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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175020 | Method for the transmission and distribution of digital television signals A system for the end-to-end delivery of digital television signals. In a preferred embodiment a digital television signal is: received from production equipment, typically in HD format at approximately 1.4 gigabits per second (Gbps); the received signal is transmitt... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8156066 | Rule-based content request handling An embodiment of a method includes receiving a content request including a first set of attribute values, using at least one of the attribute values from the first set of attribute values to determine a second set of attribute values, traversing a hierarchy of decis... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155009 | Routing engine for telecommunications network A system for automated installation of a communication line using an optimal route between a source location and a destination location is disclosed. The system includes a routing engine providing an automated design process for rendering the optimal route. The rout... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149714 | Routing engine for telecommunications network A system for automated installation of a communication line using an optimal route between a source location and a destination location is disclosed. The system includes a routing module configured to provide an automated design process for rendering the optimal rou... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144598 | Routing engine for telecommunications network A system for automated installation of a communication line using an optimal route between a source location and a destination location is disclosed. The system includes a routing engine providing an automated design process for rendering the optimal route. The rout... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140672 | Media resource storage and management Provided are computer-implemented methods and systems for performing media resource storage and management. The computer-implemented method and system implemented as a request manager is capable of monitoring requests for media resources in a content delivery networ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8099420 | Accessing data in a data processing system Access to data items uses names based on the data in the data items; the name of a data item may be based, at least in part, on a function of some or all of the bits that comprise the data item. A data item may comprise an arbitrary sequence of bits. The function ma... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089972 | Registration redirect server Systems and methods for dynamically registering a communication device are disclosed. As one example, a communication network architecture is disclosed that includes multiple feature servers, multiple registration redirect servers (RRSs), and multiple communication ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089958 | Voice over data telecommunications network architecture The present invention describes a system and method for communicating voice and data over a packet-switched network that is adapted to coexist and communicate with a legacy PSTN. The system permits packet switching of voice calls and data calls through a data networ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089891 | System and method for auditing route parameters in a network A system includes a collector module configured to collect route parameters from a selected node of a plurality of nodes in the network, wherein the route parameters from the selected node are indicative of a first route to a destination address and a second route t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085761 | Voice over data telecommunications network architecture The present invention describes a system and method for communicating voice and data over a packet-switched network that is adapted to coexist and communicate with a legacy PSTN. The system permits packet switching of voice calls and data calls through a data networ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085689 | Network configuration optimization A method for optimizing a network configuration of network resources includes receiving service attribute data associated with network resources and the traffic demand, based at least in part on the service attribute data, determining one or more network resources f... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082262 | Methods, systems, and devices supporting data access in a data processing system A plurality of data items are distributed across a plurality of computers, some of which may form a peer-to-peer network. A first computer receives a request for a data item from a requesting computer. The request includes a True Name of the data item. The first com... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8064763 | Optical transmission systems, devices, and methods An optical system with a first and second network tiers. The first network tier includes a plurality of major nodes optically interconnected by at least one transmission path. The second network tier includes a plurality of minor nodes disposed along the transmissio... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064467 | Systems and methods for network routing in a multiple backbone network architecture Embodiments of a network architecture include a backbone node having a plurality of independent routers or switches connected in a matrix, wherein the matrix includes a plurality of stages of routers or switches, to form a node having a node switching capacity that ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064431 | One way information transmission method A method of one way transmission of information is provided. Preferably, the method steps include analyzing customer supplied information to determine a format to be selected, transmission priority, available transmission resources, and transmission destination. The... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060613 | Resource invalidation in a content delivery network A repeater server in a content delivery network (CDN) maintains a list of resources that are no longer valid. When the server gets a request for a resource, it checks whether that resource is on the list, and, if so, it replicates the resource from a content provide... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060101 | Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) provisioning and voicemail routing by a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) According to various embodiments of the present invention, systems and methods for mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) telephone number provisioning and voicemail routing by a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8036214 | Voice over data telecommunications network architecture The present invention describes a system and method for communicating voice and data over a packet-switched network that is adapted to coexist and communicate with a legacy PSTN. The system permits packet switching of voice calls and data calls through a data networ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031856 | Customer owned telephone numbers According to various embodiments of the present invention, systems and methods for routing telephone calls from host switch to remote switch in a Voice Over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) network. A host switch in the VoIP network may be communicably coupled with a ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019844 | System and method for monitoring data in a telecommunications network A system and method for generating an analysis and detection engine operable to monitor and report data in a telecommunications network includes a plurality of selectable processing modules. Each module is individually configurable to perform predetermined processin... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015298 | Load-balancing cluster A load-balancing cluster includes a switch having a plurality of ports; and a plurality of servers connected to at least some of the plurality of ports of the switch. Each server is addressable by the same virtual Internet Protocol (VIP) address. Each server in the ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009236 | Broadcast transmission relay circuit A transmission relay circuit, a broadcast signal relay method, and a signal detection device are disclosed. Preferably, the transmission relay circuit includes a microcontroller, a broadcast signal sensing and discerning circuit configured for determining the broadc... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001096 | Computer file system using content-dependent file identifiers A file system includes a plurality of servers to store file data as segments or chunks; and first data that includes file identifiers for files for which the file data are stored as segments; and second data that maps the file identifiers to the segments to which th... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995736 | Local routing management in a telecommunications network An embodiment of a method includes generating one or more route plans, each route plan being associated with a service plan, and provisioning the one or more route plans on a core routing engine accessible by a softswitch for routing calls according to the one or mo... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995729 | Local routing management in a telecommunications network An embodiment of a method includes determining a customer service plan identifier from information associated with a received call, determining a route plan associated with the identified customer service plan, and routing the call on a trunk group identified in the... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995479 | Systems and methods for visualizing a communications network A system facilitates the visualization of a network having multiple nodes. The system collects information from at least one of the nodes (510). The information describes network operation over a period of time. The system then reconstructs the network operat... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986881 | Optical transmission systems, devices, and methods Optical communications systems including grooming, protection, restoration, and migration on a unified network platform, and using a unified control plane. The systems may include combinations of optical bypass and mesh restoration, may include combinations of share... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7969992 | Method and system for optimizing routing of data packets A method and system for determining a route for a packet traveling over at least one system from a source to a destination is disclosed. A first geographic area corresponds to the source and a second geographic area corresponds to the destination. The destination fu... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965645 | Systems and methods for accessing voice transmissions Various systems and methods for intercepting transmissions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed that includes a media gateway communicably coupled to a soft switch and an acquisition facility. A first processor and a first computer readable medium... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962923 | System and method for generating a lock-free dual queue A method of supporting condition synchronization for a shared data structure so as to provide concurrent access. A protocol is provided between a thread creating a request as part of a remove operation and a thread fulfilling a request as part of an add operation. T... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961863 | System and method for major trading area (MTA) routing in a telecommunications network A method includes determining all telephone numbers to which a selected CLLI can terminate calls, wherein the CLLI is associated with one or more major trading areas (MTAs), creating a FROM-TO relationship between at least a subset of TNs in the one or more MTAs and... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961720 | Geographic trunk groups Embodiments of the invention include a method for routing an Internet Protocol (IP)-based call through a first IP-based network to a second IP-based network. The method includes receiving an IP-based call request in the first network; identifying one or more geograp... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958556 | Intrusion and misuse deterrence system employing a virtual network A method and apparatus is disclosed for increasing the security of computer networks through the use of an Intrusion and Misuse Deterrence System (IMDS) operating on the network. The IMDS is a system that creates a synthetic network complete with synthetic hosts and... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953888 | On-demand overlay routing for computer-based communication networks Methods and apparatus are disclosed for dynamically discovering and utilizing an optimized network path through overlay routing for the transmission of data. A determination whether to use a default network path or to instead use an alternate data forwarding path th... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949779 | Controlling subscriber information rates in a content delivery network A plurality of content providers provide multiple resources to multiple clients. At least some of said resources are to be served to clients from a shared content delivery network (CDN) formed by a plurality of repeater servers. Each content provider provides at lea... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949662 | De-duplication of data in a data processing system In a data processing system, a method includes deleting a particular copy of a data item when at least one other copy of the data item is available. The presence of another copy of the data item is determined, at least in part, based on an identifier for the data it... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945693 | Controlling subscriber information rates in a content delivery network A plurality of content providers provide multiple resources to multiple clients. At least some of the resources are to be served to clients from a shared content delivery network (CDN) formed by a plurality of repeater servers. Each content provider provides at leas... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945544 | Similarity-based access control of data in a data processing system Similarity of data items is determined by analyzing corresponding segments of the data items. A function is applied to each segment of a data item and the output of that function is compared to the output of the same function applied to a corresponding segment of an... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945539 | Distributing and accessing data in a data processing system A method of distributing a data item to a plurality of computers in a network of computers. A data item is divided into a plurality of segments. Each segment is stored on at least one computer in said network. A list of computers onto which each of said segments has... | 05/17/2011 |
