Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7961847 | Method and apparatus for gradual application of a hitless monitoring access to a communications circuit employing a guided transmission media A monitor access is gradually applied an removed from a communications circuit, including a digital subscriber line (DSL), by a gradual monitor access (GMA) technique, in which a variable impedance element is gradually applied to the communications circuit until the... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961637 | Method and apparatus for monitoring latency, jitter, packet throughput and packet loss ratio between two points on a network A system for testing a segment of a data-packet-network has a first probe connected substantially at one end of the segment; a second probe connected substantially at the opposite end of the segment from the location of the first probe; and a process application dis... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7684587 | Reduced-reference visual communication quality assessment using data hiding A method and system of communicating visual communication quality information, includes extracting reduced-reference (RR) feature data from visual content, embedding the RR feature data in the visual content; and transmitting the visual content with the embedded RR ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7580732 | Subscriber aggregated power A system for supplying power in a communication network includes a network element and a plurality of subscriber devices in communication with the network element. Each of the plurality of subscriber devices is configured to communicate with the network element via ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7506283 | System and method for accelerating circuit measurements A system for accelerating circuit measurements includes a circuit. A signal is applied to the circuit. A set of measurements is taken of a response of the circuit to the applied signal. The system includes a circuit model. The circuit model is a representation of th... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7434099 | System and method for integrating multiple data sources into service-centric computer networking services diagnostic conclusions A system for diagnosing impairments in computer networking services a plurality of connector gateways for interfacing to a plurality of data sources to provide access by the system to computer network data, business-related data, and extra-enterprise environmental d... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7274746 | System and method for mitigating noise associated with information communication A system for mitigating noise associated with information communication includes means for determining when a first set of information is transmitted by a transmitter. The system includes a receiver for receiving a second set of information in response to the first ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7260185 | Method and apparatus for gradual application of a hitless monitoring access to a communications circuit employing a guided transmission media A monitor access is gradually applied an removed from a communications circuit, including a digital subscriber line (DSL), by a gradual monitor access (GMA) technique, in which a variable impedance element is gradually applied to the communications circuit until the... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7194496 | System and method for producing functions for generating pseudo-random bit sequences In a system and method for producing functions for generating pseudo-random bit sequences, an extended shift register (ESR) is formed. Each bit in the ESR is shifted to a next higher bit and the lowest-order bit is replaced with an EXCLUSIVE-OR operation of at least... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7085238 | Smartjack for fault-testing network segments on Ethernet and other internet protocol network architectures A fault-testing node for a connectionless data link has at least two opposing communication ports; a soft switch for controlling port-to-port data flow through the device; and an instance of software for modifying packet header information. The node enables loop-bac... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7065180 | System and method for hitless monitoring access of a communications circuit A system for monitoring a plurality of communication circuits includes an impedance element configured to be switchably connected to one of the plurality of communication circuits. The impedance element is configured as a short circuit relative to the one of the plu... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6993127 | Method and apparatus for gradual application of a hitless monitoring access to a communications circuit employing a guided transmission media A monitor access is gradually applied an removed from a communications circuit, including a digital subscriber line (DSL), by a gradual monitor access (GMA) technique, in which a variable impedance element is gradually applied to the communications circuit until the... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6959037 | System and method for locating and determining discontinuities and estimating loop loss in a communications medium using frequency domain correlation A system for determining characteristics associated with a communication channel includes a transmitter for transmitting a first signal via the communication channel. The system includes a receiver for receiving a second signal via the communication channel in respo... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6922464 | System and method for hitless monitoring access of a communications circuit A system for monitoring a communications circuit includes at least one impedance element connected to the communications circuit when the communications circuit is established. Communication devices communicating via the communications circuit adapt to the presence ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6840974 | Self-cleaning filter A self-cleaning filter and cooling system are disclosed for filtering ambient air used to cool the interior of an equipment enclosure. The system includes an enclosure for housing predetermined equipment to be cooled, the enclosure including an air intake port and a... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6664466 | Multiple shielded cable An electrical cable includes one or more conductors with one or more shields encircling the one or more conductors. Each of the shields includes a conductive layer with a nonconductive layer electrically separating the conductive layer from one another. C... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6628440 | System for diverting an optical component signal from a multiplexed optical signal A system for diverting an optical component signal from a multiplexed optical signal includes an optical communications channel having a first portion and a second portion. A multiplexed optical signal having a plurality of component signals may be transm... | 09/30/2003 |
