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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D660115 | Mattress lift | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179849 | Mapping of distributed resource block indices to physical resource blocks An apparatus for communication using a wireless communication network includes an interleaver and a transceiver. The interleaver co-exists with a localized transmission arrangement if the localized transmission arrangement is present and interleaves data packets for... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179267 | Pinless security device A security device is removably affixable to an article. The security device includes a housing having a securing pad, a locking element and a strap. The locking element is disposed within the housing. The strap includes a first end having a latching region that is i... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659773 | Toy figurine | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176525 | Method and system for trusted contextual communications This invention provides a method, system and apparatus for allowing media context sensitive SIP signaling exchange (such as voice) and call establishment while denying or challenging any other session description protocol (“SDP”) extension dialogs which might no... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174388 | Method and system for deactivation of combination EAS/RFID tags A combination Electronic Article Surveillance/Radio Frequency Identification (“EAS/RFID”) tag and method and system for deactivating said combination EAS/RFID tags without the need to physically contact the tag with a deactivation device. The EAS/RFID tag replac... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170155 | Method and apparatus for channel quality measurements A method and apparatus are provided for measuring channel quality over which has been transmitted a sequence of symbols produced by encoding and constellation mapping a source data element sequence. The method includes receiving a sequence of received symbols over t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169994 | System and method for frequency division multiple access communications A method and system for wireless frequency division multiple access communications in the uplink and/or downlink directions, having an improved pilot insertion scheme for single carrier based communications is provided. A first time duration for transmission of a da... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166183 | Method and system for fast virtual concatenation setup in a communication network The invention is directed to optimizing setup of a VCAT connections using (largest) CCAT containers so as to minimize the number of cross-connection commands needed to enable data transfer. A system and method are provided for enhancing VCAT networks to include fast... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166066 | System and method for brokering information between a plurality of commercially distinct clients A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for brokering information between a plurality of clients using identifiers defining a plurality of data constructs is disclosed. An exemplary method comprises accepting a new data construct from an ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165150 | Method and system for wireless LAN-based indoor position location A method and system for position location of clients in wireless local area networks. (WLANs). The position location technique utilizes time-of-flight (TOF) measurements of signals transmitted from a client to a number of wireless access points (APs) or vice versa t... | 04/24/2012 |
| D657891 | Wall tie | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156168 | Method and system for data security A method, system and apparatus that advantageously provide a security protocol for data security. The apparatus includes a random number generator for generating random numbers and a share calculator in communication with the random number generator, the share calcu... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155016 | System and method for unbalanced relay-based wireless communications A method and system for wireless communication with a mobile device in which wireless communication is established with the mobile device. A base station is used to transmit directly to the mobile device in a downlink direction. A relay node is used to transmit to t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154867 | High density switching platform with interbay connections arrangement A high density switching platform arranges multiple circuit cards interconnected by a single backplane. A single backplane has three sets of circuit cards on one side. A shared ventilation chamber on the other side of the backplane draws ambient air through each of ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149692 | Ring topology discovery mechanism A method automatically discovers a topology of a communication network ring. The ring includes a plurality of nodes. Each node includes a first port and a second port. A ring topology request or a response to the ring topology request is received from at least one n... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149090 | Mobile wireless network for asset tracking and supply chain monitoring A method, system and mobile sensor node for monitoring a supply chain. A communication network is established which includes a plurality of mobile sensor nodes. Status information for each mobile sensor node is periodically transmitted. Each mobile sensor node recei... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147653 | High fiber support intrinsic warp-tied composite forming fabric A woven filtration fabric for cellulosic sheet formation. The warp yarns comprise intrinsic binder yarn pairs, and a set of dedicated machine side layer warp yarns. The members of each intrinsic binder yarn pair alternate with each other to define a single combined ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147518 | Dynamic connector for spinal device The present invention provides a dynamic stabilization device positionable about a portion of a spinal column. The stabilization device may generally include a first component and a second component, where the first and second components are movably coupled to one a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146090 | Time-value curves to provide dynamic QoS for time sensitive file transfer A method and apparatus has been shown and described which allows Quality of Service to be controlled at a temporal granularity. Time-value curves, generated for each task, ensure that mission resources are utilized in a manner which optimizes mission performance. It... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144597 | Path selection for a wireless system with relays A method selects a path for forwarding a data packet in a wireless communication system. A system capacity versus delay impact curve is calculated for a direct path to mobile station. The direct path has a capacity cost based on communication quality of a direct lin... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144018 | Combination electronic article surveillance/radio frequency identification antenna and method A combination EAS/RFID antenna for use in an EAS/RFID surveillance system. The antenna includes an EAS antenna element and an RFID antenna element. The EAS antenna element includes an EAS loop antenna defining an interior portion. The RFID antenna element includes a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136163 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing automated tracking of security vulnerabilities A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing automated tracking of security vulnerabilities is disclosed. Security problems are reported, aged and tracked. A time to fix the vulnerability identified by the vulnerability assessment of the system is ba... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135846 | Communication between call controllers by amending call processing messages Call Control entities in a network communicate between themselves by amending call processing messages to include encrypted network information. As such, a call may be established whose path through the network is dependent on the paths of other calls. Information o... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131148 | Optical transmitter error reduction using receiver feedback Described is a method of reducing transmitter error in an optical communications channel. An optical signal transmitted from an optical transmitter that has impairment due to transmitter error is processed to generate a digitally-equalized signal. A nonlinear charac... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128728 | Gas homogenization system A system and process for gas homogenization is disclosed. This has application in the areas of generation of gas and its conversion to electricity in downstream applications. The homogenization system minimizes variance in the gas characteristics (composition, flow,... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655281 | Mobile device case | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127042 | Data driven connection rule/constraint engine applied to trail management A method of identifying a connectivity characteristic structure in a network provided between a plurality of nodes in a network comprises the steps of acquiring node information detailing for each port of each node a connection characteristic of that port; collating... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126595 | System and method for controlling hydronic systems having multiple sources and multiple loads A system and method are provided to control hydronic systems having a plurality of sources, including at least one of an on-demand source, a semi-on-demand source, and an intermittent source that are fluidly or thermally coupled to a plurality of load zones. The hyd... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120462 | Method and system for standing wave detection for radio frequency identification marker readers A method and system for determining the absence and presence of items in an RFID interrogation zone. At least one RFID reader transmits interrogation signals in an interrogation zone. Each RFID reader transmits interrogation signals having a forward amount of RF ene... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116308 | System and method for providing improved packet traceability A method and apparatus is described which enables location information associated with a client to easily be obtained by a service provider in a packet-based network. The location information may be the location of the client itself, or may be location information a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116196 | Shared mesh signaling method and apparatus In a mesh network, a network element for providing protection switching in a 1:N shared mesh protection scheme having a first protection path associated with a pair of working paths selected from the N working paths is disclosed. The network element comprising: (a) ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107476 | System and method for switching packet traffic over an optical transport network A system and method for switching packet traffic over an optical transport network comprises a network element having first and second mappers for mapping packet traffic to electrical streams. A network interface includes a packet switch that directs a first packet ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106834 | Switchable patch antenna for RFID shelf reader system A switchable patch antenna includes a ground plane, a metal patch, at least two feed lines and a switch. The metal patch is positioned adjacent, but not in contact with, the ground plane. Each feed line is electrically connected to the metal patch. Each feed line is... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106779 | Door with integral antenna A door and method of constructing a door whereby a security system antenna is routed through channels that are incorporated within the outer perimeter of the door, and completely or partially hidden from sight. The channels are sized to retain at least a portion of ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106777 | Method and system to negate interference from adjacent transmitters in an electronic article surveillance system A method and electronic article surveillance (“EAS”) system reduce interference. The EAS system includes a detection zone. At least one reference pattern of transmission windows for an interfering EAS system is provided. The reference pattern indicates a sequenc... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8086293 | Catheter A catheter includes an outer jacket, a shaft member, a transition member and a core member. The outer jacket has a first interior passage at a proximal end and a second interior passage at a distal end. The shaft member is arranged within the outer jacket. The trans... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086235 | System and method for restricting mobility in wireless networks This invention provides a method, system and apparatus for controlling mobility on a wireless network, which includes retrieving a network mobility preference, the network mobility preference indicating a level of mobility service for the mobile station, the level o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085676 | Method and system for looping back traffic in QIQ ethernet rings and 1:1 protected PBT trunks A resilient virtual Ethernet ring has nodes interconnected by working and protection paths. If a span fails, the two nodes immediately on either side of the failure are cross-connected to fold the ring. Working-path traffic is cross-connected onto the protection pat... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083732 | Catheter with cryogenic and electrical heating ablation A catheter includes a cryoablation tip with an electrically-driven ablation assembly for heating tissue. The cryoablation tip may be implemented with a cooling chamber through which a controllably injected coolant circulates to lower the tip temperature, and having ... | 12/27/2011 |
