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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,167,912 |
Method and apparatus for detecting failures in network components A monitoring system includes a monitoring component that compares a number of application-specific request packets sent with a number of response packets... |
| US-7,167,552 |
Quorums in meet-me conference calls In one embodiment, a method for joining a meet-me conference call includes but is not limited to presenting an option to specify a quorum associated with a... |
| US-7,167,548 |
Method and apparatus for modifying gain settings in a connection interface The operating characteristics of a network connection are modified to improve connection performance. Operating limits for the connection interface are... |
| US-7,167,451 |
User controlled audio quality for voice-over-IP telephony systems A call adaptation system tracks adaptation schemes used for transmitting audio packets in a Voice Over IP call. A user response to the Voice Over IP (VoIP) call... |
| US-7,167,369 |
Methods and apparatus for installing a heat sink using surface mount
technology A circuit board module includes a circuit board having surface mount pads, a circuit board component mounted to the circuit board, and a heat sink assembly. The... |
| US-7,167,363 |
Methods and apparatus for directing an air stream through a circuit board
assembly An air stream distribution apparatus directs portions of an air stream, at substantially ambient temperatures, to serially arranged circuit board components of a... |
| US-7,165,258 |
SCSI-based storage area network having a SCSI router that routes traffic
between SCSI and IP networks A system and method for accessing Storage Area Networks over an IP network. A SCSI request is generated and encapsulated in one or more IP packets. The... |
| US-7,165,129 |
Method and apparatus for self-tuning transaction batching In a transaction system, a dynamic batching process enables efficient flushing of data in a data buffer to a stable storage device. The transaction system uses... |
| US-7,165,122 |
Dynamic IP addressing and quality of service assurance An address is allocated to a host device which is selected to obtain network access from any access point within a given communications system, while maintaining... |
| US-7,165,117 |
Dynamic IP addressing and quality of service assurance An address is allocated to a host device which is selected to obtain network access from any access point within a given communications system, while maintaining... |
| US-7,164,913 |
Method and system for providing supplementary services for a wireless
access network A method and system for providing supplementary services for a wireless access network includes downloading supplementary service triggers from a call agent to a... |
| US-7,164,694 |
Virtual loop carrier system with gateway protocol mediation A loop carrier system includes a home local area network having plural telephone modules and a hub coupled to in-home telephone wiring. The telephone modules and... |
| US-7,164,676 |
Method and apparatus for a combined bulk and transactional database
synchronous scheme Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a combined bulk and transactional database synchronization scheme. A dynamically changing primary database is initially... |
| US-7,164,658 |
Distribution of data transfer load when transmitting layer-3 datagrams on
a layer-2 network An edge router which associates multiple virtual circuits (e.g., PVCs) with an internet protocol (IP) route. The data transfer load on the IP route is... |
| US-7,164,651 |
Wireless computer network including a mobile appliance containing a single
chip transceiver A wireless computer data network includes several untethered mobile units that make ad-hoc data connections with an Internet-connected base station using the... |
| US-7,164,648 |
Ultra high speed crosstalk cancelling technique An ultra-fast crosstalk cancellation technique characterizes crosstalk with a sample set representing NEXT generated by a single transmitted bit. During... |
| US-7,162,628 |
Method, system, apparatus and program product for temporary
personalization of a computer terminal A method, system, and program product that enables a computer user to access their own complete computer environment and software on a separate and distinct host... |
| US-7,162,537 |
Method and system for externally managing router configuration data in
conjunction with a centralized database A method and system for externally managing router configuration data in conjunction with a centralized database subsystem in a router device. The centralized... |
| US-7,162,520 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic connection service category changes A method and apparatus dynamically change a connection service category for an exiting soft permanent virtual circuit (SPVC) which includes a permanent virtual... |
| US-7,162,476 |
System and method for sharing global data within distributed computing
systems A system and method for sharing data within a distributed computing system having a plurality of nodes, wherein each node includes a processor and memory. An... |
| US-7,162,097 |
Methods and apparatus for transform coefficient filtering According to the present invention, methods and apparatus for filtering transform coefficients are provided. Transform coefficients associated with an input bit... |
| US-7,162,034 |
Method and apparatus for multi-session time-slot multiplexing Techniques for performing multistage processing with feedback include a multi-stage feedback processor comprising a first plurality of processing stages... |
| US-7,162,021 |
Call routing control using call routing scripts A technique for use in controlling routing of a call in a communications system is provided. In one embodiment of the technique, a call routing script is used.... |
| US-7,161,947 |
Methods and apparatus for intercepting control and data connections A system provides a proxy connection by intercepting a control connection and a data connection between a client and a server. A proxy device receives a control... |
| US-7,161,944 |
Method and system for optimized routing and protection of VT traffic in
