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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7983251 | Broadcasting service transmission/reception method and apparatus for providing fast access to broadcasting service Provided are a method and apparatus for providing fast access to a broadcasting service transferred. The apparatus includes a reception unit for receiving one or more transmission frame; a transmission frame processing unit for analyzing access information required ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7764671 | Method and system for a multi-channel audio interconnect bus Provided is a system and method for communicating audio. A method includes transmitting audio information segments on a first signal line, each segment including a format portion representative of audio format modes, and a data portion having audio data correspondin... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7362717 | Method and system for using distributed name servers in multi-module fibre channel switches A method for processing a Get Identifier (“GI_A”) command received by a switch module of a multi-module fiber channel switch with a plurality of switch modules is provided. The method comprises determining if a domain value in the GI_A command is that of the mul... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356030 | Network switch cross point A switching fabric having cross points that process multiple stripes of serial data. Each cross point includes a plurality of port slices and ports. Each port includes a plurality of FIFOs, a FIFO read arbitrator, a multiplexer, a dispatcher, and an accumulator. In ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355966 | Method and system for minimizing disruption in common-access networks A method and fibre channel switch element is provided for isolating a defective device that is coupled to a fibre channel arbitrated loop. The method includes, isolating a port if a loop initialization primitive (“LIP”) is detected from a device coupled to the a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352701 | Buffer to buffer credit recovery for in-line fibre channel credit extension devices A method and system for credit recovery of lost frames and R_RDYs in an in-line credit extender is provided. The method includes, comparing received frame count and a programmable counter value when BB_SCs are received; loading the difference between the frame count... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339902 | Repeater for performing auto-negotiation between two node devices in a network The present invention provides a repeater and associated method for performing auto-negotiation between two node devices in the Ethernet network. The repeater includes a receiver receiving related information of auto-negotiation of a first node device, a control uni... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340167 | Fibre channel transparent switch for mixed switch fabrics A method and a Fibre Channel switch element are provided that allows communication between a host system and a target device attached to a proprietary switch fabric in a network. The Fibre Channel switch element includes a first port that communicates with the targe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334046 | System and method for optimizing frame routing in a network A method for routing Fibre Channel frames in a Fibre Channel system is provided. The method compares a cost associated with a pre-programmed preferred route when the pre-programmed preferred route has been pre-programmed to route Fibre Channel frames between a sourc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319669 | Method and system for controlling packet flow in networks A system and method for transmitting and bundling network packets is provided. The incoming network packet size is determined and if the remote buffer space is sufficient to hold the network packet it is transmitted to the destination port. If the remote buffer spac... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317760 | System and method for finger and path management in receivers System and method for managing finger and path resources. A preferred embodiment comprises receiving a delay profile, processing paths from the delay profile, placing the processed paths into a plurality of sets based on path criteria, and assigning the placed proce... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7305511 | Providing both wireline and wireless connections to a wireline interface In one embodiment, a system for providing both wireline and wireless connections to a wireline interface includes a first wireline interface, a second wireline interface, a wireless interface, and a switch coupled to the first wireline interface, the second wireline... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305008 | Parallel bus LAN A Local Area Network based on a parallel bus architecture is disclosed. The LAN provides a means of utilizing relatively low cost CMOS circuitry to obtain performance superior to LAN's utilizing more exotic high speed technology. The disclosed LAN is based on a para... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286492 | Private branch exchange (PBX) conditioning method and apparatus Method for maintaining a virtual presence of a first remote telephone user in a PBX system having a frame relay network connection between two endpoint routers while permitting the first remote user to make local calls includes first signaling a PBX to represent the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280484 | Network state diagnostics for a home phoneline networking alliance media access controller (HPNA MAC) Aspects for performing localized diagnostics in a station of a home phoneline networking alliance (HPNA) network are described. The aspects include providing a network state and control register comprising a plurality of bits to indicate status of a network state ma... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272135 | Gateway apparatus A gateway apparatus according to the present invention, arranged between each of a plurality of circuit switched networks and the Internet, for transmitting data received from each of the circuit switched network to the Internet. The gateway apparatus comprises an e... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258741 | System and method for producing synthetic diamond Synthetic monocrystalline diamond compositions having one or more monocrystalline diamond layers formed by chemical vapor deposition, the layers including one or more layers having an increased concentration of one or more impurities (such as boron and/or isotopes o... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248580 | Hardware-enforced loop-level hard zoning for fibre channel switch fabric Hardware-enforced zoning is provided in Fibre Channel switches to protect against breaching of assigned zones in a switch network which can occur with software-based zoning techniques. The invention provides logic for performing a hardware-based validation of the So... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246028 | Method for transmitting data from sensor to a control unit, and a corresponding sensor and control unit A method of data transmission from a sensor to a control unit and a sensor and control unit are described, the sensor transmitting both differential values and absolute values. The differential values are analyzed in the control unit to perform the function provided... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245613 | Arrangement in a channel adapter for validating headers concurrently during reception of a packet for minimal validation latency A channel adapter includes a link receive resource configured for initiating packet validation upon detecting a receive counter reaching a prescribed threshold corresponding to reception of an initial header of a data packet. Upon initiating packet validation, the l... