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7356582 Electronic apparatus and communication device switching method according to device priority  
An electronic apparatus allows communication devices to be connected thereto, and has a plug-and-play function of automatically setting a communication device to be connected. A communication...
7356611 Method and apparatus for permissions based active document workflow  
Techniques for designing and processing a workflow that can be refined or modified based upon information associated with a document processed by the workflow. Since the author of the document may...
7356608 System and method for implementing LAN within shared I/O subsystem  
A shared I/O subsystem for providing network protocol management for a plurality of computer systems. The shared I/O subsystem includes a plurality of I/O interfaces where each of the I/O...
7353277 Dynamic load balancing of video requests  
A distributed streaming media server system including a plurality of streaming media servers that each store a selection of multimedia files. A master streaming media server is communicatively...
7353291 Network status server, information distribution system, control method, and storage medium for storing control program  
There is disclosed a network status server for receiving an inquiry from a web server accessed by a client, and using path information and determining the optimum web server to return a response to...
7353293 Method for making available features for alternative connections of primary connections  
The invention relates to a method for creating alternative routes to primary connections, particularly to voice-over IP connections, in which the data transmission occurs in a primary network, and...
7353292 Device and method for changing connection types between a fixed or variable state with an external switching unit  
The present invention relates to a connection data change method and device, and a switching unit for changing connection data for a node constituting a network, and includes a connection data...
7349984 Receiver driven media streaming in a network node  
The invention relates to a device for either generating or maintaining an organic data network having an dynamic topology, comprising a data processing unit, at least one data connection to...
7349903 Apparatus, system, and method for an alternate lock facility connection path  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for an alternate lock facility connection path. A request module receives a connection request to establish redundant connection paths between a...
7349981 System, apparatus, and method for string matching  
A system, an apparatus, and a method for dividing an address into at least two parts and searching for an address from a table that matches at least a significant portion of one of those parts....
7349983 Receiver driven distribution of data using address data of a peer node  
The invention relates to a device for either generating or maintaining an organic data network having an dynamic topology, comprising a data processing unit at least one data connection to a...
7350099 Method and system for utilizing a logical failover circuit for rerouting data between data networks  
A method and system are provided for utilizing a logical failover circuit for rerouting data from a failed network circuit in a first data network to a second data network. The network circuit in...
7345991 Connection protection mechanism for dual homed access, aggregation and customer edge devices  
A protection mechanism capable of providing both local and end-to-end connection protection for dual homed access/aggregation devices or customer-edge devices in a network. The protection mechanism...
7345993 Communication network with a ring topology  
Connections between communication nodes are established along a ring, with nodes at successive positions along the ring and two-way point to point communication connections between pairs of the...
7346706 Equivalent multiple path traffic distribution in communications networks  
A method and associated device for selecting one of a number of equivalent paths in forwarding a network message from a node of a communication network. A source and destination address is provided...
7343423 Enhanced switchover for MPLS fast reroute  
A Fast Reroute implementation where switchover time to backup tunnels upon failure of a protected network element is independent of a number of entries corresponding to forwarding equivalence...
7343422 System and method for using uniform resource locators to map application layer content names to network layer anycast addresses  
A request for an information object at an address identified by a uniform resource locator (URL) is received; and the URL is mapped to a corresponding unicast address for the information object....
7343424 Fibonacci heap for use with internet routing protocols  
In accordance with an aspect of the invention, one or more shortest paths is determined through a portion of a computer network, from a source vertex to one or more destination vertices according...
7337234 Retry technique for multi-tier network communication systems  
A system is provided to manage retry communications between a client and a data source. The system includes a plurality of logical components that sequentially combine to form a communication path...
7337230 Method and system for eliminating redundant rules from a rule set  
A computer implemented method and system determines whether a rule R is redundant with respect to a rule set S containing a plurality of non-redundant rules each defining tests for performing on a...
7337235 Dynamic path partitioning to multipath storage devices  
A mechanism is provided for balancing I/O among available paths connected to a device. The mechanism partitions paths so a device can use all or only a subset of available paths to a device,...
7334047 Method and system for selective link state advertisement blocking over a data network area  
Method and system for efficiently handling hub and spoke area topologies in a data network under Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol which provides selective blocking of Link State...
7333827 Restricted dissemination of topology information in a communication network  
A communication network comprises a plurality of nodes which exchange topology information. Some of the nodes are of a conventional type, which propagate topology information in an unrestricted...
7333223 System and method for electronically delivering documents  
A system and method are provided for reliable and customer-friendly delivery of documents. One method of the present invention include the steps of: producing document data for printing documents;...
7330899 Apparatus and method for developing applications with telephony functionality  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates developing applications with telephony functionality. The system includes a session initiation protocol (SIP) gateway...