SONET networks The invention provides a method and system for enhancing the capability to optimally route VT circuits over SONET networks. The invention discloses a method for... |
| US-7,161,936 |
Method and system for distributing data communications utilizing a
crossbar switch A solid-state crossbar switch for transmitting data traffic includes a first number of input ports. Each input port is operable to receive DSL data from a data... |
| US-7,161,930 |
Common backplane for physical layer system and networking layer system A backplane having a switch card interface and an adapter card interface where the switch card interface has input/outputs in an arrangement that functionally... |
| US-7,161,905 |
Method and system for managing time-sensitive packetized data streams at a
receiver According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing time-sensitive packetized data streams at a receiver includes receiving a time-sensitive... |
| US-7,161,896 |
Channel estimation in a multicarrier radio receiver A method and apparatus for estimating channel characteristics in a multicarrier wireless receiver such as an OFDM wireless receiver. The method includes... |
| US-7,159,231 |
Intermission content Method and apparatus to provide alternative content during an intermission in a main content experience. The method includes receiving a pause signal and... |
| US-7,159,123 |
Use of cyclic redundancy checking for segregating control traffic A method of modifying the error detection code (EDC) generation and verification logic at both ends of a communications link in a data communications device or... |
| US-7,158,985 |
Method and apparatus for efficient propagation of large datasets under
failure conditions A network of nodes caches replicated datasets in which dataset changes are efficiently propagated as a set of changes even under failure conditions. A master... |
| US-7,158,776 |
Techniques for voice-based user authentication for mobile access to
network services Techniques for granting access on a network having a network service to a user of a mobile device having a microphone includes determining a first identification... |
| US-7,158,624 |
Methods and apparatus for selectively including an audio signal component
within an audio output signal An apparatus and method selectively includes an audio signal component, such as hold music or a hold tone, within an audio output signal, such as a composite... |
| US-7,158,585 |
OFDM channel estimation in the presence of interference Systems and methods for estimating channel response in the presence of interference. Interference and/or noise present on received training symbols is estimated.... |
| US-7,158,543 |
V.8bis suppression method and apparatus for modem relay The invented method involves one or more gateways sniffing the voice channel during the voice mode. If it is determined that V.8bis signals are being initiated,... |
| US-7,158,379 |
Device for removing heat from a power connector A heat removal device includes a shroud on a top side of a printed circuit board that contains a power connector. An air intake vent is located underneath the... |
| US-7,156,674 |
Physical security system for wireless access points with cable security
bracket and locking bracket A physical security system for an access point that enables an installer to route a cable for the access point through a cable security bracket. The access point... |
| US-7,155,722 |
System and method for process load balancing in a multi-processor
environment A load balancing mechanism and technique that monitors a memory interface associated with a processor resource in a processor pool associated with at least one... |
| US-7,155,705 |
Techniques for binding an application with a data exchange format based on
tags in comments Techniques for binding a data exchange format with a computer program application having source code in a particular language include receiving comment data from... |
| US-7,155,588 |
Memory fence with background lock release A technique releases locks associated with particular memory locations. The technique uses a "background" approach to determining when the locks should be... |
| US-7,155,576 |
Pre-fetching and invalidating packet information in a cache memory A technique for managing a cache memory coupled to an intermediate node's processor. Packets acquired by the intermediate node that are destined for processing... |
| US-7,155,534 |
Arrangement for aggregating multiple router configurations into a single
router configuration A computer-based system is configured for aggregating multiple router configurations into a single router configuration, enabling transfer of functionality from... |
| US-7,155,258 |
Communications module having a detachable antenna section A communications module having a "universal" digital section and a detachable antenna section for providing compatibility with multiple communications standards.... |
| US-7,155,215 |
System and method for upgrading service class of a connection in a
wireless network A system and method for upgrading service class of a connection in a wireless network includes identifying a congested CoS in a sector of a wireless network.... |
| US-7,155,167 |
Wireless LAN monitoring device A handheld mobile wireless monitoring apparatus is disclosed in which a radio receiver monitors a wireless signal across one or more wireless channels. A user... |
| US-7,154,889 |
Peer-model support for virtual private networks having potentially
overlapping addresses 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-7,154,888 |
Method for classifying packets using multi-class structures A technique for classifying a packet in a deterministic number of lookup operations. The technique builds a single "super class" that contains the match criteria... |
| US-7,154,870 |
Method of handoff control in an enterprise code division multiple access
wireless system A wireless office communication system including a wireless internet base station (WIBS) encompassing a base station controller (BSC), a mobile switch controller... |
| US-7,154,858 |
System and method for measuring latency of a selected path of a computer
network The invention is directed to a system and method for accurately determining the latency of a selected path within a computer network. First, a setup or signaling... |
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