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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7016347 | Updating radio network data in an IP base station using an IP message A system and method of updating radio network data in a plurality of devices deployed in Base Stations (BSs) in a radio telecommunications network. Each BS is interfaced with a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) through an Internet Protocol (IP) packet data network. Devi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6999449 | System and method of monitoring and reporting accounting data based on volume A system and method for monitoring and reporting a volume of data transferred between a Mobile Station (MS) and a data network during a data session. A Prepaid Server (PPS) maintains an MS account and informs a AAA Server of a predetermined volume of data that may b... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6963583 | Generic call server and method of converting signaling protocols A generic call server in a hybrid 2G/3G telecommunications network having a plurality of network components that utilize a plurality of different signaling protocols. The call server performs call-control functions and interfaces between any two network components s... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6917613 | Method of delivering data and real-time media utilizing a packet-switched network and a circuit-switched network A method of delivering data and real-time media from a first mobile terminal to a second mobile terminal when the data is transferred through a packet-switched network, and the real-time media is transferred through a circuit-switched network. The real-time media is... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6917612 | System and method for address resolution in internet protocol (IP)-based networks A system and unified method of address resolution in an IP-based network. A Resolver determines whether an input address is a URL/URI, and if so, extracts a domain name. If the input address is an E.164 number, the Resolver converts the E.164 number into a domain na... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912214 | Optimized packet-resource management A system and method for optimizing the use of packet-resources by releasing a hanging packet-data connection when a Mobile Station (MS) performs a power-down while involved in a dormant packet-data session. A Base Station Controller (BSC) sends a message to a Mobile... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6834044 | Multi-path data streaming in a wireless packet data network A system and method in a packet-switched radio access network of sending data packets over a radio interface from a Mobile Station (MS) to a Radio Network Controller (RNC) using multiple data transmission paths. When the MS launches a new application through a first... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6785246 | Multi-party conferencing method A system and method for setting up a multi-party conference call in a packet-switched radio telecommunications network in which a Gatekeeper (GK) has established an on-going two-party call between a first party and a second party. The first party sends an enhanced F... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6402029 | Method and apparatus for combining data for multiple magnetic stripe cards or other sources A method of writing additional foreign data either to a blank magnetic card and/or to an existing magnetic striped card is used to consolidate information from possibly multiple credit type cards onto a single card. The additional data that may be from mu... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6397058 | System and method for providing roaming incoming screening (RIS) in a wireless intelligent network A system and method of controlling the delivery of an incoming call in a radio telecommunications network based on the location of a roaming mobile subscriber. The radio telecommunications network includes a home network which comprises a Home Location Re... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392428 | Wafer level interposer An apparatus and method for manufacture and testing of semiconductor chips (14) is disclosed. The invention comprises the use of an interposer (22) having a plurality of electrical contact pads (26) on each surface connected by a plurality of conductors (... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6388579 | Apparatus and system for remotely updating and monitoring the status of a vehicle A vehicle status device and system for remotely updating and monitoring the status of a vehicle. The vehicle status device is located in a vehicle and reports status information for the vehicle and an owner to an interrogating unit. The device includes a ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6385195 | Enhanced interworking function for interfacing digital cellular voice and fax protocols and internet protocols An enhanced interworking function (E-IWF) supports a method of direct digital interworking between a radio telecommunications network and standard Internet Protocol (IP) routers. A general purpose interworking function performs speech transcoding and data... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6385122 | Row and column accessible memory with a built-in multiplex A row and column accessible memory having a plurality of memory cells organized as an array of N rows and N columns with a built-in multiplex. A control logic block and decoder block are operable to effectuate either a row access operation for accessing a... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6377799 | Interworking function in an internet protocol (IP)-based radio telecommunications network An Internet Protocol (IP)-based radio telecommunications network and method of providing data services to a mobile terminal. An Internet Protocol Shared Interworking Function (IP-SIWF) is implemented in the network, and is controlled from a Mobile Switchi... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6363020 | Architecture with multi-instance redundancy implementation A semiconductor memory architecture for embedded memory instances having redundancy. A fuse box register is provided outside the memory macro associated with the memory instances. The memory instances are daisy-chained to the fuse box register containing ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6360076 | Method of broadcasting a quality over-the-air multicast A method in a radio telecommunications network of broadcasting data in an over-the-air multicast to a group of mobile terminals. Statistics from regular point-to-point cellular transmissions to build a statistical database for each base station. The stati... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359570 | Vehicle-status device and system for remotely updating and locally indicating the status of a vehicle A vehicle status device and system for remotely updating and locally indicating the status of a vehicle. The vehicle status device is located in a vehicle and indicates status information for the vehicle on a vehicle-status indicator on the vehicle when t... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6356503 | Reduced latency row selection circuit and method A reduced latency row selection circuit and method for selecting a wordline in a memory instance. Capacitance associated with row select path is de-coupled from capacitance associated with row de-select path such that both forward path delay and de-select... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6354295 | Supplied air snorkeling device A supplied air snorkeling device is provided. This device includes a flotation vest coupled with a tank holder. This flotation vest contains flotation material that cannot be deflated and substantially prohibits a user from submerging. A tank cover is pos... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6351279 | System and method of providing selected advertisements between subscribers utilizing video telephones A system in a telecommunications network for providing selected advertisements to subscribers utilizing display screens to conduct a video telephone call. The system comprises a centralized database of subscriber advertising preferences, an information so... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6341068 | Low profile connector system for providing multiple drives on a card A storage card module for supporting more than one SCSI storage device on a printed circuit board to be coupled to a CPCI backplane. The storage devices are positioned on the board with a predetermined spacing disposed therebetween. One or more low profil... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6341064 | Method and apparatus for thermal management in a telecommunications equipment cabinet The compact PCI cabinet includes an inlet port for receiving external air, a set of blowers for drawing the air into the cabinet and for expelling the air from an exhaust port of the cabinet after having cooled internal active circuits, and a plurality of... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6332128 | System and method of providing multiple level discounts on cross-marketed products and discounting a price-per-unit-volume of gasoline A method of providing multiple level, price-per-unit (PPU) discounts on gasoline to a customer who purchases at least one cross-marketed product. The customer is awarded a first PPU discount on the gasoline based on a purchase by the customer of a first c... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6301725 | Corner shower seat A shower seat for installation within a corner of a shower stall. The shower seat may be constructed from a wide variety of rigid materials and is polygonal in shape. A horizontal corner strip of backboard of shower walls within the shower stall is remove... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301473 | Call transfer activation indicator in a radio telecommunications network A method of sending a call transfer notification (CTN) to a mobile station (MS) in a radio telecommunications network. The CTN indicates that a call transfer feature is activated, and is displayed on the MS display until the call transfer feature is deact... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6292427 | Hierarchical sense amp and write driver circuitry for compilable memory A hierarchical sense amp and write driver (SA/WD) circuitry architecture for compilable high-density memory. A predetermined number of secondary, or regional, SA/WD blocks segment the main array associated with the memory instance in multiple banks. Each ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6292260 | System and method of optically inspecting surface structures on an object A system and method of optically inspecting structures on the surface of an object, such as a semiconductor wafer. A platform is used to support the object under examination, and provided thereat are lights or other energy sources for illumination dispose... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6292099 | Event management system utilizing dynamic adaptation for external devices An Event Management System (EMS) for logging and correlating alarm events in a network, and a method of efficiently integrating the EMS, which communicates in a standard format, with external devices and external viewers which communicate in device-specif... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289529 | Shower seat and basket combination A shower seat and basket combination. The combination includes a basket which includes a horizontal bottom surface having four vertical sides forming an enclosure to hold shower supplies such as shampoo and soap. The basket also includes two overhanging e... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6282131 | Self-timed clock circuitry in a multi-bank memory instance using a common timing synchronization node Self-timed clock circuitry for use in a compilable memory instance using a common timing synchronization node. A plurality of memory banks are provided in the memory instance wherein each memory bank is independently selectable by a bank select (BS) signa... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6272450 | Cellular network traffic simulator (cents) A traffic simulator for a cellular radio telecommunications network. The traffic simulator includes a function handler which generates a plurality of basic call functions performed by mobile stations (MSs) over an air interface link with the network. A se... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6263211 | System and method of automatically conveying a Wireless Office System (WOS) frequency set to mobile stations A system and method in a radio telecommunications network for automatically conveying a Wireless Office System (WOS) frequency set to a mobile station (MS) belonging to the WOS. The network includes a public cell, and a private WOS located within the publ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6256612 | End-to-end coder/decoder (codec) A method of reducing speech delay and improving speech quality in digital transmission systems by implementing a single coder-decoder (codec) for an entire speech path from a calling party to a called party. The method is applicable to calls between mobil... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253339 | Alarm correlation in a large communications network A system and method of correlating alarms from a plurality of network elements (NEs) in a large communications network. A plurality of uncorrelated alarms are collected by an alarm collector from alarm reporters. An alarm correlator then partitions the al... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6249471 | Fast full signal differential output path circuit for high-speed memory A full signal swing differential output path circuit for rapidly transferring a latched data value on a pair of complementary global data nodes (QT and QB) to a single-ended output of a compilable memory instance. At least one tri-st... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6246879 | Methods of sharing capabilities information between the nodes of telecommunications network A method of sharing capabilities information between a plurality of nodes in a telecommunications network. The method begins when a new node is installed in the telecommunications network or the capabilities of a node are modified. The new or modified nod... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6246788 | System and method of optically inspecting manufactured devices An apparatus, system, and method of optically inspecting printed circuit boards (PCBs) for defects, that reliably determines the dimensions of components including those having the same color as the background, and which can detect components which are mi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6245586 | Wire-to-wire bonding system and method A system and method for preparing semiconductor samples for analytical techniques such as backside emission microscopy. Samples may be prepared from a wafer or packaged die. In package form, the package is affixed to a polishing jig such that the backside... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6240284 | System and method of handling emergency calls from roaming mobile stations in a radio telecommunications network A system and method in a radio telecommunications network for reconnecting an emergency call between a roaming mobile station with an emergency (emergency MS) and a public safety answering point (PSAP) when the call has been disconnected before the call w... | 05/29/2001 |
