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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016512 | Device for fixing a vacuum pump A fastener system with a coaxial annular flange (14) having through holes (16), each serving to pass a screw (17) for screwing into an associated tapped hole (16) in the wall (2) of a stationary structure. Each through hole (16 | 09/13/2011 |
| 8005585 | Method for determining the occupancy status of a track section in particular following a restart of an axle counting system, as well as an evaluation device and counting point for this A method and apparatus for determining the occupancy status of a track section, in particular following a restart of an axle counting system, in which a counting-in axle counting point is provided at the start and a counting-out axle counting point is provided at th... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7998426 | Plasma-based gas treatment system integrated in a vacuum pump A pumping system comprising at least one pump unit (2) with a vacuum pump casing in which there are multiple pumping stages that includes at least one pumped gas treatment system is provided. The pumped gas treatment system compromises at least one plasma sou... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7963440 | Payment method, a related user terminal, a related vendor terminal, a related delivery-company terminal and a related retailer terminal The present invention relates to a payment method. A user terminal sends a request for ordering a good to a vendor-terminal. The vendor-terminal sends a shipping order, to a delivery company-terminal of a deliverer. The user-terminal confirms the acceptance of the o... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961608 | Control for admission to a data network for providing service quality Control for admitting microflows to a data network consisting of allocating logic priority levels to these microflows making it possible to implement a microflow preemption order based on this logic priority. If the service quality required for a new microflow A can... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961607 | Marking determining device and related method The present invention relates to a marking determining method and a related device for determining a packet marking of packets of an incoming packet-flow, in order to keep the packets in conformance with a traffic policy. The determining is based on an actual value ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953367 | System and method for efficient frequency use in a hybrid multi-spot satellite broadcasting system System and method for use in a hybrid multispot satellite broadcasting system comprising at least one satellite (S; S1; S2) for multibeam broadcasting of beams in respective frequency bandwidths (F1; F2; F3), the system further com... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949735 | Transaction process for the provisioning of rules in a rule-based network The invention proposes a transaction process for the provisioning of rules in a network which includes at least one rule server and one rule server client. The process includes a first stage of transmission from the server to the client of a request for acceptance o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938907 | Device for fabricating a mask by plasma etching a semiconductor substrate A device for fabricating a mask by plasma etching a semiconductor substrate comprises a semiconductor substrate part of the area whereof is partially covered by a mask for protecting at least one area that must not be etched and for exposing at least one area includ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7933318 | Carrier re-activation in case of signal to noise ratio improvement The present invention relates to a first transceiver unit, acting as a receiver unit, and to a second transceiver unit, acting as a transmitter unit. The first transceiver unit measures the signal to noise ratio for each tone, and determine whether a tone shall be s... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925688 | Method for selecting an application server, a related call session control network element, a related primary application server and a related called user terminal The present invention relates to a method for selecting an Application Server in an Internet Protocol multimedia network upon reception of an Internet Protocol Multimedia call destined to a called party terminal. This method at first comprises the step of a call ses... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924740 | Method of configuring at least one user-specific connection between access points to a transmission network which are connectable to user-located network devices, and apparatus therefor A method of configuring at least one user-specific connection between access points of a transmission network, particularly of a highly available network, which are connectable to user-located network devices, and a server of a network management system, a managemen... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920873 | Assisted method of locating mobile communications terminals of a cellular network using a USSD transport channel A mobile communications terminal (T) for a cellular communications network comprises an assisted satellite positioning device (D) connected to a satellite positioning installation connected to an assistance data server, a USSD management module (MGT) for setting up ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912858 | Data synchronization method The invention concerns a method of synchronizing a distributed system comprising a server (2) having a master data base (21) and a set of clients (31 to 35) having respective client data bases (41 to 45), as well as a server... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911972 | Access multiplexer system for performing a stateless auto-configuration process An access multiplexer system for performing stateless auto-configuration processes for use in networks comprising access multiplexers for receiving discovery messages from sources, which discovery messages comprise multicast destination addresses defining numbers of... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903664 | Method and arrangement to increase the data transmission flow rate in a communication system A method and apparatus to transfer data cells having an overhead section and a payload section via a communication medium from a transmitter to a receiver. Before transfer of a data cell, the overhead section of the data cell is translated into a shortened overhead ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903565 | Method of monitoring a tandem connection in a MPLS telecommunication network It is disclosed a method of monitoring, a Multi-Protocol Label Switching network, a tandem connection of a Label Switched Path. The tandem connection to be monitored has an input node and an output node. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first Op... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7889736 | IP communication network routing protocol message validity state signaling device A device for processing routing protocol messages for a router of an Internet protocol communication network comprises a processor that determines if routing information contained in a routing protocol message to be sent to at least one destination peer router has b... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889653 | Method, output unit, and terminal for reconstructing non-continuous packetized data Provided is a method for reconstructing non-continuous packetized data of a continuous data stream from a data connection into a reconstructed continuous data stream at the receiving point of a packet-based network, the method including gathering measurements of the... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7881610 | Method of transmitting an optical signal in an optical transmission system and optical transmission system for implementing such a method Described is a method of transmitting an optical signal in an optical transmission system. The method comprises: providing a length of an optical fiber having a zero chromatic dispersion wavelength, wherein the optical fiber belongs to an optical fiber group and whe... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881279 | Telecommunications network and a packet header using local node identifier information to designate routing information A packet header for a data packet (14) includes a routing information field for containing at least one local node identifier data which identifies one or more nodes through which the data packet is intended to be transported. The packet header further contai... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881190 | Method and apparatus for differentiating service in a data network A method and apparatus is disclosed for differentiating service in a data network which supports a plurality of service classes, by implementing a pricing strategy such that revenue for the ISP in non-busy hours in increased. An edge router assigns a predetermined p... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848656 | Method of operating and optimising a WDM transmission system and computer program product A method of operating a WDM transmission system with at least one transmitter and at least one receiver connected by means of a dispersive transmission line. The proposed method comprises the successive steps of successively: a) setting a tunable dispersion pre-comp... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7869816 | Method of transmitting area specific content A method of transmitting area specific content to a mobile terminal via a wireless network covering at least two areas, each area having at least one access point is provided. Data indicative of the assignment of the mobile terminal to one of the access points is tr... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869686 | Amplifying optical fiber The invention consists in an amplifying optical fiber comprising a core containing a dopant and a cladding, wherein said core comprises a monomode core intended to propagate an optical signal, quantum dots of a semiconductor material being disposed in or near said m... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864745 | Data transmitting method with hybrid automatic repeat request in multi-carrier system The present invention provides a data transmitting method with hybrid automatic repeat request in multi-carrier system. In this method, the signal-to-noise ratios of respective sub-carriers are compared with a threshold, the data on the sub-carriers having the signa... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860405 | Data transmission system and receiver device for optical data signals A receiver device for optical data signals, in particular optical data signals in the Gb/s range, comprising an opto-electrical conversion unit, a frequency multiplicator unit (24) for frequency-multiplying the converted electrical data signal, and a clock re... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856232 | Telemetry tracking and command satellite link The invention relates to a telemetry, control, and ranging link of a satellite; it proposes using spread spectrum transmission for the up link, i.e. for commanding the satellite and for the ranging up signal. It proposes using subcarrier modulation for the down link... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7856229 | System for personal management information applications The present invention relates to a system comprising a processor, a memory unit and a display screen, wherein said memory contains instructions that when executed implement a method of importing selected information into a first application, comprising the step of c... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7854128 | Vacuum pump damping adapter The invention concerns a damping adapter (3) insertable in a suction duct between a service chamber (2) and a vacuum pump (1). The adapter (3) consists of a tubular duct wall (6) in the form of a flexible bellows surrounded by a da... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7844271 | Method for selecting one of a plurality of radio interfaces of a mobile radio telecommunication terminal The invention refers to a method for establishing a radio connection (4, 5) for transmitting and receiving data across one of a plurality of radio interfaces (2, 3) of a mobile radio telecommunication terminal (1). The multiple radio interfaces ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843913 | Method of operating a scheduler of a crossbar switch and scheduler The present invention relates to a method of operating a scheduler (100) of a crossbar switch (200), wherein said scheduler (100) comprises a tree structure comprising an input stage (IS) with a plurality of entry modules (E—1 | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843851 | Method and control plane for provisioning connections in a multi-layer transport network In a multi-layer transport network, a method and related control plane allow automatic provisioning of a client layer connection (31, 32, 33, 24, 34, 35) over at least one server layer connection (11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 14, 15, 16, 25, 26) by selectin... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840867 | Iterative n-dimensional decoding A method for performing an iterative n-dimensional decoding of a data structure comprising a data bit frame. The method includes receiving possibly errored data; computing syndromes in all the n dimensions in a single step; storing the first calculated syndromes; pr... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840216 | Method for enhanced handover detection for mobile networks, a mobile terminal, an access point and program modules therefor The invention concerns a method for determining the appropriate moment for carrying out a handover of a connection of a mobile terminal in a mobile network whereby if no user related data or no probe data have been sent for a certain time interval from an access poi... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836470 | System and method of common synchronisation for bursts transmitted over an uplink connection in an integrated multispot satellite communication system in a multimedia broadcasting network System and method of common synchronisation for bursts transmitted over an uplink connection in an integrated multispot satellite communication system (S) in a multimedia broadcasting network for setting up bi-directional communication with a satellite with return c... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835515 | Telephone terminal with control of voice reproduction quality in the receiver A telephone terminal (UE) comprises telephone signal receiver means (MER) and processing means (MT) adapted in the absence of voice activity to determine a level of comfort noise to be generated as a function of noise data and in the presence of received telephone s... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7830803 | Network for setting up connections between nodes Networks (8) for setting up connections between nodes (1,2) via request messages (R1) and allocation messages (A1) are made more efficient by providing the request messages (R1) with indications for indicating the first node's capa... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827500 | Enhanced command line expansion A method of expanding a command line comprising at least one command word and word separators delineating the at least one command word is presented. A trigger to expand the command line is detected, and upon detection of the trigger, a current cursor position withi... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821983 | Effective dynamic management scheme of HS-DSCH channel codes The present invention discloses a comprehensive dynamic management scheme of HS-DSCH channel codes, which comprises the steps of: determining a remainder HS-DSCH channel resource of a system when a new HS-DSCH bearer service request is received; calculating a requir... | 10/26/2010 |
