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7512683 Systems, methods and computer program products for managing quality of service, session, authentication and/or bandwidth allocation in a regional/access network (RAN)  
Quality of Service (QoS) and/or bandwidth allocation is managed in a Regional/Access Network (RAN) that provides end-to-end transport between a Network Service Provider (NSP) and/or an Application...
7512707 Load balancing of server clusters  
A load balancing scheme is described for a server cluster. An application identifier is received by the cluster from a client desiring to connect to the application. Each one of the servers in the...
7512684 Flow based packet processing  
In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a method that includes accessing a packet, determining a flow associated with the packet, and determining, based at least in part on the packet,...
7512142 Managing a finite queue  
A source process communicates with a sink process by writing messages to a finite queue. The source process determines whether the finite queue is full. If the source process determines that the...
7512688 PPPoE network system that can distribute connection requests from PPPoE client terminals to specific PPPoE servers  
Disclosed is a network system that can distribute connection requests from PPPoE client terminals to specific PPPoE servers under the initiative of the PPPoE servers. In the system that realizes...
7512698 Dynamic quality adjustment based on changing streaming constraints  
A method and apparatus for dynamic quality adjustment of digital media based on changing streaming constraints is provided. A digital media server sends a digital media stream according to a set of...
7512630 System and method for archiving process component is adapted to listen for a query for a missing data packet from a requesting client computer to read, retrieve and return the data packet corresponding to the referenced sequence number to the requesting client computer  
A system and method for data distribution and recovery, including a server that broadcasts data to a plurality of clients and a means for a client to identify and recover broadcast data that the...
7509646 Method of managing workloads in a distributed processing system  
An embodiment of the present invention is a method for generating a simulated processor load on a system of CPU's, and introducing a controlled workload into the system that is spread evenly across...
7509422 System and method for locating web services  
The mechanisms described herein are directed at methods for locating web services available for client applications. The methods allow web services to re-locate without impacting the code of the...
7509416 Dynamically updating subcomponents in a tiered remote monitoring system  
Various approaches for updating system monitoring policy parameters. In one approach, updates to the monitoring policy parameters are transmitted to an event server via an event report. The event...
7509420 System and method for intelligent, globally distributed network storage  
A data storage system comprising a plurality of storage nodes, each node existing at a physical location having one or more contexts. Interface mechanisms couple to each storage node to communicate...
7509677 Pattern discovery in a network security system  
Patterns can be discovered in security events collected by a network security system. In one embodiment, the present invention includes collecting and storing security events from a variety of...
7509310 Online relocation of LDAP entries and subtrees in distributed directory environment  
A method for online automatic relocation of LDAP entries and subtrees in a distributed directory environment. The online relocation method is for homogeneous LDAP directory partition servers where...
7509645 Methods and apparatus for load balancing storage nodes in a distributed network attached storage system  
A distributed data storage system stores a single image file system across a plurality of physical storage volumes. The physical storage may be direct attached storage, or may be coupled through a...
7509409 Network-attached storage system, device, and method with multiple storage tiers  
A network-attached system, device, and method supports multiple storage tiers. Data may be migrated between storage tiers, for example, based on a data migration policy. A plurality of dedicated...
7509424 Load-balancing device and computer-readable recording medium in which load-balancing program is recorded  
A load-balancing device having a specification-information insertion unit, a specification-information detection unit, and a destination determination unit. When a response message does not contain...
7506067 Method and apparatus for implementing service requests from a common database in a multiple DHCP server environment  
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing service requests from a common database in a multiple dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server environment. A DHCP authorization cache...
7506049 Shared medium communication system  
In a shared medium communication system, a common measure for avoiding collisions of application data is a request grant mechanism. Secondary stations contending for upstream bandwidth send...
7506050 Method for checking transmission resources of a packet-oriented communication network when there are topology changes  
To check transmission resources of a packet-oriented communication network on a topology change, a resource manager checks a reservation of the transmission resources based on the topology data...
7506045 Method and mechanism for the development and implementation of a web-based user interface  
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an Internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to interface with an existing proprietary data base management system through a customized user interface...
7506040 System and method for storage area network management  
System and method for providing a common data model for SAN discovery and/or SAN monitoring information collected from heterogeneous SAN components. In one embodiment, a SAN management server may...
7506156 Method and apparatus for prioritizing encrypted traffic at an intermediate node in a communications network  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for prioritizing encrypted traffic at an intermediate node within a communications network. The present invention provides a method and an...
7505874 Method for establishing a sensor network  
The present invention relates to a method for establishing a sensor network having multiple sensor nodes, sensor nodes being able to connect to one another to transmit sensor data to a central...
7505578 Load balancing in a network of contact centres  
Load balancing between agents in a network skillset has become a particular problem. Not only is there a need to ensure efficient use of agent resources in the network skillset but increasingly...
7502857 Method and system for optimally allocating a network service  
A network service allocation device including a probe, a module, and an engine. The device collects performance data relating to the physical characteristics of a distributed data processing...
