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7016955 Network management apparatus and method for processing events associated with device reboot  
A network management apparatus and method reduces the number of events presented in an event list to a user. In particular, the apparatus and method reduces the number of events, which are...
7015806 Distributed monitoring for a video security system  
A system and method for distributed monitoring and remote verification of conditions surrounding an alarm condition in a security system. A security gateway detects alarm conditions at a premises...
7010795 Process for sending a notification in a data processing network with distributed applications  
In a data processing network with distributed applications a notification is sent from a sender to a receiver via a notification service with which the receiver is registered in order to receive...
7010588 System using a series of event processors for processing network events to reduce number of events to be displayed  
In a network of managed devices, a method of processing network events to reduce the number of events to be displayed in an event log, comprising receiving information relating to network events,...
6990518 Object-driven network management system enabling dynamically definable management behavior  
The present invention is directed to a system and method in which management behavior within a network management system is represented as objects to allow for such management behavior to be...
6968540 Software instrumentation method and apparatus  
Methods and an apparatus for instrumenting object oriented software that do not require modification to existing source code or to executable files, nor do they require modification to any existing...
6968371 Design for scalable network management systems  
A system and methodology for building highly scalable Network Management Systems (NMS)s for the management of large voice and data networks is provided. The NMS of the present invention is designed...
6965901 Adaptive and generalized status monitor  
The invention provides a method and system for monitoring status in a relatively continuous consistent and intelligent manner. A status monitor receives monitoring data, and adaptively and...
6961768 Status polling failover of devices in a distributed network management hierarchy  
Automatic failover methodology provides a mechanism whereby a central control unit, such as a management station, will automatically takeover interface status polling of objects of a collection...
6947985 Filtering techniques for managing access to internet sites or other software applications  
A method and system for providing flexible access resources or services related to particular software applications are described. The system includes a database of Internet sites that have been...
6947972 Alarm management system and method thereof for network management system  
There is provided a system and method for storing alarm information generated from a network, and for transmitting the alarm information to a plurality of alarm managers. An alarm management...
6930599 Security system  
A system and method for enabling a central station to accurately verify in real-time whether an alarm signal generated by a security base station is a false alarm, and for enabling remote users to...
6928147 Outage reporting for a telecommunications system  
An outage reporting method and system are disclosed for a telecommunications system. The outage reporting system includes a processor to record a data element value. The data element value...
6845394 Software delivery method with enhanced batch redistribution for use in a distributed computer network  
A method, and associated computer system, for redistributing software packages in a distributed computer network after a failed distribution attempt is made in a distributed computer network by a...
6832341 Fault event management using fault monitoring points  
A method for monitoring faults within a computer network. In a preferred embodiment, an event, a host, and a fault monitoring point triplet are received from a monitored network device. A database...
6721898 Method and system for tracking software components  
A method system for tracking the state of an entity (e.g., an object) on behalf of a client (e.g., an application program). The states of an entity include up and down. The tracking system of the...
6711645 System for facilitating the replacement or insertion of devices in a computer system through the use of a graphical user interface  
A computer software system is disclosed for facilitating a user's replacement or insertion of devices in a computer server network system. The system allows a user to swap or add peripheral devices...
6690411 Security system  
A system and method for enabling a central station to accurately verify in real-time whether an alarm signal generated by a security base station is a false alarm, and for enabling remote users to...
6671724 Software, systems and methods for managing a distributed network  
Software, systems and methods for managing a distributed network environment including a plurality of computers interconnected by a network link, where at least some of the computers include a...
6651191 Testing of policy prior to deployment in a policy-based network management system  
The present invention provides a method of testing a policy to detect problems and provide a mechanism for user feedback in advance of policy deployment in a policy-based network management system,...
6643776 System and method for dynamic macro placement of IP connection filters  
Virtual Private Networking (VPN) is an emerging technology area enabling e-business on the Internet. A key underlying VPN technology is IP Security (IPsec), a means of providing private (encrypted...
6633230 Apparatus and method for providing improved stress thresholds in network management systems  
A network management apparatus and method for determining an optimum threshold value for a monitored characteristic of a network is described. The optimum threshold value is determined by counting...
6604118 File system image transfer  
The invention provides a method and system for duplicating all or part of a file system while maintaining consistent copies of the file system. The file server maintains a set of snapshots, each...
6603396 Method and apparatus for distributed object filtering  
Apparatus and method for distributed object filtering of objects transferred between a client and server. The objects may be alarms transferred between a network management server and one or more...
6564341 Carrier-grade SNMP interface for fault monitoring  
A method, system and apparatus enables carrier-grade network fault monitoring in an unreliable network transport environment. An element manager of the system is adapted for formulating and sending...
