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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-D482,165 |
Sonic cleaner |
| US-6,643,782 |
Method for providing single step log-on access to a differentiated computer
network A method for providing single step log-on access for a subscriber to a computer network. The computer network is differentiated into public and private areas.... |
| US-6,643,706 |
Scaleable route redistribution mechanism A method of distributing route information is described. The method includes maintaining a number of entries, indicating that at least one of the entries,... |
| US-6,643,703 |
Method and apparatus for automatic routing of circuit switched data
connections based upon stored behavioral... A method and apparatus for automatic routing of multi-link circuit switched connections are shown. A routing processor monitors the behavioral characteristics of... |
| US-6,643,700 |
Option request protocol An option request protocol allows dynamic negotiation of options between a host computer and a control unit of a computer network. The protocol is manifested as... |
| US-6,643,621 |
Methods and apparatus for referencing and processing audio information Mechanisms and techniques are provided which allow a server computer system, such as a web server, to generate information, such as a web page, which includes an... |
| US-6,643,360 |
Check for pending e-mail using caller ID and selective answer ring An Internet Access server includes a caller-ID map. The caller-ID map stores a list of caller-IDs associated with the ISP with corresponding user identification... |
| US-6,643,267 |
Method and apparatus for tracing a virtual connection A method and apparatus for tracing a virtual circuit. A request message is received from a trace originating node. The request message includes a trace transit... |
| US-6,643,260 |
Method and apparatus for implementing a quality of service policy in a data
communications network A content addressable memory (CAM or L3 Table) contains flow information for each active flow of packets passing through a given node of a data communications... |
| US-6,642,448 |
Circuit card with potting containment fence apparatus A fluid containment fence apparatus provides a border around the perimeter of an area to be potted on one or both sides of a circuit board. First, or first and... |
| US-6,640,269 |
Method and apparatus for assisting communication of information between two
processes A method and apparatus assists communication between a writer of a shared file and the reader of the shared file without requiring the use of a shared file. When... |
| US-6,640,243 |
Enhanced network services using a subnetwork of communicating processors A method and system for providing enhanced services for a network. The enhanced services use information about the network which is available to a subnet of... |
| US-6,639,703 |
Receiver transponder for protected networks A receiver transponder that is implemented in an optical add/drop multiplexer (OADM) is disclosed. The OADM is used in short haul type networks and receives... |
| US-D481,382 |
Display and key array cover for a wireless handset |
| US-D481,381 |
Key array for a wireless handset |
| US-6,636,603 |
System and method for determining the transmit power of a communication
device operating on digital subscriber... A system for determining the transmit power of a communication device operating on a twisted pair subscriber line includes a communication server coupled to a... |
| US-6,636,594 |
Dial plan mapper A dial string is received from a session application that interfaces with a packet-based or circuit-switched system such as VoIP, PSTN, PBX, etc. Regular... |
| US-6,636,509 |
Hardware TOS remapping based on source autonomous system identifier A rapid method and apparatus for remapping the type of service (TOS) and source address information from an incoming communications packet according to the... |
| US-6,636,499 |
Apparatus and method for cluster network device discovery A group of network devices, such as Ethernet switches, are logically configured as a single cluster, with one commander device and one or more member devices.... |
| US-6,636,498 |
Mobile IP mobile router Methods and apparatus for implementing a Mobile IP mobile router are provided. In accordance with one aspect, the Home Agent receives a registration request... |
| US-6,636,484 |
Automatic generation of OAM cells for connection continuity detection An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch is configured to automatically generate Operations, Administration and Management (OAM) cells for a loopback test at a... |
| US-6,633,582 |
Symmetrical codec selection in an asymmetrical codec environment A codec selector, and a corresponding method for establishing media channels between a local endpoint and a remote endpoint, are disclosed. The codec selector... |
| US-6,633,560 |
Distribution of network services among multiple service managers without
client involvement A system and method are described for partitioning a network service among a plurality of service managers. The method includes configuring a first service... |
| US-6,633,549 |
Auto-detection of ISDN BRI services A method and apparatus for auto-detection of ISDN BRI services available for use by terminal equipment is disclosed. This auto-detection provides a variety of... |
| US-6,633,545 |
System and method for determining the data rate capacity of digital
subscriber lines A system for determining the data rate capacity of a digital subscriber line includes a communication server coupled to a number of subscribers using twisted... |
| US-6,633,539 |
Device, method and article of manufacture for call setup pacing in
