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20080240089 | Systems and methods for retrieving customer premise equipment data - Methods, systems, and computer readable medium storing a computer executable program for retrieving customer premise equipment (CPE) data are disclosed. A first communication channel is established with a first CPE device via a first node element. The first node element is operable to route data to and from the first CPE device in an Internet network. A request for CPE data is issued to the first CPE device via the first communication channel. The requested CPE data is received from the first CPE device via the first communication channel. | 10-02-2008 |
20080253393 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK TRAFFIC - A system and method for managing network traffic is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a data switch having a controller element to transmit telemetry data representative of bandwidth usage by one or more users of the data switch. Traffic for the data switch can be managed based at least in part on the bandwidth usage by higher bandwidth users of the data switch. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 10-16-2008 |
20090028170 | NETWORK MONITORING BY CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT - A system for collecting data from a communications network includes customer premises equipment (“CPE”) for monitoring and storing response data. A CPE data collection module uses a Web-based service to collect information from the CPE and process the information to determine line quality and any errors that may exist on either the WAN side or the LAN side of the communications network, and further determine the root cause based on built-in business rules for trouble shooting customer service. The CPE conducts per-tone diagnostics on the WAN side of the communications network and obtains WAN side data. The CPE obtains response data from devices on the LAN side. Both WAN side data and LAN data may be transmitted substantially in real-time or stored and transmitted periodically to the CPE data collection module upon requests originated from the CPE data collection module. | 01-29-2009 |
20090028559 | Method and System for Designing a Network - A design of a network is determined to connect a plurality of central offices (COs) to a video hub office (VHO) using a plurality of fiber path pairs, respectively. In the design, each of the fiber path pairs is a lowest-cost, node-disjoint path pair between its respective one of the COs and the VHO independent of a cost of adding new fiber to the network. The design is modified to reduce the cost of adding new fiber to the network by re-routing traffic from at least one of the fiber path pairs to at least one other fiber path pair. | 01-29-2009 |
20090064255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING PERFORMANCE DATA - A method of providing performance data is disclosed that includes sending a data packet from customer premises equipment to a set-top box device via a network path at a transmission rate. The transmission rate is based on Network Layer performance metrics associated with the network path. The method also includes receiving performance data at the customer premises equipment from the set-top box device. The performance data relates to Physical Layer measurements. In addition, the performance data indicates a condition of a physical component of the network path. | 03-05-2009 |
20100145912 | DETECTING PEER TO PEER APPLICATIONS - Peer-to-peer (P2P) applications are detected by analyzing entries in a residential gateway network address translation table. A quantity of available communication sessions provides a first indication of whether a P2P application is running. A quantity of unique addresses is compared to a quantity of unique destination ports and the result provides a further indication of whether a P2P application is running. | 06-10-2010 |
20110040872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK TRAFFIC - A system and method for managing network traffic is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a data switch having a controller element to transmit telemetry data representative of bandwidth usage by one or more users of the data switch. At least one higher bandwidth user can have an increased polling frequency based at least in part on a differential in upstream and downstream data transfer rates for the one or more users. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 02-17-2011 |
20120271914 | Systems and Methods for Retrieving Customer Premise Equipment Data - A method includes receiving a trigger event at a customer premise equipment management system from a service provider system. The trigger event includes a request for retrieval of customer premise equipment data from at least one customer premise equipment device. The method includes issuing, from the customer premise equipment management system, a customer premise equipment data request to the at least one customer premise equipment device in response to receiving the trigger event. Each customer premise equipment data request includes a customer premise equipment access certificate to gain access to particular customer premise equipment data. The method also includes receiving, at the customer premise equipment management system, the requested customer premise equipment data. | 10-25-2012 |
20150081844 | Systems and Methods for Retrieving Customer Premise Equipment Data - A method includes detecting, at a customer premise equipment management system, a trigger event associated with customer premise equipment data, the customer premise equipment data associated with a customer premise equipment device. The method also includes initiating a connection to the customer premise equipment device via an application program interface in response to the trigger event, where the application program interface is selected based on the customer premise equipment data. The method further includes sending, from the customer premise equipment management system, a customer premise equipment data request to the customer premise equipment device via the application program interface. | 03-19-2015 |
