Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for detecting a wireless telephone communication in a vehicle, and once detected, when the vehicle exceeds a predefined speed limit, for generating and sending Dual-Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) encoded information over the voice channel. The encoded information comprises the values of various physical parameters related to the moving vehicle. For instance, these parameters can include the current time at which the telephone communication started, and optionally, the position of the vehicle. In a particular embodiment, the values of the various parameters are sent at regular time intervals until the communication terminates.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for dynamically assigning, on a Local Area Network, through a mediator, a plurality of active routers to a plurality of hosts so as to handle hosts data packets destined to remote users not connected on the LAN. Because hosts know only the address of the mediator they must first go through it for being assigned a particular router. When receiving the first request, mediator selects one router among those of the routers that are active and informs the host which may then forward the first packet and all subsequent ones to the selected router. The same is done for each host connected on the LAN. After which mediator is free to reassess the router to host assignment any time if significant changes are observed such as the failure of a router, the removing or the addition of a router to the pool of routers or a drastic modification of the host generated traffic.

Abstract: A method and computing systems for refreshing objects stored by a Proxy cache server from Web content servers. The refresh is requested by the Proxy cache server only if the expiration date attached to a stored object has expired. The refresh of one object is requested by the Proxy cache server to the Web content server upon a request from the browser of a client device. Additionally, the Proxy cache server can send a Refresh_request command to the Web content servers applying to a list of objects for which the expiration date has expired. The refreshed objects are not sent by the Web content server if the last modified date has changed but rather if, and only if, the object content, identified by a signature, has been changed. This method and system have the advantage of offloading the computing resources involved for data transfer through the network connecting the servers.

Abstract: In a packet switching network, voice packets are made to include an EC field whose contents indicates whether the corresponding packet is eligible for clipping if required in a node queue within the network. Should clipping of a non eligible packet be required, then another bit field would be set in the following packet on same link to limit any possible clipping of successive packets on same link.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanism to be used in an integrated packet/circuit switched telecommunication network. It allows instantaneously on a per slot basis, the re-allocation of unused bandwidth left by a circuit user source to the background packet flow, and allows giving it back to the circuit source as it resumes its activity. The circuit user data Cd are sent through the network during slots of frames which are assigned to the circuit users on a per- call basis. Interfacing means (30, 32) are provided to generate slot qualifying bits Caq which are set to a first value when the corresponding circuit users are active and to a second value when the corresponding cirucit users are inactive. These qualifying bits are transported through the network in correspondence with the slot they qualify and sensed to cause the slots having a Caq set to the second value to be filled with packet bits.

Abstract: A pseudo synchronous mechanism is used in the nodes of a communication network for exchanging non-character coded information (NCI) and potentially character coded information on inter node links. Communication is performed in frames comprising circuit slots devoted to the transportation of character coded information. The circuit slots are assigned to circuit users on a per-call basis under control of node management apparatus. The slots are qualified by at least one qualification bit (Caq) which indicates, when set to a first value (0) that the users are momentarily active and when set to a second value (1) that the users are momentarily inactive. The node mechanism includes a store in which queues of storing positions are assigned to the circuit users attached to the node. The circuit user information to be sent on the network internode links or received from the internode links is stored in the store.

Abstract: System for dynamically allocating circuit slots in frames which are used for exchanging bits between users connected to nodes of a communication network linked by means of medium links having transmit and receive interfaces, the frames are delimited by flags and divided into bit slots which may be used for synchronous circuit flow or asynchronous packet flow. Each node changes the flags preceding at least one frame in which at least one slot is to be added or deleted to a value including a first number of delimiting bits and a second number of bits which are coded to indicate that slot(s) is (are) to be added or deleted and the corresponding slot number sends call control packets which are propagated through the network nodes.

Abstract: Method and system for configuring a succession of complex frames to be used for exchanging synchronous circuit switched bits and asynchronous packet switched bits between nodes connected through medium links working at any bit rates in a teleprocessing network. Each complex frame contains an integer number of bits equal to Nc or Nc+1 chosen as close as possible to a predetermined number Na (256) and concludes a succession of subframes delimited by flags, in such a way that the period between two flags is equal to nT+e, T being the period of existing Time Divison Multiplex Frames (125 microseconds) and n being an integer number equal to or greater than 1 which depends upon the medium link bit rate and e being a period of time lower than a medium link bit period.

Abstract: A method of transmitting digitized voice signals as packets of bits in a digital transmission network to which a plurality of terminals acting as sources of voice signals are attached. The method includes, at the transmitting end and for each source, the steps of: a dividing the signal into successive, digitally-coded segments; performing a so-called source activity detection; and assembling the bits resulting from the coding operation into packets, each packet being provided with a header containing, in particular, a parity bit whose logic value is modified whenever an inactivity or long pause is detected. At the receiving end, detection of a change in the value of said parity bit causes the delivery of a packet of bits to the decoder/synthesizer to be delayed by a given time interval called retention delay.

Abstract: A buffer device for a digital transmission network transmitting voice signals, by packets, including so-called purging means for eliminating a number x.sub.(t) of the oldest packets stored in the buffer to prevent saturation thereof. The number of packets received at the input of the buffer within a given time interval is used to address a storage that supplies two pre-stored digital values, namely, x.sub.(t) and L.sub.(t). When the contents of the buffer are equal to L.sub.(t), a number x.sub.(t) of the oldest packets contained in the buffer are dropped.