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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7324631 | Method and apparatus for delivering secured telephony service in a hybrid coaxial cable network A hybrid coaxial cable network employing interdiction to ensure privacy in telephony communications. The video and telephony signals are secured such that telephony and interactive video signals to and from a subscriber do not appear on the network at any other unde... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7281037 | Provisioning server enhancement An enhanced provisioning server and method of operating a provisioning server that allow for network lease customization for client groups and individual clients. The enhancement also provides a standard interface for exchanging the client lease customization inform... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7010803 | Method and apparatus for delivering secured telephony service in a hybrid coaxial cable network A hybrid coaxial cable network employing interdiction to ensure privacy in telephony communications. The video and telephony signals are secured such that telephony and interactive video signals to and from a subscriber do not appear on the network at any other unde... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6993788 | Method and system for manipulating broadcast signals A method and system for manipulating a broadcast signal utilizes a sliding-window time range multicast or a buffered storage queue at the headend. Multiple streams are available to the end user, which each stream originating from a corresponding different playback p... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6963334 | Smart collaborative whiteboard integrated with telephone or IP network A system and method is discloses for remotely displaying and creating handwritten information in real time. A first writing/display surface is used in conjunction with a stylus to scribe graphical images as well as text onto the surface for sharing the scribed infor... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6889382 | Remote TV control system A system and method for controlling the operation of a television using a cable broadcasting network is disclosed. The presence of a viewer in front of the television is sensed, presence information is then transmitted to a cable broadcasting service center via the ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6862349 | Method and apparatus for delivering secured telephony service in a hybrid coaxial cable network A hybrid coaxial cable network employing interdiction to ensure privacy in telephony communications. The video and telephony signals are secured such that telephony and interactive video signals to and from a subscriber do not appear on the network at any other unde... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6862611 | System and method for providing internet address corresponding to an electronic signal to a user A system and method are provided for providing Internet addresses corresponding to an electronic signal, such as a video or audio program, to a user. The system includes a receiver for receiving at least one electronic signal, where the electronic signal includes on... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6859826 | Provisioning server enhancement An enhanced provisioning server and method of operating a provisioning server that allow for network lease customization for client groups and individual clients. The enhancement also provides a standard interface for exchanging the client lease customization inform... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6703962 | Modular remote controller A remote controller for controlling the operation of a electronic appliance has a function or appearance which is changed by adding auxiliary modules to a base unit, allowing a user to adapt the remote controller to his specific needs. Once the module is ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6692358 | Interactive television system and remote control unit An interactive television system includes a remote control unit and a set top box. The remote control unit includes an input device and control logic. The control logic processes input signals to transmit television control signals to control television p... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684242 | Customer self-help toolkit A method for preparing a computer for service activation with a network service provider. A pre-qualifying routine is executed on the computer to gather information about the computer's initial configuration setting. A diagnostic routine is executed on th... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6678719 | Virtual workplace intercommunication tool A system and associated method for enabling a user to determine the status of other users and to identify communications procedures for contacting the other users based on the status of the other users. The system includes a plurality of communications de... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6671731 | Generic proxy service for docsis-enabled set top devices A generic proxy server, set top device, and methods of operation are described to enable communication with the set top device through the generic proxy server. The set top device is connected to the generic proxy server through a private network. A user ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6578074 | Provisioning server enhancement An enhanced provisioning server and method of operating a provisioning server that allow for network lease customization for client groups and individual clients. The enhancement also provides a standard interface for exchanging the client lease customiza... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6546392 | Self service gateway A self service gateway and method of operation that allows a user on a network to interface with the provisioning and billing systems of the network. The self service gateway is controlled by a user interface program that interfaces the user with the prov... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6487594 | Policy management method and system for internet service providers A policy management system for an Internet service provider having standalone Internet provisioning servers in different regions includes a central policy database (CPD) for providing centralized configuration and local management of the policies which co... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6449355 | Method and system for providing assistance to users of a service A method and system are provided for assisting users of a given service. When a request for assistance from a user is received by a service employee, an interaction is initiated between the user and the service employee. A transcript of the interaction is... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6438752 | Method and system for selecting television programs based on the past selection history of an identified user A system and method for selecting programs based on the past selection history of an identified user that allows the identified user to "surf" directly between desired programs. The system includes a head-end server operable to receive program signals fro... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6421358 | Method and system for delivering a synchronized stream of broadcast event data, live event data, and static event data over a hybrid fiber coax network A system and associated method for delivering a data stream to an audience member a communications device associated with an audience member. A hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network is connected to the communications device for communicating data with the audie... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6415303 | Method and system for describing functionality of an interactive multimedia application for use on an interactive network A method is disclosed for describing functionality of an interactive multimedia application for use on an interactive network. The method includes the step of storing at least one composite description in an ASCII text file. The composite description desc... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6393105 | Method and apparatus for monitoring local telephony service power on a hybrid fiber-coax network An apparatus. and method of powering a cable telephony service platform (CTSP) in a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network are provided which utilizes a combination of power from a local AC driven power source having a back-up battery for powering the CTSP withi... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6393478 | Cable modem and personal computer troubleshooting tool A system and method for troubleshooting devices on a network where each device is identifiable by a medium access control address. Personnel interact with the system from a browser using hypertext markup language pages. A search capability allows the pers... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6385207 | RSVP support for upstream traffic A method for managing MAC messages is provided which supports dynamic resource reservation for upstream data traffic in a broadband cable system. Three specialized MAC management messages of Dynamic Session Addition, Dynamic Session Deletion, and Dynamic ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6317883 | System and method for content-based television program selection A system and method for content-based television program selection are provided that allow a viewer to "surf" directly between programs of a desired content category. The system includes a head-end server operable to receive program signals from a program... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6301568 | Integrated subscriber management system architecture supporting multiple services An integrated service management architecture supporting configuration and accounting management functions for multiple services includes a database for storing configuration and accounting data. At least one service application independent from the datab... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6238290 | System and method for scheduled delivery of a software program over a cable network A system and method for delivering a software program over a cable network includes a head-end server operative to compress a plurality of software programs and transmit the compressed software programs over the cable network at a plurality of correspondi... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6198977 | Electronic classified advertising interface method and instructions with ad replay options An interface for an electronic classified advertising system. The interface includes the capability for the user to enter search criteria for an item of interest, to playback ads meeting the search criteria and to manipulate playback by pausing, skipping ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6195689 | Headend provisioning agent An apparatus and method for controlling network provisioning servers. Users are provided with a common user interface that is independent of each provisioning server vendor's unique user interface. Tools are provided to allow the user to add, view, modify... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192382 | Method and system for web site construction using HTML fragment caching A method and system for web site construction using HTML fragment caching includes embedding particular tags in a stored HTML page, and when a request for distribution of the HTML page is received from a user, replacing each tag with content information i... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6181917 | Method and system for designing a cellular communication system A method and system for designing a cell for a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication system and the like. The method includes measuring error rate as a function of signal level at a selected radio frequency, and determining a signal level cor... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6178231 | Method and system for generating predetermined messages during selected calls-in-progress A method and system for generating a predetermined message during selected calls-in-progress utilizes a communication station to detect a connection being attempted between a subscriber telephony device and a second telephony device. An adjunct processor ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6169904 | System and method for automatically distributing communications to selected locations A system and method for automatically distributing communications to selected locations includes switching means which is provided in electrical communication with a calling party's CPE device and a plurality of secondary parties' CPE devices. As disclose... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6170008 | On-the-fly trivial file transfer protocol A network server, and a method for building a boot file in response to a standard protocol request. Network specific and client specific parameters necessary to build the boot file are encoded into the path name and file name of the standard protocol requ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6144399 | Passive system used to merge telephone and broadband signals onto one coaxial cable An apparatus and a method for simultaneously transporting telephone signals and broadband signals on a single coaxial cable. The ring line and tip line of the telephone signals are dc coupled onto the inner and outer conductors of the coaxial cable, while... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6145002 | System and method for accessing an internet service provider An enhanced system and method is provided for network implementation to facilitate network users' access to an Internet Service Provider. The system and method employ an approach whereby a network user may initiate an Internet access request from the user... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6141328 | Method and system for two-way negotiated call hold A communication system and method for a communication network is provided. The communication system and method allow a calling party and a called party to engage in a two-way negotiated call hold. The two-way call hold enables the calling party, placed on... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6119113 | Method and system for efficiently searching a master database for a desired target without accessing the master database A method and system for efficiently searching a master database includes a memory device for storing a subset of the master database in an auxiliary data-base. A computer program receives an input signal corresponding to the search and processes the input... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6115035 | System and method for automated audio/video archive and distribution A digital audio/video archive and distribution system (10) and method utilize a signal capture and compression encoding subsystem (12) to translate an analog signal from at least one media source (14) into at least one digital signal segment. The digital ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6104789 | Method and system for transmitting text messages from a caller to a subscriber at an unknown address A method and system for transmitting a text message from a caller to a subscriber at an unknown address based on a known address or number associated with the subscriber includes a server application having a database. The database contains addresses and ... | 08/15/2000 |
