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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185579 | System and method for obtaining media content for a portable media player A system and method are provided for enabling a portable media player to obtain media content from secondary systems, such as other portable media players, via local wireless communication. In general, the portable media player stores proxy information identifying t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185132 | Systems and methods for associating communication information with a geographic location-aware contact entry Disclosed herein are systems and methods for associating communication information with a geographic location-aware contact entry. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include identifying a geographic location. The method may also include... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184648 | Method and apparatus for implementing control of multiple physically dual homed devices A ring control protocol is used to establish a separate control plane for a plurality of physically dual homed devices to enable collections of dual homed devices to be represented by a single pair of addresses into the attached routed Ethernet network. The gateway ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184587 | System and method for measuring round trip delay of voice packets in a telephone system Systems and methods measure a round trip delay of voice packets through a telephone system that includes a plurality of cabinets connected through a network. Each cabinet includes a link for communicating with other cabinets through the network by passing informatio... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180056 | Methods and systems for communicating over a quantum channel Alice generates a sequence of key bits forming an initial cryptographic key. Alice then uses the sequence of key bits and a sequence of cipher bits to control respective control parameters of a quantum encoding process applied to a sequence of quantum pulses, where ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175645 | System and method for modifying a device profile The present invention provides a system and method for modifying a profile of a user device prior to sending the profile to a destination server, wherein the destination server customizes content provided to the user device based on the modified profile. In general,... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175011 | Integrated home service network The present invention provides a centralized home controller that is used to coordinate a plurality of associated packet communication clients. The home controller provides a centralized and unified control and messaging system for the various packet communication c... | 05/08/2012 |
| D658394 | Booster seat | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165094 | Soft handoff in OFDMA system Soft handoff in an OFDMA system is disclosed. If the pilot signal strength for a base station exceeds the defined threshold, the base station is added to an active set list. Subcarriers in a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165031 | Multi-point and rooted multi-point protection switching The present invention relates to techniques for allowing one or more edge nodes in a backbone network to quickly and efficiently switch traffic delivery from a first virtual network to a second virtual network in response to a failure occurring in association with t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165009 | Adaptive scheduling of voice traffic in a multi-carrier communication environment The present invention provides a technique for scheduling data, and in particular, scheduling real-time or voice data for transmissions during a transmit time interval in a multi-carrier communication environment. For each transmit time interval, channel condition i... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164615 | Personalized conference bridge The present invention allows a user to customize her personal conference bridge such that conference participants who connect to the bridge are provided conference information selected by the user. In particular, after each conference participant gains access to the... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161139 | Method and apparatus for intelligent management of a network element A network element (NE) includes an intelligent interface (II) with its own operating environment rendering it active during the NE boot process, and with separate intelligence allowing it to take actions on the NE prior to, during, and after the boot process. The co... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160079 | Local communication agent The present invention provides a local agent operating in association with a communication client. The local agent acts on behalf of the communication client to enable capabilities the communication client is not capable of providing, by serving as a liaison between... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154228 | Dynamic braking for electric motors A system and method are provided for improved dynamic braking in AC motors with an electronic drive, and more particularly to using a current regulation circuit to control the current supplied to the motor to be in phase with the internal EMF voltage of the motor su... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150938 | Profile aware mediating server A mediating server operates to interconnect a number of user devices to network servers. In order to receive customized content from the network servers, the user devices provide device profiles to the network servers via the mediating server within or in addition t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150608 | Method and apparatus for enabling commuter groups A commuter groups service (CGS) allows commuters to join commuter groups so that they are able to socialize while commuting. Through the commuter groups, the users may share commuting routes, traffic updates, road conditions, and other information. Group members may... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147154 | One-row keyboard and approximate typing In one aspect, the present invention comprises an apparatus for character entry on an electronic device, comprising: a keyboard with one row of keys; and an electronic display device in communication with the keyboard; wherein one or more keys on the keyboard has a ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146157 | Method and apparatus for secure transport and storage of surveillance video Security information such as fixed or dynamically received camera location information, laser signature information, timestamp information, and network information, may be used to secure the transport and storage of surveillance video. Where the surveillance video i... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145203 | Personal area network having media player and mobile device controlling the same A system and method are provided for controlling content played by a number of media devices. In general, the system includes a mobile device and the number of media devices. The mobile device includes a wireless communication interface for communicating with the me... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144633 | Method and system for controlling audio in a collaboration environment A method and system for designating an aural position of an audio stream in a collaboration environment. A plurality of icons corresponding to participants are displayed in a user interface. A moderator may move the icons from a first position in the user interface ... | 03/27/2012 |
