| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20110044184 | SWITCHING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT NETWORKS BASED ON DEVICE CAPABILITIES - Methods and systems provided herein allow a communication session to be established on an optimal communication network and subsequently transferred to alternative networks if conditions dictate that such a change is necessary or desirable. The types of conditions which may be considered when identifying the optimal communication network or the alternative network include conditions related to the operation of a user device, communication profiles of the user, resources available on other networks, and the like. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110066694 | SIP ENDPOINT ENHANCER - Methods, devices, and systems are provided for enhancing the functionality of a communication device, such as a communication endpoint. This provides the ability to enhance less intelligent SIP endpoints with required features to support a richer user experience. Furthermore, the endpoint enhancer may be dynamically pluggable onto an existing network device. This provided pluggability allows a network administrator to add a new SEE template to the network without disrupting the network operation or the operation of previously existing SEEs. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110081013 | Shared Media Access for Real Time First and Third Party Media Control - A method comprising a data-processing system that enables one or more applications to share fewer ports by having the data-processing system request the ports, and then assign a “token” to establish a “session” to permit the one or more applications to interact with the ports. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110289203 | SIP MONITORING AND CONTROL ANCHOR POINTS - The concept of anchor points is introduced. Anchor points, and specifically Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) anchor points, serve as a media and call control point that is established on a per-user basis which can then be shared by any application. The use of an anchor point allows for applications to become aware of and control a communication late or cease monitoring and controlling a communication session early without disrupting the session or introducing a significant amount of control or media delay. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289219 | SIP ANCHOR POINTS TO POPULATE COMMON COMMUNICATION LOGS - The concept of a centralized communication log is provided. Anchor points, and specifically Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) anchor points, serve as a media and call control point that is established on a per-user basis which can then be leveraged by a communication log service. Such a communication log service is able to determine accurate and real-time communicant information for a communication session and populate a centralized communication log with the same. Such a communication log is, therefore, accurate with respect to multiple users in a system, highly available, and scaled horizontally. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120163571 | HIGHLY SCALABLE AND DISTRIBUTED CALL/MEDIA MODELING AND CONTROL FRAMEWORK - A highly scalable and distributed call/media modeling and control framework is described. In particular, a plurality of anchor point servers are provided which enable one or more applications to exert call and media control over in-progress communication sessions even though the applications were not originally bound to the communication session during its setup. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120265808 | CONTEXTUAL COLLABORATION - An activity stream is created in a first medium. The activity stream is a mechanism where participants can collaborate on a subject. Participants are added to the activity stream. A participant in the activity stream initiates a communication in a second medium. The status of the communication is determined. If the status of the communication is active, the status of the communication is indicated in the activity stream. | 10-18-2012 |
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| 20080239755 | LIGHT REDIRECTING FILMS AND FILM SYSTEMS - Light redirecting films and film systems include a thin optically transparent substrate having a pattern of individual optical elements of well defined shape on or in the substrate. At least some of the optical elements may vary at different locations on the substrate to redistribute or redirect light passing through the substrate. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090135626 | LIGHT REDIRECTING FILMS AND FILM SYSTEMS - Optical assembly includes a generally planar light output surface located on a first major plane, and a generally planar second surface located on a second major plane approximately parallel to the first major plane and superimposed thereon. Both the light output surface and the second surface have respective first and second patterns of well defined optical elements that are quite small in relation to the length and width of the optical assembly. The optical elements of the first pattern have an apex angle formed by a first sloped surface that is larger in an area closer to at least one light input edge of the optical assembly and smaller in another area further away from the light input edge. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090141517 | LIGHT REDIRECTING FILMS AND FILM SYSTEMS - Optical assembly includes a reflector layer, a generally planar first surface located on a first major plane, and a generally planar second surface located on a second major plane approximately parallel to the first major plane and superimposed thereon. The first and second surfaces have first and second patterns of well defined optical elements that are quite small in relation to the length and width of the optical assembly. At least some of the optical elements of the first pattern include a first sloped surface for reflecting at least some light (that is emitted from at least one light source that is quite small relative to the length and width of the optical assembly) towards at least some of the optical elements of the second pattern and for transmitting or refracting at least some light towards the reflector. At least some of the optical elements of the second pattern include a second sloped surface for transmitting or refracting at least some light and for reflecting at least some light towards at least some of the optical elements of the first pattern, wherein more light (that is emitted from the at least one light source) is transmitted or refracted by the second surface than by the first surface. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090207632 | LIGHT EMITTING PANEL ASSEMBLIES - Optical assembly includes a light emitting panel member having at least one light input area for receiving light from two or more different colored light sources. A pattern of individual optical deformities on or in at least one surface area of the panel member contains at least two different configurations of optical deformities to promote color mixing within the panel member and cause light of a preferred color to be emitted therefrom. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090250829 | METHODS OF CUTTING OR FORMING CAVITIES IN A SUBSTRATE FOR USE IN MAKING OPTICAL FILMS, COMPONENTS OR WAVE GUIDES - A method of forming a varying pattern of optical elements on or in at least one side of an optical panel member involves cutting or forming a pattern or patterns of cavities in a cylindrical or curved substrate or in a sleeve or sleeve segment of the substrate that corresponds to a desired pattern and shape of optical elements to be formed on or in the optical member. The substrate or sleeve or sleeve segment containing the desired pattern or patterns of optical element shaped cavities or depositions or mirror copies or inverse copies thereof is used in production tooling or as a master for production tooling to form the corresponding pattern of optical elements on or in at least the one side of the optical panel member. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100309685 | LIGHT EMITTING PANEL ASSEMBLIES - Optical assembly comprises a light emitting panel member having opposite sides and an input edge for receiving light from light sources optically coupled to a different location along the input edge. On or in at least one of the sides of the panel member is a pattern of individual optical deformities that are varied throughout the pattern and shaped or oriented throughout the pattern to extract light propagating through the panel member in different directions for viewing from different angles through one of the sides of the panel member. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110134362 | LIGHT REDIRECTING FILMS AND FILM SYSTEMS - An optical assembly comprises a light emitting panel having a light output surface and a light redirecting film located to receive light emitted from the light output surface. The light output surface has a non-uniform directional light output distribution. The light redirecting film has a pattern of individual optical elements of well defined shape that vary at different locations on the light redirecting film to redistribute the light received from the light output surface within a desired light ray angle distribution. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110309735 | LIGHT BULB USING SOLID-STATE LIGHT SOURCES - A light bulb has a light guide configured as a hollow body surrounding an internal volume. The light guide is open at its proximal and distal ends, and has inner and outer surfaces and an end surface at the proximal end that provides a light input edge. A solid-state light source is optically coupled to the light input edge of the light guide such that light from the solid-state light source travels in the light guide by total internal reflection. The solid-state light source is thermally coupled to a housing at the proximal end of the light guide. The housing contains vents for air flow and convection cooling through the internal volume. Light-extracting optical elements at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface of the light guide are for extracting light from the light guide. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120075887 | LIGHT REDIRECTING FILMS AND FILM SYSTEMS - A light emitting assembly comprises a light source and a light emitting panel member having a panel surface and an input edge for receiving light from the light source. On or in the panel surface is a pattern of individual light extracting deformities. Each of the deformities has a well defined shape and a length and width substantially smaller than the length and width of the panel surface. At least some of the deformities have only two surfaces, each having opposite peripheral edge portions that intersect each other and intersect the panel surface. One of the surfaces of the deformities is substantially perpendicular to the panel surface and is curved in a transverse direction. The other surface of the deformities is a sloping surface. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120081924 | LIGHT EMITTING PANEL ASSEMBLIES - An optical assembly comprises light sources and a light emitting panel member having an input edge to which each of the light sources is optically coupled at a different location along the input edge. Different sets of individual optical deformities on or in at least one of the sides of the panel member each have at least one surface that is shaped or oriented to extract light propagating in the same direction through the panel member in different directions for viewing from different angles through one of the sides of the panel member. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120268966 | LIGHTING ASSEMBLY - A lighting assembly includes a light guide having a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, a light input edge, and an end edge distal the light input edge. Light input to the light guide through the light input edge propagates by total internal reflection toward the end edge. The lighting assembly further includes light extracting elements at least one of the major surfaces of the light guide, the light extracting elements configured to extract light through the first major surface in a direction away from the light input edge and away from the first major surface, and a banding reduction element at the end edge configured to redirect light incident thereon in a direction away from the light input edge. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130016526 | LIGHTING ASSEMBLY WITH CONTROLLED CONFIGURABLE LIGHT REDIRECTION - A lighting assembly has an edge-lit light guide having a light output surface through which light is extracted by light extracting optical elements. The extracted light has a maximum intensity at low light ray angles relative to the light output surface. A light redirecting member has an arrangement of light redirecting optical elements configured to redirect the extracted light incident thereon to provide a pattern of redirected light. A light focusing member has light focusing optical elements having an angular acceptance range. The redirected light has light ray angles within the angular acceptance range of the light focusing optical elements and is perceived as a pattern of light. The extracted light not redirected by the light redirecting member has light ray angles outside the angular acceptance range of the light focusing optical elements and is not perceived, or is perceived as background light. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130033900 | LIGHTING ASSEMBLY WITH CONFIGURABLE ILLUMINATION PROFILE - A lighting assembly includes an edge-lit light guide and a light redirecting member. Light extracting elements at the light guide extract light from the light guide as intermediate light. Light redirecting elements at the light redirecting film are configured to redirect the intermediate light received from the light guide to illuminate a target surface in accordance with a defined illumination profile. | 02-07-2013 |