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20130234223 | Self-Aligned Stack Gate Structure For Use In A Non-volatile Memory Array And A Method Of Forming Such Structure - A stack gate structure for a non-volatile memory array has a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of substantially parallel spaced apart active regions, with each active region having an axis in a first direction. A first insulating material is between each stack gate structure in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each stack gate structure has a second insulating material over the active region, a charge holding gate over the second insulating material, a third insulating material over the charge holding gate, and a first portion of a control gate over the third insulating material. A second portion of the control gate is over the first portion of the control gate and over the first insulating material adjacent thereto and extending in the second direction. A fourth insulating material is over the second portion of the control gate. | 09-12-2013 |
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20150270372 | Method Of Forming Extended Source-Drain MOS Transistors - A transistor and method of making same include a substrate, a conductive gate over the substrate and a channel region in the substrate under the conductive gate. First and second insulating spacers are laterally adjacent to first and second sides of the conductive gate. A source region in the substrate is adjacent to but laterally spaced from the first side of the conductive gate and the first spacer, and a drain region in the substrate is adjacent to but laterally spaced apart from the second side of the conductive gate and the second spacer. First and second LD regions are in the substrate and laterally extend between the channel region and the source or drain regions respectively, each with a portion thereof not disposed under the first and second spacers nor under the conductive gate, and each with a dopant concentration less than that of the source or drain regions. | 09-24-2015 |
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20100042829 | System and Method for Processing Data and Communicating Encrypted Data - Systems and methods for processing data and communicating encrypted data are provided. A method of processing data and communicating encrypted data may include receiving input traffic data at a first interface of a channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU). The method may also include encrypting management data associated with the input traffic data at the CSU/DSU to produce encrypted management data. The method may further include sending the encrypted management data via a second interface of the CSU/DSU to a remote terminal of a local area network via a data router coupled to the CSU/DSU. | 02-18-2010 |
20100075657 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE BACKUP WIRELESS DEVICES - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed to enable backup wireless devices. An example method disclosed herein includes receiving an activation code from a first wireless device, transmitting a deactivation instruction to a second wireless device in response to receiving the activation code for the first wireless device, transmitting a location instruction to the second wireless device to invoke a location function of the second wireless device, receiving information indicative of the location of the second wireless device in response to the transmitted location instruction, and sending an e-mail message indicative of the location of the second wireless device to an account owner of the second wireless device in response to receiving the information indicative of the location. | 03-25-2010 |
20100211476 | System and Method for Providing Managed Point to Point Services - Network services systems and methods are provided. A particular system includes an information store including connection information to initiate connections to content sources. The connection information includes an address and a connection rule associated with a video content source. The system includes an access engine to receive a request for an information stream output by the video content source from a user device. The system also includes a services engine to retrieve the connection rule from the information store and to initiate establishment of at least a portion of a point to point protocol communication link between the user device and the video content source in accordance with the connection rule. The system includes a metrics engine to track a metric associated with the point to point protocol communication link and to generate a billing record at least partially based upon the metric. | 08-19-2010 |
20100333161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND TIME-SHIFTING PROGRAMMING IN A TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH LIMITED CONTENT RETENTION - Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to record broadcast programming for at least one television channel for a period of time, wherein the recording is performed upstream from subscribers in a television distribution system, and further including after the period of time, keeping recorded programming by request from at least one subscriber. And further wherein the request is for at least one television program contained in the recorded programming or for a time window for a particular channel. According to another embodiment a subscriber requests that broadcast programming be saved for the subscriber upstream from the subscriber in a television distribution system, and wherein the subscriber may request the programming be saved for later viewing by the subscriber between the time the programming was broadcast and a later point in time. | 12-30-2010 |
