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7620741 Proxy-based device sharing  
A method is provided for supporting device sharing between hosts via a bus fabric. A master host owns a device tree and provides IO services to at least one client host. The client host comprises...
7620720 Methods and apparatus for deallocation of resources  
Initially, a processing device receives a selection of one or more resources to be deallocated from a storage area network. The processing device applies a traversal function to a repository of...
7620645 Scalable algorithm for sharing EDI schemas  
Developing a file corresponding to an electronic data interchange (EDI) schema. The EDI schema is selected for transmission to a destination device. A plurality of syntax structures in the selected...
7619758 Information processing apparatus and method of controlling same, print control apparatus, method and program, and storage medium with transmission of installation set including printer driver and function expansion module or printer driver without function expansion module  
An information processing apparatus for transmitting an installation set of a printer driver to another information processing apparatus, comprises decision unit adapted to decide whether an...
7617330 System and method for preloading a bus controller with command schedule  
A system and method is provided for communicating with at least one network device via a network bus comprising a bus controller and a host computer. The bus controller executes a series of...
7617309 Network system, information management server, and information management method  
To reduce the load on a management server in a load distributed system, a server list manager 16 of a management server 10 selects servers 4, 6, 20 , and 30 to be accessed by a client...
7617301 Dialogue apparatus for controlling dialogues based on acquired information, judgment result, time estimation and result transmission  
The user's waiting time in a dialogue system is effectively utilized. A dialogue apparatus makes a first dialogue with a user and judges whether a second dialogue should be started when a user's...
7617300 Node matching in a dynamic, decentralized environment  
Computing entities in a dynamic, decentralized computing environment are treated as if these computing entities were nodes in a graph linked by edges so as to match these nodes until no further...
7617292 Multi-class heterogeneous clients in a clustered filesystem  
A cluster of computer system nodes connected by a storage area network include two classes of nodes. The first class of nodes can act as clients or servers, while the other nodes can only be...
7613839 Method and apparatus for setting master node of ring network  
A method is disclosed for setting a master node of a ring network that has adjacently connected nodes situated on rightward and leftward lines of a bidirectional transmission channel. The method...
7613834 One-to-many device synchronization using downloaded/shared client software  
A method and system for performing one-to-many synchronization using a central server and also using downloadable client software. The system includes a central server, e.g., a web server or an...
7613813 Method and apparatus for reducing host overhead in a socket server implementation  
A network application executing on a host system provides a list of application buffers in host memory stored in a queue to a network services processor coupled to the host system. The application...
7613804 Systems and methods for state management of networked systems  
The present invention leverages a data gathering service to provide information regarding a network system's health, performance and/or utilization via a computing entity, local and/or remote. This...
7613797 Remote discovery and system architecture  
Sending a discovery agent to a computing device determines the services provided by that first computing device. As a result, a first set of information is received from the agent that provides...
7613796 System and method for creating improved overlay network with an efficient distributed data structure  
A system and method for using skip nets to build and maintain overlay networks for peer-to-peer systems. A skip net is a distributed data structure that can be used to avoid some of the...
7613795 Systems and methods for archiving network planning processes  
A method of documenting a network architecture planning process includes receiving at a host computer system a request from a user computer to initiate a network architecture planning process,...
7613772 Method for context based discovery and filtering of portable collaborative networks  
A peer-to-peer collaborative network system is described. The peer-to-peer collaborative network system allows for the existence of a number of collaborative networks. Within the collaborative...
7613767 Resolving a distributed topology to stream data  
A distributed media session is described, which when executed, resolves a distributed topology from a request to stream data from a source device to a client device over a network. The distributed...
7610354 Peer-to-peer hosting of intelligent field devices  
Device configurations are stored in a system including at least two intelligent field devices (IFDs) connected by a communications connection. A configuration for a first IFD is stored in the first...
7610327 Method of automatically baselining business bandwidth  
An automatic baselining process for business bandwidth measures business bandwidth as monitored by a plurality of bandwidth monitoring devices positioned throughout a networked environment. The...
7609658 Method and system for identifying instability or a spanning tree protocol loop in a network  
Methods and systems for identifying instability or a loop in a network. In one method, a first BPDU message is received at a switch indicating a topology change. The message includes a bridge...
7606888 Approach for managing network device configuration data  
An approach is provided for managing network device configuration data by functional area. Functional areas supported by a network device are determined. A determination is also made whether a...
7606881 System and method for synchronization of version annotated objects  
Objects in a master database and objects in a replicated database are synchronized using identifiers and version stamps of the objects. Each object has a unique identifier and a version stamp that...
7606879 System and method for remote device management  
A manufacturing method enables the manufacture of a remotely controlled network device management system. The manufacturing method includes the steps of obtaining a software program, obtaining a...
