OUR EXPERTISE

At IP Authority, LLC, we have extensive experience in a variety of technology areas.  Please find below some of the areas of specialty broken down according to the 4 primary technology areas - Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Chemical, and Mechanical.

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ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER ENGINEERING
•Computer and processor architecture (bus structures, cycles, timing, error-correction, parallel, serial, multiple processors (SMP), parallel ATA, serial ATA, etc)
•Semiconductor device manufacturing and fabrication (e.g. CMOS, MOSFET, implantation, doping, packaging, lithography, deposition. etching, equipment design)
•Active solid state devices (transistors, solid-state diodes, thyristors, etc)
•Analog and digital circuits
•Storage array network (SAN), disk arrays, RAID arrays (standard RAID levels, nested RAID levels), and drive controllers (IDE/ATA, SATA, SCSI, Fiber Channel)
•Image compression (JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP and WMP)
•Audio codecs and Perceptual audio coders (MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3), AAC, AC3, WMA and RealAudio)
•Video codecs (VC-1, H.261, H.263, MPEG-1. MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, RealVideo and Cinepak)
•Wired transmission (PSTN, dedicated lines, ISDN, DSL, TDM, packet switching, frame relay , Ethernet, RS-232, RS-485, SONET, fiber distributed data interface) 
•Wireless transmission – short- and medium-range (e.g., ZigBee, Bluetooth, IrDA, IEEE 802.11)
•Wireless transmission – long range (satellite, MMDS, SMDS, CDMA, CDPD, GSM, TDMA)
•Optical drives and Magnetic Drives (CD, DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, etc) 
•Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) and Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) LCDs
•Memory Systems (e.g. ROM, RAM, DRAM,  SDRAM, RDRAM, flash memory)
•Networking (e.g. LAN, WAN, Intranet, Internet, Client/Server, TCP/IP, protocols)
•Telephony (e.g. Switching Systems, Call Services, Telemetry, ACD, ANI, Caller ID) and VoIP
•Nanotechnology (nanomagnets, nanostructure, device including a nanostructure, etc)
•Distributed computing, grid computing, and computer clusters
•Encryption, DRM and HDCP
•Digital video interfaces (HDMI, DVI, etc)
•Power Systems (Transformers, Power generation/control/monitoring)
•Electronic System design (Verilog, VHDL, HDL)
•Bar code readers and scanners (bar code sensors, bar code readers, bar code decoders, etc)
•RF Applications (RF Tags/labels/Transponders, Tolls, Warehousing, Shipping Systems, Postal)
•Electronic enclosures for protecting hardware
•Cable TV, Video on Demand and IPTV
•Printers and Copiers

COMPUTER SCIENCE
•Artificial Intelligence (fuzzy systems, fuzzy logic systems, knowledge based systems, reasoning systems, knowledge acquisition systems, adaptive systems, machine learning systems, artificial neural networks, etc)
•Asynchronous/synchronous, active/passive, distributed shared memory replication (database replication and filesystem replication)
•Database and file management/data structures 
•Query processing/optimization
•Concurrency (e.g., lock management in shared databases)
•Privileged access and distributed or remote access
•Database maintenance (coherence, version management, and archiving or backup)
•Access control/authentication, security protocols (implementing VPN and VTP)
•Intrusion detection/virus detection and vulnerability assessment
•CAD or CAM (e.g., interactive design tools)
•Automated financial or  business practice, management, or cost/price determination
•Secure transactions
•Anonymous user systems
•Third party transactions (clearinghouse processing)
•Electronic negotiation
•Multimedia and gaming (DirectX)
•Operator interface (GUIs)
•E-commerce methods
•Business methods

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CHEMICAL
•Coatings/Adhesives
•Compositions
•Electro-chemical processes

MECHANICAL
•Fuel cells
•Medical equipment (catheters, stents, pacemakers)
•Metals engineering/manufacturing (e.g., steels, alloys, heavy metals, rolling mills)
•Automotive applications
•Hybrid technology
•Sports equipment
•Electro-mechanical searching
•Design searching