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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131156 | OBTAINING UNIQUE ADDRESSES AND FULLY-QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAMES IN A SERVER HOSTING SYSTEM A server hosting system provides managed servers for tenants. Managed servers for different tenants can have the same IP addresses and fully-qualified domain names (FQDNs). A management system of the server hosting system receives a DNS data message from a tenant router... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPGRADING COMPONENTS OF A CLUSTER An approach is provided for upgrading components of a cluster. One or more components of at least one server of a cluster of servers are determined to be upgraded. Status information of the cluster, the at least one server, or a combination thereof is determined. It is ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084415 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR SELF-CONFIGURING TRANSMISSION IN SELF-ORGANIZED NETWORK The present invention discloses a method and device for transmission self-configuration in a Self-Organized Network (SON), said method includes: a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client reporting a device identifier of this DHCP client to a DHCP server; said ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084412 | CONFIGURATION REPORTING A method includes transmitting a configuration policy from a policy service to one or more managed computing devices. The configuration policy includes values of each of a plurality of configuration parameters and identifies a subset of configuration parameters to be re... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084413 | Mechanism for Installing Monitoring Utilities Using Universal Performance Monitor A universal performance monitor includes an abstraction layer for managing multiple disparate monitoring tools on one or more computing devices. During runtime of the universal performance monitor on a first computing device, the universal performance monitor establishe... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084414 | AUTOMATIC REPLICATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINES Systems and methods are disclosed herein to automatically replicate virtual machine image (VM) files on secondary VM computing devices, from a primary VM computing device. The secondary VM computing devices are automatically selected by constantly reviewing the operatin... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072925 | Automated Service Interface Optimization Disclosed are various embodiments for automated service interface optimization. A plurality of usage metrics for at least one service client corresponding to a set of data items within a data object are determined in at least one computing device. The data object is obt... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072558 | CLUSTERED FILESYSTEM WITH MEMBERSHIP VERSION SUPPORT A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054265 | Optimized Content Distribution Based on Metrics Derived from the End User Some embodiments provide systems and methods for determining a server of a distributed hosting system to optimally distribute content to an end user. The method includes identifying an IP address of the end user. Based on the IP address, a set of servers send packets to... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047577 | SAFE URL SHORTENING A safe URL shortening service creates a short URL from any valid long URL. At resolution time, the service determines if the resulting URL points to a known bad, known good, or unknown site. Depending on the determination results, the service may redirect a user to the ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047240 | Performance Tuning for Software as a Performance Level Service A mechanism is provided for performance tuning for software as a performance level service. At the request of a customer, a cloud provider may use a performance tuning component to determine performance parameters to increase performance of an application running on a g... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042057 | METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT A customer premises equipment (CPE) and related method uses a configuration file that updates parameters of the CPE by connecting to an operator server. A determination is made if the configuration parameters of the CPE device correspond to the configuration parameters ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036239 | CLIENT PROCESSOR DEVICE FOR BUILDING APPLICATION FILES FROM FILE FRAGMENTS FOR DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF AN APPLICATION A client processor including a communications receiver for receiving file fragments for the device, a micro-controller system including a microcontroller and a programmable non-volatile memory system, for building and storing application and data files from the fragment... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING A NETWORK Methods and systems for configuring a network are described. A method may include detecting, during installation of a software program on a computing device, a router coupled to the computing device. The software program may be executable by a processor to selectively i... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036238 | Method and system for providing on-demand content delivery for an origin server An infrastructure “insurance” mechanism enables a Web site to fail over to a content delivery network (CDN) upon a given occurrence at the site. Upon such occurrence, at least some portion of the site's content is served preferentially from the CDN so that end users... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036237 | DATA CONSISTENCY WITHIN A FEDERATION INFRASTRUCTURE A primary node is elected from among a plurality of nodes in a replica set of nodes. The primary node accepts and processes client data access requests. The replica set includes the primary node and other secondary nodes. The primary node receives client data access req... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030323 | Method and apparatus for managing data of operation system A server for an operation system includes a monitor to monitor a status of another server, a first storage to retain a first network configuration information, a second storage to copy the first network configuration information when an abnormality is detected in the an... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030322 | USER TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MANAGING APPLICATION OF THE TERMINAL According to one embodiment, a data transceiver accepts a new application file, and a setting information processor transfers and copies setting information described in a setting information area of an existent application file, to a corresponding setting information a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023207 | AUTOMATIC ASSIGNMENT OF HARDWARE ADDRESSES WITHIN COMPUTER NETWORKS In general, techniques are described for automatic assignment of hardware addresses within computer networks. As one example, a network device comprising a physical network interface and a control unit may implement these techniques. The network interface receives a fir... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023208 | MANAGING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NODES IN A VIRTUAL NETWORK A method for managing communication between nodes in a virtual network is provided. A first computing system utilizes first information to forward first data to the second computing system in a physical network. If the first information is incorrect, the second computin... