Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182583 | Mercury control activated carbon management A method, system, and computer readable storage medium for managing powdered activated carbon (PAC) injections for controlling mercury emissions from coal-fired boilers. A mercury concentration value received from a mercury continuous emissions monitor is stored in ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 6240499 | Method and system for improving data storage and access for programs written in mid-level programming languages A method and system, for improving programs which access a memory array, which accomplish their objects via data-processing equipment programmed to do the following: detect a requested memory operation; determine if the requested operation relates to a pr... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6198747 | Method and system for enhancing communications efficiency in data communications networks wherein broadcast occurs Provided are a method and system for use within at least one network wherein broadcast occurs. The method and system achieve their objects as follows. In response to reception of a data frame with at least one destination indicator ordinarily requiring br... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6182243 | Selective data capture for software exception conditions A selective data capture method for software exception conditions in the operation of a data processing system includes steps for describing the pertinent data to collect before loss of control of the faulty program occurs. First the program preventively ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6181679 | Management of packet transmission networks A network management system monitors and controls a frame relay network using management information transmitted directly or across the frame relay network itself in network management services vectors intended for the sole purpose of transmitting network... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6182153 | Object-oriented programming interface for developing and running network management applications on a network communication infrastructure A programming interface for converting network management application programs written in an object-oriented language into network communication protocols. The application programs manipulate managed objects specified according to GDMO/ASN.1 ISO standards... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6176883 | System and method for generating unsupported network information indicators A system and method for generating unsupported network information indicators for monitoring and managing a network having at least one network manager resident within a network station and at least one network agent resident within a network device. The ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6178462 | Protocol for using a PCI interface for connecting networks A system for coupling a local area network to a wide area network utilizes a PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) bus to couple a PCI interface to a PCI network interface card, which is coupled to the wide area network. The wide area network could be an a... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6175866 | Method and system for generating unsupported network monitoring objects A method and system for monitoring and managing a network having at least one network manager resident within a network station and at least one network agent resident within a network device. The method and system accomplish their objects as follows. One... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6172981 | Method and system for distributing network routing functions to local area network stations A route switching layer is provided to end stations on a local area network (LAN) segment between the network layer protocol stack and the LAN adapter device driver. The route switching layer reads the network layer protocol header in a data frame queued ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6154822 | Method and system for improving data storage and access for programs written in mid-level programming languages A method and system, for improving programs which access a memory array, which accomplish their objects via data-processing equipment programmed to do the following: detect a requested memory operation; determine if the requested operation relates to a pr... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6148335 | Performance/capacity management framework over many servers A method of monitoring a computer network by collecting resource data from a plurality of network nodes, analyzing the resource data to generate historical performance data, and reporting the historical performance data to another network node. The networ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6076107 | Method for reducing SNMP instrumentation message flows A method of data retrieval reduces the number of Instrumentation message flows in a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) device. The method uses "look-ahead" algorithms whereby data items which have not yet been requested by the Agent (but are expect... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6064675 | Short-cut bridging in LAN emulation networks An ATM communications network with several ELANs allows steady-state data to be passed between ATM attached devices which bypasses intermediate LECs and bridges. Connected to the ATM communications network is a bridge unit which includes a bridge and asso... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6064674 | Method and apparatus for hardware forwarding of LAN frames over ATM networks A multiported LAN switch comprised of legacy local area network ports and ATM ports. Each ATM port comprising a hardware forwarding engine for bridging LAN frames from the LAN ports to the ATM port. The hardware forwarding engine converts layer 2 protocol... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6032183 | System and method for maintaining tables in an SNMP agent A new system and method allows a Manager in a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) environment to gather updates from its Agents. The system and method comprise the unique provision of an index which is used in each of the Agent's tables for indicati... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5995570 | Recovering a clock signal in a multimedia network using time stamps An apparatus and method allow two or more members of a network, connected in multipoint-multipoint manner, to synchronize their local service clocks. Overall synchronization is achieved as soon as every member within the network transports its own timing ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5961594 | Remote node maintenance and management method and system in communication networks using multiprotocol agents A system and method for remotely accessing communication network nodes and for monitoring each type of resource within such nodes in a fast, reliable and efficient manner. The system components are a web browser as user interface, a web server for generat... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5949753 | Redundant internet protocol gateways using local area network emulation An ELAN having redundant default gateways is attached to an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) communications network. The ELAN's redundant default gateways are comprised of a first and second routers. The first router is associated with a primary default g... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5946311 | Method for allowing more efficient communication in an environment wherein multiple protocols are utilized Provided are a method and system that allow one or more network protocol emulators, composed of one or more network protocol emulation controllers and one or more network protocol emulation entities, which are overlaid onto the one or more base networks u... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5936936 | Redundancy mechanisms for classical internet protocol over asynchronous transfer mode networks A primary ARP server and a backup ARP server are connected to an ATM communications network. The primary and backup ARP servers each have associated ATM addresses. Also, a LIS is connected to the ATM communications network. Either the primary or backup AR... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5926652 | Matching of wild card patterns to wild card strings associated with named computer objects method of matching computer wild card patterns involves comparing first and second character strings associated with named objects residing on a computer system to determine whether the first character string defines a first group of computer objects whic... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5918020 | Data processing system and method for pacing information transfers in a communications network A data processing system and a method implement a unique push, or streaming, model for communicating time sensitive encoded data, such as video and audio data, in a communication network. A pacing mechanism is implemented in the data processing system to ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5917831 | System for testing a data-transmission network A method is described by which a data communication network can be tested. The network consists of a number of nodes which are connected to each other. At least one of the nodes is designated to the user as be inaccessible from a first node (A). Data are ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5909441 | Apparatus and method for reducing frame loss in route switched networks To ensure a LES issues address resolution responses when necessary, an association between a MAC/ATM address pair and an intersubnet shortcut virtual channel connection (VCC) is registered. When the LES receives a first data frame being sent from a first ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5905859 | Managed network device security method and apparatus An apparatus and method for providing security against intrusion in the managed devices of a campus LAN network is provided. A managed hub discovers each interconnect device in the network that supports the security feature and maintains an interconnect d... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5878229 | Maintaining frame sequence in a multiprocessor network device A sequence in which two or more of the data units enter the network node, via a specific one of the multiple ports, is recorded. And, the two or more of the data units are transmitted from the network node according to the recorded sequence. The method an... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5805801 | System and method for detecting and preventing security A system and method for providing security against intrusion in a campus LAN network is provided. A managed hub discovers each interconnect device in the network that supports the security feature and maintains an interconnect device list of such devices,... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5779496 | Sliding connector block system for electronic devices A sliding connector block system for inserting an electronic device, such as a wireless modem transceiver, housed in a sliding metal tray into an electrical equipment enclosure containing other electronic components and blindly interconnecting the electro... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5751914 | Method and system for correlating a plurality of events within a data processing system A method and system are disclosed for efficiently correlating a plurality of events within a data processing system to determine an action to be performed. According to the present invention, a rule network is provided which includes a number of objects a... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5751964 | System and method for automatic determination of thresholds in network management Method and system for automatically determining and updating thresholds based on collected data samples for counter variables being monitored by a network management application. Historical data is accumulated and used to determine the mean and standard d... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5732263 | Systems, methods and computer program products for generating and validating user defined object classes in an object oriented programming environment after build time User-created object classes may be generated after build-time without requiring modification to and recompiling of the program code. Every class within an object oriented programming environment is assigned a unique class identifier. Every class within a ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5724516 | System for dynamically creating and retrieving formatted dump data by setting value in dump object indicating that the dump agent is to generate formatted dump data A method of selectively obtaining formatted dump data from a remote software product employs an open Manager-Agent concept, where the Agent is represented by the remote software product and the Manager is represented by the local customer/vendor managemen... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5706347 | Method and system for authenticating a computer network node A method and system for verifying the identity of a computer network node is provided. As part of the session initiation process between two partner nodes planning to exchange sensitive encrypted data, the node receiving data generates and encrypts a sess... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5684967 | System and method for generalized network topology representation System and method for storing in a generalized format, and representing on a graphical user interface, the topology information for a plurality of logical and physical resources in a heterogeneous computer communications network. Topological data for each... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5640563 | Multi-media computer operating system and method An operating system for scheduling execution of a random set of periodically recurring hard, real-time tasks encountered in multi-media computer system applications and which is useful in a multi-tasking computer operating environment. Periodically recurr... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5636164 | Gate array for accelerating access to a random access memory An apparatus for rapidly determining a control parameter t=t0 at which the sum S of n functions Fi (i=1, . . . n) reaches a minimum, a maximum, or a given value, wherein each function Fi (t) changes its first derivative on... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634008 | Method and system for threshold occurrence detection in a communications network Method and System for determining when a threshold condition representing the occurrence of a user specified number of events for a monitored activity has occurred within a specified time interval. For each threshold condition that is monitored, storage i... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5627766 | Performance and status monitoring in a computer network Provided is a method and a system for computer network monitoring, implemented in a network in which processes communicate using message queuing. Each node of the network has a network management program installed thereon which includes two independent co... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5539756 | Method to ensure data integrity in a telecommunications network A method and an apparatus for calculating and checking the Frame Check Sequence (FCS) of a message comprising a sequence of data bytes. A Cyclic Redundancy Code (CRC) is used to generate the FCS at one end and check the message at the other end. For each ... | 07/23/1996 |
