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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171547 | Method and system for real time classification of events in computer integrity system Method and system using a designated known secure computer for real time classification of change events in a computer integrity system are disclosed. In the embodiment of the invention, the known secure computer is dedicated for providing permissible change events,... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171301 | Method and system for integrated securing and managing of virtual machines and virtual appliances Method and system for the integrated securing and managing of virtual machines and virtual appliances are presented. Sealing the virtual appliance at the computer of a sender, verifying authenticity of the sender at a recipient computer and managing the execution of... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171167 | Intelligent caching of media files A method of receiving and forwarding a multimedia message is provided. The multimedia message is adapted with a first adaptation profile into a first adapted message to be received in a first device. The multimedia message and the first adapted message are stored in... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161478 | Management of computer systems by using a hierarchy of autonomic management elements A method and system for managing a computing system by using a hierarchy of autonomic management elements are described. The autonomic management elements operate in a master-slave mode and negotiate a division of management responsibilities regarding various compon... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161049 | System and method for patent evaluation using artificial intelligence A system, method, computer program product, and a web site for evaluating a patent document by using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been provided. The patent document is characterized by patent indices arranged into a hierarchy, each index reflecting a differe... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8132248 | Managing configurations of a firewall A method and system for managing multiple firewall configurations are disclosed. The method uses a pointer on a packet object representing a packet to reference a configuration object representing a configuration of the firewall which is assigned to the packet. By u... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125927 | Method and system for network topology discovery Methods and apparatus for topology discovery of a network having heterogeneous network devices are disclosed. A network appliance communicates with the network devices to acquire device descriptors and characterize the network devices accordingly. Topology discovery... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117596 | Method and system for version independent software release management A method for assembling an update for a software release is described, comprising defining classes of software components, each class comprising one or more instances of the class, each instance having a unique identifier, each instance representing a software compo... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117323 | Method and system for fast channel switching using standard RTSP messages Method and system for performing fast channel switching in client-server systems, in which live media streams sent by a streaming server under the RTSP protocol are played by the client, are described. The existing functionality of the media player, for example seek... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117229 | Fast identification of complex strings in a data stream A method for detecting and locating occurrence in a data stream of any complex string belonging to a predefined complex dictionary is disclosed. A complex string may comprise an arbitrary number of interleaving coherent strings and ambiguous strings. The method comp... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107724 | Method and system for predictive scaling of colour mapped images A method for scaling an original color mapped image are disclosed. The method performs steps of: transforming the original color map into the scaled color map based on the original color map and the original image independently of the scaled image; scaling the origi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8091103 | Server providing content directories of video signals and linkage to content information sources An overlay server for illustrative video streaming constitutes a central part of a distributed system for linking content of video recordings to relevant information sources. The overlay server maintains a global object directory including information pertinent to a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8069183 | Fast identification of complex strings in a data stream A method of examining a data stream to detect presence of a complex string belonging to a complex dictionary is provided. The method includes associating an array of state variables and an array of reference states with the complex dictionary; detecting a simple str... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8019709 | Method and system for rule-based content filtering A system and method for content-filtering of data containers in a network supporting versatile communications services are disclosed. The content-filtering system is integrated with a content-adaptation system. Several server units handle data containers formulated ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019371 | Multi-users real-time transcoding system and method for multimedia sessions A method an system for establishing a multi-user communication session, having a session description, between terminals with incompatible media characteristics, in which users with terminals having incompatible media characteristics are invited to participate in the... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8001260 | Flow-rate adaptation for a connection of time-varying capacity A system and methods for adapting streaming data for transmission over a connection of time-varying capacity are disclosed. A streaming server individually adapts transmission rates of signals directed to subtending clients according to measurements characterizing c... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001116 | Video player for exhibiting content of video signals with content linking to information sources A method and apparatus for retrieving information relevant to tracked objects appearing in a display of a video signal is disclosed. The method is performed by a viewing computer having stored thereon an augmented display tool. In response to a user requesting the v... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996896 | System for regulating host security configuration Methods and apparatus for dynamically revising host-intrusion-protection configurations according to varying host state and changing intrusion patterns are disclosed. A set of local servers, each functioning as a deep-security manager supporting a respective subset ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987196 | Fast identification of complex strings in a data stream A method for detecting and locating occurrence in a data stream of any complex string belonging to a predefined complex dictionary is disclosed. A complex string may comprise an arbitrary number of interleaving coherent strings and ambiguous strings. The method comp... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7975063 | Informative data streaming server A server for data streaming encodes multimedia signals at bit rates compatible with a connection of time-varying conditions and informs a client receiving a multimedia signal of changing bit rates and causes of change. The server supports several clients and include... