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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8024764 | Method and apparatus for processing multimedia signals A method and apparatus for processing multimedia signals is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an adjunct device coupled between a Set-Top Box (STB) and a media device. The adjunct device can have a co... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7810125 | Method and system for a low cost wireless telephone link for a set top box A telephone link for set top box communication between the set top box and a central office is provided. This invention makes use of an AC power line to provide a communication channel between the set top box and the central office. The set top box is configured to ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7735108 | System and method for controlling push to talk interruptions while watching television The present invention relates generally to a system and method of managing a Push To Talk (PTT) conversation while the recipient is watching television. PTT messages may be conveyed by an initiator to a recipient through the use of a telephone connected to a network... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7647615 | Method and system for distributing digital audio and video to an analog wireless device An audio input interface (122) receives a digital audio signal and identifies an audio bitstream which is optionally decrypted by a decryption unit (123), and decoded by an audio decoding unit (124). An audio digital to analog converter (126 | 01/12/2010 |
| 7530091 | VOIP drop amplifier The VOIP drop amplifier connects end user equipment to a broadband system, such as that provided by a cable provider. The amplifier includes a splitter for connecting the cable signal to multiple output connectors, and RF amplifiers compensating for losses in the sp... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7403742 | Multi-band cellular service over CATV network A CATV network is modified with a secondary transmission (CBP) by adding filters to separate modified mobile-communications frequencies. A CATV terminal can be routed to cellular network by way network coupling devices (NCD). ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7386273 | Receiving apparatus A decision portion decides whether a tuner can receive real-time broadcast content delivered from a server apparatus. If the real-time broadcast content can be received, a control portion controls the tuner so that it may receive the delivered real-time broadcast co... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372874 | Method and device for synchronisation in OFDM A method of synchronising an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) IEEE 802.11a data packet at a receiver is disclosed. The 802.11a data packet has a series of short training sequence (STS) symbols as a preamble. Cross-correlation at the receiver of the S... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7356348 | Method and apparatus for providing telecommunications over a cable network employing a wireless communication path as an alternative backup path A cable telephony network for providing a communications path connecting a first device and a second device. The communications path is selectable between a first communications path and a second communications path. The network comprises a broadband cable system, p... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352779 | System for multi-frame alignment A bidirectional communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises a host; and a plurality of remote units, wherein a plurality of tones is shared among the plurality of remote units in order to communicate with the host using orthogonal frequen... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352690 | Ranging and round trip delay timing adjustment in a multi-point to point bidirectional communication system A bidirectional communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of remote units; a multipoint-to-point host unit communicatively coupled with a plurality of remote units in a multi-point to point configuration, the multipoint-to-p... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343363 | Methods and apparatus for grouping elements of element pairs into element sets Methods and apparatus for grouping elements of element pairs into element sets are disclosed. A master processor transmits number pairs corresponding to the element pairs to worker processors, selectively assigns processing of one or more of the number pairs to the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336633 | Media access controller for high bandwidth communication media and method of operation thereof An access control method for a medium, a media access controller and a wireless communication system incorporating the method or the controller. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) allowing first and second devices to employ a control channel defined in the ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336680 | Multi-carrier frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) architecture for high speed digital service An architecture for providing high-speed access over frequency-division multiplexed (FDM) channels allows transmission of ethernet frames and/or other data across a cable transmission network or other form of FDM transport. The architecture involves downstream and u... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336772 | Methods and systems for connecting a call using a name or series of characters Methods and systems for connecting a call using a name or series of characters are disclosed. A user provides data pertaining to a call from the user to a called party. The data includes name information that corresponds to the called party. A query may be sent to a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324631 | Method and apparatus for delivering secured telephony service in a hybrid coaxial cable network A hybrid coaxial cable network employing interdiction to ensure privacy in telephony communications. The video and telephony signals are secured such that telephony and interactive video signals to and from a subscriber do not appear on the network at any other unde... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310522 | Systems for synchronous multipoint-to-point orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication A head end controller is described. The head end controller controls a plurality of service units in a telecommunications system with a multi-carrier transmission scheme. The head end controller includes a logic circuit that generates control messages for the plural... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304689 | Single chip tuner for multi receiver applications Tuners are adapted to accept a received signal input and provide both a desired tuner output and the received signal as an output. Accordingly, a single tuner circuit, preferably an integrated circuit, may be cascaded to provide a multiple tuner configuration. Any n... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305357 | Method and system for providing and controlling delivery of content on-demand over a cable television network and a data network A system and method for delivering content on-demand by way of a cable network are disclosed. Provision of such content is controlled over a data network. Advantageously, a user interface at a conventional computing device may be used to order content and to control... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302188 | Disperse equalizer and disperse equalizing method If no alarm is input from an optical receiver, an FEC decoder, or a client signal monitor, a control circuit controls a variable dispersion equalizer such that a transmission error becomes smaller using information on the number of error corrections obtained from th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295571 | xDSL function ASIC processor and method of operation An improved type of application-specific integrated circuit block (ASIC) is disclosed that is optimized for use in a communications system, and is somewhat programmble through the use of particular data objects that can specify an instruction and operand for the ASI... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284059 | Terminal device, data transmission-reception system and data transmission-reception initiation method A terminal device includes: a session initiation request message generating section for generating a message for starting a session with an external device and in which capability information on the terminal device is described; a capability information analyzing se... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280651 | Method and system for performing automated telemarketing A method for performing automated telemarketing comprising receiving potential customer data including a telephone number. A telephone call is initiated to the telephone number using an auto-dialing device. Notification is received at a voice platform that the poten... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280563 | Multi-carrier signal transmitter and multi-carrier signal receiver In transmitting first information necessary for gaining synchronism of transmission signal and second information which is the other information by determining a break of a single modulation unit with a simple structure and processing prior to Fourier transformation... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277445 | Call management via television A telephone call management system and method are disclosed, allowing for call review where a voice mail message being recorded for a specific telephone may be played on a television associated therewith during the time it is being recorded. Optionally, the call may... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7278064 | Information delivery system An apparatus for processing digital data receives a first set of digital data that has a plurality of subsets of digital data. The apparatus contains memory to store the digital data. The apparatus receives a second set of digital data that has a first set of displa... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269412 | Caller identification device and method of operation thereof A self powered caller identification device (CID) for a cellular telephone system (CTS) includes a receiver, a transmitter and a processor, all of which being adapted to provide access to the content of a data channel and to deny access to the voice services of a vo... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266834 | Sharing functions between a television-based information appliance and remote control devices In an information system, caller identification information for incoming telephone calls can be selectively displayed on displays at any of the set top box, television, remote or keyboard. Further, microphones and speakers on each of the remote control and keyboard ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251821 | Method for retrieving product information over a communication network Method for retrieving product information over a communication network. A method for retrieving product information including at least product/service identification or description and related to a commercial event and associated with a remote location on a communic... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243123 | Video call routing with presence determination A request to establish video communication with a recipient associated with multiple communication devices is received. The recipient is identified using information contained within the request. A set of communication devices associated with the recipient is determ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239698 | DOCSIS network interface device and methods and systems for using the same A network interface device located at a customer's premises includes an external interface that receives a plurality of telecommunication services via a coaxial connection from a telecommunication service provider. The services are received using Data Over Cable Ser... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230554 | Noise suppression circuit, ASIC, navigation apparatus, communication circuit, and communication apparatus having the same The present invention provides an noise suppression circuit comprises an internal circuit which has a high and a low level terminals. The low level terminal is connected to a low level power supply (GND) line. The noise suppression circuit further comprises a first ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231655 | Technique for reverse transport of data in a hybrid fiber coax cable system In a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable system, data is communicated upstream from user terminals to a headend of the system to realize various interactive services. The user terminals generate analog modulated signals representing the user data, which populate different... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7215965 | Facility and method for wireless transmission of location data in a voice channel of a digital wireless telecommunications network A wireless communication facility and method employs a mobile unit having a number of alternative modes of digital wireless communication. The unit may be a battery pack or other accessory device attachable to a wireless telephone handset. The mobile unit is operate... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212960 | Computer program product and method of simulating circuits using a balanced, lossy, transmission line circuit model A computer program product and method of simulation involve the present computer simulation model of a lossy transmission line. The model uses a hybrid model at each end of the transmission line, each hybrid model coupled to a port of the transmission line. Each hyb... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194259 | Remote control device having wireless phone interface A remote control device (RCD) typical of a television or home entertainment system is adapted to be communicable with a mobile phone. When a mobile phone receives a signal in a first wireless protocol from a digital cellular network (DCN), the signal is wirelessly f... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184428 | Facility management platform for a hybrid coaxial/twisted pair local loop network service architecture The present invention provides a facility management platform to monitor and view the status of a plurality of individually addressable downstream devices including, but not limited to, addressable terminals, IRG's, settops, cable modems, taps, nodes, and/or hubs at... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184664 | Method and system for providing a return path for signals generated by legacy terminals in an optical network A return path system includes inserting RF packets between regular upstream data packets, where the data packets are generated by communication devices such as a computer or internet telephone. The RF packets can be derived from analog RF signals that are produced b... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7170546 | Television system distributing a dynamically varying number of concurrent video presentations over a single television channel A system for providing, in a television system, the combination, transmission, and reception of multiple video presentations over a single channel of a television distribution system. Presentations may be concurrently broadcast for viewing by many users, as well as ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7158185 | Method and apparatus for tagging media presentations with subscriber identification information A system that inserts subscriber identification information includes, in a preferred embodiment, a system with a memory for storing subscriber identification information and a processor configured to insert the subscriber identification information into a media pres... | 01/02/2007 |
