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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5740374 | System for transferring messages via different sub-networks by converting control codes into reference code compatible with a reference protocol and encapsulating the code with the message A transmission system for sub-networks having different transmission protocols. Control codes which are assigned to a message in a source sub-network are converted at the transition with a first intermediate sub-network, into reference codes which are com... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5734821 | Method and apparatus for a direct data transmission between a communication network interface and a multimedia data processor The computer system comprises a hold status register for discriminating whether the data can be received from the system bus; a media analyzer for discriminating whether a media of the received data is correct; a bus snoop controller for generating an ack... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5732211 | Advanced data server having a plurality of rings connected to a server controller which controls the rings to cause them to receive and store data and/or retrieve and read out data An advanced data server including an I/O ring coupled to at least one I/O access channel which provides data to the I/O ring or reads data out from the I/O ring; a disc array ring coupled to least two disc arrays which store therein data received from the... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5727147 | System and method for resolving symbolic references to externally located program files When an interpreter on a client computer encounters a symbolic reference to a remotely stored method while interpreting a locally stored method, and the object class for the remotely stored method has not previously been loaded, the client computer, the c... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5710881 | Data merging method and apparatus for shared memory multiprocessing computer systems In a shared memory multiprocessing computer system, multiple processors can cache copies of a shared data block in their local cache memories and independently modify their cached copies. The cached copies are later merged in a global memory with the shar... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5701451 | Method for fulfilling requests of a web browser A World Wide Web browser makes requests to web servers on a network which receive and fulfill requests as an agent of the browser client, organizing distributed sub-agents as distributed integration solution (DIS) servers on an intranet network supporting... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5696948 | Apparatus for determining round trip latency delay in system for preprocessing and delivering multimedia presentations A system and method for preprocessing and delivering multimedia presentations to customers such that delays due to interactive response time is virtually eliminated include a preprocessor, mass storage, a delivery processor, a distribution network, and a ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5659487 | Method for recovering from sun transit in communication of very small aperture terminal A method for recovering from a sun transit in a communication of a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) is disclosed, in which the sun transit outrage (STO) is prevented by using a sun transit recovering algorithm, thereby making it possible to apply the v... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5657450 | Method and apparatus for time estimation and progress feedback on distal access operations A method and apparatus for providing time estimates and progress feedback on long-running distal information source access operations. An intermediate server that is "close" to a client workspace creates time estimates and progress information for operati... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5632018 | Electronic mail system A user who received a broadcast message broadcasts a response answering the broadcast message. Sender Y of the broadcast message sends to an electronic mail system through the broadcast message together with identification information on addressees of the... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5630063 | Data distribution system for multi-processor memories using simultaneous data transfer without processor intervention A data distribution device transfers digitized audio and digital data between memories of processors in a multi-processor communications system on a sample bus without protocols or handshaking between the source and destination processors. The device is c... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5592628 | Data communication system which guarantees at a transmission station the arrival of transmitted data to a receiving station and method thereof Any two of multiple processor elements are coupled with each other via a data communication network that has a definite communication buffer length and includes multiple communication buffers. A packet having a header and body is created using processed d... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5581705 | Messaging facility with hardware tail pointer and software implemented head pointer message queue for distributed memory massively parallel processing system A messaging facility is described that enables the passing of packets of data from one processing element to another in a globally addressable, distributed memory multiprocessor without having an explicit destination address in the target processing eleme... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5555189 | Internal communications system for refrigerator and wiring structure thereof A communication system is provided in electric devices such as refrigerators. Refrigerators include a plurality of output units such as electric fans, electric dampers, and output units such as sensors, thermistors, etc. The communication system is provid... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5511221 | Parallel processor system for detecting the end of data transmission In each processing device of a parallel processor system, a processor outputs a signal when all the transmit data are transmitted to a router. A latch receives the signal from the processor to output a signal set to HIGH. To an AND gate are inputted the s... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5483467 | Patching panel scanner A local area network including cabling interconnecting a plurality of workstations, the cabling including a plurality of data ports and conductors for selectable and removable interconnection between selected ones of the data ports and apparatus for autom... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5452419 | Serial communication control system between nodes having predetermined intervals for synchronous communications and mediating asynchronous communications for unused time in the predetermined intervals A cost-effective motion control system communication architecture is provided that supports a centralized control node, distributed control nodes, and smart I/O peripheral control nodes. Networks designed using this architecture, which employs a serial bu... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5446680 | System and method for obtaining network performance data A system and method are provided for monitoring network performance in a network controlled by a communication access method. The communication access method is modified to communicate with a network performance monitor so that the communication access me... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5404318 | Test mode readback in a memory display interface A test mode read back function for verifying the functions of the memory display interface and a VRAM frame buffer coupled to the memory display interface, wherein the memory display interface implements programmable pixel rates and pixel depths, and prog... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5377326 | Electronic apparatus with remote data supplementation/update selection and error display A small electronic apparatus such as an electronic organizer, electronic memo, etc. is disclosed which has a memory for storing data, and a communication unit for transmitting data stored in the memory to another electronic apparatus, and for receiving da... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5349675 | System for directly displaying remote screen information and providing simulated keyboard input by exchanging high level commands A computer network has a first computer which is locally coupled to a second computer. The first computer controls operation of the second computer according to a plurality of high level commands obtained from a third computer at a central station. The th... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5332974 | Network analyzer performance verification A method to verify that a test and measurement system continues to operate within a predetermined acceptable range with respect to a given calibrated state previously defined for that system without the need for conventional external reference components.... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5198805 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a network and locating a node using signal strength calculations Disclosed is a system that monitors the signal strength of each transmission by a node on a LAN cable of a local area network and determines the location of the node sending the signal. This system has a monitor at each end of the LAN cable, with one of t... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5146561 | Communication network data manager system The communication network data manager system according to the invention provides remotely located host processors with the capability of moving sequential datasets, partitioned datasets, or members of partitioned datasets between them. Data is read direc... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4845609 | Computer communications subsystem using an embedded token-passing network A high performance terminal input/output subsystem for connecting a multiplicity of user devices to a multi-user computer includes a single-board host adapter which is mounted in a single bus slot in the host computer card cage and provides the communicat... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4750115 | Data communication system between two different data transmission systems A data communication system for the communication between two different data transmission systems, the SDT system and the RDT system. The SDT system includes a host CPU having an output terminal for repeatedly producing first data in a predetermined seque... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4704725 | Signal processing apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods for automatically controlling programing transmissions and presentations on television and radio equipment and monitoring the programing transmitted and presented. ("Programing" here means everything transmitted over television or ra... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4641253 | Process for synchronizing computer video with independent audio A process for use of a low-cost personal computer to display video images which provide the effect of animation in synchronization with an audio program, such as voice or environmental sounds, originating independently of the computer. The computer is pro... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4225921 | Transfer control technique between two units included in a data processing system A data processing unit's request to a data processing device for the transfer of control and processing of an operation in response to an instruction from the unit, is stalled by the device, dependent on the type of instruction, for a period of time, also... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4011545 | Computer and communications systems employing new architectures Communications and computer systems are described utilizing an architecture which makes possible the transmission and storage of data in an efficient and rapid manner. The system architecture embodies a plurality of communication sites and computer sites ... | 03/08/1977 |
