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6629229 Message index descriptor  
A circuit comprising a memory, a queue, and a translator. The memory may be configured to store a message at an address at least as great as a base address. The queue may be configured to store a...
6629148 Device and method for balancing loads between different paths in a computer system  
A system and method for balancing loads in a computer system is disclosed. The system and method assess the health of various paths in a computer system by determining the health or status of at...
6625659 Router switches to old routing table when communication failure caused by current routing table and investigates the cause of the failure  
Even when a communication failure happens to occur, the interrupted communication can be quickly recovered by a router apparatus. The router apparatus is comprised of: a plurality of routing tables...
6615273 Method for performing enhanced target identifier (TID) address resolution  
A method is provided for a network including a plurality of nodes where a originating node broadcasts an address request or change PDU. When the PDU is received at a receiving node, the receiving...
6614559 Method and system for routing incoming files  
A method for routing one or more files includes determining how many pages are in an incoming file to obtain a first number of pages and how many pages of existing files are already at a one work...
6611874 Method for improving routing distribution within an internet and system for implementing said method  
A method for improving next hop selection between internet routers (R) defined by their respective IP addresses. A source is identified by a source IP address and a source port identification. A...
6606667 Balanced networks  
A network architecture is provided for increasing the working/protection bandwidth ratio (W/PBR) in the transport networks. The balanced network provides for a plurality of arm networks between two...
6601101 Transparent access to network attached devices  
The present invention relates to transparent access to network attached devices, such as network attached storage devices, Web servers or database servers. In particular, the present invention...
6598092 Trunk transmission network  
In a trunk transmission network for transmitting information signals between nodes via paths, flexible path operation is achieved by setting up paths between source nodes and destination nodes...
6598106 Dual-port SCSI sub-system with fail-over capabilities  
A dual port enclosure monitor for servicing a dual port bus includes four primary components: two enclosure monitors and two bus expanders with isolation circuitry. The sub-system is configured...
6594235 Method of triggering reroutes in an asynchronous transfer mode network  
A method of triggering reroutes in an ATM network based on a call optimization value being reduced beyond a predefined threshold. The method utilizes a signaling element in the SETUP message called...
6591315 Remote intelligent peripheral routing method and apparatus  
This invention provides a telecommunications routing system and method that allows a switch (e.g., an intelligent peripheral) to control the routing to a special applications device, which results...
6587475 Method of assigning circuit ID's in an IS-IS compliant network  
The number of possible circuits that can be linked to each node operating in accordance with the IS-IS standard is expanded from the 256 limit set by the IS-IS standard to a larger arbitrary...
6574669 Method and apparatus for routing traffic within a network utilizing linear optimization  
A method and an apparatus for routing packets within a computer network uses linear optimization techniques to distribute the packet traffic over all potential links between a source and a...
6571287 Distributed database system with authoritative node  
An authorizing apparatus for use with a client that connects to a first server in a network includes a second server that authorizes session requests of the client for the first server. Resource...
6567856 Deadlock-free routing  
In accordance with methods and systems consistent with the present invention, an improved deadlock-free routing system is provided to a family of network topologies where both the configuration of...
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...
6560654 Apparatus and method of maintaining timely topology data within a link state routing network  
An apparatus and method of forwarding a first message from a source to a destination via a link state routing network utilizes point-to-point feedback messages when the quality of a first path from...
6553240 Print option for WAP browsers  
The WAP browser in a mobile phone is adapted to permit printing of WML data received and interpreted by the WAP browser. The mobile phone has control circuitry, including a processing unit, a...
6549522 Mobile data rate enhancement via foreign agent load balancing  
Data is routed through the Internet to a mobile node by using home agents and foreign agents to provide mobility functions. Data transfer rates to the mobile node are improved by providing for...
6546427 Streaming multimedia network with automatically switchable content sources  
A streaming multimedia communication network includes a broadcaster providing program content by air wave or direct line to a network service provider, e.g. an Internet Radio Service provider...
6542934 Non-disruptively rerouting network communications from a secondary network path to a primary path  
Methods, systems and computer program products for the reassignment of communications sessions to a primary network communications path from a secondary network communications path are provided,...
6542461 Method of protecting ATM connections in a telecommunications network  
A method of protecting ATM connections in a telecommunications network including at least one protection domain which covers only a portion of a connection, each protection domain comprising a...
6535923 Method and system for defining an efficient and reliable meshing of CP-CP sessions in an advanced peer to peer network  
The present invention is directed to a method for defining a meshing of node to node connections in a communication network comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected with transmission links or...
6535491 Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring computer networks using a spanning tree algorithm  
A method that rapidly reconfigures a computer network having a plurality of devices executing the spanning tree algorithm. First, one or more devices are configured and arranged so that one port,...
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...
