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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363590 | Calendar bar interface for electronic mail interaction A calendar bar utility with a special user interface may be integrated and displayed simultaneously with an electronic mail list inbox. The calendar bar user interface comprises a linear display arranged into multiple, chronologically-arranged, time periods. Upon se... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363543 | Method and apparatus for generating diagnostic recommendations for enhancing process performance A diagnostic system monitors the status of other processes over a computer network by collecting status and configuration data, analyzing the data and providing diagnostic recommendations when necessary. The diagnostic system includes a collector module, an analyzer... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359938 | System indicating the presence of an individual or group of individuals A presence management system is described whereby connections between watching parties and watched parties in a multiple access communications network are managed. When the presence management system receives a contact request from a watching party it determines whe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348494 | Signal layer interconnects Inner layer traces on a multilayer printed wiring board are exposed to enable direct interconnection with another device such as a printed wiring board. The traces may be exposed by removing at least some of the dielectric substrate material around the traces, or by... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349630 | Hybrid WDM/TDM network architecture A method and apparatus for configuring a server/client network architecture. A server network device impresses an optical signal onto an optical link at a specified wavelength, where distinct wavelengths are associated with one or more of a plurality of client devic... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349670 | Modular wireless test architecture and method A modular test chassis for use in testing wireless devices includes a backplane and a channel emulation module coupled to the backplane. The channel emulation module comprises circuitry for emulating the effects of a dynamic physical environment (including air, inte... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346321 | Apparatus for associating access points with stations using bid techniques The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7333478 | Methods and apparatus for transporting digital audio-related signals Methods and apparatus for transporting digital audio-related signals over point-to-point, non-circuit-switched, non-packet-based, local area connections. In one example, multiple digital audio-related signals are combined as a time division multiplexed (TDM) serial ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330661 | Method and apparatus for optical communication between devices A method and apparatus for processing a data signal for transmission to a remote device transmits at least two synchronized copies of the data signal, in optical form, in different directions. To that end, the data signal first is synchronized to a clock signal to p... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330896 | Correlating data streams of different protocols A single address configuration table entry maps multiple source devices in a source network to a single destination device in a destination network. The single address configuration table entry is used when any of the source devices initiates a connection to the des... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330873 | Method and apparatus for routing call agents to website customers based on customer activities A system for allowing call center agents to initiate text chat, audio and/or video communication, as well as collaborative browsing with potential customers visiting web pages includes a customer monitoring applet that monitors the behavior of the customer via the w... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323999 | Automatic subscriptions to shared repositories with notifications reflecting accesses by important other users and keywords stored in a personal interest profile A system and method for automatically generating and receiving notifications regarding accesses to documents in a shared repository, where the notifications are filtered such that they are only generated and/or received for accesses that match a personal interest pr... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321932 | System, device, and method for managing connection establishment and related services in an optical communication system A system, device, and method for managing connection establishment and related services in an optical communication system uses an optical service agent to manage the connection establishment and related services on behalf of a user. The optical service agent may ne... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317726 | Scheduling in a fast optical switch In a fast optical switch comprising a plurality of star couplers, channel switching, Time Division Multiplex (TDM) switching, or both may be provided. The operation of the fast optical switch is enabled by a fast scheduler comprising at least two scheduler modules. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313593 | Method and apparatus for providing full duplex and multipoint IP audio streaming A conference server enables collaborative communications among a variety of client processes of varying configurations all operatively coupled over a computer network to each other and to the server. The server receives audio streams from participating client proces... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313592 | Method and apparatus for providing user specific web-based help in a distributed system environment The present invention provides a system in which a user can login to a World Wide Web server's (Web) application page and get help on the features assigned to an instrument such as a telephone or a service such as a voicemail system that is a configurable asset spec... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313608 | Method and apparatus for using documents written in a markup language to access and configure network elements An XML accessible network device is capable of performing functions in response to an XML encoded request transmitted over a network. It includes a network data transfer service, coupled to a network, that is capable of receiving XML encoded requests from a client a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310349 | Routing and rate control in a universal transfer mode network A method and a network for a universal transfer mode (UTM) of transferring data packets at a regulated bit rate are disclosed. The method defines a protocol that uses an adaptive packet header to simplify packet routing and increase transfer speed. The protocol supp... