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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180075 | Arrangement for variable bass reflex cavities A modified housing in a portable product (400, 500, 700, or 800) includes a housing detail (405, 506, 706 or 710 or 806) forming at least a portion of a loud speaker back cavity having a pipe inner diameter for a resonant pipe (... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174970 | Methods of implementing dynamic QoS and/or bandwidth provisioning and related data networks, data service providers, routing gateways, and computer program products A method of operating a data network may include establishing a data path through the data network between a routing gateway for a subscriber of the data network and a service provider providing a data service. Moreover, the data service may be provided for use at t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170577 | Method and system enabling use of white space radio spectrum using digital broadcast signals A system (10) and method (50 or 70) of dynamic allocation of spectrum for a communication device where a UHF band is currently unused for licensed television broadcasting involves determining (51) a location of a user device using GPS or ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170144 | Distributed translator with received signal synchronization and method thereof A distributed translator and an operation method of the distributed translator are proposed. The distributed translator includes: a demodulator demodulating a received signal to extract a transport stream and synchronization information from the received signal; a m... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170094 | Method and system for scalable bitstream extraction A scalable video compression system (100) having an encoder (120), bit extractor (140), and decoder (160) for efficiently encoding and decoding a scalable embedded bitstream (130) at different video resolution, framerate, and video... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166521 | Apparatus and method for monitoring communications A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to transmit a tracking request to a session information retriever for a targeted user of a network with the session information retriever storing se... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165218 | Method and system to improve the transport of compressed video data in real time A variable bit rate (VBR) representation of an image sequence is segmented based on a plurality of time intervals. For each of at least two of the time intervals, the method comprises: determining which of the packets, denoted by Pp, in the VBR representation within... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165095 | System and method to improve RF simulations A system (100) and method (400) for improving Radio Frequency (RF) Antenna Simulation is provided. The method can include determining (402) a proximity of an antenna (250) to a scattering structure (210), determining (410) a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164537 | Multiband folded dipole transmission line antenna A multiband folded dipole transmission line antenna (300, 400, 500) including a plurality of concentric-like loops (210, 214, 508) where each loop comprises at least one transmission line element (204, 206) and at least a pair of folded dipole a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159934 | Reporting dial up access problems using a real-time automated system A server for automatically handling dial-up connectivity problems via a voice connection can include a controller to interface with a caller during a voice call, query a network operations center using a data connection to determine whether a dial-up number associat... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151314 | System and method for providing mobile traffic information in an internet protocol system A system comprises a server operable to deliver an Internet Protocol Television stream to a set-top box, and operable to retrieve an image from a first traffic camera. Upon receipt of a request from the set-top box, the image is sent to a wireless device. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150035 | Method and systems to operate a set-top box According to a first aspect there is provided systems and methods for receiving an encrypted signal from a portable communication device, the encrypted signal containing information associated with a command; and decrypting the encrypted signal to enable a set-top b... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146119 | Apparatus and method for managing media content A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to generate a playlist that identifies multimedia content and to provide access to the playlist in response to a request for access, where the ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141010 | Method and arrangement providing for implementation granularity using implementation sets A design hierarchy based on an implementation set abstraction of a user design for an integrated circuit design includes a plurality of nodes and a definition for each of the nodes in the plurality of nodes that describes the type of elements contained in each node ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130708 | Method and system enabling use of white space radio spectrum using an out of band control channel A system and method of dynamic allocation of spectrum for a communication device involves receiving a user channel map (UCM) on a control channel that is outside the band of interest. The UCM can include at least boundary location information for one or more channel... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8117324 | System and method to remotely manage and audit set top box resources A system and method for determining the resources available or used in a remote device is disclosed. The system can be used to determine whether the remote device is using expected resources as originally configured or to determine whether resources are available to... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8099753 | System for mitigating signal interruption in a satellite communication system A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a satellite media receiver having a controller adapted to detect a service outage associated with a media program derived from satellite signals supplied to a satellite port of ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8079009 | Managing interrupt requests from IP cores A system and method of managing interrupt requests from IP cores within an integrated circuit design can include capturing environmental constraints within constraint files for the integrated circuit design (where the constraints can include information regarding a ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077621 | Method and apparatus for managing end-to-end quality of service policies in a communication system A computer-readable storage medium (102) is provided for managing end-to-end QoS (Quality of Service) policies in a communication network (100). The storage medium includes computer instructions for establishing (302) a plurality of QoS domains ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8056101 | Customized interface based on viewed programming In one embodiment, a system generates a customized interface based on viewed programming. The system stores a program that a user viewed through a media device; searches through a network for information related to the viewed program; and extracts data associated wi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045476 | Apparatus and method for managing a network A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to receive information from a set top box that is associated with an undesired condition being experienced by a user of the set top box where the in... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042143 | Apparatus and method for distributing media content A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to receive a digital signal representative of media content where the digital signal includes a main profile version of the media content and one or... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037505 | System and method for providing popular TV shows on demand Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to automatically identify popular television programs based on the viewing of broadcast television programs by at least some of the subscribers of a television distribution system. One o... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036141 | Apparatus and method for managing a network A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server comprising a controller to capture routing data representative of routing changes associated with a plurality of networks, and compare the routing changes to detect dis... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8013800 | Multiband conformed folded dipole antenna A multiband comformed-slotted-folded dipole antenna (200) having a unitary conformed shape conductor conforming to an internal communication device configuration (400). The antenna can include a folded dipole (203, 205, 209, 206, 204) forming a ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004962 | Method and system of addressing a problem associated with a network including a video access ready device A method can be used to detect a problem, isolate the cause of the problem to a particular device in which the cause resides, and potentially repairing the particular device. In one embodiment, the method can be fully automated using a system. In another embodiment,... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000647 | Method using a set-top box and communicating between a remote data network and a wireless communication network Disclosed are methods and systems for connecting a set-top box (STB) to the Internet over existing and future wireless networks, combining television with wireless Internet access. A conventional television is used in combination with a STB that has a wireless or wi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984477 | Real-time video compression There are provided a method, a system and machine-readable medium for encoding a video broadcast. The method includes obtaining one or more first compression settings for the video broadcast from an electronic program guide (EPG), the EPG associating the video broad... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982635 | Method and system for displaying traveling-position of move object The present invention relates to a method and system for displaying a driving location of a moving object which controls a Red, Green, Blue (RGB) ratio by corresponding to a property of a road where the moving object travels, differently renders a moving object symb... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7962102 | Method and system for adaptive ray launching A system (170) and method (300) for ray launching is provided. The system can include a transmitter (110) for successively launching a plurality of rays, and a receiver (120) for receiving transmission rays and reflection rays. A controll... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958480 | Placement of I/O blocks within I/O banks using an integer linear programming formulation A method of input/output (I/O) block placement assigned to an input/output bank includes formulating a placement algorithm using integer linear programming (ILP) and simultaneously placing single groups and Relatively Placed Module (RPM) groups of I/O blocks in the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953036 | System for registration of communication devices A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile Voice over IP (VoIP) communication device (MVCD) having a controller element to register with a VoIP call processing system by way of a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) access ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7937640 | Video over IP network transmission system Methods are disclosed for maintaining a quality video stream in Internet Protocol (IP) mode include dynamically adjusting IP packet-loss periods and loss distances between IP packet-loss events. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929453 | Method and apparatus for presenting quality information in a communication system A method and apparatus for presenting quality information in a communication system is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a terminal device having a controlling element for processing Voice over IP... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924023 | Method and apparatus for measuring data rates A method, computer readable storage medium and apparatus for measuring data rates is disclosed. A method that incorporates the teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, submitting a signal over a cable from a Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) eleme... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7905224 | Beverage warmer apparatus A beverage warmer apparatus (10) can include a vertically adjustable platform (17) for holding a self-contained heating element (20) (such as a tea light candle, Sterno can, or other heating element), a gear (54) or pulley mechanism (1... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7885394 | Method and system for call reverse A method (10) and system (200, 400, or 500) of call reverse can include initiating (12) a call by an originating party (204) to a terminating party (208), comparing (14) rate plans, and automatically reversing (26 | 02/08/2011 |
| 7848779 | Storage medium for a cellular telephone A storage medium for a cellular telephone is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a cellular telephone having a housing assembly, and a Modular Hard Disk Drive (MHDD) storage medium that couples to t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848348 | System and method for managing network traffic A system and method for managing network traffic is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a data switch having a controller element to transmit telemetry data representative of bandwidth usage by one or m... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7865790 | On-chip stuck-at fault detector and detection method An on-chip stuck-at fault detector in an integrated circuit using a test circuit for critical path testing can include a sequence circuit having a first sequential circuit and a second sequential circuit to sensitize the critical path between a source sequential cir... | 01/04/2011 |
