Patents Examined by Abdelnabi Musa
  • Patent number: 8929208
    Abstract: A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: intercepting a communiqué that is determined to be affiliated with a source entity and that is addressed to an end user to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué from being received by a communication device associated with the end user; and releasing the communiqué to the communication device in response to at least detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device, the releasing of the communiqué being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the end user to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué determined to be affiliated with the source entity. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander J. Cohen, Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, William H. Mangione-Smith, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Clarence T. Tegreene
  • Patent number: 8913564
    Abstract: A method and system for a communication device having a network interface card (NIC) for communicating with two networks to dynamically allocate bandwidth between or among the networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Hao Yuan
  • Patent number: 8908667
    Abstract: Circuits, architectures, systems, methods, algorithms, and software and/or firmware for selecting antenna paths between an antenna and multiple wireless communication protocol components (e.g., components configured to process radio frequency (RF) input and/or RF output signals according to one or more of wireless communication protocols). Exemplary circuits for selecting antenna paths include a plurality of media access grant inputs, a plurality of antenna path selection outputs for enabling one or more of the antenna paths, and a selector circuit configured to produce the antenna path selection outputs based on the media access grant inputs. Embodiments of the present invention advantageously provide for a flexible interface for selecting antenna signal paths between one or more shared antennas and multiple wireless communication protocol components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Gladys Yuen Yan Wong, George Lee
  • Patent number: 8902815
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes creating a service flow with an endpoint over a wireless link coupled to a backhaul; notifying a mobility anchor of a location associated with the endpoint; relaying control packets between the endpoint and an access gateway; and relaying bearer packets between the endpoint and the mobility anchor, where the bearer packets are exchanged with the endpoint over a locally terminated bearer tunnel and the bearer packets are exchanged with the mobility anchor using Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin D. Shatzkamer, Eric Hamel, Rajesh S. Pazhyannur, David E. Dukinfield, Mark Grayson
  • Patent number: 8897208
    Abstract: A space frequency block code signal relaying system is provided. The space frequency block code signal relaying system includes a signal detecting unit which receives, via a radio channel, a source signal sent from a source station and detects the received signal; a relay signal generation unit which generates a relay signal corresponding with the source signal transmitted from the source station to a destination node based on the received signal, the source signal and the relay signal being signals encoded in a Space Frequency Block Code (SFBC) scheme; and a signal transmitting unit which transmits the relay signal to the destination node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eung Sun Kim, Young-Doo Kim, Tae Soo Kwon, Dae-Young Seol, Gi Hong Im, Ui Kun Kwon
  • Patent number: 8892753
    Abstract: A system and method for the determination and assignment of a unique local channel identifier (ULCI) to enable the multi-site and multi-user sharing of content are described. Various embodiments allow sending by a primary user to a server an indication of one or more users to be invited to use a personal channel. The server determines a unique local channel identifier (ULCI) for the personal channel, where the ULCI represents a common open channel for the primary user and the one or more invited users. The primary user and the one or more invited users are allowed access to the personal channel via the ULCI. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian David Johnson, David B. Andersen
  • Patent number: 8885619
    Abstract: On the case of receiving data frame from a station, the method of the present invention instructs the repeater to replace the content of the receiver address field by the address of the bridge when receiving the frame transmitted from the station, and then forwards the frames to the bridge. On the case of receiving a data frame transmitted from the bridge, the repeater can replace the content of transmitter address field by the address of the repeater itself, and then forwards the data frame to the station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Taiwan Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ying-Chien Lin, Chi-Chih Kuo
  • Patent number: 8880686
    Abstract: An apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable medium may perform a method of minimizing the disclosure of a domain name contained in a DNS query. The method may include: determining a first label and a second label associated with a domain name included in a DNS query; querying a first nameserver for the first label without revealing the second label to the first nameserver; receiving a response from the first nameserver directing a resolver to a second nameserver; and querying the second nameserver for the first label and the second label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Verisign, Inc
    Inventors: Danny McPherson, Eric Osterweil
  • Patent number: 8862759
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for receiving a stream of data, splitting the stream of data into a plurality of substreams based on one or more criteria, and selectively recombining the substreams based on one or more additional criteria, to improve overall effectiveness in compressing the stream of data, are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: AgileDelta, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Schneider, Richard A. Rollman, Milen Nankov, Ethan Hugg
  • Patent number: 8855060
    Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed for providing quality of service (QoS)-driven channel access within a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A contention control (CC) frame is sent from a point coordinator (PC) of the BSS during a contention-free period (CFP) of a superframe that includes the contention-free period (CFP) and a contention period (CP). The CC frame contains information relating to at least one of a priority limit for a next centralized contention interval (CCI), a length of the next CCI, a permission probability associated with the next CCI and information relating to a reservation request (RR) frame successfully received by the PC in a previous CCI. A non-colliding RR frame is then received at the PC in the CCI following the CC frame. The received RR frame is sent from a non-PC station in the BSS when at least one centralized contention opportunity (CCO) is available during the CCI after the CC frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Jin-Meng Ho, Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 8856363
    Abstract: This system 1 accepts content marker information including content identifier information, and executes a process of causing a storing device to store the content marker information. The system accepts sharing-user identifier information for identifying a user/users who shares/share the stored content marker information. Upon acceptance of a content marker output request, the system transmits content marker information extracted based on the accepted sharing-user identifier information, to user equipment 2a, 2b. Upon acceptance of the content transmission request based on the content marker information, the system determines whether to transmit content data to the user equipment based on stored viewing permission information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Takahashi, Satoshi Nogaki, Toru Osuga
