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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-8,126,160 |
Use of non-audible band to relay information for echo cancellation in a
distributed media system Particular embodiments provide for attenuating one or more microphone signals in a teleconferencing system upon detecting a non-audible signal. A far end voice... |
| US-8,126,136 |
Method and system for automatic supervisor intervention in problematic
calls in a call center According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for processing a call in a call center includes monitoring a characteristic of at least a portion of the... |
| US-8,126,062 |
Per multi-block partition breakpoint determining for hybrid variable
length coding A method, and apparatus, and logic encoded in one or more computer-readable tangible medium to carry out a method. The method is to code a plurality of ordered... |
| US-8,125,920 |
System and method for exporting structured data in a network environment An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a network element configured to receive a plurality of packets. The network element is... |
| US-8,125,915 |
Remote management of a bridge device A method and system for remotely managing a bridge device, such as a modem, are disclosed. Management traffic from a service provider can be communicated to a... |
| US-8,125,911 |
First-hop domain reliability measurement and load balancing in a computer
network In one embodiment, probe messages may be transmitted from a local domain to a set of one or more responding probe targets located beyond a plurality of probed... |
| US-8,122,482 |
Cryptographic peer discovery, authentication, and authorization for
on-path signaling A method is disclosed for cryptographic peer discovery, authentication, and authorization. According to one embodiment, a data packet, which is addressed to a... |
| US-8,122,271 |
System, method, and device for providing secure operating environments for
computer systems The present invention includes a system, method, and device for providing secure operating environments for computer systems. In one form, a method for... |
| US-8,122,266 |
Powered communications interface providing low-speed communications
between power-sourcing equipment and... A powered communications interface in a power-over-Ethernet (POE) system has a non-powered operating mode in which it withholds operating power from a powered... |
| US-8,122,136 |
Methods and apparatus for providing security to a computerized device When establishing a communications channel to a wireless network, through a wireless connection, a computerized device receives an Internet protocol (IP)... |
| US-8,122,113 |
Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) message interception and
modification In an embodiment, a method includes intercepting a configuration message from a first network node addressed to a third network node, and modifying the... |
| US-8,121,598 |
Scrambling code allocation and hand-in for wireless network radio access
points Techniques are provided herein to allow more than a fixed number of radio access point devices to be deployed within a macro cell. At a controller apparatus, a... |
| US-8,121,474 |
Standby broadband light source for passive optical networks Techniques are disclosed for a broadband service provider to maintain continuity of service in the event that a broadband light source fails in a passive... |
| US-8,121,427 |
Breakpoint determining for hybrid variable length coding and encoding the
determined breakpoint A method, and apparatus, and logic encoded in one or more computer-readable tangible medium to carry out a method of determining a breakpoint position in an... |
| US-8,121,282 |
Call park/retrieve using SIP In one embodiment, a method can include: when performing a park operation: (i) receiving a first message from a park call phone; (ii) providing a second message... |
| US-8,121,277 |
Catch-up playback in a conferencing system In one embodiment, a method includes receiving input indicating that an endpoint is dropping out of a real-time mode of attending an on-going conference... |
| US-8,121,211 |
Adaptive switching techniques for hybrid automatic repeat request systems An adaptive transmission selection technique is provided. A retransmission scheme is selected for a multiple-input-multiple-output wireless system. A plurality... |
| US-8,121,136 |
Dynamic discovery mechanisms via inter-domain routing protocol In an embodiment, a method is provided at which it is used in a device. In this method, a logical identifier assigned to the device is identified and... |
| US-8,121,133 |
Stream regulation in a peer to peer network Techniques for regulating streams in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network are provided. By establishing a priority of a stream, certain users may have some level of... |
| US-8,121,130 |
Determining an optimal route advertisement in a reactive routing
environment In an example embodiment, a method is provided. In this method, a network address query is received. A first network address of a known apparatus is retrieved... |
| US-8,121,116 |
Intra channel video stream scheduling In one embodiment, a gateway between a variable delay network and a constant delay network receives over the variable delay network a plurality of data streams... |
| US-8,121,114 |
Prevention of voice over IP spam In one embodiment, a system is provided to prevent VoIP spam. The system may store call data that is associated with a call to a phone number made over a Public... |
| US-8,121,043 |
Approach for managing the consumption of resources using adaptive random
sampling An approach for managing the consumption of resources uses adaptive random sampling to decrease the collection of flow statistical data as the consumption of... |
| US-8,121,041 |
Redundancy for point-to-multipoint and multipoint-to-multipoint ethernet
virtual connections A method and system for redundancy in Ethernet Virtual Connections (EVCs) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting continuity check... |
| US-8,121,038 |
Backward congestion notification In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a network interface system having at least one input port configured for receiving frames and a logic system... |
