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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8134143 | 2,7-carbazolenevinylene derivatives as novel materials in producing organic based electronic devices Organic Field Effect Transistor (OFET), an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), an and an Organic Photovoltaic Cell (OPC) including as active material a conjugated oligomeric or polymeric 2,7-carbazolenevinylene derivative described by the formula (I) or (II): | 03/13/2012 |
| 8023571 | Impulse ultra-wideband radio communication system A method and apparatus are provided for implementing an impulse ultra-wideband communications system which combines the technique of transmitted reference (TR) with a code-sifted reference scheme that separates the reference and the data pulses with a sequence of co... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7653053 | Programmable bit rates in a constant bandwidth TDM switch A method and a TDM digital switch are provided for switching data at a variety of data rates. Input streams having a data rate less than the maximum data rate of the switch are grouped and multiplexed to form multiplexed streams carrying data at the maximum data rat... | 01/26/2010 |
| RE40148 | Switched connections diagnostics in a signalling network A method is disclosed for detecting and diagnosing faults in a network. The network has a plurality of nodes through which switched virtual connections can be established. First, all attempts at establishing routes through the network are recorded. Then, the locatio... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7305554 | Dynamic acquisition of state during security system reconfiguration Systems and methods of dynamically introducing security features into a client-server application program are described. A security server between an application server and a database has multiple security components with a shared dependency. This shared dependency ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7284269 | High-speed adaptive structure of elementary firewall modules A communications security system has been described. The security system in the form of a firewall is made up of a plurality of communicatively coupled sets of modules in a matrix configuration. The modules may be implemented in hardware and software in order to rel... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283467 | Procedures for improving call routing in PNNI networks A method and system for improving call routing in a PNNI network using crankback messaging. A destination logical group node (LGN) blocked crankback procedure is used by entry border nodes, in the event of a failed connection attempt, to instruct preceding routing c... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283461 | Detection of denial-of-service attacks using frequency domain analysis Methods and apparatus for detecting denial of service attacks on a system in a communications network are provided. A frequency analysis is performed on certain types of packets that arrive with a periodic nature. A frequency power spectrum obtained through Fourier ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280543 | Extensible OAM support in MPLS/ATM networks A method of processing OAM messages by network elements in a communications network is described. Elements in the network are provided with configuration information respecting OAM messages together with connection signaling upon setting up a call through the networ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7260157 | Phase shifted transmitter architecture for communication systems The phase shifted (PS) transmitter provides substantially linear amplification from two non-linear amplifiers by decomposing the original signal into two constant envelope signals with varying phases. The generation of the two constant envelope signals does not requ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7190671 | Mitigating denial-of-service attacks using frequency domain techniques Methods and apparatus for mitigating denial of service attacks in a communications network are described. Frequency domain techniques such as Fourier Transform are used to detect packet flooding in which a frequency spectrum reveals a periodic pattern to the attack ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177924 | Command line interface processor with dynamic update of attribute dependencies The solution provides automated Command Line Interface (CLI) based configuration management of managed communications network entities. The automation eliminates manual CLI command entry and provides support for independently-developed multi-vendor equipment by usin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7145868 | Congestion management in a multi-port shared memory switch A method and system for detecting and controlling congestion in a multi-port shared memory switch in a communications network. The proposed congestion management scheme implements a local and a global congestion monitoring process. The local monitoring process monit... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132656 | High speed and high efficiency Si-based photodetectors using waveguides formed with silicide for near IR applications According to this invention, silicon-based photodetectors using waveguides formed with silicide regions can have high speed and high efficiency for near IR applications. Utilizing the unique properties of silicides, the proposed method provides a simple and elegant ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130877 | Request processing switch Methods and components for processing Universal Resource Locator (URL) requests for web content are presented. The application servers and/or application software implement request switching components adapted to route URL requests for web content to servlets adapte... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7115353 | Computer screen imaging system for the preparation of print screens A system and method for generating a master screen for a silk screen imaging process. Photo activated emulsion is applied to a printing screen and the emulsion is exposed according to a digitized pattern using a light emitting diode (LED) source. The LED source in o... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116642 | SONET/SDH data link administration and management A network management and administration system provisioning data links in an optical networking environment is provided. The network management and administration system makes use of connectivity information in establishing and monitoring data links. The connectivit... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113989 | Command line interface processor A method of interacting with a managed data network entity is provided. The method includes a sequence of steps. A change in the operational state of the managed data network entity is detected. A CLI dictionary entry is retrieved form a CLI dictionary associated wi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7114182 | Statistical methods for detecting TCP SYN flood attacks Methods of detecting TCP SYN flooding attacks at a router located between a LAN and a network such as the Internet are described. The methods rely on a counting arrangement in which SYN and Fin packets are counted on both the LAN side and the network or Internet sid... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7085277 | Service management of multiple independent forwarding realms A method of administratively dividing an emulated local area network (LANE) into multiple independent forwarding realms thereby restricting the connectivity of a particular local area network (LAN) to other LANs. The method also introduces the ability of allocating ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7061918 | Fair share scheduling of multiple service classes with prioritized shaping An apparatus for scheduling multi-service category ATM cell traffic through contention points in an ATM network is provided. The service categories have predefined delivery priorities according to quality of service guarantees. To satisfy these priorities while main... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7002915 | Automated mass calling control for public switched telephone networks employing a packet based virtual tandem This patent concerns a system and method for detecting a mass calling event in a telephone system and to regulate telephone calls to a call destination for which a mass calling event has been detected where a packet transport network and Call Server is integrated in... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6993040 | Adaptive service weight assignments for ATM scheduling A system and method for adaptively assigning queue service weights to an ATM traffic management controller in order to reduce service weight update calculations. The implementation of a fair weighted queuing scheme on a network is divided into two functions: queue a... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6963538 | Controlling ATM layer transfer characteristics based on physical layer dynamic rate adaptation A system and method for managing data traffic through a path that includes a transmission link having a transport rate that is subject to change with time. In one embodiment the data traffic is shaped to ATM Forum's available bit rate (ABR) category of service. ABR ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6954838 | Virtual counter for data rate conversion A virtual counter for dynamically calculating memory addresses at a digital switch that receives data streams of different data rates. The switch has a memory that is divisible into partitions with each partition being divisible into multiple locations. A virtual co... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6947669 | Generic optical routing information base support This application proposes a solution that makes access to the Optical Link State (OLS) information more efficient for use by upper level applications. Applications are independent of underlying routing protocols. This solution applies to all Link State based IGP pro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944187 | Feature implementation in a real time stamp distribution system A system for implementing time stamp related features in a real time stamp distribution system is discussed. The distribution system derives a real time stamp (RTS) at a master timekeeping network element and distributes the RTS to associated network elements by way... | 09/13/2005 |