connection-oriented networks A method, system and article of manufacture to prevent signaling congestion in a connection-oriented network node in situations where a plurality of ... |
| US-6,632,033 |
Ultra-short reach optical communications system and method of manufacture An ultra-short-reach optical transceiver is described. The ultra-short-reach optical transceiver comprises an optical transmitter, an optical receiver, and a... |
| US-6,631,483 |
Clock synchronization and fault protection for a telecommunications device A telecommunications device includes a synchronization bus and a controller coupled to the bus. The controller selects a primary reference clock signal from... |
| US-6,631,478 |
Technique for implementing high performance stable storage hierarchy in a
computer network A technique is provided for implementing a high performance stable storage system which provides stable and fast storage services to applications built on top of... |
| US-6,631,138 |
Reduced pin-count 10Base-T MAC to transceiver interface Provided is a 10Base-T MAC to PHY interface requiring only two wires (pins) per port, with two additional global wires: a clock wire (pin), and a synchronization... |
| US-6,631,137 |
Method and system for improving high speed internetwork data transfers A method for creating a single virtual LAN including a source (S) attached to a first Token ring LAN (N1), a target (T) within a subnet attached to a different... |
| US-6,631,134 |
Method for allocating bandwidth in an optical network A method is provided to allocate bandwidth from a first node to a second node in a optical network. The method begins by accepting a request from an end-user,... |
| US-6,631,120 |
System and method for determining a communication protocol of a
communication device operating on digital... A system for determining a communication protocol of a communication device operating on digital subscriber lines includes a communication server coupled to a... |
| US-D480,393 |
Handset cradle |
| US-D480,374 |
Wireless handset |
| US-6,629,111 |
Memory allocation system A method of allocating memory for a file includes determining a size of the file and searching a memory segment list to determine whether the file can be stored... |
| US-6,628,723 |
Coding rate reduction for turbo codes Systems and methods for precisely controlling the amount of redundancy introduced by a turbo encoding process. Bits having predetermined values are introduced... |
| US-6,628,697 |
Subscriber unit ranging in a point to multipoint system A chirp waveform is employed in establishing timing synchronization between nodes of a data communication network. In one embodiment, the chirp waveform is... |
| US-6,628,657 |
Method and system for transporting synchronous and asynchronous traffic on
a bus of a telecommunications node A bus for a telecommunications node includes a frame repeating at a defined interval and including a defined number of slots. Each slot includes an overhead... |
| US-6,628,654 |
Dispatching packets from a forwarding agent using tag switching A system and method are disclosed for providing a network service. The method includes storing at a forwarding agent a tag table. The tag table includes a list... |
| US-6,628,649 |
Apparatus and methods providing redundant routing in a switched network
device The invention provides unique architectures and techniques for routing redundancy in a data switch configured to use label switching. Multiple label switch... |
| US-6,628,644 |
Telephone-based hypertext transport protocol server A telephone is provided for delivering content to a client that is coupled to a communications network. The telephone includes a processor and a network... |
| US-6,628,624 |
Value-added features for the spanning tree protocol A method and apparatus facilitates and enhances the operation of the spanning tree protocol in bridged computer networks. An intermediate network device in... |
| US-6,628,610 |
Methods and apparatus for managing a flow of packets using change and reply
signals Techniques are provided for controlling a flow of packets in a data communications device. A first technique involves transferring packets of a particular packet... |
| US-6,628,608 |
Method and apparatus of handling data that is sent to non-existent
destinations A method of managing a network switch. The method having the first step of detecting a status of a set of physical ports on an interface card in the network... |
| US-6,628,304 |
Method and apparatus providing a graphical user interface for representing
and navigating hierarchical networks A method and apparatus are provided which present hierarchical data to a user via a graphical user interface. A preferred embodiment represents hierarchical data... |
| US-6,626,953 |
System and method for retrieving software release information A method for retrieving software release information. A first step obtains a software defect data set, a second step obtains a software release data set, and a... |
| US-6,625,680 |
System and method for processing circuit card connector and redundancy
events A system for processing circuit card events includes a circuit board having a first connector and a second connector. The circuit board generates connector... |
| US-6,625,645 |
Automatic static to dynamic IP address and DNS address management for
remote communications network access A system and method for remotely connecting client computers to a communication network such as the Internet by way of a server system and dynamically providing... |
| US-6,625,256 |
Failover mechanisms for remote networked phones A method of providing failover service to network phones. A failure of communication between a network phone and a primary call manager is identified.... |
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