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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185943 | Network adapter firewall system and method A network adapter system and associated method are provided. Included is a network adapter having a plurality of designated trusted and untrusted ports. The network adapter includes a processor coupled to a computer. Such processor is further coupled to a network vi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182526 | System and method for providing a graft in a vascular environment An apparatus is provided that includes a graft for coupling two vascular conduits within a patient. The graft includes: 1) an anchor system that forms an arc at one end of the conduits; and 2) a body element coupled to the anchor system. The anchor system comprises ... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660135 | Rack mount networking device with cable management features | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180152 | System, method, and computer program product for determining whether text within an image includes unwanted data, utilizing a matrix A system, method, and computer program product are provided for determining whether text within an image includes unwanted data, utilizing a matrix. In operation, a matrix corresponding to an image is generated. Additionally, text within the image is identified util... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179801 | Routing-based proximity for communication networks A node in an overlay network requests a ranked list of other nodes in multiple areas of the overlay network that can provide a desired piece of content or service to the requesting node. A separate node such as a router generates the ranked list using a routing algo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176049 | Attributes of captured objects in a capture system Regular expressions used for searching for patterns in captured objects can be grouped into attributes. Such attributes can be associated with captured objects using tags stored in a database. In one embodiment, the present invention includes capturing an object bei... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171551 | Malware detection using external call characteristics A malware scanner 2, for malware such as computer viruses, worms, Trojans and the like, utilizes the external call characteristics associated with known items of malware to identify the presence of malware within a computer file. Malware written in a high lev... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166307 | Document registration A document accessible over a network can be registered. A registered document, and the content contained therein, cannot be transmitted undetected over and off of the network. In one embodiment, the invention includes maintaining a plurality of stored signatures, ea... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166161 | System and method for ensuring privacy while tagging information in a network environment A method is provided in one example and includes receiving data propagating in a network environment and verifying whether the data is associated with a first end user represented in a registered user list. The method also includes verifying a ratification of a poli... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161551 | System, method, and computer program product for enabling communication between security systems A system, method, and computer program product are provided for enabling communication between security systems. In use, a first communication protocol of a first security system and a second communication protocol of a second security system are identified, where t... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657809 | Camera assembly | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156542 | Conditional data delivery to remote devices In one embodiment a method comprises enrolling a mobile device in a local area network by setting a variable to a mobile device identifier and authenticating the mobile device using a network gateway and the mobile device identifier. A request for data is received f... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156541 | System, method, and computer program product for identifying unwanted activity utilizing a honeypot device accessible via VLAN trunking A system, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying unwanted activity utilizing a honeypot accessible via virtual local area network (VLAN) trunking. In use, a honeypot device is allowed to be accessed via VLAN trunking. Furthermore, unwanted... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156504 | Scalable resources in a virtualized load balancer In one embodiment, a load balancing system may include a first physical device that provides a resource. The first physical device may have a first virtual device running actively thereon. The first virtual device may have the resource allocated to it on the physica... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156209 | Aggregation devices processing keep-alive messages of point-to-point sessions Several keep-alive messages of point to point (PPP) sessions received from a remote system are aggregated into a single packet in an aggregation device (e.g., network access server). The aggregated packet is sent to a peer aggregation device (e.g., home gateway) at ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149843 | Capability exchange between network entities in WiMAX Techniques for exchanging capabilities in a wireless network are provided. In one embodiment, a first device receives a capability message over a communication link from a second device in a WiMAX network. The communication link may be between any combination of bas... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146057 | Instrumentation system and method for testing software One or more test controls within code under test are enabled and then executing the code under test is executed. When enabled, the test control will interact with a tester when the code under test is executed (e.g., by providing data to the tester). The selection to... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135830 | System and method for network vulnerability detection and reporting A system and method provide comprehensive and highly automated testing of vulnerabilities to intrusion on a target network, including identification of operating system, identification of target network topology and target computers, identification of open target po... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135823 | System and method for network vulnerability detection and reporting A system and method provide comprehensive and highly automated testing of vulnerabilities to intrusion on a target network, including identification of operating system, identification of target network topology and target computers, identification of open target po... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132164 | System, method and computer program product for virtual patching A system, method, and computer program product are provided for virtual patching. Initially, information associated with at least one vulnerability of a computer application is collected. Further, at least one host interface is identified that is capable of being us... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130965 | Retrieval and transfer of encrypted hard drive content from DVR set-top boxes to a content transcription device A system and method for the retrieval and transfer of encrypted content from a failed set-top box by a content transcription device. When content is recorded to the storage device of a set-top box, the content is encrypted with a content instance key. This content i... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130643 | System and method for controlling a data transfer over a network A method is provided in one example and includes querying for a total capacity for data transmissions for a local network segment, and identifying an available capacity for the local network segment by subtracting a sum of current aggregate consumption of the local ... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655279 | Video unit with integrated features | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127354 | System, method, and computer program product for identifying vulnerabilities associated with data loaded in memory A system, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying vulnerabilities associated with data loaded in memory. In operation, a subset of data that is loaded in memory is identified. Additionally, the subset of data is compared to a list of known ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126494 | System and method for providing a trunked radio and gateway A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a first channel release notification from a communication network at a trunked radio network gateway connecting one or more trunked radio networks to the communication network. The method also includes deter... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125920 | System and method for exporting structured data in a network environment An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a network element configured to receive a plurality of packets. The network element is configured to couple to a module, the module being configured to generate a data record that is based on informatio... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123797 | System and method for providing a graft in a vascular environment An apparatus is provided that includes a graft for coupling two vascular conduits within a patient. The graft includes: 1) an anchor system that forms an arc at one end of the conduits; and 2) a body element coupled to the anchor system. The anchor system comprises ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117591 | Graphical model for test case viewing, editing, and reporting Various techniques for interacting with a test case via a graphical model are disclosed. For example, one method involves displaying a first icon, which represents a first testing activity within a test case; displaying a second icon, which represents a second testi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117091 | System and method for providing a certified photograph in a network environment A method for providing a certified photograph in a network environment is offered that includes interfacing with one or more end users and managing information related to one or more of the end users. The method further includes displaying one or more photos of the ... | 02/14/2012 |
| D653245 | Video unit with integrated features | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103048 | Detection of spam images A method, system, and computer program product for analyzing image attachments to email messages and reliably determines whether the image includes spam, so that the message can be blocked. A method for processing email messages comprises processing an image include... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099740 | System, method, and computer program product for terminating a hidden kernel process A system, method, and computer program product are provided for terminating a hidden kernel process. In use, a hidden kernel process structure associated with a hidden kernel process is identified. In addition, the hidden kernel process structure is inserted into an... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098610 | Multiplexing and demultiplexing radio channels In one embodiment, a method and apparatus of multiplexing and demultiplexing radio channels includes receiving data through at least one multicast media channel available for use in an Internet Protocol Interoperability and Communications System (IPICS) comprising m... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092115 | Entrapped nut An apparatus having a first panel and a second panel that may form part of a network enclosure. The first panel is connected to the second panel. A nut has a first portion and a second portion extending outwardly from the first portion. The second portion of the nut... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091117 | System and method for interfacing with heterogeneous network data gathering tools A prevention-based network auditing system includes a plurality of heterogeneous information sources gathering information about the network. An audit server invokes the heterogeneous information sources via a uniform communications interface to gather information a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090855 | Replenishing a user account with more access resources needed for accessing network services A network access server (NAS) determines the status of availability (e.g., how much more quota is unused) of an access resource, and sends a notification embedded in a point-to-point protocol (PPP) packet. The format of the packet is chosen such that definition/use ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087538 | Apparatus, system, and method for providing a securing mechanism for a vessel An apparatus in an example implementation includes a vessel that includes an inner wall and an outer wall. The outer wall includes a first set of grooves configured on an interior portion of a bottom of the outer wall. The inner wall includes a second set of grooves... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086749 | Techniques for migrating a point to point protocol to a protocol for an access network Techniques for managing a persistent session associated with a particular Media Access Control (MAC) include determining at a broadband remote access server whether an elapsed time since a data packet is received with the particular MAC address exceeds a threshold t... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086582 | System, method and computer program product for scanning and indexing data for different purposes A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning and indexing data for different purposes. Included is a universal engine operable to scan and index data stored in at least one device, for a plurality of different purposes. Further provided is... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085773 | MPLS device enabling service providers to control service levels in forwarding of multi-labeled packets A MPLS device which receives configuration data identifying a group of multi-labeled packets and desired EXP (corresponding to the 3-bit experimental bit field specified by MPLS protocol) bits (even in the lower label entries of the label stack) for the group when f... | 12/27/2011 |