20110078792 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK SECURITY - A method includes receiving an indication of at least one detected security issue at a network device. The indication is received from a security agent at a security manager processor. The method includes polling, via the security manager processor, at least one other network device in response to the indication in order to retrieve additional information when the security manager processor determines that the additional information is needed. The method includes selecting, via the security manager processor, at least one executable security object responsive to the indication and the additional information. The method also includes initiating communication of the at least one executable security object to the network device via the security manager processor. | 03-31-2011 |
20110092197 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE BACKUP WIRELESS DEVICES - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed to enable backup wireless devices. An example method disclosed herein includes receiving an activation code associated with a backup wireless device to activate the backup wireless device, and in response to receiving the activation code, transmitting a deactivation instruction to a primary wireless device along with a deactivation message for presentation on a visual display of the primary wireless device. | 04-21-2011 |
20110283316 | System and Method of Providing Audio Content - A method includes receiving input from a remote control device at a set-top box device. The input identifies media content that includes audio content and video content. The input also indicates that the audio content is to be output via an audio output device coupled to the set-top box device without sending the video output from the set-top box device to an external display device coupled to the set-top box device. The method includes determining whether the media content is stored at a local memory device of the set-top box device. When the media content is stored at the local memory device, the method includes retrieving the media content from the local memory, sending a first audio signal corresponding to the audio content of the media content to the audio output device and blocking output of the video content to the external display device. | 11-17-2011 |
20120072966 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND TIME-SHIFTING PROGRAMMING IN A TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH LIMITED CONTENT RETENTION - Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to record broadcast programming for at least one television channel for a period of time, wherein the recording is performed upstream from subscribers in a television distribution system, and further including after the period of time, keeping recorded programming by request from at least one subscriber. And further wherein the request is for at least one television program contained in the recorded programming or for a time window for a particular channel. According to another embodiment a subscriber requests that broadcast programming be saved for the subscriber upstream from the subscriber in a television distribution system, and wherein the subscriber may request the programming be saved for later viewing by the subscriber between the time the programming was broadcast and a later point in time. | 03-22-2012 |
20130014255 | System and Method for Providing Network Security - A method includes receiving an indication of at least one detected security issue at a network device. The indication is received at a security manager processor from a security agent. The method includes selecting, via the security manager processor, at least one executable security object responsive to the indication. The security manager processor verifies compatibility between the at least one executable security object, the network device, and communication media. The method also includes sending the at least one executable security object to the network device via the security manager processor to provide a protective security measure to the network device against the at least one detected security issue upon execution of the at least one executable security object. | 01-10-2013 |
20130263196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND TIME-SHIFTING PROGRAMMING IN A TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH LIMITED CONTENT RETENTION - Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to record broadcast programming for at least one television channel for a period of time, wherein the recording is performed upstream from subscribers in a television distribution system, and further including after the period of time, keeping recorded programming by request from at least one subscriber. And further wherein the request is for at least one television program contained in the recorded programming or for a time window for a particular channel. According to another embodiment a subscriber requests that broadcast programming be saved for the subscriber upstream from the subscriber in a television distribution system, and wherein the subscriber may request the programming be saved for later viewing by the subscriber between the time the programming was broadcast and a later point in time. | 10-03-2013 |
20140298372 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND TIME-SHIFTING PROGRAMMING IN A TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING POLICIES - Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to store a policy specifying rules relating to recording, storage or delivery of broadcast programming to a consumer of such programming, and to record, store or deliver broadcast programming in response to a rule. According to an example embodiment, a method and system provide for a subscriber requesting that a broadcast television program be saved for the subscriber upstream from the subscriber in a television distribution system, and that the program offered to the subscriber for saving is determined based on a policy established for the program. According to another example embodiment a system provides a computing device including a computer program to control the recording or delivery of a broadcast television program in accordance with a policy established to control the recording or delivery of the broadcast television program. | 10-02-2014 |