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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6816970 | Security method and system for persistent storage and communications on computer network systems and computer network systems employing the same A multi-stage login procedure and system involves a first stage in which a login ID and a public key (encrypted) is transmitted from a client computer to a server computer and a key-exchange key (encrypted) is provided from the server computer to the client computer... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6477207 | Method and apparatus for implementing a transmission connection The invention relates to a method for implementing a transmission connection. In accordance with the method, symbols (DATA_IN) are formed from the bit stream to be transmitted, carriers are generated on several different frequency bands, and the bit strea... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6389310 | Method and apparatus for analyzing heart function using 4D ECG synchronized heart cavity tomoscintigraphy A computer program storage medium readable by a computing system and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for the treatment of data obtained from synchronized electrocardiogram tomoscintigraphy, said data being corr... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6381715 | System and method for performing parallel initialization and testing of multiple memory banks and interfaces in a shared memory module A system and method for testing and initializing a memory including multiple memory banks or a memory module partitioned into logical memory units. A plurality of memory exerciser testers are provided, one for each of the plurality of memory banks. Each o... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6373949 | Method for user identity protection In the method in accordance with the present invention, the subscriber identifier to be sent to the transmission network is encrypted using a cipher key common to a specific group of subscribers, and a random number is attached to the identifier to be sen... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6373833 | Cell expansion in a time division cellular system using frequency converting repeaters In a TDMA cellular mobile communications system the radio interface between a mobile station and a base station consists of traffic frames which include several time slots in which in one time slot of an uplink direction frame the mo-bile stations can tra... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6366378 | Optical multiplexing and demultiplexing The invention relates to the implementation of multiplexing and demultiplexing of optical signals. The multiplexing and demultiplexing are carried out by using the same waveguide phased array component (WGA). On the first side, the component comprises at ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6359867 | Dynamic channel allocation According to the invention, a pilot signal 4 is transmitted from a base station on each available carrier. This is done for each available carrier and in every time slot of the carrier irrespective of whether or not a useful signal is transmitted in the t... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359730 | Amplification of an optical WDM signal The invention relates to a method for amplifying an optical signal and to an amplifier unit (OFA) to which an optical input signal comprising a plurality of wavelength channel signals each at its dedicated wavelength is supplied. In the method, (a) demult... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359433 | Method and apparatus for preventing data loss in disk drives using predictive failure analysis of magnetoresistive head resistance A method and apparatus for providing predictive failure analysis using the resistance of a sensor such as a MR, GMR, spin valve or wear sensor. A baseline measurement of resistance for at least one sensor of a disk drive is obtained, subsequent measuremen... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6356967 | Adding plug-in unit slots to a high capacity bus The objective of the invention is a backplane bus especially for equipment cabinets which allows an increase of the bus transmission capacity and this way a considerable increase in the number of plug-in units connected to the bus. The bus is divided phys... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6353605 | Data transmission in a mobile network The invention relates to a method for implementing transmission in a mobile network in which base stations (BTS) communicate through a transmission network with a base station controller (BSC) and through a radio path with mobile stations (MS). In order t... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351641 | Paging of mobile station in a cellular radio system In cellular radio systems re-paging of a mobile station (MS) loads the mobile communications network very much, especially the limited radio path resources of the network. The present invention concerns a paging method in a cellular radio system including... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6347311 | Implementation of service independent building blocks When implementing services compiled of service independent building blocks (SIB) in an intelligent network, the SIB parameters to be relayed in computer instructions are replaced with a global data structure, whereby no parameters at all are transferred i... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6330230 | Data transmission method The invention concerns data transmission method for implementing a transmission connection. The transmission connection comprises a transfer media (11) and transceivers (A, B) located at opposite ends of the connection. In the method the transceivers oper... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6260099 | Multi-level priority control system and method for managing concurrently pending data transfer requests A system and method for managing the flow of data transfer requests from requesting devices to associated data transfer interconnection circuitry in a data processing system. Data transfers are initiated with data transfer requests that identify a data in... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6246807 | Optical circulator An optical circulator has a single focusing element to couple light between the circulator components and two optical fibers. The optical elements The input face of the first birefringent element of the circulator is adapted for the non-parallel light pat... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6240458 | System and method for programmably controlling data transfer request rates between data sources and destinations in a data processing system A system and method for selectively controlling the interface throughput of data transfer requests from request sources to request destinations. The system and method provide a manner in which the flow of data transfer requests from request sources to req... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6192326 | Event recording in a service database system The invention relates to a method of handling the event recordings in a service database system. The database contains stored measurement tables (MT) which include consecutive rows (Ri). For efficient use of event counters on the measurement table rows, s... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189078 | System and method for increasing data transfer throughput for cache purge transactions using multiple data response indicators to maintain processor consistency A system and method for reducing data transfer delays in a transaction processing system is provided. The system includes a plurality of devices each having an associated local memory, and a supervisory memory module having a main storage module for stori... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6167489 | System and method for bypassing supervisory memory intervention for data transfers between devices having local memories A system and method for providing direct transfers of data segments between devices having local memories without the need for first transferring the data to a central supervisory memory to maintain cache coherency. Direct data transfers are performed fro... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6161198 | System for providing transaction indivisibility in a transaction processing system upon recovery from a host processor failure by monitoring source message sequencing A system and method for providing transaction indivisibility in a transaction processing system through the use of commonly-accessible modules for monitoring and maintaining proper source message sequencing is provided. A source message is transmitted fro... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6140888 | Method and structure for tuning the summing network of a base station The invention relates to a summing member comprising in-connectors for receiving and combining different RF signals and an out-connector for supplying the combined signals further, at least one of the connectors being coaxial and comprising an elongated r... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6138037 | Implementation of signalling in a telecommunications network The invention relates to a implementing signalling in a telecommunications network, particularly in a mobile network. In the method, one network element (BSC) serves as a master element and several other network elements serve as slave elements (BTS1 . . ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6085200 | System and method for arranging database restoration data for efficient data recovery in transaction processing systems A system and method for assembling database restoration data according to transaction in a transaction processing system. Database restoration data is collated by chronologically storing updated database records in distinct storage banks partitioned accor... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6028856 | Procedure and system for processing data traffic signals carrying information The present invention is associated with data traffic systems. Specifically, the invention relates to a procedure and system for forming a virtual exchange. The purpose with the virtual exchange is to provide customer-specific call transfer, intermediate ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6027013 | Integrated folder and retaining pocket A slash jacket for holding an article on the front cover is provided, where the article is held in a retaining pocket in a lower portion of the front cover. The retaining pocket is formed by a single cut on the front cover and communicates to the inside o... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6018746 | System and method for managing recovery information in a transaction processing system A system and method for organizing and managing recovery information on a per-transaction basis using distinct memory structures is provided. A transaction processing system includes one or more transaction request units for initiating data transactions w... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6012148 | Programmable error detect/mask utilizing bus history stack An error detection and recovery apparatus for monitoring, and recovering from, errors in a system having one or more logic units. An error detector detects errors in the logic units, and provides error signals in response. A first error processor receives... | 01/04/2000 |
