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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7333487 | Methods and apparatus for updating subsource addressing multicast routing records in a communications network Methods and arrangements for facilitating subscription among at least two nodes in a distributed network, involving the designation of one of the nodes as a publisher node, the designation of one of the nodes as a subscriber node, and the recordation of a path betwe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333436 | Network device with traffic shaping functions and bandwidth control method using leaky bucket algorithm A network device with bandwidth usage control functions using a leaky bucket algorithm to provide a traffic service conforming to given user parameters. A leaky bucket counter produces a new leaky-bucket (LB) count at predetermined cell slot intervals by adding an o... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333444 | Method and apparatus for creating a robust highly connected direct interconnection network One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for generating an interconnection network. During operation, the system associates an n-bit binary identifier with each node in the interconnection network. The system also groups the n bits of each binary id... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330470 | Router and sip server A boundary node router determines whether a received packet includes a SIP message and a REGISTER message, and, if so, adds its router identifier to a REGISTER message which includes a user identifier and a user terminal identifier, sent from a user terminal, and se... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330717 | Rule-based system and method for managing the provisioning of user applications on limited-resource and/or wireless devices A system and a method for charging for directed provisioning and using of dynamic content to limited resource devices, through an integrated platform which handles all aspects of aggregation and management of such dynamic content. The integrated platform features a ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330850 | Text mining system for web-based business intelligence applied to web site server logs A text mining system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead generation system accessible by the client via the Internet. The text mining system has various components, in... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330458 | Method for synchronizing terrestrial nodes equipped with GNSS receivers and belonging to a terrestrial network A method and system for synchronizing terrestrial nodes equipped with GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver belong to a terrestrial network. Synchronization is achieved by selecting terrestrial node to be synchronized to form a synchronization zone. The... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330480 | Adaptive network resource control An admissions control technique improves processing capacity utilization in a token-based admission control scheme by matching token allocation to actual processing requirements. In an exemplary application, the processing capacity of a processing entity is discrete... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327677 | Method for establishment of connections of pre-determined performance for a packet-oriented communication network with a resource manager Transmission resources are controlled in individual transmission paths in a packet-oriented communication network, whereby data-packet address information which identifies the origin and the goal of the data packets, is transmitted to a resource manager, responsible... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325506 | Outboard motor control system In an outboard motor control system, equipped with two outboard motors and actuators for steering, changing shift position and regulating engine speed, two navigation units responsive to operations of the operator for producing outputs indicative of actuator operati... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327733 | Flushing method with separated sets for type 5 link state advertisement in open shortest path first protocol Disclosed is a flushing method with separated sets for type 5 Link State Advertisement (LSA) in the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol. All LSAs originated in a network device are separated into S sets with a mapping method in advance. Only one set of LSAs are... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327741 | Detecting and breaking cycles in a computer network Various embodiments of a system and method related to a computer network capable of detecting and breaking cycles are disclosed. First routing information usable to send messages to a first address may be created. The first address may be associated with multiple no... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327751 | Method and apparatus for accessing a plurality of devices using a single communication port A method for accessing a plurality of devices by a system using a single communication port communicatively coupled with each respective device of the plurality of devices includes the steps of: (a) in no particular order: (1) ascertaining selected operating charact... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328046 | Communication system A communication system and a method and a server for a communication system is disclosed. The communication system comprises communication means for providing communication media for a plurality of user equipment, a storage entity (21) adapted to store inform... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327742 | Communication system and method for sending isochronous streaming data within a frame segment using a signaling byte A communication system, network interface, and communication port is provided for interconnecting a network of multimedia devices. The multimedia devices can send streaming and/or non-streaming data across the network. The network accommodates all such types of data... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324520 | Method and apparatus to process switch traffic A system and method for reassembling c-frames into coherent packets are disclosed. C-frames contain segments of a data set. A micro-engine operating multiple threads copies the data set segments into assigned queues, following a thread hierarchy to keep the segments... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325041 | File distribution system in which partial files are arranged according to various allocation rules associated with a plurality of file types In a distributed file system, when a user requests a computer to create a distributed file, a management computer acquires a list of computers complying with an allocation rule selected by the user from allocation rules taking the performance, security level, reliab... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324474 | Methods and apparatus for Network Initiated Data Services Techniques are provided for conserving network resources in a network that initiates data services by communicating push data to a dormant terminal. Selected network resources associated with the dormant terminal are released, and maintained information for reaching... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324490 | Communication system, address management method, relay device, and management device A relay device acquires and stores address binding information indicating correspondence between a static communication address and a dynamic communication address of a mobile terminal which is linked to the relay device. The relay device also stores address binding... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324518 | Method and apparatus for transmitting wake-up packets over a network data processing system A method in a data processing system for routing a packet to a target data processing system. With the method and apparatus, a global address for the target data processing system is placed in the packet. A hop-by-hop option may then be set in the packet, which cont... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324647 | Quantum cryptographic key distribution networks with untrusted switches Methods and systems are disclosed in which information is securely transmitted in a network comprising untrusted network devices. Setup messages are sent to a networking device, and based on the setup messages, light directing devices are configured to direct light ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319672 | Label selection for end-to-end label-switched traffic through a communications network In a method of label selection for end-to-end transport of label switched traffic through a communications network between a source node and a destination node, a request message is launched toward the destination node from the source node. The request message inclu... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319691 | Method for providing guaranteed quality of service in IP network and system thereof The invention discloses a method for providing guaranteed Quality of Services (QoS) in an IP network. In the invention, separated with the function of route selection for IP packets in IP bearer network, the same function for services with guaranteed QoS requirement... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319669 | Method and system for controlling packet flow in networks A system and method for transmitting and bundling network packets is provided. The incoming network packet size is determined and if the remote buffer space is sufficient to hold the network packet it is transmitted to the destination port. If the remote buffer spac... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319700 | Communicating constraint information for determining a path subject to such constraints Path determination constraints may be encoded in the form of a program having one or more instructions. Each of instructions may include an operation code, and operands (or pointers to locations where operands are stored). In this way, an extensible, interoperable w... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319717 | Device and method for enabling communications signals using a medium voltage power line In one embodiment, a device for enabling communications signals over a medium voltage power line includes a first modem, a second modem, a third modem, and one or more switches. The first modem is electrically coupled to a medium voltage power line and is adapted to... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7320039 | Method for processing consistent data sets The invention relates to a method for processing consistent data sets by asynchronous application of a subscriber in an isochronous, cyclical communication system. According to the invention, by connecting a communication memory and a consistency, transmission and r... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319674 | System and method for exchanging awareness information in a network environment A method for communicating packets in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a packet at a network element and identifying a sequence number included in the packet that correlates to awareness information associated with one or more adjacent netwo... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317701 | H.323 user, service and service provider mobility framework for the multimedia intelligent networking The present invention provides a method and system for assuring H.323 alias address portability to an H.323 user in real-time H.323 multimedia communications where the H.323 user is registered with a home gatekeeper for the home zone of the H.323 user. Alias address... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318091 | Methods and systems for providing converged network management functionality in a gateway routing node to communicate operating status information associated with a signaling system 7 (SS7) node to a data network node Disclosed is a communications network element that is capable of routing signaling messages and also performing inter-network management functions in a converged telephony-data network environment. A signaling gateway routing node is adapted to facilitate signaling ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317722 | System and method for distributed multicast routing A distributed router composed of individual units connected by links in a routing fabric which appears to be a single network entity routes multicast packets by bridging to the final unit in the fabric. At the final unit the packet is replicated as necessary and rou... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317729 | System and process for providing auxiliary information for a packet-switched network of shared nodes using dedicated associative store A system and process for providing auxiliary information about a distributed network of shared nodes, at least a plurality of the nodes being adapted for receiving at least one type of ESP-(associative ephemeral store processing) packet. Available for access at each... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317692 | Network path discovery A method and apparatus to perform network path discovery are described. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317734 | Method and apparatus for emulating ethernet functionality over a serial bus Applications can transparently use a bus, such as the IEEE-1394 serial bus, as if it were an Ethernet (IEEE 802.3). In a conventional Ethernet, each node is assigned a unique 6-byte MAC address in order to receive frames addressed to it over the LAN. According to th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315861 | Text mining system for web-based business intelligence A text mining system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead generation system accessible by the client via the Internet. The text mining system has various components, in... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315516 | Method for generating casting path among participants for multicasting A method of generating relay paths among a plurality of participants in multi-transmission is provided for transmitting predetermined data to the participants. The method includes a first step of analyzing access paths of the participants; a second step of generatin... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315510 | Method and apparatus for detecting MPLS network failures Recovery time upon the failure of a link or switching system in an asynchronous data network can be minimized if downstream data switches can provide upstream messages to upstream switching systems indicating to upstream switching systems that the downstream traffic... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315549 | Formatting data for a buffer In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes writing a first variable length packet to a first portion of a buffer, and writing a second variable length packet to a second portion of the buffer while writing the first variable length packet. The buf... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315900 | Multi-link routing The invention is directed to techniques for supporting multi-link protocols within a computer network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a set of data blocks from a plurality of links in one or more interface cards according to a multi-link protocol and... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313090 | Systems and methods for providing data packet flow control In general, a system and method for providing data packet flow control is disclosed. Generally, a switch is provided that contains a series of ports, an arbiter and a hub. The arbiter determines an outgoing port, wherein the outgoing port is one port for the series ... | 12/25/2007 |
