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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7924863 | Device and method for processing data chunks In a scheme for processing data chunks, MAC-PHY circuits are adapted to store data chunks of large data packets and to provide same to a shared memory unit across an interface controlled by a controller. A data transfer monitor is adapted to monitor the progress of ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7656888 | Bi-directional detector for enabling a host and a client to detect each other in a collection terminal A bi-directional detector which enables a host and a client in a collection terminal is disclosed. The bi-directional detector includes a client detection unit in the host part, for detecting the clients connected to the host part; a client identification unit for i... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7529262 | Communication method and communication apparatus A communication method for facilitating alteration of a transmission line in the case where the target device establishes a connection on the bus and thereby securing a transmission line in order to transmit stream data in a network of the IEEE 1394 scheme or the li... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7411950 | Communication method and communication apparatus The problem is to facilitate alteration of a transmission line in the case where the target device establishes a connection on the bus and thereby secures a transmission line in order to transmit stream data in a network of the IEEE 1394 scheme or the like. Stream d... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411951 | Communication method and communication apparatus The problem is to facilitate alteration of a transmission line in the case where the target device establishes a connection on the bus and thereby secures a transmission line in order to transmit stream data in a network of the IEEE 1394 scheme or the like. Stream d... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401134 | Packet processing architecture A system for processing data packets comprising a plurality of data processing blocks and a controller, which allows the configuration parameters used in processing the data blocks to be updated in each data processing blocks at the data packet boundary. The present... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7373441 | Universal serial bus hub with wireless communication to remote peripheral devices A wireless USB hub for connecting a plurality of remote peripheral devices to a computer for communication therewith without the need to physically connect the peripheral devices to the hub via a cable connection. The wireless USB hub includes a receiver for receivi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372821 | Signal processing system, signal receiving device, and communication control method The present invention relates to a signal processing system, and proposes the switching operation of device selection which is naturally performed for a user. The signal input device 5 comprises a registration means for registering the signal output devices | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370239 | Input/output device with configuration, fault isolation and redundant fault assist functionality A process control system includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) devices and a controller in communication using a bus. Each I/O device has an interface for communicatively linking the I/O device with the bus, and includes a device processor which, upon detection... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7353407 | Methods and apparatus for provisioning phantom power to remote devices An apparatus provisions power from a power budget to remote devices configured to obtain phantom power. The apparatus includes, among other things, a controller which is configured to identify a power demand for a remote device (e.g., a power demand based on an actu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343425 | Multi-speed serial interface for media access control and physical layer devices A network device includes a media access control (MAC) device that transmits a first data stream at a first data rate that includes symbols having M bits. A translator converts the first data stream to a second data stream at a second data rate. The translator inclu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339945 | System and method for partitioning streaming data coded with fine granularity scalability of use in a cable network System and method for partitioning data on a SCDMA cable network use methods of creating data streams to transmit to a head end. Further, the data streams transmitted to the head end are coded with fine granularity scalability features and contain divisions which ar... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336668 | Communication management system with line status notification for key switch emulation A real time communication device is provided for operation with a packet switched network interconnecting the real time communication device with a control unit and a plurality of remote real time communication devices. The device comprises a network interface for c... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330512 | System and method for the data transmission of digital transmission data The invention relates to a system for the data transmission of digital transmission data (17, 18) between a first digital protective device (1) and a second digital protective device (9) on a section (A) of an energy supply line (2) in a ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328037 | Method and apparatus to control transmitter Briefly, a method to control data transmission rate and transmission power level of a mobile unit is provided. The method may include varying a data transmission rate value based on a difference between a received signal strength and a receiver sensitivity value and... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324445 | Method and apparatus for reproducing a data stream having multiple reproduction paths recorded on a recording medium The present invention relates to method and apparatus for reproducing a data stream having a multiple reproduction paths recorded on a high-density optical disk. The present method ensures seamless reproduction of video and audio data of a multi-path data stream by ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317734 | Method and apparatus for emulating ethernet functionality over a serial bus Applications can transparently use a bus, such as the IEEE-1394 serial bus, as if it were an Ethernet (IEEE 802.3). In a conventional Ethernet, each node is assigned a unique 6-byte MAC address in order to receive frames addressed to it over the LAN. According to th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313151 | Extendible asynchronous and synchronous interface bus for broadband access Apparatus for simultaneously transferring synchronous and asynchronous signals among broadband access devices includes a data bus, a clock bus, and a plurality of control lines which are used to indicate the type of data being carried on the bus. According to the me... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304945 | Method and apparatus for dynamic bitmap generator scheduler A scheduler for a server. The scheduler includes a first level generator associated with groups of connections. The scheduler includes a second level generator associated with connections corresponding to the groups of connections. The first level generator identify... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296080 | Method of simulating network communications A method for simulating network communication sessions is disclosed. A control engine sequences the packets using a protocol stack or by putting the packets into a sorted list. A simulation engine acquires the packets until a request packet or other initiation packe... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292770 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: a retrieving element for retrieving storage medium information and image data information from a memory formed integrally with a storage medium having image data recorded thereon; a recording element f... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289432 | High speed switching router using APS and method for switching the same In a method of switching a current use communication line between first and second communication lines provided between first and second units, link data is previously held in a first physical interface for the first communication line as the current use communicati... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283749 | Fiber and wire communication system This invention provides a new architecture for a communication system between head-ends and end-users which expands bandwidth and reliability of the communication system. A mux-node receives communication signals from a head-end and forwards the received communicati... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277957 | Method of reconstructing network communications A method for reconstructing network communication sessions is disclosed. The packets comprising the communication are captured and sorted into a sorted list. The sorted packets are decoded and the information from those packets is used to reconstruct the content and... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7262974 | Techniques for alleviating the need for DC blocking capacitors in high-speed differential signal pairs A circuit board has a first component interface configured to connect to a first circuit board component, a second component interface configured to connect to a second circuit board component, a differential signal pair electrically connecting the first component i... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257124 | Method and apparatus for improving the fairness of new attaches to a weighted fair queue in a quality of service (QoS) scheduler In a first aspect, a network processor includes a scheduler in which a scheduling queue is maintained. A last frame is dispatched from a flow queue maintained in the network processor, thereby emptying the flow queue. Data indicative of the size of the dispatched la... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7236502 | Internal signaling method to support clock synchronization of nodes connected via a wireless local area network This invention discloses a set of internal signaling (i.e., management primitives) to support a clock-synchronization protocol for wirelessly synchronizing clock registers of wired or wireless nodes via a wireless local area network (i.e., 802.11 network). The clock... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233599 | Interface device with stored data on transmission lines characteristics The present invention relates to high speed communications, in particular, to an interface device between a transmitting device and a receiving device of a transmission system, wherein the transmitting device is capable of automatic compensation of cross-talk timing... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230953 | Method and system for controlling UTOPIA buses According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for managing communication in a network line card is provided. The system includes at least two UTOPIA bus controllers. Each UTOPIA bus controller is operable to control a particular one of a plurality of UTOPIA... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224672 | XDSL modem A reception result of an analog signal transmitted from a local switch to a subscriber line, or a voltage difference corresponding to a line current is analyzed, and a transmission characteristic in the subscriber line is evaluated based on an analyzing result. The ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212496 | Remote test unit A remote test unit (RTU) and method of operation are provided for utilizes the ability of an access matrix ability to route signals. The RTU can emulate a central Digital Subscriber Line Modem (DSLM-C) for testing customer premises equipment containing a remote Digi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200732 | Method and apparatus of adding grant information to a memory A scrambling operation is used to space apart the grants that a communication circuit receives during a period of time, such as 512 arbitration periods. An operator can enter the number of arbitration periods that a communication circuit is to receive in blocks of s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194009 | Full-service broadband cable modem system A method and system are disclosed for enabling full-service communications between a full-service cable modem termination system (fsCMTS) and a plurality of full-service cable modems (fsCMs) for a conventional two way hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) cable television network... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180904 | Interface link layer device to build a distributed network An interface link layer device of an interface which allows the interconnection of different networks to build a distributed network, The interface link layer routes complete data packets directly to another interface link layer device that serves the destination vi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181526 | Announced session description A method of announcing a description of a media session, for example a multimedia conference, that is to take place over multicast capable links is provided in networks configured for Internet Protocol operation. A modular method of announcing media sessions include... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180972 | Clock signal circuitry for multi-protocol high-speed serial interface circuitry A programmable logic device (“PLD”) includes high-speed serial interface (“HSSI”) circuitry. The HSSI circuitry includes clock signal circuitry that allows various components of the HSSI circuitry to be clocked in different ways to facilitate use of the HSSI... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7164684 | Ethernet node having hub, switch and/or repeater characteristics A method for forming a network is disclosed with the network including a plurality of communication devices, a wire network for allowing a plurality of communication transmissions between the communications devices, and at least one connectivity device connected to ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7165005 | Measurement module interface protocol database and registration system System and method for providing a measurement module (MM) interface for configuring a measurement system. The method includes creating a MM and one or more MM interface programs implementing respective MM interface protocols (MMIP) for the measurement module. An MMI... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162698 | Sliding window packet management systems Included in the invention are systems and methods of full time recording network traffic to a hierarchical data storage. Also included in the invention are systems and methods of retrieval of recorded network traffic from a hierarchically organized network data repo... | 01/09/2007 |
