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6470026 |
Fibre channel loop map initialization protocol implemented in hardware
A fiber channel interface controller incorporating a cost-efficient hardware implementation of the fiber channel arbitrated loop initialization protocol. Cost efficiency is achieved by determining...
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6470327 |
Method and system for communicating with a postage meter through a web-browser in a postal or shipping system
The invention is a method and system for sending a print indicia command to a postage meter from a browser under control of a carrier management application in a data processing system which...
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6466984 |
Method and apparatus for policy-based management of quality of service treatments of network data traffic flows by integrating policies with application programs
A method and apparatus for policy-based management of quality of service treatments of network data traffic flows by integrating policies with application programs are described. In one embodiment,...
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6466972 |
Server based configuration of network computers via machine classes
The present invention provides a system for creating server-managed configuration information for computing devices. The configuration information is composed of individual configuration...
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6460136 |
Method and apparatus for loading an operating system kernel from a shared disk memory
The invention enables plural computers to initiate operation of respective operating systems through use of a shared operating system kernel. A system embodying the invention includes a central...
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6460146 |
System and method for establishing processor redundancy
The present invention relates to providing processor redundancy in a system such as a router. According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a system having two or more processors,...
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6457052 |
Method and apparatus for providing multimedia buffering capabilities based on assignment weights
Multimedia content is provided based on a set of assignment weights. A portion of a first multimedia object and a portion of a second multimedia object are buffered. The portion of multimedia...
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6449642 |
Method and system for integrating a client computer into a computer network
An improved method and system for integrating a client computer into a computer network is described. At the server, information is taken from a user's account, user input, and the server registry...
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6446260 |
Method and apparatus for operating system personalization during installation
A method an apparatus for providing personalization parameters to allow an operating system to install itself on a computer system with the provided personalization parameters. A first operating...
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6442602 |
System and method for dynamic creation and management of virtual subdomain addresses
An Internet domain name server platform which intercepts web browser HTTP queries to unrecognized, unregistered subdomain name and provides redirection of the query to a recognized and registered...
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6430642 |
Methods and apparatus for prioritization of access to external devices
According to the present invention, an apparatus for prioritizing access to external devices includes a request queue suitably arranged to store any number of requesting device requests of the...
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6427167 |
Method for identifying and initializing devices which exchange data with each other and with a data processor in a communication network
In a method for identifying and initializing devices that are connected to a communication system for data exchange with one another and with a data processing unit, the data processing unit checks...
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6418541 |
Method of testing computer system with hard disk
A method of testing a computer system includes the steps of partitioning a physically formatted hard disk to define a whole region of the hard disk as a first partition region and a part of the...
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6415330 |
Method of setting up AD HOC local area network, method of communicating using said network, and terminal for use with said network
An ad hoc LAN is set up in an environment in which there simultaneously exist a backbone-connected LAN connected by a high-speed backbone network and an ad hoc LAN not connected to the backbone...
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6412025 |
Apparatus and method for automatic configuration of a personal computer system when reconnected to a network
A system and method for connecting a computer terminal (e.g., a personal computer) to a data transmission network with the appropriate settings for connection obtained from the network if the...
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6408334 |
Communications system for multiple computer system management circuits
A communications system for multiple computer system management circuits to enable remote management of the computer systems via a remote management system. The management circuits are operably...
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6408333 |
System for portable establishing network server
A network system ( 10 ) is provided which utilizes a portable object server ( 12 ) for interface and computational capabilities with a global processor ( 14 ), and a plurality of local processors (...
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6405200 |
Generating a model for raw variables from a model for cooked variables
Generation of a model for raw variables from a model for cooked variables. In one embodiment, a first data model for a plurality of cooked transactional variables is input. The cooked transactional...
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6405261 |
Method and apparatus for an automatic multi-rate wireless/wired computer network
A method and apparatus for implementing a wireless/wired computer network in an indoor environment with inherent reliability is disclosed. A master network box connected to an AC power network and...
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6405247 |
Method and apparatus for operating the internet protocol over a high-speed serial bus
A method and apparatus of integrating the IEEE 1394 protocol with the IP protocol in which the IEEE 1394 high speed serial bus operates as the physical and link layer medium and the IP operates as...
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6401199 |
Method and system for copying data from ROM to RAM upon initialization of a computer system
A method that employs a ROM shadowing circuit to transfer ROM data to the RAM in order to implement the ROM shadowing process required during the initialization of a PC. When the ROM shadowing...
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6393471 |
Marketing data delivery system
In an Internet-based client/server application, a system is provided which detects demographics of a client including CPU power, hard disk space, applications installed, network connectivity and...
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6385668 |
Method and apparatus for compound hardware configuration control
Hardware reconfiguration is accomplished through the use of low-level, self-terminating software processes that allows a high degree of parallelism in the reconfiguration operation, even in systems...
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6385648 |
Method for initializing a box on a data communications network
Methods for initializing an uninitialized box in a data communications network. In one embodiment, the Internet protocol (IP) address, subnet mask and default gateway of a network switch or box is...
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6381700 |
Remote network device for controlling the operation voltage of network devices
A method and apparatus for enhancing computer security while controllably enabling online remote access for power-up to a computer at a far cite and also offering functions adaptable for...
