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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165158 | Method/system for processing messages and converged service system A method/system for processing messages and a converged service system are provided. The method for processing messages comprises: a converged service system receives a message request sent from a traditional message service user via a traditional message service sy... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8144730 | Automated tactical datalink translator An automated system for translating datalink information and producing a computer code based on the translated datalink information. The computer code may subsequently be used to establish datalink communications between pieces of equipment having different communic... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135031 | Method and device for wireless transmissions of internet protocol TV The invention relates to a method for transmitting a television data stream via a wireless network connection. The method comprises receiving at least one television data stream via the User Datagram Protocol (UDP); converting the at least one UDP television data st... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8107495 | Integrating access to audio messages and instant messaging with VOIP A system, method, and apparatus are directed towards providing integrated access to call information to an end-user using any of a variety of client applications, including an Instant Messaging (IM), a web-browser, and/or a VOIP client. An end-user may employ any of... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107496 | System and method for roaming between wireless networks Systems and methods for roaming between a mobile node and at least one serving node connected to a network are disclosed. The present application provides a method for roaming between. In the system and method, a first communication is established between the mobile... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8050291 | System and method for indoor wireless service distribution via ultra-wideband signals, and aggregation of combined digital signals for wireless service A method and system for communicating an ultra-wideband signal carrying a combined digital signal that represents digital signals for multiple communication channels of a wireless communication system. A distributed antenna system includes multiple remote antenna en... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8036243 | Single chip protocol converter A single chip protocol converter integrated circuit (IC) capable of receiving packets generating according to a first protocol type and processing said packets to implement protocol conversion and generating converted packets of a second protocol type for output the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7991002 | Apparatus and method for implementing handoff between heterogeneous networks in a wireless communication system An apparatus and method for implementing a vertical handoff between a WLAN and a broadband wireless communication network are provided. The vertical handoff apparatus includes a base station (BS) of the broadband wireless network and at least one access point (AP) o... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7953111 | Method and apparatus for S.I.P./H.323 interworking An interworking function (IWF) for a first and second protocol based network, for example, an H.323 protocol based network and an SIP protocol based network comprises an interworking gateway server including a state machine for defining each call processing state an... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949010 | Telecommunication network system and method in communication services using session initiation protocol An implementation of a voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) system for accomplishing two-way, three-way and conference calling between two or more parties is disclosed, in which new call features are readily adapted. The VoIP system is implemented in a Session Initia... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7920590 | Wireless communications system having built-in packet data compression and support for enabling non-standard features between network elements A mobile station (100) and a compression/decompression node in a wireless network (5), preferably the GGSN 30 (30), agree on whether to apply compression/decompression, and what compression/decompression scheme to use either by pre-config... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916749 | Method, apparatus and computer program to signal additional modulation scheme without additional signalling overhead A method and apparatus are provided for jointly encoding bits containing information about an existing modulation technique or an existing antenna transmission technique in order to extend signaling to include new information about an additional modulation technique... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912086 | Method for bridging network protocols Methods and apparatus for bridging network protocols are disclosed. A protocol bridge may be used to function as a target for a network processor while performing a target mode operation, while functioning as an initiator on behalf of the network processor while per... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907630 | Method and apparatus for switching, merging, and demerging data between data communication locations A method and apparatus for switching, merging, and demerging data between data communication locations have been disclosed. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7839889 | Methods and systems for communicating signaling system 7 (SS7) user part messages among SS7 signaling points (SPs) and internet protocol (IP) nodes using signal transfer points (STPs) Methods and systems for transmitting user part messages between signaling system seven (SS7) signaling points over an internet protocol (IP) network include receiving, at a signal transfer point, a first SS7 user part message. The first SS7 user part message can be ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826482 | Service-specific forwarding in an LDP-RSVP hybrid network A router receives a control plane message for constructing a first LSP to a destination within a network that conforms to a first type of LSP. The control plane message includes a label for the first LSP and an identifier that identifies a first type of data traffic... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826481 | Network for supporting advance features on legacy components A network device that processes packets and includes at least one legacy component for performing basic processing on packets in the network device. The network device further includes at least one advanced component for performing advanced processing, which can not... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817665 | Systems and methods for interworking QSIG and H.323 signaling in a SIP-based network A SIP-based network architecture is defined allowing a variety of access methods for interfacing QSIG-based signaling devices. The QSIG-based signaling devices are typically enterprise-based PBXs that either interface directly via QSIG, or adapt QSIG signaling to re... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7796643 | Source and event based parameter determination A call processing system in a destination network associated with a destination signaling protocol comprises an interface configured to receive first signaling for a call placed by a user from a device in a source network, wherein the first signaling indicates a sou... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7778274 | System and method for providing a compatibility feature in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for addressing compatibility in a session protocol environment is provided that includes a communications platform operable to communicate with a first endpoint and a second endpoint and to recognize ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7751434 | Unified distributed architecture for a multi-point video conference and interactive broadcast systems A unified architecture for a multipoint VC session and interactive broadcasting system is provided that includes a server, one or more video accessing points, reflectors and client machines. The server sets up the video communication sessions (VC sessions), each of ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7746894 | Methods and systems for communicating using transmitted symbols associated with multiple time durations In at least some embodiments, a system may comprise one or more devices configurable to communicate according to a first protocol that permits interpretation of transmitted symbols associated with a first time duration. The system may further comprise one or more de... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738489 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for using signaling system 7 (SS7) subsystem numbers to route messages to session initiation protocol (SIP) nodes Methods, systems, and computer program products for using signaling system 7 (SS7) subsystem numbers to route message to session initiation protocol (SIP) nodes. According to one method, an SS7 message can be received. A SIP message can be generated based on the SS7... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733904 | System and method for roaming between wireless networks Systems and methods for roaming between a mobile node and at least one serving node connected to a network are disclosed. The present application provides a method for roaming between. In the system and method, a first communication is established between the mobile... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7711003 | Method for reducing service loss in interworking between SS7 signaling network and M3UA, and a signaling gateway The invention discloses a method for reducing service loss in interworking between SS7 signaling network and M3UA. In the method, when state of an M3UA ASP-related signaling point changes, the SS7 signaling network may be notified by using messages defined in existi... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711002 | Transcoding SMS-based streamed messages to SIP-based IP signals in wireless and wireline networks A communication gateway for communicating presence information between a connectionless packet-switched signaling network and an Internet Protocol (IP) network includes a message bearer configured to receive and send messages over a connectionless packet-switched si... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7701971 | System and method for providing a compatibility feature in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for addressing compatibility in a session protocol environment is provided that includes a communications platform operable to communicate with a first endpoint and a second endpoint and to recognize ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7668199 | Methods and systems for communicating using transmitted symbols associated with multiple time durations In at least some embodiments, a system may comprise one or more devices configurable to communicate according to a first protocol that permits interpretation of transmitted symbols associated with a first time duration. The system may further comprise one or more de... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7656897 | CPRI-based multiprotocol signal transmission method and apparatus in distributed base station system The present invention provides a method for realizing transmission of multiprotocol client signals in a distributed base station subsystem, comprising: encapsulating client signals by a GFP-T frame; and mapping the GFP-T frame into a lower-layer transmission link to... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7649908 | Conveying transactional messages for GSM mobile operators over two disparate networks A method and apparatus providing interconnectivity between several telephone networks. The apparatus receives a telephone transaction initiation message that originated with a telephone set located in a first network. The initiation message bears an originator's reg... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7646789 | Communication system including several communication terminals and server, its communication terminal, its server and data transfer control program In a communication system in which a plurality of communication terminals sequentially transfer data to a server during the respective transmission permissible periods assigned to the respective communication terminals, the communication terminal transfers a preambl... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7616659 | Methods and systems for communicating SS7 messages over packet-based network using transport adapter layer interface A transport adapter layer interface (TALI) includes messages, processes, and packet structures for sending and receiving SS7 information over a stream-oriented connection, such as a TCP/IP connection. For example, the TALI interface includes test messages for testin... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7583698 | Multicast communication method A multicast communication method for allowing a communication control apparatus for communicating in accordance with IPv4 to communicate with a communication control apparatus for communicating in accordance with IPv6. This method includes the steps of: when an IPv4... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7573905 | Methods and systems for communicating SS7 messages over packet-based network using transport adapter layer interface (TALI) A transport adapter layer interface (TALI) includes messages, processes, and packet structures for sending and receiving SS7 information over a stream-oriented connection, such as a TCP/IP connection. For example, the TALI interface includes test messages for testin... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573904 | Ad hoc networking of terminals aided by a cellular network A fast and secure ad hoc communication system is established between terminals with the aid of a network. Terminals equipped with a non-cellular interface may establish a high data rate peer-to-peer or multi-hop ad hoc connection with the support of a cellular netwo... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564870 | Methods and systems for providing database node access control functionality in a communications network routing node A network element provides service control point or database node front end processing functionality, as well as routing functionality for routing data packets through a network. The network element includes a first communication module for receiving data packets fr... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555009 | Data processing method and apparatus, and data distribution method and information processing apparatus In the processing of multimedia contents data, analyzing the structure of the multimedia contents to be reproduced and changing sync information field configuration information contained in the multimedia contents based on the structure of the analyzed multimedia co... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7512151 | Providing a network node with service reference information Service reference information is added to an IP telephony signaling protocol message and the IP telephony signaling protocol message is then sent to the network node in order to provide a network node using the IP telephony signaling protocol, e.g., SIP, with servic... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7496111 | Interface for intelligent network services A service gateway (42) includes one or more network adapters (62), configured to capture signaling messages in respective communication networks (28, 50, 56) and to process the signaling messages to generate network signaling primitives indicati... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7489705 | Transmission control method in an ARQ system A method of controlling the transmission of a sequence of data symbols over a connection provided by a predetermined communication layer, which method comprises modifying the transmission by identifying (S41) a reference data symbol in the sequence of data sy... | 02/10/2009 |