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307976 | Program for selecting an optimum access point in a wireless network on a common channel The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7307972 | Apparatus for selecting an optimum access point in a wireless network on a common channel The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7295537 | Method for self-adjusting power at a wireless station to reduce inter-channel interference The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292639 | Method and apparatus for peak to average power ratio reduction for orthogonal frequency division multiplex systems A multi-stage signal processing method is provided that reduces the Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) signal without increasing the bit error rate of the system. The multi-stage processing system apportions the... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293079 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a network using statistical information stored in a memory entry A method monitors a network. The method receives at least one data packet, and reads an entry of a memory device. The entry of the memory device containing a first statistical value and a second statistical value. The method determines a third statistical value base... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289440 | Bimodal burst switching In a first mode of burst communication in a telecommunication network comprising electronic edge nodes interconnected by bufferless core nodes, data bursts are formulated at the edge nodes, respective burst descriptors are communicated to a controller of a core node... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290286 | Content provider secure and tracable portal A Content Provider Secure and Traceable Portal (CPSTP) facilitate secure content delivery and accounting for controlled and uncontrolled contents and for small to large content providers. The CPSTP defines security and non-repudiation of users, a secure environment ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290206 | Converting documents using a global property indicating whether event logging is performed on conversion filters A system for providing document conversion services that uses XML (eXtensible Mark-up Language). A document type definition (DTD) defines tags and attributes for document conversion services, and includes a number of global variable definitions. Each “convertor”... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283747 | Optical switch router An optical switch router performs both optical switching and traditional routing. The optical switch router includes optical interfaces for coupling to one or more incoming optical fibers and to one or more outgoing optical fibers, and also includes a number of trad... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283563 | Method for using a verification probe in an LDP MPLS network An ingress multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) label switched router (LSR) forwards a set of packets associated with a first set of forwarding equivalence classes (FECs) along a label switched path (LSP) to an egress MPLS LSR. Logic in the ingress MPLS LSR produce... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283848 | System and method for generating display objects representing areas of coverage, available bandwidth and channel selection for wireless devices in a wireless communication network A system and method for generating display objects representing areas of radio coverage, available bandwidth and channel selection for wireless devices in a wireless communication network are disclosed. Substantially circular rings are provided defining areas of rad... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275207 | System and method in an electronic spreadsheet for displaying and/or hiding range of cells The present invention is directed to a method, system and program for displaying and/or hiding, in an electronic multi-dimensional spreadsheet on a user interface, elements of a range of cells, a range of cells including one or more contiguous elements aligned along... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275065 | Method and system for supporting per-user-per-row read/unread tracking for relational databases A system for tracking read/unread information in a relational database on a per-row, per user basis. Software hooks internal to the relational database, and that cover all access points of the relational database, ensure that tracking code is invoked for all accesse... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274945 | Transmission channel selection apparatus The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274930 | Distance determination program for use by devices in a wireless network The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269728 | Apparatus and method for distributing management keys in a multicast domain A method and apparatus for distributing keys in a multicast domain is provided. In a secure multicast domain, a request to join a multicast group for a time period occurs. A key distributor which controls access to the multicast data group determines if the request ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269758 | Method and system for identifying runaway software agents A method and system for identifying runaway software agents operating in a computer system is disclosed. An operating window is defined for an agent. The operating window specifies the maximum desired operating time for the agent. When an agent begins operation, its... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263369 | Distance determination method for use by devices in a wireless network The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260841 | System and method for maintaining access to content in an encrypted network environment A system of redirecting encrypted requests for content at a web site includes the steps of receiving, at a first web site, data enabling secure communication with a client, receiving, at the first web site, a request for content from the client, identifying an alter... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248574 | Apparatus for selecting an optimum access point in a wireless network The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249169 | System and method for network control and provisioning A multi-stratum multi-timescale control for self-governing networks provides automatic adaptation to temporal and spatial traffic changes and to network state changes. Microsecond timescale reacting through the routing function, a facet of the lowest stratum, allows... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248882 | Distance determination apparatus for use devices in a wireless network The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 07/24/2007 |
