35th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080205516 | Method and apparatus for encoding and/or decoding moving pictures cross-reference to related applications - A method of encoding moving pictures using a plurality of quantization matrices. The method involves selecting one of the plurality of quantization matrices in consideration of an at least one characteristics of an input image; transforming the input image; and quantizing the transformed input image using the selected quantization matrix. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205517 | Method and apparatus for encoding and/or decoding moving pictures - A method of encoding moving pictures using a plurality of quantization matrices. The method involves selecting one of the plurality of quantization matrices in consideration of an at least one characteristics of an input image; transforming the input image; and quantizing the transformed input image using the selected quantization matrix. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205518 | Image Coder for Regions of Texture - An image encoder ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080205519 | Displayport CE system control functionality - An improved method and apparatus is disclosed for communicating control information between components of an audio/video system. Processing and control logic is implemented to transfer a plurality of data streams on predetermined channels of a digital video interface. A first data stream contains video data received by a video interface receiver, where it is used to generate an image on a digital display. A second data stream contains control data, which is similarly received by the video interface receiver, and is used to control source devices coupled to the digital display. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205520 | Method of coding a video signal - The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding of a video sequence. In connection with encoding/decoding a video sequence it is desirable to increase the video quality without having to increase the bit-rate for the encoded video too much, thereby still providing a bit-efficient representation of the video. If multiple descriptions of the video sequence is used the invention improves the video quality without any increase of the bit-rate. According to the invention, this is achieved by using two or more coding units for encoding the same video sequence, wherein the encoding units perform their encoding operations displaced in time in relation to each other. Correspondingly, two or more decoding units are used for decoding the same video sequence, wherein the decoding units perform their decoding operations displaced in time in relation to each other. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205521 | Dpcm Coding Method of Video Signals - In a method for coding and decoding indicator data (d(x, y), S) are compared to a criterion (T). If the indicator data meet the criterion, an absolute value (Hival/Loval) is inserted instead of a predicted value based on differential coding. This amounts to a bypass of the differential coding loop, which reduces or eliminates oscillatory behavior in such loop, thereby reducing smearing of text parts of a compound image. The absolute values are preferably dynamically determined on the basis of previous predicted values. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205522 | Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method - A moving picture coding apparatus ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080205523 | VIDEO CODING WITH EMBEDDED MOTION - A method, system, and apparatus for video coding and decoding with embedded motion information are disclosed. Image data is associated with basis functions and motion data. A method of identifying one or more basis functions which are representative of image data and associating the basis function with the motion data. A method or receiving information indicative of a basis function and of motion data and determining a motion vector based on the motion data. A system where portions of an image representative of basis functions are further associated with motion data at an encoder and then communicated to a decoder. A decoder produces at least portions of a predicted image using basis functions parameters and motion data. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205524 | Multiple Instance Video Decoder For Macroblocks Coded in Progressive and an Interlaced Way - The present invention relates to a video decoder (DEC) for decoding a bit stream (BS) corresponding to pictures (P) of a video signal, the coded pictures being likely to include macroblocks coded in a progressive and in an interlaced way. This decoder comprises a decoding unit (DEU) for decoding macroblocks coded in a progressive way and, according to the invention, a multiple instance unit (MIU) for presenting, for each field-predicted macroblock, a motion compensation vector associated with each field, constructing as many predicted entire macroblocks as fields with each corresponding motion compensation vector, and reconstructing said field-predicted macroblock by re-interlacing fields respectively taken from each corresponding predicted entire macroblock. Use: Mobile devices | 2008-08-28 |
20080205525 | Calculating Transformation Parameters For Image Processing - The invention relates to a method for obtaining transformation parameters. A camera motion can be modeled by providing a vector field of motion vectors describing estimated motion vectors, projecting the vector field on at least one axis, and deriving the transformation vector parameters from the projection of the vector fields. As the camera motion can be modeled by way of translation, scale and rotation, the projections of the vector field on the axis can be used. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205526 | DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING MOTION IN VIDEO ENCODER - A motion estimator and an estimation method for a video encoder to reduce power consumption by reducing the computational complexity of the motion estimator. In an upper step, a full search for a ±4 pixel search region for a 4×4 pixel block is performed at ¼ video resolution, to detect two motion vector candidates. In a medium step, a partial search for two vector candidates selected in the upper step and one vector candidate using a spatial correlation is performed for a 8×8 block within a ±1 or ±2 search region, to decide one motion vector candidate. In a lower step, a partial search for the ±1 or ±2 search region on 16×16 block is performed at full resolution, and a half pixel search for a motion vector candidate obtained in the lower step is performed to estimate a final motion vector. A ±4 pixel search region is operatively divided into four search regions, and the estimator sequentially searches the four ±2 pixel search regions to sequentially output SAD values. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205527 | VIDEO DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND VIDEO CODING DEVICE - A technique is provided to decode a video stream encoded with motion-compensated prediction techniques, at a high speed and with a low power consumption. An area setting circuit determines a read area on a reference picture so as to contain areas pointed by a plurality of motion vectors extracted from a video stream. A reference picture reading circuit reads out, with a continuous access sequence to a memory, data of the reference picture corresponding to the read area determined by the area setting circuit, wherein the reference picture is a picture previously decoded and stored in the memory. A predicted picture generating circuit produces a predicted picture based on the data corresponding to the read area which has been read by the reference picture reading circuit. A decoding circuit reproduces an original picture by using the predicted picture produced by the predicted picture generating circuit. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205528 | Method and apparatus for encoding and/or decoding moving pictures - A method of encoding moving pictures using a plurality of quantization matrices. The method involves selecting one of the plurality of quantization matrices in consideration of an at least one characteristics of an input image; transforming the input image; and quantizing the transformed input image using the selected quantization matrix. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205529 | USE OF FINE GRANULAR SCALABILITY WITH HIERARCHICAL MODULATION - A system and method of hierarchical modulation in scalable media is provided, where the HP bits of a constellation pattern of a hierarchical modulation mode are allocated for an entire base layer of a scalable stream and at least some data from a fine-granular scalable (FGS) enhancement layer. The LP bits of the constellation pattern can be used for the remaining data of the FGS layer. Concatenation of the FGS data in the HP bits and in the LP bits provides a valid FGS layer. Therefore, problems associated with redundant data padding resulting in inefficient resource utilization, increased complexity related to accurate bitrate control algorithms, time-varying picture quality, and maintaining identical bitrate shares between base and enhancement layers and HP and LP bits, are avoided. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205530 | Communication system and data transception method thereof - An apparatus and method for receiving data in a communication system including a communication module and a memory. The communication module may compress data received from an external system by using a first data compression/decompression block, and may transfer the compressed data to the data bus. The memory may decompress the compressed data received from the data bus using the second data compression/decompression block, and may store the decompressed data in the memory. Also, the memory may compress data to be transmitted using the second data compression/decompression block and may transfer the compressed data to the data bus. The communication module may decompress the compressed data received from the data bus using the first data compression/decompression block, and may transmit the decompressed data to the external system. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205531 | Adaptively configurable class-A/class-B transmit DAC for Transceiver emission and power consumption control - A power efficient and reduced electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions transmitter for unshielded twisted pair (UTP) data communication applications. Transmit data is processed by a digital filter. The digital filter output data is converted to a current-mode analog waveform by a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The digital filter is integrated with the DAC binary decoder in a memory device such as a ROM with time multiplexed output. DAC line driver cells are adaptively configurable to operate in either a class-A or a class-B mode depending on the desired operational modality. A discrete-time analog filter is integrated with the DAC line driver to provide additional EMI emissions suppression. An adaptive electronic transmission signal cancellation circuit separates transmit data from receive data in a bidirectional communication system operating in full duplex mode. For a multi-transmitter system, timing circuitry staggers the time base of each transmitter to reduce the aggregate EMI emissions of the multi-transmitter system. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205532 | Carrier Allocation Method In Ofdm System And Transmittting Apparatus Using The Method - The present invention relates to a method for allocating subcarriers in an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) system, and a transmitter thereof. In the OFDM system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the subcarrier allocation is performed in the buffer ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080205533 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING USING PHASE SHIFT-BASED PRECODING AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting data using a plurality of subcarriers in a multi-antenna wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes receiving feedback information from a mobile station (MS), performing channel encoding and modulation independently on user data to be transmitted by each antenna using the received feedback information, determining a phase shift-based precoding matrix for increasing a phase angle of the user data by a fixed amount, and performing precoding using the determined phase shift-based precoding matrix on the user data. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205534 | Method and system of channel analysis and carrier selection in OFDM and multi-carrier systems - The invention presents a novel method to channel estimation in OFDM systems. The embodiment of this invention is a block of new logic and modifications performed to other components of the system, added to any existing OFDM receiver, which utilizes information available from other blocks as found in the receiver. This logic would improve the units' error rate because of the improved channel quality estimations it makes available. This improvement is made possible because both channel noise data and channel signal data are used in the estimation process. This data goes through a learning process over time and multiple data blocks for further improvements in the quality of the estimate. This improvement is possible without any direct communications with other remote units, but it could be used in a multi-node environment to improve the performance of the system as the whole. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205535 | Touch screen, location finder, GSM, EDGE, CDMA cellular and OFDM, Wi-Fi system - Interactive touch screen controlled communication systems for single or multimode communications and broadcasting. Processor for processing multiple touch screen signals, obtained by touching the screen of a device. Processor for receiving and processing multiple signals received from multiple locations and for generating a processed position finder signal. Processor and filter for generating time division processed filtered signal used in Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Global Mobile System (GSM), Enhanced Digital GSM Evolution (EDGE), in Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex(OFDM), Wi-Fi wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) systems. Processor for generating cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase processed filtered baseband signals from an input signal. Processor for generating a signal from processing of the processed touch screen signal with processed position finder signal and with one or more of the signals generated by the other processors. Modulator for modulation of the signal generated by one or more of the processors. Transmitter for transmission of the modulated signal and receiver and demodulator for receiving and demodulating said transmitted signal. System with multiple received signals received from two or more satellite transmitters and from two or more land based transmitters. A system wherein cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase processed filtered baseband signals and processed spread spectrum signal are used in a cellular communication system and orthogonal frequency division multiplex signal is used in a wireless local area network. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205536 | I/Q REGENERATION DEVICE OF FIVE-PORT NETWORK - There is provided an I/Q regeneration device of a five-port network which adopts a single-frequency continuous wave signal in place of a specific modulated signal such as a QPSK signal to estimate an I/Q regeneration parameter of the five-port network. The I/Q regeneration device of the five-port network including: a five-port network distributing an input signal as three signals and adding the three signals to first, second and third carrier signals, respectively to output first, second and third phase signals each having a phase different from one another; a power detection part detecting a power of each of the first, second and third phase signals from the five-port network to output first, second and third power detection signals; and a post-processing part restoring original data in response to the first, second and third power detection signals. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205537 | Method For Selecting Optimal Beam And Apparatus For Receiving Digital Broadcasting Signal Using The Same - There are provided a method for selecting an optimal beam to improve digital broadcasting receiving performance, and a digital broadcasting receiving apparatus using the same. The method includes the steps of: a) calculating a mainpath Signal to Multipath signal and Noise Ratio (SMNR) based on a channel impulse response for a plurality of beams which are formed according to steering directions from output signals of antennas, wherein the output signal of each antenna has different phase shift according to location of antenna element; b) selecting a predetermined number of beams having a high SMNR value by comparing the calculated SMNR value for respective beam; c) calculating a mainpath Signal to Dominant Multipath signal Ratio (SDMR) based on a channel impulse response corresponding to the selected beam; and d) selecting a beam output signal having the biggest SDMR value by comparing SDMR values calculated in selecting a predetermined number of beams. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205538 | METHOD FOR SER APPROXIMATION FOR OSTBC IN DISTRIBUTED WIRE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for Symbol Error Rate (SER) approximation of an SER-based transmission power allocation operation for an Orthogonal Space Time Block Code in a DWCS equipped with multiple transmission Distributed Antennas (DA) geographically dispersed at random. The method for SER approximation includes the steps of: setting multiple combinable antenna subsets from the multiple DAs; selecting a quasi-optimal antenna subset A | 2008-08-28 |
