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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7602793 | Method of blocking alert messages to mobile units The present invention provides a method is provided for blocking alert messages to mobile units. The method includes determining at least one location of at least one mobile unit based on at least one response to a first page message provided to the at least one mob... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599377 | System and method for tunneling standard bus protocol messages through an automotive switch fabric network A system and method for tunneling standard bus protocol messages through an automotive switch fabric network. When a bus protocol message arrives on a connecting node in the network, a bus driver in the node will capture the message and store it into a message buffe... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596144 | System-on-a-chip (SoC) device with integrated support for ethernet, TCP, iSCSI, RDMA, and network application acceleration Certain aspects of a method and system for a system-on-a-chip (SoC) device with integrated support for Ethernet, TCP, iSCSI, RDMA, and network application acceleration are provided. Aspects of the method may include storing on a multifunction host bus adapter (MHBA)... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7583679 | Network for data transfer The object of the invention is a data transfer network for data transfer and data processing comprising one or more transfer channels (2a, 2b, 2c, 20a, 20b, 20c, 21a... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7577154 | System and method for traffic accounting and route customization of network services Traffic accounting and route customization of network services is described. According to one embodiment of the invention, a route customization server selects one or more network service providers to provide network services for one of a plurality of network users.... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577155 | Printer with automatic acquisition and printing of network address A printer and printer system that is capable of quickly acquiring a network address and connection, and quickly reporting the same to the user. The printer is part of a network and is thus configured to connect to the network and communicate with other devices conne... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573890 | Method and system for a low-overhead mobility management protocol in the internet protocol layer A system and method for supporting mobile Internet communication is provided which employs a plurality of Routers and a plurality of Mobile Nodes (MNs). Each Router has a unique communication address. Each MN is associated with a home Router. Each Router has an asso... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7570649 | Forwarding state sharing between multiple traffic paths in a communication network The sharing of forwarding states between multiple traffic paths is described. There is described a method for establishing a data traffic path in a communication network from a first node towards a second node. The method includes searching a set of pre-existing for... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7561584 | Implementation of a graph property in a switching fabric for fast networking A system, including at least one central processing unit, at least one memory unit, and a plurality of integrated circuits that form a switching fabric configured to propagate data packets between the at least one central processing unit and the at least one memory ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7554992 | Mobile device communications system and method In a communications system connected to a mobile terminal and using a network having a plurality of input/output points at a plurality of service providing servers, it is possible to maintain a TCP connection and a user session by passing a series of communication p... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551627 | Offloading routing functions from network routers A system monitors signaling data transmitted between routers. The system includes at least one router that communicates signaling data via a session with at least one other router. The system also includes a network element that receives a copy of the signaling data... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548545 | Disaggregated network management Systems and methods for disaggregated management of a network fabric are presented. Network elements composing the network fabric can operate as a fabric manager with respect to one or more management functions while also continuing to operate as a communication con... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7545816 | Transaction processing systems maintenance A communications network can comprise a plurality of network sites, to each of which a transaction terminal, a maintenance terminal, or a server may be connected. Each transaction terminal (which may be an ATM or a point-of-sale terminal) may have at least one servi... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545817 | Data loop port acceleration circuit An apparatus associated with a device connected to a data loop processes data received from the data loop to determine whether data from the data loop is to be routed back to the data loop. The apparatus may determine how to route data based on an analysis of whethe... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7529253 | IP packet ready PBX expansion circuit for a conventional personal computer with expandable, distributed DSP architecture A personal computer includes a PBX control program and one or more switch cards located in expansion board slots. The one or more switch cards are coupled to one or more port expansion units (PEU), which are coupled to telecommunication lines out to the various exte... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525974 | Method and apparatus for capability based addressing in a communications network Capability based addressing in a communication network enables protocol data units (PDUs) to be addressed to network constructs such as network elements or interfaces with particular capabilities rather than with specific addresses. This allows PDUs to be addressed ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522613 | Multiplexing media components of different sessions A method of multiplexing different sessions using the same authorized contexts for media, comprising: distinguishing the sessions to be multiplexed, by a device; creating a new session on a control plane; indicating media flows of different sessions; and enabling th... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7515595 | Network using encoded transmissions and forwarding A first network node may include a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver, a user interface and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause information that is received by the receiver to be delivered to the user interface, if that information is enco... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7505471 | Terminal-to-terminal communication connection control method using IP transfer network Both a connection server and a relay connection server are installed in an IP transfer network; a function similar to a line connection control of a subscriber exchanger is applied to a connection server; a function similar to a line connection control of a relay ex... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505470 | Clique aggregation in TDMA networks In one embodiment, a method resolves cliques formed in a network comprising a plurality of nodes that are communicatively coupled to one another over at least a first channel. The method comprises, at each node, wherein that node is a member of a current clique: lis... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7499459 | Partitioned routing information base A system and method for routing in a network according to a routing protocol. In a router having a plurality of route processors, a routing information base (RIB) is partitioned so that it executes as processes on two or more of the plurality of route processors. A ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496102 | Broadband telecommunication service with personalized service capability for mobile terminals Embodiments of a system and method of providing broadband telecommunication services over a packet-switched network enable enhanced personalization. A mobile terminal is registered in a first remote environment, where the mobile terminal has a home environment and a... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7483437 | Method of communicating packet multimedia to restricted endpoints A method, performed in a network element, for communicating packet multimedia data between a first endpoint and a second endpoint, the method comprising the machine-implemented steps of receiving an outbound multimedia data packet; determining if the outbound multim... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7468982 | Method and apparatus for cluster interconnection using multi-port nodes and multiple routing fabrics Interconnect networks are described that allow nodes having more than two ports to be interconnected. More particularly, each node interfaces with multiple and more than two, fabrics. Also, all fabrics are incomplete in that not every node interfaces with every fabr... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7453889 | Interoperability of ADPCM encoded voice communications Providing interoperability on a voice communication network by detecting incompatible bit packing payload formats of ADPCM encoded voice data signals in an encoder/decoder. A mismatch of bit packing formats between little endian format and big endian format is deter... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453888 | Stackable virtual local area network provisioning in bridged networks A method and human-machine interface for backbone Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) provisioning in bridged networking environments are provided. The method includes steps of provisioning backbone VLAN support on every backbone data transport trunk and by extension ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443864 | Wireless communication system backhaul architecture A communication system utilizes point-to-multipoint wireless links between base stations and wireless hubs that are co-located at some of the base stations. Bonded circuits may be used between the wireless hubs and a communication ring. A mobile switching center is ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440432 | Wireless access system A wireless access system is provided which prevents the occurrence of a hidden terminal problem and minimizes the reduction in throughput. In the wireless access system, an access point divides terminals into groups such that terminals in one group cannot recognize ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440447 | Techniques for path finding and terrain analysis A system for path finding and terrain analysis. The system includes at least one processing unit, a graph processing unit and an artificial intelligence logic unit. A local bus is coupled to the at least one processing unit, the graph processing unit, the artificial... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440428 | Method and system for persisting content in decentralized network Methods are provided to ensure that content defining a sub-grid of a decentralized network continues to be provided to the sub-grid upon departure of a node from the sub-grid that has been responsible for providing the content. A node intent on exiting a sub-grid en... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440415 | Virtual network addresses Systems, methods and devices for virtual network addresses. A method comprises processing a request from a requestor to create a plurality of software network devices having a corresponding plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses. The MAC addresses may be ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436837 | Packet forwarding device and method The packet forwarding device and method of the invention assign a virtual port number to each peripheral interface. The device and method can recognize and process the packets coming from or transferred to the virtual port according to the packet direct forward func... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436773 | Packet flow control in switched full duplex ethernet networks A method, system, and computer program product for controlling data packet traffic flow into a link partner device such as an ethernet adapter. In one embodiment, an occupancy level of an adapter receive queue is monitored to detect a receive queue overrun or underr... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436828 | Method and apparatus for label switching data packets A data packet for transmission in a data network having one or more layers. The data packet has a label stack with one or more labels on the basis of which the data packet can be switched in the data network, where each label has a switching significance in one or m... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436827 | Data bearers in a communication system The present invention relates to provision of data bearers in a communication system (2) comprising a first node (1) and a second node (4). A message is generated that associates with provision of control of a data bearer between the nodes (1... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433314 | Method and system for acknowledging the receipt of a transmitted data stream in a wireless personal area network A method and system for acknowledging the receipt of a transmitted data stream in a wireless personal area network (WPAN) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (MPDUs) are transmitted from a transmitting par... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433315 | Method for fast network re-optimization A fast and efficient method for network re-optimization is described. In one embodiment, the technique uses an algorithm that requires limited aggregate information to continually monitor the network for re-optimization opportunities. The re-optimization of the pres... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433325 | NAT and proxy device detection Multiple networked devices behind a NAT device are identified by sampling a proportion of data packets traversing the network and comparing the packet IP Identification fields. Depending on proximity of the values in different packets, each sampled packet is associa... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433691 | System and method for enabling an access point in an ad-hoc wireless network with fixed wireless routers and wide area network (WAN) access points to identify the location of subscriber device A system and method which enables access points in a wireless ad-hoc communications network to effectively and efficiently determine the approximate location of a mobile node without performing a broadcast flood. The system and method enables a message to be efficie... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433324 | User experience for collaborative ad-hoc networks A system and method for creating an ad-hoc network is described. A user may navigate a number of options to create an ad-hoc network and/or join an ad-hoc network using the described system. ... | 10/07/2008 |
