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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180036 | Method and apparatus for accessing missed call information The invention comprises a method and apparatus for enabling missed call information to be accessed from a remote device via a packet network. Specifically, the method comprises receiving missed call information associated with a called party, storing the missed call... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174982 | Integrated web cache A gateway for mobile communications comprises a cache for storing network data recently downloaded from a network, a foreign agent, and a packet filter that directs requests for the network data from a mobile node to the cache. The packet filter directs the requeste... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159953 | Method and apparatus for managing allocation of resources in a network To manage resource allocation between users of a wireless or wireline network, recent resource usage by each user is determined and priorities are assigned accordingly. Then, the network resources are allocated according to the assigned priorities. A respective prio... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155128 | Method and apparatus for establishing and managing diameter associations The invention includes a method and apparatus for establishing DIAMETER associations between nodes of a network. The invention uses a DIAMETER application server disposed between DIAMETER nodes in order to establish DIAMETER associations between nodes and, further, ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155028 | Method and apparatus for providing full logical connectivity in MPLS networks The invention includes a method and apparatus for configuring logical connectivity for a network comprising a plurality of nodes. A method includes determining a physical topology of the network, determining a set of LSP paths based on the physical topology of the n... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146069 | Method and apparatus for performing non service affecting software upgrades in place The invention includes a method and apparatus for upgrading software represented as a graph, where the graph has a plurality of states and a plurality of state transitions and tokens traverse the graph executing functions. A method includes identifying a target regi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141065 | Method and apparatus for performing non service affecting software upgrades in place The invention includes a method and apparatus for dynamically defining and instantiating an undefined portion of a graph, where the graph has a plurality of states and a plurality of state transitions. A method includes executing the graph where the graph comprises ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140845 | Scheme for authentication and dynamic key exchange A scheme for authentication, dynamic key generation and exchange provides means for authentication of mobile nodes and networks, and for generation of per session, per node, security association and encryption keys for encrypting/decrypting communications between a ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133387 | Stationary pool skimming apparatus The present invention is a stationary pool skimming apparatus that uses the flow of water in a pool to collect free flowing debris from the water in the pool. In one embodiment, a pool skimming apparatus for collecting debris from water in a pool includes a frame ha... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131653 | Method and apparatus for warranty cost calculation Method and apparatus for calculating warranty cost includes determining values for a plurality of parameters that characterize a corresponding plurality of physical conditions of a product that is returned under warranty, determining values for a plurality of variab... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126089 | Method and apparatus for providing frame synchronization in a digital communication system that supports multiple modulation formats A method and apparatus for frame synchronization in digital communication systems using multiple modulation formats, including the Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK), Duobinary Signaling (DBS), and ON/OFF Keying (OOK) modulation formats, perform a search for bot... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122251 | Method and apparatus for preventing phishing attacks The invention includes a method and apparatus for preventing phishing attacks. A first method, for informing a user that a remote server is valid, includes receiving a request for information available from the remote server where the request includes an identifier,... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111618 | End-to-end service quality using source-routed probes The need to monitor real time network services has prompted service providers to use new measurement technologies, such as service-specific probes. A service-specific probe is an active probe that closely mimics the service traffic so that it receives the same treat... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108893 | Targeted/addressable advertisement insertion into video streams delivered to users using a VLAN A method and apparatus for controllably delivering a multicast broadcast stream to a client via a VLAN channel and, in response to the detection of a splice point, delivering a unicast stream to the client via a sub-VLAN channel. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107494 | Method and apparatus for generating virtual clock signals The invention includes a method and apparatus for generating virtual clock signals for differing hierarchies in a communication system conveying data frames of differing hierarchies. Specifically, a method according to one embodiment of the invention includes receiv... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102846 | Method and apparatus for managing a multicast tree using a multicast tree manager and a content server The invention comprises a method and apparatus for managing a multicast tree using SIP, SOAP, HTTP, or similar signaling between a multicast receiver (e.g., user device) and a third party system (e.g., a content provider system). The method includes receiving at lea... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095019 | Digital clock and data recovery scheme A method and apparatus providing clock and data recovery within an optical receiver using three CMA FIR filters with different group delays where filter coefficients are adapted to provide for a filter exhibiting a group delay of one sample period from which symbols... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083882 | Method of adapting a paint transfer image to the generation of a mural A method for creating imagery on a surface by establishing a visual boundary between two surface color regions and applying a dry transfer object proximate the visual boundary such that when the dry transfer object is substantially the same color as one of the surfa... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073837 | Method and apparatus for managing multimedia content The invention includes a system, apparatus, and method for storing media content within a service provider network. The system includes multi-service servers associated with access points adapted to allow end-user devices to access the service provider network. Each... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068821 | Method and apparatus for providing content to users using unicast and broadcast wireless networks The invention includes a method and apparatus for providing content to user terminals. A method includes identifying a request for content from a user terminal, obtaining a network selection parameter for the content request, selecting, using the network selection p... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068593 | Method and apparatus for providing multimedia ringback services to mobile user devices in pre-IMS networks The invention comprises a method and apparatus for providing multimedia content to a calling party device. Specifically, the method comprises receiving a multimedia ringback service request in response to a connection request for establishing a connection between th... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068502 | Method and apparatus for enabling persistent connections with wireless networks The invention comprises a method and apparatus for establishing a persistent connection between a user device and a service gateway. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining state information in response to a connection request, establishing a connection between... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068408 | Softrouter protocol disaggregation A SoftRouter architecture deconstructs routers by separating the control entities of a router from its forwarding components, enabling dynamic binding between them. In the SoftRouter architecture, control plane functions are aggregated and implemented on a few smart... | 11/29/2011 |
| D648986 | Food plate | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059686 | Method, apparatus and system for guaranteed packet delivery times in asynchronous networks A method and apparatus for guaranteeing packet delivery times in an asynchronous network includes generating a global timing schedule to synchronize the communication between the terminals of a network and, in response to at least one trigger, transmitting and recei... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055141 | Balanced optical signal processor An apparatus and method for reducing electrical signal intermodulation by processing a balanced electrical signal in the optical domain in a manner adapted to reduce noise and second order intermodulation, and converting the processed optical signal back to an elect... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055088 | Deterministic wavelet thresholding for general-error metrics Novel, computationally efficient schemes for deterministic wavelet thresholding with the objective of optimizing maximum-error metrics are provided. An optimal low polynomial-time algorithm for one-dimensional wavelet thresholding based on a new dynamic-programming ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054925 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing a receiver Various embodiments generally relate to a method for synchronizing a receiver, said method including receiving a stream that includes a cyclic extension, estimating a size of the cyclic extension, extracting an amount of the stream according to the estimated size, a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054842 | Apparatus for providing internet protocol television service and internet service A system for transporting downstream and upstream traffic between service providers and end user terminals is provided. The system may include an apparatus having multiple egress ports configured for transmitting downstream traffic received from the service provider... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051036 | Method and apparatus for management and updating of distributed user databases The invention includes a method and apparatus for authenticating a visiting node in a wireless network. A method includes receiving a request to transfer a user database of a visiting node, obtaining the visiting node user database from the visiting node in response... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050671 | Method and apparatus for network growth planning in wireless networks The invention includes a method and apparatus for determining network growth information for a radio access network (RAN) and a wired network supporting communications of the RAN (denoted as a core network). The method includes obtaining RAN configuration informatio... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041656 | Method and apparatus for leveraging end user terminals in self-learning networks The invention includes a method and apparatus for configuring a self-learning network using feedback information received from an end user terminal communicating via the self-learning network. A method includes receiving feedback information from the end user termin... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040893 | Method for fast source routed connection setup The invention comprises a method for establishing a connection between a begin node and an end node in which parallel transmission and processing of connection request messages is used to minimize the dependency of connection setup time on connection path length. | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035318 | Apparatus and method enabling fully dimmable operation of a compact fluorescent lamp An electronic ballast circuit and related method for enabling full range dimming of a gas discharge load such as a compact fluorescent lamp. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032024 | Method and apparatus for multi-band optical switching using multi-pump parametric devices A method of multiple-band switching using a multi-pump fiber parametric switch is demonstrated. The switching architecture combines parametric band amplification, wavelength conversion and selective signal conjugation, enabled by temporal control of at least one pum... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031721 | Method and apparatus for marking and scheduling packets for transmission A method and system for profile-marking and scheduling of packets are disclosed. Using a dual-rate scheduler, the profile state of a packet being scheduled for transmission by a flow traffic descriptor is determined based on the traffic rate of the flow traffic desc... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027361 | Class-based bandwidth allocation and admission control for virtual private networks with differentiated service A method and apparatus for establishing a virtual private network (VPN) session for a priority request. The method and apparatus includes identifying a priority request from a plurality of VPN session request classes. Reserved bandwidth is allocated to the priority ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027264 | Method and apparatus for measuring subjective assessment of digital video impairment A method and system for using key performance indicators of a transport channel to determine key quality indicators associated with information transported there through. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027255 | Method and apparatus for prioritizing packets for use in managing packets in radio access networks The invention includes a method and apparatus adapted for managing packets within a Radio Access Network (RAN). A method includes receiving a packet within the RAN, determining a packet priority assigned to the packet, and managing the packet within the RAN based on... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020029 | Method and apparatus for rendering game assets in distributed systems The invention includes a method and apparatus for attempting to synchronize delivery of information at a plurality of receiving systems. The method includes generating, at a sending system, a plurality of current messages adapted for rendering an asset within an app... | 09/13/2011 |
