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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184799 | Call setup request confirmation At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising receiving a call setup request, and automatically providing an indication that the call setup request is being processed. At least one exemplary embodiment of the present inventi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184638 | H.323 user, service and service provider mobility framework for the multimedia intelligent networking The present invention provides a method and system for assuring H.323 alias address portability to an H.323 user in real-time H.323 multimedia communications where the H.323 user is registered with a home gatekeeper for the home zone of the H.323 user. Alias address... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184605 | Internet-orientated ad-hoc network A hierarchical directional internet-oriented ad-hoc network, defined by a software infrastructure, is composed of gateway nodes and a plurality of wireless nodes, which may be fixed or mobile, and which may act as subscribers, routers, or both. The infrastructure hi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8166047 | Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing data Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method, which can comprise automatically storing and computing a sketch of a dataset that supports an automatically determined estimator of properties of a dataset. The dataset can be related to any population. For example... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160056 | Systems, devices, and methods for network routing Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, which can comprise providing a preferred route for a predetermined block of traffic to a router. The predetermined block of traffic can be destined for a predetermined destination. The predetermined destination can be... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150016 | Speed activation of pre-determined call-forwarding number Methods and systems for providing rapid call-forwarding are described. The method includes receiving a feature code operable for activating a call-forwarding service, receiving a forward code assigned to a target address, such as a dialing number, recognizing the fe... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144853 | Methods, systems, and devices for providing contact information Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, comprising storing, within a telecommunications network, contact information for each of a plurality of contacts, the contact information for at least one of the plurality of contacts comprising a telephone availabili... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140539 | Systems, devices, and/or methods for determining dataset estimators Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method, which can comprise automatically storing a sketch of a dataset that supports automatic determination of an estimator of properties of a dataset. The automatic determination can be based upon computed adjusted weigh... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134936 | Methods, systems and computer-readable media for dynamically recognizing and processing service order types in a network management system Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for dynamically recognizing and processing service order types in a network management system. Service type data for a new service order type is registered in a database table while the network management sy... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131792 | Apparatus and method for correlating synchronous and asynchronous data streams Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising: automatically: receiving a plurality of elements for each of a plurality of continuous data streams; treating the plurality of elements as a first data stream matrix that defines a first dimensionality; redu... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8116437 | Voice communications menu Methods and systems are described for providing a telecommunications services menu accessible via a voice interactive system, such as a voice services node. A subscriber accesses a voice communications menu by accessing a voice services node. The voice services node... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8085914 | Real-time network traffic view At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method, comprising requesting real-time measurement data for a telephone network between a transit carrier and a predetermined terminating carrier; and automatically receiving the real-time measur... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078698 | Methods, systems, and products for producing persona-based hosts Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for producing a virtual host. The virtual host is generated. A demographic trait of a user, interacting with the virtual host, is acquired. The virtual host is endowed with the demographic trait, thereby enriching the vir... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8059659 | Network having bandwidth sharing A communication system includes a plurality of devices, such as cable modems, in communication with a station, such as a cable modem termination system, that provides efficient upstream bandwidth sharing. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059528 | Method of estimating restoration capacity in a network A method for estimating restoration capacity for a communication network includes a specified number of restoration paths, which can be maximally diverse from each other. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057776 | Process to produce carbon nanotubes from microalgae We disclose a process to produce carbon nanotubes from microalgae. Microalgae is been utilized for biodiesel production. The algal membrane resulted from oil extraction of microalgae is used here to produce carbon nanotubes. The process utilized for the conversion i... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8037167 | Method for detecting hosts behind network address translators The present invention is a method and apparatus for counting the number of active hosts behind network address translation boxes. The technique is based on the observation that on many operating systems, the IP header's ID field is a simple counter. By suitable proc... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036342 | Methods and systems for providing foreign call back number compatibility for VoIP E9-1-1 calls Systems and methods provide foreign call back number compatibility. The systems and methods receive a local telephone number assigned to a subscriber, the subscriber having a non-local telephone number as the normal calling number of the subscriber. Furthermore, the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019449 | Systems, methods, and devices for processing audio signals Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising: initiating a communications connection between an audio device and a CPE gateway coupled to the audio device, the CPE gateway coupleable to a network; and negotiating be... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014275 | Devices, systems, and/or methods for monitoring IP network equipment Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method, which can comprise, from a central routing device of a plurality of central routing devices, automatically polling each of a plurality of Provider Edge routers with Bidirectional Forwarding Detection protocol messa... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7993360 | Rotary shaver with improved connection between flexible and rigid rotatable tubes An rotary shaver having an attachment device for coupling a flexible transmission shaft to rigid ends. In at least one embodiment, the rotary shaver may be a curved rotary shaver. The inner shaft may be formed from rigid ends connected together with the flexible tra... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987507 | Multipoint server for providing secure, scaleable connections between a plurality of network devices A method and system for implementing secure communications between a plurality of devices are provided. The method and system generally include the provision of at least one common encryption parameter to each of the plurality of devices, as well as an identificatio... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7978605 | Methods and apparatus for directory enabled network services Methods and apparatus for controlling the rules of engagement between a telecommunication carrier and a customer whose network is managed by the telecommunication carrier are provided. A computer system interviews a customer by determining a set of specific question... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974183 | Method for restoration and normalization in a mesh network The present invention is directed to methods for signaling that enable bandwidth reservation, path restoration, path normalization, and path removal in a mesh network that supports shared mesh restoration. ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970914 | Methods and systems for provisioning network services Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: automatically detecting at an agent an installation of a communications device to a local network coupled to the agent; automatically offering via the communications device a plurality of user-selectable se... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966143 | Distributed graph layout for sensor node networks Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, comprising: in a sensor node network comprising a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node from the plurality of sensor nodes having location coordinates that are initially unknown, each sensor node from the plural... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961753 | Network having bandwidth sharing A communication system includes a plurality of devices, such as cable modems, in communication with a station, such as a cable modem termination system, that provides efficient upstream bandwidth sharing. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957310 | Network-based notification of voice mail At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising the activities of detecting, via a public switched telephone network, a caller's dialing of a telephone number; and after said detecting activity, and prior to call setup, provid... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953111 | Method and apparatus for S.I.P./H.323 interworking An interworking function (IWF) for a first and second protocol based network, for example, an H.323 protocol based network and an SIP protocol based network comprises an interworking gateway server including a state machine for defining each call processing state an... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948992 | Ethernet-to-ATM interworking technique A network interworking facility (24) advantageously interworks Ethernet and ATM networks (22, 26) having different protocols to permit the data from in one network to pass to the other and vice versa without the need for the source in to account for th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948899 | Method and apparatus for communications traffic engineering This invention provides for a technique for selectively off-loading traffic from congested sub-regions of a network to more lightly-loaded regions by making use of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). For each network element, an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) rou... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941493 | Multi-system instant messaging (IM) Systems and methods for instant messaging (IM) with multiple contacts from multiple IM systems are presented. In one embodiment, incoming IM messages from multiple IM systems are translated and displayed to the user. Similarly, outgoing messages from the user are tr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940703 | Real-time multimedia conferencing over an ATM network using an intelligent ATM cable modem and hybrid fiber-coax access A technique for providing real-time multimedia conferencing services with guaranteed performance, in a hybrid networking environment, by interconnecting cable modem-based premises networks via hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) access networks and an ATM wide area network i... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940685 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a network Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method that can comprise establishing a tunnel between a monitor and at least one router; sending a message to join a multicast transmission; and/or transmitting a packet via the tunnel to a router. The packet can comprise a s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7933957 | Tracking email and instant messaging (IM) thread history Systems and methods for integrating instant messaging (IM) services and email services are described. In one embodiment, email messages and IM chat session transcripts are threaded to each other so that an email thread history may be traced back to an IM chat sessio... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933586 | Systems, methods and devices for reliable asynchronous message transmissions A system and method composing, sending and receiving voicemail transmissions in an asynchronous manner is disclosed wherein mobile device users can compose and store audio messages in their respective local devices whereby the messages are subsequently forwarded to ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7924813 | System, device, and method for providing data to a call participant Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising: via a CPE telephony device simultaneously connectable to a POTS connection and to a connection to a data network: facilitating, via the POTS connection, a PSTN call, an... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921160 | Initiating instant messaging (IM) chat sessions from email messages Systems and methods for integrating instant messaging (IM) services and email services are described. In one embodiment, among others, an email message is received and an IM chat session is automatically initiated from the email message. In some embodiments, the ini... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7894579 | Managing emergency services on a per-telephone-number basis Computer readable storage media containing computer executable instructions for performing methods for managing emergency services on a per-communication-address basis in a call distributor are described herein. A plurality of different communications addresses may ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883435 | Tunable broadhead A tunable broadhead is disclosed for rotating an elongated body of a broadhead relative to an extension member. The tunable broadhead enables the blades of a broadhead to be rotated relative to an arrow shaft into which the tunable broadhead may be attached to tune ... | 02/08/2011 |
