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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,876,863 |
Method and system for improving timing position estimation in wireless
communications networks A method for determining timing positions in a wireless communications system comprises creating a time-domain timing detection window from a preamble of a... |
| US-7,876,764 |
Multiple aggregation protocol sessions in a daisy chain network Various systems and methods that allow multiple aggregation protocol sessions to be established in a daisy chain network are disclosed. One method involves... |
| US-7,876,763 |
Pipeline scheduler including a hierarchy of schedulers and multiple
scheduling lanes Disclosed is a hierarchy of individual schedulers with multiple scheduling lanes for scheduling items, such as, but not limited to packets or indications... |
| US-7,876,747 |
Method and apparatus for efficient load distribution on link aggregations A system for providing a substantially balanced distribution of traffic over an aggregation of output lines carrying digital information makes use of m random or... |
| US-7,876,715 |
Beamforming multiple-input multiple-output wireless techniques using
spatial decomposition for frequency... Techniques are provided herein to combine the advantages of beamforming with the advantages of multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) technology in a frequency... |
| US-7,876,714 |
Techniques for managing conference schedules using groups A method and apparatus for scheduling a conference among multiple persons includes receiving group data that indicates persons in a first group. Availability... |
| US-7,876,711 |
Fibre channel switch that enables end devices in different fabrics to
communicate with one another while... A Fibre Channel Switch which enables end devices in different Fabrics to communicate with one another while retaining their unique Fibre Channel Domain_IDs. The... |
| US-7,876,707 |
Partial build of a fibre channel fabric In one embodiment, a technique for performing partial build fabric operations when merging two or more Fibre Channel fabrics is provided. By maintaining a... |
| US-7,874,869 |
Reconfigurable patch panel A reconfigurable patch panel and a method of reconfiguring a patch panel comprising a support member supporting at least one adapter, where the at least one... |
| US-7,874,776 |
Clinch for a circuit card ejector A clinch suitable for an ejector of a line card is provided. The clinch includes a cylinder, which includes a shoulder flange, an extension portion and a... |
| US-7,873,993 |
Propagating black hole shunts to remote routers with split tunnel and
IPSec direct encapsulation Remote routers are configured to block the return path to malicious websites with the use of split tunneling while allowing paths to third party resource... |
| US-7,873,908 |
Method and apparatus for generating consistent user interfaces A method is disclosed for generating a consistent user interface for an HTML-based application program, without extensive coding of Java Server Pages and other... |
| US-7,873,845 |
Classification technique for powered devices using selective frequency
filtering A method, performed by a power sourcing apparatus is provided. The method includes (a) providing an electronic signal to a powered device (PD) over a wire... |
| US-7,873,833 |
Detection of frequent and dispersed invariants A scalable method and apparatus that detects frequent and dispersed invariants is disclosed. More particularly, the application discloses a system that can... |
| US-7,873,736 |
Replenishing a user account with more access resources needed for
accessing network services A network access server (NAS) determines the status of availability (e.g., how much more quota is unused) of an access resource, and sends a notification... |
| US-7,873,731 |
Use of per-flow monotonically decreasing TTLs to prevent IDS circumvention Systems detect maliciously formed TCP/IP retransmit packets attempting to pass through an intrusion detection system (IDS) and prevent them from reaching their... |
| US-7,873,344 |
System and method to distribute emergency information A system and method that enables efficient distribution of public warning information using a network infrastructure. Public warning messages are received by a... |
| US-7,873,164 |
Method and apparatus for configuring network devices A method for authenticating a network device includes determining that a network link that uses a primary signaling technology and a secondary signaling... |
| US-7,873,025 |
Network device that determines application-level network latency by
monitoring option values in a transport... A data processing apparatus in a network receives packet flows that are communicated between a first network node and a second network node, and comprises a... |
| US-7,873,020 |
CAPWAP/LWAPP multicast flood control for roaming clients A method, an apparatus, a system, and logic encoded in one or more computer-readable tangible medium to carry out a method. The method includes maintaining the... |
| US-7,872,997 |
Multiple receiver aggregation A technique for multiple receiver aggregation that allows for multiple immediate responses of acknowledgements or block acknowledgements. The technique uses a... |
| US-7,872,994 |
SIP out-of-dialog REFER mechanism for handoff between front-end and
back-end services In one embodiment, a method includes steps of verifying, by a first server, that a user associated with an endpoint is authorized to access a service provided by... |
| US-7,870,604 |
Methods and apparatus to configure network nodes supporting virtual
connections A computer system includes functionality enabling a provider edge router to determine whether network data such as VRF information is properly associated with a... |
| US-7,870,603 |
Method and apparatus for automatic filter generation and maintenance A method is disclosed for automatic filter generation and maintenance. From information transmitted on a network, a first device identifier and a second device... |
| US-7,870,600 |
Apparatus and method for secure configuration of shared powerline devices Client adapter and method simplify security deployment in an EPN, including the shared services electrical power lines of a premises. With direct coupling,... |