| US-8,121,032 |
Efficient convergence of grouped VPN prefixes In one embodiment, one or more virtual private network (VPN) prefixes may be grouped at a network node into sets having shared network border node next-hop... |
| US-8,121,024 |
Technique for providing dynamic modification of application specific
policies in a feedback-based, adaptive... A feedback-based adaptive network is described wherein at least a portion of the network elements report operating information relating to network conditions to... |
| US-8,120,637 |
Virtual theater system for the home In one embodiment, a system includes a mixer that creates customized mixed audio streams by synchronously mix audience reaction data packets received from a... |
| US-D654,498 |
Tablet computer device |
| US-8,117,560 |
Methods and apparatuses for selectively removing sensitive information
during a collaboration session In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses include: selectively sharing desktop content with an attendee device wherein the desktop content includes a... |
| US-8,117,452 |
System and method for establishing a secure association between a
dedicated appliance and a computing platform An apparatus is provided that includes a dedicated appliance operable to interface with a computing platform. A provisioning process may be initiated such that... |
| US-8,117,369 |
Input-output module for operation in memory module socket and method for
extending a memory interface for... An I/O module configured to operate in a memory module socket and method for extending a memory interface are generally described herein. The I/O module may... |
| US-8,117,290 |
Simple home networking A network management system is provided for managing a computer network. The management system is configured to represent the computer network as having one of... |
| US-8,117,262 |
Methods and apparatuses for locating an application during a collaboration
session In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses include requesting an expert during a collaboration session; determining a subject matter of the collaboration... |
| US-8,116,818 |
Method and system for transmitter beamforming A system and method are provided for improving the performance of a beamforming antenna array in a wireless communications system. A predetermined number of... |
| US-8,116,776 |
Mobile communication handoff between heterogeneous networks A method for providing telecommunication service includes transmitting a node identifier to a mobile station over a first network that supports a first... |
| US-8,116,769 |
Anchoring a communication session in a multiple mode system Anchoring a communication session for a target mobile phone includes identifying a current access node operable to provide the target mobile phone access to a... |
| US-8,116,719 |
Techniques for determining communication state using accelerometer data Techniques for communicating with a user on a network include receiving acceleration data that indicates acceleration of a mobile network node associated with a... |
| US-8,116,698 |
Generalized MIMO-beamforming weight estimation Techniques are provided to enable wireless communication between first and second wireless communication devices each having a plurality of antennas, where the... |
| US-8,116,442 |
Method and apparatus for audio conference bridge initiated remote device
muting Method and apparatus for providing an audio conference bridge initiated remote device muting are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a conference bridge is... |
| US-8,116,310 |
Reducing packet flooding by a packet switch Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-readable media, mechanisms, and means for reducing packet flooding by a packet switch. A packet switch... |
| US-8,116,299 |
Techniques for listening to a caller leaving a voicemail message in
real-time and real-time pick up of a call In one embodiment, techniques allow a callee to listen to a caller leaving a voicemail message on a voicemail system. An applications oriented network (AON)... |
| US-8,116,298 |
Communication server apparatus providing XDSL services and method A communication system (500) includes a plurality of subscriber systems (510) coupled to a plurality of twisted pair data lines (520). Each subscriber system... |
| US-8,116,289 |
Internetworking nodes based on connections, membership, and location Methods and apparatus for inter-networking nodes are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a node arrangement includes a services engine,... |
| US-8,116,236 |
Audio conferencing utilizing packets with unencrypted power level
information In one embodiment, a method that includes receiving a plurality of packet streams input from different endpoints, packets of each stream including encrypted and... |
| US-8,116,229 |
Reducing packet drops in networks guaranteeing in-order delivery In one embodiment, the convergence node switches of a destination node switch in a network having multiple equal paths between a source switch and destination... |
| US-8,116,227 |
Optimal automated exploration of hierarchical multiprotocol label
switching label switch paths Optimal automated exploration of hierarchical MPLS LSPs is disclosed. A path verification message (PVM) is transmitted from an initial router. Each label in the... |
| US-8,116,200 |
Source routing approach for network performance and availability
measurement of specific paths In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a first packet that has a first payload. The first payload identifies a first path between endpoints traversed by... |
| US-8,115,777 |
Enhancing contact center interactions for people having impaired senses A method and apparatus is provided for emulating an impairment of a person. The method comprises determining a type of sensory impairment of a person... |
| US-8,115,617 |
Alarm reordering to handle alarm storms in large networks In one embodiment, a sensor device in a network detects an alarm condition. The sensor device generates an alarm message based on the detected alarm condition... |
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