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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100119055 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HALF-DUPLEX SPEAKERPHONES AND OTHER TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION DEVICES An apparatus to enable half-duplexing capabilities in a two-way communication device is disclosed. The apparatus estimates the signal power and background noise of a first input signal and a second input signal during approximately the same period. The apparatus further... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100067665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A CHANGE IN NETWORK-GENERATED CROSSTALK LEVELS CAUSED BY A MULTI-LINE PHONE An embodiment of a method and apparatus for determining a change in network-generated crosstalk levels caused by a multi-line phone includes determining a first crosstalk level between a first line pair and a second line pair of a multi-line phone caused by the multi-li... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100040204 | Performance Testing of Echo Cancellers Using a White Noise Test Signal Testing equipment for and a method of performance testing an echo canceller are disclosed. The method includes generating a white noise test signal that includes a plurality of high-level white noise time segments, each of which is separated by a low-level white noise t... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20080298555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOOP LENGTH ESTIMATION BASED ON PER-PORT CALIBRATION Systems and methods for performing loop length estimation are described. One embodiment includes a method which comprises receiving an echo signal for a loop under test where the echo signal is a per-port calibrated echo response obtained using frequency domain reflecto... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080219413 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOOP GAUGE DETECTION BASED ON PER-PORT CALIBRATION Systems and methods for performing loop gauge detection are described. One embodiment is a method that comprises receiving a calibrated per-port echo signal of a loop under test, receiving a loop length estimation for the loop under test, and estimating the loop gauge o... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20060280135 | Echo Canceller Controller An apparatus and method for disabling an echo canceller in a communication channel is external to the echo canceller. The average power of the received signal is compared to the average power of the transmitted signal and if the received signal is more than 26 dB below ... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060165222 | One number LAN based calendar A system and method for providing data communication between an information system, such as a LAN, and a communication system, such as a PBX operating under control of an automatic call routing system, is disclosed. According to a preferred embodiment, data as to a part... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20050163287 | Method and apparatus for single end loop testing for DSL provisioning and maintenance A method and apparatus for single end loop testing for DSL provisioning and maintenance provides testing of the DSL loop using digital techniques including frequency compensation, matched filtering and median filtering, to remove strong background and enhance desired si... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050123129 | Method and apparatus for reducing echo in a communication system A method and apparatus for reducing echo in a communication system are provided. A first signal including a voice component associated to a speaker is received. The first signal is processed to derive a harmonic feature of the voice component. A second signal including ... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050089148 | Systems and methods for echo cancellation with arbitrary playback sampling rates The present invention relates to systems and methods that remove echo from a signal via a novel echo cancellation technique that supports arbitrary playback sampling rates. The novel echo cancellation technique transforms a playback signal to a frequency domain represen... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050018837 | Method and system for mitigating fourier transform side lobes The present invention is directed to implementing theoretical foundations of frequency domain methods aiming to locally decrease the impact of aggregate side lobes of a few discrete frequency tones, in the vicinity of other “victim” frequencies. The family of freque... | 01/27/2005 |
