Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185928 | System and method for adaptive backoff A system and method for providing adaptive backoff including one or more transmitters configured to transmit a first data request to a media module at a scheduled time, poll the media module to determine accessibility of the media module, and transmit a second data ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185897 | Task management system A device may receive, over a network, a message that describes a task, create a new task object based on the message, determine whether the task includes performing a follow up task or a new task based on the message, discard the new task object when the task is nei... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185752 | Method and system for providing data field encryption and storage An approach is provided for securely storing and managing sensitive data. A system and method are provided that include a central device that receives an actual data value from a requester, encrypts the actual data value, obtains a replacement value for the encrypte... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184791 | Method and system for compensating audio signals during a communication session An approach is provided for compensating audio signals during a communication session by receiving audio signals from parties to the communication session, sampling the audio signals to determine signal level and noise floor, and compensating the audio signals to br... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184528 | Network backhaul systems and methods An exemplary system includes a mobile telephone switching office (“MTSO”) subsystem having a first aggregation router and a second aggregation router, and a mobile telephone cell site router communicatively connected to the MTSO subsystem via a network backhaul ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181406 | Environmentally-friendly and secure outdoor shelter for operational cellular equipment A temperature and humidity controlled building houses sensitive telecommunications equipment in operation. A secure outdoor shelter within a closed perimeter abutting the building utilizes the exterior of one wall of the building as a portion of its perimeter. The o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181221 | Method and system for masking data An approach is provided for masking data. A determination is made whether an action initiated by an authenticated user corresponds to one of a plurality of policies stored in a policy store, wherein the policies relate to whether data to be retrieved from a data sou... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180216 | Latency measurement in optical networks A device for measuring optical latency in a test path includes an optical source to generate an optical signal. An optical modulator modulates the optical signal based on a modulation signal. An output port outputs the modulated optical signal to the test path. An i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176506 | Predictive content presentation A system may automatically send a request for a list of programs over a network, obtain, in response to the request, a user profile that includes a list of programs that a viewer has accessed, send information identifying at least one of the programs over the networ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176148 | Method and system for wireless network configuration Exemplary embodiments include methods and systems for identifying information associated with a remote user system and/or a wireless system, determining the compatibility of the remote user system and a wireless system, formulating one or more configuration plans fo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175885 | Controlling a set-top box via remote speech recognition A device may receive over a network a digitized speech signal from a remote control that accepts speech. In addition, the device may convert the digitized speech signal into text, use the text to obtain command information applicable to a set-top box, and send the c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175518 | System for and method of receiving internet radio broadcast via satellite radio A system for and method of receiving internet radio broadcast via satellite radio is presented. The system and method allow internet radio to be delivered to consumers on a mobile electronic device. Internet radio can be individually customized to deliver certain ty... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175454 | Fault locator for long haul transmission system A system and methods include generating an optical time domain reflectrometry signal; transmitting the optical time domain reflectrometry signal on a first fiber path in a first direction through at least one optical amplifier; receiving a reflection of the optical ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175425 | Method and apparatus for providing an automated patch panel An approach is provided for an automated patch panel. A command is received to change a connection state of an optic patch cord. A robotic arm is controlled to change the connection state of the optic patch cord with respect to a particular port of a plurality of po... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175235 | Lease model for avoiding permanent card locking Methods relating to prepaid services include determining an unlocked status of an account configured to track usage of prepaid services. The methods further include locking the account for a length of time after the determining step. The methods further include prov... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175043 | Method and system for establishing disparate connection paths from a mobile user device to a base station through a mobile peer-to-peer (PTP) network A system and method for establishing and/or maintaining one or more disparate connection paths from a originating mobile user device to a base station via a mobile peer-to-peer (PTP) network including an originating mobile user device configured to broadcasting at l... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174996 | Adaptive test system for network function and performance evaluation A method may include receiving a first set of parameters associated with a test environment, the test environment including a test system for testing a network, receiving a test objective, conducting a first test case based on the received first set of parameters an... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174685 | Measurement of nonlinear effects of an optical path A network device may include a receiver to receive optical pulses from an optical path, wherein the optical pulses include a plurality of intensities and represent data. The network device may also include a processor to determine a rate of bit errors introduced dur... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171350 | Method and system for providing automatic disabling of network debugging An approach is provided for automatic disabling of network debugging. A debugging command is received for initiating debugging of a router that includes a processor configured to execute a debugging procedure. Utilization of the processor is monitored. A determinati... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170551 | Plus code dialing in a mobile device A mobile device include processes that allow the mobile device to make international calls using network-based plus code dialing even when the current network does not inherently support network-based plus code dialing. The mobile device obtains, via a set-up proces... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170190 | Method and system for managing telephone number allocation A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving, from a customer, limitation data associated with managing telephone number allocation, determining a limitation threshold based on at least the limitation data, allocating one or mor... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160567 | Inbound phone control A method, including receiving at a network element, from a first telecommunications enabled device, a control connection request directed to a second telecommunications enabled device, connecting a control connection to the second telecommunications enabled device w... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160545 | Premium SMS for prepaid service An exemplary system and method are directed at the selective delivery of communications messages. The selective delivery may comprise receiving a communications message from a network device; determining an identifier associated with the communications message; dete... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159960 | Content processing device monitoring A system, method, and apparatus for monitoring performance of a content processing device are disclosed. A system may include a content processing device and a customer premises management system (CMS) in communication with the content processing device. The CMS gen... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159518 | Video streaming system A streaming video system may include a video capture terminal configured to communicate with a first communications network and a video receiving terminal configured to communicate with a second network operatively connected to the first network. The video capture t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159465 | Zooming techniques for touch screens A device may include a touch-sensitive display, a memory to store a group of instructions, and a processor. The processor may execute the instructions in the memory to detect that a circular motion is being made on or near a surface of the touch-sensitive screen, de... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155627 | Visual voicemail provisioning and notification A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and informatio... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155300 | Method, computer program product, and apparatus for transferring a call and associated data and an associated system thereof A method, computer program product, and an apparatus for transferring a telephone call and associated data from an IVR system to a live agent or other system are provided. An exemplary embodiment may include a voice portal of the IVR system requesting an access numb... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155282 | Self-provisioning, notification, retrieval, and submission of visual voice mail A method includes receiving from a visual voice mail (VVM) client a request to access VVM services and determining whether VVM services have been previously activated. The method further includes providing a negative response to the VVM client if it is determined th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155026 | Method and system for identifying network paths A method and system of an embodiment may include receiving network information associated with one or more network links, one or more network nodes, and a network hub, identifying at least two network paths from at least one of the one or more network nodes to the n... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150428 | Mobile originated SMS over a wireless IP network A method for offloads SMS messages from a voice network of a wireless carrier to a data network. The method includes sending a mobile originated SMS using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) from a wireless handset to a short message service center (SMSC) over a wire... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150017 | Phone dialer with advanced search feature and associated method of searching a directory A method of retrieving a directory listing includes steps of storing a plurality of directory listings, each listing searchable by a plurality of keys, each of the keys comprising a plurality of symbols selected from a subset of an alphabet; receiving a sequence of ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150011 | Apparatus, method, and computer program product for geographic call center status and security An apparatus, method, system, and computer program product are provided for producing a geographical mapping of the status, activity, security, work-force, and other information of call centers. The systems and methods may receive call center data and call data, gen... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149706 | Method and system for adjusting bandwidth using multiple timers An approach is provided for auto-bandwidth adjusting bandwidth allocations for traffic-engineered tunnels used to carry traffic along a network. Traffic over the tunnel is sampled at a first interval period and at a second interval period, where the second interval ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149136 | Remotely configurable vehicular sign A configurable sign includes a mounting mechanism that connects the configurable sign to a vehicle, a display, a memory to store a plurality of instructions, and a processor to execute instructions in the memory. The processor executes instructions in the memory to ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146165 | Method and apparatus for providing a data masking portal An approach is provided for de-personalizing data. A request is received from an application for retrieval of data. An end user associated with the request is authenticated. A determination is made whether to mask the data based on the request and the authentication... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145485 | Grammar weighting voice recognition information A device receives a voice recognition statistic from a voice recognition application and applies a grammar improvement rule based on the voice recognition statistic. The device also automatically adjusts a weight of the voice recognition statistic based on the gramm... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144694 | System and method for providing equal access over packet-switched networks A system and method for equal access over a wireline and/or wireless packet-switched network including a receiver to receive, from a requestor, a request for equal access to a service provider, and a processor to present one or more equal access criteria to be satis... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141113 | Methods and systems for recovering from errors associated with advertisement streams An exemplary method includes switching, by a media content access subsystem, from a program stream to an advertisement stream in response to a switching instruction received by the media content access subsystem, detecting, by the media content access subsystem, a p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140920 | Method and system for providing bit error rate characterization An approach is provided for bit error rate characterization. A test signal representing one or more Ethernet frames exhibiting a particular bit error rate is generated. The test signal is output to a device under test. Traffic is received from the device under test.... | 03/20/2012 |