| US-7,870,590 |
System and method for fast start-up of live multicast streams transmitted
over a packet network A system for multicast streaming of programs over a packet network includes a node having a processor that conditions a video bitstream such that packets... |
| US-7,870,547 |
Method and apparatus for managing patchable software systems A method or corresponding apparatus manages deployment of a software patch ("patch") by creating a given patch comprising at least one file and associating... |
| US-7,870,389 |
Methods and apparatus for authenticating mobility entities using kerberos Methods and apparatus for generating and transmitting dynamically generated session keys are disclosed. A key distribution center generates a session key between... |
| US-7,870,306 |
Shared memory message switch and cache A method and apparatus are described to provide shared switch and cache memory. The apparatus may comprise a message switch module, a cache controller module,... |
| US-7,870,285 |
Mitigating subscriber side attacks in a cable network In one embodiment, a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) identifies an endpoint originating undesired traffic. Instead of dropping a bandwidth request for the... |
| US-7,870,282 |
Media sharing network A computer-readable medium has a computer program stored thereon. The computer program senses the presence of a physical medium loaded on a media-sharing network... |
| US-7,869,446 |
Optimized dynamic multipoint virtual private network over IPv6 network Method and apparatus including registering a first spoke router with a hub router, forwarding an Internet Protocol version Four (IPv4) data packet from the first... |
| US-7,869,436 |
Methods and apparatus for connecting to virtual networks using non
supplicant authentication A system allows a device to communicate using a virtual network the method by assigning a network address to the device. The network address is selected from a... |
| US-7,869,420 |
Method and system for in-band signaling of multiple media streams Methods and systems are provided for in-band signaling of at least two simultaneous digital media streams in a network, the two simultaneous streams being a part... |
| US-7,869,412 |
Point-controlled contention arbitration In an example embodiment, there is described herein a method for providing quality of service during a contention period. A tiered access protocol enables an... |
| US-7,869,397 |
Medium access control protocol for OFDM wireless networks A medium access contention protocol that is highly beneficial in wireless networks and particularly in wireless networks that employ a fixed minimum burst size... |
| US-7,869,386 |
Method and system for conveying media source location information A method for conveying media source location information includes receiving a first communication from a first endpoint and receiving location information... |
| US-7,869,351 |
Communication techniques and generic layer 3 automatic switching
protection In one embodiment, software code in a respective computer system such as one or more data communication devices establishes multiple layer 2 network links... |
| US-7,869,350 |
Method and apparatus for determining a data communication network repair
strategy A method is disclosed for determining a repair strategy for a data communication network. The data communication network has as components nodes and links. The... |
| US-7,869,345 |
Loop prevention techniques using encapsulation manipulation of IP/MPLS
field In one embodiment, an edge device communicates with a neighboring routing domain. A failure that prevents communication between the edge device and the... |
| US-7,865,915 |
Content discovery and differential advertising in video distribution
networks A method and apparatus for monitoring use patterns or services available information in video distribution networks. A network termination unit receives the... |
| US-7,865,774 |
Multiprocessor core dump retrieval In particular embodiments, a monitoring processor may receive an interrupt from status monitoring logic associated with a monitored processor that has... |
| US-7,865,729 |
Bidirectional authentication for HTML form processing A method of posting HTML form data securely is provided. Some embodiments may use an existing security protocol to send the sensitive information as an encrypted... |
| US-7,865,727 |
Authentication for devices located in cable networks An extensible authentication framework is used in cable networks such as Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) cable networks. The... |
| US-7,865,633 |
Multiple context single logic virtual host channel adapter Various embodiments provide methods and systems operable to receive a work queue pair from the host application, to add the work queue pair to a scheduler queue... |
| US-7,865,615 |
Maintaining IGP transparency of VPN routes when BGP is used as a PE-CE
protocol A technique maintains Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) transparency of Virtual Private Network (VPN) routes when Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is used as a... |
| US-7,865,599 |
Methods and apparatus for supporting transmission of streaming data A gateway application in a content engine multiplexes requests for real-time content to servers that, in turn, service the requests by streaming appropriate... |
| US-7,865,559 |
Message delivery coordination among multiple messaging media Presently disclosed are apparatus and methods for coordinating the delivery of messages and/or message notifications among multiple messaging media and message... |
| US-7,865,552 |
Rich-media instant messaging with selective rich media messaging broadcast In one embodiment, a method for sending a video message and a text message in a communication session is provided. The method includes determining when a... |
| US-7,865,410 |
Aggregation of user usage data for accounting systems in dynamically
configured networks A method and apparatus for providing an aggregated account metering system to a computer network service provider resulting in comprehensive detailed subscriber... |
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