This invention comprises of a synthetic intervertebral disc for implantation in the human body. The disc, in its preferred embodiment, is comprised of disc-shaped plates 11(a&b) joined by springs along the inside of the outer perimeter. The plates have oval-like cutouts in their centers for a compre ...
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A personal mobility system determines a terminal address corresponding to a called user based upon a personal identifier of the called user. The personal mobility system operates in conjunction with a plurality of heterogeneous networks to provide the terminal address corresponding to the called use ...
A communication system provides wireless voice and multimedia communications and includes a base station, a plurality of wireless mobile units and a bandwidth allocator. The base station provides wireless coverage throughout a service area and has a bandwidth for providing the wireless coverage. The ...
A wireless network and serviced mobile station manages VOIP telephony calls by incorporating control information into VOIP datagrams. The control information includes an indication of the data rate of the VOIP payload of the VOIP datagram, the quality of the VOIP payload, requested data rates for su ...
System components of cellular wireless networks are shared during and after a mobile station handover from a first cellular wireless network (system A) to a second cellular wireless network (system B). According to one aspect, layer 2/3 call control functions are anchored in a base station controlle ...
A load management system includes a load management control center, at least one power management termination system, a plurality of power line nodes, and a plurality of load management devices. This system is operable so that the load management control center may independently, or as a group, cont ...
A wireless communication system provides wireless service to a mobile unit operating within a service area and includes a mobile switching center, at least one base station controller, a first plurality of base stations and a second plurality of base stations. The first plurality of base stations co ...
A communication system includes a voice subsystem and a multimedia subsystem. The voice subsystem couples to the PSTN and services a voice communication received by the communication system from a caller. The multimedia subsystem couples to the voice subsystem, supports multimedia communications and ...
A dynamically configured user network services a plurality of network members. A metanetwork definition identifies the members of the dynamic manifest network and provides the rules by which the network members establish links among themselves and communicate. Each of the network members employs a c ...
