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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7864783 | System and method for conveying priority associated with a communication among a plurality of networks A system for conveying priority associated with a communication conveyed among networks includes: (a) a first network originating the communication in packets; each respective packet including two segments; a first segment containing a portion of the communication i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7577153 | Data transfer apparatus and data transfer method A data transfer apparatus according to this invention executes a protocol priority determination process of selecting usable transfer protocols in accordance with the type of transfer object and determining the priorities of the transfer protocols in accordance with... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7436815 | Switching system and method having low, deterministic latency A system and method of switching information in a time division multiplexed (TDM) communications network are described. The TDM time slots correspond to channels of circuit information. A circuit interface receives information from the TDM communication network, ext... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428211 | Transmission apparatus and method of multi-service tributaries over RPR A data transmission apparatus used in a multiple service ring is described. The apparatus includes at least two nodes coupled to at least one aggregate pipe and at least one tributary. The apparatus also includes a tributary TX framer for converting data received fr... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7406085 | Auto configuration for asynchronous transfer mode based access device A method for obtaining virtual path identifier, virtual channel identifier, and encapsulation values in an asynchronous transfer mode access device for a network using either non-static or static internet protocol address assignments and asynchronous transfer mode a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7397805 | Systems and methods for goodput guarantee through adaptive fair queuing Disclosed herein are systems and methods for communicating a number of data flows on a single communications channel. In one embodiment, a method of communicating a number of data flows on a shared communications channel includes the acts of (1) calculating a set of... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391773 | Data processing apparatus and method and computer readable storage medium A data processing apparatus and method and a computer readable storage medium storing data processing programs realizing the data processing method, capable of preventing transmission of unnecessary redundant data and efficiently utilizing a transmission path. In th... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7349416 | Apparatus and method for distributing buffer status information in a switching fabric Network switching and/or routing devices can use switching fabrics that gather information about output port buffer status and distribute that information to various line cards for use in data frame congestion avoidance. The switching fabric can gather output buffer... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336667 | Apparatus, method and program product to generate and use CRC in communications network The CRC for the CPS Header of an ATM AAL2 cell is generated by a CRC generator which uses the 8 bits of the CID field to generate partial 5 bits CRCs which are loaded in a first table. The 6 bits LI field and 5 bits UUI field are added to the partial 5 bits CRC to f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333449 | Unequal error protection in a packet transmission system In a packet transmission system, especially wireless transmission system, where data is transmitted in packets at different error protection levels and where the error protection level of one packet (=the succeeding packet) may differ from the error protection level... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330483 | Session initiation protocol (SIP) message incorporating a multi-purpose internet mail extension (MIME) media type for describing the content and format of information included in the SIP message A system and method for processing a plurality of requests for multi-media services received at a call control element (CCE) defined on the system from a plurality of IP-communication devices. The system includes at least one Network Routing Element (NRE), a Service... | 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 |
| 7298733 | Internet communication system, internet communication method, session management server, radio communication device, communication relay server, and program An internet communication system, which is provided with session managing servers 210 and 220. In the system, each session managing server manages wireless communication apparatuses 110 and 120 and call relay servers 310 and 320... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292583 | Receiving streams over asynchronous networks A transport stream receiver de-encapsulates content packets from received network frames and transmits a transport stream carrying the selected content packets. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289499 | Integrated system and method for controlling telecommunication network data communicated over a local area network and storage data communicated over a storage area network A method and apparatus for a communications network that executes a medium access control (MAC) protocol that permits multiple access to a shared medium or shared switching fabric. The MAC protocol uses a bandwidth allocator to regulate access to the network by send... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280738 | Method and system for specifying a selection of content segments stored in different formats A method, system and program product are described for specifying a selection of content segments stored in different formats. The invention involves receiving specification of a plurality of portions of first content stored in a first format, the specification iden... | 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 |
| 7272315 | Technique for transferring information in a passive optical network A technique for transferring information in a passive optical network is disclosed. The technique may be realized as a method for transferring information in a passive optical network having a plurality of network nodes. The method comprises transmitting a downstrea... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272663 | Method and system for delineating data segments subjected to data compression A method and system for compressing and transmitting data using asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) is disclosed. The data include a plurality of segments. Each of the plurality of segments has a first end and a second end. In one aspect, the method and system include ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269175 | AAL2 transmitter for voice-packed and signaling management-packed interleaving on an ATM connection The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method for transmitting asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) data cells on an ATM adaptation layer (AAL) configured connection within an ATM system comprising a digital signal processor (DSP) sub-system (160... