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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8089941 | Mobile communication device and system supporting personal media recorder functionality A system and method for presenting information to a user of a mobile communication device. Various aspects of the present invention comprise receiving and presenting a first portion of media information to a user. While presenting the first portion of the media info... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082198 | Billing support in a media exchange network A system providing billing support for the exchange of media is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may provide for the authorization of and billing for the delivery of media from a media server to local storage for consumption on a television display.... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077992 | Application based adaptive encoding A system and method for encoding dynamic image information for an image generated by a computer application executing on a processor. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise determining a first set of information describing a reference image. A second ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073492 | Simultaneously multi-networked handheld multimedia gateways A user may simultaneously access sources of multimedia information via multiple wireless networks using a handheld multimedia gateway. A user interface may support the selection of information services that are each provided separate, but possibly overlapping, viewi... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073429 | Cellular media message forwarding A system and method for communicating a message. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise determining whether a communication link between a sender's communication device and a recipient's communication device is presently available. If it is determined... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072096 | Integrated circuit with multiple independent power supply zones An integrated circuit comprising multiple independent power supply zones at substantially the same voltage level and a method for utilizing such power supply zones. An integrated circuit may comprise a first module and may, for example, comprise a second module. A f... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068869 | Method and apparatus for processing transmit power control (TPC) commands in a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) network based on a sign metric Method and apparatus for processing transmit power control (TPC) commands in a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) network based on a sign metric are disclosed and may include calculating a sign metric of a downlink dedicated physical channel (DPCH) based on a plurality of TPC bi... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068831 | Digital personal assistance via a broadband access gateway A system and method supporting access, coordination, modification, updating, and management of multiple sources of multimedia information resident on a plurality of access device is disclosed. A broadband access gateway may support applications that perform user ser... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068570 | Weight generation method for multi-antenna communication systems utilizing RF-based and baseband signal weighting and combining based upon minimum bit error rate A method for processing communication signals is disclosed and may include, in a receiver and/or a baseband processor coupled to the receiver, the receiver comprising a plurality of antennas, generating a plurality of RF weighting values based on one or more output ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068479 | System and method for hardware acceleration in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network Aspects of the invention may be found in a system and method for hardware acceleration in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network. In according with various embodiments of the invention, hardware acceleration may comprise creating at least one policy to be distri... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064949 | Method and system for bluetooth and FM radio communication Frequency conversion methods and systems for Bluetooth and FM radio communication are provided. FM data may be received and/or transmitted via the FM radio and Bluetooth data may be received and/or transmitted via the Bluetooth radio. With an integration of frequenc... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063772 | Access, monitoring, and control of appliances via a media processing system A device and method for accessing, monitoring, and controlling home appliances in a media exchange network by establishing a communication link between a communication initiation device and at least one home appliance and communicating at least one command from the ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059537 | Quality of service support in a media exchange network Certain aspects of the invention for controlling transfer of media content in a communication network may comprise the step of receiving an input specifying at least one media file for transfer via a communication channel in the communication network. Based on a rec... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051233 | Method and system for addressing a plurality of ethernet controllers integrated into a single chip which utilizes a single bus interface A method for processing network data is disclosed and may include receiving data via a single bus interface to which each of a plurality of Ethernet controllers are coupled, where the Ethernet controllers are integrated within a single chip. A particular one of the ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041404 | Multiple network wake-up A system and method for managing messaging in a mobile communication system (e.g., having power-save capability) in a multiple network environment. For example, the mobile communication system may operate in a power-save mode (e.g., a mode in which the mobile commun... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040788 | Multi-dimensional network resource allocation A system and method for allocating communication resources in a multi-transceiver communication system, where multiple transmitters transmit respective signals to a generally similar area. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise allocating frequency an... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032727 | Method and system for locking OTP memory bits after programming Methods and systems for processing multi-stage programming (MSP) bits within one-time-programmable (OTP) memory are disclosed herein. Aspects of the method may comprise determining whether at least one MSP memory bit in the OTP memory is programmed and whether a reg... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032096 | Method and system for compensating for antenna pulling Methods and systems for wireless communication are disclosed herein and may include sampling a portion of a transmitted wireless signal which gets coupled to receiver circuitry in a receive chain during transmission via an antenna. The DC level corresponding to the ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031685 | Method and system for dynamically changing audio stream bit rate based on condition of a Bluetooth connection A method for communication is disclosed and may include dynamically changing the bit-rate of an audio and/or video stream communicated over a Bluetooth connection based on conditions of the Bluetooth connection. A rate at which corresponding audio and/or video sampl... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031651 | Method and system for minimizing power consumption in a communication system Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for minimizing power consumption in a communication system. Exemplary aspects of the invention may comprise configuring a supply voltage of an amplifier to enable communication of data using a ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027995 | Portable media processing unit in a media exchange network A method for communication is disclosed and may include storing media and meta-data associated with the stored media. The storing may occur at a first location associated with a first communication device. A channel guide including representations of the stored medi... