Patents Examined by Matthew Campbell
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Patent number: 9019817Abstract: The present invention relates to an autonomic network management system which includes: an active measurement unit that measures and analyzes a network state in an active measurement scheme; a passive measurement unit that measures and analyzes the network state in a passive measurement scheme; an autonomic management control unit that respectively receives the measured and analyzed results of the network from the active measurement unit and the passive measurement unit to determine the network state; and a transmission path control unit that receives a transmission path message from the autonomic management control unit to control a transmission path according to the transmission path message.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry FoundationInventors: Won Ki Hong, Sung Su Kim, Young Joon Won
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Patent number: 8995285Abstract: A method includes retrieving a first data set from a switch within a network, the first data set including a set of switch records. Among the switch records included in the first data set is a first switch record associated with and including a field identifying a first trunk group from a set of trunk groups included within the switch. A second data set is retrieved from a configuration management system configured to facilitate an operation associated with the network. The second data set includes a plurality of configuration records, which includes a first configuration record associated with and including a field identifying the first trunk group. When the field included in the first configuration record differs from the field included in the first switch record a report is produced.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Paritosh Bajpay, Robert Best, Hossein Eslambolchi, Richard Glozzy, John McCanuel, Richard Simon
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Patent number: 8953595Abstract: A method of communicating traffic from a source to a group (G) of nodes including a Network Node (MNN) in a network using one or more multicast protocols. The network also comprises a Router (MR) for forwarding traffic between the network and the Internet and a Multicast Signalling Gateway (MSG) co-located with the Router (MR) and translating on an interface signalling messages of a multicast routing protocol (MRP) into messages of a group membership protocol (GMP). In the case of mobile networks, the interface is preferably an egress interface of the Mobile Router (MR). The Multicast Signalling Gateway (MSG) preferably translates multicast packets together with unicast source addresses and multicast destination addresses of multicast packets between IPv4 and IPv6 protocols.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Christophe Janneteau, Alexis Olivereau, Alexandru Petrescu
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Patent number: 8917732Abstract: Methods and apparatus for segregating traffic are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a traffic splitter identifies a set of links coupled to the traffic splitter, where the set of links includes two or more uplinks, wherein each of the two or more uplinks are implemented in a common physical media. The two or more uplinks include a LAN uplink coupled to a LAN and a SAN uplink coupled to a SAN. The traffic splitter prevents SAN traffic from reaching the LAN via the LAN uplink. In addition, the traffic splitter prevents LAN traffic from reaching the SAN via the SAN uplink.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Smitha Narayanaswamy, Ganesan Rajagopal, Sanjay Sane, Ramana Mellacheruvu, Umesh Mahajan
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Patent number: 8908531Abstract: Transfer of data between at least one supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) device and an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) device via a wireless communication network is facilitated. The data is used for monitoring and/or controlling the AMI device. A protocol conversion of the data is performed to facilitate transfer of the data between the SCADA device and the AMI device as data packets via a packet data network gateway and a wireless communications network.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventor: Arturo Maria
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Patent number: 8897313Abstract: An out-of-band to optical conversion component is provided that uses a transmit disable signal and a receive loss of signal (LOS) signal built into optical small form-factor pluggable transceiver and cable to pass the out-of-band protocol between serial attached SCSI enclosures. The transmit disable signal, when asserted, turns off the optical output, while the receive LOS signal detects the loss of signal. The out-of-band to optical conversion component sits in line on the serial attached SCSI data traffic and strips off the out-of-band signals from the serial attached SCSI expander so that only data flows over the optical cable. The out-of-band to optical conversion component sends the out-of-band signals to the other enclosure using the transmit disable pin on the small form-factor pluggable transceiver and cable. The other enclosure receives the message on the receive LOS signal and transmit it back onto the serial attached SCSI receive data pair.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian James Cagno, John Charles Elliott
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Patent number: 8885539Abstract: A wireless network access device includes a radio and support for virtual access points. According to the invention, each virtual access point has an independently configurable quality-of-service profile. The per-VAP QoS support enables multiple services to be delivered from a single physical access point. A plurality of transmit/receive queues are associated with each virtual access point (VAP) configured on the access device. Each queue in the plurality of queues is associated with a given quality-of-service level, such as (in decreasing order of priority): voice, video, best effort data, and background data. The access device further includes a data transfer mechanism in the form of a data packet forwarding engine that, for each VAP, transfers data from the plurality of queues to enforce the per-VAP QoS policy.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2005Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Pierre Trudeau, Stephane Laroche
