| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D430875 |
Wireless keyboard |
September 12, 2000 |
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| D414820 |
Rattle |
October 5, 1999 |
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| D408465 |
Rattle |
April 20, 1999 |
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| D405466 |
Business paper |
February 9, 1999 |
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| D399246 |
Font of type |
October 6, 1998 |
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| D390599 |
Business paper |
February 10, 1998 |
|
| D385910 |
Business paper |
November 4, 1997 |
|
| D385298 |
Business paper |
October 21, 1997 |
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| D379479 |
Kiosk |
May 27, 1997 |
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| D379375 |
Information kiosk |
May 20, 1997 |
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| D375517 |
Font of type |
November 12, 1996 |
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| D309630 |
Font of type or the like |
July 31, 1990 |
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| 7324631 |
Method and apparatus for delivering secured telephony service in a hybrid coaxial cable network |
January 29, 2008 |
| A hybrid coaxial cable network employing interdiction to ensure privacy in telephony communications. The video and telephony signals are secured such that telephony and interactive video signals to and from a subscriber do not appear on the network at any other undesired subscriber l |
| 7289485 |
Communications system for delivering IP telephony and web based information |
October 30, 2007 |
| A system that provides real-time communications over a data network, such as the worldwide web, between a system user who has accessed a Party's web page and a service agent employed by the Party. Functionality is provided via executable software associated with the web page such that |
| 7010803 |
Method and apparatus for delivering secured telephony service in a hybrid coaxial cable network |
March 7, 2006 |
| A hybrid coaxial cable network employing interdiction to ensure privacy in telephony communications. The video and telephony signals are secured such that telephony and interactive video signals to and from a subscriber do not appear on the network at any other undesired subscriber l |
| 6862349 |
Method and apparatus for delivering secured telephony service in a hybrid coaxial cable network |
March 1, 2005 |
| A hybrid coaxial cable network employing interdiction to ensure privacy in telephony communications. The video and telephony signals are secured such that telephony and interactive video signals to and from a subscriber do not appear on the network at any other undesired subscriber locat |
| 6449355 |
Method and system for providing assistance to users of a service |
September 10, 2002 |
| A method and system are provided for assisting users of a given service. When a request for assistance from a user is received by a service employee, an interaction is initiated between the user and the service employee. A transcript of the interaction is generated during the interac |
| 6430273 |
System and method of providing a bi-directional DSL connection |
August 6, 2002 |
| A system for providing a bi-directional digital subscriber line connection to a network includes a digital subscriber line access multiplexer with a pool of digital subscriber line modems, and switching logic connecting customer premises to the modem pool. The switching logic has more in |
| 6421358 |
Method and system for delivering a synchronized stream of broadcast event data, live event data, |
July 16, 2002 |
| A system and associated method for delivering a data stream to an audience member a communications device associated with an audience member. A hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network is connected to the communications device for communicating data with the audience member. A synchronization |
| 6415303 |
Method and system for describing functionality of an interactive multimedia application for use |
July 2, 2002 |
| A method is disclosed for describing functionality of an interactive multimedia application for use on an interactive network. The method includes the step of storing at least one composite description in an ASCII text file. The composite description describes a single multimedia pre |
| 6411971 |
Method and system for developing interactive multimedia applications for use on an interactive n |
June 25, 2002 |
| A method and system for developing a multimedia application for use on an interactive network. The system implements the method steps of receiving a set of signals representing a multimedia asset, defining an application composite describing an event, an action and a multimedia asset, an |
| 6393105 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring local telephony service power on a hybrid fiber-coax network |
May 21, 2002 |
| An apparatus. and method of powering a cable telephony service platform (CTSP) in a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network are provided which utilizes a combination of power from a local AC driven power source having a back-up battery for powering the CTSP within a network interface unit (NIU) |
| 6385207 |
RSVP support for upstream traffic |
May 7, 2002 |
