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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-7,145,971 |
Spatio-temporal processing for communication A space-time signal processing system with advantageously reduced complexity. The system may take advantage of multiple transmitter antenna elements and/or... |
| US-7,145,899 |
System and method for providing shared line appearances in a distributed
call routing network A method for routing calls in a packet-based network includes receiving a call request at a first call manager from a device that is coupled to the packet-based... |
| US-7,145,877 |
Apparatus and method for distance extension of fibre-channel over
transport The Fibre-Channel flow control mechanism is augmented to facilitate efficient data exchange between Fibre-Channel ports over extended distances. A supplemental... |
| US-7,143,435 |
Method and apparatus for registering auto-configured network addresses
based on connection authentication A method and apparatus for registering auto-configured network addresses includes receiving first data at a networking device connected to a host at a physical... |
| US-7,143,283 |
Simplifying the selection of network paths for implementing and managing
security policies on a network A plurality of logical nodes are identified from a plurality of elements on a network, where the plurality of elements include security devices. One or more path... |
| US-7,143,184 |
System and method for measuring round trip times in a network using a TCP
packet An embodiment of the present invention is a system and method for measuring round trip times in a network, such as the Internet, by utilizing a packet, such as a... |
| US-7,143,182 |
Smart secretary for routing call objects in a telephony network A message-processing agent receives an object from a space in a Scalable Infrastructure system. The message-processing agent determines the destination of the... |
| US-7,143,169 |
Methods and apparatus for directing messages to computer systems based on
inserted data Mechanisms and techniques provide a system that operates in a data communications device such as a switch or a router to provide a technique for load balancing... |
| US-7,143,168 |
Resource sharing among multiple RSVP sessions A technique is provided that correctly allocates resources among data flows while taking maximal advantage of resource sharing opportunities. In accordance with... |
| US-7,143,155 |
Standardized method and apparatus for gathering device identification
and/or configuration information via a... Described is a standard physical interface with a standardized response protocol would enable a craft or technician employee accurately and quickly to verify... |
| US-7,143,037 |
Spelling words using an arbitrary phonetic alphabet Words are spelled by receiving recognizable words from a user of an interactive voice response system. The first letter of each recognizable word is identified,... |
| US-7,143,006 |
Policy-based approach for managing the export of network flow statistical
data A policy-based approach for managing the export of network flow statistical data uses constraints and prioritization to select flow data to be exported by flow... |
| US-7,142,745 |
WDM ring interconnection Optical signals may be carried to and from a ring without the use of chromatic dispersion compensation. In one embodiment, a WDM ring incorporates chromatic... |
| US-7,142,644 |
Arrangement for converting telephone number formats for notification
systems A notification system includes a dial map configured for converting the destination telephone number within a notification message from an original format to... |
| US-7,142,566 |
Jitterless processing of bitstreams The present invention relates to systems and methods for processing and transmitting data that preserves the timing relationship of the data being transmitted... |
| US-7,142,558 |
Dynamic queuing control for variable throughput communication channels A method and apparatus for queuing control of variable bandwidth communications channels. The apparatus detects a change from a first bandwidth to a second... |
| US-7,142,556 |
Media access control scheme for serially linked devices A network includes a master station and terminal devices each coupled using a serial data interface to a modem that in turn couples to a twisted pair line. These... |
| US-7,142,550 |
Partial fax delivery and multicast by the store and forward fax devices
with limited memory An email/fax communication system is disclosed for use in a packet switching network environment including a mail server for storing email messages for... |
| US-7,142,534 |
Arrangement for protocol independent transfer of control parameters across
internetworks using generic... A network node, configured for interfacing between a source network having a source telephony protocol and a packet network configured for sending and receiving... |
| US-7,142,504 |
Fault tolerant network traffic management A system and apparatus for transmitting transit data through a network with first and a second rings coupling two or more nodes. In one aspect, when the first... |
| US-7,142,501 |
Method and apparatus for eliminating near-end crosstalk in a digital
subscriber line system A method and apparatus for eliminating near-end crosstalk in a communication network are disclosed. Crosstalk generated by communication occurring on a second... |
| US-7,142,411 |
Methods and apparatus for distributing power in a computerized device In a computerized device requiring a relatively large amount of power during operation (e.g., between approximately 10 kW to 15 kW) at a relatively large current... |
| US-7,140,911 |
Method and apparatus for aggregating cable connectors A connector module collects or aggregates a group of cables having cable connectors, such as RJ45 connectors, into a single unit. With such aggregation, the... |
| US-7,140,889 |
System for physically securing an access point and preventing the removal
of associated connectors This invention is directed to a security system for wireless access points which includes a clamp assembly and a locking device. The clamp assembly is clamped... |
| US-7,139,973 |
Dynamic information object cache approach useful in a vocabulary retrieval
system A concept cache useful in a vocabulary management system stores references to individual information objects that can be retrieved and dynamically assembled into... |
