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6633898 System, apparatus, method and computer program product for processing distributed service modules  
A service program for execution of a service is divided into a server control module for execution of the service in a server, a display control module for providing a display control in a client,...
6631414 System and method for establishing virtual and physical connection paths between peer systems  
A system and method for dedicating an externally configurable modem under system software control at a local peer for communication with one, single, predetermined remote peer, thereby providing...
6625146 Method and apparatus for operating a network switch in a CPU-less environment  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for operating a network switch without the use of a CPU. A control interface is used to connect the network switch to the external CPU. The control interface...
6625670 Network interface card asynchronous interface with signalling lines and at least eight data lines for switching between forward channel and reverse channel  
The present invention relates to an asynchronous interface for communication between two devices. It comprises signalling lines and at least eight data lines and is especially suitable for...
6615257 Secure multi-user cable modem configuration editor and viewer  
A configuration editor receives requests to access a configuration area for a cable modem. Each configuration area corresponds to a particular user type. The configuration editor can then retrieve...
6609151 System for configuring a computer with or without an operating system to allow another computer to remotely exchange data and control the computer  
A technique for providing communication between two computers through a network in a way to allow one computer to control the other.
6609152 System for avoiding the assignment of duplicate MAC addresses to network interface devices  
A MAC address database server assigns a unique MAC address to a network interface device connected to the MAC address database server via a network. The MAC address database server includes a...
6601165 Apparatus and method for implementing fault resilient booting in a multi-processor system by using a flush command to control resetting of the processors and isolating failed processors  
An apparatus and method for fault resilient booting of a multi-processor system. The apparatus attempts a cold reset of the system, during which each processor performs a built-in self test. The...
6601095 Method and apparatus for remote administration of programmable workstations in a data processing system  
A method and apparatus for remote administration of programmable workstations coupled to a host computer in a data processing system. Master user configuration files are established and stored in...
6601097 Method and system for determining the physical location of computers in a network by storing a room location and MAC address in the ethernet wall plate  
A method for determining the physical locations of a plurality of computers in a network is disclosed. The network includes a plurality of wall plates, each of the wall plates for coupling one of...
6601094 Method and system for recommending an available network protocol  
A method and system for recommending an available network protocol operatively connected to at least one client computer via a network. The method includes the steps of determining whether a first...
6601166 Mechanism for booting a computer through a network  
A mechanism is provided for booting a computer system that is capable of implementing different instruction set architectures, through a network. An embodiment of the invention includes a network...
6601096 Client server method for loading a client with a specific image or utility based on the client's state  
PXE Frame extension tags are used for remote boot loading client machines to afford servers deterministic ability for what image or utility the client requires based on its boot state. The...
6598159 Option-ROM boot  
A remote boot wrapper receives boot parameters from a basic input-output system (BIOS) of an electronic system. The boot parameters are received during a system boot of the electronic system. Based...
6598160 IPL system applied to a multiprocessor system  
An IPL system according to the present invention includes a file server, a dividing unit and a decision unit. The file server stores system data consisting of programs and data. The dividing unit...
6594700 System and method for implementing a universal service broker interchange mechanism  
A service provider protocol adapter servlet listens for service advertising requests. Each protocol is associated with a different servlet that understands the details of the service advertising...
6587876 Grouping targets of management policies  
Method and apparatus for assigning policies which are rules that govern the use of or access to network services. Each rule defines conditions that when evaluated true trigger actions to allow or...
6584499 Methods and apparatus for performing mass operations on a plurality of managed devices on a network  
A method of configuring a plurality of managed devices. The method preferably includes selecting a source managed device, obtaining a source configuration description from the source managed...
6574663 Active topology discovery in active networks  
Techniques for operating a network by using a first database with topological information of linked devices and a second database with topological information, software resources, and available...
6574208 Method of establishing connection between network elements in a radio system  
A radio system and a method of establishing a connection between network elements in a radio system comprising as network elements one or more base stations, a base station controller and a network...
6571341 Using a hardware-driven event to wake a computer from a sleeping state  
A computer includes two signal lines on which wake events can occur, but the computer's motherboard recognizes wake signals occurring on only one of these signal lines. Therefore, the computer...
6567849 System and method for configuring and administering multiple instances of web servers  
System and method for serving HTML pages to web browsers for the purpose of administration and configuration. A plurality of instances of WWW servers is provided, with one such instance including a...
6560642 Method of establishing an internet protocol network utilizing IP gateway that functions as either or both DHCP client and DHCP server  
This invention relates to a method of establishing an Internet Protocol network with several IP hosts and with an IP gateway for connecting the IP network to the Internet. The invention provides a...
6559766 In-home surveillance system  
An in-home surveillance-system comprising duplex communication equipment installed in a cable television station, and a domestic cable modem installed in a contracting home and connected to a...
6560643 System of self-service terminals and method of distributing software to a plurality of self-service terminals  
In a software management system, a software package held in a management station ( 12 ) is transferred across a communications network ( 14 ) to a plurality of destination terminals ( 16 ), of...
6560644 Directory services network management locator  
A complete management system for specialized routers such as, for example, DLSw routers is provided. The management system uses a server to maintain a DLSw Directory, for example an LDAP directory....
