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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| RE40254 | Method and system for realising a fast control channel in a cellular radio network Signalling information is conveyed from a transmitting device (101) to a receiving device (102) in a cellular radio network where user data transmission takes place on a traffic channel in discrete transmission bursts (111-120; 211-220... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363007 | Adaptive modulation/demodulation method and radio communications systems Adaptive modulation/demodulation method in a radio communication system is provided. A modulation multi-level number in a transmission device and a demodulation multi-level number in a reception device are judged independently from each other according to a propagat... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363093 | Control system for a multi-compartment dishwasher A multi-compartment dishwasher includes first and second washing units defining corresponding first and second washing tubs or chambers. The dishwasher also includes first and second control boards operatively associated with the first and second washing units respe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363380 | Method for optimizing a link schedule A method for improving a link schedule used in a communications network is disclosed. While the method applies generally to networks that operate on a scheduled communications basis, it is described in the context of a Foundation FIELDBUS. The method includes: sched... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363569 | Correcting for data losses with feedback and response A digital content transmission and reception system that uses feedback and retransmission of missing content is described. A content transmission system broadcasts a complete set of digital content to a plurality of content reception systems via a communication link... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363002 | Method using a set-top box communicating between a remote data network and a wireless communication network Disclosed are methods and systems for connecting a set-top box (STB) to the Internet over existing and future wireless networks, combining television with wireless Internet access. A conventional television is used in combination with a STB that has a wireless or wi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362713 | System and method for accessing digital subscriber line data A system and method of accessing digital subscriber line data is provided. The system includes a first server having an input to receive a telephone number from a web browser interface and having an output to provide performance analysis data associated with at leas... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359835 | Method and system for probing a wireless network to monitor and process the wireless network performance A system and method for monitoring performance of a wireless network are disclosed. According to one described example, at least one probe is generated. In the example, the probe determines the portion of a wireless network to monitor, the type of the probe, and the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359994 | Split-transaction bus decoder A split-transaction bus decoder receives a plurality of packets, the plurality of packets including a request packet and a response packet, wherein the request packet includes an address and a request tag; and the response packet includes a command, a response tag, ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359319 | Synchronous data transmission system A first and a second terminals 100 and 200 are connected to an asynchronous transmission line 300. Microphones 101 and 201 and loudspeakers 102 and 202, or image input units (i.e., cameras) 111 and 211 a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360065 | Synchronous network traffic processor A synchronous network traffic processor that synchronously processes, analyzes and generates data for high-speed network protocols, on a wire-speed, word-by-word basis. The synchronous network processor is protocol independent and may be programmed to convert protoc... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359370 | Method of communicating between network devices through gateways using call discrimination options A method and system of setting up a call over a circuit or packet switched network. Network elements exchange an automode sequence of signals to determine a modulation that both devices support and that will be used for the connection between them. The two elements ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359327 | Radio communication system, base station, method of correcting radio link quality information employed therefor, and its program A mobile communication system is provided which is capable of preventing a reduction in user throughput and system throughput. In a radio base station, a dataflow control unit controls an Iub dataflow from an RNC, a buffer stores the dataflow for each terminal in ea... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359382 | Method of detecting the type of network address translator A method of detecting the type of network address translator utilizes the SIP standard structure and protocol between a user agent and a call manager; wherein after receiving a request message sent from the user agent, the call manager uses different step to reply, ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359403 | Data segmentation method in a telecommunications system In a telecommunications system a larger higher layer data unit (SDU) is segmented into smaller segments on the lower layer (RLC). A segmentation length information is used to indicate the lengths of the segments in a lower layer protocol data unit (PDU). Specific va... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355971 | Determining packet size in networking A method of determining a maximum packet size for data packets sent along a network path. A sending computer sends a packet to a receiving computer through a sending interface. The packet is fragmented during transfer to a receiving interface. The fragments are anal... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356636 | Virtualized PCI switch A PCI-Express interconnect device is provided. The device comprises: first and second upstream ports; first and second downstream ports; and a management entity. The management entity is operable to logically partition the device such that the first upstream port is... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356013 | Method and system for mobile IP nodes in heterogeneous networks A recording medium including computer program instructions which cause a computer to execute a method of assigning IP addresses to mobile IP nodes in heterogeneous networks in which a home agent dynamically assigns a temporary IP care-of address to a static IP home ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356602 | Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting resources assigned to plurality of customers, for meeting service level agreements (SLAs) with minimal resources, and allowing common pools of resources to be used across plural customers on a demand basis A method (and system) for managing and controlling allocation and de-allocation of resources based on a guaranteed amount of resource and additional resources based on a best effort for a plurality of customers, includes dynamically allocating server resources for a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356141 | Baud rate modulation encoding/decoding method and device for remote controller A encoding/decoding method and device for a remote controller utilizing a baud rate to encrypt data for transmission. The encoding device includes an encoder encoding an identification code into an encrypted code; and an interpreter interpreting the un-encoded porti... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356579 | Method and system of remote diagnostic, control and information collection using a dynamic linked library of multiple formats and multiple protocols A method, system and computer program product for (1) collecting information from a remote application unit and/or (2) diagnosing or controlling the remote application unit. By utilizing a shareable computer code device (e.g., a dynamic linked library), a new applic... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355990 | Mobile-originated to HTTP internet communications A mobile device-to-HTTP protocol gateway (MHG, or “MO Gateway”) which translates between Wireless Mobile Originated commands from an SMSC, and an application server on the Internet (i.e., a “web IP Server”). A wireless Internet gateway establishes communicat... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356608 | System and method for implementing LAN within shared I/O subsystem A shared I/O subsystem for providing network protocol management for a plurality of computer systems. The shared I/O subsystem includes a plurality of I/O interfaces where each of the I/O interfaces operatively couples one of the computer systems to the shared I/O s... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356024 | Communication apparatus and communication method A correlation memory section 105 stores a prescribed table in which each control data is grouped for each kind of it (for each message unit) to be correlated to each other. A control data synchronization section 104 successively accumulates input contr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356044 | Method and apparatus for the deletion of bytes when performing byte rate adaptation A method and apparatus for performing byte rate adaptation. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention describe a method for deleting bytes when performing byte rate adaptation. The method begins by receiving data at a first rate. The data comprises valid da... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355987 | Multi-rate, multi-port, gigabit SERDES transceiver A multi-port Serdes transceiver includes multiple parallel ports and serial ports, and includes the flexibility to connect any one of the parallel ports to another parallel port or to a serial port, or both. Furthermore, the multi-port transceiver chip can connect a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352768 | Traffic management in a hybrid wireless network having multiple types of wireless links for packet-switched communications A wireless communications network includes cell segments each having at least a first type wireless link and a second, different type wireless link. Network access equipment is able to hand off mobile stations between the first type and second type wireless links to... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352742 | Method and apparatus for transmitting to an upper layer of information included in a packet A method for transmitting information included in a received packet to an upper layer of a node, including: judging whether or not a first packet satisfies a first condition, storing information which is information in the first packet and used as a part of or all o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352761 | Distributing unused allocated bandwidth using a borrow vector A packet-based traffic forwarding system with a plurality of contending queues. Each queue has an allocated bandwidth and an associated borrow vector. When a first queue does not consume all of its allocated bandwidth, the borrow vector associated with a second queu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353247 | Querying applications using online messenger service A software application or resource is enabled to participate in a messaging service session conducted over a network and to respond to plain language queries much like a live participant. The software resource registers with a messaging service server when the softw... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352802 | System and method for controlling line driver power in digital subscriber line modems A low power DSL modem transmitter, suitable for incorporation in integrated DSLAM server line cards, transmits full power physical frames which include a control channel and a data field when data is available for transmission and physical frames having only a contr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353287 | Marked foreign data blocks Methods and apparatus, including computer programs, implementing a technique for creating and using marked foreign data blocks. In general, in one aspect, the technique includes receiving a host data file and a foreign data block. The host data file has a host data ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352740 | Extent-based fibre channel zoning in hardware The present invention provides a system and a method for filtering a plurality of frames sent between devices coupled to a fabric by Fiber Channel connections. Frames are reviewed against a set of individual frame filters. Each frame filter is associated with an act... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352758 | Dynamic bandwidth management using signaling protocol and virtual concatenation A communication system (10) employs switching circuits, such as an add/drop multiplexer (70) and another add/drop multiplexer (110). The bandwidth of a circuit switched connection between the switching circuits is altered without taking down the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352692 | Resource reservation scheme for path restoration in an optical network A method for reserving resources for restoration of a failed virtual path in a mesh optical network is defined. The method in one embodiment, defines multiple classes of service for the virtual path by allocating certain path performance, path implementation and pat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353284 | Synchronized transmission of audio and video data from a computer to a client via an interface A method for controlling data transmission between a computer and a video client via an interface, the method comprising: the computer polling the interface a first time to determine the size of the buffer on the interface; receiving a first buffer size value from t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352711 | Circuit arrangement and method for data transmission In the inventive circuit arrangement and appertaining method, data of at least respectively one ISDN data connection, a traditional telephone connection as well as of a broadband data connection are transmitted in an SDSL frame of an SDSL data connection, where the ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352695 | Switch and a switching method A switch at a transmission end of a system including a number of memory devices defining queues for receiving traffic to be switched, each queue having an associated predetermined priority classification, and a processor for controlling the transmission of traffic f... | 04/01/2008 |
