Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189618 | System and method for robust data loss recovery in a wireless local area network A system and method for robust data loss recovery in a wireless local area network is provided. The method includes splitting user data into multiple data fragments. The method further includes creating multiple beacon frames by placing each data fragment in a uniqu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184660 | Transparent methods for altering the video decoder frame-rate in a fixed-frame-rate audio-video multiplex structure An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a multiplexed signal at a fixed frame-rate in response to a video input signal. The multiplexed signal comprises one of (i) a pre-defined packet which corre... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8155146 | Stateless packet segmentation and processing High-speed processing of packets to, and from, a virtualization environment can be provided while utilizing segmentation offload and other such functionality of commodity hardware. Virtualization information can be added to extension portions of protocol headers, fo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155147 | Techniques for ensuring synchronized processing at remote fibre channel and fibre connectivity networks Techniques described use Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) to transport data across an optical transport network between near and far Fiber Channel (FC) or Fiber Connectivity (FICON) local area optical networks. Each FC/FICON edge node (FCE) on an edge of the optical ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8126014 | Methods and apparatus for improved decoding of hybrid automatic repeat request transmissions A method for improved decoding of hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) transmissions may include attempting to verify a physical layer (PHY) cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for a candidate H-ARQ encoder packet. If the PHY CRC is not verified, medium access control ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126013 | Method and apparatus for indicating a temporary block flow to which a piggybacked acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement field is addressed A method and apparatus for indicating a temporary block flow (TBF) to which a piggybacked acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (PAN) field is addressed. A PAN check sequence (PCS) is created, for example using a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoding. The PCS is mask... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126011 | Apparatus and method for sending data over a communications network The present invention provides a communication network in which data can be routed from a terminal to a WAN over a plurality of communication links, the communication links connecting a plurality of terminals to the WAN and all of the terminals being interconnected ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126012 | Communication apparatus and method of transferring data A communication apparatus detects the start and end of a frame of a video, and notifies information indicating that the start of the frame of the video is detected and information indicating that the end of the frame of the video is detected to a communication unit ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121151 | Reception apparatus and method and program A decider decides whether a predetermined period of time has elapsed after a last one of first packets was received and a timeout thereby occurs. A second packet having a size of data greater than a size of data placed in each of the first packets is produced from a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8098688 | Methods and apparatus for optimizing network management traffic using dynamic SNMP packet resizing An apparatus and method for improving efficiency of data transfer utilizing packet resizing to optimize network management traffic are disclosed. After obtaining a maximum link capacity of a link which is capable of transmitting information, a process of dynamic pac... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085813 | Method for routing data packets using an IP address based on geo position Method of routing data over a network in which contact is made with a home network to determine the reported geo-position, using this geo-position to transmit data to the device over a path through a node in which the node reads the geo-position, accesses a list of ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085814 | Frame structure, system and method for OFDM communications A method and apparatus are provided for performing acquisition, synchronization and cell selection within an MIMO-OFDM communication system. A coarse synchronization is performed to determine a searching window. A fine synchronization is then performed by measuring ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073011 | Pseudo base station apparatus Provided is a pseudo base station apparatus which allow a user to certainly acquire log data at a desired timing. A set-up unit 41 sets filter conditions and acquisition conditions. A first log acquisition unit 32A includes a first buffer 32Aa, ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073010 | Ring transmission apparatus and signal processing method On an optical ring network side, an optical ring transmission apparatus is provided with a first ring-side TDM device and a separately implemented first packet ring device, on a first ring side. On a client network side, the apparatus is provided with a first client... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8054856 | Method for synchronizing voice traffic with minimum latency in a communications network A supervisory communications node monitors and controls communications with a plurality of remote devices throughout a widely distributed network. A method is provided to convey and maintain information used to synchronize the packetization and burst operations with... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045584 | Method and system for utilizing a tag to optimize portion of data transfer A method for utilizing a tag to optimize portion of data transfer is disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage location is provided on a single node for storing at least one portion of data received from at least one data stream. The header containing information abou... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045585 | Method and apparatus providing media aggregation in a packet-switched network Techniques are described for aggregating multiple media packets to improve end-to-end bandwidth efficiency. The techniques include using an RTP aggregation protocol that is not sensitive to packet loss to aggregate multiple media packets under a single header. Accor... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8027364 | Electricity distribution network with stray voltage monitoring and method of transmission of information on said network The electricity distribution network comprises a plurality of interconnection lines for the distribution of electricity among a plurality of interconnection boxes. At least some of said interconnection boxes are combined with a control unit for detection of stray vo... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8009696 | System and method for achieving accelerated throughput Systems and methods for transporting data between two endpoints over an encoded channel are disclosed. Data transmission units (data units) from the source network are received at an encoding component logically located between the endpoints. These first data units ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7991005 | Communication apparatus, communication method, program, and communication system A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a data frame including a plurality of pieces of unit data and transmitted from a communication partner; a determining unit that determines whether there is data loss, for each piece of unit data inclu... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983301 | Method for extended transmission capabilities of short message service A method to enhance a mobile device's ability to transmit short messages over a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes the steps for preprocessing a data according to it data type, fragmenting the data into a plurality of data segments if th... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983302 | Control signaling techniques for wireless networks Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to wireless networks, such as relay networks or multi-hop networks, and also relating to control signaling techniques for wireless networks. In an example embodiment, a method or technique may include transmitting (... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983303 | Mega-frame initialization packet generation and synchronous re-generation with bit rate adaptation for single frequency networks with multiple modulation schemes A system and processes create a Mega-frame Initialization Packet such that remote MIP inserters can regenerate Transport Stream bit rate and MIPs for Single Frequency Networks with modulation schemes different from an incoming stream in a totally deterministic way. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970014 | Method of providing a real-time communication connection The invention concerns a method of providing a real-time communication connection over an IP communication network between a first entity and a second entity, as well as a sending and a receiving device to execute the method. The basic idea of the invention is to fr... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965739 | Method and device for transmitting data A method for transmitting data, the data to be transmitted being divided into at least two data packets; the data packets being transmitted in at least two transmission modes; an assignment between the data packets and the transmission modes being made in such a way... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953114 | System and method for achieving accelerated throughput Systems and methods for transporting data between two endpoints over an encoded channel are disclosed. Data transmission units (data units) from the source network are received at an encoding component logically located between the endpoints. These first data units ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944945 | Encapsulation of STM-n/STS-m frames under ethernet Apparatus (D1) is dedicated to processing STM-n/STS-m type data frames in a communications network. It comprises at least one STM-n/STS-m interface unit (LIU1) adapted to receive STM-n/STS-m type data frames from a communications network and processor ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940799 | Code conversion method and device thereof In order to cope with format conversion of user data, the bit rate value and VBV (Video Buffering Verifier) buffer size value in a sequence header of an input code and the VBV delay value in a picture header of the input code are modified to obtain an intermediate c... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940800 | System and method for transmitting information over multiple channels A method and system of transmitting packets of information over multiple channels such that the packets are sent simultaneously and serially across and down the channels. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936785 | Apparatus for generating and interpreting a data stream modified in accordance with the importance of the data An apparatus for generating a data stream having a series of segments using data organized in subsequent data frames, a data frame having more important and less important data. It comprises a packetiser for packetising data from a data frame into the series of segm... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933293 | Link margin notification using return frame Disclosed herein are techniques for power management in wireless networks. Based upon receipt of an indication of the link margin of a receiving wireless device, a transmitting wireless device may adjust its transmit power commensurate with the link margin. The indi... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929569 | Compression of overhead in layered data communication links An apparatus, system and method for converting data in a first packet format, having overhead data in the form of headers and/or trailer padding, into a second, variable-length packet format, in which some of the header and/or trailer overhead is removed during conv... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7899080 | Demultiplexer In a demultiplexer, a finite search length and a finite jump length are set in a packet header detection section. The packet header detection section skips from a transfer start position of a multiplexed stream according to the set jump length and then searches for ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7876784 | Methods and apparatus for providing receivers for use in superposition coded multi-user systems Methods and apparatus provide low-complexity receivers for use in superposition coded multi-user systems. In a downlink scenario, a superposition coded signal that includes data unique to first and second users is compared with every permutation of the bit positions... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876783 | Method for transmitting and receiving a message using a mobile communication terminal A method for enhancing a message service of a mobile communication terminal is described. When combining messages, a method for transmitting a message using a mobile communication terminal includes selecting messages stored in a mobile communication terminal; combin... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876785 | Transport of aggregated client packets The invention relates to a method for transmitting one or more client signals via a packet transport network. According to the method, packets of the one or more client signals are received at an ingress node of the network. Timing information characterizing the tim... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7864805 | Buffering in streaming delivery Buffering packets of a media stream for transmission from a transmitting device to a receiving device. Media packets are formed from at least one kind of media information in a stream generator; at least one transmission frame is generated on the basis of media pack... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860126 | Method and device for data transmission between two components moving relative to one another In a method and a device for data transmission between two components moving relative to each other, a first of the components has a number of transmission segments arranged along the movement direction and a second of the components has receiver units arranged alon... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856035 | Method and apparatus for wireless transmission of data There are provided methods for selecting a communication protocol for formatting data and for wirelessly transmitting data, preferably medical data, e.g., electrocardiogram data, methods for reducing data and/or selecting from data, methods for adding data, methods ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7826485 | MAC extensions for smart antenna support Apparatus and methods implement aggregation frames and allocation frames. The aggregation frames include a plurality of MSDUs or fragments thereof aggregated or otherwise combined together. An aggregation frame makes more efficient use of the wireless communication ... | 11/02/2010 |
