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20140314878 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DRUG-SENSITIZATION OR INHIBITION OF A CANCER CELL - The disclosure provides rifamycin and rifamycin derivative compositions, including rifabutin and rifabutin derivative compositions able to cause drug-sensitization in a cancer cell or inhibition of a cancer cell. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to cancer cells to sensitize them to drugs, such as chemotherapeutics, or directly inhibit them. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to increase reactive oxygen species (ROS), particularly superoxides, in cancer cells. The disclosure further provides methods of determining whether a cancer will respond to chemotherapeutics and whether to administer rifamycin or a rifamycin derivative based on ROS levels in cancer cells of a patient. | 10-23-2014 |
20150017673 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DRUG-SENSITIZATION OR INHIBITION OF A CANCER CELL - The disclosure provides rifamycin and rifamycin derivative compositions, including rifabutin and rifabutin derivative compositions able to cause drug-sensitization in a cancer cell or inhibition of a cancer cell. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to cancer cells to sensitize them to drugs, such as chemotherapeutics, or directly inhibit them. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to increase reactive oxygen species (ROS), particularly superoxides, in cancer cells. The disclosure further provides methods of determining whether a cancer will respond to chemotherapeutics and whether to administer rifamycin or a rifamycin derivative based on ROS levels in cancer cells of a patient. | 01-15-2015 |
20160038460 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DRUG-SENSITIZATION OR INHIBITION OF A CANCER CELL - The disclosure provides rifamycin and rifamycin derivative compositions, including rifabutin and rifabutin derivative compositions able to cause drug-sensitization in a cancer cell or inhibition of a cancer cell. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to cancer cells to sensitize them to drugs, such as chemotherapeutics, or directly inhibit them. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to increase reactive oxygen species (ROS), particularly superoxides, in cancer cells. The disclosure further provides methods of determining whether a cancer will respond to chemotherapeutics and whether to administer rifamycin or a rifamycin derivative based on ROS levels in cancer cells of a patient. | 02-11-2016 |
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20090150788 | System and Method for Configuring Enterprise Information Handling System Storage Solutions - Enterprise information handling system storage solutions are configured automatically through a graphical user interface that accepts storage device and storage topology selections from an end user to automatically present a graphical image depicting interconnection devices that interface the storage devices. For example, cables with a color selected by the end user are depicted interfacing storage devices with the selected color. In one embodiment, switches are automatically selected and depicted for the storage devices and storage topology selected by the end user. | 06-11-2009 |
20090187643 | System and Method for Configuring Networked Enterprise Information Handling System Solutions From a Product and Options Template - Networked enterprise information handling system solutions are configured by reference to a components template having plural components, each component having one or more associated attributes, such as in an XML structure. A selector interface provides end user access to the component template to accept end user inputs for products and constraints. A configuration engine applies selected products and constraints to products and constraints of the component template to automatically generate an enterprise solution of networked information handling systems. | 07-23-2009 |
20090240713 | System and Method for Validating Enterprise Information Handling System Network Solutions - Enterprise information handling system network solutions are automatically validated within each information handling system, between connected information handling systems and to logical groupings within the solution and to the solution as a whole. A validation engine applies validation rules to determine a network solution topology to validate end user information handling system component selections. Invalid information handling system component selections are automatically corrected, disabled or hidden to ensure that end users select valid configurations. | 09-24-2009 |
20130124418 | ECOMMERCE SYSTEM WITH PAYMENT DATA DIVISION - In at least one embodiment of an ecommerce system, payment data is divided into proper subsets and distributed among multiple data processing systems, and each of the data processing systems stores less than all of the subsets of the payment data after the subsets of payment data are distributed and until at least sending the payment data to a payment authorization system for processing. In at least one embodiment, distributing proper subsets of the payment data among multiple data processing systems enhances security of the payment data by limiting an amount of time and the locations in which a complete set of payment data is persisted. | 05-16-2013 |
20130346315 | ECOMMERCE SYSTEM WITH PAYMENT DATA DIVISION - In at least one embodiment of an ecommerce system, payment data is divided into proper subsets and distributed among multiple data processing systems, and each of the data processing systems stores less than all of the subsets of the payment data after the subsets of payment data are distributed and until at least sending the payment data to a payment authorization system for processing. In at least one embodiment, distributing proper subsets of the payment data among multiple data processing systems enhances security of the payment data by limiting an amount of time and the locations in which a complete set of payment data is persisted. | 12-26-2013 |
