公开(公告)号：US09191234B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-17

申请号：US12420976

申请日：2009-04-09

申请人： Francois Blouin ,  Leigh Thorpe ,  Tim Rahrer ,  Tadeusz Drwiega ,  Rafi Rabipour

发明人： Francois Blouin ,  Leigh Thorpe ,  Tim Rahrer ,  Tadeusz Drwiega ,  Rafi Rabipour

IPC分类号： H04M3/42 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04M3/22 ,  H04M7/12

CPC分类号： H04L12/462 ,  H04L65/1093 ,  H04L65/403 ,  H04L65/605 ,  H04M3/2236 ,  H04M7/1205

摘要： An enhanced communication bridge includes a context interface that enables the audio bridge to learn information about the type of Voice encoder, device, network connection, location, type of call (business vs. personal), identity and position of the individual, and other information about the context of the communication session itself as well as the context of each person joining the communication session. This context information is used to determine how quality of experience targets for the communication as a whole, as well as how each individual contribution should be uniquely processed to attempt to meet the quality of experience targets. Business factors may influence the decision as to the type of processing to be implemented on each of the signals provided by the participants. Corrective action may also be implemented by the bridge on the client network devices as well in the embodiment. The bridge may be centralized or distributed. A video bridge may be implemented as well.

摘要翻译： 增强型通信桥包括上下文接口，使得音频桥可以了解关于语音编码器，设备，网络连接，位置，呼叫类型（业务对个人），个体的身份和位置以及其他信息的信息 关于通信会话本身的上下文以及加入通信会话的每个人的上下文。 该上下文信息用于确定整个通信的体验质量的质量以及如何独立处理每个个体贡献以尝试满足体验质量的目标。 业务因素可能影响对参与者提供的每个信号执行的处理类型的决定。 在实施例中也可以通过客户端网络设备上的桥来实现纠正动作。 桥可以集中或分布。 也可以实现视频桥。

公开(公告)号：US20080089355A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-17

申请号：US11977592

申请日：2007-10-25

申请人： Wing Lo ,  Francois Blouin

发明人： Wing Lo ,  Francois Blouin

IPC分类号： H04L12/413

CPC分类号： H04L12/413 ,  H04L47/13 ,  H04L47/2416 ,  H04L47/2433

摘要： A communications system includes a network that is coupled to a number of terminals, at least some of which are capable of audio or other forms of real-time interactive data communications over the network. Each of the terminals includes a network adapter that is capable of detecting a collision with another terminal on the network. If a collision is detected, transmission of a data frame is aborted, and a backoff time delay is selected. The backoff time delay is selected from a group of delay periods that vary at a rate different than exponentially with a number of collisions. The group of one or more delay periods can contain delay periods that increase linearly with the number of collisions, delay periods that increase according to some power of n, where n is the number of collisions, or a delay period that is selected at random based on a predetermined mean backoff delay. Alternatively, the selected backoff time delay is selected from a group of delay periods that increases exponentially with the number of collisions, but with a maximum value set that is less than the maximum set according to conventional backoff algorithms.

公开(公告)号：US20050002603A9

公开(公告)日：2005-01-06

申请号：US10180050

申请日：2002-06-27

申请人： Maged Beshai ,  Francois Blouin

发明人： Maged Beshai ,  Francois Blouin

IPC分类号： H04Q11/00 ,  G02B6/293 ,  G02B6/28

CPC分类号： H04Q11/0005 ,  H04Q2011/0033 ,  H04Q2011/0086

摘要： An optical core node that includes optical switching planes interfaces, at input, with multi-channel input links and, at output, with multi-channel output links. The number of channels per link can differ significantly among the links, necessitating that the input (output) links have different connection patterns to the switching planes. Such an optical core node requires new methods of assigning an incoming wavelength channel to one of the optical switching planes. The assignment of the channels of input and output links to input and output ports is established in a manner that increases input-output connectivity and, hence, throughput. Additionally, the networks that may be formed with such optical core nodes require new routing methods. A preferred method of selecting a path through the core node favors switching planes connecting to a small number of links. In a time-division-multiplexing (TDM) mode, the method of path selection is complemented by temporal packing of TDM frames.