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260149 | Digital data transmission apparatus, digital data reception apparatus, digital broadcast reception apparatus, digital data transmission method, digital data reception method, digital broadcast reception method, and computer program A multiplexer 106 conducts time division multiplexing on various data trains input from a digital broadcast reception tuner 103 and various interfaces 104 and 105 while adding packet arrival time correction information. A demultiplexer | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260108 | Multimedia information providing method and apparatus Media for videophone communication, media for communication navigation, media for i-mode packet communication, and media for handling video data as streaming data are linked to a server so that the server can receive data from the media of each type. A user of data ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260636 | Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized access by a network device A method and apparatus for a networked computer system including a plurality of devices and a shared resource. In response to one of the devices attempting to access the shared resource and representing itself to the shared resource as a first device, determining wh... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260080 | Configuring compression in packet-switched data transmisson A method of configuring a compression method for a terminal in a mobile system. The mobile system comprises a terminal for which characteristics parameters are specified comprising at least the compression methods supported by the terminal, and a radio network, in w... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257673 | Ternary CAM with software programmable cache policies A circuit comprising a plurality of first line buffers, an arbiter and a cache. The plurality of first line buffers may be configured to communicate on a plurality of first busses. The arbiter may be configured to perform an arbitration among the first line buffers.... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254139 | Data transmission system with multi-memory packet switch A data transmission system comprising a packet switch module interconnecting LAN adapters, a plurality of input and output ports connected to the LAN adapters such that each pair of input and output ports defines a crosspoint within the switch module, and a memory b... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251500 | Microprocessor and mobile communication terminal A microprocessor used in a pair with a baseband processor for performing the baseband processing, is provided with a central processing unit for calculation processing, a counter capable of measuring time in the calculation processing by the central processing unit,... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237044 | Information processing terminal and transfer processing apparatus The invention provides an apparatus wherein, when the same main data is to be transferred to a plurality of information processing terminals, passage of the same main data or descriptor on a shared bus can be suppressed to the utmost thereby to achieve improvement o... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7215676 | Method of converting ATM cells in ATM network system A method of converting AAL2 cells that includes an original user data set into AAL5 cells and another method of converting AAL5 cells that includes an original user data set into AAL2 cells are disclosed. In the method of converting AAL2 cells, the length of the dat... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7177520 | System and method of timecode repair and synchronization in MPEG streams A method, apparatus and article of manufacture is provided for processing a previously encoded MPEG video high-resolution (HR) file and corresponding proxy file, for frame accurate timecode repair and synchronization of individual video frames of the HR and proxy fi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7161953 | Bonding multiple G.shdsl links Systems and methods are described for bonding multiple G.shdsl links. A method includes transporting digital data including: coupling a first end of a plurality of unbundled network elements to a first modem; coupling a second end of the plurality of unbundled netwo... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154849 | Packet forwarding apparatus with packet controlling functions A packet forwarding apparatus which quickly selects a plurality of control information entries to be applied according to header information of an input packet and concurrently performs various the header processing functions. The packet forwarding apparatus compris... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151743 | Method of transmitting a data packet In a multiple access system, transmit authorizations are transmitted at a high rate in order to fulfil the requirements relating to the delay jitter. However, the transmit authorizations are transmitted only as long as is necessary. Following the reception of a data... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7142591 | Method and system for oversubscribing a pool of modems A system for oversubscribing a pool of modems comprises at least one digital signal processor and a switch. The digital signal processor is configured as a variable number of high speed data modems and a variable number of low bandwidth synchronization modems. A com... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142590 | Method and system for oversubscribing a DSL modem M DSL Modems provide DSL service to N Customer Premise Equipment devices, wherein M is less than N. P OAM/EOC Modems maintain active DSL lines for the N−M=P Customer Premise Equipment devices not receiving DSL service. The OAM/EOC Modems communicate synchronizatio... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130301 | Self-route expandable multi-memory packet switch with distributed scheduling means Data transmission system comprising a plurality of Local Area Networks (LANs) (10-1 to 10-4) interconnected by a hub (12) including the same plurality of LAN adapters (16-1 to 16-4) respectively connecte... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130302 | Self-route expandable multi-memory packet switch Data transmission system comprising a plurality of Local Area Networks (LANs) (10-1 to 10-4) interconnected by a hub (12) including the same plurality of LAN adapters (16-1 to 16-4) respectively connecte... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127547 | Processor with multiple linked list storage feature A processor includes controller circuitry operative to control the storage of a plurality of separate linked list data structures for protocol data units received by the processor. The linked list data structures are stored in memory circuitry associated with the pr... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7110419 | Technique for using address filter parameters to facilitate sign-on procedures in access networks A technique is disclosed for reducing collisions of signals occurring on at least one communication channel in an access network. The access network may include at least one Head End, and a plurality of network nodes. Each of the network node is configured to transm... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103048 | Statistic multiplex transmission system In a network including a first local area ATM network, a second local area ATM network and a public ATM network connected to the first and second ATM local area networks, multiplex gateway devices are interposed between the local area ATM networks and the public ATM... | 09/05/2006 |
