01st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090003506 | APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING AND TESTING STARTUP RANGE NEUTRON MONITORING SYSTEM - An apparatus for inspecting and testing a startup range neutron monitoring system for a nuclear reactor. The apparatus includes: a neutron-flux detector; a preamplifier that amplifies an electric signal output from the neutron-flux detector; a pulse measurement unit that counts times when electric signal output from the preamplifier exceeds a discrimination voltage; a discrimination-voltage setting unit that applies the discrimination voltage to the pulse measurement unit; a voltage-setting unit that applies a voltage to the neutron-flux detector; an arithmetic processing unit that calculates an output power of the reactor based upon an output signal of the pulse measurement unit; an output unit that outputs data representing the output power of the reactor, calculated by the arithmetic processing unit; and an inspecting/testing unit that sets the discrimination voltage and the voltage to be applied by the voltage-setting unit. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003507 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPRESSING CORROSION OF CARBON STEEL, METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING DEPOSIT OF RADIONUCLIDE ONTO CARBON STEEL MEMBERS COMPOSING A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS - The present invention is a method for suppressing corrosion of carbon steel members composing a nuclear power plant. That is, the processing solution contains a chemical including iron (II) ions, an oxidizing agent for oxidizing at least one part of the iron (II) ions into iron (III) ion, and a pH adjustment agent for adjusting pH. The pH of the processing solution is adjusted in the range of 5.5 to 9.0 by the pH adjustment agent. The processing solution is introduced into a purifying system pipe having the carbon steel members. The iron (II) ions are adsorbed on an inner surface of the purifying system pipe, namely, a surface of the carbon steel members. The ferrite film is formed on the surface of the carbon steel members by oxidizing the absorbed iron (II) ions. Therefore, corrosion of the carbon steel members is suppressed by the ferrite film. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003508 | Method of suppressing deposition of radioactive isotope - A formic acid aqueous solution that contains Fe (II) ions is produced by dissolving metal iron in a formic acid aqueous solution. Nitrogen is supplied from a nitrogen supply device to a chemical liquid tank and then discharged from a discharge line to reduce the dissolved oxygen concentration in the aqueous solution. The chemical liquid tank is filled with the formic acid aqueous solution sealed with nitrogen, and is transferred from a factory to a nuclear reactor building designated as radiation-controlled areas. Inside the nuclear reactor building, the chemical liquid tank is installed in a film deposition apparatus connected to a reactor water recirculation pipeline. The formic acid aqueous is supplied from the chemical liquid tank to the inside of the reactor water recirculation pipeline, and then a ferrite film is formed on the inner surface of the reactor water recirculation pipeline. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003509 | Suppression Method of Radionuclide Deposition on Reactor Component of Nuclear Power Plant and Ferrite Film Formation Apparatus - A method of suppressing deposition of radionuclides on components of a nuclear power plant comprises forming a ferrite film by contacting a first chemical including iron (II) ions, a second chemical for oxidizing the iron (II) ions to iron (III) ions, and a third chemical for adjusting the pH of a processing solution containing a mixture of the first and second chemicals to be 5.5 to 9.0 with the metal member surface in a time period from a finishing stage in decontamination step of removing contaminants formed on the surface of metal member composing the nuclear power plant, and suppressing deposition of radionuclides on the metal member by the ferrite film. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003510 | Electronic Device For Counting the Number of Rotations of an Object With Storage Means - A device for counting the number of rotations of an object in a system, in which a storage means carries counting data designed to represent the number of rotations counted. The counting data is used for conditionally resetting the storage means if and only if two separate conditions are fulfilled, where at least of one of the conditions is the reception of information from an external device, thereby insuring that the counting data represents the number of rotations counted from a predetermined time. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003511 | Device and Method For Identifying Occlusions - A method of identifying one or more occlusions in vasculature located in a region of interest, includes extracting vasculature from the region of interest; identifying a subject geometry of the extracted vasculature; and comparing the subject geometry to a predetermined geometry to identify a blockage. A device for identifying one or more occlusions in vasculature located in a region of interest is also presented. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003512 | Dose-guided radiation therapy using cone beam CT - A system includes acquisition of a three-dimensional cone beam image, and determination of a dose to be delivered based on the three-dimensional image and on parameters of a treatment beam to deliver the dose. Some systems may include modification of a three-dimensional cone beam image to correct for scatter radiation, and determination of a dose based on the modified three-dimensional cone beam image. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003513 | Reconstruction Unit for Reconstructing a Fine Reproduction of at Least a Part of an Object - A reconstruction unit is provided for receiving a sequence of data sets, the data sets representing structural information of the object. The reconstruction unit performs receiving scheduling information related to the data sets of the sequence of data sets. Then reconstructing a sequence of coarse reconstructions of the object by using the sequence of data sets and the scheduling information. Afterwards a sequence of adapted models of the object is generated by adapting a respective model to each of the coarse reconstructions. Then a motion of a predetermined portion of each of the adapted models is determined and a specific data set of the sequence of data sets is selected, wherein the specific data set corresponds to the adapted model with the minimum motion of the predetermined portion. Finally the reconstruction unit performs reconstructing a fine reconstruction of at least the part of the object using the specific data set. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003514 | INTEGRATED MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF EXPLOSIVES DETECTION - An integrated, multi-sensor, Level 1 screening device is described, which system provides a next-generation Explosives Detection System (EDS) that enables high throughput, while drastically reducing false alarms. In exemplary embodiments, the present system comprises a non-rotational, Computed Tomography (CT) system and a non-translational, X-ray diffraction (XRD) system, both in an inline configuration. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003515 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE PITCH COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING FOR BAGGAGE SCREENING - A method of and a system for variable pitch CT scanning for baggage screening and variable pitch image reconstruction are disclosed. The method comprises decelerating conveyor belt speed when additional time is needed to render a decision on a complex bag; accelerating conveyor belt speed to its normal speed when decisions are reached on undecided bags; generating cone-beam projection data at variable scanning pitch corresponding to variable conveyor belt speed; computing a tilt angle and a distance offset for each tilted slice using the pitch values at which the cone-beam projection data is acquired for that tilted slice; generating fan-beam projection data for each tilted slice using the tilted angle and the distance offset; generating correction projection data to compensate for the error between the source trajectory and the tilted reconstruction plane; generating the corrected fan-beam projection data by adding the correction projection data to the fan-beam projection data; reconstructing tilted slices using the corrected fan-beam projection data; and interpolating the reconstructed tilted slices into axial slices. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003516 | X-Ct Scan System - An X-CT scan system includes a base, an object rotary support, an X-ray generation device and a data acquisition system, wherein one side of the detector is leveled to or beyond the prolong line of the connecting line between the X-ray source of the X-ray generation device and the center of the object rotary support, the length of the beyond portion is less than the radius of the imaging field. The advantage of the invention is in that the invention can reconstruct the entire image of the object by means of X-ray projection data which only covers half of the area of the object. Compared with the traditional CT scan system, half of the detector size can be saved at most. The X-CT scan system is simplified and the projection data amount for scan and computation amount for image reconstruction are also reduced with the reconstructed image quality guaranteed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003517 | X-ray imaging system and method - The present invention provides an X-ray imaging system and method capable of performing time-resolved observation in a short measurement time at the same density resolution and in the same dynamic range as those for a diffraction enhanced X-ray imaging method, and also capable of observing a sample with high sensitivity even if the intensity of an incident X-ray varies with time. A refraction angle of X-ray beams caused by the sample is detected at a time by X-ray imagers by utilizing multiple X-ray diffractions by multiple analyzer crystals. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003518 | X-ray CT apparatus - An X-ray CT apparatus with a function of taking in an X-ray image data obtained by another X-ray apparatus, for use of scout view for a CT for local region of an object to be examined. The apparatus comprises an image data input means for taking in an X-ray image data as obtained by an X-ray detector of another X-ray apparatus by way of such as data importing, together with the attribute information thereon, a display operation means for displaying the X-ray image data as a scout view and receiving the operation of designating an interested area on the X-ray image; and a position control means for relatively moving the object to be examined, relative to the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector, in order to execute a CT for local region of the interested area of the object, based on the operation for the X-ray image displayed as the scout view with the display operation means or the attribute information. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003519 | Integrated Multi-Mode Mammography/Tomosynthesis X-Ray System And Method - A system for multi-mode breast x-ray imaging which comprises a compression arm assembly for compressing and immobilizing a breast for x-ray imaging, an x-ray tube assembly, and an x-ray image receptor is provided. The system is configured for a plurality of imaging protocols and modes. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003520 | MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A mammography apparatus includes a rotatably supported arm, an X-ray tube to generate X-rays, which is held on one end of the arm, an imaging stage which is held on the other end of the arm, an X-ray detector which detects the X-rays having passed through patient's breast and is contained in the imaging stage, and an armrest which has an armrest main body portion having a convexly curved surface, and a continuous base portion to fix the armrest main body on the arm. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003521 | Optimized clinical workflow for combined 2D/3D morphological and functional coronary interventions using a robotic angiography system - A method of optimized diagnosis and treatment of suspected myocardial infarctions is described. The patient having possible coronary artery disease is transferred to a treatment room with an imaging modality suitable for obtaining computed tomographic (CT)-like images. Such images are obtained as radiographic image data, with or without contrast agent, and used in the medical diagnosis. If minimally invasive therapy such as percutaneous transluminal coronal angioplasty (PTCA) is indicated, the patient is prepared for the procedure in the same room, and the procedure performed, where the imaging modality is used to obtain fluoroscopic images to guide the PTCA procedure, or to assess the results of the procedure. The imaging modality may be mounted to a first positioning robot, and a second robot may facilitate the positioning or movement of the patient. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003522 | Method for radiation therapy delivery at varying source to target distances - A method for providing radiation therapy to target tissue in a patient provides for adjustment of the vertical position of the patient couch to account for errors introduced by the weight supported by the couch at its desired positions for treatment. The method further contemplates determining the initial location of the center of the target tissue with respect to the immobilization frame supporting the patient, to eliminate errors introduced by collateral position sensing equipment. The method is particularly suited for extended distance treatments wherein, in one embodiment, a tare is established based on the actual isocenter of the gantry and then a subsequent adjustment of couch position is made with respect to movement of the couch to position the target tissue at the virtual isocenter. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003523 | Non-collocated imaging and treatment in image-guided radiation treatment systems - An image-guided radiation treatment system includes a robotic positioning system and a tracking system that enables a radiation target to be imaged and aligned at one location and treated at another location by transferring positional data from the imaging system to the positioning system and the radiation treatment system. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003524 | STACKED CONFORMATION RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM AND PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A stacked conformation radiotherapy system capable of homogenizing a radiation dose distribution, including an irradiation head and irradiation control means. The irradiation head projects a particle beam accelerated by an accelerator, toward an object to-be-irradiated, and it includes wobbler electromagnets for deflecting and scanning the particle beam. In carrying out stacked conformation radiotherapy by deflecting and scanning the particle beam, the irradiation control means subjects the wobbler electromagnets to magnetization controls so that the particle beam may depict a one-stroke revolving orbit which begins with a start point and returns to the start point, and it performs a control so that the irradiation period of the particle beam to be outputted from the irradiation head may become integral times a wobbler cycle which is required for the particle beam to make one revolution of the revolving orbit. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003525 | ORTHOVOLTAGE RADIOSURGERY - A radiosurgery system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, other disorders or tissues of a body are treated with the dose of radiation. In some embodiments, the target tissues are placed in a global coordinate system based on ocular imaging. In some embodiments, the target tissues inside the global coordinate system lead to direction of an automated positioning system that is directed based on the target tissues within the coordinate system. In some embodiments, a treatment plan is utilized in which beam energy and direction and duration of time for treatment is determined for a specific disease to be treated and/or structures to be avoided. In some embodiments, a fiducial marker is used to identify the location of the target tissues. In some embodiments, an eye is held with force and in alignment with the system. In some embodiments, the device automatically turns off with excessive movement outside of alignment along an axis of the eye. In some embodiments, radiodynamic therapy is described in which radiosurgery is used in combination with other treatments and can be delivered concomitant with, prior to, or following other treatments. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003526 | Measurement system and method for the noninvasive determination of properties of an object to be examined and contrast medium for X-ray phase-contrast measurement - A method and a measurement system are disclosed for the noninvasive determination of properties of an object to be examined and to the use of a contrast medium for X-ray phase-contrast measurement. in at least one embodiment of the invention, a mixture (suspension) consisting of a base liquid and a multiplicity of particles contained therein is used, the refractive index of the base liquid being different to the refractive index of the particles. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003527 | Indication of Patient Skin Dose in Radiology - The field of the invention is diagnostic and interventional radiology and the invention is a dose indicator for use in a system for performing radiological procedures using ionizing radiation, for indicating a dose of radiation received in an area of skin by a subject during the radiological procedure, in which a zone is displayed which is representative of the extent of the area of skin exposed, and in which is a value of dose is displayed which is associated with the zone. The value of dose is representative of the dose of radiation received in the area of skin exposed during the procedure. The display is easily and quickly understood allowing the user of the system to swiftly understand the skin dose accrued by the patient. The use of zones provides an intuitive display. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003528 | Target location by tracking of imaging device - A method and apparatus for tracking a target by tracking the location of an imaging device while the imaging device is tracking the target is described. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003529 | ONE-DIMENSIONAL GRID MESH FOR A HIGH-COMPRESSION ELECTRON GUN - A field emitter electron gun includes at least one field emitter cathode deposited on a substrate layer and configured to generate an electron beam. An extraction plate having an opening therethrough is positioned adjacent to the at least one field emitter cathode and is operated at a voltage so as to extract the electron beam out therefrom. A meshed grid is disposed between each of the at least one field emitter cathodes and the extraction plate. The meshed grid is configured to operate at a voltage so as to enhance an electric field at a surface of the at least one field emitter cathode. The meshed grid is a one-dimensional grid configured to focus the electron beam received from the at least one field emitter cathode into a desired spot size. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003530 | Anti-Scatter Grid for an X-Ray Device with Non-Uniform Distance and/or Width of the Lamellae - An anti-scatter grid ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090003531 | MEDICAL UPRIGHT POSITIONING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A medical upright positioning device includes a planar structure having a foot positioning device. At least one outer edge of the planar structure comprises an abutting or engaging device arranged in a predefined positional relationship to the foot positioning device, wherein the abutting or engaging device is operative to position the planar structure in at least one predefined orientation relative to a reference direction. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003532 | Lower-torso assembly of a treatment couch useable in an X-ray environment - A treatment couch having a tabletop that has a radiolucent region, and a lower-torso assembly that has a first slide member coupled to a slot of the tabletop, a second slide member coupled to a slot of the first slide member, and a link member coupled to the first and second slide members. The lower-torso assembly may be configured to adjust a patient along a longitudinal direction relative to a shoulder line of the tabletop while the lower-torso assembly remains outside the radio lucent region of the tabletop. