Did You Know...
...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8149743 | System and method for seamlessly switching a full-duplex session to a half-duplex session A communication system that is particularly suited to switch a full duplex session to a half duplex session. The system includes a VoIP server that sets up a full duplex session; and a dispatch call controller server that receives a request to switch the full duplex... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8064373 | Method and system for simplex or duplex transmission mode of an ethernet link in an energy efficient network Ethernet link partners within an Ethernet network, coupled via an Ethernet link comprising one or more channels may be configured to operate in simplex mode based on determined condition(s) during communications via the one or more channels. The determined condition... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8036149 | Multi-casting communication system, server used for the system, and method of making multi-casting communication In the multi-casting communication system, on receipt of a signal transmitted from one of mobile communication terminals with a half-duplex communication switch thereof being on, the PoC server records a user of the mobile communication terminal in a subscriber list... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7974224 | Subscriber unit capable of switching between full-duplex and half-duplex modes during an on-going session A subscriber unit including an interface and a processor to transmit a first request to a wireless communication system by way of the interface to request a communication session in a first communication mode with one or more users; communicate with the one or more ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7742439 | Automated correction of duplex mismatches One embodiment relates to a method for automated correction of duplex mismatches. A duplex mismatch is detected at a port of a network device, and characteristics of the duplex mismatch are determined. The configuration of the mismatched port is automatically modifi... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7656828 | Transmitting receiving arrangement for TD-SCDMA mobile radios The invention relates to a transmitting and receiving arrangement for radios having a baseband component and a radio-frequency component that are connected via an interface for interchanging payload data. The interface includes a bidirectional data link that can be ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7636329 | Wireless local area network processing device having multiple parallel radios A wireless network processing device, such as a user device or an access point device, comprises multiple radios preferably configured in parallel and coupled to a common controller. One of the radios of the processing device is designated as a master radio and one ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7626955 | System and method for providing a fast and optimized uplink and downlink scheduling algorithm for use in FDD communication systems with half-duplex stations A system and method for scheduling uplink and downlink burst data transmissions for half-duplex terminals in a communication system. After the first half duplex terminal capacity allocation is scheduled for a plurality of half duplex terminals, all available second ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7480263 | Method and device for bi-directional half duplex transmission of data A method and a device for bi-directional transmission of data are provided such that an interface for digital communication on a signal line is obtained which is suited for automotive use. In accordance with the present invention, the following are provided: at leas... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7447168 | System and method for auto-negotiation in a data communication device A data communication device configured to communicate with a link partner is provided. The data communication device comprises a port coupled to link partner and an auto-negotiation system configured to generate a first differential Manchester signal that comprises ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7437170 | System and method for efficient push-to-talk communications A system and method are provided for efficient push-to-talk (PTT) communications in a cellular network of wireless telephones. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a PTT session initiation in a cellular wireless telephone network; identifying a plurality of ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7420938 | Finding duplex mismatches in copper based networks In an embodiment, a method for finding duplex mismatches in a copper based network, includes: detecting late collisions and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) errors; if a port is in auto-negotiation and up in half-duplex and over threshold late collisions have been dete... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417960 | Communication apparatus, communication system, communication method and program A communication apparatus for performing half duplex communications has: a memory circuit storing transmission data; a transmission processing circuit generating a transmission frame; a transmission/reception processing circuit outputting as a transmission signal th... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7372863 | Systems for monitoring and controlling operating modes in an ethernet transceiver and methods of operating the same Disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring and controlling operating modes in a network transceiver. In one embodiment, a computer system is associable with an Ethernet network, and comprises a processing unit, a memory and a transceiver. The transceiver compr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7355988 | Application server having asynchronous event manager configured for terminating messaging operations and rolling back prescribed data structures An application server includes an asynchronous event manager configured for selectively terminating an instance executing a messaging session, based on detecting a message from a gateway server that the incoming call is a call having a type that differs from the pre... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342884 | Method and apparatus for one directional communications in bidirectional communications channel Optical transceivers used in data communications equipment are typically bidirectional and require two-way communications in order to maintain their operability. However, in some applications such as cable television, the traffic is highly unbalanced with very high ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327839 | Cables, systems and methods for wiring a structure for telephone service A method for wiring an architectural structure for telephone service includes providing a cable. The cable includes a sheath and first and second pairs of conductor members. The sheath includes first and second longitudinally extending sheath passages and a partitio... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328036 | Method and apparatus reducing PTT call setup delays Various embodiments are described herein to address the need for providing substantially reduced PTT call setup delays. Modifications to channel assignment request messaging (400), such as an IS-2000 Reconnect Message and an IS-2000 Origination Message, are d... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317691 | Method for initializing a link suspend device for optimum receive recovery The invention provides a method for initializing a link suspend device for optimum receive recovery. A method for negotiating link parameters to facilitate rapid recovery of the input data from a silent line state is described. The invention can be applied to networ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313103 | Method and apparatus for interactive communication between half-duplex and full-duplex systems A communication system (100) includes a first communication unit (101, 102, 103, 104) capable of communicating over a full-duplex persistent-connection link provided by a full-duplex network (105) and a second communication unit (151, 152... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304950 | Two-wire interface having dynamically adjustable data fields depending on operation code A guaranteed two-wire interface in which upon determining that an operation is to be performed on a slave component, a master component transmits at least a portion of a corresponding frame to the slave component over the data wire. The master component repeats this... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301440 | Power line communication system and method The present invention provides a device for providing communications through power lines comprised of multiple conductors by transmitting the data signals through a plurality of the conductors. One embodiment of the present invention may be comprised of a transmit c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283553 | Data relay device and multiplex communication system A data relay device connected with a plurality of networks is provided with a transmission timing adjusting device for adjusting the timing of transmission of data frames. The relay device provides a time zone, in which transmission of new data frame to the network ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283835 | Method of providing extended group call service A method of providing a group call service in a radio network is provided. A BS, which does not cover a GCA but is located in a radio network near to the GCA, generates extended group call service information including information about BSs that cover an NGCA and br... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280593 | Method and system for sample and reconstruction synchronization for digital transmission of analog modem signal A method and system for the synchronization of the transmission of digitally converted analog modem signals between two or more modems using either RF over-the-air or A/C power line communication channels. This invention provides for modem speed optimization by mini... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280807 | Initiator device capable of two-way half-duplex communication with multiple recipient devices An initiator transceiver for operating in a two-way half-duplex communication mode with multiple recipient transceivers. The transceivers includes a body having a cavity and a control device, positioned within the cavity, for receiving a recipient identification cod... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280565 | Synchronous clocked communication system with decentralized input/output modules and method for linking decentralized input/output modules into such a system The invention relates to a synchronous clocked communication system, for example a distributed automation system, the stations of which can be arbitrary automation components and which are coupled to one another via a data network. Using the disclosed method for int... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280836 | System and method for coexistence in wireless networks A computing arrangement may include a first radio transceiver operating in accordance with a first communication protocol using a frequency band and a second radio transceiver operating in accordance with a second communication protocol using the frequency band. An ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271714 | Push button control device This invention relates to a two stage push button control device, in which the push button (9) has at least one of its inputs (A, C) connected to the output of a processing organ (15) and its two outputs (B, D) connected to two inputs (E1, E2... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269434 | Wireless communication system with group registration function A communication system is provided with a group registration function, which is capable of setting a group mode with the reduced number of operation, and simply selecting one of full duplex communication and half duplex communication by a rider, as needed. When a po... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269141 | Duplex aware adaptive playout method and communications device A duplex aware adaptive playout method includes detecting a packet communication mode as either a full-duplex mode or a half-duplex mode, calculating a playout delay for a current packet based on the detected packet communication mode, and delaying playout of the cu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263080 | Architecture of an integrated circuit for streaming media over wireless networks An integrated circuit for streaming media over wireless networks is disclosed. The integrated circuit includes a media module that is designed to process media data. When non-media data is in, switching means is provided to avoid the non-media data being processed i... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257125 | Quality of service half-duplex media access controller A computer program product, apparatus, and method for communicating on a half-duplex channel includes transmitting a first frame; terminating transmission of the first frame when a collision is detected during the transmission; and transmitting a second frame before... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7230930 | Mode shifting communications system and method A digital network based communications system that establishes communications sessions to communicate via a simulated circuit-switch environment. Exemplary embodiments communicate between a first communications station (104) and a second communications statio... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231211 | Apparatus and method for monitoring a trunked radio communications system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring a trunked radio communications system by using some type of radio scanning receiver that is not designed for that purpose. In addition, the invention provides a method for automatically determining... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7206397 | Method for allocating network resources Network resources for a call between a calling party and a called party are allocated. The network resources for the call are reserved based on a reservation request. In particular, the network resources for the call are reserved based on a reservation request. Prio... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203509 | Method for managing communication sessions A method for managing communication sessions in a packet-oriented communication system, consisting of a central control unit and a plurality of mobile stations, which can be interconnected via the central control unit. To achieve this, a communication session is est... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199699 | Facilitating communication with power line communication devices The invention includes a method, system, and device for communicating a data signal with a low voltage premise network. The inventive method comprises communicating the data signal with the low voltage premise network, substantially reducing attenuation of the data ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194600 | Method and apparatus for processing data with a programmable gate array using fixed and programmable processors A method and apparatus for processing data within a programmable gate array comprise a first fixed logic processor and a second fixed logic processor that are embedded within the programmable gate array and detect a custom operation code. The processing continues wh... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180886 | Synchronized data communication on a one-wired bus In a synchronized data communication on a one-wired bus, it transmits and receives a synchronizing signal that segments part of or all proportions of the data signal by use of three electrically distinguishable statuses for the identifier of the synchronizing signal... | 02/20/2007 |
