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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...
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...
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...
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...
7610477 Deploying and receiving software over a network susceptible to malicious communication  
Systems and/or methods that enable secure deployment and/or receipt of an operating system and updates for the operating system to a bare computer across a network susceptible to malicious...
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...
7606884 SNMP firewall for network identification  
Systems and methods are provided for exchanging Small Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages in a multi-network system between devices across different networks and a network management...
7606882 Method for obtaining an identifier of a monitored device  
The present invention relates to determining the unique identification of an interfacing device. The interfacing device is first queried utilizing the hierarchical relationship of the interfacing...
7606874 Network system, method and apparatus for processing information, and control program  
Property information of a driver is newly set or updated via a simple operation on a network. First, property information is created. When a driver is installed or updated, the created property...
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...
7602756 Dynamic self-configuration for ad hoc peer networking  
A device control model provides an integrated set of addressing, naming, discovery and description processes that enables automatic, dynamic and ad-hoc self-setup by devices to interoperate with...
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...
7596615 Multi-server automated redundant service configuration  
Automated redundant configuration of a computer service can be accomplished in a variety of ways. An installation answer can be received and used to automatically determine configuration settings...
7590669 Managing client configuration data  
Method for providing an interface to a function that manages a plurality of entities. Computer-executable instructions receive a request to implement a change in configuration data. The...
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...
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...
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:...
7583611 System and method to support communication between non-cognitive radios and cognitive radios  
A method and a device for supporting communication between a cognitive communication device and a non-cognitive communication device is provided. The cognitive device can support multiple...
7577727 Dynamic multiple cluster system reconfiguration  
According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided to allow dynamic multiple cluster system configuration changes. In one example, processors in the multiple cluster system...
7577725 IP address allocation in a network environment  
A network access server (NAS) provides a connection to a user in a data communications network, where the NAS is capable of communicating with a home gateway server (HGS) maintaining a pool of IP...
7577723 Method and apparatus for automatic network configuration  
A dynamically configurable network architecture comprising networked office appliances which provide network addressing, network naming, service discovery, and user identification in one system....
7577722 Provisioning of computer systems using virtual machines  
A provisioning server automatically configures a virtual machine (VM) according to user specifications and then deploys the VM on a physical host. The user may either choose from a list of...
7577721 Structured peer-to-peer push distribution network  
In one embodiment, a peer-to-peer computer network has a multilevel tree structure that includes a plurality of computers. Each computer belonging to the network is assigned to a level such that it...
7577146 Network element modifying the DHCP lease timer  
A network element modifying the DHCP lease timer is described. According to one embodiment, an exemplary method includes maintaining, at a network element, DHCP lease time for one or more clients...
7574511 Methods, systems, and software for providing service integration framework  
A preferred embodiment of the subject invention comprises a system for implementing computer network services and applications, comprising a front-end component comprising one or more applications;...
7574498 Device identification information managing system and method for communicably connecting between a network device and a device managing terminal unit that manages the network device  
A device identification information managing system is provided. A network printer generates an extension device identifier depending upon dynamic information and a subject-of-registration-device...
7574494 User interface for a bi-directional communication system  
A system including a modem locally generates a web page based graphical User interface for display to a user on a PC using different standardized browser applications and enabling a User to control...
7574491 Virtual data center for network resource management  
A system and a method for implementing a virtual data center. In which, the functions to be performed by a computer, and the access the computer equipment is required to have to the storage and...
7574488 Method and apparatus for peer-to-peer file sharing  
A peer-to-peer file sharing system includes software components for providing and maintaining a virtual directory in a server system component of the file sharing system. Client system components...
7571221 Installation of network services in an embedded network server  
Various systems and methods are provided for maintaining an embedded network server. In one embodiment, one method includes the steps of providing a dynamic service loader in the embedded network...
7567984 Operating system and application deployment based on stored user state and organizational policy  
A target, such as one or more computer systems, is automatically provisioned with the latest available versions of programs, such as an operating system program and/or application programs, in...
7567805 Method and system for dynamic assignment of wireless LAN access point identity  
In a wireless LAN (WLAN) a method and system for dynamically assigning a configuration identity to a device being connected to the WLAN is provided. An access point (AP) or other device is plugged...
7562160 Storage device and method of setting configuration information of same  
Configuration information settings for a storage device are made highly reliable and facilitated. The storage device includes a service processor for setting storage device configuration...
7562142 System and method for network connection  
A network connection system and a network connection method for facilitating the start of network access service without using information unique to subscriber terminal equipment. Having received a...
7561898 Apparatus and method for registering wireless terminals with access point through wireless network  
In the method and apparatus for registering wireless terminals with an access point (AP) through a wireless network according to the present invention, there is no need for a re-registration...
7558703 Electrical substation monitoring and diagnostics  
A substation intelligence system ( 104 ) includes a substation computer ( 105 ) which is operatively connected to a plurality of field devices ( 102 ) through an input/output subsystem ( 204 )....
7555571 Activation of mobile computing device on a cellular network  
An automated network registration and activation system and method of the present invention automatically configures a communication network device for communicating on a network and automatically...
7555570 Device and method for configuring a target device  
An interfacing module connected to a network. A target network device connected to the network. An interfacing module is associated with a target network device. An interfacing module is coupled to...
7555546 Enterprise network services architecture  
An enterprise network services architecture providing an interface to enterprise application programs, that enables enterprise application programs to define end to end network service parameters...
7552216 Method of sharing a printer  
A method of sharing a printer between a plurality of users on a computer network includes attaching host-based networking hardware to the printer. A network communication protocol defines a command...
7552202 System and method to uniquely identify identically configured branches in a distributed enterprise  
A system and method to uniquely identify identically configured branches in a distributed enterprise such that branch specific configuration information may be used to configure computing devices...
7548963 System and method for generating a multi-plan for a multi-layer storage area network  
A multi-plan generation system generates a multi-plan for a multi-layer storage area network. The system generates a predetermined number of plans while generating and retaining globally optimum...
7546450 Method and apparatus for operating system deployment  
In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for deploying an operating system on a client. The method includes downloading a boot configuration file, downloading a boot kernel and...
7546389 Method and apparatus for processing information and computer program  
An information processing apparatus for communicating with another information processing apparatus that stores model-based product model information relating to a predetermined product model,...
7546358 Network device control apparatus, network device control method, network device control program, and computer-readable recording medium storing network device control program therein  
The invention provides a network device control apparatus which can set an IP address to be inherently set by using a general program while an erroneous setup of the IP address by the general...
7546357 Configuring network settings using portable storage media  
A portable computer-readable media device and method of use enable automatic configuration of a computing device, such as a conventional network device or a thin client device, for operation in a...
7546348 Message handling with selective user participation  
Handling a message comprises: classifying an incoming message for a recipient, storing the classified message and providing a notification to the recipient, wherein the notification includes...
7543165 Network device, power saving mode processing method, storage medium storing computer programs, and programs  
A method for controlling a network device includes a receiving step of receiving a data packet complying with a predetermined protocol via a network, a setting step of setting recovery conditions...