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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7362713 | System and method for accessing digital subscriber line data A system and method of accessing digital subscriber line data is provided. The system includes a first server having an input to receive a telephone number from a web browser interface and having an output to provide performance analysis data associated with at leas... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7336654 | Portable VoIP service access module A voice over IP (VoIP) softphone access module (VSAM) comprises a softphone client installed on a portable memory device (PMD). The softphone client is installed in its own read-only partition. The softphone client is adapted to autorun from the PMD when the PMD is ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7313562 | Rhetorical content management system and methods The present disclosure is directed generally to a method of content management. The method includes receiving a user input entered in a plurality of grammatical structured text entry elements associated with a content subject, each of the plurality of grammatical st... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307574 | Remote control, apparatus, system and methods of using the same A system provides an audible signal to the user of the system before a control or function is activated by the user. In one embodiment, a remote control can be used with an apparatus, such as a set-top box. When the user places an object near a control of the remote... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308288 | System and method for prioritized interface design A system and method for prioritized interface design are disclosed. In one embodiment of a system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, a wireless-enabled device may include a display, a user input mechanism, and a housing component that at least partia... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299478 | Integration service and domain object for telecommunications operational support In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to an integration service. The integration service includes an interface layer, a logic layer, an object layer, and a resource layer. The interface layer includes a plurality of communications adapters. The logi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296027 | Rhetorical content management with tone and audience profiles A content management system including an audience profile is disclosed. The content management system includes a database having a plurality of records. At least one record of the plurality of records includes a plurality of fields storing a plurality of grammatical... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286834 | System and method for location based policy management The disclosure is directed to a system including a set of short-range wireless access points and a policy server. The set of short-range wireless access points are configured to provide a short-range wireless network having a coverage area and are configured to comm... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280154 | Interpolative interleaving of video images A video processing system is presented that interleaves video data. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, data from a first field is placed in a frame and is augmented with pixel values in adjacent alternate rows of the frame with pixel value... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272209 | Automated DSL performance adjustment The present application discloses an automated digital subscriber line performance control system comprising a computer system including a logic module to evaluate performance of a plurality of DSL lines and to automatically select a set of DSL lines from the plural... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7242751 | System and method for speech recognition-enabled automatic call routing A system and method are disclosed for processing a call by receiving caller input in a speech format and utilizing phonemes to convert the speech input into word strings. The word strings are then converted into at least one object and at least one action. A synonym... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239690 | System and method for identifying redirected calls In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a system for identifying redirected calls that includes a service switch point and a service control point. The service switch point is coupled to a communications network. The service switch point is configu... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228054 | Automated playlist generation A digital media player. The digital media player includes storage to store media content and a user interface to provide information to a user. The information includes at least one task associated with the media content. The media player also includes a control to ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225329 | Enhanced CSU/DSU (channel service unit/data service unit) In an embodiment, a communication node coupled to a first data network and a second data network is disclosed. The first data network is a wide area data network. The communication node includes a first data interface to the first data network, a second data interfa... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221953 | Triggering email/PIM events based on SMS headers and content A message composed by a user using a computer is stored in a computer-readable medium. The message is associated with a distribution list of one or more intended recipients of the message, and an identifier to trigger sending of the message to the one or more intend... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221938 | System and method for multi-modal monitoring of a network A system and method for multi-modal monitoring of a network are disclosed. In one embodiment of a system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, a network management engine may be capable of issuing a request to a monitored network device and to receive n... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221685 | Method and system relating to bandwidth utilization The present disclosure is generally directed to a system and method of measuring transport utilization of data that is to be multiplexed and transmitted over a digital transport facility. In a particular embodiment the method includes receiving at least one frame of... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212463 | Method and system of operating mode detection A system and method of providing a voltage to a non-volatile memory. The system includes an output pin to provide an output voltage to a non-volatile memory and includes a memory to store a table. The table includes a plurality of operating voltage levels. The syste... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209957 | Downloadable control policies for instant messaging usage A request is received from a parent or guardian of a minor to sign up for an Instant Messaging (IM) service on behalf of the minor. The parent or guardian creates a profile comprising one or more control policies for usage of the IM service by the minor using a Web-... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209551 | Provisioning unified messaging system services In a particular embodiment, a method of assigning identifications for unified messaging system subscribers is provided. The method includes assigning a unique temporary identity to a subscriber of a unified messaging service and upon the subscriber's first access to... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206780 | Relevance value for each category of a particular search result in the ranked list is estimated based on its rank and actual relevance values A ranked list of search results is received from a search engine based on a search query. A relevance value of a particular search result in the ranked list is estimated based on its rank and actual relevance values and ranks of at least two others of the search res... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206367 | Apparatus and method to synchronize multimedia playback over a network using out-of-band signaling An apparatus and method to synchronize devices in a network to a sub-millisecond timing accuracy. In a first embodiment, the transmission of data is synchronized between a first source device and destination devices communicatively coupled to a network. In a second ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197130 | Dynamic load balancing between multiple locations with different telephony system An allocation component allocates its received calls among a plurality of telephony systems including a first telephony system and a second telephony system. A first routing protocol (RP) component distributes those of the calls allocated to the first telephony syst... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194082 | Local number portability cross connect switch network A cross-connect switch (16) for implementing local number portability between a current local service provider originating switch (14) and a desired local service provider ported switch (18). The cross-connect switch (16) is connected in ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180995 | Method and apparatus for demonstrating telecommunications products A telecommunication product demonstration system is comprised of three major components, including customer facility equipment, sales agent facility equipment, and telecommunication service simulation equipment. The system allows a sales agent to demonstrate various... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180823 | Flexible SDRAM clocking (MS-DLL) A delay lock loop for use in meeting SDRAM timing requirements, wherein a timing relationship between data generated by a computer chip and a clock in said DRAM is fully programmable, and wherein said delay lock loop is digitally implemented. The delay lock loop inc... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171443 | Method, system, and software for transmission of information A method, system and software for efficient transmission of information having dynamic information and static information are disclosed herein. A networked system having a remote site, a user, and a network is used to transmit information between the remote site and... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170529 | Image processing A RGB to YUV conversion is presented that provides separate lumina and chroma filtering to produce the Y data block, and the U and V data blocks. Lumina filter interpolation is performed with, for example, a 5-tap filter while chroma filtering interpolation is perfo... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167543 | Security system with call management functionality A security system with call management functionality is coupled to a telephone network for providing a telephone service and at least one telephone line. This system also includes a call management controller for enabling, disabling or changing telephone service bas... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167410 | Memory system and memory device having a serial interface A memory device and system are disclosed that may include a serial data interface, a serial address interface, and a reference clock interface. The reference clock interface is configured to receive a signal from a reference clock source that provides a reference cl... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165111 | System and method to identify devices employing point-to-point-over Ethernet encapsulation A method and system for use in identifying customer premises equipment (CPE) in a distributed network are presented. The method utilizes a unique identifier provided by a CPE device to an access concentrator during the discovery stage of PPPoE communications in a di... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7149671 | Method and system for coordinate transformation to model radial flow near a singularity A method and system for predicting the behavior of a physical system are disclosed. One embodiment of the method of this invention comprises the steps of creating an equation in a first coordinate system to model an aspect of the physical system; applying a coordina... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149659 | System and method for performing reliability analysis The disclosure is directed to a method of performing reliability analysis for a population of units. The method includes generating suspension population data based on a suspension representation, accessing failure data associated with the population of units, and p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149525 | System for selectively answering a telephone A system to selectively answer a telephone is disclosed and includes a stationary unit connectable in line with a telephone line extending to the telephone. The stationary unit includes: a first antenna coupled to a first transmitter-receiver to communicate with a p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149119 | System and method of controlling a three-dimensional memory A system and method of controlling a three dimensional memory is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the system is implemented as an integrated circuit including a microcontroller having a control signal output, a three-dimensional monolithic non-volatile memory ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146322 | Interleaving of information into compressed digital audio streams A digital audio device including a communications port to connect the device to a server and a controller to allow transfer of digital audio files from the server. The digital audio files may include non-audio data interleaved with the digital audio files and the de... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145943 | XDSL system with improved impedance circuitry An XDSL system comprising a hybrid circuit in operative communication with a transmission line and an XDSL modem associated with a subscriber premises. The hybrid circuit comprises a plurality of selectable impedance circuits having different impedance values. A con... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142649 | Dedicated data modem system and method A data modem aggregator system and a method of initializing a data modem is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the data modem aggregator system includes a plurality of data ports configured to communicate data traffic. The data traffic is carried over dedicated ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142640 | Method and system of remotely restoring communication lines The disclosure relates generally to a system of restoring communication circuits. The system includes an automated circuit switchover system embedded within a telephone central office, a technician terminal for use by telephone network operations personnel, a test a... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142141 | System and method for scheduling access to an analog-to-digital converter and a microprocessor An audio system is disclosed and includes a semiconductor device having an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system and includes a controller and a programmable control register coupled to the controller. The ADC system also includes a plurality of channels coupled ... | 11/28/2006 |