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003533 | MANAGEMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF TELEPHONIC DEVICES - Systems and methods of managing and diagnosing enterprise telephonic devices are disclosed. A provisioning request can be received from an enterprise telephonic device. The provisioning request can include a domain name system lookup request. An enterprise network address of a device management server can be provided to the enterprise telephonic device. A voice data link can be established with the enterprise telephonic device so as to permit the enterprise telephonic device to communicate over a data network with endpoint telephonic devices. The device management server can periodically receive heartbeat data from the enterprise telephonic device. The heartbeat can be indicative of a status of at least one functionality of the enterprise telephonic device. The enterprise telephonic device can provide diagnostic logs when requested by the device management server. In addition, the enterprise telephonic device can be configured to periodically request software updates. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003534 | Telephone Software Testing System and Method - The present invention provides a system and method for a computer controlled test system in which the computer can change and monitor the compound observable state of an electronic device or telephone during testing procedure. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the compound observable state of the electronic device includes a display bit map file or the status of lights or buttons. The compound observable state can be evaluated by the computer in real-time to alert nearby operators of a failure (i.e. a telephone that needs to be rebooted) or malfunction (not rising to the level of a failure). Also, the data related to the compound observable state can be stored in the computer for later review to assist in debugging the telephone's software. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003535 | IP-Based Enhanced Emergency Services Using Intelligent Client Devices - Providing enhanced emergency services (E-911) to an IP Telephony-based PBX or similar system, by utilizing aspects of the intelligence of end-user SIP client devices to address challenges and difficulties associated with E-911-like services in LAN-based telephony environments. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003536 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A communication device for rendering one or more conversations. The communication device includes a receiver configured to receive media over a network and an encoder configured to encode media created using the communication device, where the received and encoded media are associated with the one or more conversations. A storage or memory element stores on the device both the received media and the encoded media. A conversation control element is provided for selecting one of the one or more conversations as current and for controlling the rendering of the media of the selected conversation. A rendering element, controlled by the conversation control element, is provided to render the media associated with the selected current conversation on the communication device in either (a) a near real-time mode where the received media associated with the selected current conversation is progressively rendered as it is received or (b) a time shifted mode where the received and encoded media associated with the selected current conversion is rendered at a time after it was encoded or received. The device further includes a transmitter configured to transmit the encoded media associated with the selected current conversation over the network to one or more remote communication devices. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003537 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A communication device for consecutively rendering one or more conversations. The device includes a receiver configured to receive at the communication device media associated with the one or more conversations over a network. The one or more conversations include a defined set of conversations to be consecutively rendered in accordance with a defined priority hierarchy. The device also includes a sequencing element, which sequences the received media associated with the defined set of conversations into a sequence order at least partially based on the defined priority hierarchy. A rendering element consecutively renders the received media associated with the defined set of conversations in the sequence order. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003538 | Automated unique call announcement - Automated unique call announcements for incoming telephone calls are provided. When a call is received at a mobile or wired telephone, a variety of data about the calling party, for example, caller identification and profile data for the calling party and data associated with the called party, for example, scheduling data, contacts data, and contextual data, such as time of day, may be used for generating a text-to-speech message that may be played to the called party as a unique call announcement. If desired, a standard or customized ring tone may be played before, after, or before and after presentation of the unique call announcement. In addition, voice command functionality may be provided for allowing a called party to direct a disposition of an incoming telephone call without answering the incoming telephone call. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003539 | Methods and Apparatus for Defending Against Telephone-Based Robotic Attacks Using Random Personal Codes - Methods and apparatus are provided for defending against telephone-based robotic attacks. An interactive voice response method is disclosed, comprising the steps of obtaining a script to present to a caller, the script including at least one menu option having at least one personal code; generating a random number for the personal code; and presenting the at least one menu option with the generated random number to the caller. The step of generating a random number for the personal code is optionally responsive to receipt of the call. The method is optionally performed only if one or more predefined criteria defining an attack are satisfied. The disclosed IVR system can optionally monitor the caller response to determine whether the caller enters the generated random number. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003540 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF VOICE MAIL CONTENT - A device receives an audio voice mail message, converts the audio voice mail message to a text voice mail message, analyzes the text voice mail message for voice mail information, and provides the voice mail information associated with the audio voice mail message to enable review of the voice mail information. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003541 | NETWORK-HOSTED SERVER, A METHOD OF MONITORING A CALL CONNECTED THERETO AND A NETWORK-HOSTED VOICEMAIL SERVER - The present invention provides a network-hosted server, a method of monitoring a call connected to a network-hosted server and a network-hosted voicemail server associated with a called party. In one embodiment, the network hosted server includes: (1) a call-alerter configured to provide an indication to a called party when a call between a calling party and the network-hosted server is established and (2) a call monitor coupled to the call-alerter and configured to establish a one-way connection of the call between the server and the called party to allow the called party to monitor the call in progress. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003542 | UNIFIED RULES FOR VOICE AND MESSAGING - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates managing an incoming data communication in connection with unified communications. A unified communications component can employ unified communications for a data communication with at least the following data communication modes: an email data communication mode, a voice data communication mode, and a voicemail data communication mode. A unified rules component can automatically redirect the data communication to a delegate for receipt based upon a universal rule, the universal rule is uniformly applicable to at least two of the email data communication mode, the voice data communication mode, or the voicemail data communication mode. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003543 | Systems and methods to provide telephonic connections via concurrent calls - Methods and apparatuses to present communication references to connect people for real time communications via concurrent calls. One embodiment includes: responsive to a search request, identifying information of an entity according to the search request; associating a telephonic reference with the information of the entity; providing the telephonic reference for presentation with the information of the entity to a user; and responsive to a request made via the telephonic reference for a telephonic connection between the user and the entity, initiating a plurality of concurrent calls to a plurality of telephonic references of the entity or a plurality of concurrent calls to a plurality of telephonic references of the user. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003544 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A telecommunication and multimedia management apparatus and method that supports voice and other media communications and that enables users to: (i) participate in multiple conversation modes, including live phone calls, conference calls, instant voice messaging or tactical communications; (ii) review the messages of conversations in either a live mode or a time-shifted mode and to seamlessly transition back and forth between the two modes; (iii) participate in multiple conversations either concurrently or simultaneously; (iv) archive the messages of conversations for later review or processing; and (v) persistently store media either created or received on the communication devices of users. The latter feature enables users to generate or review media when either disconnected from the network or network conditions are poor and to optimize the delivery of media over the network based on network conditions and the intention of the users participating in conversations. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003545 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a communication method for communication on a first communication device over a network. The method includes creating media and transmitting over the network the created media on the first communication device. The method also includes receiving over the network at the first communication device media associated with the transmitted media. Together, the associated transmitted and received media constitute a conversation between the first communication device and one or more participants sending the received media over the network. The method further includes storing on the first communication device the transmitted and received media associated with the conversation. In accordance with the method, a number of rendering options are provided, including a near real-time mode or a time-shifted mode. In the near real-time mode, the received media of the conversation is rendered as the media is received over the network. In the time-shifted mode, the media of the conversation is not rendered as the media is received over the network. The method further includes pausing the rendering of the media of the conversation in the near real-time mode and resuming the rendering of the media of the conversation after pausing the conversation. In alternative embodiments, the resumption of the rendering of the media in the near real-time mode after the pause may be either (i) immediate without first reviewing the media of the conversion received and stored while the conversation was paused; or (ii) after reviewing the stored media received during the pause. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003546 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a method for simultaneously rendering one or more conversations on a communication device. The method includes receiving at the first communication device media associated with the one or more conversations over a network and defining a set of conversations among the one or more conversations to be simultaneously rendered. The received media associated with the one or more conversations is simultaneously rendered regardless if the received media overlaps or not. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003547 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an improved media communication device for communicating over a communication network. The communication device includes an encoder, a time-shifting buffer and a transmitter to progressively encode, store in a time-based format, and transmit over the network locally created media created using the communication device. The communication device also includes a receiver and a rendering element to receive and progressively render media received over the network from a remote source. The received media is also stored in the time-based format in the time-shifting buffer. By storing media in the time-based format in the time-shifting buffer, the received media may be rendered in a near real-time mode and the received and locally created media may be rendered in a time-shifted mode. In various embodiments, the locally created and received media may be streaming media. In yet other embodiments, the media may be segmented into messages that are transmitted to and from the communication device over the network. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003548 | Methods and Apparatus for Defending Against Telephone-Based Robotic Attacks Using Contextual-Based Degradation - Methods and apparatus are provided fox defending against telephone-based robotic attacks. An interactive voice response method is provided for presenting a menu having one or more menu options to a caller associated with a call. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a script to present to the caller, the script including the one or more menu options; combining at least one of the one or more menu options with a background audio signal, wherein the background audio signal is selected based on a context of the call; and presenting the combination of the at least one of the one or mole menu options and the background audio signal to the caller. The context of the call includes comprises one or more of an identity of a called party associated with the call and a time period of the call. The background audio signal can optionally be obtained from a library of background signals. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003549 | Methods and Apparatus for Defending Against Telephone-Based Robotic Attacks Using Permutation of an IVR Menu - Methods and apparatus are provided for defending against telephone-based robotic attacks An interactive voice response method is provided for presenting a menu having one or more menu options to a caller. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a script to present to the caller, the script including the one or more menu options; permuting one or more characteristics of at least one of the one or more menu options; and presenting the permuted menu to the caller. The permutation may comprise, for example, adding one or more additional menu options to the menu; varying a selection number associated with the at least one menu option; varying an order of at least a plurality of the menu options; or varying a wording or pronunciation of one or more menu options. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003550 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALLING PARTY CONTROL OF RINGBACK TONE CONTENT - A method and system for allowing a subscriber of equipment to control the content of a Ring Back Tone (RBT) (i) based on a restriction level or maturity rating, or (ii) dynamically, during the process of connecting a call. More specifically, during call setup, (a) provisioned or subscribed RBT control can be based on maturity level and (b) dynamic RBT control, includes the ability to: override subscribed/provisioned restriction level, block RBT content being played permanently or skip RBT content being played during current call set up time. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003551 | Method And Apparatus For Managing A Call - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and apparatus for managing a call to a user associated with a destination communications device, the call initiated by a caller at an originating communications device, is described. An indication of the call is received, the indication of the call comprising data associated with the user. A state of the user is determined by processing the data associated with the user and consulting a record of the state of the user. The call is parked if the state of the user comprises a delayed answer state, the delayed answer state comprising the user being available to receive the call, but requiring additional time to retrieve the call using the destination communications device, and a notification of the call is triggered at the destination communications device by transmitting a signal to the address of the communications device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003552 | Personal message expiration - A method for eliminating expired personal messages routed over a telecommunications network includes: receiving a message from a message originator for an intended recipient; at least temporarily storing the message; determining when the message expires based upon an expiration parameter included with the message; and, deleting the stored message automatically after the message expires. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003553 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a method for consecutively rendering one or more conversations on a first communication device. The method includes defining a set of conversations to be consecutively rendered among the one or more conversations and defining a priority hierarchy for rendering the media associated with the defined set of conversations. During operation, media associated with the defined set of conversations is received at the first communication device over a network. In accordance with the method, the available media is continually sequenced into a sequence order at least partially based on the hierarchy priority. The one or more conversations are consecutively rendered by continually rendering the media in the sequence order. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003554 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A communication device configured to receive messages containing media over a communication network and to receive locally created messages containing media created using the communication device. The device also includes a time-shifting buffer to store in a time-based format the media contained in both the messages received over the communication network and the locally created messages. The time-shifting buffer enables on the communication device to either (i) render the media received over the network in a near real-time mode; or (ii) render both the media received over the network and the locally created media in a time-shifted mode by retrieving the stored media from the time-shifting buffer. The communication device also includes a message management system, which enables the communication device to transition the rendering of the media between the time-shifted mode and the near real-time mode without interrupting the ongoing storage of media of received messages into the time-shifting buffer. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003555 | System and method for an outbound greeting - A system and method for sending an outbound greeting. User input is received specifying a recipient, a date, and a time for delivery of the outbound greeting. The outbound greeting is received. The outbound greeting is stored for future delivery. A call is initiated to the recipient in response to the date and the time specified by the user input being met. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003556 | Method And Apparatus For Management Of Electronic Greetings Using A Telecommunication Service - Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for managing an electronic greeting in a telecommunication system are described. In some examples, a call from a subscriber is received via the telecommunication system. Descriptions of pre-recorded electronic content are played in the call. A selection of one or more items of the pre-recorded electronic content is received. An electronic greeting template is formed from the one or more items of the pre-recorded electronic content. The electronic greeting template is sent towards the subscriber via the telecommunication system, where the subscriber may then further manage the electronic greeting template as desired. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003557 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A communication device capable of participating in a conversation over a network. The communication device includes an encoder to receive and encode media locally created using the communication device and associated with the conversation and a transmitter to transmit over the network the locally created media to one or more participants of the conversation. The communication device also includes a receiver to receive media from the one or more participants of the conversation over the network and a time-shifting buffer to store in a time-based format both the media received over the communication network and the locally created media. The time-shifting buffer enables the communication device to either (i) render the media received over the network in a near real-time mode or (ii) render both the media received over the network and the locally created media in a time-shifted mode by retrieving the stored media from the time-shifting buffer. A conversation management system enables the communication device to transition rendering of the media of the conversation between the time-shifted mode and the near real-time mode without interrupting the ongoing storage of the media of the conversation received at the communication device over the network into the time-shifting buffer. By associating the locally created media and the media received over the network, the conversation is constituted. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003558 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A telecommunication and multimedia management apparatus and method that supports voice and other media communications and that enables users to: (i) participate in multiple conversation modes, including live phone calls, conference calls, instant voice messaging or tactical communications; (ii) review the messages of conversations in either a live mode or a time-shifted mode and to seamlessly transition back and forth between the two modes; (iii) participate in multiple conversations either concurrently or simultaneously; (iv) archive the messages of conversations for later review or processing; and (v) persistently store media either created or received on the communication devices of users. The latter feature enables users to generate or review media when either disconnected from the network or network conditions are poor and to optimize the delivery of media over the network based on network conditions and the intention of the users participating in conversations. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003559 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A telecommunication and multimedia management apparatus and method that supports voice and other media communications and that enables users to: (i) participate in multiple conversation modes, including live phone calls, conference calls, instant voice messaging or tactical communications; (ii) review the messages of conversations in either a live mode or a time-shifted mode and to seamlessly transition back and forth between the two modes; (iii) participate in multiple conversations either concurrently or simultaneously; (iv) archive the messages of conversations for later review or processing; and (v) persistently store media either created or received on the communication devices of users. The latter feature enables users to generate or review media when either disconnected from the network or network conditions are poor and to optimize the delivery of media over the network based on network conditions and the intention of the users participating in conversations. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003560 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a method for rendering one or more conversations on a first communication device. The method includes receiving over a network and storing at the first communication device media associated with the one or more conversations. The method further includes selecting on the first communication device one of the one or more conversations as current and rendering the media associated with the selected current conversation. The rendering of the media of the currently selected conversation may be performed in either a near real-time mode where the media is progressively rendered as it is received or in a time shifted mode where the media is rendered at a time after it was received. The method also includes creating media on the first communication device associated with the selected current conversation and transmitting the created media over the network to one or more remote communication devices associated with the selected current conversation. The selected current conversation may be optionally shifted among the one or more conversations. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003561 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HYBRID TELEPHONY SERVICE - The systems and methods for a hybrid telephony service may provide a plurality of user accounts that each user may have a circuit-based telephony service identifier, a packet-based telephony service identifier and a mapping instruction for the user account. The systems and methods for a hybrid telephony service may further provide a service control component to query the user account database to retrieve the mapping instruction for a telephony service identifier. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003562 | NETWORK TERMINAL AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A network terminal includes an operating system on which a plurality of user environments can run in parallel, a plurality of calling units corresponding to the plurality of user environments respectively, and a plurality of cooperative units corresponding to the plurality of user environments respectively. Priorities different from one another is assigned to the plurality of user environments respectively. Each calling unit is configured to convert a first telephone signal received from an interface and a second telephone signal received from an IP telephone terminal so that an IP telephone communication is performed between the interface device and the IP telephone terminal. Each cooperative unit is configured to communicate the interface with the corresponding calling unit in response to a calling request received from the IP telephone terminal. A cooperative unit corresponding to a user environment to which the highest priority among the plurality of user environments is assigned communicates the interface with the corresponding calling unit. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003563 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a communication method for communication on a first communication device over a network. The method includes creating media on the first communication device and transmitting over the network the media created from the first communication device. The method also includes receiving over the network at the first communication device media associated with the transmitted media. Together, the associated transmitted and received media constitute a conversation between the first communication device and one or more participants sending the received media over the network. The method further includes storing on the first communication device the transmitted and received media associated with the conversation. In accordance with the method, a number of rendering options are provided, including a near real-time mode or a time-shifted mode. In the near real-time mode, the received media of the conversation is rendered as the media is received over the network. In the time-shifted mode, the media of the conversation is not rendered as the media is received over the network. The method further enables the rendering of the media of the conversation to be transition back and forth between the near real-time mode and the time-shifted mode. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003564 | REMOTE CONTROL OF A SECURITY SYSTEM USING TELEPHONE DEVICE - System and method for remotely controlling at least one local security system from a telephone device. The system includes a reception section for receiving a telephone call, a decoding section for decoding input from a caller and a controller for receiving the information and authenticating the caller based upon the detected information. The system also includes a voice server controlled by the controller for interfacing between the system and the caller. The voice server prompts the caller for information used to authenticate the caller, reports a status of each local security system and prompts the caller to select a particular local security system to control. Furthermore, the system includes a central database that contains subscriber information separated into subscriber records. The subscriber record includes at least one subscriber identifier authorized to control each local security system. The control instruction is transmitted to a selected local security system by a transmission section. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003565 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a main unit connectable to the Internet and at least one secondary unit that is connectable to the Internet via the main unit. The main unit includes, a communication control unit that controls telephone communication with an external apparatus via the Internet, a storing unit that stores at least one user ID assigned individually to at least one user authorized to use the communication control unit in association with the main unit and the at least one secondary unit and an activating unit that is capable of activating the communication control unit for each user ID. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003566 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCORING RECORDED INTERACTIONS - A computer-implemented system and method for distributing recorded communications within a contact center for scoring based upon a set of positive and/or negative skills and attributes associated with each member of a set of scoring users and determined from each recorded communication. The central server maintains collection of recorded communications and a listing of scoring users and their associated criteria. Additionally, the system and method increases efficiency by distributing recordings to scoring users for scoring during times of low utilization or during previously scheduled scoring time blocks. When a scoring user is assigned a recording, the central server distributes the recording to the user in either a file format or through another communication device, such as a telephone, headset, or computer terminal. In addition, the central server automatically generates scoring progress and workload reports for easy assessment of progress, quality control, and workforce adjustment. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003567 | System and Method for Telephone Directory Advertising - A directory advertising system includes a user interface module, a database, and a control module. The user interface module displays a special telephone number for an advertiser in a directory advertisement. The database stores the directory advertisement, the special telephone number, and a maximum amount to be charged to the advertiser. The control module decrements the amount stored in the database when the special telephone number is dialed and deactivates the special telephone number when the amount reaches a predetermined level. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003568 | System and method to enhance telephone call awareness - A system for enhancing telephone call awareness, including, a call awareness device with a connection to an incoming telephone line and optionally a connection to the Internet. The call awareness device is adapted to record details from incoming calls and provide the details in one or more forms to one or more recipients over the connections available on the call awareness device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003569 | VIRTUAL CONTACT IDENTIFIER - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates enhancing connectivity associated with data communications. An interface can receive a portion of communication state data, wherein the communication state data is related to at least one of a data communication mode and a user context state. A routing component can evaluate the portion of communication state data to identify an optimized data communication mode, wherein the optimized data communication mode is dynamically linked to a virtual contact identifier. Moreover, the routing component can automatically and seamlessly employ an optimized communication session utilizing the dynamically identified optimized data communication mode based upon an activation of the virtual contact identifier. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003570 | Method, system and apparatus for providing endpoint-to-endpoint transcoding free connection - In a method, system and apparatus for providing an endpoint-to-endpoint transcoding free connection, a customer premises equipment (CPE) at a first or second endpoint encodes and decodes voice data received from and sent to a respective one of first and second media gateways according to an initial codec type. The first and second media gateways perform a Transcoding Free Operation (TFO) negotiation to determine if there is a common codec type among the first and second media gateways and first and second endpoints. If such a common codec type is determined, the first and second media gateways switch from encoding voice data according to the initial codec type to the common codec type and send an indication of the switch to the respective one of the first and second endpoints. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003571 | Telephone Directory Assisted Dialing with Automatic Call Connect by Either an Intermediate Network Node or the Calling Party's Terminal - The application relates to a network assisted calling service comprising a service call to an assistance entity which translates an indication of a destinatin party into a destination identifier which is subsequently used for the establishment of a user call between the calling and the destination party. In the prior art the user call has either to be set up manually by the calling terminal or it is set up by the network node to which the assistance entity is connected which suffers from disadvantages with respect to routing, complex charging schemes, etcetera. In the method of the invention, this is resolved by said destination identifier being returned through a signalling channel associated with the operative connection. The destination identifier is either returned to the calling party's terminal (C) or is returned to a network node (N). Either the terminal (C) or the network node (N) subsequently set up the user call. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003572 | Method And System For Invoking The Service In The Intelligent Network - A method for invoking the service in the intelligent network includes realizing the communication between the different service control points in the intelligent network and providing various intelligent service to the users by the cooperation between the communicating service control points according to the service request information of the user. The method for invoking the service in the intelligent network of the present invention enables the process of invoking the intelligent service to have better application and extensibility. The process of various service invoking needn't limit to the service control point of the same manufacture. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAJOR TRADING AREA (MTA) ROUTING IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method includes determining all telephone numbers to which a selected CLLI can terminate calls, wherein the CLLI is associated with one or more major trading areas (MTAs), creating a FROM-TO relationship between at least a subset of TNs in the one or more MTAs and the TNs to which the selected CLLI can terminate calls, and provisioning the FROM-TO relationship on a core routing engine accessible to a switch. A system includes a local route manager (LRM) configured to receive input designating a CLLI as available for intra-MTA routing, the CLLI being associated with one or more MTAs, a cluster generator configured to create a first set of all telephone numbers (TNs) handled by the CLLI, a second set of selected TNs in the one or more MTAs, and an association between the first set and the second set, and a provisioning module configured to provision the association between the first set and the second set on a core routing engine to identify calls between TNs of the sets as local in jurisdiction. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003574 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO AUTHORIZE AND ALLOCATE RESOURCES FOR OUTDIAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES - Methods and apparatus to authorize and allocate resources for outdial communication services are disclosed. An example disclosed method comprises determining a first local access transport area (LATA) useable to route an outdial call initiated by a message center, identifying a first set of unified sub-groups within the first LATA having a first sub-group type and having unused capacity, each unified sub-group comprising a logical grouping of communication resources partitioned among at least one of a plurality of features or a plurality of subscriber categories, determining whether any of the unified sub-groups in the first set meets a first selection preference, and if any of the unified sub-groups in the first set meets the first selection preference, selecting a first unified sub-group having a lowest current load from the unified sub-groups in the first set meeting the first selection preference to route the outdial call. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003575 | Determining Conditions of Conferences - Tools and techniques for determining conditions of conferences are described herein. These tools may provide machine-readable storage media that contain machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the machine, cause the machine to calculate a global conference parameter that represents a rate at which several different conferences are processed. The machine may also calculate individual conference parameters representing a duration of time spent in processing the conferences considered individually. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CALL AND CHAT CONFERENCING - An approach is disclosed for providing an integrated call and chat conferencing system. A first participant joins in a conference, wherein the first participant communicates over a voice session. The voice session is converted into a text stream and stored. A second participant joins in the conference, wherein the second participant communicates over a chat session. The stored converted text stream is presented to second participant. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003577 | Method and apparatus for providing customized images and ring tones - A method and apparatus which allows the mobile user to subscribe to Customized Image and Ring Tone (CIRT) service providing them access to a CIRT server to pre-define a customized image or ring tone to be played to a called party, and sends the pre-defined image or ring tone to the called party during alerting when a call is made from the mobile user is provided. The CIRT subscriber can download images or ring tones from internet web site to CIRT server, create their own via digital camera/camera phone then send them to CIRT, or choose existing ones that are available in the CIRT server. The CIRT subscriber then selects a specific image or ring tone for a specific phone number through access to the CIRT server via the Internet or a phone call. When the subscriber calls a number that is predefined with a CIRT, the call will be routed to CIRT server first and then to the called party. When the call is routed from the CIRT server to the called party, the CIRT server will allocate the predefined CIRT and send it to the called party for display/play during alerting. The subscriber also can define a default image or ring tone on the CIRT server for called numbers that are not defined or for a matching called party DN pattern. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003578 | ENHANCING CONTACT CENTER INTERACTIONS FOR PEOPLE HAVING IMPAIRED SENSES - A method and apparatus is provided for emulating an impairment of a person. The method comprises determining a type of sensory impairment of a person communicating with an agent endpoint device and applying a configuration filter corresponding to the determined type of sensory impairment to output at the agent endpoint device to emulate the sensory impairment of the person. Determining the type of sensory impairment may comprise determining a hearing impairment of the person or a type of color-blindness of the person. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003579 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CALL DEFLECTION - An approach is disclosed for providing call deflection. A voice call or chat is initiated by a user to an agent to satisfy an inquiry is received. The voice call/chat is placed in a call/chat queue. The voice call/chat is deflected by invoking a data application that is accessed by the user over a data session to address the inquiry, wherein the voice call/chat is terminated if the inquiry is satisfied by through the data application. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003580 | Mobile telephone interactive call disposition system - An interactive call disposition system that may operate on a mobile telephone independently of any remote or network-based information or functionality is provided. Upon receiving an incoming telephone call, the interactive call disposition system may automatically dispose of the call (e.g., call forwarding, voicemail, etc.), or the interactive call disposition system may conduct an interactive exchange with the calling party via an interactive voice response (IVR) system or via dual-tone, multi-frequency (DTMF) key input from the calling party. The interactive exchange between the interactive call disposition system and the calling party may accomplish disposition of the call based on calling party and called party information, such as calendar data, free/busy data, contacts information, and the like. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003581 | Role-Based Programmable Telephone Keys - A method of configuring a telephone, comprising configuring a plurality of self-labeling Role Keys to represent respective user roles, and configuring a plurality of self-labeling Role Associated Keys associated with respective ones of the self-labeling Role Keys such that upon user selection of one of the self-labeling Role Keys representing a predetermined user role, the plurality of self-labeling Role Associated Keys are presented to the user for invoking respective features associated with the selected user role. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003582 | Optimized Replacement of Calls Using A Grid Parameter - Tools and techniques for optimized replacement of calls using a grid parameter are described herein. The tools may provide machine-readable storage media containing machine-readable instructions for receiving indications of incoming calls, and for populating fields in a contact header structure that are associated with the incoming call. The fields may include a field for containing a globally unique identifier (GUID) associated with the incoming call. The tools may also receive requests to replace a call within a plurality of active calls that are handled by a server. In response to such requests, the tools may search for the call using the GUID. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003583 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING CALL CENTER PERFORMANCE - A method for improving call center performance. The method includes the steps of, for each call, collecting data comprising: date, supervisor, associate, and a categorization as to single, last, or transfer; summarizing said data on a periodic basis by supervisor, associate, and percentage of single, last, transfer, and stream, wherein percentage of stream is the residual after subtracting said percentage of single, last, and transfer categories; and presenting said summarized data to supervisors to provide feedback on the effectiveness of said supervisor's call coaching of associates. A system for enhancing call center performance is also provided. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL ROUTING AND ENABLING INTERACTION BETWEEN CALLERS WITH CALLS POSITIONED IN A QUEUE - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for processing telephone calls from a plurality of customers directed to a call center. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a telephone call at a call center from a first customer, determining that all agents of the call center are unavailable, placing the telephone call in a queue, obtaining first customer information, and matching the first customer information to second customer information associated with an ongoing communication between a second customer and an agent. The first customer is then offered an opportunity to monitor the ongoing communication, and in some embodiments is connected to the ongoing communication. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003585 | Communication Method, Device And System For Implementing Scheduling Communication Service - A communication method, device and system for implementing a scheduling communication service are provided. The communication system includes: a switch, a scheduling application server, and a scheduling terminal, the switch transfers a request message or a response message with a scheduling terminal as a caller or a callee to the scheduling application server, the scheduling application server stores session parameters of the scheduling terminal, determines the type of the call request message, converts the request message into one or more common call requests or response messages that can be identified by the switch, and sends the converted messages to the switch. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003586 | SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR CANCELING ECHO IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The invention provides a signal processor installed in a communication device. In one embodiment, the signal processor comprises a voice activity detector, a nonlinear echo processor, and a speaker attenuation module. The voice activity detector generates a control signal indicating whether both a far-end talker at a far end and a near-end talker at a near end are speaking or only the far-end talker is speaking. The nonlinear echo processor, controlled by the control signal, cancels more nonlinear echo from the near-end signal in time domain while only the far-end talker is speaking and cancels less nonlinear echo from the near-end signal in time domain while both the far-end talker and the near-end talker are speaking. The speaker attenuation module, controlled by the control signal, attenuates the far-end signal while both the far-end talker and the near-end talker are speaking. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003587 | LINE POWERING AN AUXILIARY DEVICE - A system for providing subscriber line power to an auxiliary device may include a primary communications device, a secondary communications device, and an auxiliary device. The primary communications device and the secondary communications device may be connected to opposite ends of at least one subscriber line. The auxiliary device may be connected to the secondary communications device. The auxiliary device may be powered by the primary communications device via the subscriber line and the secondary communications device. A power capacity metric of the at least one subscriber line may be determined. An operating power metric of the secondary communications device may be determined. A power budget may be calculated from the power capacity metric and the operating power metric. The power budget may be enforced. For example, the secondary communications device may limit power to the auxiliary device to enforce the power budget. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003588 | Counter Sealing Archives of Electronic Seals - The description generally provides for systems and methods for a mobile communication network. Archives of seals can be sealed to protect the integrity of the seals and facilitate validation in the event a sealing party's sealed registration document is revoked. A document can be sealed multiple times to nest seals within other seals. Specific evidentiary metadata can be included by the sealing party. A main document including or associated with other documents can be sealed as a collection of documents. The seal of the main document can include external references to the files included in the main document to verify the external files were not changed or altered. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003589 | Native Composite-Field AES Encryption/Decryption Accelerator Circuit - A system comprises reception of input data of a Galois field GF(2 | 2009-01-01 |
20090003590 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MONTGOMERY LADDERS FOR ELLIPTIC CURVES - An algorithm is provided having a matrix phase and point addition phase that permits computation of the combination of more than two point multiples. The algorithm has particular utility in elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) such as for computing scalar multiplications in, e.g. batch ECC operations, accelerating Lenstra's ECM factoring algorithm, exploiting expanded ECC certificates (which contain pre-computed multiples of a party's public key), incremental hashing based on elliptic curves, accelerating verification of ECDSA signatures, etc. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003591 | Quantum Cryptographic Communication Method | 2009-01-01 |
