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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185510 | Distributed security provisioning Systems, methods and apparatus for a distributed security that provides security processing external to a network edge. The system can include many distributed processing nodes and one or more authority nodes that provide security policy data, threat data, and other... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184643 | Device, system, and method for transporting data using combined broadband and legacy network infrastructures The invention relates generally to data communications using multiple data networks to transport data to one or more end user devices. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184556 | Systems and methods for distance-proof N-pass auto negotiation for gigabit ethernet The present invention provides distance-proof N-pass Auto Negotiation systems and methods for Gigabit Ethernet. The present invention distance proofs Auto Negotiation. No matter the distance between two nodes configured according to the systems and methods of the pr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184526 | Systems and methods for Connectivity Fault Management extensions for automated activation of services through association of service related attributes The present disclosure provides systems and methods for Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) extensions to provide a CFM messaging mechanism for support of information exchange and the like, in addition to end-to-end connectivity and fault management. In an ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175093 | Modifying a rate based on at least one performance characteristic Network operating methods provide a first packet switch configured to send a plurality of packets from the first packet switch to a second packet switch via a network path traversing one or more intermediate packet switches, access data describing at least one perfo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165912 | Methods and systems for portfolio investment thesis based on application life cycles The disclosure provides a product/service portfolio investment calculation methodology based on an application life cycle. The present invention defines an application life cycle with a plurality of phases, and provides a mechanism to define a location within the ap... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165015 | Modifying a rate based on at least one performance characteristic Network operating methods provide a first packet switch configured to send a plurality of packets from the first packet switch to a second packet switch via a network path traversing one or more intermediate packet switches, access data describing at least one perfo... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160446 | Methods and systems to stabilize an optical network against nodal gain changes The present invention provides methods and systems to stabilize an optical network against nodal gain changes through two nested control loops for controlling node gain and node output power. The present invention includes two nested control-loops running at differe... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159219 | MEMS 2D and 3D magnetic field sensors and associated manufacturing method The disclosure provides Hall effect device configurations capable of measuring magnetic fields in two dimensions (2D) and three dimensions (3D) along with associated microelectromechanical system (MEMS) manufacturing methods. The present invention includes various g... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155148 | Telecommunications transport methods and systems for the transparent mapping/demapping of client data signals The present invention provides telecommunications transport methods and systems for the transparent mapping/demapping of client data signals without the insertion/deletion of idle characters for client data signal rate adaptation. These methods and systems include m... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150872 | Multimodal natural language query system for processing and analyzing voice and proximity-based queries The present disclosure provides a natural language query system and method for processing and analyzing multimodally-originated queries, including voice and proximity-based queries. The natural language query system includes a Web-enabled device including a speech i... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149834 | Forwarding a packet to a port from which the packet is received and transmitting modified, duplicated packets on a single port Packet switch operating methods and packet switches receive a packet from a port and then forward the packet to the port from which the packet was received. The packet switch receives a packet having a first transport identifier from a port, modifies the packet to h... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145585 | Automated methods and systems for the detection and identification of money service business transactions The present disclosure provides an automated method for the detection and identification of money service business transactions, including: performing a preprocessing operation, wherein the preprocessing operation includes filtering a dataset; performing a feature e... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139485 | Logical transport resource traffic management A method for managing data packets passing through an Ethernet node having multiple ingress ports and multiple egress ports, the ingress ports receiving the data packets from at least one service, and the egress ports configured with at least one Logical Transport R... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131149 | Optical routing device and optical network using same The invention pertains to methods, apparatus, and systems optical of networking using tunable receivers, optical blocking elements selectively placed in the network, and optical routing elements comprised of passive elements, such as optical couplers and splitters. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655094 | Substrate with a camouflage pattern | 03/06/2012 |
| 8117866 | Body modification devices A body modification device including a post base, wherein the post base is configured to be disposed subcutaneously, and one or more retainer posts coupled to the post base for receiving at least one attachment. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116625 | Methods and systems for detecting small span loss changes in fiber optic networks The present disclosure provides methods and systems for detecting small span loss changes in fiber optic networks. The present invention utilizes existing equipment without additional hardware to provide span loss measurements in a highly accurate manner. In an exem... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112996 | Systems and methods for collecting solar energy for conversion to electrical energy with multiple thermodynamic engines and piezoelectric generators The present disclosure provides systems and methods for collecting and converting solar energy into electrical energy by using solar collectors with multiple closed-cycle thermodynamic engines and/or piezoelectric generators. The solar collectors are configured to c... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107821 | Systems and methods for Ethernet extension and demarcation The present invention provides Ethernet extension and demarcation functionality through a Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) pluggable transceiver in a customer or remote device. The pluggable transceiver is configured to frame an Ethernet client signal and to provide OAM... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107820 | Systems and methods for the integration of framing, OAM&P, and forward error correction in SFP optical transceiver devices The present invention provides systems and methods for integrated framing functionality; optical layer operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P); forward error correction (FEC); data encapsulation; and performance enhancement support in SFP o... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095342 | Systems and methods for highly efficient bit error rate modeling in quasi-linear communication networks The present invention provides systems and methods for highly efficient bit error rate (BER) modeling in quasi-linear communication networks. In the present invention, nonlinear noise is treated within a linearization approach along with the amplified spontaneous em... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095008 | Systems and methods for a multiple-input, multiple-output controller in a reconfigurable optical network The present invention provides systems and methods to convert a reconfigurable optical node multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system to a single-input single-output (SISO) system suitable for a proportional-integral-differential (PID) control process. Advantageo... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094559 | Consumption of a permitted data rate by grouped data streams This document describes tools that enable data network equipment to use its permitted data rate or physical maximum rate even if one of its links fail or it transmits more data on some links than others. To do so, the tools may track how much of a permitted data rat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091590 | Nitrogen tire inflation system and method The present disclosure provides a nitrogen tire inflation and deflation system and associated usage methods. In one exemplary embodiment, the system includes a dispenser and a nitrogen storage device along with an associated usage method. In another exemplary embodi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089973 | Outdoor hardened exo-modular and multi-phy switch The present invention relates to a data distribution device comprising of a core electronics suite having at least two data ports where each port is in communication with its own network transport medium. At least two broadband transceivers, each in communication wi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089866 | Spanning tree flooding backbone systems and methods for link state routed networks The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a spanning tree topology used as a “flooding backbone” for control messages on a link state routed network. Specifically, control messages are only broadcast on the flooding backbone thereby significantly r... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8074176 | Electronic communications dialog using sequenced digital images stored in an image dictionary A system and method for an electronic communications dialog between a plurality of users using digital images via a web portal. The user selects a template for entering a plurality of words and associated images that constitute an initial electronic message. The use... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060939 | Method and system for securing wireless local area networks A wireless network security system including a system data store capable of storing network default and configuration data, a wireless transmitter and a system processor. The system processor performs a network security method. An active defense request signal is re... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059894 | System and associated methods of calibration and use for an interactive imaging environment In various embodiments, the present invention provides a system and associated methods of calibration and use for an interactive imaging environment based on the optimization of parameters used in various segmentation algorithm techniques. These methods address the ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059685 | Methods and systems for carrying synchronization over Ethernet and optical transport network The present invention reserves special Ethernet timing packets to mark timing within Ethernet and OTN, and secondarily creates frames within the Ethernet stream through the timing marker packets. The result is standard Ethernet with timing capability that can be tra... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057110 | Card guide and heatsink assemblies for pluggable electro-optic modules In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides improved card guide and heatsink assemblies for pluggable electro-optic modules utilized in optical communications networks and the like. More specifically, the present invention provides a solderable ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055767 | Proxy communication string data Systems, methods and apparatus for a distributed security that detects proxied resource requests. The system can identify proxy strings, each of the proxy strings being indicative of a proper substring in a string of data constituting a proxy communication, the prox... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055128 | Methods and systems for optimal launch power computation in meshed optical networks The present invention provides methods and systems for efficiently computing optimal optical launch powers for meshed optical networks. The present invention can be utilized to find optimal launch powers for multiple wavelengths in a meshed dense-wave division multi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055073 | System and method for enabling meaningful interaction with video based characters and objects The present invention provides a system and method for enabling meaningful body-to-body interaction with virtual video-based characters or objects in an interactive imaging environment including: capturing a corpus of video-based interaction data, processing the cap... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054853 | Systems and methods for combining time division multiplexed and packet connection in a meshed switching architecture The present invention provides systems and methods for supporting native TDM and native Packet switching simultaneously in a meshed switching architecture. Specifically with the present invention, the meshed links are common to both TDM and packet traffic, and both ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052335 | Ejector apparatus and associated assembly method for pluggable transceivers The present disclosure relates to a novel ejector apparatus for pluggable transceivers, such as transceivers defined by multi-source agreements (MSAs) including SFP, SFP+, XFP, and the like. The ejector apparatus utilizes a shrouded design where the ejector apparatu... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049688 | Apparatus and method for creating a crowd-based visual display with pixels that move independently The present invention provides a light-emitting apparatus and a method by which a crowd-based display is created wherein each light-emitting apparatus represents one of many independently moving pixels in the crowd-based display. This invention also provides methods... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046809 | Multicast services control system and method A multicast services control system is provided for Internet protocol television transport. The system includes a service distribution platform, at least one service concentration platform, and at least one set-top box. The service distribution platform has a multic... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045863 | Byte-interleaving systems and methods for 100G optical transport enabling multi-level optical transmission The present invention provides byte-interleaving systems and methods for Optical Transport Unit N (OTUN) (i.e. Optical Transport Unit 4 (OTU4)) and 100 Gb/s (100 G) optical transport enabling multi-level optical transmission. The byte-interleaving systems and method... | 10/25/2011 |