| D656681 | Vest | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139738 | Telephone to computational device association The present invention allows for dynamic association of a computational device, such as a personal computer or personal digital assistant, with a telephone terminal. A computer-telephone adaptor or like function implemented in a telephony switch or other telephony d... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139602 | System, method and device for high bit rate data communication over twisted pair cables The invention provides for a system, method, and device for using the existing copper loop plant of twisted pair wiring for data communication by using a plurality of pairs in a cable bundle of twisted pair for the downstream data direction simultaneously, as if the... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139552 | Access category enforcement in wireless local area networks The present invention provides a control function in an access point, switch, or like node on a wireless local area network. The control function operates to ensure frames transmitted by a user terminal are transmitted using an appropriate transmission priority sche... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137390 | System for providing heat treatment and heat loss reduction for treating meibomian gland dysfunction A system for treating meibomian gland dysfunction. A controller controls heat applied to the tissue proximate the patient's meibomian glands to provide conductive heat transfer to the meibomian glands. The application of heat assists in the expression of obstruction... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135947 | Interconnect device to enable compliance with rights management restrictions The present invention provides an interconnect device that connects a source device to a destination device, and allows the source device's non-compliant rights management (RM) interface to deliver media content with little or no restriction to the destination devic... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135800 | System and method for user classification based on social network aware content analysis A target user's profile may be generated based on scanning metadata related to various content items made available for sharing by the user. For instance, some content items may be made available for sharing by the target user while other items are made available fo... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135086 | Cable reduction The present invention provides combining and separation circuitry, which allows multiple signals in different frequency bands to travel in either direction over a single cable and be combined and separated as desired. In one embodiment, the combining and separation ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135018 | Message propagation in a distributed virtual world A message propagation scheme for a distributed virtual world is provided. In general, each of a number of peer servers hosts a cell of the virtual world, where the cell is also referred to herein as a virtual space. A peer server issues an advertisement/subscription... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128674 | System for outer eyelid heat and pressure treatment for treating meibomian gland dysfunction A system for treating meibomian gland dysfunction. A controller controls heat applied to the outside of the eyelid to provide conductive heat transfer to the meibomian glands. The application of heat assists in the expression of obstructions or occlusions in the mei... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128673 | System for inner eyelid heat and pressure treatment for treating meibomian gland dysfunction A system for treating meibomian gland dysfunction. A controller controls heat applied to the inside of the eyelid to provide conductive heat transfer to the meibomian glands. The application of heat assists in the expression of obstructions or occlusions in the meib... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128405 | System, method and apparatus for relaying simulation data An apparatus for communicating simulation data is disclosed. The apparatus includes an assembly for mounting the apparatus on an edifice. The apparatus further includes a receiver for receiving simulation data from a plurality of players within a specified area of t... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127232 | Method and apparatus for editing heterogeneous media objects in a digital imaging device A method and apparatus for editing heterogeneous media objects in a digital imaging device having a display screen, where each one of the media objects has one or more media types associated therewith, such as a still image, a sequential image, video, audio, and tex... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127001 | Method and system for selecting providers for role based services The present invention allows individual providers to be assigned to one or more roles. A role corresponds to a function, service, or action that can be fulfilled by the provider who is assigned to the role. A media session may be initiated by sending a session reque... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126985 | Prioritizing virtual object downloads in a distributed virtual environment As a client connects to a peer in a distributed virtual environment, the peer provides the client with virtual objects that are relevant to the client so that the virtual objects can be rendered by the client and displayed to a user via a display device. In the dist... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124925 | Simulation detector having multiple sensor surfaces for detecting incident radiation A detector having a field of view in elevation on the order of one hundred eighty degrees in one plane and three hundred sixty degrees in a perpendicular plane includes a generally hemispherical lens in combination with an optical frustum. The combination directs in... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122142 | Obtaining and displaying status updates for presentation during playback of a media content stream based on proximity to the point of capture Systems and methods are provided for obtaining status updates relevant to a segment of a media content stream for presentation during playback. In general, a status updating service collects status updates sent by users via corresponding mobile devices of the users.... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121839 | Method and apparatus for detecting unsolicited multimedia communications A service is configured to analyze multimedia communications to determine a likelihood that the communication is unsolicited. For example, the service may inspect e-mail messages, instant messaging messages, facsimile transmissions, voice communications, and video t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121280 | Expedited call setup An origination terminal initiates a call by providing a third party call control message in association with a traffic channel request. While the traffic channel is being established, the service node may initiate third party call control to initiate a call leg to t... | 02/21/2012 |
