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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159148 | Light emitting diode light source module A light emitting diode (LED) light source module includes plural voltage converters to convert an input voltage into plural corresponding different operation voltages. A plurality of sets of different color LEDs are provided in the light source module, where each se... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154505 | Backlight module having a chambered circuit board The backlight module includes a first lamp, a second lamp, a circuit board and a driving circuit board. The circuit board includes chambers to be connected to the first lamp and the second lamp, and capacitors to stabilize a voltage across two ends of each of the fi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144304 | Apparatus and method for driving a flat panel display and repairing a flat panel display signal line An apparatus is for use in a display device having a defective signal line with a defect that isolates a first signal line portion from a second signal line portion of the defective signal line. The apparatus includes a signal driver that has a driver output termina... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8130339 | Backlight module A backlight module includes a back housing, a top housing, a lamp, a light-guide plate, and a reflecting sheet. The back housing includes a bottom plate. The back housing and top housing form an accommodating space; the lamp is situated in the accommodating space. T... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8107382 | Loop detection in a communications network A first node includes ports and a controller to receive a test packet at a first one of the ports. The first node determines whether the received test packet has a destination address that matches one or more predefined addresses associated with a second node. Prese... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102493 | Multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display A multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display (MVA LCD) includes an active component array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The active component array substrate has a plurality of pixel units, and the liquid crystal layer is d... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8045575 | Network access mechanism and method A communications system includes a network that is coupled to a number of terminals, at least some of which are capable of audio or other forms of real-time interactive data communications over the network. Each of the terminals includes a network adapter that is ca... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7911944 | Tie-breaking in shortest path determination A consistent tie-breaking decision between equal-cost shortest (lowest cost) paths is achieved by comparing an ordered set of node identifiers for each of a plurality of end-to-end paths. Alternatively, the same results can be achieved, on-the-fly, as a shortest pat... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908481 | Routing data to one or more entities in a network A communications system includes a first network that includes a plurality of entities and a router. The router includes a network address translator. A node is capable of communicating data units with entities in the first network. Each data unit includes security ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907560 | Method, system and program product for indicating concurrent service capability with enhanced precision A communication network includes first and second network entities capable of over-the-air communication. The second network entity receives at least one message communicated over-the-air by the first network entity. The message includes one or more message fields i... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7898626 | Display having structures to regulate orientation of liquid crystal molecules A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a liquid crystal between the first and second substrates, and first and second structures provided on the first and second substrates to regulate orientation of liquid crystal molecules in t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7847493 | Detecting lamp currents and providing feedback for adjusting lamp driving voltages A lamp current of a lamp with at least one high-voltage end is detected using a current detector connected to the high-voltage end of the lamp. A feedback signal according to the lamp current is generated, and a drive voltage to the lamp is adjusted according to the... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7876410 | Multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display having a plurality of jagged and non-jagged slits A multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display includes an active element array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the two substrates. The active element array substrate has a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869393 | Providing a data function in an access gateway node An access gateway node couples a control node to an external data network, where the control node and access gateway node are for use in a wireless communications network. The access gateway node comprises a data function to route packets containing traffic data bet... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7868864 | Gray-scale circuit A gray-scale circuit may receive pixel data to generate first set of gray-scale voltages that enable a display show the different gray-scale levels of normal images during a first time period. The gray-scale circuit may generate a second set of gray-scale voltages t... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860176 | OFDM system with reverse link interference estimation A new method of performing interference estimation to allow the data packets to be efficiently delivered in an OFDM system. The interference estimation is performed on average over each frame for each mobile station individually in both frequency and time domains. B... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844745 | Alternate home subscriber server (HSS) node to receive a request if a first HSS node cannot handle said request This invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing a resilient network database. The invention relates particularly, but not exclusively, to the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The invention is directed to an interface for a database node comprising: a por... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843878 | Method and apparatus to control handoff between different wireless systems A wireless communications network includes a first base station system that performs wireless communications according to a first protocol (e.g., 1xEV-DO protocol) and a second base station system that performs wireless communications according to a second, differen... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7839380 | Generating corrected gray scale data to improve display quality A method of displaying image data, which can mitigate a double-boundary problem and improve MPRT, includes the steps of: receiving a plurality of frame data of a pixel; correcting subframe data of two of the plurality frame data; and sequentially displaying each of ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7812900 | Providing light guide elements in a backlight module A backlight module comprises a light guide plate and at least two light sources. The light guide plate is divided into at least two regions made up of a substrate and a plurality of elongate light guide elements disposed on a surface of the substrate and located in ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809389 | Controlling a press-to-talk session using wireless signaling To communicate in a press-to-talk (PTT) session, a message for requesting a right to talk in the PTT session is sent over a wireless link between a mobile station and a base station system. The message for requesting the right to talk in the PTT session is sent in w... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808602 | Discharging excessive liquid crystal in a liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a sealing member. The sealing member is sandwiched between the first and second substrates, and forms a perimeter encircling a display area of the LCD device. After delivery of at lea... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808601 | Liquid crystal display device having a discharge port to discharge excess liquid crystal A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a sealing member. The sealing member is sandwiched between the first and second substrates, and forms a perimeter encircling a display area of the LCD device. After delivery of... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808598 | Liquid crystal display device having a common electrode substrate A common electrode substrate for use in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a substrate body, a common electrode disposed on the substrate body, and a peripheral first circuit disposed on the substrate body. The peripheral first circuit and the common ele... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7782432 | Liquid crystal display device having a pixel electrode structure and an alignment layer causing pixel regions to operate in both twisted nematic and vertical alignment modes A liquid crystal display device is provided that has a plurality of pixel regions where some of the pixel regions have liquid crystal molecules that operate according to both twisted nematic mode and vertical alignment mode. ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7768609 | Pixel structure for a display device having a common line with a capacitor portion that extends diagonally to the pixel electrode edge and is also perpendicular to the alignment direction A pixel structure to be disposed on a substrate is provided. The pixel structure includes a common line having a capacitor portion, an active device, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device and covering the capacitor portion, and an alignment l... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7756035 | Planning routes and allocating identifiers to routes in a managed frame-forwarding network A method is provided of planning routes and allocating route identifiers in a managed frame-forwarding network. The network comprises a plurality of nodes interconnected by links, with each node being arranged to forward data frames according to a combination of an ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752670 | Detecting an attack of a network connection To detect an attack of a network connection, detection of a message containing a sequence number that is within a valid sequence number range is performed, where the message is intended to cause reset of the network connection. The message is dropped, and a counter ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751329 | Providing an abstraction layer in a cluster switch that includes plural switches In a communications network, a cluster switch is provided, where the cluster switch has plural individual switches. An abstraction layer is provided in the cluster switch, such that an interface having a set of ports is provided to upper layer logic in the cluster s... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7746416 | Pixel array substrate having storage capacitances that vary along a scan line A display device has a pixel array substrate that contains a support substrate and a plurality of pixel areas arranged on the support substrate. Each pixel area contains a pixel electrode and a capacitor electrode. Scan lines and common lines are also provided, wher... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738855 | Providing a location service in a wireless communications network using an indication of whether the location service is an emergency-related location service or a law enforcement-related location service In a wireless communications network, a method of performing a location service with respect to a mobile station includes communicating a paging message containing an indication of whether the paging message is related to at least one of an emergency-related locatio... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721296 | Event based charging in a communications system A communications system in which event based charging is implemented and in which service flows between end user equipments and application servers are filtered for charging purposes by a traffic plane function (TPF). The TPF identifies a service flow between an end... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711667 | Method and system for measuring interest levels of digital messages In an electronic communication system, relevance levels of an incoming or outgoing message for presenting it to an interlocutor is measured without having to actually interact with the interlocutor, by a method comprising the steps of extracting from the message, a ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7708407 | Eye tracking compensated method and device thereof Motion blur associated with hold-type display devices may be reduced by eye tracking compensation. Eye tracking compensation may depend on the magnitude and direction of a motion vector, which may be used to generate a human-vision image compensation signal. An orig... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7705816 | Generating corrected gray-scale data to improve display quality A method of displaying image data, which can mitigate a double-boundary problem and improve MPRT, includes the steps of: receiving a plurality of frame data of a pixel; correcting subframe data of two of the plurality frame data; and sequentially displaying each of ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7693126 | Radio telecommunications system and method of operating the same with polling An apparatus or method for transmitting data blocks on a communications channel having a radio link between two stations including a user equipment comprises receiving first data blocks from the user equipment, and transmitting second data blocks to the user equipme... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7688295 | Drive system and method for a color display A display has plural pixel groups each having plural color pixels. In a given frame that is divided into a first sub-period and a second sub-period, a first signal is provided in the first sub-period to a pixel of a given color in a first pixel group, and a second s... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684317 | Protecting a network from unauthorized access A method and apparatus of protecting a first network from unauthorized access includes storing profile information for each call session, and determining if an unauthorized access of the first network is occurring based on the profile information. The profile inform... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7675853 | Communication system architecture and operating methods thereof To ensure an effective mechanism for disaster recovery, system migration and network enlargement, a communication system (FIG. 6) comprises a narrowband-to-broadband interface (300) having a plurality of network adaptors (302-306) interco... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7660584 | Using an access point name to select an access gateway node A first access point name associated with an access gateway node involved in a data session of a mobile station over a first type of wireless network is received. In response to handoff of the mobile station from the first type of wireless network to a second, diffe... | 02/09/2010 |
