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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155007 | Path optimization for mesh access points in a wireless mesh network In one embodiment, a method includes, in each of a plurality of mesh access points, connecting to one of a plurality of mesh controllers in a mesh network and passing connection information to the one mesh controller. The mesh access points include a wired mesh acce... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155003 | Aggregate policing applying max-min fairness for each data source based on probabilistic filtering In one embodiment, a method comprises calculating a corresponding data packet arrival rate for each of a plurality of data sources supplying data packets destined for a prescribed destination, the prescribed destination within a machine and the prescribed destinatio... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8111684 | Path shortening in a wireless mesh network In one embodiment, a method includes a mesh point receiving mesh advertisement messages from advertising mesh points of a wireless mesh network having a mesh portal with a wired connection to a wired network. Each mesh advertisement message specifies a corresponding... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108713 | Arrangement for recovery of data by network nodes based on retrieval of encoded data distributed among the network nodes Distributed data, having been stored in a distributed storage system as a collection of distributed data elements, is recovered based on connection of multiple user nodes, each user node having stored selected distributed data elements as a corresponding portion of ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102775 | Joining tree-based networks into an autonomous system using peer connections between the tree-based networks In one embodiment, a first router attaches to an attachment router based on detecting a first router advertisement message specifying an attachment prefix and a first tree information option. The first tree information option includes a first IP host address of a fi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099283 | Application server providing personalized voice enabled web application services using extensible markup language documents A unified web-based voice messaging system provides voice application control between a web browser and an application server via an hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) connection on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The application server, configured for executing... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085686 | Aggregation and propagation of sensor data within neighbor discovery messages in a tree-based ad hoc network In one embodiment, a method comprises attaching, by a mobile router, to an attachment router according to a protocol requiring establishment of a tree topology having a single clusterhead, the attaching by the mobile router based on the mobile router receiving, from... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8072910 | Retransmitting lost packet with subsequent received packet In one embodiment, a method comprises transmitting onto a wireless connection, by a device, a first wireless data packet destined for a second device; in response to a determined absence by the device of a required acknowledgment of the first wireless data packet fr... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072902 | Techniques for distributing data among mobile nodes based on dynamically generated data objects in a distributed object-oriented database Techniques for managing data distributed over nodes in a network include receiving, at an original node, content data that describes a physical entity that is not a router in a vicinity of the original node. In response to receiving the content, a beacon data object... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068414 | Arrangement for tracking IP address usage based on authenticated link identifier Link layer authentication information is supplied by a link layer authentication device to an access router for tracking IP address usage by a client device. The authentication information supplied to the access router includes an authenticated client identifier and... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065515 | Autoconfigured prefix delegation based on distributed hash In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a router, an unsolicited first router advertisement message from an attachment router that provides an attachment link used by the router, the first router advertisement message specifying a first IPv6 address pref... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060617 | Reserving network resources during scheduling of meeting event In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request for scheduling a meeting event between client endpoint devices in an Internet Protocol (IP) based network, the meeting event having a starting time and duration, the meeting event requiring identifiable netwo... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059620 | Initiation of routing convergence by a mobile router in a mobile ad hoc network in response to reaching a minimum interval of stable relative proximity between at least one neighbor Each mobile router in a mobile ad hoc network is configured for measuring a minimum interval of stable relative proximity (SProxMIN) between at least one neighbor before initiating convergence of a routing protocol. The minimum interval of stable relative... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051170 | Distributed computing based on multiple nodes with determined capacity selectively joining resource groups having resource requirements A network provides distributed computing services based on participation in respective resource groups by computing nodes, each resource group including a corresponding resource requirement for any computing node that joins the corresponding resource group for execu... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045558 | Extensions to IPv6 neighbor discovery protocol for automated prefix delegation In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a router, a first router advertisement message from an attachment router that provides an attachment link used by the router, the first router advertisement message specifying a first IPv6 address prefix owned by t... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8024808 | Arrangement for controlling content distribution by dynamically controlling bandwidth for transfer of the content based on content authorization A broadband network device is configured, in a broadband network, for dynamically controlling an upstream link bandwidth of a user node configured for downloading content via a downstream link having a prescribed bandwidth and uploading content through the broadband... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014510 | Arrangement for controlling congestion in an SS7 signaling node based on packet classification A signaling network node is configured for identifying a received signaling message as belonging to one of a plurality of prescribed originating node groups, based on prescribed message class selection criteria. Each originating node group has at least one originati... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014499 | Arrangement in a local computer for sending voice messages to a unified communications system A user computer, for example a personal computer (PC), includes a recorder configured for generating an audio file having an identifier enabling a unified messaging system to identify the audio file as a voice message, and an e-mail client configured for sending the... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7991835 | Distributed client services based on execution of service attributes and data attributes by multiple nodes in resource groups A network provides distributed client services based on participation in respective resource groups by computing nodes, each resource group including a corresponding resource requirement for any computing node that joins the corresponding resource group for executio... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983660 | Mobile telephone device identifying whether incoming wireless call anchored by an enhanced services server In one embodiment, a method comprises a mobile node receiving an incoming wireless call; the mobile node determining whether enhanced services are available for the incoming wireless call based on outputting a DTMF tone on a voice channel associated with the incomin... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979577 | Arrangement in a multi-homed transport endpoint for selecting a source address based on source-destination address pair metrics A multi-homed endpoint, having multiple interfaces with respective source addresses, selects a source address for transport of a message according to a prescribed multi-homed transfer protocol, based on source-destination address pair metrics, each source-destinatio... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7940769 | Maintaining secrecy of assigned unique local addresses for IPV6 nodes within a prescribed site during access of a wide area network A network includes network nodes and a gateway. Each network node has a corresponding unique in-site IPv6 address for communication within a prescribed site, each in-site IPv6 address having a first IPv6 address prefix that is not advertised outside of the prescribe... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7924726 | Arrangement for preventing count-to-infinity in flooding distance vector routing protocols Each router in a network is configured for generating router advertisement messages according to a flooding distance vector routing protocol. Each router advertisement message output according to the flooding distance vector routing protocol includes reachability in... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924722 | Forwarding packets to a directed acyclic graph destination using link selection based on received link metrics Each network node having at least one destination-oriented link toward a directed acyclic graph (DAG) destination can receive a corresponding set of path performance metrics via the destination-oriented link. The set of path performance metrics, initiated by the DAG... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912941 | Generating search results based on determined relationships between data objects and user connections to identified destinations A search system generates an ordered list of destination targets including identified individuals and data objects, based on applying a user context to an information context and to a connection context. The user context identifies a search context (i.e., the inform... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895223 | Generating search results based on determined relationships between data objects and user connections to identified destinations A search system generates an ordered list of destination targets including identified individuals and data objects, based on applying a user context to an information context and to a connection context. The user context identifies a search context (i.e., the inform... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894433 | Default gateway router supplying IP address prefixes ordered for source address selection by host device A default gateway router of a multi-homed site is configured for supplying, to a host device, a plurality of address prefixes having been advertised by respective exit routers providing respective connecting links for the multi-homed site to a wide area network. The... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7886075 | Arrangement for retrieving routing information for establishing a bidirectional tunnel between a mobile router and a correspondent router A mobile router and a correspondent router, each configured for routing services for nodes within their routing prefixes associated with their respective routing tables, establish a secure, bidirectional tunnel based on a messaging protocol between each other and a ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885627 | Optimal initial gain selection for wireless receiver An OFDM wireless transceiver uses a digital automatic gain control (AGC) module. The digital AGC module is configured for setting a gain to an initial gain value for mapping a received wireless signal to a first power value for an input circuit having a prescribed i... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885274 | Route optimization between a mobile router and a correspondent node using reverse routability network prefix option In one embodiment, a method includes generating by a mobile router a home test message that includes a prefix option field specifying at least one mobile network prefix claimed to be owned by the mobile router. The method also includes outputting the home test messa... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7849144 | Server-initiated language translation of an instant message based on identifying language attributes of sending and receiving users Language translation of instant messages between a sending party and a destination party is automatically performed, based on the instant messaging system automatically determining the respective language preferences of the sending and receiving parties. The instant... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7860025 | Directed acyclic graph discovery and network prefix information distribution relative to a clusterhead in an ad hoc mobile network Each mobile router in an ad hoc mobile network is configured for concurrently attaching to multiple parents advertising respective parent depths relative to a clusterhead of the ad hoc mobile network. The mobile router selects an advertised depth relative to the clu... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7836188 | IP unified agent using an XML voice enabled web based application server A method for inter-process communication between non-persistent application instances includes establishing a first non-persistent application instance serving a first party and establishing a second non-persistent application instance serving a second party. In the... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831430 | Application server providing personalized voice enabled web application services using extensible markup language documents A unified web-based voice messaging system provides voice application control between a web browser and an application server via an hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) connection on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The application server, configured for executing... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7822815 | Unified messaging feature that plays greetings based on the received calling party number A messaging system is provided for playing a messaging prompt in response to a request for execution of a messaging operation. The request contains calling party number information. The messaging system includes an application runtime environment configured for retr... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818607 | Arrangement for recovery of data by network nodes based on retrieval of encoded data distributed among the network nodes Distributed data, having been stored in a distributed storage system as a collection of distributed data elements, is recovered based on connection of multiple user nodes, each user node having stored selected distributed data elements as a corresponding portion of ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7797376 | Arrangement for providing content operation identifiers with a specified HTTP object for acceleration of relevant content operations Web content provided by a server includes associated content operation identifiers that identify related content objects. The web server, in response to receiving an HTTP Get request for the web object, retrieves the web object, and concurrently retrieves the conten... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792989 | Arrangement for selecting a server to provide distributed services from among multiple servers based on a location of a client device A selection resource executed within the network is configured for selecting from among a plurality of servers, distributed throughout the network at respective network-based server locations and each configured for providing a specified service, a selected server f... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7778235 | Compression of a routing header in a packet by a mobile router in an ad hoc network Each mobile router in a mobile ad hoc network is configured for identifying routes to nearby nodes that are within a prescribed distance, based on storage of explicit paths specified within routing headers of packets transmitted from a host node to a destination nod... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769641 | Sharing media content assets between users of a web-based service In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request for access to a media content asset from a first user of a web-based service, the request specifying a second user that has provided access to the media content asset; retrieving, from a user database, a user... | 08/03/2010 |
