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7379958 Automatic and dynamic service information delivery from service providers to data terminals in an access point network  
A system and method for dynamically updating service information from a service provider to a data terminal in an access point network wherein an access point requests service information from a...
7377835 Personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel  
A personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel includes a plurality of personal communication systems linked together and to a base station in a network....
7373653 Channel merging method for VOD system  
A channel merging method for a VOD system, said method comprises the steps of: in response to requests from a plurality of clients for a video program, establishing a root channel (S 1 ) and at...
7367052 Access list key compression  
Methods and apparatus for implementing an access list key for accessing information associated with a packet from an access list are disclosed. The packet includes an IP source address field and an...
7359984 Management of network quality of service  
In one embodiment, a router is deployed on a local area network (LAN) in addition to any routers deployed on a wide area network (WAN) coupled with the LAN having the router. A service management...
7349986 Method for data distribution  
Stream data is transmitted from a distribution server to a client without any loss of data. The capacity of a reception buffer to be prepared at the client can be made small and the network...
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...
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...
7295568 Apparatus, method and system for decision making to support network selection for datascasting in hybrid networks  
The disclosure details the implementation of an apparatus, method, and system for an network selector for datacasting in hybrid networks (NSDHN). In one aspect, the disclosure teaches an efficient...
7284067 Method for integrated load balancing among peer servers  
A system for balancing network loads among a group of computer servers. A load balancing module is provided for each server and includes multiple network ports for receiving network traffic and...
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...
7280545 Complex adaptive routing system and method for a nodal communication network  
A complex adaptive routing system and method for routing data packets in a nodal network, in particular, an ad-hoc nodal network. Each data packet contains data representing its routing strategy...
7280999 Network address server  
A network address server is configured to resolve a target network address name label with a network address, with the target address name label defining a branch of one level of a multi-level...
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...
7266822 System and method for controlling and managing computer farms  
A system and method of controlling a distributed processing system such as a including a first computer that includes a first Java virtual machine and a Java control system that also includes a...
7263379 Communications network for emergency services personnel  
A personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel includes a plurality of personal communication systems linked together and to a base station in a network....
7263560 Decentralized peer-to-peer advertisement  
Embodiments of a shared resource distributed index mechanism that peers in a peer-to-peer network may utilize to distribute index entries corresponding to resources to indexes of shared resources...
7260833 One-way network transmission interface unit  
A network isolation apparatus is provided that permits data to be sent to a remote computer or network without a return path so that the isolated sensitive network may not be compromised. The...
7257642 Channel load balancing  
A method of channel routing. The method includes receiving an incoming connection, determining an amount of processing resources required to handle the incoming connection, and selecting a remote...
7222149 Ordering decision nodes in distributed decision making  
A system includes a weighted directional dependency graph defining one or more dependency links in a distributed system having a plurality of nodes. A weight is defined for each of the dependency...
7203729 Method and apparatus for a communication network with nodes capable of selective cluster head operation  
A communication device ( 111 ) determines whether to operate as a cluster head in a network of communication devices ( 100 ). The device performs a self-assessment regarding its ability to operate...
7197565 System and method of using a pipe advertisement for a peer-to-peer network entity in peer-to-peer presence detection  
Embodiments of a decentralized mechanism for detecting the presence of entities in a peer-to-peer network. In one embodiment, using pipes, a peer may uniquely and independently generate an identity...
7191243 Scheduling and multiplexing data for broadcast transmission over multiple streams  
Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a data stream for broadcast to one or more client systems. A source identifier identifies where the data for the data stream may be...
7152122 Queue pair context cache  
A network interface adapter includes a network interface, coupled to send and receive data packets over a network and a host interface, for coupling to a host processor and to a system memory...
7152115 Virtual private networks  
A network can be organized for providing virtual private network services to customers into two regions. A network core for providing layer 2 transport and an associated number of logical...
7146424 File server system and method for scheduling data streams according to a distributed scheduling policy  
A distributed file server system has multiple data servers connected to stream data files continuously over a network to multiple clients. Data files are distributed across the data servers so that...
7143130 Portable multi-tracking method and system  
A method and system for multi-tracking among independent individuals without a monitoring center, where an individual is a person, a vehicle, or any other property, enables the individuals to be...
7127477 Method and system for access to automatically synchronized remote files  
A method and system for the simple, fast, and effective maintenance of consistent data files across a multiplicity of computer systems, which functionality is useful in collaborative work,...
