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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| 20060023865 | Agent detector, with optional agent recognition and log-in capabilities, and optional portable call history storage A system for accurately detecting the unavailability of a call center agent that uses one or more agent sensors provided in the area of the agent's desk or station that are triggered when the agent moves into or out of the physical area in which he or she can answer cal... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060012452 | Dielectric-filled transmission lines A printed circuit board transmission line has an outer conductive wall surrounding an inner dielectric core. The transmission line may be disposed inside a grounded shielding to provide a form of coaxial conductor that mitigates cross talk from adjacent transmission lin... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20060011384 | Reducing or eliminating cross-talk at device-substrate interface Inter-layer shielding is employed to shield printed circuit board transmission lines from EMI and cross-talk at traversals between adjacent inner layers, between inner layers separated by one or more inner layers, between an outer layer and an adjacent inner layer, betw... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20060010197 | Multimedia collaboration and communications A computer interface for facilitating collaboration using tools from different vendors includes an information base and a communications manager. Files created or shared in association with a collaboration may be automatically associated with a particular collaboration ... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20060002408 | Full mesh status monitor A method for verifying full mesh status in a network is disclosed. The network includes endpoint entities in full mesh configuration. The method includes a step of maintaining a first value in the endpoint entities. The first value is related to counting of network endp... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20060002297 | Flow admission control in an IP network A flow admission control module for IP traffic types monitors network topology and usage. A new flow is not admitted if it is determined that the flow would push the utilization of available bandwidth reserved for the traffic type on a link in the associated path beyond... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050289653 | System and method of trusted publishing A trusted publishing system for publishing trusted content is provided. The system comprises a publisher trust envelope module for converting content into a trusted document, and a consumer trust envelope module for validating the trusted document. ... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050289217 | Low cost flexible network accessed storage architecture A storage solution includes a first enclosure having modules and non-volatile memory, such as hard disk drives. These modules convert file I/O to block I/O. A second enclosure includes second modules and non-volatile memory. These modules are operable to cause the block... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050286541 | Backbone provider bridging networks An edge device is used to support a backbone provider bridging network to facilitate interconnection of a plurality of networks. The edge device is coupled between the backbone and a first one of the networks, and is operable to encapsulate data units received from the ... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050289281 | Non-blocking switch fabric A non-blocking switch fabric with data synchronization of ports coupled thereto includes a switching matrix and a plurality of ports coupled to the switching matrix. Each port has an incoming queue, an outgoing queue, a module for generating a sync packet coupled to the... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050286558 | Layer-a to MPLS service mediation architecture An architecture for providing service mediation in a network having a Layer-2 domain and an MPLS domain includes at least one Layer-2 provider edge device in communication with a first customer site; at least one Layer-2 edge device in communication with the Layer-2 pro... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050289280 | Switching fabric bridge A non-blocking switch fabric for bridging peripheral component interconnect extended busses includes a switching matrix and a plurality of ports coupled to the switching matrix. Each port has an incoming queue, an outgoing queue, a first module for generating a packet, ... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050281271 | State information and routing table updates in large scale data networks In a communication network comprising nodes and links between the nodes, a controller node disseminates link state information. A nodal routing table exists at each node comprising routes between pairs of nodes. The nodal routing table is either populated by the given n... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050276017 | Common plenum and air intake airflow management for telecom equipment An air flow distribution system for a telecommunication equipment assembly is disclosed. The telecommunications equipment assembly includes a chassis. The chassis is formed by wall panels and includes a first side, a second side, a bottom end section, a top end section,... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050276384 | Front access power landing design Disclosed is an apparatus and method for connecting a power feeder cable at a point for convenient operator access to an electrical subsystem located inside of a telecom equipment assembly. According to one embodiment, the terminal connection of the power feeder cable t... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050274544 | Electrical isolation of PCBs gasketing using controlled depth drilling A method of electrical isolation for printed circuit board gasketing is disclosed for enabling gasketing to overlay plated through holes without shorting out thereto. The method of electrical isolation for printed circuit board gasketing includes counterboring at a cont... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050276561 | Dynamic fiber slack management for telecom racks Disclosed is an apparatus and method for managing and storing excess amounts of fiber-optic cable in a telecom rack. According to one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a fiber-optic cable slack take-up device attached to an arm. The arm is mounted to a supporting memb... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050275365 | Acoustic noise reduction using fan speed control A method and apparatus is disclosed for acoustic noise reduction using fan speed control. The acoustic noise reduction using fan speed control includes a plurality of temperature detectors disposed at a plurality of locations within an electronics equipment enclosure, e... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050277327 | Front access lan & timing (SATT) A recessed connectorized faceplate assembly is disclosed for connecting multiple cables at the front of an electronics equipment shelf. The recessed connectorized faceplate assembly includes a connectorized faceplate defining the back wall of a cabling volume behind whe... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050265228 | Automatic protection switching using link-level redundancy supporting multi-protocol label switching A computer network has a plurality of routers that deliver data packets to the network via a plurality of links. At least one router provides automatic protection switching in the event of a link failure. The at least one router includes a plurality of data interfaces f... