Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7672042 | Fast dynamic gain control in an optical fiber amplifier The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for controlling a gain of an optical fiber amplifier. Gain circuitry operates in an opened loop configuration and uses a predetermined function relating a power variation of at least one wavelength region with a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7552098 | Methods to distribute multi-class classification learning on several processors The time taken to learn a model from training examples is often unacceptable. For instance, training language understanding models with Adaboost or SVMs can take weeks or longer based on numerous training examples. Parallelization thought the use of multiple process... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7543332 | Method and system for securely scanning network traffic A method and system for implementing secure network communications between a first device and a second device, at least one of the devices communicating with the other device via a firewall device, are provided. The method and system may include obtaining an encrypt... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7406497 | Proxy apparatus and method for streaming media information and for increasing the quality of stored media information A proxy apparatus and method for streaming media information via at least one network and for building-up a good quality version of the media information. When a user device communicates with the proxy apparatus using a particular bandwidth and requests that media i... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406040 | Method for tracking source and destination Internet Protocol data In an IP network, tabulating the number of data packets received from and/or sent to a particular IP address over time can provide a mechanism by which it is possible to determine or predict overloading of a node or nodes in an IP data network. By selectively deleti... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406032 | Bandwidth management for MPLS fast rerouting Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising: in a network at a node located on a label switched path: selecting a backup path to respond to a failure; and for each link along the backup path, reserving a backup bandwidth, wherein the backup bandwidth i... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403538 | Voice data integrated multiaccess by self-reservation and contention algorithm Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method for providing multiple access to a communication channel, the method comprising: sending a reservation request of a first type into a first selected minislot of a selected frame of an uplink channel when information of ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403487 | Method and system for dynamically adjusting QOS Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: for each of a plurality of subscribed services associated with a subscriber endpoint in a communications network, for a connection associated with the subscribed service: determining a current QOS metric; a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7369838 | Intra-premises wireless broadband service using lumped and distributed wireless radiation from cable source input A premises, connected to receive broadband service(s) and also connected to a cable system, is provided with a broadband interface which connects to in-premises cabling which is coupled to consumer receivers such as a television sets, PDAs, laptops. Connected to the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369560 | System for converting data based upon IPv4 into data based upon IPv6 to be transmitted over an IP switched network Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method for converting data packets based upon IPv4 protocol into data packets based upon IPv6 protocol, said method comprising converting any data packet based upon the IPv4 protocol into a data packet based upon the IPv6 prot... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353290 | Secure in-band signaling method for mobility management crossing firewalls An in-band signaling method that enables secure updates of a care-of-IP address for a mobile host that roams between access networks. In the illustrative embodiment described herein, a mobile host includes an intelligent interface that handles IP networking function... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346022 | H.323 user, service and service provider mobility framework for the multimedia intelligent networking The present invention provides a method and system for assuring H.323 alias address portability to an H.323 user in real-time H.323 multimedia communications where the H.323 user is registered with a home gatekeeper for the home zone of the H.323 user. Alias address... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7327739 | Ethernet-to-ATM interworking technique A network interworking facility (24) advantageously interworks Ethernet and ATM networks (22,26) having different protocols to permit the data from in one network to pass to the other and vice versa without the need for the source in to account for the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317703 | H.323 user, service and service provider, mobility framework for the multimedia intelligent networking The present invention provides a method and system for assuring H.323 alias address portability to an H.323 user in real-time H.323 multimedia communications where the H.323 user is registered with a home gatekeeper for the home zone of the H.323 user. Alias address... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317701 | H.323 user, service and service provider mobility framework for the multimedia intelligent networking The present invention provides a method and system for assuring H.323 alias address portability to an H.323 user in real-time H.323 multimedia communications where the H.323 user is registered with a home gatekeeper for the home zone of the H.323 user. Alias address... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317926 | Synchronous transmission of data with network remote control A novel method and apparatus is disclosed for synchronously delivering complementary data to two devices. Complementary data is used herein to designate at least two streams of related data that, when combined, form an organic whole. In one embodiment of the disclos... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310326 | Enhanced channel access mechanisms for an HPNA network A method and system is disclosed for providing access in a centralized manner to a communications medium that is suitable for allowing use of a plurality of Home Phoneline Network Association (HPNA) v2 frames, and such that each HPNA v2 frame is timed to allow a plu... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7298757 | Enhanced channel access mechanisms for an HPNA network A method and a system provide access to a communications medium that is suitable for allowing use of a plurality of Home Phoneline Network Association (HPNA) v2 frames in a centralized manner. Each HPNA v2 frame is timed to allow an Inter-Frame Gap (IFG) portion hav... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295510 | Method of estimating restoration capacity in a network A method for estimating restoration capacity for a communication network includes a specified number of restoration paths, which can be maximally diverse from each other. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293103 | Enhanced channel access mechanisms for a HPNA network A method and a system is disclosed for providing access in a centralized manner to a communications medium that is suitable for allowing use of a plurality of Home Phoneline Network Association (HPNA) v2 frames. A plurality of messages are transmitted between a firs... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286493 | Network-based notification of voice mail At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising the activities of detecting, via a public switched telephone network, a caller's dialing of a telephone number; and after said detecting activity, and prior to call setup, provid... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283809 | Systems, methods and devices for reliable asynchronous message transmissions A system and method composing, sending and receiving voicemail transmissions in an asynchronous manner is disclosed wherein mobile device users can compose and store audio messages in their respective local devices whereby the messages are subsequently forwarded to ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280270 | Fast dynamic gain control in cascaded Raman fiber amplifiers The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for controlling a gain of a bidirectionally-pumped Raman fiber amplifier having both forward optical pumps and backward optical pumps. The overall gain is controlled by adjusting the forward optical pumps, while... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280269 | Fast dynamic gain control in cascaded Raman fiber amplifiers The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for controlling a gain of a bidirectionally-pumped Raman fiber amplifier having both forward optical pumps and backward optical pumps. The overall gain is controlled by adjusting the forward optical pumps, while... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274780 | Network having space chattering control for maximizing call throughput during overload A network includes a space chattering mechanism for maximizing server throughput under overload conditions. The server provides control messages to various network traffic sources, which can require differing control instructions. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275014 | Distributed graph layout for sensor node networks Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, comprising: in a sensor node network comprising a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node from the plurality of sensor nodes having location coordinates that are initially unknown, each sensor node from the plural... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7231450 | Method for providing reliable soft goods license authorization The present invention is a method and system for providing authorization to a customer to access content on a network. A network access provider providing network access to the customer provides verification of the identity of the customer to a content provider. The... | 06/12/2007 |