20140096221 | System and Method for Implicitly Resolving Query Scope in a Multi-Client and Multi-Tenant Datastore - An apparatus comprising a multi-tenant datastore and a processor coupled to the multi-tenant datastore, wherein the processor is configured to receive a request comprising one or more security tokens, wherein the one or more security tokens comprise identification information, and generate a query based on the request to access the multi-tenant datastore, wherein generating the query comprises deriving a query scope based on the one or more security tokens. | 04-03-2014 |
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20080293382 | AUTHENTICATING FEMTOCELL-CONNECTED MOBILE DEVICES - The present disclosure includes a method and system for authenticating femtocell-connected mobile devices. In some implementations, a method includes receiving information associated with an authentication request transmitted by a cellular core network. The information is internetworked between a cellular radio technology and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for authenticating a cellular device in a femtocell. | 11-27-2008 |
20080293418 | MANAGING CALL CONTINUITY BETWEEN NETWORK DEVICES - The present disclosure includes a system and method for managing handovers between network devices. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a request to handover a call session from a femtocell to a macrocell associated with a cellular core network. The femtocell comprise cellular radio technology. A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message is generated based, at least in part, on the handover request. The SIP message is transmitted to a communication node associated with the cellular core network. | 11-27-2008 |
20080293433 | DISCOVERING CELLULAR NETWORK ELEMENTS - The present disclosure includes a system and method for discovering network elements. In some implementations, a method includes identifying information indicating a location of a femtocell device. A communication node associated with the femtocell device is identified. A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message including the location information is transmitted to the identified communication node. A response is received requesting that the femtocell device register with a different communication node associated with a cellular core network at least proximate the location. | 11-27-2008 |
20090097450 | PROVIDING VOICE CALL CONTINUITY - The present disclosure includes a system and method for enhanced voice call continuity. A method includes receiving a request to handover a call session from a radio access network to an IP-CAN. The method further includes handing over the call session to the IP-CAN independent of an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). | 04-16-2009 |
20090253441 | ACCESSING CORE NETWORK SERVICES - The present disclosure is directed to system and method for accessing core network services. In some implementations, a method can include receiving a communication from a femtocell identifying status information of a cellular mobile device. Instructions for accessing one or more core-network services are identified based, at least in part, on the status information. The core-network services are accessed in accordance with the identified instructions. | 10-08-2009 |
20100159895 | PROVIDING ENHANCED EDGE SERVICES TO DEVICES IN FEMTOZONES - The present disclosure is directed to providing enhanced edge services to devices in femtozones. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a request associated with a communication session with a femtozone area. The femtozone area includes a plurality of communication devices communicably coupled to a femtocell device and associated in a service group. One or more enhanced services available to the service group is identified in response to at least the request. A command to execute at least one of the one or more services for the communication devices is transmitted to at least the femtocell device associated with the femtozone area. | 06-24-2010 |
20110038366 | SWITCHING DATA STREAMS BETWEEN CORE NETWORKS - The present disclosure is directed to switching data streams between core networks. In some implementations, a method can include identifying a plurality of different RTP streams from a SIP device with at least one stream associated with a supplementary service. A plurality of single media streams for a plurality of different mobile devices in a cellular core network is identified. Dynamically switching connections between each RTP stream in the plurality of different RTP streams and a corresponding single media stream in the plurality of single media streams based, at least in part, on SIP signaling from the SIP device. | 02-17-2011 |
20120302234 | Internetworking for Circuit Switched Fallback - In some implementations, a method includes presenting a network node as a Visited Location Resource (VLR) for User Equipment (UE) to Mobile Management Entity (MME) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. The network node includes an SGs interface to the MME in the LTE system and a MAP interface to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) in a Cellular System (CS). A notification of the UE registering the LTE system is received from the MME. A network node registers, through the MAP interface, with a Home Location Resource (HLR) in the CS as the VLR for the UE. | 11-29-2012 |
20140355520 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISITING SUBSCRIBER SERVER IN IMS CORE NETWORKS - A method for supporting an inbound roaming subscriber in an IMS network, comprises receiving a request from the inbound roaming subscriber to access the IMS network, determining the inbound roaming subscriber's home network, retrieving authentication credentials from the inbound roaming subscriber's home network, and verifying the authentication credentials, dynamically deriving public and private user identities for the inbound roaming subscriber, and creating and storing a subscriber record for the inbound roaming subscriber. | 12-04-2014 |
