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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080300834 | GRAPH-BASED MODELING APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES Graph-based modeling apparatus and techniques are disclosed. Based on a model including model nodes that represent components of a modeled system, operational dependencies between model nodes, and model edges that interconnect the nodes and represent relationships betwe... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080247320 | NETWORK SERVICE OPERATIONAL STATUS MONITORING Network service operational status monitoring methods and apparatus are disclosed. Responsive to a service status request associated with a network service, an operational status of the network service is determined by an intermediary between a service status requester ... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080239958 | ROUTING PATH CALCULATION APPARATUS AND METHODS Routing path calculation apparatus and methods are disclosed. Calculation of routing paths within different routing areas of a communication system is handled by respective routing path calculation devices. Multiple devices may be requested to perform respective routing... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080225864 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK ROUTING APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES USING LOGICAL COMMUNICATION LINKS Communication network routing apparatus and techniques using logical communication links are disclosed. A routing apparatus identifies a logical communication link that it is capable of being used to establish a virtual connection with another routing apparatus within a... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080205271 | VIRTUAL CONNECTION ROUTE SELECTION APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES Virtual connection route selection apparatus and techniques are disclosed. At a communication traffic routing apparatus, metric information associated with multiple different routes for a virtual connection, such as a PseudoWire, toward a destination is collected. The m... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080205287 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TRANSFER OF COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC TO MULTIPLE LINKS OF A MULTI-LINK SYSTEM An apparatus for controlling the transfer of communication traffic to an interface having a group of links comprises a detector for detecting the sizes of data units to be transferred to the interface, and a controller for causing data units to be transferred to the int... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080178169 | NETWORK SERVICE VERSION MANAGEMENT Network service version management techniques are disclosed. Service access information, which is associated with access to a network service by a network service user, may be destined for a particular version of the network service. A determination is made as to whethe... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080101359 | MULTICAST COMMUNICATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHODS Multicast communication resource management apparatus and methods are disclosed. Multicast communication modules receive respective multicast communication traffic streams and provide transmit streams for transmission toward multicast destinations, and have a limited ag... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080091807 | NETWORK SERVICE USAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Network service usage management systems and methods are disclosed. Associations between network services and network service user groups are used to enable usage of network services by members of the network service user groups. The network service user groups are inde... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080075116 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BANDWIDTH RESERVATION MANAGEMENT Communication system bandwidth reservation management techniques are disclosed. If actual usage of a reserved amount of bandwidth in a communication system reflects a reduced usage state, a determination is made as to whether the reserved amount of bandwidth is to be ad... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080069149 | Synchronization recovery for multiple-link communications Apparatus and methods of recovering synchronization for multiple-link communications are disclosed. Streams of communication traffic on a plurality of communication links from which communication traffic is to be extracted and combined into a single communication traffi... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080065759 | TARGETED ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS Targeted electronic content delivery control systems and methods are disclosed. All communication traffic exchanged with a communication network subscriber over an access communication link that enables the subscriber to access electronic content is monitored, and behav... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080033845 | Publication Subscription Service Apparatus And Methods Publication subscription service apparatus and methods are disclosed. Restricted forwarding of an electronic publication that is made available to a publication subscription service by a publishing entity may be provided by determining, based on a forwarding restriction... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20070294399 | NETWORK SERVICE PERFORMANCE MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHODS Network service performance monitoring apparatus and methods are disclosed. Performance information associated with a network service is collected from multiple service monitoring points. The service monitoring points include at least a service monitoring point in a fir... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070294253 | SECURE DOMAIN INFORMATION PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS Secure domain information protection apparatus and methods are disclosed. Service access information associated with access, by an external user that is outside a secure domain, to a service that is provided in the secure domain is processed to determine whether it incl... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070293210 | SECURE COMMUNICATION NETWORK USER MOBILITY APPARATUS AND METHODS Secure communication network user mobility apparatus and methods are disclosed. A mobile user that is locally connected to a first communication network in which a service is provided, but is associated with an independently controlled second secure communication networ... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070271369 | Apparatus And Methods For Managing Communication System Resources Apparatus and methods for managing communication system resources are disclosed. Based on status information received from a resource itself or from other sources, an operational status of a maintenance resource to perform a predetermined maintenance operation on a targ... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070264921 | Ventilated housing and assembly A ventilated housing for accommodating one or more components comprises opposed first and second-spaced apart end portions. An air barrier extends at least partially between the first and second end portions for limiting movement of air inside the housing and defining a... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070260940 | Automatic protection switching and error signal processing coordination apparatus and methods Automatic Protection Switching (APS) and error signal processing coordination apparatus and methods are disclosed. If a communication module that enables communication signals and error signals to be exchanged with a remote communication module is configured in an APS p... