Patents Examined by Duc Ho
  • Shared dedicated access line (DAL) gateway routing discrimination
    Patent number: 7289522
    Abstract: An approach for providing telephony services over a data network is disclosed. A communication system includes a gateway that receives a signal to establish a call with a called station from a calling station in a telephone network (such as a Class 3 network) associated with one of a plurality of customers. The gateway generates a message according to a prescribed application layer protocol to establish the call with the called station over the data network. The message includes an alias host address identifying the one customer. The system also includes a server that receives the message from the gateway and to route the call to the called station based upon the alias host address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC
    Inventor: John Kenneth Gallant
  • Method and system for switching variable-length packets
    Patent number: 7289510
    Abstract: A variable-length packet switching system of the present invention converts variable-length packets to fixed-length packets without regard to the size of the individual variable-length packets and causes a packet switch to switch such fixed-length packets at high speed. The system realizes high-speed switching by use of, e.g., an H/W scheme. Particularly, the system is free from conversion losses when converting the variable-length packets to fixed-length packets and thereby minimizes a frequency band required of the packet switch without regard to the packet size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Matsumura
  • Transport block size (TBS) signaling enhancement
    Patent number: 7289452
    Abstract: A method signals the transport block size in wireless communications. First, information including a first information indicating a transport block size, the first information indicating a transport block size being a set number of bits, is transmitted. Then, a packet using the transport block size indicated by the first information is transmitted. The packet is retransmitted using a second information indicating a transport block size, the second information indicating a transport block size being a set number of bits, wherein if the second information indicates an invalid transport block size, the transport block size indicated by the first information is used in the retransmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Esa Malkamäki
  • Synchronization of stereo glasses in multiple-end-view environments
    Patent number: 7289539
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for synchronizing a stereo viewing device in a multiple end-view environment. Two or more video streams and a corresponding number of signals, each synchronous with one of the video streams, are provided. Each of the video streams may have a different refresh rate. One of the video streams is selected for stereo viewing, and a corresponding synchronizing signal is selected. The selected synchronizing signal is used to generate a control signal that synchronizes a stereo viewing device to the selected video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventor: Ludger Mimberg
  • Facilitating subscriber services management
    Patent number: 7289534
    Abstract: One embodiment of the disclosures made herein is an apparatus capable of providing Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexing (DSLAM) functionality and coupled to a subscriber data processing system by a Digital Subscriber Line. In accordance with such an apparatus, the apparatus includes an Application Server Module (ASM), a Services Management Module (SMM) coupled to the ASM, a Services Selector Module (SSM) coupled to the SMM and a Resource Management System (RMS) coupled to the SMM. The ASM is capable of facilitating a subscriber service for a subscriber. The SMM enables at least one of managing operation functions of the ASM, managing system resources for enabling efficient operation of the ASM and enabling personalized services information to be delivered to the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Joshua Charles Bailey, Alan Jay Marks
  • Uniform management of mixed network systems
    Patent number: 7286526
    Abstract: A method and system for providing network processor management that efficiently operates in homogenous and heterogonous environments are provided. The system includes a controlled entity having a switched architecture including a first set of processing resources and a second set of processing resources distinct from the first set of processing resources, and a controller for issuing a control request packet to the first set of processing resources, the control request packet including a first set of control actions and a second set of control actions, wherein the controlled entity processes the first set of control actions using the first set of processing resources and transfers the second set of control actions to the second set of processing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Claude Basso, Sridhar Rao, Colin Beaton Verrilli
  • Method and system for early header compression
    Patent number: 7286536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for early compression of a header portion of data packet(s) transmitted after establishment of a packet data connection. A compression information is obtained from a signaling used to establish at least a part of said packet data connection, and is used for the early compression of the header portion. Thereby, even the first data packet(s) can header-compressed to thereby enhance compression efficiency and reduce delay in transmission-window based packet connections with a slow start phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Greis, Khiem Le
  • Reverse data transmission apparatus and method in a mobile communication system
    Patent number: 7283482