6530032 Network fault recovery method and apparatus  
The present invention provides layer one, two and three (L 1 /L 2 /L 3 ) Integration and L 1 cut-through path utilization in an apparatus and method of fault recovery. A switch combines an IP...
6526521 Methods and apparatus for providing data storage access  
A technique provides access to data storage pathways that connect a cluster of nodes to a data storage system in a manner that enables a failover operation to occur from a first node to a second...
6526500 Data driven type information processing system consisting of interconnected data driven type information processing devices  
The data driven type information processing system has a branch unit and a junction unit in the input and output stages thereof, and includes a plurality of data driven type processors between the...
6526448 Pseudo proxy server providing instant overflow capacity to computer networks  
A pseudo proxy server is provided for a host network when the host network experiences periods of congestion. The host network determines whether an arrival rate of data requests exceeds a...
6519224 Method of using routing protocols to reroute packets during a link failure  
The preferred embodiment of the present invention is a cable modem apparatus for reliably providing a personal computer access to the Internet through a cable television link and a public switched...
6510162 System and method for managing channel usage in a data over cable system  
A system and method for managing the data channel usage in a data over cable system having more than one data channel. The system includes network devices, which are cable modems connected in at...
6510467 Method for transferring data files between a user and an internet server  
A method for increasing the rate of transfer of web page data files having embedded data files between users of an Internet service and an Internet server. The method is implemented from a set of...
6505255 Method for formatting and routing data between an external network and an internal network  
A method for formatting and routing data between an external network and an internal IEEE 1394 network is provided. The method comprises receiving a data packet at a gateway device, separating data...
6498778 Optimizing restoration capacity  
A method and system are provided for computing an optimal restoration capacity and/or optimal restoration paths for a network to resolve a restoration scenario by solving a linear program (LP)...
6496866 System and method for providing dynamically alterable computer clusters for message routing  
A TCP-connection-router performs encapsulated clustering by dividing each encapsulated cluster into several Virtual EC (VECs), dynamically distributing incoming connections within a VEC based on...
6496864 System and method for freeing shared resources in a computer system  
The present invention relates to systems and methods for freeing shared resources that remain allocated to a particular resource allocating process after the resource allocating process has...
6493765 Domain name resolution in a network having multiple overlapping address domains  
A technique for domain name resolution in a communication network having multiple overlapping address domains involves translating a destination host domain name into a destination host local...
6490252 System and method for prevention of cell loss due to quality of service contracts in an ATM network  
A data traffic network 200 in which excess cells, or cells whose transfer is expected to cause the user to exceed the QoS traffic contract bandwidth limit, are transferred to a destination node ...
6484210 Packet processing relay agent to provide link layer forwarding in one-way cable/wireless/satellite modems  
A method and apparatus for allowing a personal computer to receive data from a computer network such as the Internet via a broadcast channel of a cable or satellite television network, while...
6484211 Mobile internet protocol for mobility of access hosts between networks  
A method of enabling roaming of a mobile internet-access terminal from a first to a second internet access network each of which has a home agent for routing internet datagrams between networks....
6484207 Switching system having interconnects dedicated to store and retrieve data including management of dedicated memory segments allocated when a general memory is depleted  
Methods and apparatus for providing a network data switch and buffer system are disclosed. In a switch having a memory associated therewith, the memory including a general memory and a plurality of...
6480480 Wireless local area network comprising a controller and at least one candidate-controller terminal  
The invention relates to a local area network for wireless transmission of control and user information between a plurality of terminals and a terminal working as a controller, i.e. a...
6477578 System and method for conducting secure internet transactions  
A system and method for conducting secure electronic transactions via the Internet uses a second secure communication link for the transmission of sensitive information. Transactions are split so...
6469981 Point-to-multipoint network  
The invention has for its object to provide a network in which an optimized mode of operation is made possible both in the trouble-free case and on the occurrence of a disturbance. This object is...
6466977 Proxy on demand  
In a first aspect of the present invention, a Wholesaler dynamically identifies one of a plurality of AAA services at a remote domain to route an access request to. The AAA service is selected...
6457140 Methods and apparatus for dynamically isolating fault conditions in a fault tolerant multi-processing environment  
A fault tolerant processing system includes at least two processing planes. Each processing plane processes an input signal and generates an output signal. The system further includes plane...
6446131 Bridges and other layer-two devices for forwarding MAC frames  
A bridge or other transparent layer-two device uses a simple protocol to filter duplicate frames and learn about nodes connected to a bridged local area network. Using the simple protocol, the...
6446132 Radio data communication system and method for carrying out data communication through a radio channel  
In a radio communication system for transmitting data transmission through a current path between a radio client terminal and an information server connected to a wire communication network, the...
6442598 System and method for delivering web content over a broadcast medium  
A webcast system delivers Web content from a webcast center over a broadcast medium to many clients. The webcast center has a server unit that gathers Web pages from sites on the Internet and...