7107323 System and method of file distribution for a computer system in which partial files are arranged according to various allocation rules  
In a distributed file system, when a user requests a computer to create a distributed file, a management computer acquires a list of computers complying with an allocation rule selected by the user...
7093032 System and method for multi-vendor authentication to remotely activate a software-based option  
A system and method are provided to remotely activate options resident on a multi-vendor supported device. The technique includes receiving, at a centralized facility, an activation key sent from a...
7093028 User and content aware object-based data stream transmission methods and arrangements  
A scalable video transmission scheme is provided in which client interaction and video content itself are taken into consideration during transmission. Methods and arrangements are provided to...
7089326 Fast-path processing for receiving data on TCP connection offload devices  
A network interface device provides a fast-path that avoids most host TCP and IP protocol processing for most messages. The host retains a fallback slow-path processing capability. In one...
7089323 Method for multicasting a message on a computer network  
A method for multicasting a message in a computer network is described, in which at least some nodes of a multicast group transmit fault recovery information to other nodes of the group in addition...
7085848 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...
7072976 Scalable routing scheme for a multi-path interconnection fabric  
Various embodiments of a scalable routing system for use in an interconnection fabric are disclosed. In this routing scheme, a routing directive describes a route in the interconnection fabric...
7072980 Method and system for route table minimization  
A method and system that includes an IP flow monitor in conjunction with an IP route comparator and an IP route injector to minimize the size of routing tables that need to be stored in a router of...
7065587 Peer-to-peer name resolution protocol (PNRP) and multilevel cache for use therewith  
A serverless name resolution protocol ensures convergence despite the size of the network, without requiring an ever-increasing cache and with a reasonable numbers of hops. This convergence is...
7062781 Method for providing simultaneous parallel secure command execution on multiple remote hosts  
A system provides secure communication of commands from a client ( 600 ) to multiple hosts ( 1200 ) via a network server ( 700 ). The system receives at least one command from the client ( 600 ),...
7051094 Decentralized management of composite digital services  
A system that enables decentralized management of a composite e-service by obtaining information which is useful for management of the composite e-service even when the arrangement of e-services...
7031308 Tree-based ordered multicasting method  
A method for performing end-to-end “tree-based ordered multicasting” (TOM) which ensures collective integrity and consistency of distributed operations, and which is applicable to distributed...
7013347 Distance vector extension to the address resolution protocol  
A method and device thereof for managing messages received at a bridging device. A bridging device receives a first message comprising a first contact information and a first distance vector...
6988133 Method and apparatus for communicating network quality of service policy information to a plurality of policy enforcement points  
A method is disclosed for communicating network quality of service policy information to a plurality of policy enforcement points. Active QoS configuration information is created and stored at a...
6981034 Decentralized management architecture for a modular communication system  
A decentralized management model enables a plurality of interconnected modules to be managed and controlled as an integrated unit without requiring any one of the interconnected modules to operate...
6956858 Network routing table and packet routing method  
A routing table circuit for a router has one or more input ports and output ports for message communication. In the routing table circuit, one or more routing table memories store a plurality of...
6947963 Methods and apparatus for synchronizing and propagating distributed routing databases  
A method of and apparatus for distributing data for a database between a plurality of processors in a distributed processor system involves running a database management system on a first plurality...
6944676 Information dissemination system and method with central and distributed caches  
A system for disseminating information over a wide area network includes a central caching unit for storing data to be made available over the wide area network. Local access give users access to...
6928484 Method and apparatus for discovering edge-disjoint shortest path pairs during shortest path tree computation  
A method for identifying and choosing a shortest path segment that has an alternate edge disjoint path segment. While routing Unidirectional Path Switched Ring (UPSR) path segments in a graph,...
6917974 Method and apparatus for preventing network traffic analysis  
A system and method for generating and transmitting false packets along with a true packet to thereby hide or obscure the actual message traffic. A new extension header having a plurality of fields...
6910069 Joining a broadcast channel  
A technique for adding a participant to a network is provided. This technique allows for the simultaneous sharing of information among many participants in a network without the placement of a high...
6901443 Non-fault tolerant network nodes in a multiple fault tolerant network  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for facilitating communication with non-fault tolerant network nodes in a fault-tolerant network environment. In various embodiments, a network...
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