Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7193995 | License control at a gateway server The invention relates to a gateway server for receiving a message from a terminal and comprising a protocol stack (50) for processing the message according to a particular protocol stack. The server further comprises license control means (53) for cont... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190961 | Method for discovery and routing within mobile ad-hoc networks A device scans its range for newly-discovered devices in a mobile ad-hoc network. Upon detecting a newly-discovered device, the two devices arbitrate how to synchronize their internal clocks. The devices then re-synchronize on schedule to enable data transmission. T... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191242 | Methods and apparatuses for transferring data The present invention provides several methods and apparatuses for transmitting multimedia data using streaming media protocols such as real-time transfer protocols (RTP) and real-time streaming protocols (RTSP) in a computer network environment. In one exemplary em... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191246 | Transmission rate selection for a network of receivers having heterogenous reception bandwidth A method of selecting a data transmission rate for a heterogeneous network clusters the results of reports of local reception bandwidth and determines an appropriate data transmission rate that either minimizes data loss or minimizes a cost function relating distort... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187653 | Method and system for performing a logical loopback test Systems and methods for obtaining logical layer information in a frame relay and/or asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network are described. In an exemplary embodiment, a physical layer test system, such as an integrated testing and analysis system, communicates with... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184408 | Method and apparatus for programmable generation of traffic streams Methods and apparatus provide single or multi-port, flexible, cost-effective, built-in self-test capabilities for network communications equipment, such as for example switches, and programmably generate, and subsequently analyze, one or more sequences of test packe... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185084 | Server-side measurement of client-perceived quality of service Server-side determination of quality of service received by a client. Content is transmitted from the server to the client according to a protocol. During transmission, the protocol requires the client to periodically send the server statistics concerning the transm... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184919 | Dynamic routing for a measurement system System and method for performing dynamic routing in a measurement system to perform a measurement task. The system includes a computer and one or more measurement devices. One or more topography descriptions (TD) representing connectivity between devices and/or devi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184667 | Wake-on LAN device Disclosed are a device and method of powering down an optical transceiver coupled to an optical transmission medium. A data transceiver may be coupled to transmit data between the optical transceiver and a media independent interface (MII). The data transceiver comp... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180867 | Apparatus and method for flow path based fault detection and service restoration in a packet based switching system A methodology is provided for fault detection and service restoration in a multiservice switch on a per flow basis. An ingress source transmits the same data over each of two redundant cores. An egress receiver selects on a per flow bass which core to utilize. Bi-di... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181553 | Method and apparatus for identifying multiple paths to discovered SCSI devices and specific to set of physical path information A method, by which a user mode application obtains all physical paths that point to a logical unit on a newly-discovered small computer system interface (SCSI) device, may include: sending an input output control command to a kernel component regarding future discov... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181647 | Error tracking method and system An example of a method for error tracking includes sending a data object to a first location. This example also includes determining if the data object was successfully stored at the first location, and if so, storing meta data corresponding with the data object, wh... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180865 | System and method for analyzing frame relay communications Systems and methods for generating a command to monitor communications in a frame relay network are described. In an embodiment of the present invention, an analyst or automated system creates a command to instruct a network element to mirror a port to another netwo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177307 | Device and method for transmission in a switch A protocol data unit switching implements switching means used for the selective interconnection of a transmitter port and at least one receiver port selected from among at least two receiver ports by means of at least one internal bus, each of the protocol data uni... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177320 | Transfer of data in a telecommunications system A telecommunications system comprises a transmitter within the central terminal for sending a data message destined for a particular subscriber terminal over communication channels as a number of data blocks. A frame generator is provided within the central terminal... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174285 | Method and apparatus for assessing quality of service for communication networks This invention relates to a method and apparatus for assessing quality of service for communication networks. More particularly, the invention is directed to assessing quality of service in circuit and packet switched networks by way of a computer simulation. Prefer... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173912 | Method and system for modeling and advertising asymmetric topology of a node in a transport network A method and system for providing an internal topology of a node within a network includes determining asymmetric connections between traffic bearing components in a network node. An intranode connectivity is determined between the traffic bearing components based o... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171396 | Method and program product for specifying the different data access route for the first data set includes storing an indication of the different access for the first data set providing alternative data access routes to a data storage A data storage system includes file system processes, array controller processes, and one or more data storage devices accessed through the array controller processes. Certain file system access operations are diverted from the file system processes so that the arra... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170888 | Call control method between a packet network and PSTNs in the next generation network The present invention relates to a call control method between a packet network and Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTNs) in the next generation network, which enables a terminating media gateway controller to conduct the virtual Continuity (COT) check in proce... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167716 | Synchronous demodulation apparatus of base transceiver station in interim standard-2000 system The present invention provides a synchronous demodulation apparatus of a base transceiver station in an Interim Standard-2000 (IS-2000) system, including a first synchronous demodulation unit, a received signal delay unit, an interference signal regeneration unit an... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167450 | Network management method and communications network system This invention provides an improved data transferring method performed in a communication network comprising a management system M1 and a plurality of nodes K1–K3. Since the management system M1 collectively manages the algorithm inform... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7168011 | Error-tolerant connection test The invention relates to a test arrangement and a test method in a node of a communication network for testing communication connections to other modes in the communication network, in which test messages (SLTM) are sent to the partner nodes and an evaluation of the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164684 | Ethernet node having hub, switch and/or repeater characteristics A method for forming a network is disclosed with the network including a plurality of communication devices, a wire network for allowing a plurality of communication transmissions between the communications devices, and at least one connectivity device connected to ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164888 | Systems and methods for analyzing critical circuits and associated telecommunication resources The invention provides systems and methods for analyzing critical circuits and telecommunication resources. For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a computer-implemented method is provided for identifying critical telecommunication resource... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7165115 | Method for controlling the disposition of an incoming call based on the loading status of a route and on a test of each link along the route Disclosed are network management procedures that apply measurements of traffic load to achieve greater efficiency in the operation of the network. In a method for deciding whether to route an incoming call on a selected potential service route, the potential service... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164652 | System and method for detecting failures and re-routing connections in a communication network A method of re-establishing a connection for a communication link is provided. The link has first and second portions, having the first portion in a first communication network, the second in a second communication network and an interface connecting first portion t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161944 | Method and system for optimized routing and protection of VT traffic in SONET networks The invention provides a method and system for enhancing the capability to optimally route VT circuits over SONET networks. The invention discloses a method for identifying Network Elements (NEs) that have VT capability (i.e., VT cross connect capability) and, when ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161947 | Methods and apparatus for intercepting control and data connections A system provides a proxy connection by intercepting a control connection and a data connection between a client and a server. A proxy device receives a control connection request from a client and establishes a proxy control connection with a server in response to ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161978 | Transmit and receive window synchronization A system for synchronizing sender sliding windows and receiver sliding windows employed in wireless packet communication is provided. The sender sliding window buffers outgoing packets to be sent to a receiver that employs a receiver sliding window to buffer incomin... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159033 | Router search system, router search method and router search program A transmitter router search apparatus 26 transmits an inspection IP packet to an inspection target network connection apparatus via an intranet 10. The source and destination IP addresses of the inspection IP packet are designated respectively as the I... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158515 | Method of optical network bandwidth representation for optical label switching networks This present invention provides generic and flexible methods to represent optical bandwidth and service interfaces for optical label switching networks. Most importantly, bandwidth may be represented simply at various granularity levels and in various combinations. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158486 | Method and system for fast computation of routes under multiple network states with communication continuation A system and method for network routing is provided where significant (those that impact optimal network routes) state changes of network components are considered. A set of optimal communication paths are generated for a number of actual and potential component fai... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154859 | Method for improving bandwidth performance of a mobile computer network A method for improving data throughput across a local area network (LAN) that is adapted for use onboard an aircraft (mobile LAN) and that may also be connected to at least one wide area network (WAN). To improve data throughput across the computer network, the mobi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154533 | System and method for monitoring and diagnosis of video network performance A system and method for diagnosis of video device performance in the transfer of audio visual data over a video network physically interfaces with the network to receive audio visual data associated with the video device of interest and uses diagnostic tools to acce... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154858 | System and method for measuring latency of a selected path of a computer network The invention is directed to a system and method for accurately determining the latency of a selected path within a computer network. First, a setup or signaling protocol is used to establish a bi-directional path state that is associated with a given traffic flow h... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151884 | Method and system for re-establishing communication link in a network by using viral communication A method and a system for re-establishing the connection of a network device with a network, using viral communication, are provided. According to the various embodiments, a disconnected network device acts as a simple wireless device and contacts a neighboring netw... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151747 | Controlling method of priority class setup of communication packet and system of the same A sender transmits performance monitoring packets to a receiver via a network either prior to or in the midst of transmission appropriately, for monitoring communication quality (a communication delay, for example) of the network. A result of the monitoring is judge... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151773 | System and method for connectionless/connection oriented signal transport A method of communicating connectionless and connection oriented signals using at least one common network element includes receiving connectionless and connection oriented signals from a plurality of source peripheral network elements and determining a signaling ty... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149794 | Tracing layer-2 route in networks based on broadcast medium Tracing the layer-2 devices present between any two systems in a network implemented using broadcast medium A device (receiving device) receives a command including a source and destination system identifiers. If the receiving device is not connected directly to the... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146630 | Broadband system with intelligent network devices Hybrid fiber/coax networks employ the existing cable plant used for cable TV and transmit data signals in a frequency bandwidth above that which is used for cable TV. As this cable plant was deployed in a tree and branch topology, data transmissions may be susceptib... | 12/05/2006 |