6560750 Method for providing master-slave heat-swapping apparatus and mechanism on a mono-ATA bus  
The present invention relates to a method for providing a master-slave hot-swapping apparatus and mechanism for use with an ATA bus. A bus controller and a bus separator are employed for isolating...
6557108 System and method in a modem for providing a shortened reset pulse upon receipt of an external reset pulse  
A system and method for providing a shortened DSP reset pulse to cause a modem to reset and enter a sleep mode as soon as possible after receipt of an external reset pulse issued by a host. A reset...
6553415 System for rescheduling cascaded callback functions to complete an asynchronous physical layer initialization process  
A method of asynchronous physical layer initialization. The method includes scheduling a callback function, wherein the callback function performs a function of the physical layer initialization...
6549938 System and method for prioritizing multicast packets in a network service class utilizing a priority-based quality of service  
A system and method for achieving a comparable quality of service for each of the receivers of a multicast transmission incorporating a priority-based quality of service is provided. Packet...
6539425 Policy-enabled communications networks  
Simple and complex policy mechanisms for policy-enabled advantageously comprise a Data Access Client Module (DACM) and Policy Interpreter and Processor (PIP) for establishing data paths between a...
6539473 Remotely controlled boot manager  
An apparatus and method for the administrator of a computer network to make changes to boot manager configuration from a server without any direct involvement at the local workstation.
6535914 Method for repeating a scan operation in a network  
A method for repeating a previous scan operation in a network having a server connected to at least one scanner and at least one client includes saving the scan parameters of the previous scan...
6535915 Automatic reduction of data noise in installation packages for a computer system  
In a method for reduction of data noise in installation packages for a computer system, a first change list is established based upon a set of differences resulting from installation of a...
6532241 Method and apparatus for determining SNA sessions using various protocols for transport based on filter criteria  
A technique identifies a data session flowing through entities of a multi-protocol network based on information contained within a service request provided by a user of the network and without...
6532538 Method and system for supporting multiple operating systems on the same disk running on different computers at the same time  
A method and system for running, on different computers at the same time, multiple operating systems from the same shared system resource is provided. This is accomplished, for example, by using...
6532435 REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM, AN AUTOMATIC SETTING APPARATUS FOR SETTING A NEAR-END VALUE FOR MANAGING A CONSUMPTION COMPONENT UTILIZED IN THE REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING AN AUTOMATIC SETTING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON AND READABLE BY A COMPUTER  
A remote monitoring system includes an object apparatus and a monitoring apparatus monitoring a current state of the object apparatus over a communications network. The object apparatus includes a...
6516952 Dual mode serializer-deserializer for data networks  
A method to switch a dual-mode serializer-deserializer for data networks. In one embodiment, the present invention recites a method for configuring the communication mode of a device having a Media...
6519657 Method and device for identifying an active 1394A node attached to a 1394B network  
A method and device for identifying that a 1394 a node is actively attached to a 1394 b network and indicating so to the 1394 b network. In one embodiment, a border node first determines that a...
6516347 Network device setting management system, network device setting management method, and recording medium recording thereon network device setting management program  
A device control unit 12 , in response to a user's instruction to register, registers a network device ID and setting information designated by the user into a device setting information table 31...
6505298 System using an OS inaccessible interrupt handler to reset the OS when a device driver failed to set a register bit indicating OS hang condition  
The present invention provides a method and system for providing a reset after an operating system (OS) hang condition in a computer system, the computer system including an interrupt handler not...
6502129 Computer network adaptor  
A network adaptor having a first and second computer interface for connection to the administration and network interface of a computer is disclosed. The network adaptor further comprises a network...
6496858 Remote reconfiguration of a secure network interface  
The present invention discloses a initializing and reconfiguring a network interface device connecting a client computer system to an external network. The network interface device is configured...
6490623 System, method and computer readable code for encapsulating system, language and device independent communications socket functionality in a lightweight uniform communications object model  
A technique, system, and computer program for encapsulating socket functionality in a uniform communications object model. This object model is system- and language-independent, and supports both...
6490616 Method and apparatus for incremental download from server to client  
A method and system for transferring objects between computers, especially a server and a device in a Java environment, is provided. A server connected to the device interrogates the device to...
6487601 Dynamic mac allocation and configuration  
A method and apparatus for Dynamic MAC Allocation and Configuration is based on the ability to remotely boot a client machine from a server machine and adds the capability to assign a Locally...
6484262 Network controlled computer system security  
A computer system having network controlled security administered in conjunction with a prescribed network server of a computer network includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and a...
6477617 Method for performing atomic, concurrent read and write operations on multiple storage devices  
A storage system for storing and retrieving data records. The system includes a storage medium, a controller, and a message log. The storage medium stores data records, the data records being...
6477569 Method and apparatus for computer network management  
A method and apparatus for managing a computer network which utilizes a process pool. A pool master dispatches agents for transaction processing. The agents are application specific and utilize a...
6473655 Data processing system and method for creating a virtual partition within an existing partition in a hard disk drive  
A data processing system and method are described for creating a virtual partition within an existing partition within a hard disk drive included within the system. A first master boot record is...