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Attorney: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (SEN)


Number of applications: 31
Last date: February 24, 2011

Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20110047279METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING AN ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION
The invention relates to methods and a communication device for establishing a communication transmission (ALTV), wherein upon detecting an original signaling (SIGRA) directed from a first terminal (EG2) to a second terminal (EG2) within the scope of an es...
02/24/2011
20110040966METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTHENTICATING TRANSMITTED USER DATA
The invention relates to a method for transmitting user data, particularly user data realizing real-time applications, between at least one first communication device and at least one second communication device, the user data being transmitted as data packets during a ...
02/17/2011
20110040560METHOD AND MEANS FOR DECODING BACKGROUND NOISE INFORMATION
A basic idea of the invention is to ascertain information on the course of the bit rate switching during an active speech phase. According to the invention, during the speech phase, information on the percentage proportion of broadband active speech frames in comparison...
02/17/2011
20110038363METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROVIDING VOIP COMMUNICATION
The invention relates to a method for providing communication in a VoIP communication network having a multiplicity of network nodes, in which a) at least one first subscriber terminal in the VoIP communication network stores a first item of information containing at le...
02/17/2011
20110022863ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING REDUCIBLE POWER CONSUMPTION IN THE READINESS STATE
Method for an electronic device (IT) that is controllable in at least one operating state (OP) and one standby state (SBY), with which a main processing unit (MPU) controls the operating state (OP) and a preprocessing unit (PPU) controls the standby state (SBY), such th...
01/27/2011
20110014895METHOD FOR EXCHANGING DATA BETWEEN A MOBILE TELEPHONE AND A FIXED LINE TELEPHONE
The invention relates to a method for exchanging data between a mobile telephone and a fixed line telephone. According to the invention, a mobile telephone equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and a fixed line telephone that is also equipped with NFC ...
01/20/2011
20110004471METHOD AND MEANS FOR ENCODING BACKGROUND NOISE INFORMATION
The inventive method provides for an encoder in a voice codec to be designed such that after a particular idle time (“Idle Period”) it recalculates the averaged energy and the autocorrelation function. Administrative points in the network inform the encoder about th...
01/06/2011
20100329286METHOD AND RECEIVING UNIT FOR SYNCHRONIZING A PACKET-ORIENTED RECEPTION WITH A CALCULATED TONE SIGNAL
In addition to the transmission of a tone signal (ts) according to the RFC standard 2833 via a network using Internet protocol, the tone signal is transmitted in the data packets (dp). Subsequently, the phase difference (Δφ) between the transmitted tone signal (ts) an...
12/30/2010
20100318352METHOD AND MEANS FOR ENCODING BACKGROUND NOISE INFORMATION
The invention relates to a method and means for encoding background noise information during voice signal encoding methods. A basic idea of the invention is to provide the scalability known for transmitting voice information in a similar manner when forming an SID frame...
12/16/2010
20100313015METHOD FOR ANALYZING CODED DATA STREAMS SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTED IN IP NETWORKS
One network protocol (RTP) each, having data packets (dp) comprising an expandable header (KE) is provided for a data stream (ds1 . . . n) encoded in a manner individual to said data stream, and the key information (si1 . . . n) formed in a data stream manner individual...
12/09/2010
20100312880METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONNECTING PACKET-ORIENTED COMMUNICATION TERMINALS
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for connecting packet-oriented communication terminals, wherein a first communication terminal (P1) is arranged in a first network (LAN), the first network (LAN) being connected to a second network (INT) via a ...
12/09/2010
20100284529METHOD AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR DETECTING THE STATUS OF A TELEPHONE RECEIVER
The invention relates to a method for detecting the status of a telephone receiver (H) for a communication terminal (EG), wherein the telephone receiver (H) is equipped with a microphone (M) and with a loudspeaker (LS). The loudspeaker (LS) of the telephone receiver (H)...
11/11/2010
20100274422METHOD FOR OPERATING A NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
The invention relates to a method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle in a road network, and to a navigation system. To this end, first a zone of the road network is provided with an emissions class-dependent drive-through restriction, wherein the moto...
10/28/2010
20100260073METHOD AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE FOR EXCHANGING DATA DURING OR AFTER A COMMUNICATION CONNECTION
The invention relates to a method for exchanging data between a first and a second communication terminal device (EG1, EG2). The first (EG1) and the second (EG2) communication terminal devices are connected to a data network (DN). In a first ...
10/14/2010
20100259382Interactive Hospitality System
A hospitality system has at least one database for storing guest preferences regarding environment variables, for storing a national and/or regional origin or personal attributes of the guest. According to embodiments, advanced evacuation systems and entertainment syste...
10/14/2010
20100255818METHOD, TERMINAL AND VOICE MEMORY FOR STORING VOICE MESSAGES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK
