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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151339 | Method and apparatus for implementing filter rules in a network element Multiple non-conflicting actions associated with filter rules may be located and applied to a packet using a single ACL lookup by causing action records to be created from ACEs in the ACL, and then causing the ACL lookup to return the action record rather than any o... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149736 | Distributed storage of routing information in a link state protocol controlled network A distributed hash table is implemented to store routing information on a network. Node IDs exchanged in connection with implementation of a link state routing protocol are used as keys in the distributed hash table, and routes are stored at one or more nodes on the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146145 | Method and apparatus for enabling enhanced control of traffic propagation through a network firewall A distributed firewall system is used to implement a network firewall with enhanced control over network traffic to allow policy to be implemented on a per-user basis, a per-application basis, a per-user and application basis, and to allow ports to be dynamically op... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144715 | Method and apparatus for interworking VPLS and ethernet networks To allow seamless interworking between an 802.1ah service instance (ISID) and a VPLS service instance, the AGI value used to signal the setup of the pseudowire portion of the VPLS may carry the ISID value of an associated 802.1ah service instance. This allows the se... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143990 | Micro-fluidic bubble fuse A microfluidic bubble fuse is formed from a hermetically sealed reservoir containing an electrically conductive liquid. The reservoir is interposed between a pair of electrodes such that each electrode is in electrical contact with the fluid within the reservoir, an... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139570 | Balanced bufferless switch A high capacity distributed switching system comprises electronic edge nodes connected to a balanced bufferless switch which may be electronic or optical. The balanced bufferless switch comprises a balanced connector and a switch fabric. The balanced connector compr... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134917 | 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 interfac... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132017 | Method and apparatus for securely synchronizing password systems A centralized password repository (CPR) provides network users with a password portal through which the user can manage password access to domains and applications on the network. A subset of the domains and applications on the network may be required, by design, to... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125930 | Protocol for clock distribution and loop resolution Algorithms and data structure are described for constructing and maintaining a clock distribution tree (“CDT”) for timing loop avoidance. The CDT algorithms and data structure allows a node to make an automated and unattended path switch to the most desirable cl... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116783 | Method and apparatus for determining the location of a wireless client device on a wireless network The rate at which a particular wireless client may be PINGed may depend on many factors, including the accuracy with which the location of the wireless client is required to be known, how accurate the system has historically been able to locate other previous client... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116758 | Simulating time-varying conditions in a wireless network Time-varying conditions in a wireless network are simulated using an architecture that includes an enclosure for shielding a wireless device under test (“DUT”) from electro-magnetic interference, including other wireless devices; and at least one of: (1) a commu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107932 | Enabling mid-call services to be added to a communication session by a wireless device Mid-call services may be added to a communication session such as a telephone call (call session) by a wireless device on a mobile telephone network by causing the wireless device associated with the communication session to invoke a second call session directed to ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099516 | Protocol independent multicast designated router enhancements for supporting internet group management protocol in a multi-access network A method and apparatus is disclosed by which IGMP Host messaging is translated to PIM messaging for the purposes of efficiently and accurately maintaining group membership data in a multicast network. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098656 | Method and apparatus for implementing L2 VPNs on an IP network MP-BGP VPN infrastructure based on IETF RFC 4364/2547 is used to configure a layer 2 VPN on an IP network. VRFs for the VPN are configured on Ethernet switches and service IP addresses are associated with each configured VRF. The service IP addresses are exchanged t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090944 | Method and apparatus for authenticating users of an emergency communication network An authentication system is configured to weight multiple available network supplied and user supplied authentication factors to determine whether a user should be provided with access to an Emergency Communication Network (ECN). The multiple factors may include the... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085811 | Method and apparatus for transporting ethernet services Frames of customer traffic may be encapsulated by adding Mac-in-Mac (MiM) encapsulation fields for transportation of the frames over a portion of provider network. The MiM encapsulated traffic may be further encapsulated using VPLS by adding VPLS encapsulation field... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082297 | Method and apparatus for managing communication between participants in a virtual environment A method and apparatus for managing communication between participants in a virtual environment enables the participants to elect to automatically connect with each other via a preferred communication mechanism, manually connect with each other, or choose not to con... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073554 | System and method for providing power management in a sensor network The present invention relates to a system and method for providing power management to sensing nodes in a sensor network. A system may include a plurality of sensing nodes, each sensing node connected through a power management device to an external power source, su... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064458 | Method and apparatus for simulating IP multinetting IP Multinetting on a local area network is simulated by performing VLAN translation at a port connecting to the local area network. This allows IP addresses from multiple subnets to be associated with a single VLAN on the Local Area Network (LAN), while allowing the... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8040906 | Utilizing betweenness to determine forwarding state in a routed network A set of critical nodes or links is identified on the network through which most of the shortest paths on the network occur. Each node compares their distance to end points on the network with a distance between the end points and each of the distinct critical nodes... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036956 | Secure, differentiated reading of sensors and RFID tags Secure access to inventory data concerning a supplier's product located at a seller's premises is provided by tagging units of product with a supplier identifier and a product identifier. The identifiers may be embedded in RFID tags or EPC labels. A secure VPN tunne... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036211 | Legacy user proxy call session control function A Legacy User Proxy CSCF (“L-CSCF”) provides multimedia services from a SIP based network to legacy access networks and devices. The L-CSCF includes a legacy service control state machine; a P-CSCF state machine and associated protocols; a mapping between a user... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031598 | Flow-rate-regulated burst switches Burst-switching nodes using a common-memory or a time shared space switch and employing flow-rate control are disclosed. Within a switching node, data bursts are segmented into data segments of a fixed size with some segments containing information bits as well as n... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023991 | Program for adjusting channel interference between access points in a wireless network 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... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8004994 | System and method for intelligently analyzing performance of a device under test A method and apparatus is provided that enables accurate measurement of drop rate and delay in a System Under Test (SUT) by one or more monitoring devices even when the frame error rate of the monitoring devices may be imperfect. During a packet drop measurement pro... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996895 | Method and apparatus for protecting networks from unauthorized applications A traffic controller is provided which integrates black-box tests of unauthorized applications to extract application characteristics from associated Internet traffic, exploits the networking information learned by host clients, actively scans and controls hosts on ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992080 | Re-usable clauses The present invention relates to the generation of customised documents using document templates and in particular to the generation of different types of customised documents including clauses or other portions of document content which are common to two or more ty... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986956 | Supporting mobile voice clients in a WLAN Operation of a mobile voice client utilizing a WLAN for access is enhanced by controlling the rate at which transmission power is changed by the access point with which the mobile voice client is associated. The access point calculates a target transmit power level ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983273 | High-speed scheduling apparatus for a switching node A scheduling apparatus for a switch includes multiple schedulers which are assigned in a variety of ways to non-intersecting control domains for establishing connections through the switch. The control domains are defined by spatial and temporal aspects. The control... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970408 | Wireless switched network An access point in a wireless network includes an external indication of the access point's proximity to another access point. The external indication can be a LED that blinks at a rate that is related to the proximity of the access point to the other access point. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965686 | Selecting a wireless access point when load information is not provided by all access points When a station is within range of at least one AP that advertises load information and at least one AP that does not advertise load information, the station selects the best AP in terms of probable data rate. The probable data rate is determined based on signal stre... | 06/21/2011 |
| D640075 | Table leg | 06/21/2011 |
| 7958225 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the transportation of medical images on a communication network A method and apparatus for monitoring the transportation of medical images on a communication network includes a medical image transport service (MITS) that may be used to notify clients of the status of scheduled requests. The MITS may be configured to provide nume... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950017 | Apparatus and method for forwarding messages between two applications An apparatus and method of communicating messages between a first application and a second application establishes a path between the first application and the second application. At least one channel is defined within the path, where each of the at least one channe... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948885 | Link bundle co-routed VCAT via RSVP message bundling Multiple RSVP messages are used to separately signal components of co-routed VCAT to enable the separate components to be implemented on different physical fibers of a link bundle. To enable the PATH messages to be handled as a group, the multiple PATH messages are ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940896 | Adaption of emergency calls to the emergency services network based on caller location The invention includes a technique for integrating emergency calling for VoIP users with legacy emergency services to facilitate adapting to the evolving emergency services network and the services that are available in a given location. Generic location information... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934782 | Hinge system The present invention relates to electrical enclosures having a cabinet and a door connected by hinges and in particular to a hinge which allows a door, while closed, to be flush with a surface that surrounds the perimeter of the cabinet door opening. The hinge syst... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929420 | Method and apparatus for learning VRRP backup routers A method and apparatus for learning the identity of VRRP backup router(s) for a VRRP master router enables the identity of VRRP backup routers to be determined quickly on demand, or enables a table of VRRP master and backup routers to be established over time. A VRR... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924725 | Ethernet OAM performance management Maintenance entities may be defined between customer or provider flow points for performance management on an Ethernet network. The maintenance entities may be defined for access link, intra-domain, and inter-domain, and may be defined on a link or service basis. Th... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924715 | Method and apparatus for discovering, negotiating, and provisioning end-to-end SLAs between multiple service provider domains Domains (multiple collaborating service providers) create service offerings between pairs of edge nodes that interconnect with other domains in the network. The service offerings may specify the available bandwidth, quality of service, reliability, available securit... | 04/12/2011 |
