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7620680 Fast byzantine paxos  
A distributed computing system can operate in the face of malicious failures on the part of some of its constituent devices, and provide a minimum of message delays between receiving a client...
7620663 Maintaining time-date information for syncing low fidelity devices  
Generally, the present invention provides for a distributed computing system that is capable of associating time-date information with a property value in the database. The distributed computing...
7620363 Proximity synchronization of audio content among multiple playback and storage devices  
A wireless communication system and in particular to a wireless communication system for digital audio players that provides for increased functionality, such as communication, interaction and...
7617289 System and method for using a data replication service to manage a configuration repository  
A mechanism for making changes consistently across an application server domain or a cluster. Server configuration consistency is absolutely necessary for cluster deployments. The invention allows...
7613835 Generic API for synchronization  
A generic synchronization application programming interface (API) provides an interface between synchronization applications and a plurality of synchronization protocols. The generic...
7613834 One-to-many device synchronization using downloaded/shared client software  
A method and system for performing one-to-many synchronization using a central server and also using downloadable client software. The system includes a central server, e.g., a web server or an...
7613711 Specification of a hierarchical authorization model for a DBMS—SQL language extensions  
Provided are systems and methods that facilitate providing permission to entities of a database. A system includes a component that authorizes a principal of a containing entity to grant a...
7610365 Automatic relevance-based preloading of relevant information in portable devices  
A system for automatic proximity-based preloading of relevant information in portable devices pre-loads a portable device such as a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) or portable...
7607130 Workflow as data-transition driven, scriptable state machines  
A computing workflow system has a workflow process definition contained in a workflow table as script functions. The workflow table is part of an extended database schema operating with an extended...
7606837 System and method for downloading information to a mobile device  
Described is a method and system for downloading information to a mobile device. The system and method provide a mechanism for selectively identifying the type of information that can be downloaded...
7606267 Reducing the sizes of application layer messages in a network element  
A method is disclosed for reducing the sizes of application layer messages in a network element such as a network switch or router. According to one aspect, the network element receives data...
7603385 Device constellation management  
A method and apparatus is provided for managing a plurality of devices in a federated network and a sub-network within the federated network. The devices in the sub-network may have a functional...
7602874 Providing accurate time-based counters for scaling operating frequencies of microprocessors  
A mechanism provides accurate time-based counters for scaling operating frequencies of microprocessors. The mechanism makes use of a time-based counter circuit configuration in which a fixed...
7600121 Message security  
To provide a secure, effective but simple message handling, a method is provided for transmitting an electrical message, from a first user having a first terminal to a second user having a second...
7600046 Event notification  
A method, apparatus, computer program product, and computer system for ensuring consistency between data displayed by multiple independent client programs that can simultaneously display...
7600032 Temporal drift correction  
Temporal drift correction may be provided in a real-time audio communication system by measuring a size of a receiving data buffer and comparing that size to a predetermined nominal data buffer...
7600023 Systems and methods of balancing crossbar bandwidth  
Systems and methods of balancing crossbar bandwidth in a multiprocessing system are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment a system may comprise a crossbar switch having a plurality of links to...
7600006 Peer-to-peer distribution of firmware  
A firmware distribution system is disclosed with particular application to integrating a plurality of ancillary endpoints into an existing network of endpoints. The ancillary endpoints being...
7599990 Buddy list-based sharing of electronic content  
Instant messaging (IM) entities may be invited to an electronic calendar event using an instant message. Selecting the IM entities as invitees to the event may include dragging and dropping names...
7599983 Method, apparatus and system for management of information content for enhanced accessibility over wireless communication networks  
Information content is managed in a network-based communication system by providing a content management site accessible to a user of the system. The content management site is configured so as to...
7594146 Apparatus, method, and program for correcting time of event trace data  
A time correcting apparatus includes a data input section which inputs all event trace data generated for each event executed on computing devices and outputs the event trace data in order of...
7590760 Hybrid interface synchronization method and driver-client model for high availability systems  
A system and method for supporting a “hitless” switchover from an Active to a Standby processor uses a hybrid synchronization of interface states to allow applications that have been modified...
7590713 Presenting a merged view of remote application shortcuts from multiple providers  
Systems and methods for presenting a merged view of remotely installed applications to which a user has terminal server (TS) based access are described. In one aspect, a client computing device...
7590519 Distributed system simulation: slow message relaxation  
Distributed system simulation is enhanced by extending the simulation window. In a described implementation, the simulation window extension is facilitated with a slow message relaxation scheme....
7590232 System and method for tracking individuals  
A client identity verification system and method which includes receiving a spoken voice sample from a client. Identifying the match of the client, verifying client information, changing parameters...
