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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7213063 | Method, apparatus and system for maintaining connections between computers using connection-oriented protocols The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for maintaining a connection between a server and a client by receiving a message, determining whether to store one or more elements of the message, storing the one or more elements of the message when th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206522 | Dynamic measurement of and compensation for impairments to optical data communication pulses A photomultiplier module (PMT), preferably a PMT with a gallium arsenide (GaAs) photocathode, is used as a N-photon detector (N is an integer ≧2). The PMT detects the N-photon absorption rate of an optical signal having a wavelength range extending from 1.0 μm to... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7133622 | Return-to-zero (RZ) optical data modulator A method and apparatus for variable duty cycle generation of optical RZ data signals uses a single, NRZ-driven phase modulator followed by a optical delay-line interferometer. If desired, a differential encoder precodes an NRZ data signal before being applied to the... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6985442 | Technique for bandwidth sharing in internet and other router networks without per flow state record keeping In a network of interconnected edge and core routers, where packet data flows are received at edge routers and then transmitted toward intended destinations via a path through one or more core routers, fair bandwidth sharing is achieved without per-flow state monito... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6892021 | Dynamic gain equalization arrangement for optical signals An optical dynamic gain equalization filter (DGEF) comprises a planar arrangement of preferably “perfectly sampled” (or alternatively oversampled) waveguide grating routers (WGR's) connected by individual optical paths each containing a Mach-Zehnder interferomet... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6832053 | Delayed interference wavelength converter and/or 2R regenerator A delayed interference all-optical wavelength converter is arranged to convert and reshape a pulsed input signal Pin at λ1 into the wavelength converted signal Pconv at λ2, where λ1 and λ2 are dif... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6823144 | Optical transmission system An optical transmission system is provided which uses optical single-sideband (SSB) modulation and incorporates at least one mid-span analog SSB regenerator arranged to produce a phase conjugation of the transmitted signal. The phase conjugation technique, referred ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6738540 | Optical cross-connect switch using programmable multiplexers/demultiplexers An optical cross connect switch includes a programmable demultiplexer placed on every input transmission port, a programmable multiplexer placed on every output transmission port, and a linking fiber between every programmable demultiplexer and multiplexer in the sy... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6628617 | Technique for internetworking traffic on connectionless and connection-oriented networks Traffic on a connectionless (CL) network, such as IP packets, can be routed onto a connection a connection oriented (CO) network, such as an ATM telephony network, when it is advantageous to do so from a user or service provider viewpoint, without affecti... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6611368 | Time-division multiplexed pump wavelengths resulting in ultra broad band, flat, backward pumped Raman gain A method and apparatus for producing a flat gain over very broad gain bands utilizing backward-pumped Raman amplification. The method allows for dynamic gain control through simple electronic means.... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6587475 | Method of assigning circuit ID's in an IS-IS compliant network The number of possible circuits that can be linked to each node operating in accordance with the IS-IS standard is expanded from the 256 limit set by the IS-IS standard to a larger arbitrary number. Each node is initially assigned and can use on each circ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6535660 | Raman-amplified optical transmission system A Raman-amplified optical transmission system 80 includes a source of optical transmission signals having a system wavelength, λs, that are connected to one end of the of a first optical fiber 50-1 having a large effective area, i.e., Aef... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6510265 | High-speed multi mode fiber optic link A method and apparatus for overcoming modal noise penalties associated with multi-mode fiber optic links operating at high data rates on the order of 10 Gb/s. The method involves restricting the center launch condition of optical signals into the multi-mo... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6459784 | Method for the definition of a call forward operation within a telecommunications system A method for defining a call forward operation in a telecommunications system. A user activates a call forward function, and receives a system response proposing a default value for the orginator. The user either validates the default originator or makes ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6438379 | Power control and cell site location technique for CDMA systems with hierarchical architecture Multiple microcell base stations are located within a macrocell having single macrocell base station in an hierarchical architecture, and microcell users (μ-users) and macrocell users (M-users) communicate respectively with the μ-base and the M-base usi... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6402393 | Interconnection system for optical circuit boards An interconnection system is shown that enables an optical circuit board 300, having a number of optical devices 400, 500, to be easily connected to and disconnected from a backplane 100. The optical devices are positioned along a side edge 311 of a print... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6405250 | Network management system based on passive monitoring and proactive management for formulation behavior state transition models A network management system (NMS) and method is arranged for monitoring, controlling and managing a network that includes a set of interconnected network elements (NEs). A management agent in each NE interacts with the NMS on behalf of the NE. The system ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6271892 | Method and apparatus for compressing a sequence of information-bearing frames having at least two media An apparatus and method for compressing a sequence of frames having at least first and second information-bearing media components selects a plurality of representative frames from among the sequence of frames. The representative frames represent informat... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6263057 | Automatic telecommunications provider selection system The invention provides methods and apparatuses for the automatic selection of a telecommunications service provider, for example, an inter-exchange or intra-exchange service provider, from a number of available telecommunications service providers, for a ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6243491 | Methods and apparatus for controlling a video system with visually recognized props A passive prop for controlling the operation of a video game through visually detecting and tracking the prop. One aspect of the invention is a spherical prop of principally one color, but with a spot of another color located on the sphere. This provides ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6198941 | Method of operating a portable communication device A method of effectuating a change in the operation of a portable communication device such as a laptop or palmtop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a cellular telephone. The device can communicate with a remote host or server using one of t... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6192250 | Cluster mobile switching center A "cluster mobile switching center" (cMSC) is arranged to perform the switching and control functions of a conventional mobile switching center (MSC), including, if desired, the additional functions of a conventional visitor location register (VLR). The c... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6178461 | Cache-based compaction technique for internet browsing using similar objects in client cache as reference objects The amount of information that must be transmitted from an Internet server to a user's computer or workstation when the user requests an Internet object, for example, by clicking on a URL in a web browser application, is reduced using a cache-based compac... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6049523 | System and method for achieving efficient coordination of protection switching The delineation and quick invocation of protection switching is achieved by generating a protection indicator having an initial state at the point that a transmission facility failure is detected and passing the indicator downstream. A switch that receive... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5918158 | Two-way wireless messaging system A two-way wireless messaging system includes a messaging network and a two-way wireless messaging device which originates, receives and replies to messages having dynamic message components to and from the messaging network. The messaging network includes... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5887037 | Introducing processing delay as a multiple of the time slot duration An apparatus for performance improvement of a burst mode digital wireless receiver has a processing circuit for processing a plurality of received signals and providing a processed signal and a delay circuit for introducing a predetermined delay to the pr... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5859902 | Method for processing collect calls When a collect call is initiated by a calling party, and the call is routed to an operator services position, an automated attendant, or other system in the telephone network. In addition to playing an announcement to the called party to determine if he o... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5760771 | System and method for providing structured tours of hypertext files A system and method for providing structured tours of hypertext files. A server controls the presentation of hypertext files to a user. Accompanying information to the hypertext files in the form of an automated tour guide is presented and synchronized wi... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5740234 | Telephone call monitoring method and apparatus To provide a complete picture of the calling pattern of calls placed to a destination entity which permits the destination entity's routing plan to be adequately administered, a) information is collected about all call attempts to particular, specified di... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5724411 | Method for selectively alerting multiple telephones of an incoming call A method and system for selectively routing incoming calls to a requested called party wherein the requested called party is at least one of a group of individuals associated with a plurality of telephones. A database system sends a menu to a calling part... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5706339 | Technique for use in processing personal telephone calls In a personal communication service (PCS) environment, where a call to a personal telephone number may be routed to a sequence of telephone numbers until the call is answered or abandoned, and where it is possible that the destination telephones indicated... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5689552 | Telephone calling with automatic billing AN automatic calling service is provided wherein a subscriber predefines one or more destination telephone numbers, and calls to such number or numbers are billed to the subscriber's local telephone number. Calls are made to such destination numbers throu... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5590186 | System and method for redirecting a telephone call with call merging Calls made to a toll-free 800 service subscriber are routed to a subscriber's primary location via a telephone network switch operating in conjunction with a specially configured adjunct processor. The adjunct processor routes the call from the calling pa... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5533111 | System for originating and receiving telephone calls over a virtual piped connection, and specialized customer premise equipment for use in the system Access (or egress) charges payable by an IXC to a LEC, and payable by the subscriber to the LEC for originating or terminating calls and for associated vertical call control features, are reduced or eliminated by providing a virtual piped collection that ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5506894 | System for processing calling party information for international communications services A system for delivering originating country information for international calls to a subscriber includes three separate processes. In a first process, the country code is extracted from either billing/routing data forwarded by the caller's national teleph... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5473677 | Telecommunications network architecture and system The present invention provides real time call control within a telecommunications network, using a call selection processor separate from the switches carrying the call, which responds to incoming calls and uses information carried in the associated signa... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5450491 | Authenticator card and system An authenticator card includes a liquid crystal display arranged to exhibit a dynamically changeable bar code pattern that represents an account number and, optionally, a PIN and/or expiration date. The card includes circuitry for periodically changing th... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5444774 | Interactive queuing sytem for call centers This invention relates to a system and a method for a) queuing a call when no attendants are available to service that call b) soliciting and collecting initial information from the caller while the call is in the holding queue c) querying a database usin... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5440615 | Language selection for voice messaging system A voice messaging system is designed to select an announcement for a caller based on source information associated with a call initiated by that caller. The voice messaging system a) compares at least a portion of the source information to a stored langua... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5432845 | Post answer telephone call redirection or rerouting Calls made to an 800 service subscriber are routed to the subscriber's primary location via a telephone network switch operating in conjunction with a specially configured adjunct processor. The adjunct processor is arranged to monitor the call even after... | 07/11/1995 |