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6381639 |
Policy management and conflict resolution in computer networks
Method and apparatus for determining an enforceable policy applicable to one or more network devices. The method includes attaching one or more rule elements to one or more domain elements to...
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6378000 |
Address mapping in home entertainment network
A method for address mapping in a home entertainment network system includes receiving a self identification packet; extracting a bus identifier and a physical identifier from the self...
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6377971 |
Method and apparatus for installing and executing a single user task in a multi-user environment
A method and apparatus for installing and executing a single user application on a multi-user system. The method includes the steps of installing a single user application using the installation...
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6370147 |
Method for addressing of passive network hosts in a data-over-cable system
A method is provided to address passive network devices in a data-over-cable system. A “passive” network device, such as a printer, facsimile machine, computer other network device, is a device...
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6360276 |
Methods and apparatus for determining, verifying, and rediscovering network IP addresses
A method and apparatus for assigning a network address of a target server/host system in a network system having server/host systems interconnected by network links. The apparatus includes a first...
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6360334 |
Method and apparatus for verifying a software configuration of a distributed system
A software record that identifies a software component associated with a processor in a distributed processing system is retrieved from a software configuration database. A check value is...
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6356942 |
Integrated circuit and method for bringing an integrated circuit to execute instructions
An integrated circuit comprises a CPU, ports for external communication, a memory means and a switching means for converting the circuit between a working mode and an initiating mode. The circuit...
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6356944 |
System and method for increasing write performance in a fibre channel environment
A system with a plurality of devices compatible with the Fiber Channel Protocol, with at least one initiator/originator and one target/responder. The initiator/originator is provided with the...
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6351773 |
Methods for restricting access of network devices to subscription services in a data-over-cable system
Methods for providing restricted access for a network device such as a cable modem or customer premise equipment on a data-over-cable system. An unknown or new network device is assigned a...
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6349304 |
Graphical interface for copying settings from network source device to network target devices without transmitting values not usable for features supported by network target devices
Disclosed is a system and method for configuring a plurality of devices linked to a network, such as printers or any other network device, with a computer also linked to the network. A computer...
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6347372 |
Multiprocessor control system, and a boot device and a boot control device used therein
A multiprocessor control system includes a plurality of processors, a boot control device controlling boot of the plurality of processors, a storage device storing boot data therein, and a shared...
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6345319 |
Method for installing plug-n-play device by copying INF files to a corresponding directory and deleting device ID and all related device class of an original device
The present invention relates to a setting method for installation of plug and play device by utilizing the set-up file (INF) of a hardware driver to directly read the device ID of a new device and...
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6334149 |
Generic operating system usage in a remote initial program load environment
A data-processing system provides a method for making a "snapshot" of critical system data areas, right after Power-On Self-Test and before the Remote Initial Program Load (RIPL) begins, by saving...
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6330587 |
Real-time multiprocessing computer infrastructure for automated testing
A system and method for powertrain testing of a powertrain under load using a computer network includes a plurality of computer nodes for monitoring and adjustably controlling the powertrain and...
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6330667 |
System for read only memory shadowing circuit for copying a quantity of rom data to the ram prior to initialization of the computer system
A ROM shadowing circuit that controls transfer of ROM data to the RAM in order to implement the ROM shadowing process required during the initialization of a PC. When the ROM shadowing circuit...
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6327618 |
Recognizing and processing conflicts in network management policies
A method and apparatus are provided for recognizing and processing conflicts in policies that govern a policy-based system. The method and apparatus may be implemented as a policy verifier that...
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6308204 |
Method of communications for an intelligent digital audiovisual playback system
Method for communication between a central server and a computerized juke-box which operates in a conference mode, including: sending a header before any transaction, which includes the identity of...
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6304904 |
Method and apparatus for collecting page-level performance statistics from a network device
A method for collecting statistics from a network device configured to service requests from one or more other devices coupled thereto includes the steps of maintaining a log file containing one or...
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6301612 |
Establishing one computer as a replacement for another computer
Methods and systems for recognizing a client computer as a replacement for a previous client computer or as being new to a computer network. When a client computer is connected to a server in a...
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6295556 |
Method and system for configuring computers to connect to networks using network connection objects
A method and system for configuring computers to connect to networks using network connection objects. For each connection to a network, configuration information for connecting to that network is...
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6289377 |
Dynamic network configuration of a one-way adapter using a proxy agent that communicates with a resource server through a configured return path adapter
A one-way adapter such as a cable modem is initialized to allow a personal computer to receive data from a computer network such as the Internet via a broadcast channel, while transmitting data...
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6286038 |
Method and apparatus for remotely configuring a network device
A method of remotely configuring a network device requires the generation of configuration information for the network device at a central configuration server, which is located remotely from the...
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6286039 |
Automatic static to dynamic IP address and DNS address management for remote communications network access
A system and method for remotely connecting client computers to a communication network such as the Internet by way of a server system and dynamically providing network connections to the client...
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6286012 |
Information filtering apparatus and information filtering method
The information filtering apparatus has a configuration having a metric dividing section which divides a matrix indicating that what items a user needed and did not need into a plurality of...
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6282641 |
System for reconfiguring a boot device by swapping the logical device number of a user selected boot drive to a currently configured boot drive
The present invention is an apparatus and method for specifying operation of a boot device in a processor-based system. The apparatus comprises a memory for storing instruction sequences by which...
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