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7236490 | Backplane interface adapter A backplane interface adapter for a high-performance network switch. The backplane interface adapter receives narrow input cells carrying packets of data and outputs wide striped cells to a switching fabric. One traffic processing path through the backplane interfac... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230929 | Method and system for dynamically assigning domain identification in a multi-module fibre channel switch A method for entering fabric configuration in a fibre channel system for a multi-module fibre channel switch is provided. The method includes determining if a primary blade has been selected for the multi-module switch; sending exchange fabric parameters to internal... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201886 | Single crystal diamond tool Synthetic monocrystalline diamond compositions having one or more monocrystalline diamond layers formed by chemical vapor deposition, the layers including one or more layers having an increased concentration of one or more impurities (such as boron and/or isotopes o... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7180867 | Apparatus and method for flow path based fault detection and service restoration in a packet based switching system A methodology is provided for fault detection and service restoration in a multiservice switch on a per flow basis. An ingress source transmits the same data over each of two redundant cores. An egress receiver selects on a per flow bass which core to utilize. Bi-di... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173910 | Service level agreements based on objective voice quality testing for voice over IP (VOIP) networks An objective, service-level specific voice call listening quality test scheme for a Voice Over IP (VOIP) network is presented. Test probes are deployed along the border of the VOIP network. Each test probe is capable of placing calls over the VOIP network to the oth... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164681 | Mechanism to strip LARQ header and preserve LARQ header in status frame The present invention provides a method for supporting frame priority in a home phone line network. The method includes: detecting a limited automatic repeat request (LARQ) header in a frame with a priority tag; stripping the LARQ header and a frame check sequence (... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7154886 | Method and system for primary blade selection in a multi-module fiber channel switch A system and method for selecting a primary blade in a multi-module fibre channel switch with plural blades is provided. The system includes a state machine for sending exchangeable blade parameter(s) (“EBP”) to the plural blades; and determining if a primary bl... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152132 | Method and apparatus for improving buffer utilization in communication networks A method and a switch element for buffer utilization in a network are provided. The method includes, receiving plural frames in a first buffer, if the received frames are less than a full size frame and can be accommodated in the first buffer; sending an available b... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146007 | Secure conditional access port interface An apparatus and method thereof for providing a secure path for a digital signal in an intelligent transceiver such as a bi-directional set-top box. A digital signal (e.g., a broadcast signal or a signal received via a cable modem) is received by the intelligent tra... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142563 | Service interface for QoS-driven HPNA networks An in-band signaling model media control (MC) terminal for an HPNA network includes a frame classification entity (FCE) and a frame scheduling entity (FSE) and provides end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) by passing the QoS requirements from higher layers to the low... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7103504 | Method and system for monitoring events in storage area networks A method and system for monitoring events in a storage area network is provided. The system includes a threshold monitoring module that receives a message from plural monitoring agents indicating if a parameter varies from a threshold value, and in response to the m... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096484 | Digital TV system with synchronized World Wide Web content In a one way broadcast digital video network, Internet HTML Web page data is formatted to fit within a standard MPEG-2 data packet structure, and multiplexed along with other MPEG-2 digital video signals for transport within a multiple channel digital video system. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088713 | Switch fabric with memory management unit for improved flow control A method for controlling a flow of packet data in a memory management unit of a network switch fabric is disclosed. A first portion of a data packet is received at a port on an ingress bus ring of the network switch fabric. A class of service for the data packet is ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079528 | Data communication method In a method of communicating a plurality of parallel data packets from a first data parallel bus to a second parallel data bus, each of the plurality of parallel data packets is separated into a first portion and a second portion. Each first portion is converted int... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072351 | Collision recovery interface support in a home phoneline networking alliance media access controller (HPNA MAC) operating in accordance with at least two different data rate standards Aspects for collision recovery interface support in a home phoneline networking alliance (HPNA) control chip are described. The aspects include providing transmit data path logic to receive and transmit data packets within the HPNA control chip. The transmit data pa... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7012917 | Service unit for a hub having multiple star interconnect configurations Architecture for a SONET network element. The architecture includes an interconnection system for a network element, including a line unit slot, a switch fabric slot, and service unit slots. The line unit slot is connected as a hub to the switch fabric slot and the ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6983330 | Method and apparatus for using multiple paths for processing out of band commands One aspect is directed to a method and apparatus for transferring information, through a shared storage system, between first and second processes running on first and second computers, respectively. Both computers are coupled to a data storage system, with the firs... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6976109 | Multi-level and multi-resolution bus arbitration A method for bus arbitration comprising assigning priorities changeable with time to requesters of a data bus, and for simultaneous bus requests by more than one requestor, granting usage of the bus to the requester with the highest priority at the time of the bus r... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973079 | Apparatus and method for scaling a switching fabric in a network switching node A method and apparatus for reallocating switching circuitry in a switching fabric are disclosed. The switching fabric is used to permit data transfer among a plurality of interface units each having a plurality of data ports. The switching fabric is partitionable in... | 12/06/2005 |
