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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7042771 | Method and apparatus for synchronization of row and column access operations A circuit for synchronizing row and column access operations in a semiconductor memory having an array of bit line pairs, word lines, memory cells, sense amplifiers, and a sense amplifier power supply circuit for powering the sense amplifiers, the circuit comprising... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038517 | Timing vernier using a delay locked loop A method for synchronizing a plurality of programmable timing verniers with a reference pulse signal, each of the verniers being programmable to one of a plurality of timing steps within a delay range determined by a control signal applied to a bias input. A first a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7020853 | Design analysis workstation for analyzing integrated circuits A design analysis workstation for performing design analysis of integrated circuits provides facilities for extracting design and layout information from digital image-mosaics captured during deconstruction of an integrated circuit. Each image-mosaic is displayed in... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012850 | High speed DRAM architecture with uniform access latency A Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) performs read, write, and refresh operations. The DRAM includes a plurality of sub-arrays, each having a plurality of memory cells, each of which is coupled with a complementary bit line pair and a word line. The DRAM further in... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6996342 | Control system for an agile optical network A control system for an agile optical network uses constraint-based rules to minimize route validation computations required when the network is reconfigured. A hierarchical control structure facilitates admission control and insulates admission control from interac... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6985959 | Constraint route dissemination using distributed route exchanges Distributed traffic engineering route exchanger routers (TE-Xs) are used in an open shortest path first (OSPF) routing area to collect Traffic Engineering Link State Advertisements (TE-LSAs) and exchange the TE-LSAs with other TE-Xs. TE-Xs store TE-LSAs and compute ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6980140 | Flash ADC receiver with reduced errors Symbol decoding errors at a receiver utilising a flash analog to digital converter (ADC) can be reduced by adjusting a reference voltage level of the ADC where a decoding error rate at the reference voltage level exceeds a threshold. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6975449 | Fast, continuously variable automatic gain control for optical amplifiers Provided by the invention is a fast, continuously variable AGC that can be used to control the gain of an optical amplifier. The AGC is designed around a controller having control coefficients that may be dynamically adjusted according to operating conditions. Accor... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6967523 | Cascaded charge pump power supply with different gate oxide thickness transistors A cascaded charge pump based power supply for use with low voltage dynamic random access memory (DRAM) includes a charge pump and a non-overlapping clock signal generator. The charge pump circuit has two pump cascades coupled in parallel. Each pump cascade includes ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965870 | Method and system for activity responsive telemarketing A method of alerting a telemarketing agent of a promotion opportunity in response to activity of a potential customer browsing a public server and an apparatus for monitoring the customer activity and alerting the telemarketing agent includes a telemarketing analysi... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959143 | Advertising extracting system A system and method for extracting advertising segments from a video source, stores the extracted segments in a stractured database to be used in various applications. The system for extracting advertising, or other promotional segments, from a video signal converts... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6952396 | Enhanced dual counter rotating ring network control system A control system enables transport of payload data across a dual counter rotating ring (DCRR) network having two or more nodes, each node providing access to the DCRR network by a respective local area network (LAN) subtending the node. The control system comprises ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6931005 | IP multicast services over ATM multicast A method and apparatus for reducing bandwidth usage in an ATM switching network by controlling bandwidth used for IP multicasting through the switching network. Bandwidth usage is controlled by modifying ingress and access modules, such as IP service gateways and ac... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6891772 | High speed DRAM architecture with uniform access latency A Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) performs read, write, and refresh operations. The DRAM includes a plurality of sub-arrays, each having a plurality of memory cells, each of which is coupled with a complementary bit line pair and a word line. The DRAM further in... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6886161 | Method and data structure for compressing file-reference information Compression of local data uses various methods to encode location data (e.g. line numbers and, optionally, column numbers) representing references to a source code information symbol in a source code file. Run length encoding and other run encoding methods are used.... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6885632 | Method and system for signal degrade (SD) information passthrough in T-Mux systems Signal degrade (SD) propagation is provided for transparent mux/demux (T-Mux) systems to enable timely and more accurate performance monitoring and protection capabilities. A transparent node comprising two T-Muxs connected via a high-rate span between first and sec... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6882721 | Method and apparatus enabling local number portability in telephone networks A method for providing local number portability between subscriber lines served by a distributed switch call manager (DSCM) involves updating translation tables of the DSCM to direct call control messages to a media gateway (MG) that serves the ported number. The se... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6853641 | Method of protecting traffic in a mesh network Method and apparatus for protection of traffic in a mesh network are disclosed. A source node sends duplicate copies of data packets of the protected traffic on physically diverse paths through the network. The data packets include a sequence number for determining ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6853231 | Timing vernier using a delay locked loop A method for synchronizing a plurality of programmable timing verniers with a reference pulse signal, each of the vernier being programmable to one of a plurality of timing steps within a delay range and the delay range being determined by a control signal applied t... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6826201 | Multiplexing SONET /SDH data streams using independent encoding schemes A system for transparently transporting m synchronous data streams as an aggregate data stream on a single channel of a Wave Division Multiplexed (WDM) optical link without pointer processing uses m unique encoding schemes to enable recovery of the respective m data... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6822961 | Method and apparatus for reduction of call setup rate in an ATM network A method and apparatus for reduction of call setup rate in an ATM network are described. The method and apparatus are particularly useful in ATM networks used for the transfer of bearer traffic between telephone switching offices. The method involves caching a numbe... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6820263 | Methods and system for time management in a shared memory parallel processor computing environment A multiprocessor computing machine is adapted to execute processes concurrently without interrupt to improve system throughput. The respective processors maintain local clocks initialized by a scheduler program to determine how long each process can execute without ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6819678 | Interworking of dissimilar packet networks for telephony communications An Interworking Gateway enabled to provide continuous conversion of Protocol Data Units (PDUs) of any one of a provisioned set of transport protocols to any other member of the set is disclosed. Each transport protocol is associated with at least one transport proto... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6804225 | System and method for establishing long distance voice communications using the internet An apparatus and a method for completing long distance telephone calls over the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) using an automated Internet Operator are disclosed. The apparatus includes a long distance service provider node connected to the Internet and a ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6793697 | Coffee-sawdust-based solid fuel composition A solid fuel composition of spent coffee grounds and/or green coffee bean waste, sawdust and a wax binder is useful for manufacturing a fire-log with more flame output. This combination of solid particulate together with wax burns with a natural-sounding sizzling an... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6788696 | Transparent QoS using VC-merge capable access modules A method and a system for providing transparent Quality of Service (QoS) and reducing bandwidth usage in an ATM access network uses that uses VC-merging and delivery of content directly through the access network. Root-initiated join proxy messages sent from a servi... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6785245 | Method and apparatus for controlling fanout of a multicast tree A method as apparatus for controlling the number of egress points at an ingress node in a multicast tree in a differentiated services network is described. A resource management entity is provided in each edge node in the entity. The resource management entity in th... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6768102 | Method and system for recalibration during micro-imaging to determine thermal drift A method of recalibrating to compensate for thermal drift between a micro-imaging system and a sample integrated circuit (IC) under investigation determines a planar drift using a cross-correlation between a reference calibration image and a recalibration image, and... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6763140 | Method and apparatus for focusing a micro-imaging system onto a tilted or uneven sample to acquire images of the sample A mesh is created from selected focus points having locations on a surface of interest of a sample being micro-imaged. The mesh and associated focus settings of the focus points are used to define adjacent focus facets forming a focus surface substantially coinciden... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6760383 | Long reach SDSL system spectrally compatible with ADSL systems A method and apparatus for achieving longer data transmission distances in Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Lines (SDSL) systems, while providing spectral compatibility with Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Lines (ADSL) systems is disclosed. The method and apparatus en... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6756772 | Dual-output direct current voltage converter A step-down switching voltage regulator with a push-pull output stage is adapted to provide a voltage converter with an auxiliary voltage rail that supplies an auxiliary voltage that is higher than the input supply voltage. The push-pull output stage of the step-dow... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6751711 | Methods and systems for process rollback in a shared memory parallel processor computing environment Methods and systems for process rollback in a shared memory parallel processor computing environment use priority values to control process rollback. Process classes are defined and each process class is allocated a base priority value. Each process run by the syste... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6741140 | Circuit for receiving an AC coupled broadband signal A receiving circuit having a termination impedance and an equalization capacitor. The receiving circuit is connectable to a signal source having a source impedance through a DC (direct current) blocking capacitor. The value of the equalization capacitor is chosen su... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6728267 | Service capable network A service capable telecommunications network permits a communications network user, user agent or another network simplified access to network communication services, based on a clear separation of transported payload information, network-based communications enhanc... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6721271 | Rate-controlled multi-class high-capacity packet switch A high-capacity switch for transferring variable-sized packets under rate control is described. The packets are divided in the switch into segments of predetermined equal size. The packets are reconstructed before egress from the switch. The switch serves traffic of... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6704287 | Enabling smart logging for webtone networks and services Methods and apparatus for providing enhanced telecommunications services troubleshooting in multi-carrier telecommunications networks are described. Troubleshooting information gathering is initiated by launching a "Test Service Call with a Travelling Log... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6700896 | High-capacity WDM data network A high-speed wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) network that provides compliant, "invisible" paths of adaptive capacity from an external information source to an external information sink is described. The WDM network includes a plurality of high-speed... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6694007 | System and method for establishing long distance call connections using electronic text messages A method and system adapted to receive electronic text messages and generate connection request messages used to establish toll call connections. The system includes a call control database, customer profile database, billing database, call control node, ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684379 | Design analysis workstation for analyzing integrated circuits A design analysis workstation for performing design analysis of integrated circuits provides facilities for extracting design and layout information from digital image-mosaics captured during deconstruction of an integrated circuit. Each image-mosaic is d... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6683951 | Method and apparatus for providing service to VODSL derived telephone lines during power interruptions An apparatus and method for maintaining access to lifeline services through telephone sets provided with telephone service from a voice over digital subscriber loop (VoDSL) transceiver during power interruptions are described. All telephone sets associate... | 01/27/2004 |