| A method for managing MAC messages is provided which supports dynamic resource reservation for upstream data traffic in a broadband cable system. Three specialized MAC management messages of Dynamic Session Addition, Dynamic Session Deletion, and Dynamic Session Acknowledgment are us |
| 6301568 |
Integrated subscriber management system architecture supporting multiple services |
October 9, 2001 |
| An integrated service management architecture supporting configuration and accounting management functions for multiple services includes a database for storing configuration and accounting data. At least one service application independent from the database has the ability to use, act |
| 6238290 |
System and method for scheduled delivery of a software program over a cable network |
May 29, 2001 |
| A system and method for delivering a software program over a cable network includes a head-end server operative to compress a plurality of software programs and transmit the compressed software programs over the cable network at a plurality of corresponding predetermined scheduled times. |
| 6216000 |
System and method for registering wireless telephones to selected wirelines of the public switch |
April 10, 2001 |
| A system and method for registering a wireless telephone which is normally operative in its corresponding wireless telephone network to a selected wireline of the Public-Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) wherein upstream signaling takes place out-of-band. A base station in electrical |
| 6128500 |
Method and system to optimize capacity of a CDMA cellular communication system |
October 3, 2000 |
| A method and system for optimizing system capacity and allocation in a CDMA cellular communication system obtains a current call volume and associated call characteristics for each of a plurality of cell sites in the system, and estimates effective boundaries for each of the plurality of |
| 6119113 |
Method and system for efficiently searching a master database for a desired target without acces |
September 12, 2000 |
| A method and system for efficiently searching a master database includes a memory device for storing a subset of the master database in an auxiliary data-base. A computer program receives an input signal corresponding to the search and processes the input signal with the auxiliary databa |
| 6115035 |
System and method for automated audio/video archive and distribution |
September 5, 2000 |
| A digital audio/video archive and distribution system (10) and method utilize a signal capture and compression encoding subsystem (12) to translate an analog signal from at least one media source (14) into at least one digital signal segment. The digital signal segment is automatical |
| 6104800 |
Method for providing call waiting notification to a party engaged in a data call |
August 15, 2000 |
| The present invention is directed to a method for providing a first party, engaged in a data call, i.e. a data transmission or communication between machines, call waiting notification without interrupting the data call the first party is engaged in. One embodiment of the present inventi |
| 6104797 |
Method and system for an intelligent partitioned communication system |
August 15, 2000 |
| A partitioned communication system includes a shared switch network system in communication with an Intelligent Network Processor (INP). A terminating Intelligent Communication Device (ICD) located outside the management and control of the network defines a boundary therebetween and |
| 6104789 |
Method and system for transmitting text messages from a caller to a subscriber at an unknown add |
August 15, 2000 |
| A method and system for transmitting a text message from a caller to a subscriber at an unknown address based on a known address or number associated with the subscriber includes a server application having a database. The database contains addresses and phone numbers associated with |
| 6094417 |
Method and system for determining optimized SONET rings |
July 25, 2000 |
| A SONET planning tool is provided for generating optimized SONET rings based on an existing SONET system capacity and anticipated system demand at minimal cost. The planning tool includes an analytical process that accurately models and utilizes embedded systems, linear chains, unidi |
| 6091735 |
Broadband circuit identification method for controlling service access |
July 18, 2000 |
| A method for controlling customers' access to services on a broadband network. The method uses a circuit identifier, unique to each customer, to compare service requests with service entitlements. The network provider flows the circuit identifiers to the service providers where relations |
| 6085255 |
System and associated method for re-engineering a telecommunications support system with object- |
July 4, 2000 |
| A re-engineering method for standardizing data processing in a communication network while maintaining user services is disclosed. Data channels, between communicating network data processing components (hereinafter denoted operational components), are made unnecessary by systematica |
| 6081791 |
Enhanced ATM for facilitating telephony access |
June 27, 2000 |
| An improved, automated teller machine (ATM) for enhanced telephony access is provided. The ATM provides for conventional financial transactions with financial institutions as well as the purchase of prepaid calling cards for telephony services. In the latter regard, the improved ATM is o |
| 6073967 |
Bill having one or more information panels and a perpendicularly oriented remittance panel |