After the input of a subscriber (TLN1) of the first terminal (EG1), a connection to a temporarily available voice memory (SPS) is signalized by the same, and subsequently a voice message (spn) and at least one piece of retrieval information (ai) identifyin...
10/07/2010
20100220848METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR PROVIDING TELEPHONE CONFERENCES
The invention relates to a method for providing a telephone conference between a first communication device and at least one second communication device in a communication network, in which upon detection of a key being pressed on a second communication device to initia...
09/02/2010
20100217861METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTICAST STATISTIC COLLECTION
A system (100) and method (200) related to gathering statistical information regarding a data stream. The method (200) may include sending (205), by a data forwarding device (110), an internet protocol (IP) multicast data stream to a m...
08/26/2010
20100217813DIVIDING E-MAILS BETWEEN TWO USERS WITH THE AID OF A SERVER
The invention relates to a method and a communication system for operating a communication connection (KV) between a first communication transmitting unit (TT1) and at least one second communication transmitting unit (TT2), a coupling (CTIK) being ...
08/26/2010
20100211684METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS ARRANGEMENT FOR OPERATING A COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION
The invention relates to a method and a communications arrangement for operating a communications connection between a communications terminal device (KE1) associated with a first participant and at least one first terminal device (KE2) associated with a s...
08/19/2010
20100124190METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIRELESS INTERCONNECTED DATA NETWORK WITH A PLURALITY OF NETWORK NODES, AND NETWORK NODES
A method is described for operating a wireless interconnected data network with a plurality of network nodes (MP1, MP2, MP 3, MP 4, MP S, MP D, NF MP) between which communications links (KV) exist, at least in part. At least some of the netwo...
05/20/2010
20100064346Method and Arrangement for Providing a Wireless Mesh Network
The invention relates to a method for providing a wireless local network, wherein stationary communication devices and mobile communication devices are connected in the manner of a mesh as the sub-network, which is particularly connected to an infrastructure network and...
03/11/2010
20100054455METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING ADAPTIVE FILTERS
The invention relates to methods for controlling adaptive filters, where a first step involves a first input signal, which has a narrowband frequency range and occurs at least intermittently during an adaptation phase in the filter, at the input of the filter prompting ...
03/04/2010
20100042400Method for Triggering at Least One First and Second Background Application via a Universal Language Dialog System
At least one transaction and at least one transaction parameter that is allocated thereto are determined based on at least one user statement in order to trigger at least one first and second background application via a universal language dialogue system, first transac...
02/18/2010
20100034369ESTABLISHMENT OF CONNECTIONS OVER A COMMUNICATION NETWORK TO A PARTICIPANT OF A MEETING WITHOUT SAID PARTICIPANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER BEING KNOWN
The present application relates to a method and a communication system with which participants of a scheduled meeting, in particular a business meeting or conference, can be reached by a telephone caller without the caller needing to know the telephone number of the par...
02/11/2010
20100034121METHOD FOR REPELLING UNWANTED SPEECH ADVERTISING FOR PACKET-ORIENTED COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
A service (LD) according to the invention is disclosed for managing lists in a packet-oriented network (LAN) for end devices (EG) of the network, said service providing a first (blacklist) and second (whitelist) list (L1, L2) of identifiers (id, rn) in which one or no u...
02/11/2010
20100023606Method for Providing Composed Services in a Peer-To-Peer Network
A method for providing a service containing facilities in a peer-to-peer network comprising peer devices is provided. The peer devices may be associated with groups, each group being defined by a pre-determined facility. The pre-determined facility may be executed by ea...
01/28/2010
20100020954METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT AN AUDIO CONFERENCE, AUDIO CONFERENCE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN ENCODERS
A method and an audio conference device for carrying out an audio conference are disclosed, whereby classification information associated with a respective audio date flow is recorded for supplied audio data flows. According to a result of an evaluation of the classific...
01/28/2010
20100010318Identifying Products Containing a Food Item That Cause a Food Sensitivity
In one aspect a mobile health monitor that indicates that a food product is suitable for a sufferer of a food sensitivity is provided. The mobile health monitor includes a reader that reads the barcode of the food product, a database having information about a plurality...
01/14/2010
20100002867METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE ADAPTIVE FILTERING OF SIGNALS
The invention relates to a method for adaptive filtering in which a level of a reference signal necessary for the adaptive filtering is determined in the context of an adaptation by estimation, using a quantity equivalent to the reference signal, wherein the filtering i...
01/07/2010
20090252029Method, Detection Device and Server Device for Evaluation of an Incoming Communication to a Communication Device
A method, a detection device and a server device for evaluation of a communication arriving via a connecting line at the communication device are provided. Communication information which can be read or determined from the incoming communication is detected by the detec...
10/08/2009
 
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