20080205539 | Method and System for Achieving Spatial Diversity of a Wireless Communications Network - A method and system are provided for achieving spatial diversity of a wireless communications network. The method comprises arranging antennas on a transmitting wireless station into a plurality of antenna subgroups, wherein each of the antenna subgroups forms a virtual antenna, creating a plurality of beamformed MIMO channels using the plurality of virtual antennas, wherein each of the beamformed MIMO channel comprises a plurality of sub-carriers and corresponds to a virtual antenna, dividing sub-carriers in each of the plurality of beamformed MIMO channels into at least a first and second cluster, distributing a first amount of transmitting power to the first cluster and a second amount of transmitting power to the second cluster, wherein the first amount of transmitting power is substantially larger than the second amount of transmitting power. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205540 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - Before data is transmitted from a plurality of antennas, a plurality of known symbol sequences are transmitted from these antennas. Each known symbol sequence contains a plurality of known symbols having different subcarrier arrangements. Known symbols transmitted from different antennas have different subcarrier arrangements. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205541 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POLAR MODULATION USING A DIRECT DIGITAL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER - Methods and systems for polar modulation using a digital direct frequency synthesizer (DDFS) are disclosed and may comprise generating a phase modulated signal in a DDFS, amplitude modulating the generated phase modulated signal in a non-linear device and transmitting the signal via a wireless medium. A processor may control the generation of the phase and amplitude modulated signals. The non-linear device may comprise a non-linear power amplifier or a mixer. The method may also comprise generating a first phase modulated signal in a first DDFS and generating a second phase modulated signal in a second DDFS, or in a single DDFS with two integrated digital-to-analog converters, and upconverting and combining the first and second phase modulated signals and amplitude modulating the combined upconverted signals in a non-linear device. A processor may be enabled to control the generation of the first and second phase modulated signals. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205542 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF RF ENERGY IN MIMO SYSTEMS USING POLAR MODULATION AND DIRECT DIGITAL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS - Aspects of a method and system for efficient transmission and reception of RF energy in MIMO systems using polar modulation and direct digital frequency synthesis are provided. A plurality of carrier signals in a MIMO system may be polar modulated utilizing polar modulation. One or more direct digital frequency synthesizer may be utilized to phase modulate the plurality of carrier signals. The direct digital frequency synthesizer may be modulated utilizing a single reference clock. The clock may be a single fixed-frequency reference clock. The plurality of carrier signals may be amplitude modulated by controlling a gain of a power amplifier. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205543 | Method and System for a High-Precision Frequency Generator using a Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer for Transmitters and Receivers - Aspects of a method and system for a high-precision frequency generator using a direct digital frequency synthesizer for transmitters and receivers may include generating a second signal from a first signal by frequency translating an inphase component of the first signal utilizing a high-precision oscillating signal that may be generated using at least a direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDFS) and at least a Phase-Locked Loop (PLL). A corresponding quadrature component of the first signal may be frequency translated utilizing a phase-shifted version of the high-precision oscillating signal. The inphase component of the first signal may be multiplied with the high-precision oscillating signal and the quadrature component of the first signal may be multiplied with the phase-shifted version of the high-precision oscillating signal. The second signal may be generated from the first signal by adding the frequency translated inphase component to the frequency translated quadrature component. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205544 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing the Interferences Between a Wideband Device and a Narrowband Device Interfering with the Wideband Device - The method includes an interference deduction mode for reducing interferences between a wideband device and a narrowband device. The method is performed within the wideband device and includes detecting an emission from and/or a reception performed by the narrowband device; determining from the detection step a group of at least one sub-carrier having frequencies interfering with the narrowband devices; and frequency shifting at least a part of frequency band of the wideband device including the group of at least one interfering sub-carriers with a chosen frequency shift such that at least a part of frequency band of the narrowband device is excluded from the frequency band of the wideband device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205545 | Method and System for Using a Phase Locked Loop for Upconversion in a Wideband Crystalless Polar Transmitter - Certain aspects of a method and system for using a phase locked loop (PLL) as a filter in a wideband crystalless polar transmitter may be disclosed. Exemplary aspects of the method may include modifying a clock signal generated by a voltage controlled oscillator within a phase locked loop. A modulated signal may be generated via a direct digital frequency synthesizer based on the modified clock signal. The modulated signal may be upconverted to a radio frequency (RF) signal utilizing a phase locked loop and the RF signal may be amplitude modulated. The phase locked loop may be enabled to filter the RF signal. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205546 | OFDM PRE-EQUALIZING - For example in case of an OFDM multicarrier transmission system the transmission characteristics of subcarriers of a multicarrier transmission system using a plurality of antenna elements ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080205547 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED POWER AMPLIFIER FOR MULTI-BAND APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for software definition of a power amplifier for multi-band applications are disclosed and may comprise configuring a single programmable output stage of a transmitter to transmit a signal via one of a plurality of selectively coupled antennas, wherein each antenna handles signals in a different frequency band. A power amplifier within the single programmable output stage may be tuned to a frequency within a range of frequencies handled by the selectively coupled antenna. The tuning may be accomplished by programmably adjusting at least one inductance and capacitance. The antennas may be impedance matched to the power amplifier using transformers and may be activated by at least one integrated transistor. The power amplifier may be biased in a class of operation, which may include Class A, AB, C and F, and may be biased utilizing a digitally-controlled current source and a digitally-controlled voltage source. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205548 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SOFTWARE DEFINED POWER AMPLIFIER FOR MULTI-BAND, MULTI-STANDARD APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for a software defined power amplifier for multi-band, multi-standard applications are disclosed and may comprise configuring a single programmable output stage of a multi-band, multi-standard transmitter to handle transmission of a signal according to multiple wireless communication protocols and frequency ranges. The output stage may be configured by coupling a power amplifier (PA) within the programmable output stage to a switch or a duplexer, which may be coupled to one or more of multiple antennas, each of which may handle signals in a different frequency range. Each antenna may be impedance matched with the power amplifier using transformers, and may be coupled by activating at least one integrated transistor. The PA may be biased to operate in one of a plurality of classes of operation comprising Class A, AB, C and F associated with the wireless communication protocols, which may comprise EDGE, GSM, WCDMA and wireless LAN. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205549 | Method and System for a Wideband Polar Transmitter - Certain aspects of a method and system for a wideband polar transmitter may be disclosed. Aspects of the method may include polar modulating a plurality of signals by generating a plurality of modulated intermediate frequency (IF) signals corresponding to each of a plurality of wireless communication protocols within a transmitter that handles the plurality of wireless communication protocols. The generated plurality of modulated IF signals may be upconverted to a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals. The plurality of RF signals may be combined and the combined plurality of RF signals may be amplitude modulated. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205550 | Method and System for Using a Phase Locked Loop for Upconversion in a Wideband Polar Transmitter - Certain aspects of a method and system for using a phase locked loop (PLL) as a filter in a wideband polar transmitter may be disclosed. Aspects of the method may include polar modulating a signal by generating a modulated intermediate frequency (IF) signal utilizing a direct digital frequency synthesizer. The modulated IF signal may be upconverted to a radio frequency (RF) signal utilizing a phase locked loop, and the RF signal may be amplitude modulated. The phase locked loop may be enabled to filter the RF signal. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205551 | Method, system and apparatus for phase control of transmit diversity signals - Embodiments of the present invention include a method and apparatus for modifying a transmit diversity signal by control of at least a relative parameter, for example, phase difference, in a first signal relative to at least one second signal using various switching modules or techniques. In some embodiments of the invention, the relative difference may be controlled by switching paths, or producing various degrees of relative difference by switching, activating or controlling multiple elements with various resolutions of the relative parameter, or by connecting elements by timing of switches. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205552 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION WITHIN A MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Multiple transmit antenna transmission together with preferably pseudo-random, antenna-specific, scrambling (PRAS) is utilized to scramble incoming data differently on different antennas for those users requiring frequency diversity type transmissions. When PRAS is activated for a particular allocation, each transmit antenna applies a different scrambling sequence to the data symbols that are transmitted in the allocation. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205553 | RECONSTRUCTION OF TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SIGNALS - A tire pressure monitoring system includes a process of reconstructing a complete data frame from portions of partially received data frames. The tire pressure monitoring system includes a receiver that includes a buffer to store portions of the transmissions for reconstruction of data in response to portions of the transmission not being received. A reconstructed data frame is generated using the saved partially received data frame and the currently received partial data frame. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205554 | Demodulation method utilizing delayed-sampling technique - A demodulation method utilizing delayed-sampling technique, comprising steps of: obtaining a signal processed by a limiting amplifier as an input signal; transferring the input signal via two paths, by one of which the input signal is directly sent to an input end of a delayed sampler, and by the other of which the input signal is sent to a delay line for generating and outputting time delayed signal; sampling the signal transferred via the delay line to generate a group of sampled data; and converting the sampled data by a thermometer-to-binary converter into a group of binary codes, which is input into data decision circuitry to be processed into recovered base-band data. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205555 | Method and Apparatus for Channel Estimation - A channel estimation method, comprising the steps of: receiving radio signals transmitted through wireless channel; calculating the channel fading coefficients of pilot symbols, which inserted in a time slot allocated to the wireless signals; estimating the channel fading coefficients of each of predefined groups of chips in the time slot step by step, by utilizing the channel fading coefficients of the pilot symbols and the correlation between the pilot symbols and traffic data in the time slot, wherein each group of chips is composed of predefined number of chips. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205556 | Selecting Delay Values For a Rake Receiver - Multipath components of transmitted data symbols are received with individual delays and processed by a RAKE unit having a number of fingers. A delay profile is calculated, and delay values for peaks detected therein are determined. A number of peak delay values (PA | 2008-08-28 |
20080205557 | Systems and Methods for Performing External Correction - A system is provided for performing external correction to reduce, or eliminate, the frequency dependent response related to an external device for receiving analog signals. The system includes an ADC and a spectrum processor for converting time-domain digital data into a spectrum. An external correction is provided between the ADC and the spectrum processor to reduce, or eliminate, the frequency dependent response associated with the external device. A corresponding method is provided that determines the frequency response of the external device, determines the gain at the center frequency, determines the normalized frequency response, constructs and inverse filter and applies the inverse filter to the digitized time-domain data and scales the results prior to any conversion, or transformation, into the frequency domain. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205558 | Method and Rfid Reader For Detecting a Delimiter Pattern in a Signal Stream - A method for detecting a delimiter pattern (SOF) in a signal stream containing a carrier or subcarrier modulated by the delimiter pattern comprises: specifying an expected delimiter occurrence time (t | 2008-08-28 |
20080205559 | TEMPLATE PULSE GENERATING CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A template pulse generating circuit that generates a template pulse used for detection of a received pulse in pulse communication includes an output mode switching circuit for switching an output mode in accordance with a supplied control signal between a continuous output mode that continuously outputs the template pulses and an intermittent output mode that intermittently outputs the template pulses so that the template pulse is generated in either one of the continuous output mode and the intermittent output mode. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205560 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING DIRECT DIGITAL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS TO PROCESS SIGNALS IN MULTI-BAND APPLICATIONS - Aspects of a method and system for utilizing direct digital frequency synthesis in multi-band applications are provided. A direct digital frequency synthesizer integrated in a multiband wireless receiver chip may be enabled to generate one or more reference signals that may be utilized to down-convert VHF, UHF and L-band signals to baseband signals. The direct digital frequency synthesizer may further generate one or more reference signals, which may be utilized to calibrate one or more circuits that process received VHF, UHF, and L-band signals. In this regard, the signals generated by the direct digital frequency synthesizer may be utilized to calibrate one or more LNAs in a receive processing chain of the chip and/or one or more filters that may be utilized to process baseband signals. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205561 | Apparatus and method for interference cancellation in broadband wireless access communication system - Provided are an apparatus and method for interference cancellation in a BWA communication system. In a receiving apparatus for the interference cancellation, a preamble correlation measurer measures a preamble correlation coefficient from a preamble of a signal received signal. A data rearranger determines a block size to divide the received signal from the preamble correlation coefficient, divides the signal according to the determined block size, and rearranges the divided signals in a Space-Time coding (STC) mode. An estimate weight calculator cross-correlates the output signals of the data rearranger, rearranges the cross-correlated signals, auto-correlates the rearranged signals, and calculates an estimate weight to perform an interpolation operation. An estimate signal decoding/combining unit detects desired signals from signals estimated by the estimate weight calculator and combines the detected signals. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205562 | Method and Apparatus for Impairment Correlation Estimation in MIMO Systems - The teachings herein disclose methods and apparatus that simplify impairment correlation estimation for received signal processing, based on determining, for any given processing interval, which impairment contributors should be considered in the estimation of overall received signal impairment correlations. These simplifications reduce computational processing requirements, allowing reduced circuit complexity and/or reduced operating power, and improve receiver performance. A corresponding transmitter and transmission method include transmitting multiple information streams to targeted receivers according to ongoing scheduling, and controlling the ongoing scheduling to reduce the number of impairment contributors considered in impairment correlation estimation at the targeted receivers. In one embodiment, a receiver identifies which impairment contributors to consider based on receiving control information. In another embodiment, the receiver identifies the impairment contributors to consider based on background processing, e.g., background determination of parametric model fitting parameters for a plurality of impairment contributors, and observing those model fitting parameters over time. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205563 | Digital Filter - The invention provides a particular construction for digital filters in which, instead of multiplying various ones of the digital samples by weights and adding the results together, one or more of the digital samples is inspected by a ranging unit, which then instructs an incrementing unit to increment, decrement or leave alone one of the samples to provide the result. In order to achieve very high data rates, the incremented and decremented values can be pre-prepared whilst the ranging unit makes its decision, and then a multiplexer responsive to the output of the ranging unit is used to select the appropriate one of the pre-prepared values. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205564 | CLOCK RECOVERY APPARATUS - A clock recovery apparatus for generating a recovery clock from received data may include, but is not limited to, first and second oscillators. The first oscillator generates a first signal having a first frequency. The first signal synchronizes with the received data when the received data has a first level. The second oscillator is connected in series to the first oscillator. The second oscillator generates a second signal as the recovery clock when the first signal has a second level. The second signal has a second frequency. The second signal synchronizes with the first signal. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205565 | Receiver With Adaptive Strobe Offset Adjustment - Receiver for receiving a data stream via a data bus, which receiver samples the bits of the data stream in an over-sampling process, in which n bit strobe offsets are used and n data sets with i bits are sampled,—applies a decision criterion for identifying those data sets with correct bit values. This decision uses checksum CRC,—selects one of the identified data sets with correct bit values and—uses the bit strobe offset, which was used for receiving the selected data streams, for receiving the data stream. In this way the multiphase clock with optimal phase shifts is selected. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205566 | CLOSED LOOP SUB-CARRIER SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - A system and method for synchronizing sub-carriers in a signal processing system. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise method steps and structure that receive a sampled signal. Various aspects may produce a synchronization signal based on the sampled signal. Various aspects may generate and store a cropped version of the received sampled signal. Various aspects may read a cropped sampled signal from memory that corresponds to the received sampled signal. Various aspects may generate a restored sampled signal by adding samples to the cropped sampled signal read from memory. Various aspects may, based on the synchronization signal, output the restored sampled signal coarsely synchronized to the received sampled signal. Various aspects may determine a phase difference between the output restored sampled signal and the output received subcarrier. Various aspects may adjust the phase of the restored sampled signal in response to the determined phase difference. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205567 | Methods and Receives of Data Transmission Using Clock Domains - A receiver (RCV) for receiving data from a transmitter, comprises a first clock domain operating at a data rate synchronous with a clock of the transmitter, and having an input (RI) for receiving data. The data includes primary data, secondary data and control data. The receiver further has a second clock domain operating at a clock rate independent from the transmitter, and a clock-domain crossing unit for transferring data from the first to the second clock domain. The receiver further includes a slot counter for counting a number of units of received data converted by the clock-domain crossing unit into the second clock domain, a first identification unit (PRIM) for identifying control data indicative for the presence of primary and secondary data and a second identification unit (PAUSE) for identifying control data indicative whether slot counter of the receiver will be updated or not. It has an output (RO) for communicating an indicator indicative for the value of the slot counter. The receiver cooperates with a transmitter comprising a unit (M | 2008-08-28 |
20080205568 | DSRC COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT AND DSRC COMMUNICATION METHOD - A DSRC communication and DSRC communication method for preventing UW detection errors as a result of shifts in timings of received data and a UW detection window. A configuration is adopted where a frame timing generating section that receives a UW detection window timing signal of a receiving slot of the head of a frame, synchronizes frames, and counts up a first synchronization bit counter to generate a frame timing, and a UW detection window timing generating section that generates a timing signal for a UW detection window of a receiving slot of the head of the next frame using the generated frame timing as a reference, are provided, and the frame timing is maintained by taking the UW detection timing at receiving slot | 2008-08-28 |
20080205569 | UWB Receiver scaling clock frequency by data rate and data reception method thereof - A method for demodulating an ultra-wide band (UWB) signal includes detecting a detecting a data rate of the UWB signal, selecting one from plurality of clock signals in response to the detected data rate, decoding the UWB signal in accordance with the selected clock signal, and outputting transmission data determined by a fast clock. The plurality of clock signals includes at least one frequency different from other frequencies. A receiver for an UWB signal includes an OFDM demodulating unit demodulating the UWB signal into an OFDM symbol, and a bit-level processing unit demodulating the OFDM symbol into bit-level data. The bit-level processing unit receives a scaled clock signal having a frequency corresponding to one of a plurality of data rates of the UWB signal. The method and apparatus may reduce static power consumption and improve performance of the receiver. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205570 | Unlock Mode in Source Synchronous Receivers - A phase locked loop generates an output corresponding to a source synchronous input and an input link clock signal. A phase locking feedback system receives the input and an input link clock signal and detects phase deviations between the output and the input. The phase locking feedback system also adjusts an adjusted clock signal based on the phase deviations thereby causing the phase locking feedback system to generate the output so that the output has a steady phase relationship with the input. A first mechanism causes the phase locking feedback system not to track phase deviations between the output and the input upon occurrence of a first predefined event, thereby maintaining the adjusted clock signal at a current state. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205571 | System and Method for Time Aligning Signals in Transmitters - A system and method for time aligning signals in transmitters. A transmitter includes a first signal path coupled to a first data input, a second signal path coupled to a second data input, an error signal energy source coupled to the first and second signal paths, the error signal energy source generates an error signal responsive to a time alignment difference between a first data stream and a second data stream, a time alignment circuit coupled to the error signal energy source, to the first and second data inputs, the time alignment circuit generates a digital control word responsive to the error signal, to the first and second data streams, and a timing adjust unit coupled to the time alignment circuit, to the first and second signal paths, the timing adjust unit inserts a delay proportional to the digital control word in either signal paths. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205572 | Apparatus and process for generating nuclear heat - A deuterium-fueled heat source that utilizes solid state electrolysis device(s) that deposit D atoms onto, and remove D atoms from, a metal reactor plate containing deuterium diffusion-impeding inclusions. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205573 | Cellular, Electron Cooled Storage Ring System and Method for Fusion Power Generation - A cellular electron cooled storage ring system and method for achieving particle-fusion based energy, including a vacuum chamber to allow electron beam and ion beam merging and separation, cathodes to generate the electron beams, collectors to collect the electron beams, and magnetic field generation devices to guide the electrons and ions on their desired trajectories as well as contain neutralizing particles. By overlapping the electron and ion beams, thermal energy is transferred from the ion beams to the electron beams, which allows the invention to overcome particle losses due to resonances, scattering and heating of the ion beams. Advantageously, ions are accelerated to an energy that is near optimum for fusion reactions to occur, and uses electron energies that maintain this advantageous situation. Advantageously, the recirculation of ions that do not fuse or scatter at too large of an angle is allowed, giving such ions additional chances to participate in a desired fusion reaction. Advantageously, the invention allows for a continual addition of new ions to be added to the circulating ions already in the system. This combination of advantages results in a significant improvement in the predicted output power to input power ratio over previous particle fusion technologies. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205574 | CONTROL ROD FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONTROL ROD - A control rod for nuclear reactors includes four wings including neutron absorbers containing hafnium, a front end structural member which has a cross shape in cross section and includes brackets bonded to the leading ends of the wings, and a terminal end structural member which has a cross shape in cross section and includes brackets bonded to the tailing ends of the wings. The four wings are bonded to a wing-bonding member including a cross-shaped center shaft so as to form a cross shape. The front end structural member and the wing-bonding member are made of a zirconium alloy. The wings include neutron-absorbing plates having neutron-absorbing portions and each have an outer surface which is opposed to a fuel assembly and at which a hafnium-zircaloy composite member covered with zircaloy is disposed. The neutron-absorbing plates are opposed to each other with trap spaces disposed therebetween. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205575 | Method of inspecting or utilizing tools in a nuclear reactor environment - A method of inspecting or utilizing tools in the underwater environment of a nuclear reactor vessel, a spent fuel pool or equipment pit includes floating a platform for transporting inspection devices and/or tools over an underwater target site and deploying the devices or tools to the underwater target site. The platform may be coupled to a boom whose opposite end is carried by a cart movable about a floor area surrounding the pool. Alternatively, the platform may be independently movable along the water surface by thrusters. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205576 | LIGHT WATER REACTOR, CORE OF LIGHT WATER REACTOR AND FUEL ASSEMBLY - A light water reactor, comprising: | 2008-08-28 |