6553416 Managing computer system alerts  
An apparatus for creating, registering, and monitoring alerts for a computer or plurality of computers. This apparatus alerts the operator when an event occurs on one of the computer's components....
6513129 System and method for managing faults using a gateway  
The present invention provides an improved fault management system and method. In one embodiment, the system includes a gateway and a management processor system. The gateway is communicatively...
6468150 Laminar flow duct cooling system  
A redundant cooling system with abatement of noise from cooling fans being used primarily in computer equipment and other boxes housing electronic equipment. Typically either the computer system or...
6460005 Apparatus and method for monitoring environmental conditions in a computing device  
An apparatus and method for monitoring environmental conditions in a computing device is provided. After collecting the initial value of each environmental sensor, a processor calculates the...
6457130 File access control in a multi-protocol file server  
The invention provides a method and system for enforcing file access control among client devices using multiple diverse access control models and multiple diverse file server protocols. A...
6430712 Method and apparatus for inter-domain alarm correlation  
A multi-domain network manager provides alarm correlation among a plurality of domains included in a communications network. Individual network management systems each monitor a single respective...
6425006 Alert configurator and manager  
An apparatus for creating, registering, and monitoring alerts for a computer or plurality of computers. This apparatus alerts the operator when an event occurs on one of the completer's components....
6404743 Enhanced simple network management protocol (SNMP) for network and systems management  
An enhanced Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management system for telecommunications networks which efficiently provides many of the sophisticated management techniques enabled by Open...
6401119 Method and system for monitoring and managing network condition  
A network management system for use with a computer network is disclosed. The network management system includes a status detector for detecting an event effecting a condition of a first network...
6349335 Computer system, program product and method for monitoring the operational status of a computer  
An apparatus, program product, and method is provided for monitoring a remote computer to determine the existence of a status signal indicating that the remote computer is operational. The...
6343984 Laminar flow duct cooling system  
The invention provides a redundant cooling system with abatement of noise from cooling fans used primarily in computer equipment and other boxes housing electronic equipment. Typically either the...
6327677 Method and apparatus for monitoring a network environment  
A system is provided that monitors a network environment. The system collects recent data associated with operation of the network environment. The network environment is analyzed by comparing the...
6317844 File server storage arrangement  
The invention provides a storage system that is highly available even in the face of component failures in the storage system, and a method for operating that storage system. A first and a second...
6300966 Method of providing on-screen notification of non-visible alarmed network elements  
A method for providing on-screen notification of alarmed elements of a managed network system, wherein an alarm icon continuously displayed on a video display screen indicates when at least one...
6295558 Automatic status polling failover or devices in a distributed network management hierarchy  
Automatic failover methodology provides a mechanism whereby a central control unit, such as a management station, will automatically takeover interface status polling of objects of a collection...
6289380 Network management system using virtual reality techniques to display and simulate navigation to network components  
A network management system allows a network administrator to intuitively manage all components of a heterogeneous networked computer system using views of any component or any set of components....
6237114 System and method for evaluating monitored computer systems  
A computer system used in monitoring another computer system provides both textual resolution information describing a likely solution for a problem encountered in the monitored computer system as...
6237034 Method and system for transmitting and receiving alarm notifications and acknowledgements within a telecommunications network  
A system and method for acknowledging alarms is provided in which alarm acknowledgement information is managed in a distributed fashion by all entities interested in the alarms. In the course of an...
6219711 Synchronous communication interface  
The invention configures an asynchronous system to emulate a synchronous system. When an application initiates a synchronous transaction, the synchronous transaction is received by the synchronous...
6205563 Method and apparatus for inter-domain alarm correlation  
A multi-domain network manager provides alarm correlation among a plurality of domains included in a communications network. Individual network management systems each monitor a single respective...
6185603 Method and system for delivery of e-mail and alerting messages  
A messaging system uses the standard email subject line to control where a message gets delivered, when a message gets delivered and the appearance of a message when it gets delivered. This enables...
6182249 Remote alert monitoring and trend analysis  
A monitoring system generates alerts indicating predefined conditions exist in a computer system. Alerts are generated by comparing alert definitions to a host state representing the state of the...
6154128 Automatic building and distribution of alerts in a remote monitoring system  
A test to detect a predetermined condition in a remotely monitored computer system is created by selecting, via interactions between a user and a graphical user interface, at least one system...
6151683 Rebuilding computer states remotely  
A representation of the state of a computer, based on diagnostic data of the computer, is built by extracting system information from the diagnostic data and building a component based...
6151023 Display of system information  
An apparatus for organizing and displaying management information regarding the hardware and software components in a computer network. The invention includes multiple operational parameters about...
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