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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,373,394 |
Method and apparatus for multicast cloud with integrated multicast and
unicast channel routing in a content... An apparatus and method for defining content distribution paths in a content distribution network integrate unicast and multicast connections. Content engines in... |
| US-7,372,955 |
System and method for accessing a wireless network from a handset
connected to a public wiring network A system and method for accessing a wireless network from a handset connected to a public wiring network are described. A request to establish a communication is... |
| US-7,372,857 |
Methods and apparatus for scheduling tasks Queues are scheduled for outputting data using a hierarchical tree. Each level of the hierarchical tree includes multiple entries for storing status information... |
| US-7,372,849 |
Port policy management for calls in a centralized call control packet
network A network device is disclosed. The network device comprises a port to allow reception of a TCAP query. A processor translates the TCAP query into a dial access... |
| US-7,372,843 |
System and method for compressing information flows in a network
environment A method for compressing data is provided that includes receiving a communications flow communicated by a mobile station and communicating with a proxy element... |
| US-7,372,811 |
Load balancing model for multilink frame relay A system and method for load balancing transmissions across a multilink frame relay connection is disclosed. A credit value is assigned to each bundle link in... |
| US-7,372,705 |
Portable data routing device and method of use A data communications device, such as a router, is configured for use in an outdoor environment. The router includes wireless communications circuit boards... |
| US-7,370,362 |
Method and apparatus for locating rogue access point switch ports in a
wireless network Methods and apparatus are disclosed for locating and disabling the switch port of a rogue wireless access point. In one embodiment, a network management device... |
| US-7,370,353 |
System and method for managing dynamic network sessions For an Internet Access Gateway operative between an area network and a public network, managing dynamic network sessions therebetween whereby a primary server on... |
| US-7,370,350 |
Method and apparatus for re-authenticating computing devices A method of authenticating a first computing device in communication over a network to a second computing device is disclosed. The first computing device is... |
| US-7,370,126 |
System and method for implementing a demand paging jitter buffer algorithm An apparatus for providing storage is provided that includes a jitter buffer element. The jitter buffer element includes a primary jitter buffer storage that... |
| US-7,370,119 |
Scalable MPLS fast reroute switchover with reduced complexity A Fast Reroute implementation suitable for use in a label switched router. Reroute from protected tunnels to backup tunnels may be achieved in constant time... |
| US-7,370,109 |
Hierarchical management of objects A networking environment in which a sequence of proxy forwarders are used to forward network management requests from a network management station (NMS) to a... |
| US-7,370,102 |
Managing recovery of service components and notification of service errors
and failures A method and apparatus for providing management and maintenance to a node within a data communications network and to the composite data communications network.... |
| US-7,370,087 |
Method and apparatus for providing access to a peripheral device
management interface Embodiments of the present invention provide mechanisms and techniques for providing access to a peripheral management interface, such as a Web-based graphical... |
| US-7,370,078 |
Determining a remote device name A method, system, apparatus, and signal-bearing media for determining the name of a remotely attached device. A server discovers the devices attached to it and... |
| US-7,369,996 |
System and method for voice based network management The present invention provides a system and method for voice based network management. A network management system uses voice based scripts that allow network... |
| US-7,369,652 |
Combining signals at a conference bridge Combining signals includes receiving signals from communication devices, where each signal is associated with a content describing the signal. The following is... |
| US-7,369,564 |
Method and system for service flow mobility in a wireless network Traffic for a mobile device is queued in one of a plurality of class of service queues for the mobile device. An association of the class of service queues for... |
| US-7,369,559 |
Adaptive call admission control for calls handled over a compressed clear
channel A system that packetizes telephone calls using loss-less codecs for transmission over a communication link. The system includes a call admission control... |
| US-7,369,557 |
Distribution of flows in a flow-based multi-processor system A flow distribution technique associates probabilistic data structure with each processor of a multi-processor system that is used to determine whether a... |
| US-7,369,556 |
Router for virtual private network employing tag switching A service provider's routers (PE1, P1, P2, PE2) provide connections between and share routing information with routers (CE1, CE2) of a customer virtual private... |
| US-7,369,547 |
Group restart for scalable switched ATM networks The present invention relates to group restart in switched ATM networks. In accordance a method of one embodiment of the present invention, a first network... |
| US-7,369,545 |
System using a signaling protocol for controlling voice calls originating
in a circuit switching telephone... Communicating voice over a packet-switching network is implemented on a telecommunications network that includes the packet-switching network, two coding units... |
| US-7,369,513 |
Method and apparatus for determining a network topology based on
Spanning-tree-Algorithm-designated ports A method of determining a network topology based on Spanning-tree-Algorithm-designated ports is disclosed. A first Spanning-tree-Algorithm-designated port that... |
| US-7,369,502 |
