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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168939 | Method and system for a light source assembly supporting direct coupling to an integrated circuit Methods and systems for a light source assembly supporting direct coupling to a photonically enabled complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip are disclosed. The assembly may include a laser, a microlens, a turning mirror, reciprocal and/or non-reciprocal ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165431 | Integrated transceiver with lightpipe coupler A transceiver comprising a CMOS chip and a laser coupled to the chip may be operable to communicate an optical source signal from a semiconductor laser into the CMOS chip. The optical source signal may be used to generate first optical signals that are transmitted f... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160035 | Method and system for mobile network nodes in heterogeneous networks The invention relates to a method and a system for creating an optimized communications link (SC/DC) between at least two mobile network nodes (10, 11), whereby corresponding interface management modules (40, 41) create lookup tables (401, 411) ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151334 | Communication card for mobile network devices and authentication method for users of mobile network devices A removable communication card for mobile network devices, respectively a corresponding authentication method, which communication card includes a network interface module for bidirectional transmission of data with a network, an identification module for storing id... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8019342 | Controlling and enhancing handoff between wireless access points A process of maintaining access information between wireless hotspots is disclosed. A logon request from a wireless portable device is received by a first access point of a first wireless hotspot and use of the first access point by the wireless portable device is a... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018907 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018853 | Using RTCP statistics for media system control Methods for using communication network statistics in the operation of a real-time communication system are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may provide improved playback of real-time media streams by incorporating into the algorithms used for playback of the... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009608 | Method and system for extended network access services advertising via a broadband access gateway A system and method supporting the advertising of extended network access to multimedia services via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. A representative embodiment of the present invention may comprise a wireless interface and may be capable of exchanging mult... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005147 | Method of operating a video decoding system A system and method for decoding a digital video data stream. In one aspect, a plurality of hardware acceleration modules are used together with a core processor. The accelerators operate in a decoding pipeline wherein, in any given stage, each accelerator operates ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990949 | Enhanced wide area network support via a broadband access gateway A wireless broadband access gateway having a wireless interface compatible with any of a number of commercial wireless wide area network standards provides enhanced wire area network coverage via a broadband network. The gateway may function as a wireless wide area ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986704 | Simulcasting or multicasting of multimedia call sessions in a LAN/WLAN/PAN via a broadband access gateway A method and system for simulcasting multimedia information via a broadband access gateway and a wireless wide area network, is disclosed. An access device such as, for example, a mobile multimedia handset engaged in a call served by a wireless wide area network may... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983611 | Mobile device that presents interactive media and processes user response An electronic infrastructure consisting a plurality of client mobile devices, a distribution server and a media creator computer, wherein the client mobile devices present interactive media upon user request. The plurality of client mobile devices support dynamic sc... | 07/19/2011 |
| D641254 | Pizza bag | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974296 | Extended call handling functionality using multi-network simulcasting A method and apparatus supporting the handling of calls using simulcasting of multimedia information via a broadband access gateway are disclosed. A broadband access gateway supporting both a personal area network and a broadband network may receive multimedia infor... | 07/05/2011 |
| D640924 | Lid | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970908 | Media search engine for a personal media network A system providing search functionality supporting the exchange and consumption of media is disclosed. The searching of media on storage belonging to any of a pre-defined group of users of a personal media network is provided. In addition, media stored on designated... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969911 | Hierarchical communication system providing intelligent data, program and processing migration A hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mobile computing ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962164 | Method and system for extended network access notification via a broadband access gateway A system and method supporting extended network access notification via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. A representative embodiment of the present invention may comprise a wireless interface and may be capable of exchanging multimedia communication between ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7941092 | Media distribution server that presents interactive media to a mobile device A media distribution server presenting interactive media on mobile devices and receives mobile user response interactively. During the presentation of interactive media the user is prompted with multiple choices for their selection, which can be provided using softk... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937471 | Creating a public identity for an entity on a network A system is disclosed for establishing a public identity for an entity on a private network. In one embodiment, a first entity can initiate a request to create a binding of a public address to a private address for itself. The existence of this public address for th... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936713 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933252 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933227 | Voice and data exchange over a packet based network A signal processing system which discriminates between voice signals and data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier. The signal processing system includes a voice exchange, a data exchange and a call discriminator. The voice exchange is capable of exchanging voic... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928478 | Image sensor with improved color crosstalk An image sensor comprises a substrate of a first conductivity type. First and second pixels are arrayed over the substrate. A potential barrier is formed in a region of the substrate corresponding to the first pixel but not in a region of the substrate corresponding... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924783 | Hierarchical communications system Two wireless local area networks exhibiting different characteristics link portable or mobile computer devices. An infrastructure network comprising radio base stations, and at least one portable computer device make up the first wireless network, which communicates... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924752 | Voice and data exchange over a packet based network with AGC A signal processing system which discriminates between voice signals and data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier. The signal processing system includes a voice exchange, a data exchange and a call discriminator. The voice exchange is capable of exchanging voic... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920553 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916706 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912043 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899007 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894423 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889783 | Multiple data rate communication system Seamless wideband support is afforded by utilizing split-band data streams. For wideband signals, the 8 kHz bandwidth is divided into a low band, with approximately 0-4 kHz bandwidth, and a high band, with approximately 4-8 kHz bandwidth. Narrowband functions and se... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7848316 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7843825 | Method and system for packet rate shaping Aspects of a method and system for packet rate shaping may include an MMU that enables classification of one or more packets based on a CoS and/or an egress port, and transmission of the packets in accordance with a specified packet rate based on the classification.... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7836196 | Media exchange network supporting varying media guide based on viewing filters Systems having a user interface comprising a filtered view of media available for consumption are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may provide a first user with a view that enables consumption of only the available media that matches characteristics... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835407 | Voice and data exchange over a packet based network with DTMF A signal processing system which discriminates between voice signals and data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier. The signal processing system includes a voice exchange, a data exchange and a call discriminator. The voice exchange is capable of exchanging voic... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7822102 | Method and system for an efficient channel quantization method for MIMO pre-coding systems Aspects of a method and system for an efficient channel quantization method or MIMO pre-coding systems may include quantizing channel state information in a MIMO pre-coding system onto a codebook, which comprises one or more unitary matrices, using a cost function; ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7817740 | Method and system for minimum mean squared error soft interference cancellation (MMSE-SIC) based suboptimal maximum likelihood (ML) detection for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless system Various aspects of a method for minimum mean square error soft interference cancellation (MMSE-SIC) based sub-optimal maximum likelihood (ML) detection for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless system may comprise selecting at least one constellation poin... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809408 | Method and system for a power switch with a slow in-rush current Aspects of a method and system for a power switch with a slow in-rush current are presented. Aspects of the system may include at least one resistive component, which is coupled between an input control signal and an output stage circuit of a power switch circuit, s... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809092 | Method and system for UMTS HSDPA shared control channel processing Aspects of a method and system for UMTS HSDPA Shared Control Channel processing may include calculating at a receiver, for each one of a plurality of control channels, a quality metric derived from at least one Viterbi Decoder state metric. A control channel may be ... | 10/05/2010 |
