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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363376 | Method and apparatus for generating an identifier to facilitate delivery of enhanced data services in a mobile computing environment An apparatus and method for generating an identifier to facilitate delivery of enhanced data services in a wireless computing environment is presented. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a method is presented comprising receiving a request to establish ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363055 | Method, apparatus and article to remotely associate wireless communications devices with subscriber identities and/or proxy wireless communications devices Apparatus and methods provide remote access to subscriber identity information and subscriber configuration information stored on one or more subscriber identity modules (SIMs), to allow remote configuration of wireless communications devices. A SIM server provides ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359960 | Telecommunications control system using data interchange A method and system for connecting a computer user with an information provider over a digitized speech connection. By determining what information a computer user is viewing, the system determines a telephone number associated with that information. The telephone n... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352997 | Method, apparatus and system for hosting a group of terminals A method, apparatus, and system allowing terminal hosted group activities is provided, whereby proximity and non-proximity connections between a hosting mobile terminal and participating terminals enables group hosting activity. The hosting mobile terminal guides in... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353166 | Method and receiver for providing audio translation data on demand Video data are transmitted to a receiver. A language menu is displayed from which a user selects a language that can be different from the original language broadcast with the video data. Video data identification information and language identification information ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353251 | Automated call launching According to the principles of the invention, there is provided a system, apparatus, and method for automated call launching in a call conferencing network. The system includes computer executable code for sharing information among a plurality of multipoint conferen... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353255 | System and apparatus for geographically distributed VoIP conference service with enhanced QoS The present invention is directed to a system, including apparatus and architecture, and method for providing scheduled and ad hoc voice over IP conference services having enhanced quality and reliability. The system uses an overlay network of geographically distrib... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350014 | Connecting peer endpoints In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for sending a connection request from a requestor endpoint to a target endpoint based on route information stored in the requestor endpoint, and receiving a connection confirmation from the target endpoint t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349965 | Automated advertising and matching of data center resource capabilities Method and apparatus for automated advertising and matching capabilities of data centers. In various embodiments, respective capability data sets are registered with a computing arrangement for one or more capability descriptors of a plurality of data centers. Each ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349962 | Signaling method for line terminal equipment health and status Line terminal equipment (30, 35) transmits health and status information (66, 68) to bearer payload processors (50-N). Each bearer payload processor (50-N) concatenates (96) the health and status information of the line terminal eq... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349352 | Method for handling larger number of people per conference in voice conferencing over packetized networks The present invention is directed to a system and method for handling larger number of people per conference in voice conferencing over packetized networks. A method for providing a conferencing session may include receiving inputs from a number of participants in a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350013 | Bus communication apparatus for programmable logic devices and associated methods A programmable logic device (PLD) includes programmable logic circuitry and a bridge circuitry. The bridge circuitry includes a first interface circuitry and a first signal select circuitry. The first signal select circuitry couples to the first interface circuitry ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346912 | Method and system for managing video devices Hot deployable video management modules maintain a video device management platform by integrating independently developed support for new or updated video devices at runtime. A video device module loader builds a management interface for the new or updated video de... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342888 | Method and apparatus for providing resource discovery using multicast scope A method and apparatus for providing resource discovery using multicast scope selection is disclosed. The method includes the discoverer sending a first request message having a first selected scope to a known multicast group, setting a timer after the first request... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343008 | Identity-based conferencing systems and methods Described in this paper are systems and methods of providing conferencing services where a conference participant is identified by the conferencing system when calling into the system. The system and methods focus on individual users instead of groups of participant... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340535 | System and method for controlling routing in a virtual router system One or more functions are applied to network data packets in a virtual router. A packet comprising part of a packet flow is received, and the packet is evaluated to determine which of the one or more functions are to be applied to the flow. The results of the evalua... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340264 | Methods and apparatus for providing consistency in SMS message timestamp formatting for mobile communication devices Methods and apparatus for providing consistency in Short Message Service (SMS) timestamp formatting (UTC or non-UTC) for mobile communication devices are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a method involves receiving an SMS message intended for a mobile communi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340523 | High performance call distribution system using a dispatcher and multiple processors for processing session initiation dialogs A media server system includes a dispatcher and a set of processors either in the same physical system or in separate physical systems. The dispatcher receives the initial messages of respective session initiation dialogs from sources such as application servers. Fo... | 03/04/2008 |
