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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373405 | Method and apparatus for extended management of state and interaction of a remote knowledge worker from a contact center A network system for managing remote agents of a communication center includes a primary server connected to the network the primary server controlling at least one routing point; one or more secondary servers distributed on the network and accessible to the remote ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372826 | Providing advanced communications features Advanced communications features are provided in a mobile communications network having at least one mobile switching center and at least one mobile station subsystem. The mobile switching center and mobile station subsystem each communicate signaling messages accor... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373399 | System and method for an enterprise-to-enterprise compare within a utility data center (UDC) A system and method for an enterprise-to-enterprise compare within a data center. Image backups are typically used to identify the configuration of each system within a data center. The configuration data for one or more enterprises may be combined with feedback and... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372827 | Radio communication apparatus A base unit of a radio communication apparatus of the present invention includes a controller that discriminates whether or not company identifying information transmitted from a cordless handset is specific information in connecting a line in a Bluetooth (BT) commu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372862 | Rate adaption within a TDM switch using bit stuffing The present invention discloses a method and an arrangement providing transmission of data through a node, e.g. a switch, having different input and output line interfaces in a wide range of data speed, without introducing any loss of bits, but still maintaining the... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372871 | Techniques to reduce information loss and translation costs in a system populated with data sources and sinks communicating with multiple data representations Techniques for reducing overall information loss and processing costs due to data translation in a network populated with communicating data sources and sinks of multiple data representations is described. By employing an “optimization” technique for negotiating... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372870 | Ethernet transmission apparatus with a quick protective and fair attribute and its method An Ethernet transmission apparatus having a quick protection and fair attribute as well as a corresponding method are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a sorter, MPLS processing module and a SDH processing module, wherein, the MPLS processing module includes a VC t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372901 | Method and apparatus for modem rate adaptation A method and system for dynamically determining transmission characteristics of a modem transmitting information over a network is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of determining a plurality of measured characteristics associated with a plurality of receive... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372820 | System and method for striping delay-sensitive data over multiple bursty channels Embodiments of the present invention include a method for striping data comprising accessing data to be striped over a plurality of wireless channels, accessing time sensitivity information associated with the data and mapping the data to the plurality of wireless c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372872 | System and method for monitoring upstream and downstream transmissions in cable modern system A network monitor includes means for monitoring downstream traffic from a cable modem termination system (CMTS) to a cable modem (CM), means for monitoring upstream traffic from the CM to the CMTS, and means for identifying a data format used by the CMTS and the CM ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373409 | Data file transfer controlling device When an image file exists in a folder determined to be the source of a file transfer according to the nth entry of file transfer data, a free space determining unit provided in an image processing device determines whether a work area on the hard disk meets or excee... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372802 | Message communication via channels having strong fading In a transmitting/receiving concept a redundancy-adding encoder is used in order to obtain two data streams for different transmitters. In the receiver, the receiving signal is sampled by a first sampler synchronous to the first transmitter and is output by a second... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370113 | Wireless LAN apparatus A wireless LAN apparatus includes a reception section which receives frames including fragments respectively, a reading section which reads a total number of fragments based on the first data, a queue that stores the received frames for each fragment, a free-area de... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370187 | System and method for aggregating shelf IDs in a fibre channel storage loop A modular fibre channel information handling system includes a storage processor and multiple associated fibre channel data storage enclosures. The storage processor and the fibre channel data storage enclosures are connected by a fibre channel storage loop. The sto... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369536 | Method for providing IP telephony with QoS using end-to-end RSVP signaling The present invention discloses a method whereby the separate protocols: session initiation protocol SIP, resource reservation protocol RSVP, common open policy service COPS, and open settlement protocol OSP are used together to setup, maintain, and teardown Interne... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369547 | Group restart for scalable switched ATM networks The present invention relates to group restart in switched ATM networks. In accordance a method of one embodiment of the present invention, a first network switch receives a message (e.g., a call setup message) at one of a plurality of interfaces to the first networ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369528 | Method and system to send SMS messages in a hybrid network Embodiments of a method and system are disclosed to pass SMS messages from a mobile operating in a CDMA Radio Access Network to a Hybrid MSC, and to route the SMS message from the Hybrid MSC to a GSM SMS-C in the Core network, the hybrid wireless network having at l... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369553 | Unicast/multicast system A unicast/multicast system has an internal cell generating section that generates an internal cell to include its output index information based on user data, and an output port conversion table that stores the relation of output index information and output port nu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369496 | Flow control of frame based data over a synchronous digital network A transmission apparatus and a method for operating the apparatus comprises means for controlling flow of frame based data transmitted from a local frame based data channel interface over a synchronous digital network. The method of operation comprises the transmitt... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369499 | Method for transmitting data packets in a communication system and corresponding transmitter and receiver To transmit data packets between a transmitter and a receiver, the data packets are transmitted in coded from as coding units. The received data packets are stored in coded or uncoded form in the receiver inside a memory. The receiver notifies the transmitter of the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369574 | Multi-service segmentation and reassembly device that is operable in an ingress mode or in an egress mode A multi-service segmentation and reassembly (MS-SAR) integrated circuit is disposed on a line card in a router or switch. The MS-SAR can operate in an ingress mode so that it receives packet and/or cell format data and forwards that data to either a packet-based or ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369865 | System and method for sending SMS and text messages A system and method for sending SMS messages between wireless communications networks. SMS messages are sent to a hardware device in the originating wireless network, which then forwards the message to a management server via the Internet. The management server forw... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369502 | Intelligent provisioning of DSP channels for codec changes A communication system in which a profile of codecs is loaded at the originating end. The originating end sends the profile of codecs to the terminating end and receives in return an indication of which codec to use. The originating end and the terminating end creat... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369769 | Ethernet passive optical network ring and its method of authorization and collision detection An Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) ring for providing protection against fiber failures. The optical network unit (ONU) is coupled to the ring fiber by a three-port passive optical splitting module that has three two-way optical passages. By the three two-wa... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369572 | Quality management for a packet communication system In a packet communication system, separate ports of a customer interface exchange Ethernet packets with the customer to provide multiple different services. The customer interface exchanges these Ethernet packets with a network interface over a TDM link. The network... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369510 | Wireless LAN using RSSI and BER parameters for transmission rate adaptation Dynamic conditions present in a channel can quickly degrade signal quality, thereby reducing the data rate usable by a WLAN transmitter. For maximum throughput, the highest, reliable data rate available should be used. In accordance with one feature of an adaptive r... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369488 | Wireless LAN apparatus for changing packet length according to changing conditions A packet synthesizing unit packetizes transmit data and thereby creates a transmit packet data, and more specifically, synthesizes the number of the transmit data indicated by a packet-length information from a packet length controlling unit into a transmit packet d... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366153 | Apparatus and method capable of providing quality of service channel access in a wireless network Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus with capabilities to communicate in a wireless network, comprising a channel access scheme providing access to the wireless network, the access scheme using a modulo N backoff scheme providing... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366115 | Multiplex transmission system with in-circuit addressing The present invention is related to a transmission system for sending digital data on a digital bus (1), to which are connected a number of master and slave modules. The system is characterized by the fact that a number of modules may comprise two connectors ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366505 | Apparatus and method for delivering messages to a mobile information terminal A mobile information terminal receives the delivery of a message from a message delivery server that generates messages that indicate identifiers for mobile applications and processing commands executed by the mobile applications. In one embodiment, a mobile service... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366119 | Data receiving and transmitting method with coding type determination Disclosed is a data communication system transmitting data using adaptive modulation at an acknowledged data transfer mode simultaneously. The present invention includes a first step of monitoring variation of radio environments by a receiving end receiving packets ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366095 | Method for controlling access to a shared wireless medium or several connections The invention concerns a method for admission control of connections made up of one or several flows to a shared wireless medium. It applies criteria for each new connection to determine whether resources can be provided for this connection. The criteria include the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366094 | System and method for channel transport format allocation in a wireless communication system A wireless communication system and method employing channel transport format allocation in a shared uplink channel between a UE and a Node B, and wherein the UE can determine a transport format combination which it can support, by: detecting in the UE a change in t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366164 | Method for regulating power for voice over Internet Protocol telephones A system and method for implementing telephony devices in a distributed network environment is disclosed. The present invention provides for a network switch which provides power to a telephony device adjacently connected thereto. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366203 | Passive optical network and ultrawide band adapter The disclosure relates generally to a system including a passive optical network element and a first ultra wideband adapter coupled to the passive optical network element. The first ultra wideband adapter is coupled via a data communication line to a second ultra wi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366107 | Portable electronic devices including attaching circuits and methods of operating the same Portable electronic devices including a transmitter configured to request a packet data session are provided. An attaching circuit configured to collect information about the requested packet data session and determine default parameters of the portable electronic d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366197 | Method and apparatus for adapting GBIC module to coupled Ethernet switch capable of outputting different voltages The present invention is to provide method and apparatus for adapting a GBIC module to an Ethernet switch capable of outputting one of different voltages in which in a case of the GBIC module coupled to the Ethernet switch, a DC converter of the GBIC module is adapt... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366272 | Method and device for transmitting packet data in mobile communication system There is provided a device and method for transmitting packet data in a mobile communication system. A sub-code generator generates a plurality of sub-codes with the same or different code rates for the input of a PLP (Physical Layer Packet) information bit stream. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366789 | System using weighted fairness decisions in spatial reuse protocol forwarding block to determine allowed usage for servicing transmit and transit traffic in a node A method and apparatus for servicing transit and transmit traffic in a node of a network. The network includes a plurality of nodes connected by first and second rings formed by two or more transmission media. The method includes receiving usage data from a downstre... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366954 | Data transfer device and abnormal transfer state detecting method A data transfer device comprises a unit for collecting data of a control state by monitoring the control state of a circuit which controls communications protocols within the local device, and a unit for detecting an abnormal state of a data transfer based on the co... | 04/29/2008 |
