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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7945006 | Data-driven method and apparatus for real-time mixing of multichannel signals in a media server An apparatus for mixing audio signals in a voice-over-IP teleconferencing environment comprises a preprocessor, a mixing controller, and a mixing processor. The preprocessor is divided into a media parameter estimator and a media preprocessor. The media parameter es... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7903688 | VoIP encoded packet prioritization done per packet in an IP communications network A method and apparatus for routing voice packets through a communications network wherein the routing priority of the packets is based on a location of a packet within a sequence of transmitted voice packets, relative to one or more identified voice packets in the t... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7889735 | Method and apparatus for defending against denial of service attacks in IP networks based on specified source/destination IP address pairs A method and apparatus for defending against a Denial of Service attack wherein a target victim of an attack has recognized the existence of an attack and identified its source. The carrier network which provides service to the victim automatically receives one or m... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7783482 | Method and apparatus for enhancing voice intelligibility in voice-over-IP network applications with late arriving packets A method and apparatus for enhancing voice intelligibility for network communications of speech such as, for example, VoIP (Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol), in the presence of packets which arrive too late for normal playout. When a late speech packet is received by a... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7756705 | Method and apparatus for diversity control in multiple description voice communication A method and apparatus for performing multiple descriptive source coding in which a plurality of homogeneous encoders are advantageously employed in combination with a corresponding plurality of advantageously substantially identical decoders. In particular, diversi... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7701886 | Packet loss concealment based on statistical -gram predictive models for use in voice-over-IP speech transmission A method for performing packet loss concealment of lost packets in Voice over IP (Internet Protocol) speech transmission. Statistical n-gram models are initially created with use of a training speech corpus, and then, packets lost during transmission are advantageou... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7633947 | Method and apparatus for performing active packet bundling in a Voice over-IP communications system based on source location in talk spurts A method and apparatus for bundling packets together for transmission in a Voice over IP communications network based on packet location within a talk spurt. Illustratively, all frames other than the first and last frames of a talk spurt may be advantageously bundle... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7630512 | Method for performing recoverable video and image watermarking which survives block-based video and image compression A method for performing recoverable image and video watermarking which survives the use of block-based image and video compression techniques. One or more of the lowest order bits of the first DCT coefficient (the “DC” coefficient) which is to be coded are used ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7610328 | Methods and apparatus for a multi-technology subscriber base for global roaming A method and a system for providing a connection to a subscriber having multiple subscriber devices utilizing different communications protocols are disclosed. The subscriber is associated with an address to which incoming calls are addressed. The method and system ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7555107 | “Roaming” method and apparatus for use in emulating a user's “home” telecommunications environment The concept of “roaming” is extended to wireline networks with a network hosted technique which emulates a wireline telecommunications network user's environment when the user is using a wireline telecommunications device located at a physical location other tha... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7486682 | Method and apparatus for grooming traffic demands according to mileage based tariffs A method and apparatus for grooming traffic demands according to mileage based tariffs. An Integer Linear Program (ILP) that captures the traffic grooming problem is defined, and such a linear program can in principle be solved by conventional linear program applica... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7466692 | Method and apparatus for performing quality-of-service calculations on packet-based networks A method and apparatus for performing Quality-of-Service (QoS) calculations on packet-based communications networks using a QoS measure which is based on data included in non-lost packets, as well as on data included in lost packets, when the proper interpretation o... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7436822 | Method and apparatus for the estimation of total transmission delay by statistical analysis of conversational behavior A method and apparatus for estimating transmission delay across a telecommunications network by performing a statistical analysis of conversational, behavior in the network. Certain characteristic events associated with conversational behavior (such as, for example,... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436310 | Patch panel cover mounted antenna grid for use in the automatic determination of network cable connections using RFID tags An RF antenna grid design in which the antenna array is installed on a patch panel cover allows for the retrofitting of an RF antenna grid on existing patch panel based systems without disrupting network operation. An apparatus for determining connectivity between d... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7412381 | Method and apparatus for diversity control in multiple description voice communication A method and apparatus for performing multiple descriptive source coding in which a plurality of homogeneous encoders are advantageously employed in combination with a corresponding plurality of advantageously substantially identical decoders. In particular, diversi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411985 | Low-complexity packet loss concealment method for voice-over-IP speech transmission A low complexity packet loss concealment method for use in voice-over-IP speech transmission calculates a cross-correlation of previous speech data to estimate the pitch period of the previous speech when speech frames have been lost. A tap interval used to calculat... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404210 | Method and apparatus for defending against distributed denial of service attacks on TCP servers by TCP stateless hogs A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack by a TCP stateless hog is defeated with use of an enhancement to the keep-alive mechanism provided by RFC 1122. A TCP server receives a new TCP connection request from a possible attacker and sends a keep-alive probe pac... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7404078 | Methods and apparatus for private certificates in public key cryptography Private certificates designed to counteract problems associated with certificate lending are configured such that disclosure of a secret key associated with one certificate automatically results in disclosure of a secret key associated with another certificate, whil... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391737 | Method and apparatus for measuring quality of service in voice-over-IP network applications based on speech characteristics A method and apparatus for measuring Quality-of-Service (QoS) in packet-based communications networks for Voice-over-IP applications is advantageously based not only on packet loss information but also on particular characteristics of the speech data itself. Measure... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7379864 | Method and apparatus for the detection of previous packet loss in non-packetized speech A method and apparatus for detecting previous packet loss in non-packetized speech by applying one or more filters to a segment of said non-packetized speech, each of said one or more filters determining an energy parameter value for a given frequency band of said s... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7366178 | Method and apparatus for scheduling data packet transmission over a multihop wireless backhaul network A method and apparatus for scheduling the transmission of data packets over a multihop wireless backhaul network in which delay guarantees through the network may be advantageously ensured. Illustratively, a novel packet scheduling scheme is provided which is advant... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356033 | Method and apparatus for performing network routing with use of power efficient TCAM-based forwarding engine architectures A multi-stage (e.g., two-stage) packet-based lookup process using a Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) divided into partitions. The result of a first stage lookup is used to selectively search one of a plurality of TCAM partitions during the second stage. A s... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356689 | Method and apparatus for tracing packets in a communications network A method for tracing packets in a communications network directed to tracing a stream of anonymous packets received at a given target host, in order to identify their source, in response, for example, to a Denial-of-Service (“DoS”) attack on the target host. Adv... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349351 | Method for determining a master ring for an optical communications network A method for determining a master ring for an optical communications network having nodes arranged in a plurality of interconnected ring structures. (A master ring is a ring structure which contains every node in the network exactly once, and which also respects the... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343397 | Method and apparatus for performing predictive caching of DNS requests by correlating IP addresses Content on the World Wide Web is made available for downloading by distributing it to cache providers. The content provider is a distinct entity from the cache providers and enters into contractual arrangements in order to benefit from the services provided by the c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7260064 | Method and apparatus for performing network routing based on queue lengths A method and apparatus for network routing in packet-based networks which advantageously takes traffic conditions into account dynamically in determining the “best route” for routing a packet to its intended destination. Illustratively, a potential function is e... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7227465 | Security bar with fiber optic cable based security monitoring A security bar providing improved security from breach is obtained with the use of a fiber optic cable longitudinally inserted in a hollowed out cavity thereof. Monitoring of the security bar to identify attempts at breach thereof may be achieved by connecting an op... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219228 | Method and apparatus for defending against SYN packet bandwidth attacks on TCP servers A SYN packet bandwidth Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is defended against by intercepting and identifying SYN packets in a “DDoS gateway” advantageously positioned at the edge of the network to be protected (e.g., one hop upstream from the protected... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7180864 | Method and apparatus for exchanging routing information within an autonomous system in a packet-based data network A method for exchanging routing information between I-BGP routers within an autonomous system (AS) advantageously enables a solution to both persistent route oscillation problems and transient route oscillation problems which may occur when using I-BGP in a given AS... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170393 | Method and apparatus for the automatic determination of network cable connections using RFID tags and an antenna grid Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and an antenna grid are used for automatic determination of cable connections. An RF antenna grid is advantageously employed on a device having a plurality of device ports (e.g., cable connection points) which may, for exam... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171490 | Method and apparatus for reducing the number of write operations during route updates in pipelined forwarding engines A method and apparatus for reducing the number of write operations during route updates in router forwarding engines eliminates “excess” (i.e., “redundant”) writes to the routing trie. One or more writes are “redundant” with respect to another write if t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167299 | Method and apparatus for controlling pump powers of broadband Raman amplifiers in optical transmission systems incorporating virtual channels to reduce noise A method and apparatus for controlling the pump powers of a broadband DWDM optical system using Raman amplification which determines pump settings that are advantageously directed to minimizing the peak-to-peak ripple of the channel powers with respect to a given pe... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7143545 | Security bar with multiple internal rolling bars and electronic monitoring A security bar providing improved security from breach is obtained with the use of a plurality of free rolling inner bars. Illustratively, three inner rolling bars, arranged in a triangular relationship, are provided inside a cylindrically hollowed out outer bar, th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136437 | Method and apparatus for receiving digital wireless transmissions using multiple-antenna communication schemes A signal detection technique for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications systems embodied in a method and apparatus for detecting a plurality of transmitted signals with use of a plurality of receiving antennas. An iterative procedure decodes one of a p... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7073068 | Method and apparatus for distributing shares of a password for use in multi-server password authentication A method for distributing a password amongst a plurality of servers for subsequent use in a provably secure multi-server threshold password authentication process. A client, having a password to be authenticated by a plurality of servers, generates an encryption of ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051246 | Method for estimating clock skew within a communications network A method for calculating an estimate of the clock skew between a sender's clock and a receiver's clock in a packet-based communications network. An adaptive algorithm is employed in which a recursive least squares approach is used to calculate an estimate of the clo... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7030905 | Real-time method and apparatus for tracking a moving object experiencing a change in direction A method and apparatus for tracking an object using one or more video cameras together with a plurality of microphones and/or geophones, whereby accurate tracking of the object can be obtained even when the object changes directions as a result of an impact. A tenni... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6925432 | Method and apparatus using discriminative training in natural language call routing and document retrieval A method and apparatus for performing discriminative training of, for example, call routing training data (or, alternatively, other classification training data) which improves the subsequent classification of a user's natural language based requests. An initial sco... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915264 | Cochlear filter bank structure for determining masked thresholds for use in perceptual audio coding A method and apparatus for determining masked thresholds for a perceptual auditory model used, for example, in a perceptual audio coder, which makes use of a filter bank structure comprising a plurality of filter bank stages which are connected in series, wherein ea... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6912084 | Method and apparatus for controlling pump powers of broadband raman amplifiers used in optical transmission systems A method and apparatus for controlling the pump powers of a broadband DWDM optical system using Raman amplification which determines pump settings that advantageously minimize the peak-to-peak ripple of the channel powers with respect to a given per-channel target. ... | 06/28/2005 |