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016974 | BUSINESS PROCESS UTILIZING SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS ENGENDERING COOPERATION AMONG SERVICE PROVIDERS TO MAXIMIZE END USER SATISFACTION Methods, systems, and devices for providing a plurality of services to premises over one or more communication networks and providing one or more advertisements over a plurality of service virtual networks as well as business process associated such methods, systems, an... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120011233 | Device Communication, Monitoring and Control Architecture and Method A communication interface and a device control, management and monitoring system are provided to enable the networking of and communication between a multiple devices operating under different protocols. The communication interface may act as a translator or protocol co... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120011234 | METHOD FOR ENABLING IPV 6 HOST TO ACCESS IPV4 HOST, METHOD FOR OBTAINING IPV6 ADDRESS PREFIX, AND TRANSLATION APPARATUS The present disclosure relates to a method for enabling an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) host to access an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) host, a method for obtaining an IPv6 address prefix, and a translation apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a sour... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120005319 | Dynamic Modification of the Address of a Proxy In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving, at a first address of a proxy, a first request for access to a network from an application on an endpoint and forwarding, by the proxy, the request to the network on behalf of the application from the first address of... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120005318 | Network Problem Determination Techniques for problem determination are provided. The techniques include identifying one or more configuration items in two or more systems connected to one or more networks, performing a comparison of one or more common configuration items from the one or more configu... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120005243 | Operating a Network Using Relational Database Methodology The disclosed technology involves the use of relational databases in conjunction with declarative language and network-wide, database abstractions to manage and operate networks. The data model creates a logically centralized database abstraction and access point for ma... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320952 | NETWORK DEVICE CAPABLE OF EDITING AND CONFIGURING SETTING INFORMATION, DEVICE CONTROLLER, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM A network system enables a common setting information item and different setting information items on a plurality of network devices to be displayed, and collectively configured and edited on a Web browser on a PC. The device controller accesses a network device to acqu... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110314137 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONFIGURATION OF A DEVICE Method for remote configuration of a device via a network by means of a remote autoconfiguration server (ACS), wherein the configuration includes creating new data, or modifying or deleting writeable data of the device. The TR-069 CPE WAN management protocol may be used... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110299684 | SMART ENERGY NETWORK CONFIGURATION USING AN AUXILIARY GATEWAY Various embodiments include a method and system for configuring a smart energy network using an auxiliary gateway where an auxiliary gateway is capable of communicating with an energy services interface and a link key database. The auxiliary gateway, on a smart energy n... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302458 | FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING FAILURES IN OUTBOUND MESSAGES Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), a request from a requesting node for an establishment of a first service data flow (SDF); generating ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302647 | AUTOMATING NETWORK RECONFIGURATION DURING MIGRATIONS Automating network reconfiguration such as firewall reconfiguration in migrations may include determining network reconfiguration needs in one or more network functionalities of the target environment based on the discovering; and applying the network reconfiguration ne... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302282 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COPYING SETTINGS OF A DEVICE TO ANOTHER DEVICE, PARTICULARLY FOR COPYING SETTINGS BETWEEN LAMPS The invention relates to copying of settings of a device to another device so that a user does not have to set up each device of a network of devices, such as to set up each lamp of a lighting system with a network of lamps. A basic idea of the invention is to equip a d... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110289198 | TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING AND MANAGING CLOUD NETWORKS VIA POLITICAL AND NATURAL EVENTS Techniques for evaluating and managing cloud networks via political and natural events are provided. Geographical locations for cloud processing environments are combined with attributes and usage metrics to form associations between each cloud processing environment's ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110289199 | DIGITAL MEDIA RENDERER FOR USE WITH A CONTENT SYSTEM A computer-implemented system and method for implementing a digital media renderer for use with a content system. Embodiments include: providing a digital media renderer including an audio/video transport component, a connection manager component, and a rendering contro... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110289497 | Method and System for Updating a Medical Device Embodiments described herein include methods and/or systems for updating a medical device. Embodiments include medical devices which are configured for updates in response to various events including connection of a peripheral device to the medical device, a user initia... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110289344 | AUTOMATED NODE FENCING INTEGRATED WITHIN A QUORUM SERVICE OF A CLUSTER INFRASTRUCTURE A quorum service within a cluster infrastructure layer of a cluster environment comprising a plurality of nodes automatically triggers at least one automated fencing operation integrated within the quorum service, to reliably maintain a node usability state of each node... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282978 | BROWSER PLUG-IN A plug-in runs on a user computer as a part of or in conjunction with a browser and works only on a requested minimum resolvable URL entered by the user before the user types in the complete URL and before the user receives a page load error like “404 page not found.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276668 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR ENABLING TERMINAL TO BE MANAGED BY MULTIPLE SERVERS A method, an apparatus, and a communication system for enabling a terminal to be managed by multiple servers are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, configuration information sent by a first server; generating a virtual device according to the conf... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276667 | PCRF TRIGGERED RULES CLEANUP Various embodiments relate to a system and related method of handling a plurality of user messages originating from a user device in a communications network. Various embodiments relate to a Policy Charging and Rules Node (PCRN) receiving an initial message from a first... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270957 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOGGING TRACE EVENTS OF A NETWORK DEVICE A method for logging trace events of a network device in a network is described herein. A plurality of log events may be generated based on a source level. The plurality of log events is stored to a log buffer of the network device. The log buffer is monitored for a tri... | 11/03/2011 |