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7930747 | Host intrusion prevention server An intrusion-prevention server supporting a set of hosts comprises data filters and an engine which uses a set of encoded rules for assigning data filters to hosts according to metadata characterizing the hosts. Each data filter corresponds to at least one intrusion... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921457 | Distributed subscriber management system A distributed subscriber management system and method that controls access to a network preventing unauthorized traffic through the access network and providing centralized access control between user networks are disclosed. The controlled access is provided through... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921222 | Method and system for fast channel switching using standard RTSP messages Method and system for performing fast channel switching in client-server systems, in which live media streams sent by a streaming server under the RTSP protocol are played by the client, are described. The seek functionality in the media player is overloaded to prov... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908634 | High-speed cable with embedded power control A High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable carries high speed encoded data which are transmitted differentially over data channels, along with a clock. High-frequency loss and differential skew within a differential signal may be compensated by analog circu... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899842 | Fast identification of complex strings in a data stream A method for detecting and locating occurrence in a data stream of any complex string belonging to a predefined complex dictionary is disclosed. A complex string may comprise an arbitrary number of interleaving coherent strings and ambiguous strings. The method comp... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7869709 | Signal identification in optical communications networks Signals in an optical communications network, such as optical channels in an optical WDM network for example, are each identified by at least two low frequency dither tones with which the signal is modulated. The dither tones alternate with a predetermined periodici... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7844725 | Data streaming through time-varying transport media Methods of data streaming from an encoder to a decoder through a connection subjected to time-varying conditions are disclosed. The connection is assigned a nominal flow rate and an encoding coefficient associated with the connection modifies the nominal flow rate t... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840460 | System and method for patent portfolio evaluation Methods and systems for forming a team of experts and evaluating a portfolio of patent documents have been provided. The methods comprise the step of determining a bias of an expert, and then providing evaluations of patent documents assigned to the expert according... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7827308 | Optical wavekey network and a method for distributing management information therein Optical link related wavekey information and other vendor specific information is distributed in a WDM network using an extension of the standard OSPF routing protocol. The extension makes use of a vendor attribute Link State Advertisement (LSA) which is a new type ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7783193 | Noise tone avoidance in optical networks Identification of optical channels in wavelength division multiplex (WDM) optical networks may be confounded by unwanted noise tones interfering with pilot/dither tones used for identifying optical channels. The invention describes a method of selecting pilot/dither... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7729874 | System and method for calibrating a high-speed cable An HDMI cable carries high speed encoded data which are transmitted differentially over data channels, along with a clock. High-frequency loss and differential skew within a differential signal may be compensated by analog circuits embedded in the cable. These embed... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7727772 | Fluid contamination analyzer and a sample cell therefor A fluid contamination analyzer has a sample cell containing a trapping medium capable of trapping contaminants suspended in the aqueous fluid flowing through the trapping medium, a light source for illuminating the trapping medium to cause the entrapped contaminants... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725943 | Embedded system administration An administration system for use within a server system is provided. The server system having a server that provides host management functions and the server system being able to accept computer cards inserted therein. The administration system comprises a computing... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722237 | Illuminating device and assembly for illuminating enclosed spaces using the same A self-contained illuminating device for mounting on or in a closed container for illuminating both the enclosed space of the container and an area of the device which has an insignia or graphic imposed thereon, e.g. for advertising purposes. The device has a shell ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715710 | Method and system for power management in optical networks Methods and apparatus for optical-power control in an optical network employing wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) optical-fiber links are devised to circumvent the effect of crosstalk caused by optical-power scattering. Each carrier signal is amplitude-modulated... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7652816 | Method for network commissioning and upgrading using amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) sources This invention provides a method for commissioning and upgrading an optical ring network using its internal amplifiers as Automatic Spontaneous Emission sources of light that are used in making measurements. A modular segmented approach is adopted and the network is... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7636318 | Real-time network analyzer A real-time network-analysis system comprises a network appliance and a plurality of management devices. The network appliance continuously monitors an object network and synthesizes a current network image comprising contemporaneous indicators of connectivity, occu... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7630982 | Fast identification of complex strings in a data stream A method for detecting and locating occurrence in a data stream of any complex string belonging to a predefined complex dictionary is disclosed. A complex string may comprise an arbitrary number of interleaving coherent strings and ambiguous strings. The method comp... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7580998 | Method for describing problems in a telecommunications network A method for describing problems in a telecommunications network is provided, wherein the alarms for a network service displayed on an operator's console are presented in the order of the path comprising the service and associated with respective network elements, f... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7557689 | Alerting method, apparatus, server, and system An alert system for a communications network has a plurality of client devices and a plurality of alert servers each adapted to provide alerts to a respective subset of the client devices to provide scalability. Users at the client devices subscribe to receive alert... | 07/07/2009 |