June 13, 2000 |
| A bill comprises a first sheet of paper having two or more information panels and a remittance panel defined therein. Information (e.g., text) in the information panels is oriented in a first direction, and information in the remittance panel (e.g., text) is oriented in a second directio |
| 6073029 |
Method and system for providing wireless communications to a subscriber of a private wireline ne |
June 6, 2000 |
| A method and system for providing wireless communications to a subscriber of a private wireline network includes a private wireline switch and a wireline interface. The switch processes and controls telephone calls to and from the subscriber to provide a plurality of communication featur |
| 6072946 |
Computerized method and system for interactively simulating telecommunications services |
June 6, 2000 |
| A computerized method and system for interactively simulating a plurality of telecommunications services operates in response to a user sending a message from his client computer across a data network to a server requesting to download on one of the service simulation programs. In re |
| 6069873 |
Closed-loop automated testing of system equipment and management |
May 30, 2000 |
| An automated closed-looped test system and method for testing network devices such as CPE and system network managers is arranged as a modular, comprehensive test system which seamlessly integrates physical layer testing with higher layer services protocol testing. A set of tests are |
| 6064665 |
System and method for single to two-band personal communication service base station conversion |
May 16, 2000 |
| CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) communications systems and methods for performing a single to multiple frequency band conversion for mobile communications. The systems and methods include mixing a portion of a first CDMA signal in a first frequency band with a reference signal to |
| 6061430 |
Enhanced telephony system for premises monitoring |
May 9, 2000 |
| An enhanced telephony system for use in premises monitoring is disclosed. More particularly, such system provides an alert signal upon sensing of a predetermined condition of interest at a business or residential premises. The system provides for the receipt of a sensor signal at telepho |
| 6055505 |
Automatic customer notification system and method |
April 25, 2000 |
| A system and method is described for automatically notifying a customer of an event using a telecommunications system including configuring options corresponding to type of notification event, time for notification, and notification method; storing configured options; waiting until the |
| 6055243 |
System and associated method for re-engineering a telecommunications support with object-oriente |
April 25, 2000 |
| A re-engineering method for standardizing data processing in a communication network while maintaining user services is disclosed. Data channels, between communicating network data processing components (hereinafter denoted operational components), are made unnecessary by systematica |
| 6049600 |
Method and system for an intelligent plug-in partitioned communication system |
April 11, 2000 |
| A partitioned communication system includes a shared switch network system, an Intelligent Network Processor (INP) located within the management and control of the shared switch network system, and a terminating communication system located outside the management and control of the s |
| 6044137 |
Ain based internet fax routing |
March 28, 2000 |
| A method of automatically routing a facsimile transmission from a calling party to a called party over the Internet. A facsimile transmission is detected from calling party's CPE device. A destination number for the called party's CPE device and a corresponding remote Internet gateway ar |
| 6031841 |
RSVP support for upstream traffic |
February 29, 2000 |
| A method for managing MAC messages is provided which supports dynamic resource reservation for upstream data traffic in a broadband cable system. Three specialized MAC management messages of Dynamic Session Addition, Dynamic Session Deletion, and Dynamic Session Acknowledgment are us |
| 6028916 |
Method and apparatus for maintaining availability of lifeline telephony service on a hybrid fibe |
February 22, 2000 |
| An apparatus and method of powering a cable telephony service platform (CTSP) in a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network are provided which utilizes a combination of power from a local AC driven power source having a back-up battery for powering the CTSP within a network interface unit (NIU) d |
| 6028846 |
Method and system for testing real-time delivery of packets of data |
February 22, 2000 |
| A method and system for testing real-time delivery of packets of data in an application utilized in a computer network includes a first host computer, a second host computer, and a simulator all configured on a local area network segment of a second computer network. A first address is a |
| 6023513 |
System and method for improving clarity of low bandwidth audio systems |
February 8, 2000 |
| A system and method for improving clarity of an audio signal to be transmitted over a limited bandwidth communication channel selects predetermined frequencies of the audio signal for processing and adds even harmonic distortion to the selected frequencies such that the distortion is |
