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| 20080260136 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORWARDING CALLS - A system and method for forwarding calls is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element to receive a call from a communication system, retrieve a caller ID from information associated with the call, present a caller ID, receive a request to forward the call, present one or more communication identifiers responsive to the forwarding request, receive a selection corresponding to one of the one or more communication identifiers, and submit to the communication system a request to forward the call to the selected communication identifier. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090028056 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING A FAULT IN A REAL-TIME TRANSPORT PROTOCOL PACKET STREAM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a monitoring system having a controller element to predict a fault in a video stream of real-time transport protocol (RTP) packets according to gaps in sequence numbers of said RTP packets. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090106809 | SYSTEM FOR FAULT DETECTION IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network element can have a wireless transceiver, a wireline transceiver, and a controller. The controller can be adapted to process multimedia signals received from an upstream IPTV network element, transmit the processed multimedia signals to one or more downstream IPTV network elements, monitor communications on a wireline interface capable of accessing a fault management system (FMS), and cause the wireless access transceiver to wirelessly transmit to the FMS telemetry information collected responsive to detecting one or more faults in the wireline interface. The controller can also cause the wireline transceiver to transmit to the FMS over the wireline interface the telemetry information responsive to detecting no fault in the wireline interface that impedes communication with the FMS over the wireline interface. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090109859 | Method and System for Detecting a Fault Condition Based on Failed IGMP Join Attempts - A fault condition is detected based on determining that a number of failed Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) join attempts from at least one end device is greater than or equal to a threshold. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090116379 | Insufficient bandwidth notification for transmission of multimedia program - A network connection is established between a multimedia viewer at a viewer's premises and a service provider. The viewer requests presentation of a multimedia channel via the multimedia viewer. In response to the request, an available bandwidth of the network connection is determined, as is a bandwidth requirement of the requested multimedia channel. In response to determining the bandwidth requirement is inconsistent with the available bandwidth, the viewer is provided with an indicator that the first multimedia channel is unavailable for presentation by the multimedia receiver. In response to determining the bandwidth requirement is consistent with the available bandwidth, data representing the content of the requested multimedia channel is transmitted to the multimedia receiver for presentation to the viewer. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090158098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A RELIABLE FAULT MANAGEMENT FOR A NETWORK - A method and apparatus for providing reliable fault management for a network are disclosed. For example, a method receives one or more alarms from one or more network elements (NEs) by an element management system, and determines whether the one or more alarms need to be forwarded to a fault management platform (FMP) over a wireless data network. The method then forwards the one or more alarms over the wireless data network if it is determined that the one or more alarms need to be forwarded over the wireless data network. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090190467 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FAULT IN A MULTI PROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING SYSTEM - A system, method and computer readable media for detecting and managing fault within a network using the network's label distribution protocol transactions. Initially, the system will monitor and analyze all transactions within the network to determine if the network has degraded at or between any nodes in the system. The system can then recognize if there is any failure and determine if the network has degraded past a threshold value that is needed for proper operation. If the network has a failure that is beyond this threshold, it will notify a fault management system and subsequently a ticketing system to notify the user that a failure within the system has occurred. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100037256 | Multimedia Channel Sharing Across Access Network Boundaries - An initiating viewer identifies a multimedia channel and submits a request to share the multimedia channel with at least one recipient viewer at another viewer premises. This request is processed by the multimedia receiver of the initiating viewer so as to generate a channel change request for submission to a service provider. In response to the channel share request, the service provider queries the recipient viewer to determine whether the recipient viewer accepts or rejects the offered multimedia channel. If the recipient viewer accepts the multimedia channel, the multimedia channel can be provided to the multimedia receiver of the recipient viewer either for storage for later playback or for immediate playback concurrent with the provision of the multimedia channel to the initiating viewer. Billing for costs associated with the shared multimedia channel is conducted based on billing feedback provided by the initiating viewer. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037266 | Multimedia Channel Sharing - An initiating viewer identifies a multimedia channel and submits a request to share the multimedia channel with at least one recipient viewer at another viewer premises. This request is processed by the multimedia receiver of the initiating viewer so as to generate a channel change request for submission to a service provider. In response to the channel share request, the service provider queries the recipient viewer to determine whether the recipient viewer accepts or rejects the offered multimedia channel. If the recipient viewer accepts the multimedia channel, the multimedia channel can be provided to the multimedia receiver of the recipient viewer either for storage for later playback or for immediate playback concurrent with the provision of the multimedia channel to the initiating viewer. Billing for costs associated with the shared multimedia channel is conducted based on billing feedback provided by the initiating viewer. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100042744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ALARM CORRELATION FOR A GATEWAY ROUTER - A method and an apparatus for providing alarm correlation for a gateway router are disclosed. For example, the method receives one or more alarms, wherein each of the one or more alarms having a message signature in accordance with a router redundancy signaling protocol. The method then identifies one or more root causes by correlating the one or more alarms in accordance with the message signatures. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100083060 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MPEG CRC ERROR BASED VIDEO NETWORK FAULT DETECTION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for detecting and identifying network faults. The method includes recording cyclic redundancy check (CRC) errors gathered by a data stream analyzer, if the number of CRC errors exceeds a threshold, sending a notification to an automated fault manager which (1) analyzes the number of CRC errors, (2) determines a cause of the CRC errors, and (3) takes appropriate corrective action based on the analysis. The method can further include storing CRC error measurements in a log organized by date and time, analyzing stored CRC error measurements to anticipate future CRC errors, and taking preventive action in advance of anticipated future CRC errors. The automated fault manager can be a rule-based fault/performance management system. The notification can be a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap. The data stream analyzer can be an MPEG transport stream analyzer. The automated fault manager can be a video provider or a part of a network management system. The threshold can be either dynamic or static and can be based on video stream priority. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100100775 | Filtering Redundant Events Based On A Statistical Correlation Between Events - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for filtering redundant fault events from an event stream generated by devices on a network based on a statistical correlation between fault events are provided. Event history data is collected from the fault events generated by devices on the network over a period of time. Statistical correlations are computed between each distinct pair of fault events in the event history data. Based on the statistical correlations, a list of redundant fault events and associated significant events is identified. The list of redundant events and associated significant events is utilized to filter the redundant fault events from the event stream generated by the devices on the network. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100202361 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING IP MOBILITY WITH HIGH SPEED ACCESS AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - An architecture for network layer mobility support, using always on broadband high speed access and a network-based mobility manager, termed as a network server or gateway is disclosed. The present invention obviates the need of MIP for IP mobility. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110075553 | CORE NETWORK DISASTER RECOVERY ARCHITECTURE - System(s), method(s), and device(s) that enable recovery of a core network (e.g., UMTS, GSM) during a disaster or other disruption are presented. A service recovery controller component can monitor connectivity in the communication network, can detect a disruption or loss of connectivity in the packet-switched (PS) core network, and, when a disruption or loss of connectivity is detected, can automatically re-route data or voice traffic between a radio network controller(s) and an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) core network via a direct interface(s) to enable communications to continue between communication devices. The service recovery controller component can continue to monitor connectivity in the communication network, and can detect when connectivity is re-established with the PS core network. When connectivity is re-established, the service recovery controller component can route data or voice traffic via the PS core network. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110086634 | EMPLOYING HANDOVER FAILURES FOR NETWORK FAULT PREDICTION OR REMEDY - The disclosed subject matter relates to an architecture that can detect a potential fault condition in a wireless communication network. In particular, the architecture can reference handover transaction failures in order to identify issues, e.g., before such issues escalate to more severe fault situations. In addition, the architecture can dynamically query a set of devices or components potentially responsible for the handover failure and/or take appropriate actions aimed at remedying the issue in an expeditious manner. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110145869 | Channel Change Via An Alternate Multimedia Content Delivery System - Methods and systems are disclosed to perform a channel change via an alternate multimedia content delivery system. A particular method includes detecting a request to perform a channel change at a customer premise equipment (CPE) device. The method also includes sending the request to a server of a primary multimedia content delivery system that supports delivery of content to the CPE device. The method further includes receiving a bandwidth limitation message from the server. The method includes generating a notification for display at a display device coupled to the CPE device. The notification prompts a user with respect to delivery of content over one or more alternate multimedia content delivery systems in response to the requested channel change. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110149726 | Method and System for Service Assurance and Capacity Management Using Post Dial Delays - A computer readable storage medium stores a set of instructions operable by a processor. The set of instructions is operable to determine a metric related to connection delays in a network; determine a level of service degradation for a selected one of a plurality of mechanisms for accessing the network; and instruct a user equipment to use a further one of the plurality of mechanisms, if the level of service degradation for the selected one of the plurality of mechanisms is greater than a predetermined degradation threshold. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110151879 | System and Method for Alternate Mobility Call Routing - A computer readable storage medium stores a set of instructions executable by a processor. The set of instructions being operable to receive, from a communications network, an indication that an element of the network is at a capacity limit; and initiate a communications session from a user communication device using an alternative network, wherein the alternative network transmits the communications session to the communications network. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154125 | Method and System for Fault Detection Using Round Trip Time - A computer readable storage medium stores a set of instructions executable by a processor. The set of instructions is operable to receive, from a user device, a query relating to a degradation of performance of the device within a network; receive, from a transceiver station, a record relating to a time to send data to the device; and identify the existence of an error in the device based on a determination that the time is greater than a predetermined threshold. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110161745 | Mobility PDA Surveillance Using GPS - A method for troubleshooting a mobile device operating in a network includes receiving a request from the mobile device to a network server via a global positioning system (GPS) interface; extracting a report from the network; comparing values in the report to threshold values; requesting additional data collection based on the comparing step; analyzing the additional data; and sending a report to the mobile device. The mobile device may be a personal digital assistant. The invention includes a system configured to perform the foregoing method steps. | 06-30-2011 |