Intelligent provisioning of DSP channels for codec changes A communication system in which a profile of codecs is loaded at the originating end. The originating end sends the profile of codecs to the terminating end and... |
| US-7,369,489 |
Unbiased token bucket The present invention defines a method of unbiased policing of data flow in a network device. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the token... |
| US-7,367,063 |
Methods and apparatus for providing security to a computerized device A controller of the computerized device monitors a configuration state of the computerized device by maintaining a record of the hardware or software... |
| US-7,367,052 |
Access list key compression Methods and apparatus for implementing an access list key for accessing information associated with a packet from an access list are disclosed. The packet... |
| US-7,367,046 |
Method and apparatus for assigning network addresses to network devices According to an approach for assigning network addresses to network devices, an authentication request that requests authentication of identification data that... |
| US-7,366,969 |
System and method for implementing a Reed Solomon multiplication section
from exclusive-OR logic Various methods and systems for implementing Reed Solomon multiplication sections from exclusive-OR (XOR) logic are disclosed. For example, a system includes a... |
| US-7,366,902 |
System and method for authenticating a storage device for use with driver
software in a storage network A method and system authenticates a storage device or storage router for use with driver software. The driver software may be permitted to be used with... |
| US-7,366,894 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically securing voice and other
delay-sensitive network traffic A request is received for secure network traffic from a device having a private network address at a source node. The private network address of a requested... |
| US-7,366,789 |
System using weighted fairness decisions in spatial reuse protocol
forwarding block to determine allowed usage... A method and apparatus for servicing transit and transmit traffic in a node of a network. The network includes a plurality of nodes connected by first and second... |
| US-7,366,783 |
Method and apparatus for adaptively coupling processing components in a
distributed system A method is disclosed for adaptively coupling processing components in a distributed system. In one aspect, a second component requests an interaction with a... |
| US-7,366,297 |
Method and system for converting alternating current to ethernet in-line
power According to one embodiment, a method for converting alternating current voltage signals to Ethernet in-line power includes converting an alternating current... |
| US-7,366,236 |
Source adaptive system and method for 2D iDCT This invention discloses a fast two-dimensional inverse Discrete Cosine Transform (iDCT) that adapts to compressed video source statistics to reduce execution... |
| US-7,366,189 |
Method and apparatus for associating PVC identifiers with domain names of
home gateways A method and apparatus associates a domain name of a home gateway with one or more PVCs. After the PVC is established, a tunneling protocol is used to request... |
| US-7,366,176 |
Method to provide effective connection grooming in PNNI A method to provide actual network connection routing cost for use in connection grooming is disclosed for one embodiment. A setup message is transmitted from a... |
| US-7,366,164 |
Method for regulating power for voice over Internet Protocol telephones A system and method for implementing telephony devices in a distributed network environment is disclosed. The present invention provides for a network switch... |
| US-7,366,123 |
Power source based sleep mode A device and method to allocate a secondary power supply to a Fiber-to-the-Home subscriber is disclosed. The present invention employs methods to selectively... |
| US-7,366,111 |
Arrangement for providing optimized connections between peer routers in a
tree-based ad hoc mobile network Mobile routers in a tree-based network topology with a single clusterhead in an ad hoc network establish connectivity based on each attached mobile router... |
| US-7,366,099 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing a data communications network A method is disclosed for synchronizing a data communications network. The data communications network comprises a plurality of existing nodes forming one or... |
| US-7,366,098 |
Method and apparatus for input policing a network connection A method is described that resets a first count and resets a second count if a first transmission unit is recognized as being within a new measurement time... |
| US-7,363,534 |
Method and system for stateful switch-over in a high-availability point to
point system A method and system for stateful switch-over in a high-availability point to point system is disclosed. The disclosed method includes in one embodiment detecting... |
| US-7,363,525 |
Bidirectional inline power port A method and apparatus for bidirectional provision of inline power over data telecommunications cabling permits power to be received at a local powered device... |
| US-7,363,412 |
Interrupting a microprocessor after a data transmission is complete A network device includes a first port to allow the device to communicate with other devices on an expansion bus. The device also includes a second port to allow... |
| US-7,363,387 |
System and method for reducing information being transmitted in a network
environment A method for reducing information being transmitted in a network is provided that includes gleaning routing information being communicated by a first network... |
| US-7,363,382 |
Apparatus, methods, and articles incorporating multiple path failover
driver mechanism A system and method of maintaining connectivity between a host computer and a target on a storage router. A failover driver is established in a stack of an... |
| US-7,363,362 |
Method and apparatus for automatically establishing bi-directional
line-switched rings in telecommunication... A method of automatically provisioning a network-wide function using a plurality of network elements in a service provider network and using a sub-network level... |
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