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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7289486 | Method for call processing and link test in a VoIP gateway and system thereof A method for call processing and link test in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Gateway and system thereof. When a Gateway with Gatekeeper is operated in manual Registration/Admission/Status (RAS) mode, the link test is selectively performed depending on the sta... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290277 | Control of authentication data residing in a network device A system for supporting management operations associated with an interconnect device includes a port of the interconnect device to maintain authentication data that facilitates authorization of a management operation and a configuration switch coupled to the port to... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289519 | Methods and apparatus for processing content requests using domain name service Mechanisms and techniques provide a system that operates in content routers and content engines in peered content distribution networks. Using domain name specifications associated with the content distribution networks, a content router may provide a forward domain... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289520 | Method, apparatus, and system for expressway routing among peers In a method for creating expressway for overlay routing, an existing peer-to-peer network is organized into a plurality of zones. A neighboring zone to a destination peer is selected. A plurality of residents of the neighboring zone are retrieved. A candidate peer i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286513 | Wireless switch for use in wireless communications The present invention is related to a switch for use in wireless communication systems. In one embodiment, the switch can concurrently process data from multiple mobile stations and supports full duplex, i.e., allowing receiving and transmitting data at the same tim... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286491 | Virtual local area network membership registration protocol for multiple spanning tree network environments The invention relates to a method and apparatus for disseminating Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) membership information across computer networks defining multiple spanning trees. An intermediate network device configured in accordance with the invention includes ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286532 | High performance interface logic architecture of an intermediate network node An aggregation router architecture comprises a plurality of line cards coupled to at least one performance routing engine (PRE) via an interconnect system. The line cards include input cards having input ports coupled to subscribers and at least one trunk card confi... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286544 | Virtualized multiport switch A multiport switch assembly comprises a plurality of discrete switch devices coupled together in a way that virtualizes the behavior of a multiport switch assembly. Each of said switch devices preferably has fewer ports than the number of ports made externally avail... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286531 | Methods to process and forward control packets in OBS/LOBS and other burst switched networks The invention provides a novel method to reduce the minimum offset time and pre-transmission delay for data in Optical Burst Switching or Labeled Optical Burst Switching or other packet or burst switched systems, as well as in circuit-switched networks. Under this m... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7287081 | Controlled calls in a transmission network Commands are shown and described that enable a user to manipulate a call connection for the purpose of maintaining links in a network. The Block command prevents new traffic from being added to an output port of a device in a connection. The Forced Restoration/Relea... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286853 | System and method for aggregating multiple radio interfaces into a single logical bridge interface A system and method for aggregating multiple radio interfaces into a single logical bridge interface with reference to an IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi network and an Ethernet local area network. The system includes a master switch with multiple associated wireless modules. Eac... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283547 | Switch fabrics logical synchronization utilizing propagation lockdown A switch includes a port card for receiving packets from and sending packets to a network. The switch includes a fabric connected to the port card for switching the packets. The fabric has memory controllers which perform logical functions and in which portions of t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283545 | Structured termination identification for ephemeral terminations A method for identifying ephemeral terminations in a packet-based network includes identifying the Radio Network Controller with an RNC indicator in a first level, identifying the one or more ICCs with an ICC indicator in a second level, identifying the one or more ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283536 | Multimode queuing system for DiffServ routers A multimode queuing system for DiffServ routers is provided. The multimode buffering and scheduling system that can be adjusted to show either “pure” AF/EF behavior, “pure” DSUI behavior, or a combination of the AF/EF behavior and the DSUI behavior. An opera... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283534 | Network with virtual “Virtual Private Network” server A distributed network is provided with mobile user devices, a virtual “Virtual Private Network” (VPN) server, and a plurality of physical VPN servers, wherein the virtual VPN server allows all mobile user devices to be configured with a single VPN server address... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284067 | Method for integrated load balancing among peer servers A system for balancing network loads among a group of computer servers. A load balancing module is provided for each server and includes multiple network ports for receiving network traffic and coupling messages to its server or to another module. The interconnect m... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283463 | Non-disruptive reconfiguration of a publish/subscribe system A publish/subscribe system is non-disruptively reconfigured, such that messages are not lost during the reconfiguration. After reconfiguration is initiated, messages that are to be delivered within the publish/subscribe system are forwarded using either an old path ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283529 | Method and system for supporting a dedicated label switched path for a virtual private network over a label switched communication network A system and method for transmitting data from a first site to a second site over a shared Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) network comprising a plurality of routers, including an ingress router in communication with the first site and an egress router in commun... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283476 | Identity negotiation switch protocols A switch to switch protocol for network load balancing which negotiates among switches operable in accordance with the invention to assign a unique loop bit offset identifier value to each switch. Various other load balancing protocols associated with the switches t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283486 | Method and system for creating and implementing zones within a fibre channel system In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fibre Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one d... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281055 | Routing mechanisms in systems having multiple multi-processor clusters A multi-processor computer system is described in which address mapping, routing, and transaction identification mechanisms are provided which enable the interconnection of a plurality of multi-processor clusters, wherein the number of processors interconnected exce... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280495 | Reliable broadcast protocol in a wireless local area network A protocol for acknowledging receipt of a multicast or broadcast frame by a wireless unit is described. One embodiment, an Eavesdrop Unicast frame is created for use in a wireless network operated in accordance with IEEE 802.11. The Eavesdrop Unicast frame allows th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281059 | Method for using a unique IP address in a private IP address domain Disclosed is a method for using a unique IP address for a limited period of time in a device connected to a LAN which includes a router and a LAN device. In the method, the LAN device sends a unique IP address request to the router to be allocated a unique IP addres... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280483 | System and method to improve the network performance of a wireless communications network by finding an optimal route between a source and a destination A system and method for calculating an optimal route at a node by making use of routing metrics which if carefully chosen, can provide stability to the network and also provide features like Self Healing and Load Balancing. A Routing metric is calculated as a scalar... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281142 | Apparatus, system, and method for securely providing power supply commands An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for securely providing power supply commands. A security feature is added to the remote management of power-on and power-off sequences. The feature allows for multiple controller nodes to receive a command to initiate a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280492 | Videoconferencing system A multicasting conferencing system is described wherein permanently or temporarily assigned addressing may be used. When permanently assigned multicast addressing is used, several channel parameters are assigned to a multicast session, and any terminals desiring to ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280565 | Synchronous clocked communication system with decentralized input/output modules and method for linking decentralized input/output modules into such a system The invention relates to a synchronous clocked communication system, for example a distributed automation system, the stations of which can be arbitrary automation components and which are coupled to one another via a data network. Using the disclosed method for int... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280545 | Complex adaptive routing system and method for a nodal communication network A complex adaptive routing system and method for routing data packets in a nodal network, in particular, an ad-hoc nodal network. Each data packet contains data representing its routing strategy for routing to a destination node. When a node receives the data packet... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280478 | Control packet structure and method for generating a data burst in optical burst switching networks A control packet of an OBS network comprises a label which is switched for fast transmitting each packet from a source host to a corresponding destination host, a wavelength ID for distinction of channel and switching, a CoS field providing different type of CoS, an... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277386 | Distribution of label switched packets Techniques are described for distribution of label switched packets, such as multiprotocol label switched (MPLS) packets, across multiple physical data paths. The techniques may, for example, be used to load balance the label switched packets across an aggregated li... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277421 | Telephone call processing using SIP and/or ENUM AIN based methods and apparatus for transitioning telephone numbers and customers from the PSTN to a VOIP network are described. AIN line number portability features are used to allow a few gateway switches that interconnect the PSTN and VOIP networks to service cus... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277443 | Asynchronous serial interface (ASI) ring network for digital information distribution A digital information distribution system having a plurality of nodes that are connected to one another by counter-rotating data paths. Each node comprises a ring terminal that selects data packets from the data paths for use by the node and passes the remaining dat... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277885 | Systems and methods for filter processing using hierarchical data and data structures At least one implementation described herein relates to maintaining filters according to hierarchical data associated with the filters. The filters are maintained in a tree structure that is used to match inputs with filters. A filter hierarchy is an in-memory tree ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277295 | Industrial ethernet switch According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a housing having a front side and a bottom side adjacent the front side. The apparatus also includes a plurality of light generating devices each operable to generate light in response to operation ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277383 | Redundancy mechanization protocol for a massively parallel router A parallel router comprising: 1) a plurality of routing nodes, each of the plurality of routing nodes capable of receiving message packets from and transmitting message packets to external devices, wherein the each of the plurality of routing nodes maintains a routi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275093 | Methods and device for managing message size transmitted over a network Methods and a device for changing the message size broadcast over a network and furthermore preventing fragmentation in networks are provided. The device intercepts a message transported across a network, wherein the message is sent from a data source to a data rece... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274691 | Network switch with packet scheduling An apparatus and method for switching data packet flows by assigning schedules to guaranteed delay and bandwidth traffic. Scheduled bandwidth is subtracted from the available bandwidth, and the remaining unscheduled bandwidth is available for standard “best-effort... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274699 | Method for setting masks for message filtering A method is provided for determining a global mask value for filtering incoming messages in a CAN environment having a predetermined number of match registers, where the global mask value has one or more bits. A set of incoming messages to be identified is establish... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274700 | Router providing differentiated quality of service (QoS) and fast internet protocol packet classifying method for the router A router for supporting differentiated qualities of service (QoS), and a fast Internet protocol (IP) packet classification method performed in the router, are provided. The router hierarchically divides a memory having flow tables into a fast internal cache memory a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274664 | Multi-channel communication system and method based on class of service requirements A communication transaction or use case is broken down into constituent parts having different class of service (COS) requirements. The parts are matched to different links or channels having respective COS characteristics and communicated over the links or channels... | 09/25/2007 |
