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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-7,200,145 |
Private VLANs The invention uses a layer 2 switch (L2 switch), or bridge, to separate user's message traffic by use of Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) defined within the... |
| US-7,200,104 |
Method for restoring a virtual path in an optical network using 1+1
protection A method for restoring a virtual path, provisioned between a source and a target node, in a zoned mesh optical network is described. The method, in one... |
| US-7,197,708 |
Set top to internet device communication and use A method and system for providing Web-based information that is relevant to a program being viewed on a television. A data stream providing a set of Uniform... |
| US-7,197,677 |
System and method to asynchronously test RAMs A system and method for testing the random access memory of a computer system is disclosed. A memory-testing engine is embedded in the utility bus controller of... |
| US-7,197,668 |
Network wide debugging including node debugging information in the GAT IE
of a PNNI Signaling Message A method for debugging failure nodes of a network connection by providing node debugging information for a failure node in a connection failure message of a... |
| US-7,197,597 |
Performing lookup operations in a content addressable memory based on
hashed values of particular use in... A value is hashed and then a lookup operation is performed in a content addressable memory based on the hashed value to generate a content addressable memory... |
| US-7,197,567 |
Devices, softwares and methods for enabling SIP devices to operate in
H.323 networks and H.323 devices to... Devices, softwares and methods enable SIP devices to operate in H.323 networks, and devices, softwares and methods enable H.323 devices to operate in SIP... |
| US-7,197,549 |
On-demand address pools A method for on-demand management of Internet Protocol (IP) address pools includes allocating an unused IP address from a local IP address pool designated for a... |
| US-7,197,125 |
Method and apparatus for selecting and managing wireless network services
using a directory A method and apparatus are disclosed for modifying a subscription of a subscriber to a telecommunications service based on subscriber information and service... |
| US-7,197,070 |
Efficient systems and methods for transmitting compressed video data
having different resolutions The present invention relates to systems and methods for combining compressed video data encoded or received with different resolutions. The present invention... |
| US-7,197,052 |
Technique for interfacing MAC and physical layers of access networks According to specific embodiments of the present invention, a standardized interface is provided for enabling controlled communication between MAC and PHY... |
| US-7,197,051 |
System and method for efficient packetization of ATM cells transmitted
over a packet network A system and method for efficient packetization of cells transmitted over a packet network are described. Multiple virtual connections are received, each virtual... |
| US-7,197,013 |
Quality evaluation for wireless communication networks Systems and methods for evaluating wireless network quality. A metric provided by embodiments of the present invention relies on information that is relatively... |
| US-7,196,805 |
Consumer level device for automatically transferring digital images to an
internet-based service provider An apparatus and method are provided for processing digital imagery. A reference platform device is provided with network and telephone connectivity that enable... |
| US-7,194,763 |
Method and apparatus for determining authentication capabilities A method is disclosed for determining the authentication capabilities of a supplicant before initiating an authentication conversation with a client, for... |
| US-7,194,761 |
Methods and apparatus providing automatic client authentication Mechanisms and techniques provide a system that operates in a data communications device to provide automatic authentication of a client device to a server... |
| US-7,194,653 |
Network router failover mechanism A method, system, apparatus, and signal-bearing media for determining connectivity information for routers running on servers that are attached to a device. A... |
| US-7,194,622 |
Network partitioning using encryption A system for providing a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) by use of an encryption states or encryption keys for identifying a VLAN. A table of data including a... |
| US-7,194,621 |
Method and apparatus for encrypting data communicated between a client and
a server that use an unencrypted... Techniques for securing data in communications between a client and server using an unencrypted transfer protocol, which does not encrypt a payload defined by... |
| US-7,194,568 |
System and method for dynamic mirror-bank addressing A dynamic addressing technique mirrors data across multiple banks of a memory resource. Information stored in the memory banks is organized into separately... |
| US-7,194,541 |
Service selection gateway (SSG) allowing access of same services to a
group of hosts A service selection gateway (SSG) which enables a service provider to conveniently provide access of the same services to a group of hosts. The service provider... |
| US-7,194,521 |
HTTP call Recognition on a PSTN device Systems and methods are disclosed for performing HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-like transactions over a point-to-point connection between a client and a... |
| US-7,194,354 |
System for discovering and maintaining geographic location information in
a computer network to enable... A system automatically discovers and maintains geographic location information for entities and devices making up a computer network. The system preferably... |
| US-7,194,137 |
Variable length coding method and apparatus for video compression A method and an apparatus to encode a series of quantized coefficients of a transform of a block of image data. The transform is such that 0 is the most likely... |
| US-7,194,084 |
System and method for stereo conferencing over low-bandwidth links Systems and methods are disclosed for packet voice conferencing. An encoding system accepts two sound field signals, representing the same sound field sampled at... |
