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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131211 | OPTIMIZED NETWORK DEVICE DISCOVERY A computing device retrieves a set of configuration files of devices associated with a network to be analyzed and extracts from the set of configuration files Internet protocol (IP) address information to form an IP address database. The computing device also extracts f... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131213 | NETWORK DEVICE AND POINT TO POINT CONNECTION DISTINGUISHING METHOD A network device connects a terminal device to the Internet using a plurality of connections. The network device obtains a quantity of different destination port numbers employed by the plurality of connections, calculates a ratio of the quantity of the different destin... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131087 | CONCURRENTLY APPLYING AN IMAGE FILE WHILE IT IS BEING DOWNLOADED USING A MULTICAST PROTOCOL A system and a process for deploying a computer file involves a client computer applying the computer file concurrently with downloading the computer file from a file server. The concurrent operations can be performed even when the data of the computer file is downloade... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131212 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH SESSION TRANSFER MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF A method of operation of a navigation system includes: establishing a navigation session for routing from a starting point to a destination on a device; setting a transfer condition for continuing the navigation session between the device and a further device; and trans... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131215 | MANAGING HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED SUBSCRIBER PROFILES Methods are provided for managing hierarchically organized subscriber profiles. According to one embodiment, a connection for a subscriber is created based on a service context of the subscriber. A connection request is received from a subscriber of a network service de... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131209 | NEARBY ADDRESS NETWORK SERVICE INFORMATION PROVISIONING FOR MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES A network device receives a geographic location of a mobile device. The network device accesses a database to identify addresses within a distance parameter of the received geographic location, and retrieves attributes associated with the identified addresses from the d... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131210 | TRANSPORT LAYER CONNECTION A system identifies a network socket on a machine by assigning a non-IP address socket anchor and a port number to the network socket. A socket anchor may comprise a globally unique number. In some embodiments, a socket anchor comprises a number having a preselected num... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131214 | RELAY APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND DEVICE CONTROLLER A relay apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store information related to a connection state between the relay apparatus and a device connected thereto, a determining unit configured to determine whether a change is a temporary change, based on a change facto... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110195 | UNCONNECTED CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS A computing device retrieves a set of configuration files of devices associated with a network, and extracts, from the set of configuration files, Internet protocol (IP) address information to form an IP address database. The computing device also extracts, from the set... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120110196 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTIVELY SHARING CONTENT A method for sharing content with participants in a conference including establishing a network conference session, identifying restricted content to be shared, and identifying global content which is a subset of the restricted content. The method further includes the s... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120110197 | TECHNIQUE FOR RELOCATING A SERVING GATEWAY ASSOCIATED TO A USER EQUIPMENT A technique for relocating a Serving Gateway associated to a User Equipment is described. One method implementation of this technique is performed in a Mobility Management Entity, MME, and comprises the steps of a) triggering, from the MME, a relocation of a source SGW ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081501 | INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION AUDIO AND VIDEO CALLING A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a media controller having computer instructions to execute a soft-phone client application on the media processor, receive an audio call or a v... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072604 | TECHNIQUE FOR DELIVERING CONTENT TO A USER A technique is provided for delivering content to a user. The user sends at least one quality indicator to a first content-delivery device, referred to as a secondary device. The indicator relates to delivery of a portion of the content by a second content-delivery devi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072602 | TRANSPOSE BOX BASED NETWORK SCALING The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. When connecting devic... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072601 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) BASED SERVICES INDEPENDENT OF PLATFORM OR OPERATING SYSTEMS USING IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) An apparatus and method for providing at least one Internet Protocol (IP) based service independent of platform or operating systems using IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), the method comprising implementing a call setup signaling and an end-to-end media transfer using an ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072603 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM A communication device includes a communication start request output unit and a response notification acceptance unit. The communication start request output unit outputs a communication start request to an output destination communication device. The response notificat... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054266 | Optimized Content Distribution Based on Metrics Derived from the End User Some embodiments provide systems and methods for determining a server of a distributed hosting system to optimally distribute content to an end user. The method includes identifying an IP address of the end user. Based on the IP address, a set of servers send packets to... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054354 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR A communication apparatus capable of establishing a SIP session from which an unnecessary media session has been removed. When determining that a SIP session established with another communication apparatus includes an unnecessary media session other than a media sessio... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047276 | SESSION PUSH TRANSFER A first UE (User Equipment) initiates a device discovery procedure by registering (41) to an IMS-based service, e.g. an IPTV service, using a subscribe signalling procedure with the Application server, and the Application server responds by notifying (42) ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047274 | METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES AND PERSONAL COMPUTER An operation method for a mobile device is provided by the present invention. First, a data transmission link is established with a personal computer installing into a personal computer via a network. When a operation is executed, it is checking whether or not a predete... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047275 | NETWORK ACCESS METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A network access method, a terminal device, a server, and a communication system are provided. The method includes: querying corresponding parameters of connection according to a service type; and accessing a network by using the queried parameters of connection. Compar... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047273 | Device initiated multiple grants per interval system and method A cable modem integrated session border control circuit operates as a point of demarcation between a local area network (LAN) and a DOCSIS network and, in response to receiving a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, which includes Session Description Protocol (SDP... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041907 | Suggesting Connections to a User Based on an Expected Value of the Suggestion to the Social Networking System To suggest new connections to a user of a social networking system, the system generates a set of candidate users to whom the user has not already formed a connection. The system determines the likelihood that the user will connect to each candidate user if suggested to... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041965 | LOAD BALANCING BASED ON DEEP PACKET INSPECTION A device may receive a packet, determine a content identifier of the packet, identify a first processing device that has processed part of content associated with the content identifier, send the packet to the first processing device when the first processing device is ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042084 | SELF-ORGANIZING IMS NETWORK AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING AND MAINTAINING SESSIONS A method and system for setting up and maintaining an IMS session. The method comprising transmitting an invite message from a registered user equipment, forwarding the invite message to a selected SIP proxy (P-CSCF), forwarding the invite message to a specified SIP ser... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042086 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING SECURE COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN COMPUTERS OF VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK A technique is disclosed for establishing a secure communication link between a first computer and a second computer over a computer network. Initially, a secure communication mode of communication is enabled at a first computer without a user entering any cryptographic... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042085 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Improving Resource Reservation in Session Initiation There are provided measures for resource reservation improvement in session initiation. Such measures for resource reservation improvement may for example comprise receiving a session initiation request of a user, determining an authentication type of the user, detectin... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036274 | System and method for adapting information content according to the capability of the access bearer A communication system is adapted to provide access to application information on an application server utilizing a specific one of multiple radio access types. Access is provided via an access network using an access bearer. The capability of the specifically requested... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030363 | DISPLAYING A NETWORK TOPOLOGY MAP WITH A REDUCED NUMBER OF OBJECTS Displaying a network topology map may include creating a database representing objects in a network; requesting a topology map of a certain type to represent at least a portion of the network; determining from the database a set of objects corresponding to the type of t... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030364 | Proxy appparatus and operation method thereof A proxy apparatus includes a multi-core CPU comprising a plurality of CPU cores; and an extended listen socket comprising a plurality of queues provided for the plurality of CPU cores respectively. A kernel thread and a proxy thread operate on each of the plurality of C... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030365 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Relevant Service Levels Method and apparatus in a router (200) of an IP network, for providing a relevant and expected service level for a first subscriber (A) in a peer-to-peer session with a second subscriber (B). When a session setup message (PATH) sent from the first subscriber is r... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023245 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A PIECE OF INFORMATION INDICATIVE OF A DESIRE TO BE INVOLVED IN AT LEAST ONE USER APPLICATION SESSION A method and apparatus are provided for processing an item of information indicative of a desire for involvement in at least one application session, established according to the SIP protocol, in progress for a user of a telecommunications network. The at least one sess... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023243 | Methods and Devices for Providing Internet Access through a Restricted Device According to an aspect of the disclosure, novel solutions are disclosed for providing Internet access to a client device (e.g., desktop computer, laptop computer, tablet computer or portable electronic device) using non-privileged portions of an application programming ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023241 | SSL Cache Session Selection In one embodiment, a gateway implements: selecting, from a plurality of instances, an instance with which to begin a secure initial communication session; establishing, with the selected instance, a secure initial communication session; generating information regarding ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023242 | IPv6 GENERATION TO TRIGGER A VIRTUAL LEASED LINE SERVICE Various embodiments relate to a communications system and related method for determining an address of a service access point (SAP) upon establishment of a service over a packet data network. A customer SAP connected to a provider SAP may request a link-local address fo... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023244 | IP SERVER FACILITATING NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DEVICES UTILIZING VIRTUAL NETWORK CONNECTIONS A method includes, first, communicating by first and second devices, to a server, network contact information; and thereafter, communicating data from the first device to the second device by communicating, by the first device, a request to the server to engage in commu... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016998 | Refreshing a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Session In one embodiment, a session is refreshed using a message that is simplified for refresh purposes. The refresh message that is used is a message used for another purpose in a protocol (e.g., SIP). For example, a reINVITE message may be used as a refresh message. If the ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120017250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTROL OF SET-TOP BOXES An approach is provided for controlling one or more set-top boxes. Communications is established among a plurality of set-top boxes. One of the set-top boxes is designated as a master set-top box that is configured to control one or more of remaining ones of the set-top... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120011258 | STORAGE PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION SERVER SESSION PERSISTENCE Session persistence storage schemes are provided. These schemes may include identifying a change in a session attribute for an application client session, querying a session persistence table associated with the application running in the application-server environment,... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120008786 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT DELIVERY AND MESSAGE EXCHANGE ACROSS MULTIPLE CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS Methods and apparatus for providing protected content to subscribers of a managed (e.g., MSO) network via a content source accessible via an internetwork such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a user accesses a service provider portal (e.g., website), and requests con... | 01/12/2012 |