7325062 Method and system for automated adapter reallocation and optimization between logical partitions  
A method and system for reallocating adapters in a logically partitioned environment. The present invention comprises a Performance Enhancement Program (PEP) and a Reallocation Program (RP). The...
7325073 Peer to peer video on demand system selectively using client and server to forward the requested video program to another client  
Video On Demand system providing video programs between a program provider and a plurality of clients coupled over a peer to peer network. Transmitting a requested video program from a first client...
7318107 System and method for automatic stream fail-over  
A method is described comprising: maintaining a plurality of data relating to client streaming connections across a plurality of servers; and assigning a particular client streaming connection to a...
7315896 Server network controller including packet forwarding and method therefor  
A network controller including a packet forwarding mechanism and method therefor improve load-balancing within a network system without requiring an intelligent switch having TCP splicing...
7313618 Network architecture using firewalls  
Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, for securing access to a server computer that is operable to process client requests from a client computer. A firewall is...
7308499 Dynamic load balancing for enterprise IP traffic  
A method for effecting load balancing in a packet-switched network is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: (a) providing a set of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses...
7304955 Scalable IP multicast with efficient forwarding cache  
A method and apparatus in a multicast transmission system for routing packets including a scalable architecture that supports QoS. Redundant state information is minimized in the MOSPF multicast...
7302494 Traffic engineering method and node apparatus using traffic engineering method  
A traffic engineering method is provided for optimizing an entire network resource, to a network divided intro a plurality of areas, each area including a plurality of nodes. According to the...
7302482 Traffic flow optimisation system  
A method of calculating data traffic flow in a communications network, the communications network comprising a plurality of nodes including a plurality of source nodes and a plurality of...
7302495 Method for transmitting signaling messages using alternate path  
The invention relates to a method, according to which useful data is transmitted between an interconnected data transmission network and a data package transmission network. A receiver of an...
7299487 Control program, for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system, which uses transmission control lists to send video data packets with respective subgroups of internet protocol headers  
A control program for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system directs the co-processor to perform the steps of: a) obtain a transmission control list, from an external source, which identifies a...
7296088 System and method for determining the geographic location of internet hosts  
A system and methodologies are disclosed for determining the geographic location of an Internet host. A first method infers host location based on the DNS names of the host of interest or other...
7295806 Using directional antennas to enhance wireless mesh networks  
The principles of the present invention provide for using directional antennas to adaptively communicate in a wireless mesh network. A number of infrastructure components are included in a wireless...
7293106 Method of finding a path between two nodes in a network  
The present invention is directed to finding a path between two nodes, including the routing and non-routing nodes of the path. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to a...
7289437 System and method for routing stability-based integrated traffic engineering for GMPLS optical networks  
A system and method of implementing Routing Stability-Based Integrated Traffic Engineering (“RITE”) for use in an MPLS/optical network is described. Incoming network traffic is classified as...
7287144 Hit ratio estimation device, hit ratio estimation method, hit ratio estimation program and recording medium  
Using a counter of the Web server 10 , a leave probability p 1 , average value m and variance s 2 of think time, and hit ratio r are calculated for a session data cache 12 involving a...
7284055 Method and system for network redirecting  
A network and method of providing near 100% availability of services is provided. According to one feature, redirectors are implemented to direct network traffic to any of two or more application...
7283467 Procedures for improving call routing in PNNI networks  
A method and system for improving call routing in a PNNI network using crankback messaging. A destination logical group node (LGN) blocked crankback procedure is used by entry border nodes, in the...
7284269 High-speed adaptive structure of elementary firewall modules  
A communications security system has been described. The security system in the form of a firewall is made up of a plurality of communicatively coupled sets of modules in a matrix configuration....
7283465 Hierarchical virtual private LAN service protection scheme  
A data communication network includes a plurality of primary virtual bridges, interconnected by primary virtual connections so as to transmit and receive data packets over the network to and from...
7284268 System and method for a routing device to securely share network data with a host utilizing a hardware firewall  
A system and method for providing the ability to selectively share data in a network routing device with an associated host. The system and method employs a hardware firewall in the routing device...
7275111 Time-window-constrained multicast using connection scheduling  
A method of reducing bandwidth limitations to send events to a set of interested clients within a pre-defined time period as quickly and fairly as possible. The clients can be re-distributed among...
7275103 Storage path optimization for SANs  
Embodiments of a system and method for rule-based proactive storage path optimization for SANs. Embodiments may evaluate paths between an application and its storage on a SAN based on current...
7272746 Redundancy scheme for network processing systems  
A redundancy architecture is described for network processing systems which allows the network to recover from failure of a network processing system without interruption in service. The redundancy...
7269847 Firewall providing enhanced network security and user transparency  
A remote configurator for a gateway device is disclosed. The remote configurator module is operatively disposed in a gateway device for providing network connectivity between a source and...