  • Patent number: 8856219
    Abstract: A system for providing a bidirectional data access service includes a relay server and a service server. The relay server is located in the Internet. The service server registers an internal Internet Protocol (IP) address, an external IP address, and a corresponding server identification in the relay server, and establishes a data channel. When a user wants to utilize a predetermined service provided by the service server through a client device, the client device transmits the corresponding server identification to the relay server, and the relay server transmits the internal IP address and the external IP address to the client device according to the corresponding server identification. The client device automatically determines a connection method between the client device and the service server according to an application program, the internal IP address, the external IP address, and a network on which the client device is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Synology Incorporated
    Inventors: Chien-Kai Liao, Yu-Hua Li, Kuang-Fu Lai, Tung-Hsuan Lu
  • Patent number: 8817758
    Abstract: A telecommunications system is disclosed, including a first radio access technology (legacy: GSM; UMTS/UTRAN) having a first radio access network (node B 15, RNC 17), and a second radio access technology (EUTRA) having a second radio access network (AP 20), wherein said first radio access network (node B 15, RNC 17) is divided into a plurality of first areas and said second radio access network (AP 20) is divided into a plurality of second areas, and wherein a home subscriber server entity (HSS 10) is provided that is common to both the first and second radio access technologies (legacy: GSM; UMTS) and which controls in which of the first and second areas a mobile terminal (UE 1) is registered, characterized in that a common control plane gateway entity (CP-GW 24) is provided through which communications from the first and second radio access networks, which relate to the first and second area which the mobile terminal (UE 1) occupies, are routed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventors: David Andrew Fox, Christopher Pudney
  • Patent number: 8804610
    Abstract: Provided are a packet transmission scheduling method in a wireless network and a packet transmission method using the same. The packet transmission scheduling method, includes storing location information and a path loss exponent of each node on a multiplexing path; calculating a Signal-to-Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR) between nodes on a predetermined path based on the stored location information; when the calculated SINR exceeds a threshold, forming the paths as a path table; and scheduling packet transmission based on the formed path table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyunduk Kang, Heon-Jin Hong, Hyuk Lim, Daewon Jung
  • Patent number: 8804655
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless local area network (LAN) network, a mobile station and a base station, and a method of controlling handoff in the wireless LAN network. The wireless LAN network includes a mobile station and a number of base stations. The mobile station notifies a previously connected first base station of an entry into a power-save mode, performs a handoff process with a second base station, and then notifies the first base station of an exit from the power-save mode. Each of the base stations buffers a packet to be transmitted from a public network to the mobile station when the each of the base station is notified of the entry into the power-save mode by the mobile station, and transmits the buffered packet to the mobile station when the each of the base station is notified of the exit from the power-save mode by the mobile station. This wireless LAN network system and method is capable of performing handoff without packet loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seon-Soo Rue
  • Patent number: 8804596
    Abstract: A method is provided for handing over a user equipment (UE). The method includes a donor access node with which the UE is in communication via a relay node receiving UE context information from the relay node. The method further includes the donor access node using the UE context information to identify data packets that belong to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Rose Qingyang Hu, Yi Yu, Mo-Han Fong, Chandra S. Bontu
  • Patent number: 8799431
    Abstract: Automatic configuration management of a network is provided by determining an inventory of resources at a virtualization layer of a node of the network, assigning prioritization to members of a set of network configuration elements, allocating virtual resources among the set of network configuration elements, establishing a network configuration. The configuration is managed by determining real time performance metrics for the configuration, producing a reallocation of the virtual resources based on the performance metrics that are estimated to change the established configuration, change the performance metrics, and initiating the reallocation of the virtual resources. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement that allows a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Toutvirtual Inc.
    Inventor: Vipul Pabari
  • Patent number: 8782116
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of processing digital data constituting a signal in a distributed communication network comprising a plurality of communication apparatuses, the signal being identified by a unique identifier (ID), characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: storing one or more parts of the signal, termed exploitable parts of the signal, at one at least given address of a memory location and in a format readable by an application, associating the unique identifier of the signal with each exploitable part of the signal, storing in at least one communication apparatus a data structure establishing a link between each exploitable part of the signal and the unique identifier of that signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eric Nassor, Ioana Donescu, Fabrice Le Leannec
  • Patent number: 8780794
    Abstract: Disclosure may be to allow a Service Provider (or operator) to intercept SIP messages (e.g., SIP INVITE method, or SIP MESSAGE method) in the path of the IMS signaling link and insert advertising information therein, thereby delivering the advertising information inserted in the SIP messages to one or more end users (i.e., originating end or terminating end, or all of them).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Romain Masson, Olivier Cadene
  • Patent number: 8775545
    Abstract: Data including information regarding a display of the host device may be received. A display of a client device may correspond to the display of the host device. Information regarding the display of the host device may be received and evaluated identify the images in the display. The identified images may be stored in memory and associated with a uniform resource locator (URL). A bitstream describing the display may be generated in which each image is referenced using the associated URL. The bitstream may then be provided to a client device, where rendering of the bitstream results in a display corresponding to the host device. Rendering the display may include retrieving the images associated with the URLs in the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: hop To Inc.
    Inventor: Eldad Eilam