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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941388 | Telecommunications-based social-trust networks A method of facilitating the construction, maintenance, and usage of social-trust networks is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment monitors the call processing details of communication events between users of a telecommunications system as the basis for estimating... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940916 | Orchestration engine as an intermediary between telephony functions and business processes A technique is disclosed for interfacing business processes with telephony functions. Particularly, an orchestration engine is interposed between a business process engine that executes business processes and an enterprise telecommunications network that executes te... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940758 | Data distribution in a distributed telecommunications network A technique is disclosed that enables a set of information to be represented by data packets, where those data packets can then be distributed as needed throughout the telecommunications system that uses the data. The data packet of the illustrative embodiment is an... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934651 | Intuitive tactical decision display A method is disclosed for providing an observer with an intuitive sense of the tactical situation in an operational area that surrounds a point-of-interest. The observer is simultaneously presented a top-down view of the operational area that includes contact indica... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934283 | Gangway latch A crew transfer system for transferring personnel from a vessel to a stationary platform, such as an oil rig, is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the system includes a ramp that is coupled to the vessel and an interface that is attached to the stationary p... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933836 | Proxy-based, transaction authorization system A system is disclosed that features a transport vehicle in which a responsive object is present, such as a truck in which a cellphone is present, in which the object is equipped to provide location or other state information when queried. The transport vehicle is ou... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927139 | Electrical leadthrough module and method for production thereof In order to connect together the conductors of the leadthroughs of an electrical leadthrough module in a dependable and simple manner, the invention specifies an electrical leadthrough module that comprises at least two separated electrical leadthroughs, each with a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925921 | Fault recovery in concurrent queue management systems A method for fault tolerance and fault recovery in multiprocessor systems that concurrently manage queues is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment comprises a plurality of servers, a queue of jobs to be assigned to the servers, and two queue managers—a primary un... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925000 | Managing held telephone calls from a remote telecommunications terminal A telecommunications terminal is disclosed that is capable of displaying information about calls that are on hold or queued for delivery at a data-processing system, wherein the calls are to be delivered the terminal itself. The terminal displays characteristics of ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924998 | Intelligent handling of message refusal An apparatus for intelligently responding when a user refuses an incoming message at a telecommunications terminal is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiments, the apparatus comprises a processor that prompts the user to optionally specify (i) one or more acceptab... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924995 | Teleconferencing system with multi-channel imaging A method is disclosed that breaks the “one line, one location” paradigm of teleconferencing in the prior art. The teleconference bridge in the illustrative embodiment is able to utilize more than one audio channel from each location. By having access to more tha... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920685 | Private branch exchange with self-referencing extensions A telecommunications system is disclosed that enables a user to pair a desk set that is an extension of a private-branch exchange with a cell phone that is accessible via the Public Switched Telephone Network. One feature of the telecommunications system enables a c... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916856 | Dialing plan information as provided to a telecommunications endpoint A technique is disclosed for receiving call-control data, often from a variety of sources; processing the data into a format, content, and size that is appropriate for a telecommunications endpoint; and transmitting the processed call-control data to the endpoint. T... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910867 | Architecture for a launch controller A scalable and distributable software architecture for use in conjunction with various different weapons control system and launch systems is disclosed. The architecture discards the proprietary and non-open protocols and services that characterize in favor of open ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7902570 | Apparatus comprising a single photon photodetector having reduced afterpulsing and method therefor A single-photon detector is disclosed that provides reduced afterpulsing without some of the disadvantages for doing so in the prior art. An embodiment of the present invention provides a stimulus pulse to the active area of an avalanche photodetector to stimulate c... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900479 | Method and device for melting the ends of rods The invention relates to a method for treating the ends of glass rods in which glass rods are inserted into receptacles in a carrier and with the carrier are carried past a burner and at least one rail in an advancing direction, the flame of the burner melting at le... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899467 | Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on the traits of the multipath components of a signal A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895931 | Electro magnetic countermeasure launcher A system for launching a countermeasure device is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the system uses an electromagnetic catapult to throw a countermeasure payload, wherein the azimuth, elevation, and propulsive force of the electromagnetic catapult are contr... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894618 | Apparatus comprising a directionality-enhanced acoustic sensor An apparatus and method for discriminating a directional component of a propagating pressure wave using an array of operatively-coupled displacement sensors are disclosed. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, each displacement sensor in the array comprise... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894590 | Complementary VoIP service A technique is disclosed that enables a voice call to be initiated on the Public Switched Telephone Network and directed to a VoIP telephone on the Internet without the association of a unique telephone number to the VoIP telephone. In accordance with the illustrati... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885490 | Optical chemical detector and method An apparatus and method for optically detecting the presence of an analyte in a solution is presented. An embodiment comprises a waveguide resonator that is optically coupled to a fluid in a fluidic conduit so that the resonant wavelength of the waveguide resonator ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885399 | Cost-conscious telecommunications terminal A method and apparatus are disclosed for routing calls over an organization's private network of private branch exchanges. In particular, when a member of the organization (e.g., an employee, etc.) places a call from his or her affiliated off-premises telecommunicat... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885253 | Synchronization of session-initiation-protocol proxy databases An improvement in the design and operation of telecommunications networks is described in which when a caller's telecommunication terminal does not know the address of the called party's telecommunications terminal, the caller's telecommunication terminal contacts o... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7848762 | Computationally-efficient estimation of the location of a wireless terminal based on pattern matching A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistanc... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848738 | Teleconferencing system with multiple channels at each location A method is disclosed that breaks the “one line, one location” paradigm of teleconferencing in the prior art. The teleconference bridge in the illustrative embodiment is able to utilize more than one audio channel from each location, where there are multiple sig... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848511 | Telecommunications-terminal mute detection The subject matter provides a method that enable detecting if a party engaged into a tele-conference call is attempting to engage into conversation while a microphone is in a mute mode. The method provides receiving of a signal. The signal is then analyzed to determ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847924 | Performance of an atom interferometric device through complementary filtering A technique is disclosed which offers an improvement in the performance of an atom interferometric (AI) sensor, such as one that is used in an accelerometer or a gyroscope. The improvement is based on the recognition that the AI-based device, which is associated wit... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847813 | Dynamic multimedia content stream delivery based on quality of service A method and apparatus are disclosed for intelligently delivering components of a multimedia content stream (e.g., audio component, video component, etc.) to a telecommunications terminal based on the quality of service (QoS) for transmissions received at the termin... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7874514 | Amphibious aircraft A multi-wing, multi-engine, multi-hull amphibious aircraft is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the aircraft has an open frame structure without a fuselage. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874251 | Cavity-running projectile having a telescoping nose A projectile having a cavity-running mode is provided with a mechanism for changing the diameter of its nose. Based on changed conditions, the diameter of the nose can be actively reduced or increased, as required, to maintain a desired value for the nose-to-body ra... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874237 | Electromagnetic missile launcher A technique for launching a missile that avoids some of the costs and disadvantages for doing so in the prior art. In particular, the illustrative embodiment of the present invention uses an electromagnetic catapult to throw the missile clear of the launch platform... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874091 | Underwater gun comprising a plate-type barrel seal An apparatus for sealing the barrel of an underwater gun between firings is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a magnetically-attractable water-impermeable disk. Via operation of a drive system, the disk is movable between a sealing position, wherein it prevents wat... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872373 | Device for supplying uninterruptible power The invention relates to uninterruptible power supply devices which make it possible to supply emergency power to a load, which is to be supplied, in the event of mains failure. The invention is based on the object of providing a device for supplying uninterruptible... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870488 | Media editing system An audio and video editing system is disclosed. The editing system uses a displayable object document that comprises: (i) a verbal transcript of an audio recording (e.g., a stored version of a recorded interview, etc.), and (ii) one or more hyperlinks into one or mo... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869886 | Control block with a point-to-point communication link between a control master module to be connected to a data bus and expansion slave modules The invention relates to an input/output channel control block that comprises a number of successive input/output modules. The first is a control master module and the subsequent ones are expansion slave modules. Each expansion slave module comprises a processing lo... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7868698 | Power amplifier with stabilising network A Stabilizing circuit (530) is connected to the output of a power amplifier transistor (502) in order to prevent the amplifier from being oscillating. The stabilizing circuit (530) comprises basically a resistor (536) connected in series ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865648 | Modular data transmission system with separate energy supply for each connected module The invention pertains to a modular data transmission system with several modules or bus nodes that can be arranged adjacent to one another in a row. The data transmission system comprises a first bus node that features a first transmitter for the wireless transmiss... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864761 | Handling unsolicited content at a telecommunications terminal A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable a telecommunications terminal to securely receive unsolicited content from applications that are external to the terminal. In particular, the present invention enables the terminal to control the interaction with exte... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859427 | Bidirectional, DC-isolated transmission channel Arrangement and method for electrically isolated transmission of direct-current and alternating-current signals. The signals can be transmitted in both directions via the same and only DC-isolated channel. The arrangement comprises a first transmit-and-receive syste... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859259 | Magnetic filed compensation system with increased bandwidth The invention relates to a device for compensating for magnetic fields which has two sensors which are active in different frequency ranges and thus allows regulation with a bandwidth from 0 to 20 kHz. ... | 12/28/2010 |