    Abstract: A reverse data transmission apparatus and method in a mobile communication system. A mobile station receives information about an MADR (Maximum Allowable Data Rate) from a base station in a first predetermined frame period, determines a data rate equal to or lower than the MADR, and requests the determined data rate to the base station. If an MADR received from the base station in a second frame period following the first frame period is higher than the requested data rate, the mobile station starts data transmission. Then, the mobile station measures a traffic to pilot ratio (T/P) from the base station and controls the data rate according to the T/P during data transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Hoi Koo, Dong-Seek Park, Dae-Gyun Kim, Ho-Kyu Choi, Beom-Sik Bae, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Youn-Sun Kim, Jung-Su Jung
  • Method of sizing packets for routing over a communication network for VoIP calls on a per call basis
    Patent number: 7283541
    Abstract: A method for reducing latency of VoIP communications while efficiently using network resources and maintaining voice quality. This is achieved by managing packet size on a per-call basis, using factors such as distance between gateways, current backbone network status, service requested or access mechanism for a given call is disclosed. Packet size is selected on a per-call basis based on the distance between endpoints in the call. If the endpoints are far apart, the selected packet size is small. If the endpoints are close together, the selected packet size is large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Steven M Michelson, Jerry Allen Robinson, Larry Arnise Russell
  • Method and apparatus for allocating a pilot carrier adaptively in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access system
    Patent number: 7283498
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for allocating pilot carriers adaptively in an OFDMA communication system are disclosed. To improve phase error estimation performance and optimize the number of pilot carriers allocated to each sub-channel, an OFDMA transmitter changes the number of pilot carriers for a sub-channel according to the status of the sub-channel. Consequently, less pilot carriers are allocated to a sub-channel in a good state, reducing power consumption and more pilot carriers are allocated to a sub-channel in a bad state, improving channel estimation performance despite increased power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Min Ro, Pan-Yuh Joo
  • System supporting the dynamic migration of telecommunication subscribers between call services providers
    Patent number: 7283546
    Abstract: An access device enables dynamic migration of telecommunications subscribers between multiple transport networks and call services providers. The access device stores access patterns that associate a subscriber with a call server and define trigger events. The access device monitors the trigger events. The access device associates the subscriber with a different call server in accordance with the trigger events and the access patterns. The trigger events can be dynamic or static, can be on a line-by-line or call-by-call basis, and can be selected by a user or implemented by an operator. In this manner, the access device allows graceful migration of voice services from a legacy network to a next-generation packet network with lower capital and ownership costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Gallant, John Donak
  • Method and apparatus for allocating data streams onto a single channel
    Patent number: 7283500
    Abstract: A method and system that enables multiplexing a plurality of data streams onto one data stream based on data stream priorities and available transport frame combinations (TFCs) is disclosed. A mobile station has applications that produce separate data streams. Example applications include voice, signaling, E-mail and web applications. The data streams are combined by a multiplexer module into one data stream called the transport stream. The transport stream is sent over the reverse link to base station transceivers (BTS). The multiplexer module multiplexes the data streams onto the transport stream according to their priorities and the available TFCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alkinoos Hector Vayanos, Francesco Grilli
  • Method of allocating a channelisation code to one of a plurality of user terminals, a code division multiple access telecommunications network, and a CDMA telecommunications base station
    Patent number: 7280512
    Abstract: A method of allocating a channelisation code to one of a plurality of user terminals for decoding of signals sent according to a code division multiple access scheme is provided. The plurality of user terminals being reserved the code for possible use. The method comprising selecting according to a predetermined rule the user terminal to which the code is to be allocated, and allocating the code to the selected user terminal, in which the plurality of user terminals having the code for possible use constitute a group, and there are multiple groups of terminals each having an associated unique code, a record is kept of which user terminals are in which group, and the user terminal to which the code is to be allocated is selected following inspection of the record to determine which user terminals are in the group associated with the code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Seau Sian Lim, Mazlyn Mona Mustapha
  • Method and apparatus for diagnosing FC-AL system link
    Patent number: 7280485
    Abstract: Upon detection of a fault of a loop or any of disk apparatuses 30, 40, and 50, an FC-AL control unit 15 notifies an MPU11 of contents of the fault. The MPU11 records a fault history for each disk apparatus in a memory circuit 12 and also sets an order in which the disk apparatuses 30, 40, and 50 are to be disconnected, based on the fault histories. If the link fault occurs, the disk apparatuses 30, 40, and 50 are disconnected from the loop in thus set disconnecting order. If the link failure occurs on the port A side loop 1, a disk adapter 10 supplies a port bypassing-related instruction to its counterpart disk adapter 20 to thereby control bypassing/bypassing releasing on the port A side through the port B side loop 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masaya Suenaga
