Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189612 | System on chip with interface and processing unit configurations provided by a configuration server This invention relates to a system on chip for data flow type application. The system comprises a network on chip, a central controller and processing units connected to said network via associated network interfaces. A processing unit and/or its associated network ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189614 | Cable modem and method of establishing quality of service thereof A cable modem for establishing quality of service (QoS) for a real-time transport protocol (RTP) voice stream. The cable modem receives different packet types from a network, and establishes a BPU for each packet type. After reading one BPU periodically, the cable m... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189613 | High-frequency component A high-frequency component includes a diplexer in which a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter are connected in parallel with an antenna port, a high-frequency circuit cascade-connected to the high-pass filter, and a low-frequency circuit cascade-connected to the ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8170054 | Software control of half duplex radio data transceivers Apparatus and method for providing a data interface to a plurality of radio transceivers such as between a personal computer or other information processing device to one or more radio transmitter/receiver systems having a serial data interface in a manner that prov... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170053 | Network interface and detection module to enable network communication within information handling systems A network interface and detection module to enable network communication within information handling systems is disclosed. According to an aspect, a network interface module is disclosed. The network interface module can include a housing including a first cavity co... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8155142 | Network based digital access point device An internet-protocol (IP) based digital audio device having a network interface receiving a digital audio signal from an IP network and implemented with web services for devices. The digital audio device further includes a digital to analog (D/A) converter connected... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155143 | Transmission line adapter and system A data transmission system forming a network including transmission line sections comprising traditional infrastructure such as AC power line (mains), twisted-pair (e.g. CAT-5) and coaxial cable wiring interconnected with a novel adapter to form a data system also p... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149866 | System and method for filtering communications at a network interface controller A system and method and method for filtering communications at a network interface controller is provided. The network interface controller is coupled to a baseboard management controller through a sideband communications channel. The network interface controller fi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144727 | Hardware-centric medium access control (MAC) device A hardware-centric medium access control (MAC) device comprises a control plane module and a hardware media access planed module. The control plane module is configured for providing control functions of the hardware-centric MAC device. The hardware media access pla... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139602 | System, method and device for high bit rate data communication over twisted pair cables The invention provides for a system, method, and device for using the existing copper loop plant of twisted pair wiring for data communication by using a plurality of pairs in a cable bundle of twisted pair for the downstream data direction simultaneously, as if the... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130786 | Multi-rate backplane transceiver An apparatus is disclosed that includes first transceiver circuitry adapted for transmitting and receiving Ethernet data over a network using a first Ethernet communication protocol at a first data rate, second transceiver circuitry adapted for transmitting and rece... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130787 | High-frequency circuit device, and communications apparatus comprising same A high-frequency circuit device comprising at least first and second antenna terminals, at least first and second transmitting terminals for a first communications system, at least first and second receiving terminals for a first communications system, two or more s... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8107491 | System and method for providing communication between intelligent electronic devices via an open channel An intelligent electronic device is configured to receive and generate data formatted in accordance with Distributed Network Protocol 3.0 (DNP 3.0) through an Ethernet TCP/IP medium. The intelligent electronic metering device for communicating over a network via an ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098682 | System and method for interfacing with a management system A network controller may split, via a pass-through driver, processing of transmit and/or receive network traffic handled by the network controller. Physical layer (PHY) processing and/or Medium Access Control (MAC) processing of the management traffic may be perform... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098681 | Method and apparatus for dynamic termination of unused wired connection A system and method provide dynamic termination of the unused wired connections in a communications interface of a communications device. An interconnected controller, switch, and termination circuit are provided to connect at least one unused wired connection of th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094675 | Router and method for routing data A device and method for routing network data through a network. The device comprises an end cap assembly which includes an end cap coupled to a wiring card having an interposer board. The method includes processing a plurality of network transmissions through an end... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089983 | Reserving resources over a DOCSIS downstream external physical interface In one example, a resource reservation protocol is modified to allow a Modular Cable Modem Termination System (M-CMTS) core to use the protocol to reserve, for a flow, network resources as well as a Radio Frequency (RF) channel extending from the remote PHYsical int... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089984 | Method and system for network communications via a configurable multi-use ethernet PHY Aspects of a method and system for network communications via a configurable multi-use Ethernet PHY are provided. In this regard, an Ethernet PHY may be configured based on characteristics of a network link over which the Ethernet PHY communicates, and a rate at whi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8073004 | Method and related device for reducing data transition in data transmission interface Reducing data transitions in a data transmission interface includes receiving first data and second data, among which the first data is data being transmitted by the data transmission interface and the second data is next data of the first data in a timing sequence.... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073002 | System, method, and computer program product for multi-mode network interface operation An offload system, method, and computer program product are provided. Based on an identified data structure, it is determined whether a hardware network interface is operating in a first mode or a second mode. The hardware network interface is coupled between a netw... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073003 | General purpose physical data transmission port A physical data transmission port in a network element of a data network, suited for realizing for instance both an electric packet switched Ethernet connection and an electric time slot switched E1/T1 connection. It has surprisingly been found out that the electric... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8059674 | Video processing system The present invention is directed to a system for demultiplexing video signals that have been combined using a time division multiplexing approach. The system includes synchronizers, parsers, demultiplexers, and an input buffer. Each demultiplexer within the system ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8027358 | Dynamic link width modulation Techniques for dynamically adjusting point-to-point link width based, at least in part, on link conditions. When operating at full power and at the highest performance level, the full width of a point-to-point link may be utilized to transmit data between the end po... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023528 | Method for resolving mutex contention in a network system A method of resolving mutex contention within a network interface unit which includes providing a plurality of memory access channels, and moving a thread via at least one of the plurality of memory access channels, the plurality of memory access channels allowing m... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8009691 | Method for transmitting/responding paging information for dual-mode access terminal and device and method for network switching according to network indication Provided is a method for transmitting 1x paging information through an HRPD network and responding to the 1x paging information by a dual-mode MS/AT. After the MS/AT turns to an HRPD network and informs an MSC of related information, if some 1x paging information ar... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995608 | Method for automatically setting up data connections between network subscriber stations in a network of distributed stations, and network subscriber stations as a user interface appliance for carrying out the method The invention relates to the technical field of data communication in a network of distributed stations, particularly in a home network. A home network of this type allows AV data streams to be transmitted between network subscriber stations. The aim of the inventio... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995609 | Integrated server module and method of resource management therefor One embodiment of the disclosures made herein is a method for facilitating prescribed application functionality via a network element adapted for providing Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexing (DSLAM) functionality. In accordance with such a method, a first f... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7978726 | Local area network of serial intelligent cells A serial intelligent cell (SIC) and a connection topology for local area networks using Electrically-conducting media. A local area network can be configured from a plurality of SIC's interconnected so that all communications between two adjacent SIC's is both point... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974306 | Signal transferring device A signal transferring device adapted to connect to a communication device via a network cable, includes a network port, a third port, a decoder circuit and a signal strength indicator unit. The network port is connected to a communication device via a network cable.... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974305 | Inband management for power over ethernet midspans using an embedded switch Power over Ethernet (PoE) communication systems provide power and data communications over the same communications link, where a power source device (PSE) provides DC power (for example, 48 volts DC) to a powered device (PD). The DC power is transmitted simultaneous... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7965735 | Local area network of serial intelligent cells A serial intelligent cell (SIC) and a connection topology for local area networks using Electrically-conducting media. A local area network can be configured from a plurality of SIC's interconnected so that all communications between two adjacent SIC's is both point... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957412 | Lonely pulse compensation An apparatus comprising a transmission line, a receiver circuit, and a high pass filter circuit coupled between the transmission line and a receiver circuit input. The receiver circuit is configured to receive a data signal over the transmission line at a first data... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953106 | Transmission apparatus In a transmission apparatus of a Gigabit Ethernet signal, in order to improve line efficiency, time division multiplexing is used. Further, if it is possible to branch/insert plural multiplexed Gigabit Ethernet signals at arbitrary nodes, it is possible to construct... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7940791 | Router for establishing connectivity between a client device and on-board systems of an airplane A system and method for establishing connectivity between a client device and an on-board computer network of an airplane are provided. The client device is connected for establishing communication with a network such as an enterprise intranet associated with the ai... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936776 | Smooth capacity expansion method and system for data communication products This invention discloses a method for smooth capacity expansion of data communication product, and a smooth capacity expandable system of data communication. Architecture of the system at least comprises circuit card and switched network card; and further comprises ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936777 | Parallel detection of remote LPI request and send zero mode Embodiments of the present invention enable robust and quick parallel detection of the remote LPI request signal (rem_lpi_req) and SEND ZERO mode (SEND_Z) defined in the Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard. Embodiments do not rely on energy detection for detect... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7912082 | Shared virtual network interface A system includes one or more processing units coupled to a network interface unit. The network interface unit may include a network port for connection to a network and a virtual interface that may be configured to distribute an available communication bandwidth of... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903683 | Fault tolerant diplex communications Diplexing is employed in systems having multiple differential conductor pairs. A first differential coupling differentially couples a first signal onto a first pair of conductors; a second differential coupling which differentially couples a second signal onto a sec... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7881330 | Controlling activation of electronic circuitry of data ports of a communication system An apparatus and method of controlling activation of electronic circuitry of data ports of a communication system is disclosed. One method includes a first data port detecting a lack of data for transmission to a second data port. At least one of the first data port... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876775 | Connection management for data networks In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method of making a digital subscriber line (DSL) connection to a remote network. The method includes detecting the presence of a powered-on network capable device that is connected to a DSL modem; establish... | 01/25/2011 |
