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"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160187 | Systems and methods for canceling crosstalk from digital multi-tone (DMT) signals The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for cancelling crosstalk. A multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system in accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure has a plurality of receivers, which are capable of exchan... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8144691 | Query-based call routing mechanism for multinode cooperative telecommunication network A query message-based call routing mechanism for a limited access cooperative telecommunication network initially determines whether the called party is commonly located at the same node as the calling party. If not, the calling party node broadcasts a query message... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8094471 | Power supply using double latch circuit for automatic input voltage range programming A power supply includes a rectifier circuit having a rectifier mode and a voltage doubler mode. An AC switch is coupled to the rectifier circuit and switches the rectifier circuit into the rectifier mode when a higher AC line voltage is supplied and a voltage double... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8076796 | Adaptive power supply for telecommunications networks An adaptive power supply span powers devices used in telecommunications. It includes a power circuit and control circuit that receives power and sense signals therefrom and provides a control signal thereto and distinguishes between a first network interface load ha... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068559 | Pulse width modulation (PWM) clock and data receiver and method for recovering information from received data signals The present disclosure generally relates to pulse width modulation (PWM) clock and data receivers and methods for recovering data and timing information from received signals. A PWM clock and data receiver in one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure has co... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8027461 | Systems and methods for splitting telecommunication signals with reduced noise A telecommunication system has a telecommunication line for communicating a combined signal and a splitter that is coupled to the telecommunication line. The splitter has a high-pass filter, a low-pass filter, and a current limiter. The high-pass filter is configure... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7992117 | System and method for designing a common centroid layout for an integrated circuit An exemplary common centroid layout design system receives various inputs about an integrated circuit (IC) design. Based on such inputs, the system calculates a common centroid unit, which represents an array of segments of each device in the IC design. The number o... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7958467 | Deterministic system and method for generating wiring layouts for integrated circuits The present disclosure generally pertains to automatic wiring systems and methods for generating wiring layouts for integrated circuits. In one exemplary embodiment, a wiring router ensures that the wiring for multiple device segments is matched. That is, the wiring... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957324 | Utilizing bandwidth in ring network using path cost and protection techniques The disclosed network includes two rings, wherein a first ring transmits data in a clockwise direction, and the other ring transmits data in a counterclockwise direction. The traffic is removed from the ring by the destination node. During normal operations (i.e., a... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7929428 | Switch for dynamically rerouting traffic due to detection of faulty link The disclosed network includes two rings, wherein a first ring transmits data in a clockwise direction, and the other ring transmits data in a counterclockwise direction. The traffic is removed from the ring by the destination node. During normal operations (i.e., a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7916723 | Automatic network topology identification by nodes in the network An automatic network topology identification technique is described herein. Each node in the network periodically or constantly transmits its unique address to its neighboring node. Once a node receives a different message from its neighbor, the node identifies a to... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915544 | Cable seal apparatus and techniques for outside plant telecommunications housings Signals entering outside plant (OSP) telecommunications enclosures typically do so through weather tight connectors, with one connector mounted to the enclosure and a mating connector connected to a cable bringing the signals to the OSP housing. Such connectors are ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7869490 | Repeater for regenerating spectrally compatible signals along a telecommunication line A repeater for regenerating signals communicated along a telecommunication line uses a constellation providing a sufficiently high constellation density to ensure that regenerated signals are spectrally compatible. In one exemplary embodiment, such a repeater is con... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861002 | Network router that efficiently switches between a primary data path and a backup data path A network router initially communicates over a primary data path. Upon detection of an error condition associated with the primary data path, the network router initiates a layer 2 switch such that the communication occurring over the primary data path is switched t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7855891 | Modular heat sinks for housings for electronic equipment A housing for an outside plant telecommunication equipment (OSP) which uses modular heat sink assemblies. OSP housings contain electronic circuit boards on which are mounted electrical components that generate heat. Thermal conductors or mesas contact the electrical... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7821758 | Systems and methods for reducing intermodulation distortion Protection circuits for protecting equipment connected to a telecommunication wire pair is disclosed. A protection circuit in one embodiment utilizes a series arrangement of solid state protectors wherein at least some of the solid state protectors are biased. The p... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7809076 | Adaptive interference canceling system and method A communication system adaptively cancels noise and/or interference from signals communicated through a communication channel, such as signals communicated by a telecommunication network. The system, based on a common mode signal of a received signal, generates an e... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7794290 | Communications connector configured for low crosstalk A communications connector includes an electrically non-conductive connector body having a terminal face. A plurality of connector terminals are positioned on the terminal face and arranged in a plurality of Tip/Ring terminal pairs, which are positioned substantiall... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7773744 | System and method for terminating sealing current A sealing current system for a subscriber line that comprises a power source coupled to a first end of the subscriber line configured to apply a voltage to the subscriber line. The sealing current termination circuit coupled to a second end of the subscriber line co... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7742505 | Systems and methods for enabling clock signal synchronization An interworking function (IWF) is coupled to a switch of a packet network and communicates with the network switch based on an Ethernet clock signal or some other type of clock signal. A primary reference clock (PRC) of the network generates a PRC signal, and a timi... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739730 | Mechanism for automatically configuring integrated access device for use in voice over digital subscriber line circuit An integrated access device is automatically configured to conduct packetized voice and data communications between a customer's voice/data equipment and a digital communications switch. For this purpose, the IAD's communication control processor is programmed to pe... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734363 | Technique for independent ground fault detection of multiple twisted pair telephone lines connected to a common electrical power source A method and apparatus detects a ground fault on a span-powered telecommunication wireline within a plurality of span-powered wireline segments, to respective ones of which DSL-Cs are coupled, so that a ground fault may be detected when power is delivered by the DSL... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7734040 | Modular housing system for outside plant telecommunications equipment A modular housing for outside plant telecommunication equipment includes a main enclosure for containing common electronic equipment and an auxiliary enclosure for containing input/output (I/O) circuitry to said common electronic equipment. In this way, different co... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7701689 | Protector block assembly for providing surge protection in telecommunication systems A protector block assembly interfaces a plurality of subscriber lines to communication equipment, such as digital subscriber line (DSL) modems. The assembly has a protector block into which surge protection modules are plugged. Each surge protection module limits th... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7697512 | Proactive monitoring of status of voice-over-IP servers A server connectivity status testing mechanism of a voice-over internet protocol (IP) communication device is operative to automatically test the connectivity status of each of a plurality of available servers. In response to such testing, server usage is selectivel... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697408 | Data communication system and method capable of limiting effects of crosstalk by adjusting transceiver power levels A system for adjusting transmission power levels of transceivers in order to reduce crosstalk utilizes a transmitter and logic. The transmitter is configured to transmit signals to a customer transceiver over a first communication connection that is bound within a b... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7693090 | Systems and methods for discovering PME bonding groups The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for discovering PME bonding groups. In one exemplary embodiment, a plurality of communication links are terminated by physical medium entities (PMEs). In this regard, each link is terminated at one end... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7672367 | System and method for selecting data rates of initialization signals A system includes a transceiver for communicating over a telecommunication line that is coupled to the transceiver. The transceiver comprises logic configured to measure attenuation of at least one signal transmitted across the telecommunication line. The logic is f... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672319 | Integrated router/switch-based mechanism for mapping COS value to QOS value for optimization of LAN-to-WAN traffic flow An integrated processor-controlled router and switch fabric architecture provides connectivity between local area network (LAN) ports of an Ethernet switch serving a plurality of local area network users and a wide area network (WAN) interface that provides connecti... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7634032 | System and method for detecting non-linear distortion of signals communicated across telecommunication lines A system for detecting non-linear distortion comprises an error detector and logic. The error detector is configured to estimate signal errors associated with signals communicated across a telecommunication line. The logic is configured to track the signal errors an... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7624314 | Echo canceler-based mechanism for performing and reporting fault diagnostic testing of repeatered telecommunication line A repeater-installed fault location mechanism conducts parametric measurements on a segment of wireline to which the repeater is connected, and adjusts taps of an echo cancellation operator in the repeater transceiver equipment, in accordance with the response of th... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7609817 | Termination circuit for network interface unit A network interface unit has an interface coupled to a first transmit line and a first receive line, and the interface is configured to receive a signal from the first receive line. The network interface unit further has circuitry operable in a test mode and a data ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7593494 | System and method for canceling impulse noise A system for canceling impulse noise comprises an adaptive impulse canceler and a combiner. The adaptive impulse canceler is configured to receive a common mode component of a received signal and to detect a noise impulse in the common mode component. The impulse ca... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7590921 | Data communication system and method A data communication system has a plurality of communication transceivers respectively coupled to a plurality of communication lines and is configured to receive payload symbols and parity symbols. The system further has logic configured to transition from non-erasu... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7577088 | System and method to backup communication occurring across a plurality of subscriber lines A communication system comprises a plurality of transceivers and logic. A first transceiver is configured to communicate via a first subscriber line with a transceiver located at a remote premises. A second transceiver is configured to communicate via a second subsc... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7564898 | System and method for selecting data rates of data signals A transceiver comprises a communication line interface, memory, and logic. The memory stores predefined noise spectra, and the logic is configured to analyze an initialization signal received from the communication line coupled to the communication line interface du... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7561088 | Multi-loop data weighted averaging in a delta-sigma DAC Methods and apparatuses enable generating an analog representation of an M-bit digital input. A DAC system receives the M-bit data word and generates a control signal to control the output elements of a DAC to output an analog representation of the input data word. ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7554997 | Integrated router switch-based port-mirroring mechanism for monitoring LAN-to-WAN and WAN-to-LAN traffic An integrated processor-controlled router and switch fabric architecture provides connectivity between local area network (LAN) ports of an Ethernet switch serving a plurality of local area network users and a wide area network (WAN) port that provides connectivity ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7554994 | Integrated router switch containing mechanism for automatically creating IEEE 802.1Q VLAN trunks for LAN-to-WAN connectivity An integrated processor-controlled router and switch fabric architecture provides connectivity between local area network (LAN) ports serving a plurality of local area network users and a wide area network (WAN) port that provides connectivity with the internet. IEE... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7545830 | Defragmented packet analysis for differential priority routing A packet analysis-based mechanism ensures the transmission of critical (voice) frames distributed among a sequence of fragmented frames of data signals. Received fragmented frames are analyzed to derive fragmented frame size information representative of the fragmen... | 06/09/2009 |
