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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110182209 | Method and Apparatus for Network Configuration A method of re-configuring connections for a plurality of network access nodes arranged to communicate with a network. The network access nodes connected in a series configuration with only one of the access nodes being connected to the network, the method comprises: co... | 07/28/2011 |
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| 20100218003 | TRANSFORMERLESS POWER OVER ETHERNET SYSTEM In one embodiment, a powered device (PD) (402) has a PHY module (410) and a media access controller (419) (MAC), the PD (402) adapted to connect to power sourcing equipment (PSE) via a cable, (408) where the PD (402) is adapted ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100080148 | ADAPTIVE ENTERPRISE SERVICE BUS (ESB) RUNTIME SYSTEM AND METHOD Disclosed are embodiments of an adaptive enterprise service bus (ESB) runtime system and an associated method, which build, at a restart, only the most advantageous path configuration between composable units (e.g., between applications and/or between primitives within ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20090274070 | POWER MANAGEMENT OF NETWORKED DEVICES A network-centric, power management system and method is disclosed for monitoring and controlling device nodes attached to a network. The monitoring and controlling includes collecting and processing information available on the network about the device nodes and using ... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090135739 | Network On Chip With Partitions A network on chip (‘NOC’) that includes integrated processor (‘IP’) blocks, routers, memory communications controllers, and network interface controllers, with each IP block adapted to a router through a memory communications controller and a network interface c... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090122725 | ROBUST NETWORKS FOR NON-DISRUPTIVELY DISCONNECTING PERIPHERAL DEVICES A network and method for non-disruptively disconnecting communication devices are disclosed. The network includes a primary network unit including a first logical layer, and a plurality of secondary network units. Each secondary network unit of the plurality of secondar... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090080346 | Base-band ethernet over point-to-multipoint shared single conductor channel A method for point-to-point ethernet communication over point-to-multipoint shared single conductor channel topology comprises transmitting an ethernet signal upstream over the point-to-multipoint topology from one end point of the topology to the root of the topology, ... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090010183 | Function configuration method of electronic apparatuses A function configuration method according to the invention is cooperated with a master apparatus and a plurality of slave apparatuses. The function configuration method includes the steps of: assigning identification codes respectively to the slave apparatus by the mast... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090003245 | Method of bus configuration to enable device bridging over dissimilar buses. Several local IEEE1394 buses are bridged together over a second bus type to create a global bus wherein each local bus node is able to address nodes across the global bus without the local nodes being aware of the bridging operation. A bridging device operates by transl... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080273475 | Reconfigurable computer bus A bus system in which a bus controller, such as a complex programmable logic device, manages a communication channel coupling modules which can implement a node in a sensor network and/or an embedded system device. The system abstracts the communication channel from com... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080219188 | Home Media Switch A media switch includes a backplane. A controller module is connected to the backplane for transferring a user command to a media device. A set of audio/video signal busses are connected to the backplane for transferring signals. A power bus is connected to the backplan... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080192654 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Implementing Infiniband Network Topology Simplification A method, apparatus and computer program product implement InfiniBand (IB) network topology simplification. A Subnet Manager (SM) of an IB subnet sends a subnet discovery request to each switch requesting the number of ports that are attached to the switch. Each of the ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080159175 | INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATION CONNECTIVITY Network connectivity is selectively established by monitoring, on a client, communications activity incident to accessing a network, the communications activity including a request to access the network. An application associated with the communications activity is be i... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080144534 | DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF NODE-TO-NODE NETWORK LINKS FROM FORWARDING TIME MEASUREMENTS A method is provided for determining the length of node-to-node links in a computer network. The method includes measuring the forwarding time for each node-to-node link in the network, eliminating queuing time from each forwarding time measurement, determining and subt... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080095075 | Discovery phase in a frequency hopping network The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internationa... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080062892 | HIGH SPEED BUS PROTOCOL WITH PROGRAMMABLE SCHEDULER A method of adapting the frequency of a protocol in a communication system is provided. The method includes changing a bus cycle used by communication nodes in a communication system based on cycle interval instructions.... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20070268842 | Method for switching communication networks A method for switching communication network used in a first electronic device which is able to access many kinds of communication networks is disclosed. If the first electronic device receives a switching instruction at a time when a communication link and a data trans... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070091829 | Method and apparatus for transmitting the control signal of resilient packet ring media access control The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting control signal of Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) Medium Access Control (MAC), including: encapsulating a control signal of RPR MAC interface to be transmitted into an RPR data frame of predefined format... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070008908 | Unit of the transmission of data in a serial bidirectional bus A system is described for transmitting data in a serial bidirectional bus with a control device (1) comprising a send and receiving unit (34) for data fields (7, 8 and 9) combined into a data frame (6), and with bus subscribers (2, ... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070002772 | Power Line Communication Device and Method A power line communication device for communicating data signals over a power line is provided. One example embodiment comprises a conditioning circuit configured to be coupled to the power line and a modem communicatively coupled to the conditioning circuitry to transm... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20070002771 | Power line communication rate limiting system and method A power line communications device that may provide rate limiting and quality of service control is provided. The device may include a first modem in communication with one or more user devices via a low voltage power line subnet and a second modem communicatively coupl... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060233119 | Method for Parameterizing a Field Device Used in Automation Technology In a method for parametering a field device of process automation technology, parametering data are exchanged by means of an on-site operating means VB of a second field device F2 via a fieldbus FB with a first field device F1 to be parametered. ... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060221868 | Methods and apparatus for realizing a configurable multi-bridge A method and apparatus for adapting the switching process of a bridge to partition the bridge ports into a plurality of port subsets such that the bridge operates on each of the port subsets in an independent manner. ... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060203748 | Method and device for the exchange of data between at least two users connected to a bus system A method for the exchange of data in messages between at least two users which are connected by a bus system, the messages containing the data being transmitted by the users via the bus system, and each user containing a predefinable and/or ascertainable timing mark; a ... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060062160 | IP address management method for IPC A method for managing an IP address statically allocated to a slave slot through a master slot is disclosed If the power of a slave slot is on, confirming whether the slave slot has a static IP, and if not, confirming whether the slave slot has a DHCP (Dynamic Host Conf... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060002314 | Information communication system, information communication method, information signal processing device and information signal processing method, and storage medium When a plurality of information signal processing apparatuses are connected via IEEE 1394 communication control buses, these buses are connected via bridges, and bus reset occurs on a remote bus other than connected buses (step S1501), occurrence of remote bus reset is ... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050259599 | Technique for lane virtualization A technique to perform virtualization of lanes within a common system interface (CSI) link. More particularly, embodiments described herein relate to virtualizing interconnective paths between two or more electronic devices residing in an electronic network. ... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050259600 | Translation bridge between ethernet and 1394A local links for consumer electronics devices A translation bridge is provided between Ethernet and 1394A local links for consumer electronics devices. On each logical local link, a link local IP address is allocated for each other logical link to be bridged. The translation bridge then represents each external log... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050220038 | Communication path setup apparatus, communication path setup program, and storage medium storing the program A communication path setup apparatus which is capable of causing newly added nodes to take over information on configurations of disconnected nodes as they are. An existing piece of communication equipment of a music system is selected. A non-existing piece of communica... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050180339 | Metropolitan area local access service system A local access fiber optical distribution network is disclosed in which a dedicated pair of diversely routed optical fibers is routed in the distribution network for each customer. In a preferred embodiment, a dual physical overlay ring core topology is used in the core... | 08/18/2005 |
| 20050094577 | Virtual private networks within a packet network having a mesh topology A method of creating virtual private networks within a packet network having a mesh topology. A flexible virtual private network is established based upon a topology calculated at each member node. The network is set up using label switched paths between adjacent member... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050058086 | Autonomic bus reconfiguration for fault conditions Methods and apparatus are disclosed that allow an electronic system having a signaling bus with a fault on a signaling conductor to operate at a degraded performance. A block of data is transferred from a first electronic unit to a second electronic unit over the signal... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050058087 | Infrastructure for wireless lans A wireless data communications system includes simplified access points which are connected to ports of an intelligent switching hub. The switching hub relays data packets to the access points in accordance with destination address data in the data communications. In a ... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050033892 | Split transaction protocol for a bus system A method of and apparatus for communicating between a host and an agent. The method includes the step of performing a first transaction between a host controller and a hub. The hub is operable to perform a single transaction with an agent based on the first transaction.... | 02/10/2005 |