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070242666 | Apparatus for managing requests for data in a communication network An apparatus for managing requests for media data such as video data for effecting rapid channel change in IPTV services comprises an interface for receiving data requests addressed for processing by a particular data request service device, and an agent operatively cou... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070226549 | Apparatus for detecting errors in a communication system A communication network switch comprises a control module having a control processor and a plurality of communication modules connected to the control module via a control interface. Each communication module comprises a detector for detecting errors associated with com... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070226325 | Virtual private network service status management Virtual Private Network (VPN) service status management apparatus, methods, Graphical User Interfaces, and data structures are disclosed. A service-specific status of a service site in a communication system with respect to a VPN service is managed independently of a se... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070219032 | Flexible JTAG architecture A circuit comprises two or more chains of components, each chain comprising a plurality of components serially connected by designated pins on each component and at least one chain including one or more components of another chain, the designated pins being designated f... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070214372 | Power cycle circuit An apparatus comprises a controller for controlling operation of the apparatus and a switch for switchably coupling electrical power to the controller to enable the controller and apparatus to operate. The controller includes a module for controlling the switch to decou... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070157052 | Protection of devices in a redundant configuration A network communication device is provided, comprising a control processor for controlling operation of the device, a reset module which is controllable independently of the control processor for performing a reset operation of the device, and a reset control interface ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070133394 | Communication connection control systems and methods Communication connection control systems and methods are disclosed. If a control failure recovery function is to be enabled for a data communication connection established by a communication connection controller by communicating control information with a remote contro... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070091826 | Tracing SPVC point-to-multipoint (P2MP) paths A method and system for determining the connections of a communication path are provided. Starting from a one connection point, the identity of the connection point that precedes the one connection point in the direction in which the path was established is requested fr... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070078969 | Composite communication service management Systems and techniques for managing a group of communication services as a single composite communication service are disclosed. When a composite communication service, to be provided by one or more communication services which are supported in a communication system, h... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070067846 | Systems and methods of associating security vulnerabilities and assets Systems and methods of associating security vulnerabilities and assets, and related Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and data structures, are disclosed. A definition of a security vulnerability, which includes multiple asset characteristics such as an asset platform tha... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070067847 | Information system service-level security risk analysis Information system service-level security risk analysis systems, methods, and Graphical User Interfaces are disclosed. Assets of an information system that have relationships with a service provided by the information system are identified, and at least one security ris... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070067848 | Security vulnerability information aggregation Security vulnerability information aggregation techniques are disclosed. Vulnerability information associated with one or more security vulnerabilities is obtained from multiple sources and aggregated into respective unified vulnerability definitions for the one or more... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070058541 | Communication traffic management systems and methods Communication traffic management systems and methods are disclosed. One or more traffic managers may be provided for managing communication traffic to be sent toward respective groups of one or more destinations. A determination is made as to whether one traffic manager... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070055852 | Processing operation management systems and methods Methods and systems of managing processing operations are disclosed. Processing operations are not restricted to being executed by any particular processor of a multi-processor system. Information associated with a processing operation may be transferred to one processo... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070055839 | Processing operation information transfer control systems and methods Systems and methods of controlling transfer of information associated with processing operations, illustratively threads, are disclosed. Instead of transferring information from all storage locations in which information associated with a processing operation is stored ... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20060291381 | Diverse routing for switched connections A method and node is provided for setting up a diverse path of switched connections in a network. Results from a trace of a primary path are added to a setup signal for the diverse path. The results from the trace include connection identifications from the primary path... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060280117 | Redundancy group status management apparatus and methods Redundancy group status management apparatus and methods are disclosed. Operational status of a standby communication system communication component of a redundancy group is determined by an active component of the redundancy group. The active component transmits operat... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060265751 | Communication network security risk exposure management systems and methods Communication network security risk exposure management systems and methods are disclosed. Risks to a communication network are determined by analyzing assets of the communication network and vulnerabilities affecting the assets. Assets may include physical assets such ... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060265324 | Security risk analysis systems and methods Security risk analysis systems and methods are disclosed. Vulnerabilities affecting assets of a communication network are associated with other assets of the communication network according to relationships between assets. Security risk may thus be assessed on the basis... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060233166 | Public and private network service management systems and methods Public and private network service management systems and methods are disclosed. Rules for accessing a private services network in which network services are available are enforced so as to restrict access to the services network through a public network in accordance w... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060215689 | System-level communication link bonding apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods for communication system-level communication link bonding are disclosed. Multiple communication links provided by transceivers in communication link termination modules are configured as a bonding group to support an aggregate group communication t... | 09/28/2006 |