20150304846 | GSM A3/A8 AUTHENTICATION IN AN IMS NETWORK - A telecommunication network comprises an ICS GW configured to receive an access request from a UE; an HSS FE configured to retrieve A3/A8 authentication vectors including an A3/A8 authentication response from an HLR, and further configured to encode the A3/A8 authentication vectors as AKA authentication vectors and send the AKA authentication parameters to an S-CSCF; the ICS GW configured to receive an authentication challenge from the S-CSCF with encoded A3/A8 authentication vectors, and further configured to detect the A3/A8 authentication vectors and issue an A3/A8 authentication challenge to the UE; and the ICS GW configured to receive an A3/A8 authentication response from the UE, and further to encode the A3/A8 authentication response into an AKA authentication response and sending it to the S-CSCF for comparison. | 10-22-2015 |
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20130217369 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING OPERATIONS OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 08-22-2013 |
20130237178 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING ALERTS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a cordless phone operating in an establishment with a plurality of cordless phone handsets having a controller adapted to monitor a source for weather alerts, detect a weather alert, determine from the weather alert a weather alert type, retrieve a user profile, identify from the user profile and the weather alert type one or more of the plurality of cordless phone handsets to be notified of the weather alert, select from the user profile a ringtone type for each of the identified cordless phone handsets, wherein the ringtone type identifies the weather alert type, and transmit a message to cause each of the indentified cordless phone handsets to assert the ringtone type identified therefor. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 09-12-2013 |
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20080204978 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING A USER INTERFACE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method for positioning a user interface of a computing device is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a user interface (UI), a counterweight, and a housing assembly that houses the UI with one or more exposed portions, and the counterweight. The counterweight can be positioned in the housing assembly to cause a desired position of at least one of the one or more exposed portions of the UI when a select one of a plurality of surfaces of the housing assembly rests on a nearly planar surface. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 08-28-2008 |
20080313154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONTACT INFORMATION - A method for managing contact information is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to perform a web-based search for contact information based on a request, present search results obtained from the web-based search, monitor for a selection to populate an address book of the communication device with a target portion of the contact information for an entry of the search results, parse the entry of the search results to obtain the target portion of the contact information, and populate the address book with the target portion of the contact information. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to present a graphical user interface (GUI) with a plurality of toolbars, detect a selection of a web-based toolbar, present the GUI with a hierarchical listing of content associated with the selected web-based toolbar, detect a selection of content from the hierarchical listing of content, create a new toolbar associated with the selected content with at least one selectable GUI element, present the GUI with the new toolbar intermixed with at least a portion of the plurality of toolbars, poll a web service for content updates, wherein the web service is associated with the selected content, and present the GUI with content updates supplied by the web service displayed in a portion of the new toolbar. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 12-18-2008 |
20090274285 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve a targeted party telephone number, retrieve a telephone number assigned to the communication device, submit to a system at least a portion of the targeted party telephone number and at least a portion of the telephone number assigned to the communication device, receive from the system information indicating a dialing format for the targeted party telephone number, and initiate communications according to the information supplied by the system. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 11-05-2009 |
20100020949 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONTACT BOOKS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to receive from a first communication device (CD) a telephone number of a second CD, submit a verification code to the second CD, submit a request to the first CD for the verification code, receive the verification code from the first CD, provide the first CD access to update in whole or in part a second contact book of the second CD stored in a contact book account, receive from the first CD one or more entries of a first contact book of the first CD, merge the one or more entries of the first contact book with one or more entries of the second contact book, thereby generating an updated second contact book, and store the updated second contact book in the contact book account. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 01-28-2010 |
20100022237 | MULTI-MODE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication system having a battery-operated communication device (BOCD) operating according to a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) access protocol, or a Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) wireless access protocol, one or more battery-operated handsets (BOHs) operating according to the DECT wireless access protocol, and a base unit with a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) port and an Ethernet port. The base unit can be adapted to provide voice or data services to the BOCD by way of the PSTN port or the Ethernet port while communicatively coupled thereto according to the DECT wireless access protocol, or the WiFi access protocol, and provide voice services to each of the one or more BOHs by way of the PSTN port while communicatively coupled thereto according to the DECT wireless access protocol. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 01-28-2010 |