Net2phone, Inc.

National Retail Solutions, Inc.

Other

Harold Jeffrey Goldberg

Jeffrey S Skelton

Thomas Scott Kennedy

Alan Staniforth

Estie Galinsky

Elie Y Katz

Chaim M Ackerman

John L Berry

Dominic Lunanuova

A point-of-sale terminal is used to process purchases by a customer during normal operation. However, the point-of-sale terminal also may receive, aggregate and/or process information measured by sensors that are co-located with or in the vicinity of the point-of-sale terminal. The point-of-sale terminal may receive information from at least one sensor that indicates that the at least one sensor has sensed a measureable parameter that is outside of a threshold range; establish at least one communication channel with at least one third-party based on the indication that the at least one sensor has sensed a measureable parameter that is outside of the threshold range; and send to the at least one third party at least one communication relating to the at least one sensor indicating that the at least one sensor has sensed a measureable parameter that is outside of the threshold range.

Point-of-sale terminal with integrated emergency services request capability

A point-of-sale terminal is used to process purchases by a customer during normal operation. However, during an emergency, the cashier activates an 'emergency button' to indicate that the cashier needs police assistance. Once the cashier has indicated that an emergency condition occurs, the point-of-sale terminal attempts to utilize at least one communications adapter to notify the police of the emergency condition, either directly or via a monitoring service if the store subscribes to a monitoring service.

A system, method, and computer program product through which address resolution is performed for nodes of a network that are behind a network address translator (NAT). A determination is made upon the initiation of a communication session as to whether one or more of the nodes included in the session are behind a NAT. Based on the determination, information is exchanged from an independent application server to the nodes included in the session so as to resolve the addressing problems introduced by the NAT. The invention is applicable in applications including, but not limited to, IP telephony, and applications complying with the session initiation protocol (SIP).

System, method, and computer program product for resolving addressing in a network including a network address translator

System, method and computer program product for resolving addressing in a network including a network address translator

A system, method, and computer program product through which address resolution is performed for nodes () of a network that are behind a network address translator (NAT). A determination is made upon the initiation of a communication session as to whether one or more of the nodes () included in the session are behind a NAT. Based on the determination, information is exchanged (L, L) from an independent application server () to the nodes () included in the session so as to resolve the addressing problems introduced by the NAT. The invention is applicable in applications including, but not limited to, IP telephony, and applications complying with the session initiation protocol (SIP).

A computer based system, computer program product, and method for managing network status message data flow. A computer based system, computer program product, and method are provided for managing the flow rate of network status messages to a remote network operations console. Detailed network status is abstracted into hierarchical levels of detail so that an appropriate level of detail can be provided from a flow control daemon to the requesting network operations console without exceeding a predetermined allocation of bandwidth set aside for network status reporting.

System and method for managing a flow of network status messages at a network operations console

A method and system for monitoring the statuses of components within a telephony system, especially a cable-based telephony system, and to monitor quality issues within such system. By determining how components with the system are behaving, a network administrator may be able to troubleshoot problems remotely using a known set of problem resolution techniques. Such techniques may be applied stepwise by the administrator or may be automated through computer intervention.

Cable telephony monitoring system

A computer based system, computer program product, and method for managing network status message data flow are provided for managing the flow rate of network status messages to a remote network operations console. Detailed network status is abstracted into hierarchical levels of detail so that an appropriate level of detail can be provided from a flow control daemon to the requesting network operations console without exceeding a predetermined allocation of bandwidth set aside for network status reporting.

A method and system for combining plural independently addressable packets into a SuperPacket to improve the utilization of a communications channel. The method and system reduce the percentage of the header information that is redundant between packets and/or redundant based on the source and destination addresses of the packets as compared to the data payload. The combined SuperPackets are disassembled at a terminating gateway or at a second multiplexer. The reduction in header information is especially useful in voice over IP communications systems where the data is voice information that is kept in small packets to avoid latency.

Voice IP bandwidth utilization

A flower arranging device comprising one or more inverted truncated members disposed in spaced relationship to each other upon a floral foam base and coactive therewith to provide angularly disposed guides for positioning flowers or other similar materials therewithin.

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Lakewood, NJ, United States of America

Harold Jeffrey Goldberg