| RE40135 | Audio conferencing system According to the principles of the invention, there is provided a conferencing system that dynamically assigns calls to DSP resources. The system may attempt to process each audio conference on a single DSP node, so that information about conference participants doe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336268 | Point-to-point display system having configurable connections An exemplary point-to-point display system comprises a host system, a timing controller, and a display. The host system is configured to provide data for display. The timing controller is configurable to provide data swapping, bus swapping, bit swapping, and combina... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336601 | Adaptive time diversity and spatial diversity for OFDM An adaptable orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing system (OFDM) that uses a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) to having OFDM signals transmitted either in accordance with time diversity to reducing signal fading or in accordance with spatial diversity to i... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337211 | Network conference system and method for using the same In a network conference system, a promoter terminal 10 has: a speaker selecting section 12 which selects the promoter terminal 10 itself or one of participant terminals 20 and 30, as a speaker terminal which is used by a speaker wh... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333430 | Systems and methods for passing network traffic data A method for processing network traffic data includes receiving network traffic data, and passing the network traffic data to one of a plurality of worker modules for processing the network traffic data, wherein the step of passing is performed based at least in par... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333507 | Multi modal communications system A multi modal communications system for facilitating interpersonal conversational communications and messaging communications over a network structure. The multi modal communications system includes a portal system for transmitting and receiving communications betwe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333770 | Optimised data broadcasting device in a telecommunication system The invention concerns a device for data broadcasting in an access network consisting of several interconnected nodes for transporting fluxes of information elements between content providers and reception terminals. The invention is characterised in that said devic... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330540 | Systems and methods for providing conference communication Systems and method for providing conference communications. Various of the methods include receiving a communication request that includes an access identification. The access identification is used to identify two or more connections. Communication is initiated bet... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330541 | Automated conference moderation A conferencing system provides automated conference moderation at appropriate times to suppress disorder in an on-going conference. According to particular embodiments, a conference bridge provides multi-mode speaker selection to provide automated conference moderat... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330875 | System and method for recording a presentation for on-demand viewing over a computer network A system and method for recording and playback of a live presentation that enables a reproduction of audio and visual aspects of the live presentation and enables on-demand viewing of the presentation at a later time. A live presentation comprising a plurality of pr... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330920 | Signal initiator and method for on-demand communication A method is provided for on-demand communications in a communication network with support for a plurality of communication units participating in a common communication, which includes multiple signal initiators, each supplying a signal, which are virtually simultan... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330888 | Partitioned interface architecture for transmission of broadband network traffic to and from an access network There is a disclosed communications network for the transmission of network traffic from a distribution network to an access network having at least one end user terminal. The distribution network and the access network each having a respective traffic transmission ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330481 | Highly channelized port polling in a telecommunications switch A method of telecommunication network switch port polling enables very highly channelized ports to be polled. A polling engine reads information from at least one of a plurality of poll registers, and each of the plurality of poll registers is associated with a uniq... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327721 | Determination of endpoint virtual address assignment in an internet telephony system Techniques for determination of endpoint Internet Protocol (IP) address assignment in an Internet telephony system are disclosed. In conjunction with the establishment of a voice path between an endpoint and a gatekeeper in the Internet telephony system, a virtual a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327835 | Methods and systems for enabling return to same position in a review of messages in a voice mail system using tag or identifier stored in the voice mail system Methods and systems for enabling a subscriber to interrupt a review of messages in a voice mail system (VMS), to make a call or take some other action, and to return to the same position as occupied at the time of interruption in the review of messages in the VMS. I... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327719 | Managing internet protocol unicast and multicast communications A system for managing internet protocol of at least unicast and/or multicast communications over a network has a network interface 20 for interfacing between the network 10 and other parts of the system. An audio compression/decompression and packetisi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328264 | System and method for fractional resource scheduling for video teleconferencing resources The present invention discloses a system and method for reserving fractionally schedulable resources. The system includes a scheduling engine to receive reservation requests. The scheduling engine applies the reservation request to a resource usage table correspondi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327731 | Point-to-multipoint connections for data delivery The present invention provides a technique for achieving reliable delivery of bulk data from a single origin to multiple destinations such that the origin only sends the data once to the network, without waiting for the destinations to be connected to the network. T... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328239 | Method and apparatus for automatically data streaming a multiparty conference session A system and method for automatically data streaming a multiparty conference. The system allows a session moderator or other guests to request data streaming of the multiparty. The data-stream-initiation request is received from an Internet-based interface. Upon rec... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328240 | Distributed multipoint conferencing Facilitating a distributed multipoint conference using, for example, the ITU-T H.323 protocol may involve establishing a connection (e.g., that supports a unicast stream) between multiple endpoints, including at least a requesting endpoint and one or more other part... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328247 | Self-contained instant messaging appliance A system and method are presented for providing an instant messaging (IM) environment. The network includes a plurality of client computer processing systems, a plurality of public IM services and an IM server appliance coupling the client computer systems and the p... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327720 | Integrated telephone central office systems for integrating the internet with the public switched telephone network Telephone central office-switching system integrated interface devices such as those for DSL, Voice over IP, cable-TV, fixed wireless, and Internet capable wireless cellular are further integrated into integrated interface device systems. Such systems share common f... | 02/05/2008 |
