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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8046267 | User interface for a complex order processing system The method and apparatus of the present invention include generating a list of orders associated with an account. The list of orders comprises orders that are open. Selection of one of the orders is detected. A request to change the selected order is detected. Chang... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7836490 | Method and apparatus for providing network security using security labeling A method and apparatus for providing network security using security labeling is disclosed. The method includes comparing first security level information and second security level information, and indicating processing to be performed on the packet based on the com... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7836292 | System for configuration of dynamic computing environments using a visual interface The present invention discloses a user interface for creating a dynamic computing environment using allocateable resources. The interface enables the fast, efficient selection and configuration of resources for the computing environment. The resources are fully sele... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7792113 | Method and system for policy-based forwarding A method of operating a network is disclosed. The method includes identifying a packet as being subject to a policy and forwarding said packet based on said policy, if said packet is subject to said policy. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7757294 | Method and system for maintaining the security of design information A method and system for maintaining the security of design information is disclosed. The method includes generating an encrypted IP core by encrypting an IP core using a public key, downloading the encrypted IP core to a programmable logic device (PLD), and recoveri... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7729290 | Method for routing information over a network employing centralized control A method and apparatus for centralized control of a network is described. The network includes a number of nodes. The method includes creating a database and storing the database on a master node of the network. The database contains topology information regarding a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7633949 | Method of providing network services A method of providing network services is described. The network includes a number of nodes, each one of which is coupled to at least one other of the nodes by at least one of a number of optical links. The network is preferably capable of supporting a number of vir... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7623660 | Method and system for pipelined decryption A method and system for pipelined decryption is disclosed. One embodiment includes a circuit having an iterative calculation section and a cipher text storage section in support of cipher block chaining (CBC) encryption mode. The iterative calculation section may be... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7606229 | Generic bridge packet tunneling A method and system for processing a packet is disclosed. The method includes identifying the packet as a generic bridge packet tunneling (GBPT) packet, and performing GBPT processing on the packet at a network node, if the packet is a GBPT packet. ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7551640 | Method and apparatus for errorless frame timing adjustment A frame timing adjustment apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an ingress framing unit, an egress framing unit coupled to the ingress framing unit, and a framing control unit coupled to control the ingress framing unit and the egress framing unit. The ingr... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7530112 | Method and apparatus for providing network security using role-based access control A method and apparatus for providing network security using role-based access control is disclosed. A network device implementing such a method can include, for example, an access control list. Such an access control list includes an access control list entry, which... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7453967 | Serial self-adaptable transmission line A self-adaptable transmission line (SATL) according to the present invention is implemented as a single signal path coupled between an SATL transmitter and an SATL receiver. The SATL transmitter controls the process of transmission in an SATL architecture. Data to b... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7421612 | Method and system for optimized switchover of redundant forwarding engines A method of failure recovery in a network element is disclosed. The method includes indicating to a number of forwarding engines that a forwarding engine has completed a switchover operation and causing at least one of the forwarding engines to acknowledge that the ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7379903 | User interface for a complex order processing system A user interface for a computerized complex order processing system presents a list of products and services associated with an account, a list of quotes associated with the account, a list of orders associated with the account, and several user-selectable options. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7346057 | Method and apparatus for inter-layer binding inspection to prevent spoofing A method for inspecting packets is disclosed. The method includes processing a packet by determining if the packet is an inter-layer binding protocol packet and inspecting the packet, if the packet is an inter-layer binding protocol packet. The inter-layer binding p... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7286490 | Method for routing information over a network employing centralized control A method and apparatus for centralized control of a network is described. The network includes a number of nodes. The method includes creating a database and storing the database on a master node of the network. The database contains topology information regarding a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283560 | Method and apparatus for address translation between fibre channel addresses and SCSI addresses A method of address translation is disclosed. The method includes performing a translation between a first storage unit address mapping and a second storage unit address mapping. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7197576 | Distributed storage management platform architecture A distributed storage management platform (DSMP) architecture is disclosed. Such a DSMP architecture includes a number of storage routers. Each one of the storage routers comprises a number of interface controllers. One of the interface controllers of each one of th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7159123 | Use of cyclic redundancy checking for segregating control traffic A method of modifying the error detection code (EDC) generation and verification logic at both ends of a communications link in a data communications device or system so that user packets and control packets use different EDC algorithms to protect the communications... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7139928 | Method and system for providing redundancy within a network element A network element is disclosed that provides redundancy within the network element that, in turn, provides fault tolerance for the failure of one or more processing units therein. In one embodiment, a network element according to the present invention includes N int... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7120111 | Reflector communications channel for automatic protection switching An apparatus and method for a communications network including at least one interface circuit reads frame data received from the communications network and writes frame data to be transmitted over the communications network, the frame data including a plurality of t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7050435 | Traffic monitor using leaky bucket with variable fill An integrated circuit monitors the most active traffic flow rates on a communications network by using a leaky bucket model having a variable fill rate. As a switch receives packets, the packet identifications are sampled. A sampled packet identification is compared... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032063 | Multi-port storage communications controller A multi-port Fibre Channel controller according to embodiments of the present invention includes a number of Fibre Channel ports, an interface unit coupled to each one of the Fibre Channel ports, a Fibre Channel controller, and a processor. The processor is coupled ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6996678 | Method and apparatus for randomized cache entry replacement A cache controller is disclosed. The cache controller includes potential replacement list, a plurality of valid bits and a number of counters. The potential replacement list includes a number of entries. Each of the valid bits corresponds to one of the entries. Each... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6973023 | Method for routing information over a network employing centralized control A method and apparatus for centralized control of a network is described. The network includes a number of nodes. The method includes creating a database and storing the database on a master node of the network. The database contains topology information regarding a... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6950391 | Configurable network router A method is provided to allocate bandwidth from a first node to a second node in a optical network. The method begins by accepting a request from an end-user, who requests a virtual path between the first node and the second node. The first and second nodes are ones... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6934305 | Method and apparatus for detecting errors in a backplane frame A method of generating a parity value is disclosed. The method includes reading a word from a data stream, determining if the word should be included in a parity calculation, and including the word in the parity calculation, if the word should be included in the par... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6877044 | Distributed storage management platform architecture A distributed storage management platform (DSMP) architecture is disclosed. Such a DSMP architecture includes a number of storage routers. Each one of the storage routers comprises a number of interface controllers. One of the interface controllers of each one of th... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6856629 | Fixed algorithm for concatenation wiring A method and a communication circuit for directing control of communication signals in a concatenated payload in a communication circuit is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes receiving a multiplex order of the concatenated payload in M communication signal... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6819312 | Force feedback computer input and output device with coordinated haptic elements A set of haptic elements (haptels) are arranged in a grid. Each haptel is a haptic feedback device with linear motion and a touchable surface substantially perpendicular to the direction of motion. In a preferred embodiment, each haptel has a position sensor which m... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6727837 | Method and a system of acquiring local signal behavior parameters for representing and processing a signal A method and a system for acquiring local signal behavior parameters (LSBPs) of a band-limited (BL) signa, for representing and processing the signal, wherein the LSBPs encode the signal's local behavior in between Nyquist rate points. Preferably, a section of a BL ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6724757 | Configurable network router A signal router, configured to receive information carried by a first signal and transmit the information on a second signal, is described. The signal router, using routing information it gathers, selects the second signal from a number of signals, with the first an... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6694381 | Platform-independent communications protocol supporting communications between a processor and subsystem controller A method and apparatus implement a communications protocol whereby a host application program can communicate with a computer subsystem without the use of special driver software. In this way, the application program is able to invoke virtually any vendor... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684193 | Method and apparatus for multivariate allocation of resources A method and apparatus providing for an efficient solution to the multivariate allocation of resources are described. A model is formulated that derives the relationship between a set of resources and a set of refinements, wherein any of a number of resou... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6634024 | Integration of data prefetching and modulo scheduling using postpass prefetch insertion The present invention integrates data prefetching into a modulo scheduling technique to provide for the generation of assembly code having improved performance. Modulo scheduling can produce optimal steady state code for many important cases by sufficient... | 10/14/2003 |
