Alcatel Lucent

Google Inc.

Ron E Haberman

Joseph M Regan

Mike K Noll

Wim Henderickx

Miroslav Vrana

Wenao Hu

Paul Kwok

Ilan Kepten

Fernando Cuervo

Hamdy Farid

Sven Maurice Joseph Ooghe

Pierre Alfons Leonard Verhelst

Farid Hamdy

A method for allowing a number of split-screens to share a display on a client device beyond an application's native capacity for split-screening, includes determining configuration parameters for the client device, establishing a plurality of application instances to be initialized based on the number of split-screens and the application's native capacity for split-screening, initializing one or more virtual machine servers to service the plurality of application instances, optimizing display output parameters for each application instance based at least in part on the configuration parameters for the client device, and outputting display from each application instance to the client device, such that the display output from each application instance shares the display on the client device.

Mechanism for allowing a number of split-screens to share a display on a client device beyond an application's native capacity for split-screening

A method for associating an analog input device gesture with an account for account access includes creating a user identifier for an account, creating a password for the account, generating the analog input device gesture, and associating the analog input device gesture with the account.

Mechanism for associating analog input device gesture with password for account access

Providing network access is disclosed. Use of a provider equipment port via which network access is provided to two or more downstream nodes, each having one or more classes of network traffic associated with it, is scheduled on a per class basis, across the downstream nodes. The respective network traffic sent to each of at least a subset of the two or more downstream nodes is limited, on a per downstream node basis, to a corresponding rate determined at least in part by a capacity of a communication path associated with the downstream node.

Per-class scheduling with rate limiting

Providing gateway redundancy is disclosed. On each of a master and a standby gateway a single IP routing redundancy protocol instance is associated with a plurality of subscriber subnets. On each gateway, the respective single IP routing redundancy protocol instance is used to provide gateway redundancy for the plurality of subscriber subnets.

Multipath virtual router redundancy

A local wireless access capability is disclosed. A mobile device (MD) receives cellular service from a cellular service provider and is also configured to be able to access local wireless access points (LWAPs) of respective wireless hotspots. The MD detects one or more LWAPs. The MD determines access point information associated with each detected LWAP. The MD propagates the access point information toward a service provider controller (SPC) of the cellular service provider. The SPC determines, for each of one or more of the one or more detected LWAPs, whether the MD is authorized to access the LWAP. The SPC determines whether the MD is authorized to access an LWAP using the service information of the cellular service provider and the access point information associated with the LWAP. The SPC identifies one of the LWAPs to be accessed by the MD. The SPC provides credential data for the LWAP either to the MD (such that the MD may provide the credential information to the LWAP to access the LWAP) or to the LWAP (on behalf of the MD for authenticating the MD to the LWAP). The MD may then access the selected LWAP.

Method and apparatus for using a cellular network to facilitate access by a mobile device to a local wireless access point

A multicast replicating network node () according to the present invention reports to a traffic scheduling network node () information () indicative for the bandwidth consumed by multicast services or indicative for the bandwidth available for unicast services on a line coupled to the multicast replicating network node (). The traffic scheduling network node () this way stays aware of the multicast bandwidth occupancy on different subscriber lines and access node uplinks without serious impact on its processing requirements.

Reporting multicast bandwidth consumption between a multicast replicating node and a traffic scheduling node

A method and apparatus utilizing a fast channel change mechanism to insert targeted/addressable advertisements into video streams delivered to users.

Targeted/addressable advertisement insertion into video streams delivered to users

Associating hosts with subscriber and service based requirements is disclosed. An identifier is extracted from a DHCP or other network address lease communication associated with a subscriber host. The identifier is used to associate the subscriber host with a requirement that is subscriber based, service based, or both subscriber and service based. The subscriber host is included in a set of one or more subscriber hosts associated with the subscriber, the service, or both, as applicable to the requirement, and the requirement is required to be enforced collectively to the one or more subscriber hosts comprising the set.

Associating hosts with subscriber and service based requirements

A method and apparatus for controllably delivering a multicast broadcast stream to a client via a VLAN channel and, in response to the detection of a splice point, delivering a unicast stream to the client via a sub-VLAN channel.

Targeted/addressable advertisement insertion into video streams delivered to users using a VLAN

Managing subscriber host information is disclosed. A new or updated information about a subscriber host is received. It is determined whether the subscriber host is associated with a multi-chassis peering. If it is determined that the subscriber host is associated with a multi-chassis peering, the new or updated information is propagated to a peer chassis associated with the multi-chassis peering.

Change of subscriber information in a multi-chassis network access environment

Verifying subscriber host connectivity is disclosed. In some embodiments, a unicast address resolution protocol (ARP) request is sent to a subscriber host, and based at least in part on whether a response to the request is received from the subscriber host, it is determined whether the subscriber host remains connected to a network.

Host connectivity verification

Managing a network resource is disclosed. An indication that a resource assigned to a subscriber host by a resource allocating node is no longer to be used by the subscriber host is received at a node other than the subscriber host or the resource allocating node. A resource release communication is sent to the resource allocating node from said node other than the subscriber host or the resource allocating node. The resource release communication appears to the resource allocating node to originate from the subscriber host and indicates to the resource allocating node that the resource is no longer to be used by the subscriber host.

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Ron E Haberman