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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115660 | Compression of stream data using a hierarchically-indexed database The present invention, in particular embodiments, is directed to methods, apparatuses and systems that provide an efficient compression technique for data streams transmitted to storage devices or over networks to remote hosts. Local storage as well as network trans... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111707 | Compression mechanisms for control plane—data plane processing architectures Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to efficient compression processing in system architectures including a control plane and a data plane. Particular implementations feature integration of compression operations and mode selection with a beltway mechanism th... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8059532 | Data and control plane architecture including server-side triggered flow policy mechanism A data and control plane architecture for network devices. An example system architecture includes a network processing unit implementing one or more data plane operations, and a network device operably coupled to the network processing unit that implements a contro... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055645 | Hierarchical index for enhanced storage of file changes The claimed embodiments provide methods, apparatuses and systems directed to storing write records in a hierarchical index which includes a root node with one or more stem nodes, each corresponding to respective data ranges of a data file. Write records are attached... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8031601 | Slow-start adaptive mechanisms to improve efficiency of bandwidth allocation Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to improving the efficiency of bandwidth allocation schemes by adapting to slow-start mechanisms associated with network communications protocols, such as the TCP/IP protocol suite. In one implementation, the present inventi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7962600 | WAFS disconnected-mode read-write access The present invention, in particular embodiments, provides methods, apparatuses and systems directed to providing a Wide Area File System that is robust against network connectivity issues. In particular implementations, the present invention provides a WAFS disconn... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7925756 | Partition configuration and creation mechanisms for network traffic management devices Partition configuration and creation mechanisms for network traffic management devices. In some implementations, the present invention enhances the predictability of partition hierarchies that use weighting values and fixed rate guarantees. In some implementations, ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7869366 | Application-aware rate control A method for controlling data rate at an application layer. The method, in a particular implementation, includes identifying an application-layer message corresponding to a network application, wherein the application-layer message is transmitted in a first directio... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7853952 | Dynamic partitioning of network resources Methods and apparatuses allowing for dynamic partitioning of a network resource among a plurality of users. In one embodiment, the invention involves recognizing new users of a network resource; creating user partitions on demand for new users, wherein the user part... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844732 | 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 device is coupled between the two routers. The service management devi... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843843 | Adaptive, application-aware selection of differntiated network services Methods, apparatuses and systems that dynamically adjust the selection of differentiated network services for selected classes of traffic or network applications in response to changing network conditions or application performance levels. ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7822837 | Adaptive correlation of service level agreement and network application performance Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to adaptive monitoring of network application performance. In one implementation, the present invention improves processes used by enterprises to track, manage, and troubleshoot performance of network applications across dis... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813352 | Packet load shedding Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to enhanced packet load shedding mechanisms implemented in various network devices. In one implementation, the present invention enables a selective load shedding mechanism that intelligently discards packets to allow or fac... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813277 | Lockless bandwidth management for multiprocessor networking devices An example embodiment of the invention provides a process for lockless processing of hierarchical bandwidth partitions configurations in multiple processor architectures. In one embodiment, the process runs in an NPU's data plane and receives a packet for a partitio... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7783754 | Adaptive, application-aware selection of differentiated network services Methods, apparatuses and systems that dynamically adjust the selection of differentiated network services for selected classes of traffic in response to changing network conditions or application performance levels. In one implementation, the present invention allow... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779144 | System and method for dynamically controlling aggregate and individual packet flow characteristics within a compressed logical data tunnel A system and method for dynamically controlling aggregate and individual packet flow characteristics within a compressed logical data tunnel. A logical data tunnel is formed and includes one or more packet flows. Each packet flow includes individual packets having a... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778194 | Examination of connection handshake to enhance classification of encrypted network traffic Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to the classification of encrypted network traffic. In one implementation, the present invention facilitates the classification of network traffic that has been encrypted according to a dynamically-created encryption mechani... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778176 | Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating concurrent classification and control of tunneled and non-tunneled network traffic Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating the concurrent classification and control of tunneled and non-tunneled data flows in a packet-based computer network environment. As discussed in more detail below, embodiments of the present invention allow for the “i... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774456 | Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating classification of web services network traffic Methods, apparatuses and systems that facilitate the classification of web services network traffic. In one implementation, the present invention processes interface definitions corresponding to a given Web service to construct a traffic classification configuration... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773530 | Network traffic synchronization mechanism Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to a network traffic synchronization mechanism facilitating the deployment of network devices in redundant network topologies. In certain embodiments, when a first network device directly receives network traffic, it copies ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7742406 | Coordinated environment for classification and control of network traffic Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to the coordinated classification of network traffic. In one implementation, the present invention enables a coordinated network environment for traffic classification where an upstream network device classifies a data flow ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7734733 | WAFS disconnected-mode read-write access The present invention, in particular embodiments, provides methods, apparatuses and systems directed to providing a Wide Area File System that is robust against network connectivity issues. In particular implementations, the present invention provides a WAFS disconn... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7720980 | System and method for dynamically controlling a rogue application through incremental bandwidth restrictions A system and method for dynamically controlling a rogue application through incremental bandwidth restrictions is disclosed. A network connection supporting a flow of network traffic in a distributed computing environment is monitored. The network traffic flow inclu... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720085 | Method and apparatus for controlling transmission flow using explicit rate control and queuing without data rate supervision Packet flow rate control techniques are enhanced by the interactive and early invocation of packet queuing to control short flows of packets and to eliminate undershoot and overshoot of a targeted flow rate. Packet queuing involves the scheduled release of packets i... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7664048 | Heuristic behavior pattern matching of data flows in enhanced network traffic classification Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating enhanced classification of network traffic that extends beyond analysis of explicitly presented packet attributes and holistically analyzes data flows, and in some implementations, related data flows against known applic... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7649909 | Adaptive tunnel transport protocol An exemplary embodiment provides a method for use in a data compression device wherein optimal compression is maintained in response to network characteristics by switching between a first compression mode, including use of a stateful compression algorithm and a rel... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7643418 | Aggregate rate control using PID A method for use in a network device that uses a proportional/integral/derivative (PID)-type algorithm to compute one or more flow control parameters intended to achieve a target rate for a data flow. ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7639613 | Adaptive, flow-based network traffic measurement and monitoring system Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to an adaptive network traffic monitoring and measurement system. In one implementation, the present invention provides a measurement engine that monitors data flows on the packet processing path of a network device and exec... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7626944 | Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating remote, automated deployment of network devices Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating remote deployment of network devices. Implementations of the present invention enable deployment workflows that reduce the costs associated with installing and configuring network devices on computer networks. Other impl... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7610330 | Multi-dimensional computation distribution in a packet processing device having multiple processing architecture Flow-aware task distribution in network devices having multiple processor architectures. In one embodiment, the present invention can be used for high bandwidth network processing in an application and flow aware Quality of Service (QoS) network device. In some impl... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7599283 | Network traffic synchronization and data compression in redundant network topologies Synchronization of network traffic compression mechanisms deployed in redundant network topologies. In one implementation, the present invention features the synchronization of compression statistics on redundant network devices to facilitate failover and load shari... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7580369 | System and method for dynamically identifying internal hosts in a heterogeneous computing environment with multiple subnetworks. A system and method for dynamically identifying internal hosts in a heterogeneous computing environment with multiple subnetworks is disclosed. A plurality of packets are analyzed. Each such packet includes a source address of an originating host and a destination a... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580356 | Method and system for dynamically capturing flow traffic data An exemplary embodiment provides for a method for recording network traffic data that can be used in a network device operably disposed in a network, wherein the network device comprises a measurement data structure including at least one entry and a corresponding m... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7554983 | Probing hosts against network application profiles to facilitate classification of network traffic Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to a network traffic classification mechanism that probes hosts against one or more network application profiles to facilitate identification of network applications corresponding to data flows traversing a network. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551623 | Modulation of partition parameters achieving delay-based QoS mechanism Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to an adaptive partitioning mechanism responsive to observed latency conditions in a communications network. Embodiments of the present invention can be configured to adapt to changing network conditions and ensure that sele... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7545752 | Application service level mediation and method of using the same A method and apparatus for using an application layer demarcation point are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises monitoring end-to-end performance of a network application at an application demarcation point in a network, and mediating between provider... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545748 | Classification and management of network traffic based on attributes orthogonal to explicit packet attributes Classification of network traffic based on conditions orthogonal to explicit attributes of packets in network traffic. In one implementation, classification of network traffic based on the behavior of one or more nodes associated with the network traffic. In one imp... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543052 | Automatic network traffic discovery and classification mechanism including dynamic discovery thresholds Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to an automatic network traffic discovery and classification mechanism that includes dynamically adjusted traffic discovery thresholds. In one implementation, the dynamic discovery thresholds are adjusted based on analysis o... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7480711 | System and method for efficiently forwarding client requests in a TCP/IP computing environment A system and method for efficiently forwarding client requests from a proxy server in a TCP/IP computing environment is described. A plurality of transient requests are received from individual sending clients into a request queue. Each request is commonly addressed... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7457870 | Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating classification of web services network traffic Methods, apparatuses and systems that facilitate the classification of web services network traffic. In one implementation, the present invention provides an automated mechanism that facilitates synchronization of a web services traffic classification database with ... | 11/25/2008 |
