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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5481592 | System for automatically completing calls to mobile telephone subscribers A system and method which can complete a call to a specific Inmarsat subscriber ship. When a call arrives at a gateway switch, a test is made to determine if the called ship is in the gateway's local database. If it is, then a current region code is retri... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5473604 | Method for avoiding node overload in a packet switching network A system and method that controls node congestion in a packet switching network by allowing the congested node to seize control of transmission on the packet switching network and not relinquishing control until it has drained its buffer of the backlog of... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5452441 | System and method for on-line state restoration of one or more processors in an N module redundant voting processor system A system and method for restoring an operating N module redundant NMR) processors when one or more processors is in an out-of-service state. This NMR system comprises N processors each having an individual memory system. An interconnection network is conf... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5450482 | Dynamic network automatic call distribution A network ACD that, when one switch in the network has blocked services, distributes calls to another switch with available services; wherein such distribution is based on information stored in each switch. The stored information comprises a list of switc... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5446881 | Database storage and retrieval method using a declining stage size and repetitive searches A hashing database system that efficiently handles collisions comprises a list of data blocks divided into a plurality of stages, each of which is geometrically smaller than the preceding stage. The key of the data to be stored or retrieved (the "desired ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5440662 | Keyword/non-keyword classification in isolated word speech recognition A two-pass classification system and method that post-processes HMM scores with additional confidence scores to derive a value that may be applied to a threshold on which a keyword verses non-keyword determination may be based. The first stage comprises G... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5438896 | Knife pen for program-controlled plotters An apparatus for cutting labels or other material in a program-controlled plotter comprising a blade affixed in a shaft which, in turn, is rotably held in a shell which can be mounted in a plotter. Advantageously, the blade is mounted so that the cutting ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5438565 | Packet switch to provide code division, multiple access cellular service A system for relaying CDMA packetized data from a cell site or sites to a destination speech processor. The CDMA packetized data, is received at the cell site and is sent in its packetized form along with a destination address to a packet switch. A packet... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5436896 | Conference bridge for packetized speech-signal networks A conference bridge that receives speech data in the form of data packets, and transmits data in the same form, without transforming the data in the conference bridge. The conference bridge according to this invention includes a plurality of inputs that h... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5434854 | System for communicating digital cellular data between a cell site and a switching system or another cell site A system and method for delivering packetized data representing radio signals to and from cell sites, and to and from a destination point via a fast packet network. Each cell site includes an interface for packetizing the radio signals and transmitting th... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5434853 | System and method for providing soft handoff of a cellular mobile-to-mobile call Soft handoff is provided in a mobile-to-mobile call in a cellular communication system, wherein a first mobile is moving from a first cell to a second cell, and the second mobile is in a third cell. The first mobile requests a handoff from the first cell ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5394540 | System for testing a network component by selectively modifying messages received from the component and returning to a simulator A system for testing one or more communication network components comprising a network entity simulator for emulating message communication among network entities and the one or more network components under test, and a message processor for intercepting ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5392432 | Method for automatic system resource reclamation for object-oriented systems with real-time constraints In object-oriented systems, non-memory resources are both managed by objects and represented as objects. If an object managing or representing non-memory resources becomes unreferenced, the non-memory resources managed by that object are lost from the sys... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5388238 | System and method for monitoring the validity of circulating pointers in a FIFO memory A system and method are described for enforcing the validity of circulating pointers stored in a pointer FIFO (first-in-first-out) memory. One or more target pointers are generated and compared to circulating pointers. If a pointer does not circulate thro... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5371781 | System and method for identifying the incoming directory number when multiple directory numbers are assigned to one wireless device A system and method for delivering called party identification to a called telephone wireless station set during paging of the called wireless telephone, or, advantageously, after call set up but before ringing starts. A control unit then may cause the ca... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5363369 | System for inter packet community communication A system for delivering packetized data in a network comprising a plurality of packet switch communities, wherein each of the packet switch communities has a plurality of endpoints connected to a common packet switch and having a unique address, and where... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5343526 | Method for establishing licensor changeable limits on software usage A system and method for establishing licensor changeable limits on shared software usage without the licensor having access to the system on which the shared software is running. An encrypted numerical limit value is embedded in the licensed software (pro... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5327489 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a network for customer signaling during the term of a call A network monitor and associated control system is provided to monitor a toll network for customer signaling. A multi-tone signal processor and associated control is provided such that when signaling is detected, such signaling is validated against a prov... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5313554 | Backward gain adaptation method in code excited linear prediction coders An exemplary CELP coder where gain adaptation is performed using previous gain values in conjunction with an entry in a table comprising the logarithms of the root-mean-squared values of the codebook vectors, to predict the next gain value. Not only is th... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5311574 | Automatic customer call back for automatic call distribution systems An automatic call distribution system wherein, when no agent is immediately available, and the calculated delay before an agent is likely to become available is above a predetermined threshold, a record is made of the calling number (either received as pa... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5311569 | Line-based public safety answering point A line-based 911 system and method that completes an emergency call from a telephone to a PSAP comprising a multiplicity of operator stations connected by individual lines to a telephone switching system. An emergency call is routed to the termination por... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5311589 | Apparatus and method for audible signaling tone recognition A method and apparatus for detecting dual-tone, multi-frequency (DTMF) digits and call progress tones by determining the amplitudes of preselected frequencies in a signal over a predetermined time period, and determining a candidate tone by selecting two ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5305312 | Apparatus for interfacing analog telephones and digital data terminals to an ISDN line An interface to an integrated service, digital network (ISDN) line for up to two analog dual tone, multifrequency telephones and up to four personal computers or data terminals. A stored program-controlled processor controls access to the ISDN line for th... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5291482 | High bandwidth packet switch A fast packet switch comprising one buffer directly connected between a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports to effect rapid throughput of data packets. A pointer to a location in the buffer is allocated by a buffer manager upon receip... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5287103 | Method and apparatus for providing local area network clients with internetwork identification data An arrangement providing an internetwork identification in response to a broadcast message from a LAN client wherein the broadcast message comprises the LAN client's LAN address. The exemplary apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving a message from th... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5274807 | Method for reducing magnetic storage volume for computer disk image backup A computer data backup method where copying of data blocks from one medium to another is deferred until a data structure, e.g. a bit map, is generated defining those data blocks that in fact contain data. The data structure is then read to copy to the bac... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5206901 | Method and apparatus for alerting multiple telephones for an incoming call A system for alerting a plurality of telephones in response to an incoming call to a destination directory number. A handling switch sends a query to a centralized database requesting routing instructions, and the database returns the directory numbers of... | 04/27/1993 |