7606167 Apparatus and method for defining a static fibre channel fabric  
A storage area network and method for defining a static Fibre Channel Fabric that does not require a Principal Switch. The storage area network comprises one or more hosts, one or more storage...
7603460 Detecting and diagnosing performance problems in a wireless network through neighbor collaboration  
Systems and methods are described for detecting and diagnosing performance problems in wireless communications networks. Diagnostic programs execute on a wireless device, neighboring devices, and a...
7603451 Network system that connects a network terminal to another network terminal having a different protocol  
A network system is disclosed, including a plurality of network terminals connected to a network; and an administrator terminal that manages the network terminals across the network. One of the...
7603447 Method and system for coordinating device setting between a communications client and its host device  
A system and method for propagating device settings to a data communications client from a host on a mobile device, the system having at least one host application adapted to operate on the mobile...
7603445 Managing and changing device settings  
A system facilitates the configuring of a set of devices. The system stores templates, where each template includes configuration data that applies to one or more of the devices. The system...
7603441 Method and apparatus for automatic configuration of multiple on-chip interconnects  
A method and apparatus for automatic configuration of multiple on-chip interconnects have been described. In one embodiment, the invention reduces the configuration time of several on-chip network...
7602792 Reconfigurable protocols and architectures for wireless networks  
A reconfigurable architecture for wireless digital data and voice communications is provided for ad hoc and/or an ad hoc collection of organized networks. At least some user wireless communication...
7600006 Peer-to-peer distribution of firmware  
A firmware distribution system is disclosed with particular application to integrating a plurality of ancillary endpoints into an existing network of endpoints. The ancillary endpoints being...
7600005 Method and apparatus for provisioning heterogeneous operating systems onto heterogeneous hardware systems  
A method for provisioning a plurality of heterogeneous operating systems on a plurality of target hosts that includes for each of the plurality of target hosts, obtaining a type of operating system...
7600004 Network setting configuration systems and methods  
A network settings configuration system, implemented by a computer capable of network connection to another network entity. The network settings configuration system includes a library and a...
7599939 System and method for storing raw log data  
A system and method is disclosed for collecting, storing and reporting raw log data from log-producing devices such as firewalls and routers. The log-producing devices may be both local and...
7599380 Resetting a multimedia terminal adapter  
A plurality of network devices may be reset. In order to reset the plurality of network devices, a first file may be received including a plurality of host names corresponding to a plurality of...
7599347 System and method for allocating session initiation protocol (SIP) identifications (IDs) to user agents  
A communications system includes a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) user agent. A server communicates with the SIP user agent and allocates an SIP ID for the user agent for subsequent...
7599284 Restartable spanning tree for high availability network systems  
A method and apparatus for continuing the operation of a spanning tree protocol at a network device despite crashes or failures at that device is disclosed. The network device includes a plurality...
7599080 Image forming apparatus and printer driver delivery system  
A printer driver delivery system delivers a printer driver to an information processing device through a specific network. A delivery device includes a delivery destination list storage unit for...
7596353 Enhanced bluetooth communication system  
The present invention provides a system with a plurality of Bluetooth dongles connected to a single host. Each dongle is connected to a different port on the host and each dongle can accommodate a...
7594015 Grid organization  
A method includes, in a grid computing environment, maintaining systems having grid managers having hierarchical relations, the relations of each grid manager stored in each of the systems. Each of...
7593349 Method and arrangement for configuration of a device in a data network  
In order to configure a device (EG) in a data network (LAN), an address for an address assignment server (DHCP) is first of all stored in the device (EG). The device (EG) then transmits an inquiry...
7590985 Cluster inter-process communication transport  
A method for a name mapping module on a node to handle communication between a client process and a server process includes receiving from a client process a process handle and a message for a...
7590653 Automated discovery and inventory of nodes within an autonomic distributed computing system  
A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing...
7590072 Interworking network maps of network management and element management systems  
In a communication network, the network management system NMS keeps one or more element management system EMS in synchronization of network topology changes using requests that are automatically...
7590068 Probing method for a multi-station network  
The invention relates to a method of operating a communication network, the network comprising a plurality of stations which are able to transmit data to and receive data from one another. The...
7587613 Method and apparatus for selectively enabling a microprocessor-based system  
A system for selectively enabling a microprocessor-based system is disclosed. State information that describes the operating conditions or circumstances under which a user intends to operate the...
7587475 System for joining a cluster by cloning configuration  
The present invention clones configuration information onto a device joining a cluster. A Configuration Acquisition System (CAS) component, which, using a list of attributes to be cloned, connects...
7587473 Network support for reconfiguration of subscriber mobile configuration data  
In general terms the system and method is for providing network support for reconfiguration of mobile configuration data for a mobile station. In one embodiment the method may have the steps of:...
7584510 Network service processing method and system  
This invention is to enable to provide a network service, flexibly and quickly. In an embodiment of the invention, a network platform is achieved by a service providing network. The network...