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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7477607 | Method for allocating blocks of internet protocol (IP) addresses in networks Methods for allocating blocks of addresses to nodes in an IP communications network determine an optimal set of serving subnets, referred to as resources, for a single node in an IP communications network with given input demands for blocks of addresses. An optimal ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7289456 | Determining and provisioning paths within a network of communication elements A graph of a network is created by efficiently modeling the network elements, and the network links and virtual trunks that interconnect these elements. The network elements are model as one or more routing nodes wherein each routing node represents part of an eleme... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286480 | Method and system for design and routing in transparent optical networks The present invention relates to a method and system for design and routing in telecommunications networks having transparent elements such as photonic switches. Transparent optical networks transmit signals optically, performing both switching and amplification pho... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7272133 | Method and system for implementing standard applications on an intelligent network service control point through an open services gateway Telecommunications service providers are increasingly relying on third party applications developed in accordance with industry standard application programming interfaces (API's). In order to decouple the connection between the standard API's and the telecommunicat... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272121 | Methods and apparatus for a modular wireless system Methods and systems are provided for wireless communications using base stations interconnected by a packet network. A base station receives communications from a wireless device in a first cell served by the base station. The wireless device may be handed off from ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7203172 | Internodal routing engine for a next generation network In a next generation packet based network a routing engine is used to determine the most cost effective route for a call from a caller/client subscriber to a call destination. The service manager or call agent softswitch, a call processor that controls the processin... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7184418 | Method and system for host mobility management protocol The present invention is directed to a mobility management protocol for supporting real-time and non-real-time multimedia applications on mobile stations of third generation internet protocol (3G-IP) networks. The present invention utilizes as well as extends the se... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7167984 | Method and device for generating approximate message authentication codes An approximate message authentication code (AMAC) which, like conventional message authentication codes, provides absolute authentication of the origin of the message, yet provides an approximate integrity check for the content of the message. The approximate integr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161942 | Method for distributing and conditioning traffic for mobile networks based on differentiated services A method for distributing and conditioning IP traffic for mobile networks based on differentiated services, wherein edge/border routers are only required to maintain QoS profiles for related mobile stations. A new IP address or a new service level subscription or se... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152065 | Information retrieval and text mining using distributed latent semantic indexing The use of latent semantic indexing (LSI) for information retrieval and text mining operations is adapted to work on large heterogeneous data sets by first partitioning the data set into a number of smaller partitions having similar concept domains. A similarity gra... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7139285 | Frequency hop collision prediction in a multi-channel, bluetooth-enabled packet transmission system An arrangement including a scannable matrix for predicting the occurrence of a future collision of frequency hops of the channel hopping patterns on the respective activated first paths of a Bluetooth packet transmission system is described. A first coordinate of th... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7106833 | Automated system and method for management of digital subscriber lines An automatic system for the provisioning, deployment and management of digital subscriber lines (DSL) in a telephone network uses data on loop composition, electromagnetic interference and crosstalk between lines to optimize the performance and correct problems with... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103360 | Switching telephone calls between wireline and cellular telephones A telephone subscriber having both a wireline and a cellular telephone can switch calls between these phones. A routing table identifies that a subscriber is entitled to this service, and a look up table maintains the telephone numbers of the two different telephone... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099351 | Method and system for remote measurement of network traffic Methods and systems are provided for determining inter-region and intra-region traffic in one or more networks. To determine the network traffic flowing between a first region and a second region, one or more routers in the first and second regions are identified al... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092707 | Service impact analysis and alert handling in telecommunications systems A system for the prioritization of quality of service (QoS) alerts and the analysis of the impact of such alerts on service uses a service model in which services are broken into one or more service components and sub-components. Creation of a service dependency mod... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085242 | Virtual IP topology reconfiguration migration A virtual IP topology in an IRW network is dynamically migrated from a current topology to a new topology while minimizing end user impact by maximizing network connectivity and by minimizing impact on heavier traffic communications. The virtual IP connections that ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082401 | Digital subscriber line network deployment method A method for placing equipment in a network begins with a baseline network on which demographic data is analyzed statistically to produce a demographically-driven driven demand forecast model. The demand forecast model yields a predicted demand for each census block... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075910 | Distributed smooth handoff using shadow addresses in IP-based base stations A technique for assigning an address (“shadow address”) to a mobile station that is compatible with the layer-2 address on the wireline network which serves the mobile station. The shadow address is then used as a wireline identifier for the destination address ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072317 | Method and apparatus for providing soft hand-off in IP-centric wireless CDMA networks A Virtual Soft-Hand-off method for wireless IP-centric CDMA networks whose routers, hosts, and mobile stations have small group multicast (SGM) capability comprises setting up an explicit synchronous multicast session among a small group of participants with dynamic... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072340 | Dynamic assignment and validation of IP addresses in wireless IP networks The transmission of unnecessary assignment and validation information to mobile terminals in wireless IP networks is automatically blocked. Assignment and validation information originating with a mobile terminal is discarded by a base station if the information is ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072664 | Estimating non-uniform spatial offered loads in a cellular wireless network Non-uniform spatial loads are estimated for a plurality of bins corresponding to a cellular wireless territory served by Base Station Transceivers (BTS's). Using means and standard deviation of signal strength received at each of the bins from each of the BTS's, pro... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7042866 | Method and apparatus utilizing bluetooth protocols for the remote setting of IP network parameters An efficient method and apparatus for rapidly and flexibly setting, on a remote basis, the value of a selected IP parameter(s) in each of a plurality of networked computing devices within a local proximity to support transmission using the IP protocol. In an illustr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039028 | Packet distribution and selection in soft handoff for IP-based base stations among multiple subnets A technique for assigning an address (“shadow address”) to a mobile station that is compatible with the layer-2 address on the wireline network which serves the mobile station. The shadow address is then used as a wireline identifier for the destination address ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039689 | Method and system for determining geographical regions of hosts in a network Methods and systems are provided for determining the geographical regions of hosts in a network. A plurality of sample hosts in the network are preselected. The sample hosts are preselected such that they are located in a plurality of geographical regions that are d... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035938 | Determination of connection links to configure a virtual private network A technique for physically implementing a network of nodes in a virtual private network. To physically set-up all required connections in the network, a heuristic link selection algorithm is devised to systematically and efficiently determine interconnection links t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035236 | Network-layer and link-layer use of shadow addresses with IP-based base stations A technique for assigning an address (“shadow address”) to a mobile station that is compatible with the layer-2 address on the wireline network which serves the mobile station. The shadow address is then used as a wireline identifier for the destination address ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035929 | Method for dynamically allocating IP addresses for time sensitive hosts based on priorities and guard bands A method and system is provided for periodically and dynamically updating allocation pools of IP address which are reserved for wireless or wireline hosts. A system IP address server controls an entire address pool, contains predictive analysis logic, performs a pre... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031278 | Network-layer and link-layer use of shadow addresses in soft handoff within subnets A technique for assigning an address (“shadow address”) to a mobile station that is compatible with the layer-2 address on the wireline network which serves the mobile station. The shadow address is then used as a wireline identifier for the destination address ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020256 | Dynamic telephone numbering system The present invention relates generally to logical telephone numbers. In particular, dynamic number users are able to obtain dynamic numbers and to map those numbers to routable numbers of their choosing. The present invention provides a tool for protecting privacy ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016396 | Unitary bluetooth-enabled terminal having multiple radio interfaces A Bluetooth-enabled terminal having a radio manager for minimizing frequency collisions between channel hopping patterns transmitted over plural channels established between such terminal and correspondent Bluetooth devices is described. The radio manager extracts s... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016324 | System and method for dynamically allocating IP addresses for shared wireless and wireline networks based on priorities and guard bands A method and system is provided for periodically and dynamically updating allocation pools of IP address which are reserved for wireless or wireline hosts. A system IP address server controls an entire address pool, contains predictive analysis logic, performs a pre... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016353 | Method and system for dynamically assigning IP addresses in wireless networks A method is provided for IP-based wireless networks to support dynamic assignment of IP addresses to wireless mobile stations without broadcasting messages over the air and without modifications to standard IP for dynamic IP address assignment. When a mobile station... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010441 | Method and system for improved single-ended loop make-up identification In a method and system for determining the composition of a subscriber loop, the method consists of analyzing the echo responses generated by the transmittal of pulses onto the subscriber loop. In the method, discontinuities along a loop are identified sequentially ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009961 | Interconnecting voice-over-packet and analog telephony at a desktop PSTN and voice over packet telephony are integrated at a customer premises, thereby reducing the plurality of redundant user I/O devices on the desktop, simplifying management of multiple telephony interfaces, and interconnecting PSTN and VoP calls at the desktop. A... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999583 | Crosstalk identification for spectrum management in broadband telecommunications systems Crosstalk between subscriber loops used to transmit different broadband services through the same bundled telephone cable is a significant limitation to providing digital subscriber line services. A method for estimating the crosstalk, identifying the sources of the... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999434 | Method, system and circuitry for soft handoff in internet protocol-based code division multiple access networks Method, system, and circuitry for successfully completing soft handoff in an Internet Protocol (IP) based autonomous base station wireless Code Division Multiple Access network, wherein processing is done at the serving base station so that target base stations need... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992995 | Telecommunication enhanced mobile IP architecture for intra-domain mobility Methods and systems are provided for facilitating intra-domain mobility. A first network or domain includes a home agent or SIP proxy of a mobile node. A second network includes two or more subnetworks and at least one mobility agent (MA). Each subnetwork includes a... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993000 | Method for CDMA soft handoff via IP multicasting Method for selecting IP data packet segments in an all-IP architecture that supports CDMA soft handoff via IP multicasting, wherein both the mobile terminal and IP backbone network receive a plurality of identical, redundant CDMA IP data packets. A best IP data pack... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992994 | Methods and systems for a generalized mobility solution using a dynamic tunneling agent Methods and systems are provided for facilitating intra-domain mobility. A first network or domain includes a home agent or SIP proxy of a mobile node. A second network includes two or more subnetworks and at least one dynamic tunneling agent (DTA). Each subnetwork ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6978313 | Method and system for transporting generic data messages over the public switched telephone network to customer premises equipment without establishing a call Methods and systems are disclosed for transferring service application data from a server to a subscriber device via the PSTN without establishing a call between the server and subscriber device and without the PSTN switching components having inherent knowledge as ... | 12/20/2005 |
