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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8149801 | System and method for geocasting in a mobile ad hoc network Disclosed is a wireless terminal that determines whether to retransmit a received packet. The wireless terminal is configured to determine a first distance from the wireless terminal to a point (e.g., the center point) in a geocast region. The wireless terminal is a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8130751 | Active user registry An Active User Registry system includes a database which is integrated with the POTS network and a packet network to exploit the outstanding strengths of both of its constituents. The Active User Registry database is a dynamic data structure of all the ways in which... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121103 | Adaptive MAC fragmentation and rate selection for 802.11 wireless networks A method for setting and adjusting MAC fragmentation threshold for IEEE 802.11 networks operating at different data rates is presented. The fragmentation threshold is adjusted based on throughput performance, delay constraints and hidden node influence. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8095363 | Method and system for predicting understanding errors in a task classification system A method and system for monitoring an automated dialog system for the automatic recognition of language understanding errors based on a user's input communications in a task classification system. If the user's input communication cannot be understood and a task cla... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8068412 | Link selection schemes for avoiding channel contention A connection in an optical communication system is routed over a sequence of cross-connects and aggregated links comprising multiple links. A different link selection algorithm is used for service provisioning than is used for restoration, i.e., after a cable cut or... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065348 | Data storage technique A preload library partitions certain files into segments and transforms the data of the files on a segment by segment basis, each independently of the other. The transformed segments are then stored as part of a transformed file, with each segment corresponding to a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065125 | Using symbolic evaluation to validate models that have incomplete information An arrangement calculates a description of potential responses of a distributed system in response to at least one input stimulus. The distributed system including nodes whose operation is described by respective node behavior descriptions. The method involves apply... | 11/22/2011 |
| RE42920 | System and method for inter-domain mobility management The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for inter-domain mobility management for a telephony network. The present invention also relates generally to the H.323 standard for transmitting audio and video data streams, and more particularly to extending... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8040896 | Service selection in a shared access network using virtual networks The present invention discloses a method and architecture for enabling multiple services or service providers to share the facilities of an access network infrastructure that provides physical connectivity to subscribers. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040894 | System and method for providing dynamic bandwidth on demand A system and method to adjust dynamically network speed or bandwidth allocation. A network connection is established at some initial speed. The bandwidth usage through the connection is monitored, and when the connection speed becomes congested with data, the connec... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037373 | Method of using link adaptation and power control for streaming services in wireless networks A method for improving the performance for a streaming service by link-adaptation and power-control in a wireless packet network such as an Enhanced General Packet Radio Services (EGPRS) cellular network is described. In particular, the effects of a combined link ad... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8010694 | Network performance and reliability evaluation taking into account multiple traffic matrices Network performability characteristics with improved accuracy are derived by taking into account, in the various analyzed network failure states, attributes of elements at the logical level other than just the capacities of edges, as well as by taking into account o... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7983619 | Signal strength guided intra-cell upstream data forwarding Intra-cell upstream data forwarding is utilized in a wireless network such as a wireless local area network. A network forwarding path is determined based on the signal strength of an access point signal received at client stations within the network, referred to as... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974816 | Sensor registration by global optimization procedures Disclosed are method and apparatus for registering multiple sensors collecting data from multiple objects. Sensor registration is decomposed into a two-step procedure. The first step corrects systematic errors. The second step assigns objects measured by one sensor ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969914 | Method for establishing and operating a mobile Ad-Hoc network A method for creating an ad-hoc network that assembles a MANET inductively with no need for any node to request any information, needing only to hear information from an ad-hoc group of at least one node, to select its uplink relay node from the group. The resulting... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7933957 | Tracking email and instant messaging (IM) thread history Systems and methods for integrating instant messaging (IM) services and email services are described. In one embodiment, email messages and IM chat session transcripts are threaded to each other so that an email thread history may be traced back to an IM chat sessio... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933773 | Natural language understanding monitoring system for identifying a task A natural language understanding monitoring system adapted to conduct an automated dialog with a user. If the system is unable to identify from the automated dialog, to at least a predetermined level of confidence, any one of a plurality of predetermined tasks as be... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933251 | Wireless network having joint power and data rate adaptation A wireless network includes transmission power and data rate adaptation based upon quality experienced by the user. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933213 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and restoring time division multiplexing circuits A method and apparatus for proactively managing TDM circuits used in a packet network, e.g., a VoIP network, by allowing it to instruct a program to periodically test the health of all circuits catalogued in the TDM facility database are disclosed. If a circuit is f... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925915 | Concept of zero-dense wave division multiplex disaster recovery process There is provided a system and method of disaster preparedness and restoration of service of damaged or destroyed telecommunication network elements. A computer-implemented method of disaster backup for network elements includes establishing connectivity to a plural... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917169 | System and method for mobile ad hoc network A method and system for geocasting data packets in a MANET. The MANET is combined with a long-range network such that a wireless terminal can decide whether to rebroadcast a geocast packet over the MANET, the long-range network, or not at all, depending on the wirel... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916657 | Network performance and reliability evaluation taking into account abstract components Network performability characteristics with improved accuracy are derived by taking into account, in the various analyzed network failure states, attributes of elements at the logical level other than just the capacities of edges, as well as by taking into account o... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911978 | Adaptive topology discovery in communication networks A topology discovery process is used to discover all of the links in an ad hoc network and thereby ascertain the topology of the entire network. One of the nodes of the network, referred to as the coordinator, receives the topology information which can then be used... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909245 | Network based method of providing access to information A computer implemented method of providing access to information includes issuing a secure identification element to a user. Such secure identification element is then submitted to a requesting entity in order to access the user's personal information. The requestin... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908630 | Method and apparatus for internet co-browsing over cable television and controlled through computer telephony A novel mechanism is disclosed by which a sender can direct information such as an audiovisual signal to a particular recipient's audiovisual display device, such as a cable television set and, thereby, share information between the sender and the recipient. In one ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908140 | Method and apparatus for performing packet loss or frame erasure concealment The invention concerns a method and apparatus for performing packet loss or Frame Erasure Concealment (FEC) for a speech coder that does not have a built-in or standard FEC process. A receiver with a decoder receives encoded frames of compressed speech information t... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907615 | Method and apparatus to manage network addresses for private voice communications A method and apparatus to manage network address for private voice communication are described. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907550 | Method and system for providing voice over IP conferencing service The present invention relates to a method and system for providing conference call services in a VoIP local network. A VoIP communication station may be conferenced into a VoIP call between at least two other communication stations. In one embodiment, a Voice Confer... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904571 | Method and apparatus for generating a set of aggregates A method and apparatus for generating at least one aggregate (e.g., a set of aggregates) for a given area of a network such that the number of aggregates is minimized subject to a maximum acceptable path selection error are disclosed. One operational benefit of the ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904458 | Method and apparatus for optimizing queries under parametric aggregation constraints The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for optimizing queries. The present invention discloses an efficient method for providing answers to queries under parametric aggregation constraints. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904444 | Method and system for performing queries on data streams A method and system for performing a data stream query. A data stream query requiring a join operation on multiple data streams is approximated without performing the join operation. It is determined whether conditions of the query are proper to accurately approxima... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903799 | Method and apparatus for providing a communications service feature for a communication through a network A method and apparatus for providing a communications service feature to a party communicating through a network. It is first determined if the party making the communication is a subscriber based on an identifier associated with the party and a local database conta... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903798 | Method and apparatus for monitoring blocked calls in a communication network Method and apparatus for monitoring blocked calls in a communication network is described. In one example, calls in network segments of a packet network are monitored. A graphic representation of each of the network segments is displayed. A block call threshold is a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903643 | Method and apparatus for determining bandwidth for services over an Internet Protocol network A method and apparatus for determining a bandwidth needed for services to be provided over an Internet Protocol (IP) network such as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network and a Service over Internet Protocol (SoIP) network are disclosed. For example, the ser... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7902985 | Gateway radio frequency identification tag system The specification describes a new architecture for RFID systems that is adapted to process large numbers of RFID tags and provide information about a large number of items. The system provides for multiple tag readers. The tag readers are active and have both transm... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899865 | Managing media server resources in a VoIP network Methods of managing media server resources that may be used for VoIP calls are disclosed. In an embodiment, a media server resource broker receives a request for a set of media server resources from an application server. The media server resource broker determines ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899159 | Method and apparatus for providing in country phone numbers and routing rules A method and apparatus for providing a common database to store regionalized and localized dialing plans and emergency contact information of major international countries and cities around the world are disclosed. This database collects feeds from foreign network s... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899032 | Third party service support with a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) network Telecommunications systems for providing third party service support and call control in using a packet network are disclosed. The telecommunications systems for providing a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) are based interface for third party service call control a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899012 | Virtual streams for QOS-driven wireless LANS A virtual stream (VS) in a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) that exists solely within the medium access control (MAC) sublayer of the WLAN. The VS includes a unidirectional path in the wireless network between a station sourcing a qual... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898976 | Methods and apparatus for detection of hierarchical heavy hitters An efficient streaming method and apparatus for detecting hierarchical heavy hitters from massive data streams is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method enables near real time detection of anomaly behavior in networks. ... | 03/01/2011 |
