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| 8185488 | System and method for correlating events in a pluggable correlation architecture A system for pluggable event correlation may include an input manager that receives a plurality of events and converts the events into a format compatible with one or more of a plurality of correlation engines. The correlation engines may then evaluate the converted... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171170 | Storage switch task processing synchronization Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments relate to a storage switch including task processing synchronization. In embodiments of the present invention, the packet processing units may generate and store Task Index and Generation Count information t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8156516 | Virtualized federated role provisioning In various embodiments, techniques for virtualized federated role provisioning are provided. An entire policy and role provisioning environment is packaged in a first environment and sent to a second environment. The second environment authenticates and initiates th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145788 | Distributed ISP load balancer The present invention relates to a device and method for managing inbound and outbound communications for a multi-homed network. A connection manager is located on a local network that is connected to an external network, such as the Internet, through multiple servi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8112396 | Backup and recovery of integrated linked databases A programmatic method for automatically backing up and restoring an integrated database system including a Lotus Notes/Domino loosely structured database and a linked DB2 relational database that stores data mapped from the Domino database. The method includes integ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8082227 | Session sensitive data backups and restores Techniques for the session sensitive data backups and restores are presented. Data having a plurality of hard linked file references are backed up and restored once during a backup operation. Any modifications to the backed up data are noted as session-specific vers... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8032597 | Enhancement of e-mail client user interfaces and e-mail message formats An enhancement to e-mail user interfaces and message formats includes a dynamic preview window to view and retrieve attachments and summaries of e-mail messages directly in the e-mail list view or inbox view without opening an e-mail message. The efficient viewing m... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015441 | Verification of computer backup data A backup method for a computer system network avoids generating hashes from data that may be inaccurate due to network errors affords verification of source data written to backup media includes reading at a network client a portion of the source data from a source ... | 09/06/2011 |
| RE42678 | Reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers with servo control and dynamic spectral power management capabilities This invention provides a novel wavelength-separating-routing (WSR) apparatus that uses a diffraction grating to separate a multi-wavelength optical signal by wavelength into multiple spectral characters, which are then focused onto an array of corresponding channel... | 09/06/2011 |
| RE42521 | Reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers employing polarization diversity This invention provides a novel wavelength-separating-routing (WSR) apparatus that uses a diffraction grating to separate a multi-wavelength optical signal by wavelength into multiple spectral channels, which are focused onto an array of corresponding channel microm... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966513 | Automatic classification of backup clients A method of automatically classifying clients into different backup policy groups according to pre-selected criteria, such as type of client, whether the client is a server, a desktop or a mobile computer, the department or business unit, or even the user. The metho... | 06/21/2011 |
| D639457 | Protective shield for a support column | 06/07/2011 |
| RE42368 | Reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers with servo control and dynamic spectral power management capabilities This invention provides a novel wavelength-separating-routing (WSR) apparatus that uses a diffraction grating to separate a multi-wavelength optical signal by wavelength into multiple spectral channels, which are then focused onto an array of corresponding channel m... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7890746 | Automatic authentication of backup clients A method of automatically authenticating clients on a computer system network enables clients on the network to be automatically logged in and added to a backup database and assigned for backup. The method employs a public key/private key encryption system in which ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886219 | Automatic form generation A computer system and method for generating a plurality of unique forms, such as invoices or medical claim forms, that may be populated with data to produce test forms for testing automatic document processing systems. A blank form image is selected, and a layout da... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7864758 | Virtualization in a storage system A storage switch in accordance with an embodiment of the invention is a highly scalable switch that allows the creation of a SAN that is easy to deploy and that can be centrally managed. Moreover, such a storage switch also allows the deployment of a global infrastr... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853881 | Multi-user on-line real-time virtual social networks based upon communities of interest for entertainment, information or e-commerce purposes In a multi-user online real-time network in which users access content associated with a plurality of social networks related by common communities of interest, an interactor client application is embedded in content pages accessed by a user, and the user is provide... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840890 | Generation of randomly structured forms A computer system and method for generating a plurality of unique, randomly structured forms, such as invoices, that may be populated with data to produce test forms for testing automatic document processing systems. The forms may have major blocks such as a header,... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7818882 | Method of making a one-way drive device A one-way drive device is disclosed herein and includes a pocket plate assembly having a disc-shaped pocket plate and a notch plate assembly having a disc-shaped notch plate. The device also includes an axially extending, open-ended cylindrical shell for containing ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818475 | Storage switch mirrored write sequence count management A storage switch is disclosed that facilitates mirroring of data. For example, a target is mirrored when an identical (or almost identical) copy of the data is stored in two or more separate physical data stores. Because the various data stores may not be homogenous... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7773521 | Storage switch traffic bandwidth control A switch including a processor and method for monitoring bandwidth in the storage switch. The switch includes at least one physical port coupling at least one target and at least one initiator via the physical port. The monitoring method may include the steps of det... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7707304 | Storage switch for storage area network A storage switch in accordance with an embodiment of the invention is a highly scalable switch that allows the creation of a SAN that is easy to deploy and that can be centrally managed. Moreover, such a storage switch also allows the deployment of a global infrastr... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706526 | Method and apparatus for powering electronics associated with a telephone line twisted pair Apparatus and methods for deriving power from an active POTS twisted pair of lines for powering associated auxiliary electrical devices, such as signal processing electronics, includes a power supply for providing a regulated DC voltage and current, and a current re... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7617365 | Systems and methods to avoid deadlock and guarantee mirror consistency during online mirror synchronization and verification Systems and methods can provide mirrored virtual targets and online synchronization and verification of the targets while avoiding deadlock, inconsistencies between members of the target, and false verification failures. A lock within the storage switch can limit th... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613827 | Distributed traffic controller for network data A distributed gateway for controlling computer network data traffic dynamically reconfigures traffic assignments among multiple gateway machines for increased network availability. If one of the distributed gateway machines becomes unavailable, traffic assignments a... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7587042 | High performance ADSL line conditioner system and method A DSL line conditioner achieves high performance sufficient to simultaneously support video, voice and data signals on standard telephone twisted pair lines over substantially greater distances than are currently available. The line conditioner automatically adjusts... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7558264 | Packet classification in a storage system A storage switch in accordance with an embodiment of the invention is a highly scalable switch that allows the creation of a SAN that is easy to deploy and that can be centrally managed. Moreover, such a storage switch also allows the deployment of a global infrastr... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7557832 | Method and apparatus for electronically stabilizing digital images An electronic image stabilizer in a digital camera compensates for camera motion-induced blurriness by segmenting exposure times into multiple shorter exposure times and summing the individual pixels from successive frames after applying an appropriate motion correc... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7546354 | Dynamic network based storage with high availability The present invention provides a scalable, highly available distributed network data storage system that efficiently and reliably provides network clients and application servers with access to large data stores, such as NAS units, and manages client and server requ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539824 | Pooling and provisioning storage resources in a storage network A system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention provides Quality of Service (QoS) for Storage Access. Such QoS is partially enabled in one embodiment by the automatic pooling of storage devices and provisioning virtual targets from those pools. QoS is enf... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539746 | Highly available transaction failure detection and recovery for electronic commerce transactions Electronic commerce transaction messages are processed over a network between a client and a server in a highly reliable fashion by establishing a secure or un-secure communications connection between the network client and the network server at an electronic transa... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7529781 | Online initial mirror synchronization and mirror synchronization verification in storage area networks Systems and methods in accordance with various disclosed embodiments can manage a mirrored virtual target to synchronize the members of the virtual target and/or to verify that the members of the virtual target are synchronized. In one embodiment, a mirrored virtual... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7516214 | Rules engine for managing virtual logical units in a storage network A rules engine is provided to enhance management capability in storage area networks and particularly within storage switches. Resulting state and status information for virtual logical units can be maintained in a database. The database can be indexed according to ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513348 | One-way drive device and method of making the same There is disclosed herein a one-way drive device including a first member mounted for rotation about a given axis and defining (i) a first planar surface normal to the axis, and (ii) a first shoulder within the first surface. The device also includes a second member... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7484058 | Reactive deadlock management in storage area networks Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments can detect and alleviate potential or actual deadlock of a storage switch or storage area network when attempting to write data to a mirrored virtual target. In accordance with one embodiment, a timer is sta... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7421551 | Fast verification of computer backup data A backup method for a computer system that affords fast verification of source data written to backup media includes reading a portion of the source data from a source storage volume and generating a hash of the source data. The source data is written to the backup ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421509 | Enforcing quality of service in a storage network A system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention provides Quality of Service (QoS) for Storage Access. Such QoS is partially enabled in one embodiment by the automatic pooling of storage devices and provisioning virtual targets from those pools. QoS is enf... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7404000 | Protocol translation in a storage system A storage switch in accordance with an embodiment of the invention is a highly scalable switch that allows the creation of a SAN that is easy to deploy and that can be centrally managed. Moreover, such a storage switch also allows the deployment of a global infrastr... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7386757 | Method and apparatus for enabling high-reliability storage of distributed data on a plurality of independent storage devices A cluster computer system and method for distributed data storage enables distributed, reliable, low overhead mass storage systems. In particular, the system and method contemplate a plurality of computers connected in a network, each computer comprising a node havi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373472 | Storage switch asynchronous replication Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments are provided for the replication of data from virtual logical units to remote virtual logical units. Change logs can be provided at a primary storage switch including a primary VLU to indicate changes made to the pr... | 05/13/2008 |
