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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...
6438603 Methods and protocol for simultaneous tuning of reliable and non-reliable channels of a single network communication link  
An application layer protocol supports reliable and non-reliable message transfer between a local and remote computer on a shared communications link. The application layer protocol uses a...
6430150 Communication node, restoration method and communication network  
In a telecommunication network, each node is provided with the same physical topology information relating to a physical construction of telecommunication paths included in the telecommunication...
6424425 Facsimile and storage medium  
The invention provides a facsimile which automatically switches communication networks depending upon the reading mode of the reading means for reading the image information of an original....
6418141 Multi-cast enabled web server  
A method for supplying a requested web page to at least one client is disclosed. In normal operation, a server or host computer waits for a client to request a web page. After being requested, the...
6418462 Global sideband service distributed computing method  
A new method of distributed computing, sideband computing, that is global, scalable and can utilize many idle CPU resources worldwide. Sideband is defined as when a user connects to some (normal)...
6412006 Method and apparatus for sending delay sensitive information assisted by packet switched networks  
A method and apparatus for sending delay sensitive information assisted by packet switched networks for network nodes in a computer network. Delay sensitive information such as voice information is...
6401129 Routing functionality application in a data communications network with a number of hierarchical nodes  
A data communication network with a number or origination nodes, a number of destination nodes and a number of intermediate nodes, in which messages are sent from origination nodes via a number of...
6393483 Method and apparatus for network interface card load balancing and port aggregation  
Disclosed is a process for driving a network interface card. The process includes monitoring the status of a plurality of ports connected between a computer and a network. Detecting a failure in...
6393581 Reliable time delay-constrained cluster computing  
Apparatus and method of cluster computing are described. The present invention provides a useful compromise between the manageability, power, and ease of use of centralized systems and the...
6389462 Method and apparatus for transparently directing requests for web objects to proxy caches  
In order to transparently redirect an HTTP connection request that is directed to an origin server ( 107 ) to a proxy cache ( 110 - 1 ), a proxy redirector ( 104 ) translates the destination...
6388988 Method and system for automatic line protection switching of embedded channels  
A communications network includes a transmit node and a receive node. A first transmission line extends between the transmit and receive nodes and includes a primary embedded channel for carrying...
6378014 Terminal emulator for interfacing between a communications port and a KVM switch  
A method and system for converting the output of a communications port (e.g., a serial port or a USB port) into video signals representing the output of a terminal. The system is interposed between...
6377543 Path restoration of networks  
A distributed method for creating telecommunications paths in a network, particularly after a span failure. The network includes plural distinct nodes interconnected by plural distinct spans, each...
6377981 Modular digital data communication cyberstation and cyberserver  
A broadcast and interactive data distribution system that distributes broadcast and interactive data transmitted by way of a geostationary satellite, and optionally by way of a cable system, to...
6363412 Wireless communication method permitting efficient use of system resources  
A communication method for a wireless transmission network having a plurality of terminals and a central server, disclosed in the context of an E-mail system. The source terminal sends only a mail...
6360331 Method and system for transparently failing over application configuration information in a server cluster  
A method and system for transparently failing over a legacy application from a first system to a second system of a server cluster by tracking and checkpointing changes to application configuration...
6360286 Sequential data transfer with common clock signal for receiver and sequential storage device and with slack register storing overflow item when set-up time is insufficient  
The present invention provides a circuit for saving overflow data within a sequence of data that are to be clocked out of a sequential storage device. The sequential storage device has a data...
6359857 Protection switching trigger generation  
A packet based telecommunication system, such as ATM, comprises a main data path and at least one bypass path, for bypassing a portion of the data path, the portion and the respective bypass...
6356902 Method and system for storage and retrieval of multimedia objects  
A method for storing and organizing multimedia objects by decomposing a multi-level tree structure into a graph map using single-link graph nodes, assigning a name or address to each node in the...
6351775 Loading balancing across servers in a computer network  
A dynamic routing of object requests among a collection or cluster of servers factors the caching efficiency of the servers and the load balance or just the load balance. The routing information on...
6349324 Communication system for allowing the communication to be switched to a television telephone during a telephone conversation  
When a line for communication of audio signals between first and second portable-telephone devices through a first portable-telephone base station, a second portable-telephone base station and a...
6345266 Predicate indexing for locating objects in a distributed directory  
The invention relates to a distributed directory service that is constructed based on a predicate, i.e., a query from a client. The predicate is formed by the query (request) issued by the client....
6343325 Method of establishing a connection, as well as an exchange and a service control point  
The invention concerns a method of establishing a connection via a communications network to a called terminal (TE) which is geographically located in the area (AREA) of two or more local line...
6343327 System and method for electronic and physical mass mailing  
A printstream processor separates documents, e.g. in a printstream or batch, into a physical delivery printstream and an electronic delivery printstream based on delivery preferences stored in a...