20080205577 | Systems for aligning and handling fuel rods within a nuclear fuel bundle - In a spent fuel pool of a nuclear power plant, there is provided a system for aligning a nuclear fuel bundle and handling selected fuel rods within the fuel bundle. The bundle includes water rods, full-length and part-length fuel rods extending through a plurality of fuel spacers provided between top and bottom ends of the bundle, each spacer having a plurality of cells accommodating corresponding fuel and water rods. The system includes a bundle alignment system for aligning the fuel rods and water rods, a rod grapple tool to extract selected part-length rods from the bundle, and a fuel rod guide block slidable onto the top end of the bundle for protecting an uppermost fuel spacer of the bundle, and for aligning fuel rods within individual cells of all the fuel spacers in the fuel bundle | 2008-08-28 |
20080205578 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REINFORCING JET PUMP RISER - An apparatus for reinforcing a jet pump riser includes: an elbow upper clamp for covering a riser elbow coupled to a thermal sleeve from an upper side thereof; an elbow lower clamping member for clamping the riser elbow from a lower side thereof; an elbow vertical portion clamping member for covering a vertical portion of the riser elbow; and an elbow horizontal portion clamping member for covering a horizontal portion of the riser elbow. These members are disposed in different orientations with respect to the elbow upper clamp so as to fix the thermal sleeve, the riser elbow and the riser pipe. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205579 | Distance Lattice - The invention relates to nuclear engineering and can be used for fuel clusters of nuclear reactors, for distancing and fixing fuel elements, in particular in the fuel clusters of PWR and BWR reactors. The inventive distance lattice comprises cells which are used for mounting the fuel elements or guide channels and are formed by perpendicular crossing plates. Bent blades for mixing a coolant are embodied on the plate edges at the output of said coolant. Each cell is provided with an insertable distancing element for fixing the fuel element. Said invention makes it possible to increase the turning rigidity of the cells and the stability thereof, to simultaneously reduce the size of the fixation of the fuel elements or the guiding channels in the cells and to decrease the hydraulic resistance of the lattice. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205580 | REAL-TIME MULTIPLICITY COUNTER - A neutron multi-detector array feeds pulses in parallel to individual inputs that are tied to individual bits in a digital word. Data is collected by loading a word at the individual bit level in parallel. The word is read at regular intervals, all bits simultaneously, to minimize latency. The electronics then pass the word to a number of storage locations for subsequent processing, thereby removing the front-end problem of pulse pileup. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205581 | Common-mode charge control in a pipelined charge-domain signal-processing circuit - In a differential bucket-brigade device (BBD) pipeline it is necessary for proper circuit function to maintain the common-mode charge within an acceptable range at each pipeline stage. Embodiments of the present invention provide for reducing common-mode charge variations in a differential charge-domain pipeline. Common mode charge at a given stage of the pipeline is adjusted according to one or more measured characteristics, thereby controlling common mode charge variation throughout the differential charge-domain pipeline. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205582 | PROCESSING ELEMENT AND RECONFIGURABLE CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME - A processing element includes a shift register including n stages of registers mutually connected in series. Data held among the n stages of registers is rotated in synchronization with a clock signal. A number-of-stages determining circuit determines the number of stages to be used among the n stages of registers. An output terminal of the register in the last stage connects to an input terminal of the register in the first stage. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205583 | Radiation scanning of objects for contraband - Systems and methods for the radiation scanning of objects, including large objects such as cargo containers, to identify contraband. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205584 | CT EXTREMITY SCANNER - A CT scanner according to the present invention is particularly adapted for scanning the extremities of a patient. The CT scanner includes an x-ray source and x-ray detector mounted for rotation and translation along an axis parallel to a table for supporting the patient's extremity. The source and detector are mounted opposite one another on an inner circumference of an inner ring. The inner ring is rotatable about the axis within an outer ring mounted on at least one carriage. The carriage is movable parallel to the axis. During scanning, the inner ring rotates within the outer ring while the rings and carriage move along the axis, thereby producing a helical scan of the extremity. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205585 | Energy-Resolved Photon Counting For Ct - Spectral CT systems require cheap detectors with high energy resolution. According to an aspect of the present invention, a computer tomography apparatus comprises a detector element which is segmented into a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel has at least two thresholds and counting channels, wherein the second threshold for each sub-pixel varies over the nominal detector element. This may provide for an improved energy-resolved photon counting. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205586 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND X-RAY CT APPARATUS - A radiation detector includes a detector block, cables, connectors, and circuit substrates. The detector block has a plurality of radiation detector modules arranged in a slice direction. The cables extend in the slice direction and configured to receive signals from the radiation detector modules of the detector block. The connectors are associated with the cables, respectively, and are spaced, one from another, in the slice direction. The circuit substrates are configured to receive signals via the connectors from the radiation detector modules of the detector block. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205587 | X-RAY CT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An X-ray CT device generates an X-ray beam in the shape of a cone along the body axis of a subject from an X-ray tube to the subject and detects the X-rays that pass the subject by a two-dimensional detection system during a linear track scan. In addition, the X-ray CT device detects X-rays from a relative rotation movement of the X-ray tube and the subject during the linear track scan under the same condition. A reconstruction device reconstructs an image by back projection of the data of the subject based on the X-rays detected in the two scans. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205588 | System Including Computed Tomography Device For Image Guided Treatment - A computed tomography (CT) system ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080205589 | Clinical workflow for visualization and management of catheter intervention - A method of diagnosis or treatment of a patient in a catheterization laboratory is described, the method including the soliciting of advice from an expert located remotely from the catheterization laboratory. The expert is contacted and requested to log on to a client computer in communications with a computer in the catheterization laboratory, so that image and other data related to the patient may be displayed at the remote location. The access rights to the data may be established and limited by the catheterization laboratory or a hospital data management system. The expert may view and may manipulate the data provided, control a catheter, or may request additional data or adjust the angiographic imaging device, and may offer an opinion on the diagnosis or treatment as requested by personnel of the catheterization laboratory. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BINOCULAR STEROSCOPIC SCANNING RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING - In a binocular steroscopic scanning radiographic imaging method, X-rays emitted by the same radiation source are used. The X-rays pass through a double-slit collimator to form two X-ray beam sectors, which are symmetric or asymmetric and have an angle between them. The X-ray beam sectors, after penetrating through an object under detection, are received by the left and right detector array, respectively, then converted into electric signals to be inputted to the respective image acquisition systems, and received by a computer processing system for image processing and displaying. A system corresponding to the method comprises a radiation source, a beam controller, two mutually connected arms of detector arrays, image acquisition systems connected respectively to each of the detector arrays and a computer processing system. The present invention can display the transmission images detected by each of the detector arrays as well as tomograms with different depth reconstructed from the transmission images according to the principle of parallax. The present invention is convenient, fast in detection and realizes with low cost the recognition of objects of different depths. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205591 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A storage unit stores data of a blood vessel image, a first mask image, and a second mask image of an object, an imaging unit which images a fluoroscopic image for the object. A subtraction unit subtracts the first mask image from the fluoroscopic image and generates data of a subtraction image. A calculating unit calculates anatomical displacement amount between the first mask image and the second mask image. A display unit displays the blood vessel image and the subtraction image so as to be superimposed each other by positioning the blood vessel image and the subtraction image to be fitted together on the basis of the calculated displacement amount. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205592 | XRF analyzer - An XRF system, preferably handheld, includes an X-ray source for directing X-rays to a sample, a detector responsive to X-rays emitted by the sample, and a filter assembly with multiple filter materials located between the X-ray source and the detector. An analyzer is responsive to detector and is configured to analyze the intensities of X-rays irradiated by the sample at one power setting and to choose a filter material which suppresses certain intensities with respect to other intensities. A device, controlled by the analyzer, automatically moves the filter assembly to the chosen filter material and then the analyzer increases the power setting to analyze certain non-suppressed intensities. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205593 | INSTRUMENT HAVING X-RAY FLUORESCENCE AND SPARK EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES - An analytical instrument is disclosed having both XRF and spark emission spectroscopy capabilities. In a particularly advantageous embodiment, a field portable XRF device is removably coupled to the instrument by means of a docking station. A first surface of the sample is irradiated with an X-ray beam, and the X-ray radiation fluorescently emitted from the sample is detected and analyzed to acquire elemental composition data. The instrument is further provided with a spark source located proximal a second surface of the sample and a detector for sensing the radiation emitted from the spark-excited material. The combined instrument enables the acquisition of complementary elemental composition data by XRF and spark emission spectroscopy without having to transport a sample between separate instruments. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205594 | Dual energy radiation scanning of contents of an object - In one embodiment, a method of examining contents of an object is disclosed comprising scanning an object at first and second radiation energies, detecting radiation at the first and second energies, and calculating a function of the radiation detected at the first and second energies. The method further comprises calculating at least one second function based, at least in part, on at least some of the first functions, and determining whether the object at least potentially contains material in a class of materials based, at least in part, on the second function. The class of materials may be materials having an atomic number greater than the predetermined atomic number, for example. The second function may be compared to a criterion, which may be a threshold, for example. Systems are also disclosed. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205595 | Method of Measuring Thickness of Thin Film Using Microwave - The present invention relates to a thickness measurement method for thin films using microwaves. In the method, the Q-factors of a dielectric resonator are measured. The effective surface resistance (R | 2008-08-28 |
20080205596 | Method for Inspecting Ceramic Structures - There is provided a nondestructive method for inspecting ceramic structures, the method which not only easily detects the position and size of an internal defect in a ceramic structure in a short time, but also accurately identifies the position, shape, and size of the internal defect. In the method, the distribution of X-ray absorption coefficients (CT numbers) at fault planes of the ceramic structure is measured by irradiating the periphery of the ceramic structure with X rays along the periphery of the ceramic structure so that the X rays scan the entire periphery. The X rays are emitted from an X-ray tube at a tube voltage in the range of 80 to 400 kV and a tube current in the range of 2 to 400 mA. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205597 | RADIATION THERAPY APPARATUS - A radiation therapy apparatus has a multi-leaf collimator device having a pair of collimator components which respectively comprise a plurality of leaves arranged close to one another such that the leaves face one another across an irradiation axis, and configured to set a desired irradiation field by individually moving the leaves. One of the collimator components is arranged with an offset with respect to the other collimator component, within a range of a leaf-width. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205598 | Coherent Scatter Computer Tomography Material Identification - In a CSCT material identification apparatus CT-information and differential scatter cross-sections are used for material identification. According to an aspect of the present invention, a material identification is provided which uses both the differential and the total scatter cross-sections. This may yield an improved material discrimination, i.e. a better detection rate and a lower false alarm rate. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205599 | RADIATION THERAPY APPARATUS - A radiation therapy apparatus has a multi-leaf collimator device, a driving gear, a torque wire and a driving unit. The multi-leaf collimator device has a pair of collimator components which respectively comprise a plurality of leaves arranged close to one another such that the leaves face one another across an irradiation axis, and configured to set a desired irradiation field by individually moving the leaves. The driving gear is engaged with a gear tooth of the each leaf, respectively. The torque wire is connected to a shaft center of the driving gear, respectively. The driving unit is configured to drive the driving gears through the torque wire. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205600 | IMPLEMENTING AN EMERGENCY SERVICES SOLUTION - A system, method, and apparatus for redirecting an emergency communication include initiating emergency communication from an endpoint. Unavailability of a softswitch is determined, and an emergency server is identified that handles call control for emergency communication from the endpoint if the softswitch is unavailable. Emergency communication is initiated with the emergency server. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205601 | Systems and Techniques for Producing Spoken Voice Prompts - Methods and systems are described in which spoken voice prompts can be produced in a manner such that they will most likely have the desired effect, for example to indicate empathy, or produce a desired follow-up action from a call recipient. The prompts can be produced with specific optimized speech parameters, including duration, gender of speaker, and pitch, so as to encourage participation and promote comprehension among a wide range of patients or listeners. Upon hearing such voice prompts, patients/listeners can know immediately when they are being asked questions that they are expected to answer, and when they are being given information, as well as the information that considered sensitive. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205602 | Recipient-Controlled Remote E-Mail Alerting and Delivery - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide message notification systems and methods. Briefly described, one embodiment of a message notification method can be broadly summarized by the following: receiving a new message at a first inbox of a recipient; determining existence of at least one trigger for determining if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message at the first inbox; and sending a notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the new message at the first inbox, the notification being sent to a second inbox of the recipient that is different than the first inbox. Other methods and systems are also provided. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205603 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing voicemail routing information in a network that provides customized voicemail services - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing voicemail routing information in a network that provides customized voicemail services are disclosed. According to one method, a voicemail routing query is received at an advanced voicemail routing node, where the query includes at least one parameter associated with a voicemail transaction. Based on at least one query parameter, voicemail routing information may be determined that identifies a voicemail server and a voicemail service from among a plurality of voicemail servers, where at least some of the voicemail servers provide different services. A voicemail routing query response may then be generated including the determined voicemail routing information. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205604 | COMPOSITE VOICE APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES USING SINGLE SIGN-ON ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS VOICE SERVERS - A framework is provided to offer composite voice applications and services. A composite application and service begins from the user dialing in via phone and ends by the user hanging up the phone. The composite interactive voice services architecture includes a session initiation protocol session service unit is in the loop of session signaling all the time starting from the time the user first dials in, during the user roaming across various voice servers, and until the end of the composite service when user hangs up the phone. This unit accepts a command and login instruction of the next interactive voice service from the previous interactive voice service. The unit has knowledge of DTMF sequences required for the user to login to next interactive voice service. The session service unit automatically accomplishes a roaming process such that composite applications and services can be achieved across various voice servers. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205605 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORWARDING MESSAGES - A system and method for forwarding voice messages is presented. One embodiment of the system comprises a voice message recorder configured to record a voice message, and a call controller configured to attach the recorded voice message to an electronic message and forward the electronic message to a predetermined forwarding address. One embodiment of the method can be broadly summarized as receiving a voice message from a caller in response to a pre-recorded voice prompt, recording the received voice message, and preparing and delivering an electronic message with the voice message attached to the electronic message. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205606 | ADDRESSABLE OUTLET, AND A NETWORK USING THE SAME - An addressable outlet for use as part of local area network based on wiring installed in a building, such as telephone, electrical, cable television, dedicated wiring, and the like. The use of such wiring for data communications networks in addition to the wiring's primary usage creates a need for ways of determining the condition of the network and monitoring this information remotely. Network condition includes such factors as continuity of wiring, connector status, connected devices, topology, signal delays, latencies, and routing patterns. Providing basic processing and addressing capabilities within the outlet permits messaging to and from specific individual outlets, thereby allowing inquiries and reports of the condition of the immediate environment of each outlet. In addition, outlets can be configured with sensors to report on voltage, temperature, and other measurable quantities. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205607 | SERVER FOR TRANSFERRING A COMMUNICATION MESSAGE - A SIP server | 2008-08-28 |
20080205608 | DATA PROVISION TO A VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT FOR HANDLING CALLS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Uploading data to a call connection service by providing data records associated with a call destination in a user-selected manner. Navigation instructions are obtained concerning a particular data record in response to the data navigation instructions. An indication is received to upload the call destination associated with the particular record to the call connection service. In response to the indication, a routine is executed to acquire a portion of the data record and upload the portion to the call connection service in a format suitable for handling. Alternatively, data can be provided to the call completion service in an automated manner, including in response to an unconnectability condition detected during the call process, either during call initiation or after the call has been connected, and when calls are received at a secondary user device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205609 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING THE TRANSMIT POWER OF THE DSL TRANSCEIVER - A method, system and transceiver for adjusting the transmit power seamlessly, which comprises: acquires the noise margin of the received signal, and compares the acquired noise margin with the threshold of the noise margin; when the noise margin of the signal has continually exceeds the threshold of the noise margin for a predetermined period, the noise margin is adjusted to the target range of the noise margin by adjusting the signal transmit power. Therefore, the technique scheme could adjust the transmit power of the transceiver with the varying of noise margin, which ensures the stability and the low error rate of the data transmission and reduces the crosstalk of the line by minimizing the transmit power of the transceiver. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205610 | Sender-Controlled Remote E-Mail Alerting and Delivery - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide message notification systems and methods. Briefly described, one embodiment of a message notification method can be broadly summarized by the following: receiving a new message at a first inbox of a recipient, the new message having a request for a triggering event to be set such that a notification message for the new message is sent to a second inbox if the triggering event occurs and setting the triggering event if a first messaging device is set by the recipient to allow sender-forced notifications. Other methods and systems are also provided. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205611 | Intelligent overload control for contact center - Particular embodiments provide intelligent overload control for contact centers. In one embodiment, an overload condition at a contact center is determined. When the overload condition exists, a contact evaluation metric for a connection to a contact is determined. The contact evaluation metric may evaluate the value of a contact, such as whether the contact is a high-value or low-value contact. An action to perform for the contact is then determined based on the contact evaluation metric. For example, if the contact is considered a high-value contact, then the contact may be serviced; however, if the contact is considered a low-value contact, then the contact may be gapped. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205612 | TRACKING TRUNK USAGE IN AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for tracking trunk usage in an enterprise network. In some implementations, a method for identifying trunk expenses includes aggregating data identifying telecommunication services associated with a plurality of trunks in an enterprise network. Charges for the used telecommunication services are identified. The charges are associated with a carrier that provided the telecommunication services. Carrier charges for each of the plurality of the trunks are automatically identified based, at least in part, on the aggregated data and the carrier charges. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205613 | UPDATING ROUTING PATTERNS IN AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK - The present disclosure is directed to updating routing patterns in an enterprise network. In some implementations, a method for routing sessions includes identifying information associated with call sessions in an enterprise network. The information includes costs to an enterprise for using carrier services during the call sessions. Routing patterns for call sessions are dynamically updated through at least a portion of the enterprise network based, at least in part, on the costs associated with the call sessions. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205614 | Pre-biller in internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) charging gateway function (CGF) - This invention relates to apparatus and a method for assembling and coordinating call data records from a plurality of network elements of an Internet Protocol Multimedia System call to generate charging information. A pre-biller stores an integrated charging record and accesses a rating engine to obtain the charging information to complete a charging data record. Advantageously, the information from a plurality of network elements is integrated into a combined charging data record. | 2008-08-28 |
20080205615 | Method for Providing Caller Identification Service and System of Enabling the Method - A caller identification service providing system including: a biz lettering database recording identification information with respect to at least one originating terminal belonging to a subscriber and predetermined multimedia data registered by the subscriber; and a biz lettering server receiving a call request signal from the at least one originating terminal, reading the multimedia data corresponding to the identification information of the at least one originating terminal from the biz lettering database, and transmitting the call request signal including the read multimedia data to a terminating terminal. | 2008-08-28 |