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| 20140233587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POLICY-BASED INTELLIGENT PROVISIONING OF OPTICAL TRANSPORT BANDWIDTH - Policy-based, on-demand provisioning of optical transport bandwidth is disclosed. In one of many possible embodiments, a system is provided for policy-based, on-demand provisioning of optical transport bandwidth. The system includes a layer-specific operation support subsystem (OSS) configured to manage network elements that form a sub-network over an optical transport network. The optical transport network provides bandwidth-on-demand provisioning capabilities. The layer-specific OSS includes one or more predefined bandwidth provisioning policies. The layer-specific OSS is configured to selectively request on-demand provisioning of bandwidth on the sub-network based on the predefined bandwidth provisioning policies. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140215509 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SHARED FOLDER VIA TELEVISION - An enhanced television service provides a shared folder over a television network, such as a fiber optic network. Users, the service provider, or trusted sources, share use of a program folder via television. A user recommends content, such as a program listing, to other geographically dispersed subscribers, by sending the content to the subscribers' shared folder. Users may create a personal content guide for use instead of a standard program guide that contains identical listings for all subscribers. The shared folder may consist of programs from a variety of channels as well as other content and may be populated by trusted sources in remote locations. Users may search for content that matches search criteria and may delete or edit listings from the shared folder. The contents of the folder may not only include program listings, but also other content such as movies, television shows, web sites, photos, home videos, etc. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140180588 | DRIVING DIRECTIONS WITH SELECTIVE PRINTING - In one of many possible embodiments, an exemplary system includes a driving directions subsystem configured to provide data representative of driving directions to an access device communicatively coupled to the driving directions subsystem. The driving directions subsystem is further configured to provide at least one selection tool to the access device. The selection tool enables a user of the access device to select a subset of the driving directions for printing. In certain embodiments, the driving directions include a plurality of driving steps, and the selection tool enables the user of the access device to select, for each driving step, between including the driving step in and omitting the driving step from the printing. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140108161 | DRIVING DIRECTIONS WITH LANDMARK DATA - In one of many possible embodiments, an exemplary system includes a landmark data subsystem providing landmark data and a driving directions subsystem communicatively coupled to the landmark data subsystem. The driving directions subsystem is configured to generate driving directions in response to a request received from an access device. The driving directions include a least a subset of the landmark data, which is representative of one or more landmarks located along a route defined by the driving directions. The driving directions subsystem is further configured to provide data representative of the driving directions to the access device. In certain embodiments, the driving directions subsystem is configured to provide to the access device a selection tool enabling a user of the access device to select between displaying and hiding the landmark data. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140087765 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONNECTION STATUS AND LOCATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT - A system may provide a client device with a persistent wireless network browser toolbar for use in, for example, a network browser. The persistent wireless network browser toolbar is provided with a login status indicator, a logout option, and a wireless network signal strength indicator. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20130231983 | ESTIMATING BUSINESS TARGETS - A method for generating business targets includes accessing data ( | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130205356 | MEASUREMENT OF VIDEO QUALITY AT CUSTOMER PREMISES - A video signal is provided to a set top box. An instruction to record a specified portion of the video signal, thereby creating a video sample, is provided to the set top box. The video sample is received from the set top box. Reference video corresponding to the video sample is obtained. A comparison of the video sample and the reference video is performed. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130117568 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Techniques are described for enabling authentication and/or key agreement between communications network stations and service networks. The techniques described include the negotiation and use of a cryptographic primitive shared between a service network and a home environment of a station. The techniques described also feature a key usage indicator, such as a sequence number, maintained by the service network and a station. Comparison of the key usage indicators can, for example, permit efficient authentication of the service network. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20120143699 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING NON-LINEAR CONTENT BASED ON LINEAR CONTENT METADATA - A system and method may include receiving a non-linear content identifier request. The system and method may further include identifying linear content metadata associated with the non-linear content identifier request, the linear content metadata representing at least one metadata keyword. The system and method also may include identifying a relationship between the at least one metadata keyword and at least one non-linear content keyword. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120137223 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTION OF MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS - Described are a variety of techniques for viewing multimedia-based information in accordance with user controls for the speed and direction of the multimedia presentation. Different techniques for presenting multimedia data items are disclosed. User controls providing control for speed and direction in accordance with a user selection device being in a particular location. When a user device is with the defined area, the speed and direction control are on. When the user selection device leaves the defined area, the speed and direction are off. Also described is a system using a browser tool for displaying multimedia data in accordance with these viewing techniques. Multimedia data items displayed with the viewing techniques are indices into multimedia presentations. A user selection is made by viewing the multimedia data items and control is transferred accordingly to an appropriate application to present a multimedia presentation corresponding to a selected multimedia data item. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120106728 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES - Methods and systems providing access to integrated communications services are disclosed. A notification of a call to a user is received at a device associated with the user, the device being connected to a data network and including a base unit, a handset, and a user interface, wherein the device is determined based on retrieved data corresponding to the user, and the retrieved data was retrieved using information pertaining to the call. Input from the user indicative of a response to the notification is also received at the device. Response information reflective of the response to the notification is then sent to the server, wherein the server instructs a service control point to connect the call based on the response to the notification. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20110268089 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONNECTION STATUS AND LOCATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT - A system may provide a client device with a persistent wireless network browser toolbar for use in, for example, a network browser. The persistent wireless network browser toolbar is provided with a login status indicator, a logout option, and a wireless network signal strength indicator. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110222548 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DISTRIBUTED PACKET LOSS CONCEALMENT IN PACKET SWITCHING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - A communications system ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110173281 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST SERVICE - Methods and systems are provided for facilitating communications among persons sharing a common interest. Customers of a telecommunications provider are notified about the service via a notification included in a billing statement. A customer uses the information to access a web site capable of registering the customer and connecting the customer to other persons sharing a common interest. The service assigns aliases to respective participants so that the true identity of each person is not made available to others in the group. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20100332289 | ESTIMATING BUSINESS TARGETS - A method for generating business targets includes accessing data ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100040230 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Techniques are described for enabling authentication and/or key agreement between communications network stations and service networks. The techniques described include the negotiation and use of a cryptographic primitive shared between a service network and a home environment of a station. The techniques described also feature a key usage indicator, such as a sequence number, maintained by the service network and a station. Comparison of the key usage indicators can, for example, permit efficient authentication of the service network. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100008356 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENCE-BASED TELEPHONY COMMUNICATIONS - A system and method can enable a user of a communications network, such as a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), wireless and/or voice over IP network to participate in Presence Availability Management (PAM) and Instant Messaging (IM) activities of a PAM/IM network. In response to phone network triggers, a phone network Service Control Point (SCP) can generate requests to a web server. The web server can translate the requests to presence information that can be forwarded to presence user agents for participants of the PAM/IM network. The presence user agents can present the user's presence information to participants having the user on their “buddy list”. In turn, the presence user agent for the user can forward the presence information for participants on the user's “buddy list” to a media server that can communicate the information to the user through Automatic Speech Recognition, Text to Speech and/or Dual Tone MultiFrequency technology | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100002852 | UNIFIED MESSAGING SYSTEM - Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a unified messaging system. The unified messaging system comprises a unified messaging system server and clients, such as personal computers, telephones, facsimile machines, and two-way paging machines connected via both land based and wireless connections. This system enables a user to access and retrieve a variety of messages, including voice mail messages, facsimiles, and electronic mail messages via a unified user interface that clearly distinguishes each message type using message identifiers, and segregates messages by type. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090327283 | TECHNIQUES FOR WEB SITE INTEGRATION - Disclosed is a method and device for finding documents, such as Web pages, for presentation to a user, automatically or in response to a user expression of interest, which documents are part of a Web site being accessed by the user, and which documents relate to a document, such as a Web page, being accessed in the Web site. The method takes advantage of information retrieval techniques. The method generates the search query to use to find documents by reference to the text of the document in the Web site being accessed by the user. The method further uses a weighting function to weigh the terms used in the search query. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090317053 | PROVIDING INTERACTIVE CONTENT DURING TRICK MODE - A system may receive an enhanced media stream that includes media content and interactive content relating to the media content, present the media content for display on a video display device, detect initiation of a trick mode during presentation of the media content, and present information, relating to the interactive content, superimposed on the media content presented for display on the video display device during the trick mode. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090307721 | PROVIDING CONTENT RELATED TO AN ITEM IN AN INTERACTIVE DATA SCROLL - A system may present video content with a data scroll on a video display device. The data scroll may include data scroll items that are automatically and consecutively presented on the video display device. Each of the data scroll items may include information associated with a particular topic. The system may receive a selection of a softkey corresponding to one of the data scroll items, retrieve, in response to receiving the selection of the softkey, additional content corresponding to the particular topic associated with the one of the data scroll items, and present the additional content on the video display device. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090290585 | DATA LINK LAYER SWITCH ITH MULTICAST CAPABILITY - A data link layer switch includes a switching mechanism coupled to a plurality of port interface controllers. Each of the port interface controllers comprises a multicast address table, a multicast matcher, and a timer. The multicast address table stores multicast addresses for hosts attached to the port interface controller. The multicast matcher matches an incoming packet to a target pattern, generates a multicast address from the incoming packet if the incoming packet matches the target pattern, and stores the generated multicast address in the multicast address table. The timer determines an amount of time that the generated multicast address remains in the multicast address table. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090276151 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VIDEO MAPPING AND TRAVEL PLANNING SERVICES - An approach is provided for providing a first-person perspective video mapping service. Information corresponding to a geographic area is received from a subscriber of the mapping service over a network. One or more first-person perspective videos of at least a portion of the geographic area are retrieved based on the information. A first-person perspective video map is generated using the retrieved first-person perspective video(s) and is transmitted to the subscriber over the network. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090267730 | Robust Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol for Net-Generation Wireless networks - Embodiments of the invention may be used to provide an authentication and key agreement protocol that is more robust against base station, replay and other attacks compared to previously known systems. The nonce-based authentication and key agreement protocol provides security against such attacks while avoiding the problems that arise in systems that use sequence number counters on the home environment and mobile station-sides. In an embodiment, a nonce that is transmitted from the user to the home environment through the serving network, as well as subsequent values for the nonce that are derived from the initial nonce, are used as indices for authentication vectors. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090149246 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED GAMES - An approach is provided for developing customized games. Customization information is obtained from a user (or someone preparing the game for the user) in response to a menu of options relating to a game, or is automatically collected from customization information already collected. Gaming information, including rules and design layout, is output in response to the customization information for playing the game. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090144657 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SHARING IMAGES CAPTURED BY A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An approach is disclosed for sharing images using a mobile device. An image is captured by the mobile device, which can establish a voice call over a wireless network. A menu of options is presented to a user for sharing the image with other users, wherein one of the options includes uploading the image to a remote platform configured to store the image in a folder among a plurality of folders. A text message is generated, in response to selection of the one option, according to a messaging protocol for transmitting the image over the wireless network to a gateway coupled to the remote platform. The text message includes information specifying one of the folders for storing the image. At least one of the folders is identified to indicate how the image is to be shared. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090138702 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING CRYPTOGRAPHIC-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN A PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE - In a node ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090110358 | Methods and Devices for the Installation of the Fiber Optic Cable to a House or Other Building Structure - Methods and devices for the installation of a fiber optic cable to a house or other building structure are provided. The method may include identifying a preferred location of a customer through an indication left by the customer either on the interior side or exterior side of a wall, forming a through opening in the wall near or at the preferred location, and installing the in-wall termination device in the opening. The in-wall termination device may include a wall plate for attaching to an interior surface of the wall. The wall plate includes one or more connectors for receiving ends of cables extending from the exterior and connecting those cables to other cables extending through the interior of the building structure. The method may allow for the installation of the cable without requiring the presence of the customer or requiring access to the interior of the building structure. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090104920 | RETAIL-RELATED SERVICES FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A system identifies a location of a user based on a location of a mobile device associated with the user, associates the location of the user to a location having a collection of attractions relating to shopping or entertainment, retrieves layout information associated with the location having the collection of attractions, and provides the layout information to the user on the mobile device. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090089183 | MULTI-PLATFORM NETWORK FOR PROVIDING ORDERING SERVICES - A food ordering system may receive, from a user, a request to place a food order, identify the user, identify a type of user device used by the user to place the request, identify a user interface client that is tailored to the type of the user device, receive, via the user interface client, input from the user to establish the food order, and provide the food order to a restaurant. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090083808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDERING AND DISTRIBUTING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A system and method for ordering and distributing multimedia content including a receiver to receive data for ordering multimedia content, a decoder to decode the data in the event the data is encoded, and distributing the multimedia content based on the data to one or more output devices at a predetermined time. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090061835 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING EVENT CONTENT SHARING BY MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - An approach is disclosed for providing sharing of content relating to an event. Detection of a plurality of mobile communication devices within a predetermined location is performed. An event is identified corresponding to the predetermined location and a current time. The mobile communication devices are notified to enable exchange of content about the event. The content is received from one or more of the mobile communication devices, wherein the content is accessible by the mobile communication devices. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090024404 | ENHANCED REAL ESTATE LISTINGS VIA MULTIPLE DEVICES - A system receives, via a network, customer selected preferences for receiving different types of data at different ones of multiple devices associated with the customer and stores the customer preferences. The system sends a first type of the different types of data to the customer at a first device of the multiple devices based on the stored customer preferences and sends a second type of the different types of data to the customer at a second device of the multiple devices based on the stored customer preferences, where the second device is different than the first device. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090007179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE FOR PAST CURRENT AND FUTURE PROGRAMMING - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system and method for providing a program guide for past programming comprising receiving a user command to retrieve program data, retrieving the program data from a data source, and outputting, to a display device, the program data in response to receiving the user command. The program data may comprise information relating to previously-aired programming. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090007173 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING GUIDE - Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for presenting an interactive programming guide are provided. An embodiment may include providing an apparatus configured to deliver media programs and an interactive programming guide to a monitor to be viewed by a user. The interactive programming guide may list channels and media programs available to the user. The apparatus may be configured to filter the interactive programming guide by limiting the channels and media programs listed in the interactive programming guide based on one or more attributes of the media programs. The user may be able to choose the attributes to be used as the filter either through a current media program being watched by the user or through the interactive programming guide. The attributes may be identified through metadata associated with the media programs. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090003796 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECEIVING A COMMAND DURING A COMMERCIAL - Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for receiving recording or other commands are provided. In operation, a command is received during the display of a commercial for a media program, the media program and a date and time for the media program are identified, and the command is executed based on the date and time. The command may be to record the program or send a reminder to the display regarding the media program. A viewer is allowed to send the command during the commercial without requiring the user to go to a second screen, such as a recording screen, or to enter additional commands. The date and time of the media program may be identified through metadata associated with the commercial or through the review of an interactive programming guide. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080320546 | SNAPSHOT RECOGNITION FOR TV - A system may include logic to provide a video program to a video display, logic to provide interactive content to indicate that a snapshot of the video program can be captured, and snapshot capturing logic to capture a video frame of the video program. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080281665 | Automated Calendar Concierge - A method and system of an embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving data from a calendar client at a network element communicatively coupled to a network wherein the data comprises information relating at least in part to unscheduled time for a user associated with the calendar client, searching a database for at least one event offering corresponding to the unscheduled time, and sending the at least one event offering to the calendar client. The method and system may include ranking or filtering event offerings based at least in part on preferences of a calendar client user. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080280591 | Inbound Phone Control - A method, including receiving at a network element, from a first telecommunications enabled device, a control connection request directed to a second telecommunications enabled device, connecting a control connection to the second telecommunications enabled device wherein the control connection is connected without requiring user input at the second telecommunications enabled device to answer the control connection request, and providing access to one or more functionalities of the second telecommunications enabled device to the first telecommunications enabled device through the control connection. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080244671 | NOTIFICATION FOR INTERACTIVE CONTENT - A system may provide a video program or information associated with the video program on a video display device, and provide an interactive content icon on the video display device. The interactive content icon may indicate that interactive content is available for the video program. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244666 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING INCENTIVES TO INCREASE ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS - Systems and methods can include offering a user an incentive for viewing advertising content, delivering the advertising content to the user, monitoring the delivery of the advertising content to the user and awarding the user the offered incentive upon successful completion of delivery of the advertising content to the user. Systems and methods can further include maintaining a database of incentives awarded to the user for subsequent redemption by the user. Systems and methods can further include offering the user an opportunity to identify advertising content preferences, storing those advertising content preferences in a database and using the advertising content preferences to filter the advertising content identified to the user when the user is offered an incentive for viewing advertising content. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244654 | System and Method for Providing a Directory of Advertisements - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system and method for providing a directory of advertisements comprising receiving a menu command, outputting a user menu at a display device in response to receiving the menu command, receiving one or more entries based on interactions with the user menu to select an advertisement and corresponding advertisement data, retrieving the advertisement and corresponding advertisement data in response to receiving on one or more entries, and outputting, at the display device, at least one of the retrieved advertisement and the retrieved corresponding advertisement data. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244645 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING AN UPDATEABLE NON-LINEAR CONTENT LINEUP DISPLAY - A method and system may include sending a linear content signal to cause display of linear content, receiving a graphical user interface display request signal requesting display of a graphical user interface, and sending a graphical user interface signal to cause display of a graphical user interface, which is associated with a non-linear content identifier field, which is associated with a non-linear content identifier. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244643 | System and Method for Alphanumeric Channel-Changing - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method and system for alphanumeric channel-changing comprising receiving one or more entries corresponding to a name of a channel, matching the name of the channel against channel data stored in at least one database to form a match, and providing the channel corresponding to the one or more entries based on the match. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080243756 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING NON-LINEAR CONTENT BASED ON LINEAR CONTENT METADATA - A system and method may include receiving a non-linear content identifier request. The system and method may further include identifying linear content metadata associated with the non-linear content identifier request, the linear content metadata representing at least one metadata keyword. The system and method also may include identifying a relationship between the at least one metadata keyword and at least one non-linear content keyword. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080243513 | Apparatus And Method For Controlling Output Format Of Information - An apparatus for controlling the output format of information is provided. The apparatus includes a communications unit configured to receive information intended for at least one recipient. The apparatus also includes a selection unit, which is configured to automatically detect, based on the at least one recipient, an externally-specified indication of a preferred form of output selected from amongst a plurality of available forms of output. The selection unit causes the information to be outputted in the preferred form of output. A method and a computer program product are also provided for controlling the output format of information. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239169 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A TRANSITION BETWEEN LINEAR CONTENT AND NON-LINEAR CONTENT - A method and system may include sending a non-linear content signal to cause display of non-linear content at a display device, identifying a termination identifier associated with display of the non-linear content, and sending a graphical user interface signal to cause display of a graphical user interface that includes a current location field and a previous location field. The system and method may further include receiving a selection request selecting one of the current location field and the previous location field. | 10-02-2008 |