7584289 System and method to efficiently broadcast television video and audio streams through the internet from a source in single leading time zone to multiple destinations in lagging time zones  
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for improving video quality by leveraging time zone delays occurring during transmissions of programs. The method comprises an operation of...
7584266 Autonomous storage for backup, restore, and file access  
A method, apparatus and computer product that, in a system having a client computer, and apparatus for connecting the client computer to a network having a server for backing up the client...
7584248 Apparatus and method for fair message exchanges in distributed multi-player games  
The Fair-Order Service of the present invention delivers action messages to the server as soon as it is feasible. Because action messages from different players exhibit different reaction times...
7584243 Information processing method and apparatus maintaining consistency of shared data  
An information processing method maintains, in a system in which each of a plurality of client processes connected via an information transmission medium holds and uses shared data to be shared by...
7581029 Updating machines while disconnected from an update source  
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments for updating a networked machine having at least a dormant state and an active state. In various embodiments, when the machine it is a dormant state, it listens...
7581025 System and method for synchronizing copies of data in a computer system  
An improved synchronization system and method for copies of data in a computer system. The computer system comprises a cluster, wherein each computer in the cluster may store a local copy of a data...
7580970 Systems and methods for database synchronization  
Computer network system for building and/or synchronising a second database from/with a first database, accesses by work units being carried out at least on the first database from at least one...
7577757 Multimedia synchronization method and device  
A system and method for synchronizing a multiplicity of devices in a multimedia environment is described. The system has at least one central storage and interface device, wherein audio, video, and...
7577687 Systems and methods for synchronizing databases  
Computer-supported method for building and/or synchronising a second database from/with a first database, accesses by work units being carried out at least on the first database from at least one...
7574511 Methods, systems, and software for providing service integration framework  
A preferred embodiment of the subject invention comprises a system for implementing computer network services and applications, comprising a front-end component comprising one or more applications;...
7571443 Collaboration apparatus between information processing systems, integrated information processing system, and recording medium storing a collaboration program between information processing systems  
The present invention relates to a collaboration apparatus between information processing systems for allowing a plurality of information processing systems to collaborate with each other without...
7571255 System and method for communication between servers in a cluster  
A system and method for communications between servers in a cluster. The system allows for point-to-point messaging to be used in a clustered environment to provide communication of services...
7571254 Mutual scheduling of events on handheld computers  
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for scheduling an event. The method includes signaling a request from a first computer to schedule an event to a second computer. A schedule is then...
7570669 Synchronizing packet traces  
A system and method for determining a common time base among nodes in a network by iteratively propagating timing constraints among the nodes, and determining a time-shift to apply to the time base...
7568026 Method and system for efficient link recovery for fibre channel over SONET/SDH transport path  
A method and system for flow control of GFP-encapsulated Fiber Channel frames over SONET/SDH transport networks is described. Transport interfaces, in the form of port cards, monitor any...
7568021 Hybrid mode network stack under EFI/Tiano based BIOS in modular computing environment  
A method of transmitting data through network stack choosing one of a synchronous and an asynchronous mode depending on requests of applications. The method may involve changing frequencies of a...
7568018 Dynamic identification and administration of networked clients  
The present inventive subject matter relates to networked computing environments and more specifically to dynamic identification and administration of networked clients. Various embodiments of the...
7565609 Synchronizing execution of graphical programs executing on different computer systems  
A first graphical program executing on a first device may execute a first graphical code portion for a plurality of iteration. Various systems and methods for synchronizing the execution of the...
7562218 Method, system and device for authenticating a user  
Preferred embodiments of the invention relate to a method and device for authenticating a user of a computer and a corresponding system using the method and device. The device is a handheld...
7562155 System, method, and computer program for a console switch  
A console switch selectively connects a terminal to a port of an information processing device that has a plural number of ports connected through a network. This console switch includes: a first...
7562140 Method and apparatus for providing trend information from network devices  
A method of providing performance trend information from a device in a packet-switched network to a network management station comprises maintaining in the device one or more state variables that...
7561598 Add-on module for synchronizing operations of a plurality of devices  
A system and method are provided which add, via an add-on module, synchronization functionality to an instrument that does not otherwise support such synchronization functionality. Various...
7558884 Processing information received at an auxiliary computing device  
Described is a mechanism for receiving new data at an auxiliary device associated with a main computer system, and processing that new data within the auxiliary device firmware to take some action....
7558883 Fast transaction commit  
A distributed computing system, having a sufficient number of devices and requiring a sufficiently large number of devices to select any proposal, can maintain synchronization between its...
7558847 System and method for mapping between and controlling different device abstractions  
The present invention provides a system and method for configuring and managing networked communication systems. For example, an exemplary system and/or method according to one embodiment uses an...