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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110022690 | COMMUNICATING DATA FROM A SOURCE DEVICE TO A TERMINAL In a method for receiving data from a source device in a terminal having a terminal identifier, a code section lookup table is received from the source device, in which the code section lookup table contains a correlation between terminal labels and specific code sectio... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110012992 | SIMULCAST OF STEREOVIEWS FOR 3D TV A three-dimensional (3D) video encoder includes a first encoder, a second encoder, and a multiplexer. The first encoder is configured to encode a base view to form a first independently compressed video stream associated with video content. The second encoder is configu... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110002325 | MULTIMEDIA TERMINAL DEVICE HAVING INTEGRATED TELEPHONE SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE METHOD Customer premise equipment provides a communication gateway with a network of a service provider and includes a multimedia terminal device for installation on the customer's premises typically at an out-of-the-way location. The multimedia terminal device includes a mode... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100329340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING ENCODING DELAY WHEN A TELECINE SOURCE MATERIAL IS DETECTED A video encoder includes an inverse telecine detector for receiving video frames and generating a telecine detection signal identifying repeated frames and an encoder pipeline buffer for storing unrepeated video frames received from the inverse telecine detector. The vi... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100325658 | TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS USING AN EDGE QAM An edge quadrature amplitude modulator (QAM) including an input module configured to receive a switched digital video (SDV) stream containing at least one ad opportunity, at least one ad stream containing a plurality of alternative advertisements, and an ad playlist tha... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100325657 | INSERTION OF RECORDED SECONDARY DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT DURING PLAYBACK OF PRIMARY DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT A method of operating a digital video service set top box system is provided. The set top box system accommodates playback of locally stored recorded secondary digital video content. The method begins by initiating playback of a primary digital video program. Insertion ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100325654 | COMMUNICATING A DEVICE DESCRIPTOR BETWEEN TWO DEVICES WHEN REGISTERING ONTO A NETWORK A method for registering a first device with a second device over a wireless network includes receiving a registration request from the first device and sending one or more user input choices to the first device. The user input choices each specify a user input action a... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100318791 | CERTIFICATE STATUS INFORMATION PROTOCOL (CSIP) PROXY AND RESPONDER Systems and methods are disclosed for providing certificate status information about a certificate includes receiving, at a Certificate Status Information Protocol (CSIP) proxy device the certificate identity information about the certificate of the second device. Then ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100318542 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING CONTENT Natural-language words are associated with content. The natural-language words are identified from, for example, metadata and/or the actual content itself. Each word identified for the content is associated with the identified genre of the content (from, for example, it... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100317394 | FEMTO-CELL POWER CONTROL USING IDLE-MODE USER EQUIPMENT IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Disclosed is a method for providing power control using idle-mode user equipment attached to a cell in a wireless communication system. First and second higher power level thresholds for signal transmissions of a cell are defined, wherein the first power level has a def... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100317354 | FREQUENCY PLANNING FOR A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM An apparatus for frequency planning for a cellular communication system comprises a receiver (201) receiving measurement reports from remote stations. An interference processor (203) determines, for each of a plurality of cells, a neighbour cell interferen... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100316382 | Ramen Backpumped Near-Zero Dispersion CWDM System and Method A system includes an optical transmitter portion, an optical fiber, an optical receiver portion, a laser portion and a combiner portion. Optical signals may be launched by the optical transmitter portion at very low power levels to avoid Raman-induced interactions betwe... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100316131 | MACROBLOCK LEVEL NO-REFERENCE OBJECTIVE QUALITY ESTIMATION OF VIDEO A no-reference estimation of video quality in streaming video is provided on a macroblock basis. Compressed video is being deployed in video in streaming and transmission applications. MB-level no-reference objective quality estimation is provided based on machine learn... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315995 | CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR A cellular communication system comprises a media gateway (111) which interfaces between a packet switched network (113) and a circuit switched network (115). The media gateway (111) time aligns received packet data in response to timestamps ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315971 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR INCREASING PERFORMANCE OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method for increasing performance of a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining (220) quality of service parameters that will result in a reduced likelihood that an application assigned the determined quality of service paramet... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315763 | Shock Isolation System for a Mobile Unit with a Monocoque Housing A monocoque housing for a mobile unit comprises a base, an end cap, and an isolation gasket. The mobile unit includes an electronic stack assembly. The base has an opening. The end cap is adapted to removably couple with the base. The end cap includes a cap and a frame ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315510 | System and Method for Providing Depth Imaging A device for use with an imaging system that is operable to provide an image signal based on an object disposed at a first distance from the imaging system. The imaging system includes a first camera, a second camera and a display. The first camera is operable to genera... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315195 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A DUAL POLARIZATION ANTENNA SYSTEM A dual polarization antenna system includes a dipole antenna oriented along a first plane (e.g., a horizontal plane), and a monopole antenna oriented along a second plane (e.g., a vertical plane) orthogonal to the first plane, wherein the monopole antenna is referenced ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313014 | DOWNLOADABLE SECURITY BASED ON CERTIFICATE STATUS A conditional access system (CAS) computer in a downloadable CAS receives a downloadable management certificate (DMC) and determines, using the DMC, security information including a DMC key size and an expiration time of a DMC subordinate certificate authority (sub-CA) ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100312739 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF INTERACTION WITHIN BOTH REAL AND VIRTUAL WORLDS A method and system for controlling the activities of real and virtual entities by monitoring and analyzing a real entity's activities and providing responses to affect virtual and real behavior patterns, according to pre-established rules. A Real-time Monitoring and Vi... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100312476 | NAVIGATING TO A MOVING DESTINATION A method of navigating to a destination is provided. The method includes but is not limited to determining a target course for a moving target device using target positioning data and generating an intercept course using the target course and intercept positioning data ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100311407 | RESOLVING CONFLICTING PHYSICAL CELL IDENTIFICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A system and method for resolving conflicting physical cell identification in a wireless communication system includes a first step 200-204 of detecting a physical cell identification conflict. A next step 206 includes correcting a neighbour relatio... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100309068 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A LOW REFLECTIVITY COMPENSATED ANTENNA An antenna includes a dipole radiator region forming a series resonant tank having a first quality factor value Q1, and a loop compensator/radiator region integral with the dipole region and forming a parallel resonant tank having a second quality factor value Q<... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100306548 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING THE LIFE-CYCLE OF USER DOMAIN RIGHTS OBJECTS In a method for enabling support for backwards compatibility in a User Domain, in one of a Rights Issuer (RI) and a Local Rights Manager (LRM), a Rights Object Encryption Key (REK) and encrypted REK are received from an entity that generated a User Domain Authorization ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100306335 | DEVICE RECRUITMENT FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPLICATIONS A method of providing three dimensional (3D) information is disclosed in which a master recruits a local slave to provide contemporaneous images. The images are collected and 3D information extracted therefrom. The 3D information or various images may be transmitted to ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304684 | Method and System for Chopped Antenna Impedance Measurements with an RFID Radio Described herein are methods, devices and systems for characterizing an attached antenna to an electronic device, such as a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) reader. One exemplary embodiment is related to a method comprising outputting a low amplitude modulati... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303471 | BURST MODE LASER TRANSMITTER HAVING AN EXTREMELY FAST RESPONSE TIME WHEN TRIGGERED FROM A TOTALLY OFF STATE A burst mode laser transmitter includes a burst mode laser diode and a controller having an input for receiving an RF data signal. The controller includes a triggering arrangement and a modulation arrangement. The triggering arrangement is configured to bias the laser d... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303022 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK SCHEDULING IN AN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and scheduler are provided that optimize utilization of an uplink (UL) data packet field of an UL sub-frame. In one embodiment, a request for an allocation of bandwidth is received from each of multiple mobile stations. The requests include requests for a bandw... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303021 | SIMULTANEOUS DELIVERY OF A TELEPHONY CALL OVER A BROADBAND ACCESS NETWORK AND A CIRCUIT-SWITCHED NETWORK A call processing module includes a first network interface configured to communicate over a packet-switched network and a second network interface configured to communicate with a local subscriber over a broadband access network employing RF modulation. A call manager ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302985 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BASED ON INTERFRAME DEPENDENCIES Methods and apparatus are provided for reliably transmitting data. A method comprises identifying a metric for a first frame of a plurality of frames, wherein the metric is indicative of decoding significance for the first frame among the plurality of frames. When the m... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302954 | DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF COMMUNICATION NETWORK PERFORMANCE DATA An apparatus and method for information storage and retrieval of communication network performance data includes a first step 200 of obtaining performance data from network entities. A next step 202 includes generating a rating for the performance data rel... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE VISUAL DISCOMFORT OF THE ILLUMINATION GENERATED BY IMAGING SCANNERS A method and apparatus for reducing the visual discomfort of the illumination generated by imaging scanners. The method includes (1) turning on a driving current for a illumination source during each of a series of exposure periods to provide illumination directed towar... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302078 | EFFICIENT ENCODING AND DECODING OF MIXED DATA STRINGS IN RFID TAGS AND OTHER MEDIA An encoding method comprises generating a character map of an alphanumeric character string, identifying runs of like character type symbols in sequential positions, and removing the runs of character type symbols from the character map. The center for the center infix ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302007 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RFID READER CABLE CALIBRATION A method for calibrating an RFID reader having a transmit port and a receive port includes connecting a cable between the transmit port and the receive port, transmitting a known signal from the transmit port to the receive port through the cable, and computing a cable ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302006 | Rapid Device Customization Using a Specialized Dual-Access RFID Tag A system and techniques for configuring a computer device are disclosed. The system and techniques employ a specialized RFID tag and process that rapidly personalize a computing device and eliminate the need to unpack and power up the device as a prerequisite to configu... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100301121 | SPECKLE NOISE REDUCING FOR LASER BASED BARCODE READERS A method and apparatus for reducing speckle noise in laser based barcode readers. The apparatus includes a semiconductor laser diode for producing a laser beam. The apparatus also includes electronic circuitry operative to alternate the current passing through the semic... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100301118 | ANTENNA FOR RFID READER An antenna for using within an allocated bandwidth having a nominal center frequency includes a support member, a first antenna structure, and a second antenna structure. The first antenna structure has a return loss maximized at a first optimal frequency. The second an... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100296564 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION A method and apparatus for performing beamforming are provided herein. During operation, a mobile device will notify a base station of the situation in which one or more of its antennas has become unusable. Using this technique, the Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296483 | METHOD FOR CONSERVING RESOURCES DURING WIRELESS HANDOVER OF A DUAL MODE MOBILE STATION A method is described that is for handing over a multi-mode mobile device from a first network technology to a second network technology. The method includes initiating by the multi-mode mobile device a first packet session in a first wireless network in an area of mult... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296477 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS A method (700) of operation in a cellular communication system including at least one base station and, associated with the at least one base station, a plurality of user terminals in sectors to allow separate communications between the base station and the user ... | 11/25/2010 |
