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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7944846 | DVMRP border router for reverse path forwarding validation with external sources Described is a method for statically or dynamically enabling a DVMRP router in a DVMRP domain to perform a reverse path forwarding check for an external source. A route report is generated for each known external source and injected into the DVMRP domain. Each route... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940688 | Method and apparatus for canceling channel reservations in a wireless network A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing collision avoidance and/or channel capture is presented. A timer (NAV) for a channel which, if set, prevents the node from transmitting on the channel is maintained at a station. A determination is made ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929907 | Timing recovery scheme for satellite backhaul link A remote satellite modem, in conjunction with a mediation device configuration propagates frames over a cellular backhaul link so as to preserve PRC traceability by receiving a frame based signal, in which the frame based signal conforms to a hub timing signal opera... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926367 | Automated cascade impactor An automated cascade impactor comprises an extension mechanism operable to couple to a plurality of impactor stages. The extension mechanism is operable to compress and separate impactor stages of the plurality of impactor stages via automation. The system provides ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925001 | Methods and apparatus for contact center agent selection A system receives a request for the service. The system selects an agent to deliver the service, based on an evaluation of the agent. In response to the request for service, the system evaluates the service delivered by the agent after the agent has delivered the se... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924743 | Method for multicast distribution tree switchover Described are a method and a device for efficiently switching multicast data flows from a shared distribution tree to a shortest path distribution tree. The method achieves an efficient and scalable tree switch that reduces the latency of multicast data transmitted ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916157 | System and methods for selective zoom response behavior A system and method for defining the zoom response, or behavior, of a display object independently of other display objects performs a selective zoom response to a zoom level. Selective zoom response provides each display object individual zoom response logic to det... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7903477 | Pre-charge voltage generation and power saving modes A system includes a voltage generator to produce a pre-charge voltage signal for pre-charging one or more signals in a memory circuit. The one or more signals can be data bus lines used to access memory. The voltage generator can include an input indicating whether ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7902800 | Adaptive power supply and related circuitry A power supply configuration includes a monitor circuit to monitor an output voltage and output current of a power supply. The output voltage can be used to supply power to a dynamic load. The power supply varies a rate of changing an adaptive output voltage referen... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900241 | Methods and apparatus for post-search automated full-article retrieval A system renders at least one content library in an organization region. The content library represents content that is accessible via a policy. The system receives a selection to obtain the content represented by the content library, and renders content information... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891001 | Methods and apparatus providing security within a network An in-network security provider applies security event identification, analysis and processing to a customer's data communications traffic in the form of a “security in the cloud” solution. This method of network defense is achieved when customers pass all of th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7881477 | Method for key distribution in a hierarchical multicast traffic security system for an internetwork Multicast networks are partitioned into hierarchical security domains. Each security domain may comprise one or more lower security domains. Each security domain includes a security broker that distributes a group key and translates multicast data destined to the se... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881322 | Power-saving mechanism for periodic traffic streams in wireless local-area networks A novel method for coordinating the delivery of frames to and the receipt of frames from a power-saving station in a wireless local-area network (LAN) is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment establishes a wake-up schedule for a power-saving station based on a temp... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881297 | Providing communications including an extended protocol header A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing communications including an extended protocol header is presented. A message is provided in a communication protocol, the message having a header. An extension is included in the header, the extension in... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881197 | Interface scheduling and traffic-shaping Efficient interface scheduling that maintains fairness among the scheduled interfaces and remains efficient even when scheduling large numbers of interfaces and even when implemented in software. Systems for scheduling interfaces through a physical port are provided... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7849506 | Switching device, method, and computer program for efficient intrusion detection A switching device, method, and computer program utilizes a copy technique to detect unauthorized access to a communications network. An interface of the switching device is connected to receive an original packet and copy the original packet to create a copied pack... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7849469 | Methods and apparatus providing a categorical approach to aspect-oriented programming A system uses generative aspect oriented programming to propagating context between components in a component server, the system produces code that, when executed, implicitly propagates authenticating context between a client component and an invoked component which... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7849460 | System and methods for generic installation prerequisite verification A framework for defining and performing installation prerequisite checking using a generic template includes identifying a candidate agent and a corresponding prerequisite check from among a plurality of predetermined prerequisite checks. The prerequisite checks are... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7849281 | Method and system for implementing hierarchical permission maps in a layered volume graph The invention is for a method of mapping hierarchical volume permission to top level permissions in a layered volume graph of a virtual data storage system with hierarchy of storage volumes requiring permission at every volume level and the top level volume exposed ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7849176 | Methods and apparatus for rendering messages A message rendering process receives an indication of a selected display context (e.g., one of multiple types of information pages) for viewing information associated with a respective storage area network resource. The message rendering process identifies one or mo... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7877255 | Speech recognition using channel verification A method for automatic speech recognition includes determining for an input signal a plurality scores representative of certainties that the input signal is associated with corresponding states of a speech recognition model, using the speech recognition model and th... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873663 | Methods and apparatus for converting a representation of XML and other markup language data to a data structure format Systems, methods and apparatus operate to convert a markup language representation such as XML to a data structure format such as a tree containing representations of constructs in the markup language representation. The operations receive a markup language represen... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873157 | Method and apparatus for performing predictive dialing A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing predictive dialing is presented. A probability of contact for each customer of a plurality of customers for a predetermined period of time is determined. A number of agents available during the predeter... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873034 | System and method for providing feature mediation and orchestration on internet protocol service networks Systems and methods for providing feature mediation and orchestration on SIP-enabled networks are shown. In one exemplary embodiment, a method may include providing a first telephony services application, providing a second telephony services application, and combin... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870276 | Interface plugin Means are disclosed by which developers of network-analysis applications may develop network-analysis applications that can interface with multiple different versions of network-management applications, wherein each version of network-management application may have... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869989 | Methods and apparatus for understanding machine vocabulary Configurations herein provide a language processing mechanism operable to define a machine vocabulary and identify a machine language version of the words that preserves context and identifies the proper definition of the words by identifying and preserving context ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864796 | Start-to-finish reservations in distributed MAC protocols for wireless LANs A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing start-to-finish reservations in distributed MAC protocols for wireless LANs. Each node maintains a corresponding time period (NAV) during which the node must refrain from transmitting on a channel of a p... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860919 | Methods and apparatus assigning operations to agents based on versions A system receives notification from an agent of that agent's availability for data collection from resources within a network. The system identifies, from the notification, a version value associated with the agent. The system determines, from the version value, a s... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860234 | Methods and apparatus for allocating a resource to enqueued requests using predicted wait time based on prior resource contribution Methods and apparatus are provided for allocating a resource to enqueued requests using a predicted wait time that is based on a prior contribution of the resource to service the requests in a particular queue. A resource is allocated to one of a plurality of reques... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860054 | Method and apparatus for using single-radio nodes and multi-radio nodes in a network A method, apparatus and computer program product for using a single-radio node and a multi-radio node in a wireless network having a control channel and at least one data channel is presented. One radio of the multi-radio node is kept tuned to the control channel. T... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860015 | Methods and apparatus for physical and logical SAN fabric analysis A SAN connectivity advisor analyzes the physical connections of a physical fabric, identifies logical connections based on the physical connections and connectivity information, and applies a set of connectivity rules indicative of good or mandatory SAN connection p... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852992 | Methods and apparatus for audio communication A system receives a complete audio message from an originator, and transmits the complete audio message to a destination. The system buffers the complete audio message at the destination. The complete audio message is capable of being played at the destination durin... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852053 | Power supply and controller circuits A power supply system delivers current to a load at a corresponding load voltage. The power supply system includes multiple power converter phases. Each power conversion phase comprises a phase switch and a phase inductor. In one embodiment, activation of a correspo... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7843819 | Protocol for wireless multi-channel access control A method and apparatus for providing channel access coordination in a BSS or a wireless mesh is presented. A control channel is assigned to a control radio. At least one data channel is assigned to at least one data radio. Control signals are transmitted and receive... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840579 | Mobile device retrieval and navigation In one general aspect, information is presented to a user by receiving a first input from a user and structuring the first input as a first stem. A separator is received designating subsequently-received input as a second input. The second input is received and the ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836448 | System and methods for task management In a storage area network (SAN), different tasks may expect different types of commands for commencing execution, such as interactive or offline, and may have different formats for reporting status and completion, such as log files or message based. A framework for ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7836272 | Methods and apparatus for interfacing to a data storage system A data storage system includes methods and apparatus that provide volumes for access by host computing devices. The volumes can have a storage size that is independently configurable from an actual amount of data storage that may or may not be associated with the vo... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7836156 | Method and apparatus for analyzing network infrastructure A generic analysis model is applicable to a variety of network infrastructure domains, and operable for causal analysis in a common manner independently of the corresponding underlying domain. The generic analysis model may be employed to model root cause analysis a... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835512 | Call routing based on user availability There is disclosed a method of routing a call in a communication system, comprising: defining a set of availability modes for at least one user, each mode including at least one identifier identifying at least one originating telephone number; defining a routing rul... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835339 | Dynamic channel assignment in wireless ad hoc networks A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing dynamic channel assignment in wireless ad hoc networks (wireless mesh and infrastructure BSSs) is presented. A fixed channel assignment order is determined for each link of the network, the fixed channe... | 11/16/2010 |