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Patent number: 8873393Abstract: In order to allow an efficient use of data or frame aggregation techniques with real-time communications a method for operating a wireless network, especially a Wi-Fi technology based network, is described, wherein the network includes at least one wireless device for transmission of data and wherein the device may use a data or frame aggregation technique to provide an adjustable amount of aggregation. The method is characterized in that the amount of aggregation provided by the aggregation technique will be adjusted depending on a level of congestion in the network. Further, an according wireless network is described, preferably for carrying out the above mentioned method.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: NEC Europe Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Camps Mur, Manil Gomony, Xavier Perez Costa
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Patent number: 8861547Abstract: This invention discloses a method, apparatus, and system for packet transmission. The method for packet transmission includes: configuring the two logical interfaces of a bidirectional tunnel to operate in bridge mode; at the first logical interface of the two, encapsulating Layer 2 packets and the protocol type information in tunnel packets and transmitting the packets to the peer through the bidirectional tunnel; at the second logical interface of the two, transmitting the tunnel packets to the corresponding Layer 2 protocol stack for processing according to the protocol type information in the received tunnel packets. The present invention enables the logical interfaces of a bidirectional tunnel to operate as Layer 2 ports to transmit Layer 2 packets.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2009Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhonghua Gao, Zhaoyan Lei
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Patent number: 8848531Abstract: Computer-readable media for dynamic quality of service assignment are described. In embodiments, a data packet is received that is part of a communications stream and a dynamically modifiable quality of service indicator (DMQOSI) is embedded into the data packet wherein, in various embodiments, the DMQOSI indicates a prescribed quality of service that is associated with the data packet and is modifiable prior to completing a communication of the communications stream. In various embodiments, the data packet is communicated from a source to a destination that at least periodically references the DMQOSI to ensure that the data packet is being communicated consistent with the prescribed quality of service associated with the data packet.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Jeremy R. Breau, Frederick C. Rogers, Ray R. Doerr, Gary Rieschick
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Patent number: 8837472Abstract: A method is disclosed for transmitting a multi-channel data stream comprising frames comprising a plurality of channels, the transmitting being done via a multi-transport tunnel from a first tunnel end-point to a second tunnel end-point, the multi-transport tunnel implementing at least one first carrier supporting a transport protocol with acknowledgement and at least one second carrier supporting a transport protocol without acknowledgement. More specifically, the invention proposes to introduce a delay in the sending of data (<<of high importance>>) via the first carrier as compared with the sending of data (<<of lesser importance>>) via the second carrier. Thus the invention guarantees the order of arrival of channels that are associated with a same piece of synchronization but are transmitted on distinct first and second carriers and come from the separation of a same multi-channel data frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Pascal Viger, Stéphane Baron
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Patent number: 8761209Abstract: An Ethernet physical layer (PHY) module is provided with a method for transceiving between a 10GBASE-R client interface and a 100G attachment interface. On each of ten client interface logical lanes a 10GBASE-R signal is accepted. Each 10GBASE-R logical lane is demultiplexed into two 5 gigabit per second (Gbps) pseudo 100GBASE-R logical lanes, creating a total of twenty pseudo 100GBASE-R logical lanes. The pseudo 100GBASE-R logical lanes are arranged into n groups of 20/n pseudo 100GBASE-R logical lanes. Further, the pseudo 100GBASE-R logical lanes from each group are arranged into a 100G attachment logical lane. Finally, a 100G attachment logical lane is transmitted at an attachment interface on each of n physical lanes. In the reverse direction, each of n physical lanes accepts a 100G attachment logical lane at the attachment interface, and a de-aggregation process supplies a 10GBASE-R signal on each of ten client interface logical lanes.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Applied Micro Circuits CorporationInventors: Matthew Brown, Dimitrios Giannakopoulos
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Patent number: 8743730Abstract: Included are embodiments for determining an extension-to-channel mapping. At least one embodiment includes determining, at a first time, a first extension-to-channel mapping configuration, the first extension-to-channel mapping configuration including an indication that at least one extension is coupled to a first recording channel. Similarly, some embodiments include determining, at a second time, a second extension-to-channel mapping configuration, the second extension-to-channel mapping configuration including an indication that the at least one extension is coupled to a second recording channel. Similarly, some embodiments include creating an extension-to-channel map, the extension-to-channel map indicating a configuration of the at least one extension, the first recording channel, and the second channel during a time period between the first time and the second time.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.Inventors: Marc Calahan, Jamie Richard Williams, Kenneth Richard Brodhagen, Damian Smith, Robert John Barnes
