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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6493348 | XDSL-based internet access router An Internet protocol based system and method facilitate communication and improve the overall network performance between remote user terminals and Web servers across the parts of the Internet (or IP-based Intranets), that are configured by a communicatio... | 12/10/2002 |
| 5847831 | Apparatus for monitoring the state of a liquid-crystal polarization A liquid crystal (LC) polarization modulator segment (216, 218) includes a monitoring device (220). The monitoring device (220) includes a polarized reference light source (222), located at an LC polarization monitor input, and polarized light detector (2... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5842010 | Periodic wireless data broadcast A periodic wireless data transmission has improved access latency obtaining information regarding users' interest in the information and by arranging the information on an transmission in order of descending popularity. In one embodiment, each adjacent pa... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5748811 | Optical switch An optical filter, such as a wavelength-division multiplexer, demultiplexer, or optical router, in which several single-mode waveguides are coupled to the sides of an optical interaction region containing a wavelength dispersive element that collects ligh... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5737011 | Infinitely expandable real-time video conferencing system A video conferencing system and method that uses a central multimedia bridge to combine multimedia signals from a plurality of conference participants into a single composite signal for each participant. The system gives each conference participant the ab... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5732179 | Birefringence-free semiconductor waveguide A birefringence-free semiconductor waveguide comprising on a substrate a plurality of layers some of which are in tensile strain with respect to the substrate and others of which are in compressive strain. Birefringent-free behavior with respect to a guid... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5708681 | Hybrid analog/digital method and apparatus for controlling the transmission power level of a radio transceiver A technique for controlling the transmission power level of a transmitter, particularly in a wireless personal communication system, is disclosed. This technique assists in the prevention of interference between transceivers from degrading the quality of ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5680390 | Broadband telecommunications network and method of having operations systems support A broadband intelligent network employs a fast-packet switch having a plurality of ports and a switch processor for establishing switched or permanent virtual port connections, for routing cells through the connections to and from the ports, and for proce... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5673322 | System and method for providing protocol translation and filtering to access the world wide web from wireless or low-bandwidth networks An interface between a protected computer or computer network and the World Wide Web (WWW). The interface comprises a split proxy system that encapsulates TCP/IP transmissions into a script transmission, which is not subject to problems in high latency sy... | 09/30/1997 |