7502904 Information processing system and management device for managing relocation of data based on a change in the characteristics of the data over time  
In an information processing system including a computer device, and a storage device storing data used by the computer device, the region in which the data is held is managed in association with a...
7502859 Dynamic resource management for distributed retrieval system for security  
A resource manager allocates operation requests to security network devices according to device characteristics. The devices collect and/or manage data from an environment. The devices may include...
7502858 Integrated point of presence server network  
A network of point of presence servers sharing a hostname includes a first network probe server configured to determine traffic loads of a plurality of customer web servers, and configured to...
7503045 Extensible computing system  
Methods and apparatus providing a dynamically sized, highly scalable and available server farm are disclosed. A Virtual Server Farm (VSF) is created out of a wide scale computing fabric...
7502834 Autonomic content load balancing  
Techniques are disclosed for providing autonomic content load balancing. A programmatic selection is made from among alternative content versions based upon current conditions. Preferably, the...
7499965 Software agent for locating and analyzing virtual communities on the world wide web  
A software tool allows non-expert users to locate and analyze virtual communities on the World Wide Web. It employs a configurable crawling algorithm based on social science network theories and...
7500000 Method and system for assigning or creating a resource  
An example of a method for assigning a resource (for example, storage) includes receiving a request for a resource, wherein the request includes a list of paths. This example also includes...
7499981 Methods and apparatus for peer-to-peer services  
Methods and apparatus for peer-to-peer services are disclosed. The apparatus and methods may include presenting at the client a link pointing to a file that resides at a first location represented...
7499998 Arrangement in a server for providing dynamic domain name system services for each received request  
A Domain Name System (DNS) server is configured for dynamically selecting, for a client device, a selected resolution from available resolutions, the selected resolution identifying at least one...
7500053 Method and system for grouping storage system components  
Methods and systems are provided for associating a storage system component, e.g. a server, client, machine, sub-client, or other storage system component, with one or more other storage system...
7500236 Systems and methods of creating and accessing software simulated computers  
The system and methods of the present application comprise one or more computers that generate and maintain a plurality of software-simulated computers. Each software-simulated computer is adapted...
7500015 Mobile tracking system for QoS guaranteed paths, router device used for this system, mobile communications terminal, and control program for controlling router device  
To always guarantee QoS for packet transfer and to achieve continuity of QoS guaranteed paths for upstream and downstream packet transfers between a mobile communications terminal and remote...
7499968 System and method for application resource utilization metering and cost allocation in a utility computing environment  
A system and method for application resource utilization metering and cost allocation in a utility computing environment. In one embodiment, the system may include a computational resource, a...
7500006 Ticketing and keying for orchestrating distribution of network content  
One embodiment of an inventive networking environment includes clients called sending clients because they send network content through a network, and clients called receiving clients because they...
7499834 System and methods for reporting device allocation  
A storage area network (SAN) management application generates device allocation reports displaying foundation variables, device specific parameters, and computed, derived fields for different types...
7500001 Computer resource distribution method based on prediction  
A resource distribution method capable of lending surplus resources among a plurality of services and reducing the maintenance cost of the surplus resources is provided. Computer resources in the...
7500002 Method and apparatus for distributing requests among a plurality of resources  
The invention relates to a method for requesting data from one of a plurality of actual servers. A virtual network of servers is generated in response to a data request. A first virtual server in...
7496647 Personal inter-home media exchange network  
A system and method support the exchange of media between friends, family members, and 3 rd party media providers over a closed and secure media exchange network. The media may include, for...
7496667 Decentralized application placement for web application middleware  
A decentralized process to ensure the dynamic placement of applications on servers under two types of simultaneous resource requirements, those that are dependent on the loads placed on the...
7496750 Performing security functions on a message payload in a network element  
Techniques are provided for performing security functions on a message payload in a network element. According to one aspect, a network element receives one or more data packets. The network...
7496928 Method and system for moderating thread priority boost for I/O completion  
A system and method uses a heuristic approach to manage the boosting of thread priorities after I/O completion to improve system performance. Upon detection of the completion of an I/O operation in...
7496566 Priority based LDAP service publication mechanism  
A method and system are provided for directing a client to a preferred service instance. At creation of a service instance, the service binding attribute of the created instance is extended to...
7496665 Personal access and control of media peripherals on a media exchange network  
Methods are disclosed for indirectly monitoring and controlling at least one media peripheral device in a media exchange network by accessing a media management system (MMS) via a first media...
7496920 Dynamic computing environment using remotely allocable resources  
A system and a method of providing a dynamic computing environment to a user, in which the dynamic computing environment is configured to communicate and to operate under the control of the user....
7496657 Method and system for determining a source of a virtual circuit fault  
A system and method includes receiving an event, for example, from a frame relay network or from a system log. Whether the event designates a virtual circuit fault in at least one of the local...