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027707 | Method and apparatus for reducing standby power consumption of a handheld communication system A method for managing operation of a device is disclosed and may include performing the following using one or more processors and/or circuits in a handheld multistandard communication system, the one or more processors and/or circuits comprising a control device an... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027650 | Iterative multi-stage detection technique for a diversity receiver having multiple antenna elements A system and method for processing signals are disclosed. The method may include spreading N replicas of a received signal with N orthogonal sequences. A scrambled set of N channel signals may be generated based on the spread N replicas of the received signal. M rep... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027633 | Method and system for single chip satellite set-top box system A system for processing signals is disclosed and may include a single integrated circuit chip. The single integrated circuit chip (SICC) may include one or more processors coupled to a first satellite receiver demodulator and a second satellite receiver demodulator.... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027376 | Method and system for measuring IQ path mismatch Aspects for measuring IQ path mismatch in signal modulation are described. The aspects include estimating a transmitter IQ mismatch in a form of gain and phase response for transmitter I and Q paths sharing a receiver path, and estimating a receiver IQ mismatch in a... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023601 | Weight generation method for multi-antenna communication systems utilizing RF-based and baseband signal weighting and combining A method for processing signals is disclosed and may include performing using one or more processor and/or circuits in a receiver that uses a plurality of antennas: receiving via a channel, a plurality of RF signals by one or more of the plurality of antennas. The p... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019998 | Secure media peripheral association in a media exchange network A method for establishing secure access to a media peripheral in a home via a node in a communication network may include acquiring by the node, security data associated with the media peripheral. The method may include searching by the node, for a previously acquir... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018913 | Method and system for sharing components in a time division multiplex wireless system A method and system for sharing components in a time division multiplex wireless system is provided. The method may include configuring at least one component of a software programmable radio, such as a PLL, to enable communication of data using, for example, a GSM ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014724 | System and method for signal limiting Methods and systems for processing a signal with a corresponding noise profile are disclosed. Aspects of the method may comprise analyzing spectral content of the noise profile. At least one noise harmonic within the signal may be filtered based on said analyzed spe... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010976 | Card-based and independent server-based billing and authorization system in a media exchange network Systems and methods of billing and authentication of a communication device in a communication network are provided. In one embodiment, the system may comprise, for example, at least one communication device, a communication network, information content, and a card.... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010734 | Method and system for reading instructions from NAND flash memory and writing them into SRAM for execution by a processing device A method and system is provided for efficient execution of code in memory by a processing device and may comprise determining whether a first type of memory is present. If the first type of memory is present, at least a portion of code stored in the first type of me... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010707 | System and method for network interfacing Systems and methods that network interface are provided. In one embodiment, a data center may be provided that may include, for example, a first tier, a second tier and a third tier. The first tier may include, for example, a first server. The second tier may includ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010076 | Method and system for correcting receiver mixer IQ mismatch A system for correcting an IQ mismatch in a receiver mixer is disclosed and may include one or more circuits that generate an IQ correlation with a training signal having periodic, uncorrelated I and Q signals. The one or more circuits may estimate a gain mismatch b... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009563 | Method and system for transmit scheduling for multi-layer network interface controller (NIC) operation Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for multi-layer network interface controller (NIC) operation. An aspect of the invention may utilize a two (2) level work-conserving scheduling system for network interface controller operation... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005503 | Synchronization of multiple processors in a multi-mode wireless communication device A method for effecting timing synchronization within a multi-mode communication device is disclosed herein. The method includes configuring a host baseband processor of the multi-mode device to operate in accordance with a first wireless communications protocol of a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005432 | Method and apparatus to improve closed loop transmit diversity modes performance via interference suppression in a WCDMA network equipped with a rake receiver A system and method for processing signals in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method may include transmitting a wireless signal from a transmitter, and receiving at the transmitter, feedback information from a receiver that receives the transmitted... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000223 | Method and system for multi-antenna preambles for wireless networks preserving backward compatibility Methods and systems for processing multiple preambles for a wireless signal are disclosed herein. Aspects of the method may comprise selecting a portion of a preamble, and shifting the selected portion of the preamble to generate a plurality of subsequent preambles.... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995687 | Fast and reliable channel classification algorithms in bluetooth networks to detect and avoid 2.4 GHz interferers Aspects of a method and system for fast and reliable channel classification in Bluetooth networks to detect and avoid channel interferers may include one or more processors that may enable performance of signal strength measurements on received Bluetooth signals at ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990333 | Method and system for equalizing antenna circuit matching variations A method for processing signals includes generating a frequency response adjusted signal of an antenna, and adjusting a gain of the antenna by varying a gain of a programmable amplifier that amplifies the frequency response adjusted signal. The generating of the fre... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986428 | Printer resource sharing in a media exchange network A system providing printer resource sharing in a communication network is disclosed and may include a first communication device deployed in a first location, a second communication device deployed in a second location, and a communication network communicatively co... | 07/26/2011 |