摘要翻译： 一种光核心节点，其包括光输入平面接口，在输入端具有多通道输入链路，并且在输出端具有多通道输出链路。 每个链路的信道数量可能在链路之间显着不同，因此输入（输出）链路必须具有与交换平面不同的连接模式。 这种光核心节点需要将入射波长信道分配给光交换平面之一的新方法。 将输入和输出链路的通道分配给输入和输出端口以增加输入输出连接性，从而增加吞吐量的方式建立。 此外，可能由这种光核心节点形成的网络需要新的路由方法。 选择通过核心节点的路径的优选方法有利于连接到少量链路的交换平面。 在时分复用（TDM）模式中，路由选择的方法由TDM帧的时间打包补充。

公开(公告)号：US06340979B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-22

申请号：US09374262

申请日：1999-08-16

申请人： Brian Finlay Beaton ,  Colin Donald Smith ,  Francois Blouin ,  Guillaume Comeau ,  Arthur Julian Patterson Craddock

发明人： Brian Finlay Beaton ,  Colin Donald Smith ,  Francois Blouin ,  Guillaume Comeau ,  Arthur Julian Patterson Craddock

IPC分类号： G06F314

CPC分类号： G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  H04M1/72561 ,  H04M1/72583 ,  H04M2250/22

摘要： The system and method consistent with the present invention provides a contextual gesture interface for electronic devices. The contextual gesture interface activates a function corresponding to the characteristics of an object making contact with a display. The system may determine the time period of the contact as well as the size of the contact. The functions may include a wide array of navigation tools or editing tools. The contextual gesture interface of the present invention may be especially useful in portable electronic devices with small displays.

摘要翻译： 与本发明一致的系统和方法提供了一种用于电子设备的上下文手势界面。 上下文手势界面激活对应于与显示器接触的对象的特征的功能。 系统可以确定联系人的时间段以及联系人的大小。 这些功能可以包括各种导航工具或编辑工具。 本发明的上下文手势界面在具有小显示器的便携式电子设备中可能特别有用。

公开(公告)号：US6075510A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-13

申请号：US959007

申请日：1997-10-28

申请人： Francois Blouin ,  Guillaume Comeau

发明人： Francois Blouin ,  Guillaume Comeau

IPC分类号： G09G3/36

CPC分类号： G09G3/3611 ,  G09G2310/02 ,  G09G2330/021

摘要： A reduced-power method of updating an LCD display. LCD displays are refreshed line by line. Lines of the display which do not need to be updated, i.e. which are blank, are refreshed with less power than lines which require updating. This is achieved by latching display data to the blank lines for only a very short period of time.

摘要翻译： 一种更新LCD显示器的降低功率的方法。 LCD显示屏逐行刷新。 不需要更新的显示器的行，即空白的，以比需要更新的行更少的功率刷新。 这是通过将显示数据锁定到空白行仅在非常短的时间段内实现的。

公开(公告)号：US5850205A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-15

申请号：US813440

申请日：1997-03-10

申请人： Francois Blouin

发明人： Francois Blouin

IPC分类号： G09G3/34 ,  G09G3/36

CPC分类号： G09G3/3406 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G09G2320/029 ,  G09G2320/041 ,  G09G2320/0606 ,  G09G2320/066 ,  G09G2360/144 ,  G09G2360/145

摘要： An LCD with automatic contrast control is provided. A light sensor is mounted over a test pixel which is separate form the main viewing area of the LCD for taking luminance measurements for "ON", "OFF", and "surround" pixel states for a series of candidate operating voltages. The pixel contrast ratio and background contrast ratio are computed for each candidate voltage and the voltage resulting in the best contrast is selected as the operating voltage for the entire LCD.

摘要翻译： 提供具有自动对比度控制的LCD。 光传感器安装在测试像素上，该测试像素从LCD的主观看区域分开，用于对一系列候选工作电压进行“ON”，“OFF”和“环绕”像素状态的亮度测量。 为每个候选电压计算像素对比度和背景对比度，并将导致最佳对比度的电压选择为整个LCD的工作电压。