6341313 Flow controlling method and apparatus for network between processors  
A packet switch provides a write signal when processing of a packet in a FIFO memory is started, and outputs the write signal to the preceding stage. Meanwhile, the writing side manages whether a...
6324161 Multiple network configuration with local and remote network redundancy by dual media redirect  
A communications configuration comprising a first network medium having a first IP address and a second network having a second IP address. The configuration further includes a first host station...
6311288 System and method for virtual circuit backup in a communication network  
A system and method for the detection of permanent virtual circuit failures in a communication network determines and classifies failures based upon physical or logical criteria. Upon detection of...
6292905 Method for providing a fault tolerant network using distributed server processes to remap clustered network resources to other servers during server failure  
The method of the current invention provides a fault tolerant access to a network resource. A replicated network directory database operates in conjunction with server resident processes to remap a...
6289389 Enhanced integrated data delivery system  
A data delivery system comprises a server connected to data sources and adapted to transmit data to a user, a first link from the server adapted to transmit data to the user via a first delivery...
6286058 Apparatus and methods for automatically rerouting packets in the event of a link failure  
An asymmetrical network for coupling customer-premises Internet hosts such as personal computers to the Internet. The head end of a CATV system has a high-bandwidth connection to the Internet. The...
6282563 Agent moving method, message transmission method, agent transmission method, agent acquisition method, message acquisition method and agent list acquisition method, and computer  
The present invention is directed to a mobile agent technique, and in particular to a method for moving/transmitting to a desired computer, an agent and a message that the agent issues. According...
6272548 Dead reckoning routing of packet data within a network of nodes having generally regular topology  
A packet is routed by "dead reckoning" on a network having a generally regular topology. The packet is received at a node where a local routing decision is made. The packet is output in a direction...
6266699 Control in an intelligent network  
A control is provided for the increasing number of Internet users who use networks to access Internet services. The control includes a service control point function as well as a domain name server...
6266694 Architecture for network manager  
A distributed network management architecture, where a plurality of network managers share information about network elements by building the necessary infrastructure to discover alternate routes...
6266706 Fast routing lookup system using complete prefix tree, bit vector, and pointers in a routing table for determining where to route IP datagrams  
In a method of IP routing lookup in a routing table, comprising entries of arbitrary length prefixes with associated next-hop information in a next-hop table, to determine where IP datagrams are to...
6253334 Three bus server architecture with a legacy PCI bus and mirrored I/O PCI buses  
A fault-tolerant computer system includes a processor and a memory, connected to a system bus. The system includes at least two mirrored circuits, at least two mirrored IO devices, a detection...
6249800 Apparatus and accompanying method for assigning session requests in a multi-server sysplex environment  
Apparatus and accompanying methods for use preferably in a multi-system shared data (sysplex) environment (100), wherein each system (110) provides one or more servers (115), for dynamically and...
6243754 Dynamic selection of network providers  
A method, apparatus and system is provided by which two or more cooperating end-users of the Internet and/or other network can dynamically select and use a single Internet or other network service...
6243825 Method and system for transparently failing over a computer name in a server cluster  
A method and system for transparently failing over a computer name with a legacy application running in a server cluster. When the application is set for failing over in the cluster, the cluster...
6240463 Router placement methods and apparatus for designing IP networks with performance guarantees  
Methods and apparatus are provided for designing IP networks with substantially improved performance as compared to existing IP networks such as, for example, those networks designed under...
6240454 Dynamic reconfiguration of network servers  
One or more portions (221) of a database (220) which a primary server (106) uses to process client requests are duplicated (211) on one or more supplemental servers (105). As the clients demand for...
6223225 Dynamically adjustable hybrid two-way data networks  
Dynamically adjustable hybrid two-way data networks are described which provide a high degree of connectivity. In one embodiment, a two-way CaTV system uses the CaTV plant most of the time, but...
6223226 Data distribution system and method for distributing data to a destination using a distribution device having a lowest distribution cost associated therewith  
A data distribution system selects the distribution means having the most suitable distribution cost among a plurality of distribution means corresponding to a destination. The data distributing...
6223231 Method and apparatus for highly-available processing of I/O requests while application processing continues  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that allows an I/O request to proceed when a primary server that is processing the I/O request fails, and a secondary server takes over for...
6212521 Data management system, primary server, and secondary server for data registration and retrieval in distributed environment  
A data management system that allows client terminals on a network to register records with search keywords to distributed data management servers and to retrieve them by entering a specific search...
6205146 Method of dynamically routing to a well known address in a network  
A method of determining an efficient route to a well known address that is particularly applicable to networks that do not have the capability of source routing for calculating routes to specific...
6201794 Network with efficient message routing  
Pilot messages are transmitted between communicating nodes on a network either periodically or as a continuous background process in order to determine the most efficient path for transmitting a...
6199033 LAN emulation server changing over method  
A spare one of a plurality of LAN emulation servers subscribes as a LAN emulation client for an operational one of the LAN emulation servers and supervises a condition of the operational server. If...