  • Method and system for providing wireless internet protocol access
    Patent number: 7280546
    Abstract: A system and method for providing wireless Internet protocol access is provided. A network entity may be coupled to both a second generation and a third generation network access node. The network entity may intercept a request from a mobile node and determine whether the mobile node desires services from the second or third generation network. The network entity may then establish the proper communication session based on the type of session requested by the mobile node. By employing the network entity, service providers can effectively migrate from the second generation network architecture to the third generation architecture with minimal or no loss of services for users. Also, employing such a network entity enables users to operate a bi-functional mobile node, such as one that requires both second and third generation network access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: UTStarcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Sharma, Michael S. Borella, Todd Landry, John T. Bartucci
  • Switch for implementing read only zones in a fibre channel fabric
    Patent number: 7277433
    Abstract: The Switch includes a port configured to receive a command frame when installed in a switching Fabric. The frame identifies a source device and a destination device in the Switching Fabric, a command, and a read/write flag which indicates if the identified source intends to exercise read-only or write access to the destination device. The Switch also includes a processor coupled to the port. The processor is configured to trap the frame and prevent it from reaching the defined destination device in the switching Fabric if both the source and destination devices are in a read-only zone and the flag indicates that the source intends to write to the destination device. In this manner, read-only zones can be implemented in the Switching Fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Subrata Banerjee, Badri Ramaswamy, Dinesh G. Dutt
  • Hybrid coordination function (HCF) access through tiered contention and overlapped wireless cell mitigation
    Patent number: 7277413
    Abstract: A method and system reduce interference between overlapping first and second wireless LAN cells in a medium. Each cell includes a respective plurality of member stations and there is at least one overlapped station occupying both cells. An inter-cell contention-free period value is assigned to a first access point station in the first cell, associated with an accessing order in the medium for member stations in the first and second cells. The access point transmits a beacon packet containing the inter-cell contention-free period value, which is intercepted at the overlapped station. The overlapped station forwards the inter-cell contention-free period value to member stations in the second cell. A second access point in the second cell can then delay transmissions by member stations in the second cell until after the inter-cell contention-free period expires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: AT & T Corp.
    Inventor: Mathilde Benveniste
  • Proxy modem for voice over internet protocol based communication system
    Patent number: 7277422
    Abstract: In a packet data communications system (100) where a customer premises (120) has only a packet-based connection, a proxy modem (200) is provided at the customer premises to connect to devices that send and receive modulated transmissions, e.g., facsimile, modem, and TDD/TTY. The proxy modem demodulates the modulated transmissions (208), organizes the resulting digital signal into a packet (210) and forwards the packet over a packet network (104, 106). Another proxy modem (200) that connects to the packet network and to a telephony network (110) receives the packets from the packet network. The packets are re-organized into a digital signal that is then modulated and forwarded over the telephony network to a destination. Use of the proxy modems in the network prevents unnecessary digitizing of modulated transmissions, which slows transmission and introduces errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Bostrom, David G. Terebessy, Judd O. Wilcox, George Paul Wilkin
  • Multiple stage cross connect switch
    Patent number: 7277428
    Abstract: A cross connect switch has a plurality of stages. Each stage has a plurality of packers, a plurality of memory portions and a plurality of multiplexers. Each packer receives input data and provides the input data as a set of contiguous valid data. The multiplexers divide the valid data from one of the packers into a plurality of data subsets and route each data subset to a respective memory portion of that stage. Each stage except the final stage provides the data in the memory portions of that stage as a respective set of inputs to a next one of the stages. The final stage includes a plurality of multiplexers for selecting a respective subset of the data from each of the memory portions of the final stage and provides the selected data at a plurality of respective selected output ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Michael B. Libeskind
  • Method and system for distributing and executing service logic
    Patent number: 7277444
    Abstract: A method of distributing and executing service logic across private and public networks for the generation and provision of telecommunication services is disclosed. The functionality and capabilities associated with both Intelligent Network (IN) and non-IN compliant elements of a public telecommunications system are abstracted using a set of control and informational parameters and variables which are associated with a given network element or network element category. A service creation and execution application programming interface provides access to a service creation and execution environment which is distributed in public network gateways, private network gateways, and in compatible software platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Redknee Inc.
    Inventors: Bohdan Konstantyn Zabawskyj, Duncan Ratcliffe, Rubens Rahim, Lucas Skoczkowski