| US-7,193,968 |
Sample netflow for network traffic data collection A new network traffic data collection technique is presented. A group of information is received, and a determination is made whether to process the group of... |
| US-7,191,333 |
Method and apparatus for calculating a multiplicative inverse of an
element of a prime field Techniques for implementing a digital signature algorithm in electronic computer hardware include computing the multiplicative inverse of a particular integer... |
| US-7,191,265 |
JTAG and boundary scan automatic chain selection A printed circuit board (PCB) may be used in a first mode where boundary scan techniques are used to externally program and/or test devices on the PCB, or a... |
| US-7,191,235 |
System and method for communicating data in a loadbalancing environment A method for communicating data in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a request from an end user for a communications link, the request... |
| US-7,191,231 |
System and method for consistent forwarding of packets across wireless and
wireline networks A method for consistent forwarding of data is provided. The method includes storing a plurality of correlations between a set of wireline communication priority... |
| US-7,190,686 |
Self configuring high throughput medium access control for wireless
networks A network architecture that coordinates shared access to a wireless transmission medium while avoiding collisions between simultaneous transmissions even where... |
| US-7,190,678 |
Arrangement for router attachments between roaming mobile routers in a
clustered network A mobile router is configured for attaching to a selected router in a clustered network (e.g., a mobile ad hoc network) based on identifying a network topology... |
| US-7,190,091 |
Selectable source input power supply A selectable source input power supply is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a power supply is provided comprising an input stage including an input... |
| US-D538,273 |
Phone adapter |
| US-7,188,363 |
Method and apparatus for adding and updating protocol inspection knowledge
to firewall processing during runtime A method and apparatus for adding and updating protocol inspection knowledge/information to a firewall system during operation and without interrupting firewall... |
| US-7,188,260 |
Apparatus and method for centralized power management The invention describes a system and method for arranging to provide power to a power monitor device. The disclosure describes the system and method receiving a... |
| US-7,188,253 |
Wireless authentication protocol A wireless authentication protocol. Access to a network is managed by providing a challenge-handshake protocol within the Extensible Authentication Protocol for... |
| US-7,188,194 |
Session-based target/LUN mapping for a storage area network and associated
method A storage router having an internet protocol (IP) port for coupling to a network supporting IP packets, a fibre channel port for coupling to a fibre channel... |
| US-7,187,770 |
Method and apparatus for accelerating preliminary operations for
cryptographic processing A method and apparatus for cryptographic data processing, includes determining a first modulus having up to a first number of binary digits. A large integer is... |
| US-7,187,683 |
Statistics data collection mechanism for distributed, high-speed data
processing environments A statistics data collection mechanism for distributed, high-speed data processing environments is described. According to one embodiment, an update message... |
| US-7,187,681 |
Method and apparatus for traffic quality and billing authorization by
request token insertion Internet services are differentiated by including user-reflexive data with a user request. The user-reflexive data may specify a quality of service to be... |
| US-7,187,651 |
Overload reduction in a communication system Reducing overload conditions of a node of communication system comprises storing one or more sets of overload range values, where each set represents a range of... |
| US-7,187,650 |
Fibre channel frame-mode GFP with distributed delimiter A technique for providing multiple Fibre Channel frames in one frame-mapped GFP transport frame. GFP conventions are followed, except that a Distributed... |
| US-7,187,563 |
DC/DC converter with multiple mutually-isolated power sources An electronic circuit includes a first power source, a second power source, a load, and a converter connected to each power source and the load. The converter... |
| US-7,187,560 |
Method and apparatus for supporting a cable connected to a circuit board
assembly A circuit board assembly has an attached support assembly. The support assembly includes a support, such as a handle, and a lip substantially perpendicular to... |
| US-7,185,821 |
Method and apparatus for delivering high-current power and ground voltages
using top side of chip package substrate An electronic interconnection system for delivering high-current power and ground voltages using a non-bottom side of a chip package substrate. The system... |
| US-7,185,224 |
Processor isolation technique for integrated multi-processor systems A processor isolation technique enhances debug capability in a multiprocessor circuit. A bypass register has a bit location which may indicate that a processor... |
| US-7,185,221 |
Method and system for signaling a system fault A method and system for signaling a system fault. In one method embodiment, the present invention receives an error advisory pertaining to a fault within a... |
| US-7,185,217 |
Method and apparatus for providing a clock signal to a plurality of
destination receivers in an integrated... A method for processing data is provided that includes receiving a clock signal at a source driver and communicating the clock signal to a plurality of... |
| US-7,185,107 |
Redirecting network traffic through a multipoint tunnel overlay network
using distinct network address spaces... A method and apparatus for redirecting network traffic through a multipoint tunnel overlay network using distinct network address spaces for the overlay and... |
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