Abstract: A method for communicating in real-time to users of a provider of Internet access service, without requiring any installation or set-up by the user, that utilizes the unique identification information automatically provided by the user during communications for identifying the user to provide a fixed identifier which is then communicated to a redirecting device. Messages may then be selectively transmitted to the user. The system is normally transparent to the user, with no modification of its content along the path. Content then may be modified or replaced along the path to the user. For the purposes of establishing a reliable delivery of bulletin messages from providers to their users, the system forces the delivery of specially-composed World Wide Web browser pages to the user, although it is not limited to that type of data.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for communicating at least one real-time specially-composed bulletin message to at least one subscriber of a provider of Internet services, comprising a first device, and a second device communicably coupled to the first device, wherein the first device: accesses only subscriber upstream traffic to a destination web site requested by the subscriber, wherein the first device inter-connects between the at least one subscriber and the destination web site, identifies the at least one subscriber's identification based on the accessed subscriber upstream traffic automatically provided by the subscriber, and provides the unique subscriber identification to the second device located at the provider of Internet services providing data services and management control to the first device, wherein the second device determines the subscriber associated with the unique subscriber identification.

Abstract: An internet service provider (ISP) is configured to provide notification messages such as service updates to subscribers via redirected web pages. In order for the web pages to be treated as originating from the ISP, the ISP provides a shared secret in the browser message. The shared secret may be a secret not derivable by viruses or trojans in the subscriber computer, such as a MAC address of the subscriber modem.

Abstract: A method for communicating in real-time to users of a provider of Internet access service, without requiring any installation or set-up by the user, that utilizes the unique identification information automatically provided by the user during communications for identifying the user to provide a fixed identifier which is then communicated to a redirecting device. Messages may then be selectively transmitted to the user. The system is normally transparent to the user, with no modification of its content along the path. Content then may be modified or replaced along the path to the user. For the purposes of establishing a reliable delivery of bulletin messages from providers to their users, the system forces the delivery of specially-composed World Wide Web browser pages to the user, although it is not limited to that type of data.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for communicating at least one real-time specially-composed bulletin message to at least one subscriber of a provider of Internet services, comprising a first device, and a second device communicably coupled to the first device, wherein the first device: accesses only subscriber upstream traffic to a destination web site requested by the subscriber, wherein the first device inter-connects between the at least one subscriber and the destination web site, identifies the at least one subscriber's unique identification based on the accessed subscriber upstream traffic automatically provided by the subscriber, and provides the unique subscriber identification to the second device located at the provider of Internet services providing data services and management control to the first device, wherein the second device determines the subscriber associated with the unique subscriber identification, and if the specially-composed bulletin message for the subscriber is desir

Abstract: A device, method, machine-readable medium, and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the device is a memory controller capable of modifying a reference voltage to a persistent moving read reference (MRR) voltage level for use during one or more subsequent reads to a non-volatile memory array. This modification is in response to a change in a reference voltage supplying the non-volatile memory array from a previous reference voltage level to a temporary MRR voltage level.

Abstract: In a set-top-box system, messages from a service provider are stored and delayed until activity from a set-top-box remote is detected. Messages are then generated and provided to a television associated with the set-top-box. Delaying of the message display until set-top-box activity is detected allows short display times, thus preventing burn-in on some television screens, while providing a greater likelihood that messages will be viewed.

Abstract: A redirection of a URL page request may be performed by monitoring an upstream path from a subscriber to the internet through an ISP. When a URL page request is detected from a subscriber for whom a redirection is required, a redirection device generates a single TCP packet response that mimics a response from the intended destination server. The single TCP packet includes a set FIN bit that closes any active session with the destination server to prevent the subscriber from accepting packets from the destination server.

Abstract: In a non-volatile memory that reads a binary value from a storage cell by comparing the voltage level of a stored charge in that cell against a reference voltage, the accumulated errors in a range of memory locations may be analyzed to determined if there are more errors in one direction than the other (for example, more 0-to-1 errors than 1-to-0 errors). If so, the reference voltage may be adjusted up or down so that subsequent reads from that range may produce approximately the same number of errors in each direction. For multiple-bits-per-cell memories, where there are multiple reference voltages for each cell, each reference voltage may be adjusted separately by keeping track of the errors related to that particular threshold.

Abstract: In various embodiments, the reference voltage used for read operations in a non-volatile memory may be adjusted up or down in an attempt to read data from an area that previously produced at least one uncorrectable error. The direction and amount of this adjustment may be based on the number and direction of correctable errors in surrounding data.

Abstract: A method for communicating real-time to subscribers of an Internet service provider, without requiring installation or set-up of client software by the subscriber, utilizing unique identification information automatically provided by the subscriber during communications to provide a fixed identifier which is then examined in real time. Messages may then be selectively transmitted to the subscriber. The system may be transparent to the subscriber, with no modification of its content along the path identified by the subscriber. Where desired, content may be modified or replaced along the path to the subscriber. The system forces the delivery of information to the subscriber for the purposes of establishing a reliable delivery of bulletin messages from providers to their subscribers. These messages may be displayed permanently, temporarily, or in separate pop-up browser windows, according to provider preference.

Abstract: A method for communicating in real-time to users of a provider of Internet access service, without requiring any installation or set-up by the user, that utilizes the unique identification information automatically provided by the user during communications for identifying the user to provide a fixed identifier which is then communicated to a redirecting device. Messages may then be selectively transmitted to the user. The system is normally transparent to the user, with no modification of its content along the path. Content then may be modified or replaced along the path to the user. For the purposes of establishing a reliable delivery of bulletin messages from providers to their users, the system forces the delivery of specially-composed World Wide Web browser pages to the user, although it is not limited to that type of data.

Abstract: A method for communicating real-time to subscribers of an Internet service provider, without requiring any installation or set-up by the subscriber, that utilizes the unique identification information automatically provided by the subscriber during communications for identifying the subscriber to provide a fixed identifier which is then communicated to a redirecting device. Messages may then be selectively transmitted to the subscriber. The system is normally transparent to the user, with no modification of its content along the path. Content then may be modified or replaced along the path to the subscriber. For the purposes of establishing a reliable delivery of bulletin messages from providers to their subscribers, the system forces the delivery of specially-composed World Wide Web browser pages to the subscriber, although it is not limited to that type of data.

Abstract: A real-time still-video to facsimile conversion system (FIG. 3) converts a still-video image frame into a half-tone facsimile reproduction without having to store an entire intermediated grey-scale image frame. Conversion of a still-video image to a half-tone facsimile output is accomplished by repeatedly transmitting the still-video image frame from a still-video source to a still-video input circuit (10), with a virtual facsimile page synchronization module (20) providing synchronization to a virtual facsimile page. In successive image frames, a video pixel grabber (34) grabs successive columns of image pixels, and provides them to a half-tone pixel converter (32) for conversion to facsimile lines--for the exemplary embodiment a 3.times.3 half-tone pixel format is used, so that the 525 raster lines of an image pixel column are transformed into three facsimile lines using a total of 1575 dots per line (out of the standard 1728 dot facsimile line).