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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7667691 | System, computer program product and method of preventing recordation of true keyboard acoustic emanations A system, computer program product and method of preventing recordation of true keyboard acoustic emanations are provided. In an embodiment, it is determined whether a user has stricken a key on a keyboard. In response to the stricken key a keystroke sound from a ma... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7072344 | Redistribution of excess bandwidth in networks for optimized performance of voice and data sessions: methods, systems and program products A packet network redistributes excess bandwidth for voice and data sessions applying a Quality of Service (QoS) algorithm. The network includes interacting client stations using H.323 protocol managing bit rate according to an algorithm as voice and data sessions ar... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072299 | Credit-based receiver using selected transmit rates and storage thresholds for preventing under flow and over flow-methods, apparatus and program products A receiver may be adapted to prevent overflow or underflow of its data storage by generating a transmit rate value as a feedback to the sender. Speed adjustments are performed periodically with a fixed time period denoted by Dt. Transmission rates are explicitly 0, ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068601 | Codec with network congestion detection and automatic fallback: methods, systems & program products A codec detects congestion in a packet network and responds via a session control protocol to re-negotiate codec-type and/or parameters with the receiving codec to reduce bit rate for supporting a session. Once the connection and session are established, encoded pac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7016899 | Camera device, methods and program products for location and environmental stamping of images, communications and other applications A portable imaging device having a data processing system, imaging and sensing devices records objects of interest as images and includes a terminal connection for transmitting the images to a network. Sensing devices record location and environmental conditions rel... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6980637 | Service and information management system for a telecommunications network A system for service control and operations for a telecommunications network. In particular, an architecture and method for a service control and operations element system. The system communicates with a plurality of interconnected telecommunications network element... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6968334 | Method and business process to maintain privacy in distributed recommendation systems A distributed recommendation system and method are disclosed that provides greater privacy for the user's private data. The method distributes the tasks of a recommendation system between wireless devices and network servers, so as to protect the privacy of end user... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6947045 | Coding of animated 3-D wireframe models for internet streaming applications: methods, systems and program products A 3-D wireframe model expressed in terms of nodes and vertices receives a 3-D video or like signal representative of a scene expressed in terms of a reference model, I frames and P frames. A DPCM coder takes advantage of the temporal correlation of the displacement ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6912567 | Broadband multi-service proxy server system and method of operation for internet services of user's choice A broadband multi-server proxy server (BMPS) enables customers to select an ISP of their choice from the Internet. The BMPS has a database and is coupled to a router. In operation, the cable customers register with a selected ISP of their choice. The selected ISP se... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909721 | Device detection and service discovery system and method for a mobile ad hoc communications network A system and method of performing device detection and service discovery in a mobile ad hoc communications network, each network node storing a local application directory. One of the network nodes is selected to be a directory server node that stores a combined app... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6895556 | System and method for providing access to displayed data A system and method for providing access to displayed data by determining what data should be supplied to an application when the application attempts to access data that is either not present, or not authorized to be accessed. In order to carry out the method of th... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6892052 | Radio frequency identification (RF-ID) based discovery for short range radio communication A RF-ID based wireless terminal has shortened session set-up and user identification time for conducting transactions with interactive service applications. The wireless terminal includes a terminal identification number and a user identification as a RF-ID tag. A R... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6886130 | Compiled structure for efficient operation of distributed hypertext A method compiles a hypertext file or collection of files into a single compiled file. The compiled file is generally much smaller in size than the original collection of files. The compiled file includes compressed text and objects corresponding to the text and obj... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6847625 | Short-range RF access point design enabling dynamic role switching between radio modules to optimize service delivery A short-range RF access point contains a plurality of wireless transceiver devices. At least one device is programmed to remain a master device. At least a second device is programmed to remain a scanning slave device. At least a third device is responsive to a cont... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6845338 | Telemetric contextually based spatial audio system integrated into a mobile terminal wireless system A telemetric contextually based spatial audio system is integrated into a mobile terminal including a headset and antenna. The headset includes an electronic compass which determines head orientation data for the user. The terminal's geographical position can either... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6845385 | Real-time computer “garbage collector” The present invention provides a novel method and apparatus for performing real-time computer garbage collection, in a manner that offers unprecedented low bounds on the worst-case frequency and duration of the collection task. The invention is used with a plurality... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6798885 | Method and apparatus for encoding security information in a MIDI datastream The present invention is apparatus and method for encoding, decoding, and encoding and decoding security information in a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). In order to perform encoding, musical information and security information are received. The musica... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792268 | Method for uplink spectrum monitoring for sparse overlay TDMA systems Spectrum monitoring measurements are made by microcell base stations in a layered cellular network, while not serving calls or engaged in processing calls. The microcell base station transmits a first control message from to a microcell mobile station, to increase t... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6771678 | Laser system and method of operation having improved signal continuity and safety An improved laser system and method of operation provides signal continuity and safety in the event of accidental interruption of the laser beam. At the transmitting end, a main laser generates a beam, which is surrounded by a low powered guard beam generated by a p... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6765868 | System and method for large file transfers in packet networks A packet switching network, e.g., the Internet, employs bandwidth managers to provide guaranteed bandwidth reservations to paired forwarding and receiving agents interfacing with sending and receiving stations in the transfer of large data files therebetween. The fo... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6744753 | Local service handover When a mobile wireless device is within the coverage area of a short range wireless access point, it sends a request for service to be obtained over the Internet from a network server. The short range wireless access point receives a response message over the Intern... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6721001 | Digital camera with voice recognition annotation A digital camera which allows voice annotations to be recorded for each picture, but which includes text annotations with each such picture when the picture is transmitted from the camera. The digital camera includes an image sensing apparatus operable to receive li... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6714778 | Context sensitive web services The context sensitive web services method enables a mobile phone or wireless device to use context inference techniques to sense the user's environment and in response, to provide useful information to the user that is appropriate to the user's perceived environment... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6701303 | E-commerce system and method of operation enabling a user to conduct transactions with multiple retailers without certification and/or trusted electronic paths An E-commerce system enables a user to conduct transactions with a retailer via a network, typically the Internet without certification or trusted paths. The user is a customer of a financial institution coupled to the network. The institution serves as a... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6701359 | Apparatus and method for managing a multi-threaded persistent agent management information base including a managed object instance cache A TMN system includes a multi-threaded persistent TMN agent and Management Information Bases (MIBs), each including a Managed Object Instance Cache The MIB is maintained in a general purpose database system in secondary storage such as a hard disk and not... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6651168 | Authentication framework for multiple authentication processes and mechanisms An authentication framework subsystem enables a computer system to authenticate a user with a selected one of a plurality of authentication processes. Each of the authentication processes has a distinct sequence of steps and a unique input/output (I/O) in... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6546427 | Streaming multimedia network with automatically switchable content sources A streaming multimedia communication network includes a broadcaster providing program content by air wave or direct line to a network service provider, e.g. an Internet Radio Service provider (IRSP) which operates a web site for distribution of the conten... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6535931 | Extended keyboard support in a run time environment for keys not recognizable on standard or non-standard keyboards A keyboard is programmatically adapted to enable an application in a run time environment to distinguish operator keys (ALT/CTRL), not otherwise recognizable on a standard keyboard and special keys not otherwise recognizable on a non-standard keyboard by ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6529583 | PSTN call simulator and method of operation for testing PSTN-To-IP network telephone services for individual and group internet clients prior to availability of the services A telephone call simulator generates telephone calls for large sets of subscribers in a PSTN-IP telephone service for purposes of validating various telephone services, e.g. call waiting, call forwarding, etc. available to subscribers of the telephone ser... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6526272 | Reducing calling costs for wireless phones using multiple mobile identification numbers A system, method, and computer program product that reduces calling costs for a wireless phone through the use of multiple mobile identification numbers (MINs). The wireless phone is associated with multiple MINs, which are stored in a profile on the wire... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6519228 | System and method of operation for verifying and validating public switch telephone networks (PSTN) to (IP) network services A system verifies and validates PSTN to IP Network services prior to the availability of the services to a plurality of subscribers. A PSTN call generator services a plurality of callers coupled to the PSTN and to a test database. An IP client simulator i... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6470357 | System and method of enhanced directory services for telecommunications management network applications In a telecommunication management network Applications can transmit messages to other applications without maintaining routing and characteristic information for each target application. The enhanced directory services feature maintains the routing and ch... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6463144 | Internet telephony callback system and method of operation A system and method to implement callback for unanswered telephone calls in a Distributed Information System (DIS) adapted for telephony. A calling station and a called station are each connected to the DIS through a local and remote service provider, res... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6460109 | Integral portable computer input and output switching An apparatus which allows a user to use any desired combination of keyboard, input device, and display to operate and control either of two computer systems. The switching apparatus is in a computer system comprising a display adapter operable to output a... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6452875 | Multimedia search and indexing for automatic selection of scenes and/or sounds recorded in a media for replay by setting audio clip levels for frequency ranges of interest in the media A multimedia search and indexing system automatically selects scenes or events of interest from any media, i.e., video, film, sound for replay, in whole or in part, in other contexts. The entire audio track of a recorded event in video, film, sound, etc.,... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6438690 | Vault controller based registration application serving web based registration authorities and end users for conducting electronic commerce in secure end-to-end distributed information system A secure end-to-end communications system includes a vault controller based registration application for managing the issuance and administration of digital certificates for use in conducting electronic commerce in the system. The system includes an end u... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6421424 | Client simulator and method of operation for testing PSTN-to-IP network telephone services for individual & group internet clients prior to availability of the services A client simulator for simulating client behavior in groups or individuals to telephone services in a test system for testing telephone services between subscribers in a PSTN and clients in a distributed information network, for example, the Internet (IP ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6418432 | System and method for finding information in a distributed information system using query learning and meta search An information retrieval system finds information in a Distributed Information System (DIS), e.g. the Internet using query learning and meta search for adding documents to resource directories contained in the DIS. A selection means generates training dat... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6414914 | Multimedia search and indexing for automatic selection of scenes and/or sounds recorded in a media for replay using audio cues A multimedia search and indexing for automatic selection of scenes and/or sounds recorded in a media using audio cues for replay in other contexts. Analyzing means analyze the media for audio levels within a set of frequency ranges. Audio clip level setti... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6411697 | System and method for providing customer personalized and modifiable subscriber services A telephone system provides subscribers with access to a service provider's platform logic and data implemented in any runtime environment. In one embodiment, the service logic is embodied in Java applets and Java beans in a JAVA virtual machine for subsc... | 06/25/2002 |
