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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7868814 | Method for transmission of target information over a network A data network interconnects ships. At least one ship has sensors which track targets. The data rate over the network is reduced by transmitting hostile target tracks at a greater rate than friendly target tracks, by transmitting hostile target tracks that are close... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7777667 | Radar target identification apparatus A radar target identification apparatus utilizing a pseudo-random digital code to modulate a target's return signal to include a two-dimensional range and cross range Doppler-coded return with a target's skin return and thereby identify friendly targets to the inter... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7705770 | System and method for suppressing IFF responses in the sidelobes and backlobes of IFF interrogator antennas An IFF interrogation system for use on an aircraft is described. The system transmits a signal from an interrogator to a transponder and from the transponder to the interrogator. The system includes a non-reciprocal IFF antenna that breaks either an uplink signal or... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7675456 | Technique for mitigating multipath impacts on azimuth accuracy in a monopulse interrogator A method for mitigating multipath impacts on azimuth accuracy in a monopulse interrogator is accomplished by calculating samples of monopulse ratio for samples of antenna boresight angles based on data received from an interrogation of a target. Samples of tradition... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7602329 | Systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans The present invention relates to systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method of tracking individual assets may include obtaining position data of an asset via a GPS receiver in co... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7427732 | Method for targeting a source of an incoming laser A system and method for laser source detection. An exemplary embodiment of the system includes a first array of lenses, a second array of opto devices (including light sources and light detectors), and at least one processor. By positioning the array of lenses to de... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7414568 | Low irradiance sensor with iterative angular resolution A laser warning receiver (LWR) to detect a very low power laser beam for a laser beam rider and provide a high angular resolution in determining the angle-of-arrival of that beam. An aperture having a fixed field-of-view (FOV) is located in a detection channel follo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7360689 | Method and system for proffering multiple biometrics for use with a FOB The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using multiple biometrics in a transponder-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifying biometric s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358891 | Multipath resolving correlation interferometer direction finding Apparatus and a method utilizing correlation interferometer direction finding for determining the azimuth and elevation to an aircraft at long range and flying at low altitudes above water with a transmitting radar while resolving multipath signals. The signals from... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349380 | System and method for providing an addressing and proxy scheme for facilitating mobility of wireless nodes between wired access points on a core network of a communications network A communications network which is capable of effectively and efficiently handling mobility of wireless user terminals between access point nodes of a packet-switched network with minimal overhead and packet loss, and a method for using the same. The communications n... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341181 | Method for biometric security using a smartcard The present invention discloses a method for facilitating biometric security in a smartcard-reader transaction system by proffering a biometric. The biometric may be proffered to a biometric sensor communicating with the smartcard-reader system. Proffering the biome... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340918 | Magnetostrictive drive of refrigeration systems A liquid-phase cooling device of a refrigeration system has an outer tubular housing enclosing a heat exchanger through which a mixture gases and liquid constituting a working fluid media is heated and cooled while undergoing compression and expansion within a cavit... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339516 | Method to provide graphical representation of Sense Through The Wall (STTW) targets A method to present easily understood images that represent targets that are detected through walls or other opaque barriers is disclosed. This method is particularly well suited for sense-through-the-wall radar systems. One of the main challenges of evolving STTW s... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325724 | Method for registering a biometric for use with a smartcard The present invention discloses a method for registering biometric information for use in a smartcard-reader system. The method comprises the steps of contacting an authorized sample receiver and submitting a biometric to a sensor to facilitates the sensor in obtain... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318550 | Biometric safeguard method for use with a smartcard A method for facilitating biometric security in a smartcard-reader transaction system is provided. The method includes determining if a transaction violates an established rule, such as a preset spending limit. The method also includes notifying a user to proffer a ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314165 | Method and system for smellprint recognition biometrics on a smartcard The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using smellprint recognition biometrics in a smartcard-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a smellprint sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifyin... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308207 | Method for identifying an interrogated object using a dynamic optical tag identification system An interrogator identifies an interrogated object using a light transceiver and a dynamic optical tag associated with the interrogated object. The dynamic optical tag receives an output light beam from the light transceiver and controllably reflects the light beam b... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303120 | System for biometric security using a FOB The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using biometrics in a transponder-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifying biometric samples. I... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298312 | Detecting small, time domain impulsive communications signals A method and system are disclosed for generating and detecting secure UWB or relatively small time domain impulsive communications signals. A transmitter generates a sequence of at least three pulses having a predetermined template, and the pulses are generated in a... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7284268 | System and method for a routing device to securely share network data with a host utilizing a hardware firewall A system and method for providing the ability to selectively share data in a network routing device with an associated host. The system and method employs a hardware firewall in the routing device which restricts the host such that it can only access areas in shared... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280545 | Complex adaptive routing system and method for a nodal communication network A complex adaptive routing system and method for routing data packets in a nodal network, in particular, an ad-hoc nodal network. Each data packet contains data representing its routing strategy for routing to a destination node. When a node receives the data packet... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280555 | System and method employing algorithms and protocols for optimizing carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols in wireless networks A system and method for achieving enhanced CSMA/CA which improves channel availability and quality of service (QoS) in a wireless communications network. The system and method establish channels to enable communication between nodes in a communication network, based... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266104 | Time division protocol for an AD-HOC, peer-to-peer radio network having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels with separate reservation channel An ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system includes a series of radio terminals forming a service group, each radio terminal having a transceiver for communicating with terminals in the same service group, computer means, and memory for storing program software. Within th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7250906 | Methods and apparatus for identifying asset location in communication networks The location of unmodified wireless assets in a wireless communication network may be identified using time differences of arrivals of a communication sequence at different network receivers. Time-stamping devices may include correlator circuits in parallel with sig... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248219 | Correlation of flight track data with other data sources A method of triangulating aircraft transponder signals using a number of receivers connected to a central station over communication links includes applying at least one logic rule at each receiver to incoming transponder signals to filter redundant transponder sign... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246237 | Method and device for the generation of several channels in an IFF type system A method of interrogation/response in an IFF type Mode 5 communications system comprises at least the following steps: modulating the header of an interrogation message by using an orthogonal or substantially orthogonal function; detecting the modulation function us... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227887 | Apparatus and method for moving PN hypothesis in high speed searcher There is provided a PN (Pseudorandom Noise) hypothesis moving apparatus and method in a high speed searcher. In the PN hypothesis moving apparatus, a PN sequence generator system has a PN sequence generator for generating a PN sequence and a PN state register for st... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224308 | Identification and location system for personnel and vehicles A surveillance system is provided for surveillance of objects within a secure area. A surveillance sensor transmits surveillance signals to all objects within the secure area, the reflections of which are received back by the surveillance sensor to determine the loc... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221686 | System and method for computing the signal propagation time and the clock correction for mobile stations in a wireless network A system and method for enabling a node, such as a mobile user terminal in a wireless communications network, such as an ad-hoc network, to effectively and efficiently determine a clock correction factor for its local clock relative to a local clock of at least one ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221308 | Joint stars embedded data link A system comprises a radar for producing a radar interrogation signal, a transponder for receiving the radar interrogation signal and producing a transponder signal including a first linear frequency modulated pulse having an increasing frequency and a second linear... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215638 | System and method to provide 911 access in voice over internet protocol systems without compromising network security A system and method to provide emergency call access in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems without compromising network security. The system and method enables VoIP emergency signal detection at a user device, and transmission of the VoIP emergency signal f... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212504 | Time division protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels with separate reservation channel A novel protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network that provides collision-free channel access with an emphasis on improving geographic reuse of the frequency spectrum. The protocol of the invention is executed on the reservation or control channel, and prov... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206294 | Movable access points and repeaters for minimizing coverage and capacity constraints in a wireless communications network and a method for using the same A system and method for improving the ability of a wireless communications network, such as a packet-switched data communications network, to provide service to mobile user terminals. The system and method employs a mobile access point, adapted for use with the pack... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200149 | System and method for identifying potential hidden node problems in multi-hop wireless ad-hoc networks for the purpose of avoiding such potentially problem nodes in route selection A system and method for identifying potential hidden node problems in a multi-hop wireless ad-hoc communication network, such as an 802.11 network. The system and method evaluates the relationship between the neighbors of each respective node to identify nodes of a ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197016 | Time division protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels with separate reservation channel A novel protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network that provides collision-free channel access with an emphasis on improving geographic reuse of the frequency spectrum. The protocol of the invention is executed on the reservation or control channel, and prov... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196655 | System and method for highly directional electronic identification and communication and combat identification system employing the same An antenna for directional electronic communication, a directional communication system, a method of conducting directional communication, a combat identification system and a method of identifying friendly forces. In one embodiment, the antenna includes: (1) a cond... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190672 | System and method for using destination-directed spreading codes in a multi-channel metropolitan area wireless communications network A system and method for enabling a node in a mobile wireless ad-hoc communications network to use a particular spreading code to spread a message to be transmitted to a destination node without having to provide information on the spreading code to the destination n... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190907 | Dynamic optical tag An optical tag, having a photo-detector, a controller, a piezoelectric translator, a battery and a retro-reflective tape. The photo-detector is responsive to an optical energy at a predetermined wavelength, and the controller is connected to the output of the photo-... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180875 | System and method for performing macro-diversity selection and distribution of routes for routing data packets in Ad-Hoc networks A communications network which is capable of effectively and efficiently handling fading between mobile wireless user terminals of a packet-switched network with minimal overhead and packet loss, and a method for using the same. The communications network employs an... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181214 | System and method for determining the measure of mobility of a subscriber device in an ad-hoc wireless network with fixed wireless routers and wide area network (WAN) access points A system and method for determining the mobility of a node in a network, such as a wireless ad-hoc network that requires the node to share its information with other mobile and stationary nodes, such as fixed wireless routers and intelligent access points, so that t... | 02/20/2007 |