20090003592 | Content delivery system, delivery server, terminal, and content delivery method - Disclosed herein is a content delivery system which may include a delivery server for delivering content data, a terminal for downloading the content data, and a network. The delivery server may include, an encryption section, and a delivery section. The terminal may include a reception section. The terminal or the delivery server may include an interruption point recording section. The delivery server may include an interruption point acquisition section. Based on the interruption point information, the delivery section may start delivery of one or more of the encrypted blocks that remain to be delivered. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003593 | UNIFIED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR ELLIPTIC-CURVE CRYTPOGRAPHY - A system for performing public key encryption is provided. The system supports mathematical operations for a plurality of public key encryption algorithms such as Rivert, Shamir, Aldeman (RSA) and Diffie-Hellman key exchange (DH) and Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (ECC). The system supports both prime fields and different composite binary fields. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003594 | MODULUS SCALING FOR ELLIPTIC-CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY - Modulus scaling applied a reduction techniques decreases time to perform modular arithmetic operations by avoiding shifting and multiplication operations. Modulus scaling may be applied to both integer and binary fields and the scaling multiplier factor is chosen based on a selected reduction technique for the modular arithmetic operation. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003595 | SCALE-INVARIANT BARRETT REDUCTION FOR ELLIPTIC-CURVE CYRPTOGRAPHY - The computation time to perform scalar point multiplication in an Elliptic Curve Group is reduced by modifying the Barrett Reduction technique. Computations are performed using an N-bit scaled modulus based a modulus m having k-bits to provide a scaled result, with N being greater than k. The N-bit scaled result is reduced to a k-bit result using a pre-computed N-bit scaled reduction parameter in an optimal manner avoiding shifting/aligning operations for any arbitrary values of k, N. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003596 | EFFICIENT ELLIPTIC-CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY BASED ON PRIMALITY OF THE ORDER OF THE ECC-GROUP - Time to perform scalar point multiplication used for ECC is reduced by minimizing the number of shifting operations. These operations are minimized by applying modulus scaling by performing selective comparisons of points at intermediate computations based on primality of the order of an ECC group. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003597 | Small Public-Key Based Digital Signatures for Authentication - Embodiments disclosed allow authentication between two entities having agreed on the use of a common modulus N. The authentication includes generating a pseudorandom string value; generating a public key value based on the modulus N and the pseudorandom string value; generating a private key value corresponding to the public key value; receiving a verifier's public key value; generating a shared secret value based on the modulus N, the private key value and the verifier's public key value; calculating an authentication signature value using the shared secret value; and transmitting the authentication signature value for authentication. When the authentication signature is received, the public key value and the shared value are generated to calculate an authentication signature value. Thereafter, the authentication signature values are compared and authenticated. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003598 | ENCRYPTING APPARATUS FOR COMMON KEY CIPHER - The first route selection device re-arrays a plurality of extended key mask values at random according to the value of a random number generated by a random number generation device. An extended key operation device generates an exclusive logical OR of a plurality of the re-arrayed extended key mask values, a data string representing extended key and an input data string. The second route selection device re-arrays the data string of the exclusive logical OR by performing a re-array conversely with the first route selection device according to the value of the random number. A non-linear conversion device applies non-linear conversion to the re-arrayed data string and outputs a data string masked by a plurality of non-linear conversion mask values. The third route selection device re-arrays the masked data string by performing the same re-array as the first route selection device according to the value of the random number. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003599 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUBLISHING SELECTIVELY ALTERED SENSOR DATA IN REAL TIME - Systems and methods are provided for publishing selectively altered sensor data. One system includes a plurality of sensors coupled to a processor. The sensors are configured to generate data, and the processor is configured to fuse and publish a portion of the data from each of the plurality of sensors in a fused version of the data. Another system includes a sensor coupled to a processor. The sensor is configured to generate data and the processor is configured to modify the data to create a plurality of modified versions of the data. A method includes receiving data from at least one sensor, altering the data to create an altered version of the data, and publishing the altered version of the data in real time. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003600 | PROGRESSIVE DOWNLOAD OR STREAMING OF DIGITAL MEDIA SECURELY THROUGH A LOCALIZED CONTAINER AND COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL PROXY - Various embodiments are directed towards employing a container and communication protocol proxy component within a client device to receive securely real-time streamed, progressively downloaded, or adaptively streamed container over a network using one container and communication protocol, and to securely decrypt the container and provide it to a media player using a different container and communications protocol. In one embodiment, the container is in Flash Video (FLV) file format. A browser or the media player on the client device may be used to request the container. The requested container is sent over one communication protocol and intercepted by the container and communication protocol proxy component. The container may be received as selectively encrypted container. The container and communication protocol proxy component then may enable decryption of the container and providing of it to the media player using another container and communication protocol combination. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003601 | ALPHA-MASKED IMAGE MATCHING - A method and system is disclosed for authenticating a physical medium ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090003602 | Electronic Information Embedding Method and Extracting Method, Electronic Information Burying Apparatus and Extracting Apparatus, and Programs Therefor - On embedding electronic watermark data in point group data obtained from a three-dimensional measurement, an x-y plane region defining the point group data is divided into a plurality of small regions so that a point group is produced with respect to each of small regions. The coordinate values of each point group are offset with making a barycenter of the point group be an origin point. A discrete Fourier transform is carried out in order to produce a Fourier coefficient sequence, which is modified into a watermarked Fourier coefficient sequence. The inverse discrete Fourier transform is carried out on the watermarked coefficient sequence in order to produce a watermarked complex number sequence. An optimum watermark embedding strength is calculated. On the basis of the embedding strength, the Fourier coefficient sequence is modified to produce a watermarked Fourier coefficient sequence which is inversely offset into the watermarked point group data. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003603 | Platform Independent Networked Communications - Among other things, techniques and systems are described for facilitating networked communication among media players of various platforms, PCs with various DVD-ROM drives, mobile data processing devices and one or more network servers. At a network server, a request for communication is received from a client device. A secured network connection is provided with the client device. In addition, the received request is processed. Processing the received request includes, when detecting that the received request is a request for data, retrieving or generating the requested data in a platform-neutral format and sending the retrieved or generated data in a format compatible with the client device. Processing the received request includes, when detecting that the received request is a request to send data to another client device, retrieving or generating the requested data in a platform-neutral format and sending the retrieved or generated data in a format compatible with the other client device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003604 | Synchronization of Encryption in a Wireless Communication System - Disclosed embodiments include a method for synchronizing a cryptosystem. In one embodiment, the method uses existing control data that is transmitted as part of a connection establishment process in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, messages that are normally sent between a base station and a remote unit during the setup of both originating and terminating calls are parsed to detect a particular control message that indicates the start of telephony data transmission. Detection of this message indicates a point at which encryption/decryption can begin, and is used to synchronize the cryptosystem. Synchronizing a cryptosystem involves generating an RC4 state space in a keyed-autokey (“KEK”) encryption system. In one embodiment, Lower Medium Access Channel (“LMAC”) messages are used according to a wireless communication protocol. This is convenient because the LMAC messages are passed through the same Associated Control Channel (“ACC”) processing that encrypts and decrypts the telephony data. | 2009-01-01 |
20090003605 | TEMPORAL PROXIMITY TO VERIFY PHYSICAL PROXIMITY - A security system assesses the response time to requests for information to determine whether the responding system is in physical proximity to the requesting system. Generally, physical proximity corresponds to temporal proximity. If the response time indicates a substantial or abnormal lag between request and response, the system assumes that the lag is caused by the request and response having to travel a substantial or abnormal physical distance, or caused by the request being processed to generate a response, rather than being answered by an existing response in the physical possession of a user. If a substantial or abnormal lag is detected, the system is configured to limit subsequent access to protected material by the current user, and/or to notify security personnel of the abnormal response lag. | 2009-01-01 |