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050267959 | System and method for virtualization of the network management and control planes to provide an abstracted view and control of underlying network resources A method and system for providing a common network service interface to one or more application programs. A network service interface provides application programs with a high level, application specific view of the communication network, and functional access to manage... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050251584 | System and method for translating application program network service requests into actions and performing those actions through the management and/or control plane responsive to previously defined policies and previous requests by the same or another application program Application program network service requests are translated into specific actions that are then performed through the management plane and/or control plane. The translations and resulting actions are responsive to previously defined policies for the communication networ... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050226219 | System and method for increasing call capacity for a wireless local area network A system for increasing the call capacity of an access point in a WLAN, allowing the number of WLAN phones that can be supported to be increased. The system determines whether a maximum total voice path delay would be exceeded if the packetization delay is increased for... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050225637 | Area monitoring A security monitoring system uses video inputs to distinguish objects in motion from stationary objects. When an object in motion becomes stationary the system may set an alarm. For example, the alarm may indicate a particular video feed and a location within that feed ... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050221796 | Personal portable security system A security system takes advantage of personal wireless technology to provide enhanced security for individuals. A wireless communications device, e.g. a cell phone or a personal digital assistant, is used to contact a security provider. The security provider is capable ... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050213549 | System and method for access point/probe conversion A system and method is provided for converting an Access Point (AP) in a wireless network into a Probe device for performing probe operations. WLAN managers may thus temporarily direct certain APs in the WLAN to instead behave as Probes. Communication between the AP and... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050207339 | Burst switching in a high capacity network At a master controller of a space switch in a node in a data network, a request is received from a source node that requests a connection to be established through the space switch. This request is compared to other such requests so that a schedule may be established fo... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050198301 | Apparatus and method for layer-2 and layer-3 VPN discovery An apparatus and a method for layer-2 and layer-3 VPN discovery are disclosed. The apparatus is incorporated in a network, and the network includes a first carrier network. The first carrier network includes at least two layer-1 provider edge device... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050186810 | Invertible, pluggable module for variable I/O densities Disclosed is a system including a circuit board and several pluggable modules coupled to the circuit board. The several pluggable modules are insertable through side-by-side slots in an enclosure in which the circuit board resides. A first pluggable module is coupled to... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050163101 | Generalized virtual router A generalized virtual router is disclosed. A routing and switching apparatus includes a switching fabric and a matrix of switching and routing elements. At least some of the elements are interconnected by the switching fabric. A router control provides control for the s... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050147104 | Apparatus and method for multihop MPLS/IP/ATM/frame relay/ethernet pseudo-wire An apparatus for emulating a layer-2 service over at least one network is disclosed. The apparatus includes a signal transmission path. Two provider edge devices are located at opposite ends of the signal transmission path. A provider device is located along the signal ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050141435 | Apparatus and method for distributing layer-2 VPN information An apparatus and a method for distributing layer-2 VPN information are disclosed. The apparatus is incorporated in a network, and the network includes a first carrier network. The first carrier network is employed by a layer-1 VPN service provider. Layer-1 VPN informati... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050133065 | System and method for automated used oil filter cleaning An automated used oil filter cleaning device for providing the removal of waste oil from used oil filters for subsequent recycling of the waste oil and steel contained in the used oil filters. Spikes are attached to stainless steel blocks, which are connected to pneumat... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050138292 | Provision of a victim cache within a storage cache heirarchy Apparatus, methods, and program products for storing data address a first cache and a second cache. The second cache is capable of operating in a first mode wherein data read for storage in the first cache is also stored in the second cache, and is capable of operating ... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050120308 | Method and system for providing an accessible object on a modal dialog box A method and system for creating a fully accessible display object is disclosed, that may advantageously be used to provide a fully accessible object within a modal dialog box displayed in association with Web page. A fully accessible object is formed using an image com... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050117715 | Method and system for excluding recipients in an electronic communication system A system that enables a communications system user to conveniently define entities to be excluded from receiving an electronic communication, such as an electronic mail (“email”) message. An “Exclude” user entry field is provided in a user interface to a communi... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050117739 | Apparatus and method for echo cancellation An apparatus and method for echo cancellation that detects and tracks the active regions of the echo channel impulse response rather than the entire echo channel impulse response and uses this sparse model to cancel the echo component of the received signal. Two sets of... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050090250 | Apparatus for associating access points with stations using bid techniques The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically cho... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050089047 | Refresh and filtering mechanisms for LDP based VPLS and L2VPN solutions Refresh and filtering mechanisms for LDP based VPLS and L2VPN solutions are disclosed. A method for improving information communication in a network is achieved by these refresh and filtering mechanisms. The network includes provider edge devices which can communicate w... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050090241 | Wireless network architecture The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically cho... | 04/28/2005 |