| US-7,139,963 |
Methods and apparatus to support error-checking of variable length data
packets using a multi-stage process A given data packet is parsed into words and a final partial word that are processed (depending on size) in each of multiple successive stages of logic... |
| US-7,139,928 |
Method and system for providing redundancy within a network element A network element is disclosed that provides redundancy within the network element that, in turn, provides fault tolerance for the failure of one or more... |
| US-7,139,923 |
Technique for synchronizing network devices in an access data network A master clock reference signal may be provided to selected packet fiber nodes in order to synchronize the local clock reference signals generated at selected... |
| US-7,139,899 |
Selected register decode values for pipeline stage register addressing An instruction decode mechanism enables an instruction to control data flow bypassing hardware within a pipelined processor of a programmable processing engine.... |
| US-7,139,841 |
Method and apparatus for handling embedded address in data sent through
multiple network address translation... Disclosed are methods and apparatus for handling data containing embedded addresses. In general terms, prior to transmission of data having an embedded address... |
| US-7,139,840 |
Methods and apparatus for providing multiple server address translation The invention is directed to techniques for coupling a first network and a second network including a method for processing messages to be transferred from a... |
| US-7,139,820 |
Methods and apparatus for obtaining location information in relation to a
target device Mechanisms and techniques provide a system for obtaining and providing location information related to a target device. The system transmits a location request... |
| US-7,139,818 |
Techniques for dynamic host configuration without direct communications
between client and server A method for providing leased network addresses for a host from a server executing on a server device is disclosed. A first request for a leased network address... |
| US-7,139,679 |
Method and apparatus for cryptographic protection from denial of service
attacks A method and apparatus for protecting, from denial of service attacks, a device that provides particular services that consume substantial computational... |
| US-7,139,276 |
Load sharing between L2TP tunnels A method for load sharing between tunnels connecting communication networks includes receiving a communication from a subscriber using the first communication... |
| US-7,139,275 |
Providing differentiated services on ATM switched virtual circuits when
transporting IP packets A router providing differentiated services while transporting Internet Protocol (IP) packets on an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) backbone. A network... |
| US-7,139,174 |
Techniques for attaching a heat sink assembly to a circuit board component A circuit board module has a circuit board, a component mounted to the circuit board, and a heat sink assembly. The heat sink assembly includes a base member... |
| US-7,137,145 |
System and method for detecting an infective element in a network
environment A method for detecting an infective element in a network environment is provided that includes detecting, by a first computer, an infective element within a... |
| US-7,136,944 |
Method and apparatus for using address traps to pace writes to peripheral
devices A system and method for pacing writes to a legacy peripheral device includes a control block configured to trap on the address of the legacy peripheral device... |
| US-7,136,469 |
Service selection gateway (SSG) supporting tariff changes for traffic
volume A service selection gateway (SSG) which receives data indicating tariff switching points, and sends accounting records enabling accurate computation of traffic... |
| US-7,136,398 |
Method and apparatus for adding functionality to an existing conference
call A method for synchronizing media in a call includes receiving a first input stream of packets of a first media type at a first call resource, generating a first... |
| US-7,136,384 |
System and method for communicating asynchronous transfer mode cells in a
network environment A method for communicating data is provided that includes receiving an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell at a line card and generating an Ethernet frame that... |
| US-7,136,383 |
Redirection to a virtual router Methods and apparatus for sending a redirect packet to a host are disclosed. In a first router that supports a virtual router protocol, a method of sending a... |
| US-7,136,377 |
Tunneled datagram switching A method for transporting real-time data such as voice over a packet-based infrastructure, and a switch for use with that method, are disclosed. In this method,... |
| US-7,136,373 |
Interception call signaling method and apparatus between a gatekeeper and
an intelligent peripheral in a voice... Telecommunications apparatus between a voice frame network gatekeeper and an intelligent peripheral, e.g. an interactive voice response unit (IVR), includes a... |
| US-7,136,359 |
Method and apparatus for transparently proxying a connection A system and method are disclosed for transparently proxying a connection to a protected machine. The method includes monitoring a communication packet on a... |
| US-7,136,289 |
Dual-stacked 10 Gigabit X2 uplinks in a single rack unit switch A system for providing dual 10 GB uplinks in the front side of a single rack unit switch that stacks two MSA X2 I/O devices in a limited space. In one embodiment... |
| US-7,133,914 |
Statistics-preserving ACL flattening system and method A method and system transforms one or more lists for a data communications system into a single list, each list of the one or more lists including a plurality of... |
| US-7,133,510 |
Managing access to resources and services utilizing call information Techniques for managing access to resources utilizing call information are provided. Resources of like type can be pooled into resource groups and customers can... |
| US-7,133,417 |
Multipath voice switching method and apparatus A switch apparatus and method according to the invention provides a carrier-class switching platform with a highly optimized data path and distributed signaling... |
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