial re |
| 7358833 |
Method and apparatus for signal processing using electrowetting |
April 15, 2008 |
| An apparatus comprising a tuning device having at least one control electrode and a ground electrode located over a substrate and an electrically conductive fluid in contact with the control and ground electrodes. The tuning device also has at least one electrical transmission line e |
| 7356845 |
Method and apparatus for identification tagging documents in a computer system |
April 8, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for tracing of computer documents is disclosed. A computer processor stores a processor identifier that is unique to the particular processor. Documents created by a computer system are tagged with an identification tag that is a value which results from performing |
| 7356749 |
Method and apparatus for detecting a three-state signal in a base station in a wireless communic |
April 8, 2008 |
| A decision as to whether a mobile terminal has transmitted an ACK, a NACK or a NULL from a received signal at a base station is made by successively eliminating one of the three possible transmitted symbols by sequentially applying decision rules that maximize network throughput by m |
| 7356729 |
Restoration of network element through employment of bootable image |
April 8, 2008 |
| A failure of a network element is detected automatically. A bootable image of the network element is electronically retrieved upon detection of the failure of the network element. The bootable image is employed to restore the network element. |
| 7356696 |
Proofs of work and bread pudding protocols |
April 8, 2008 |
| The bread pudding protocol of the present invention represents a novel use of proofs of work and is based upon the same principle as the dish from which it takes its name, namely, that of reuse to minimize waste. Whereas the traditional bread pudding recipe recycles stale bread, our brea |
| 7356689 |
Method and apparatus for tracing packets in a communications network |
April 8, 2008 |
| A method for tracing packets in a communications network directed to tracing a stream of anonymous packets received at a given target host, in order to identify their source, in response, for example, to a Denial-of-Service ("DoS") attack on the target host. Advantageously, the traci |
| 7356561 |
Adaptive sleeping and awakening protocol for an energy-efficient adhoc network |
April 8, 2008 |
| In a multiple node network, the method includes waking up at least one node from a sleep mode during at least one associated slot of a time-slotted frame, the sleep mode being a low power consumption mode. Also, in at least one node of a multiple node network, the period of time a no |
| 7356346 |
Method of uplink scheduling for data communication |
April 8, 2008 |
| A method of scheduling data communication over an uplink. The method enables two or more users seeking to transmit data over the uplink to be scheduled in response to their path loss. The user having the most attractive determined path loss among the two or more users seeking to tran |
| 7356327 |
Enhanced recharge card management system with reseller users' security and accessibility |
April 8, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for allowing a reseller to securely access and manage scratch cards at a recharge card management system that is maintained by the service provider. The service provider and reseller users of the recharge card management system can create a scratch card batch t |
| 7356164 |
Method and apparatus for finding feature correspondences between images captured in real-world e |
April 8, 2008 |
| Techniques for computing a globally consistent set of image feature correspondences across a wide range of viewpoints suitable for interactive walkthroughs and visualizations. The inventive approach takes advantage of the redundancy inherent in a dense set of images captured in a pla |
| 7356033 |
Method and apparatus for performing network routing with use of power efficient TCAM-based forwa |
April 8, 2008 |
| A multi-stage (e.g., two-stage) packet-based lookup process using a Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) divided into partitions. The result of a first stage lookup is used to selectively search one of a plurality of TCAM partitions during the second stage. A subset of destinati |
| 7355317 |
Rocker-arm actuator for a segmented mirror |
April 8, 2008 |
| A MEMS device having a movable plate supported on a substrate by a support structure that is hidden under the plate and yet which can be implemented to enable rotation of the plate with respect to the substrate about a rotation axis lying at the plate surface. As a result, the support |
| 7353021 |
Network controller replacement of indication of one or more specific network connections usable |
April 1, 2008 |
| Apparatus in one example comprises network controller(s) that serve to communicatively couple first network component with second network component. The first network component sends signaling message for the second network component to one or more of the network controller(s). The s |
| 7352847 |
Optimized routing of VoIP emergency calls |
April 1, 2008 |
| A method for routing emergency calls is provided for emergency calls placed over a packet-switched network (310) from a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) (110) at a remote location (100). The method includes: registering the CPE (110) with a home Internet Service Provider (ISP) (260) |
| 7352825 |
Method and apparatus for providing random access detection in a communication system |
April 1, 2008 |
| The disclosed embodiments relate to a communication system and method. The system may comprise a pre-whitening device that applies pre-whitening data to a received signal from an antenna array to produce a pre-whitened signal, at least one detector that is adapted to recognize a pattern |
| 7352761 |
Distributing unused allocated bandwidth using a borrow vector |
April 1, 2008 |
| A packet-based traffic forwarding system with a plurality of contending queues. Each queue has an allocated bandwidth and an associated borrow vector. When a first queue does not consume all of its allocated bandwidth, the borrow vector associated with a second queue is checked to de |
| 7352747 |
System and method of network traffic assignment on multiple parallel links between IP/MPLS route |
April 1, 2008 |
| In the operation of an MPLS network or the like, a network node receives a plurality of packets assigned to a label switched path (LSP) which exits the node on a link bundle. The node forwards the received packets such that packets assigned to the LSP are distributed over two or more |
| 7352723 |
Method of forming a coded composite transport channel for downlink transmissions |
April 1, 2008 |
| In a communication method, data from a plurality of channels is combined into a composite channel by writing data from the plurality of channels as one-bit symbols to a memory, and reading out the data from memory to form the composite channel. The combining of radio frames from the |
| 7352717 |
Performing network control at active base transceiver stations and a base station controller |
April 1, 2008 |
| A method for performing network control in wireless communication systems and a network entity for performing the same. The method and network entity pool at least one network parameter at the network entity, from at least two active set base transceiver stations and determine a current |