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Patent number: 8705381Abstract: In one embodiment, a source device (e.g., a VOIP phone) establishes a call connection with a remote device depending on which of multiple network paths provides an acceptable latency (e.g., a lower latency). For example, in response to receiving a request to establish a connection with a remote destination device over a network, the source device (e.g., a caller's phone) obtains multiple service code values. The source device encodes each of multiple data packets to include a unique service code value for transmission of the messages over different network topologies to a remote destination. Thus, when transmitted, each of the multiple messages follows a different logical network topology of a network as specified by a respective service code value. Based on feedback from a remote device that receives the multiple messages, the source learns a preferred logical network topology of the network for establishing the call connection.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Inventors: Douglas A. Gourlay, Leonard N. Thompson, Omar G. Abuabara, Anthony R. Faustini
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Patent number: 8699377Abstract: The following describes data structures, communication protocol formats and process flows for controlling and facilitating secure communications between the nodes of a mesh network, such as utility meters and gateway nodes comprising a utility network. The enabled processes include association, information exchange, route discovery and maintenance and the like for instituting and maintaining a secure mesh network.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Trilliant Networks, Inc.Inventor: Michel Veillette
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Patent number: 8693482Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating performance of multi-media, and other communication, services at an Ethernet network. A bridge provides communication control operations at the Ethernet network. Audio-video bridge domains are defined at the network. Service discovery messages generated by communication devices of a particular domain are forwarded only to other communication devices of the same domain. Redefinition and reconfiguration of the domains is made, as needed, all best to facilitate performance of the communication service.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Timucin Ozugur, Sig Hal Badt, Jr., Jessy Rouyer, Ljubisa Tancevski
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Patent number: 8687647Abstract: A communication node includes a token-start-right acquisition processor that issues a token-start-right acquisition frame containing specific information, determines a priority based on predetermined reference using specific information for other communication node and the specific information for the own communication node upon reception of a token-start-right acquisition frame from the other communication node, issues the token-start-right acquisition frame at a predetermined time interval when the own communication node has a higher priority than the other communication node, and stops issuing the token-start-right acquisition frame when the own communication node has a lower priority than the other communication node, to forward the token-start-right acquisition frame of the other communication node, and also includes a token start processor that passes the token frame to the ring upon reception of the token-start-right acquisition frame which is issued by the token-start-right acquisition processor and cType: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Masato Nakamura
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Patent number: 8670355Abstract: A system and method for providing a hearing aid compatibility mode of communication service to hearing aid users is disclosed. The described system can store an indication at a communication network that a given account is used by a person who wears hearing aid equipment. Services provided to that account can then use communication parameters and network resources which tend to minimize interference with a hearing aid. The network can instruct the user equipment and the radio access network to communicate using hearing aid friendly parameters. In some cases, network resources beyond those allocated for accounts not indicated as hearing aid user accounts can be allocated. Parameters adjusted in hearing aid compatibility mode can include codec rates, operating power levels, and burst frame length, among others. In some described embodiments, the hearing aid compatibility mode can be selectively enabled as desired by an account user.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2007Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Melvin Duane Frerking, George O'Quinn Hirvela
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Patent number: 8665884Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of nodes, at least one of the plurality of nodes configured to insert, on a per-virtual link basis, a delay value into a dynamic delay field of a frame corresponding to the respective virtual link, wherein the dynamic delay value represents latency of frames of the respective virtual link. The system also comprises a switch having a plurality of ports, each port coupled to one of the plurality of nodes. The switch is configured to route frames received from the plurality of nodes to one or more of the plurality of nodes. At least one of the plurality of nodes is configured to store frames received from the switch in a buffer and to update the value in the dynamic delay field to reflect the end-to-end system delay.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignees: Honeywell International Inc., TTTech Computertechnik AGInventors: Brendan Hall, Srivatsan Varadarajan, Wilfried Steiner, Guenther Bauer
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Patent number: 8611231Abstract: A Maintenance Association and corresponding method for configuring maintenance entities for Ethernet Tree (E-Tree) type service instances. A root MEP communicates with each of a plurality of leaf MEPs. Remote MEP state machine instances are activated within the root MEP for each of the plurality of leaf MEPs. Within each leaf MEP, however, only the remote MEP state machine instance for the root MEP is activated while leaving the remote MEP state machine instances for all other leaf MEPs in an inactive state in which Connectivity Check Messages (CCMs) are not exchanged.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Zhemin Ding, Panaglotis Saltsidis