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| 7487200 | Method and apparatus for performing priority encoding in a segmented classification system A digital signal processor. The digital signal processor includes a first data classification block. The first data classification block outputs a first block priority number associated with a first data stored in the first data classification block that matches a s... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7487201 | Method and system for providing framework for Java based AJAX web applications A method and system for managing events associated with either the client or the server using a controller framework includes initiating a request at a client. The request triggers an event that is processed using a client controller on the client. The client contro... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7483939 | Medical processing system allocating resources for processing 3D to form 2D image data based on report of monitor data Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method of medical image processing on a distributed network including: communicating on a distributed network comprising a server, a client, and a communications pathway having a bandwidth, wherein the distribut... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480693 | Data providing system, data providing apparatus and method, data acquisition system and method, and program storage medium The present invention is intended to provide a data providing system including a data providing apparatus having provision image data generating means for generating provision image data of a provision image which is reusable by inlaying a predetermined advertisemen... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478120 | System and method for providing a peer indexing service A peer graph is formed by assigning published identifiers to peer nodes that each map to network addresses. A signed number space is defined based on the published identifiers. Given a key, a closest peer node is determined by maintaining data identifying other peer... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475106 | System, method, and computer program product for media publishing request processing A system, method, and computer program product for publishing transcoded media content in response to publishing service requests from end users. A user request for media content, is processed intelligently, either by directing the processing of the request to one o... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7472156 | Transferring control of a TCP connection between devices A system and method for network communication, comprising a device coupled between a computer and a network to receive from the computer a Transport Control Protocol (TCP) connection, the device receiving from the network at least one packet associated with the TCP ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7469267 | Method and system for host device event synchronization A method and system for transferring control information between a host and network processor is provided. The system includes, a snooping module that is coupled to a snooping memory bus; a network cache controller; a host process scheduler that communicates with th... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7467180 | Automatically segmenting and populating a distributed computing problem A method is described for automatically segmenting and populating a distributed problem, including determining a bounding space that is at least equal in size to a problem space volume, partitioning the bounding space into a plurality of sub-spaces capable of holdin... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7454456 | Apparatus and method of improving network performance using virtual interfaces A method, system and apparatus for improving network performance of a multiprocessor system that has a limited number of physical network interfaces by using virtual IP addresses are provided. When a processor of the multiprocessor system determines that it is proce... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451176 | System and method providing multi-tier applications architecture A network-based distributed application system is provided in accordance with the present invention for enabling services to be established locally on a client system. The system may include an application and presentation logic, at least a portion of which is inter... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447730 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus such as a copier and an air conditioner communicate with one another in a network. The air conditioner provides information regarding ambient temperature and/or humidity to the image forming apparatus. Based upon this information, the imag... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447731 | Method and apparatus for distributed application execution This invention provides methods and apparatus for executing applications in a distributed manner employing one or more proxy servers and one origin server. The invention allows the applications to be executed primarily at the proxy servers rather than at the origin ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447732 | Recoverable return code tracking and notification for autonomic systems A system, method and article of manufacture return code management in autonomic systems and more particularly to managing execution of operations in data processing systems on the basis of return code tracking. One embodiment provides a method for managing execution... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444421 | Data storage method and system, data recording controlling apparatus, data recording commanding apparatus, data receiving apparatus, and information processing terminal A distributed storage system having n nodes (201), (202), . . . , (20n), a recording commanding device (10) for commanding recording of data in each node, and a transmission commanding device (30) f... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444594 | Mediating conflicts in computer user's context data Techniques are described providing mediated information about a current state that is modeled with multiple state attributes. In some situations, the providing includes receiving from a first source an indication of a first value for an indicated one of the state at... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444433 | Distributed computing system architecture A computing system architecture is based upon a peer-to-peer, asynchronous model. The architecture specifies a set of infrastructure facilities that comprise an inter-prise operating system. The inter-prise operating system provides all the facilities that make appl... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441249 | Activity monitoring without accessing a process object Disclosed is a method, apparatus, and program product that allows for monitoring of the progress of process without alterations to the existing application. There are provided a mapping logic generating unit 14 that refers to a mapping definition stored in a ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441246 | Configurable collection of computer related metric data The present invention relates it directed to configurable collection of computer related metric data. A computer system generates computer related metric data related to an application. The application accesses a manifest that indicates a portion of the generated co... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441180 | Computer network file synchronization system and method A system and method for distribution, replication, and management of files and their metadata across a network of file sharing servers for both preventative and promotion purposes relating to the particular content of the files. The system and method employ a proces... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441045 | Method and system for balancing load distribution on a wide area network A system and method for balancing the load on virtual servers managed by server array controllers at separate data centers that are geographically distributed on a wide area network such as the Internet is described. The virtual servers provide access to resources a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441241 | Grid non-deterministic job scheduling The present invention is method for scheduling jobs in a grid computing environment without having to monitor the state of the resource on the gird comprising a Global Scheduling Program (GSP) and a Local Scheduling Program (LSP). The GSP receives jobs submitted to ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439937 | Appropriately rendering terminal server graphical data at multiple client side monitors The present invention is directed to appropriately rendering terminal server graphical data at multiple client side monitors. In some embodiments, a client sends client side monitor configuration for a plurality of monitors to a server. The server simulates a virtua... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440428 | Method and system for persisting content in decentralized network Methods are provided to ensure that content defining a sub-grid of a decentralized network continues to be provided to the sub-grid upon departure of a node from the sub-grid that has been responsible for providing the content. A node intent on exiting a sub-grid en... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440443 | Integrated universal network adapter An integrated network adapter is operable to establish a network interface with a plurality of media types, including at least a power line network and a telephone line network, based on pre-configuration, upon initialization and dynamically during operation. The ad... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441014 | Broadcast distribution using low-level objects and locator tables The invention includes a method and system for serving data on broadcast media that uses low-level data objects to reduce repetition of common data, that uses indirect naming and machine-readable names to provide easy access to a large part of the broadcast spectrum... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437731 | Coordinated collaboration system in an integration platform A centralized integration system is provided for enabling two or more heterogeneous applications to exchange communications with one another. Metadata is stored in a first repository form in order to configure instructions for performing one or more conversion opera... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437730 | System and method for providing a scalable on demand hosting system A VM based hosting architecture system in which finer grain control in optimizing multiple workloads across multiple servers is provided. The system includes a plurality of servers to be utilized by multiple workloads. In addition, the system includes a plurality of... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437725 | Processing techniques for servers handling client/server traffic and communications The present invention relates to a system for handling client/server traffic and communications pertaining to the delivery of hypertext information to a client. The system includes a central server which processes a request for a web page from a client. The central ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436947 | Method and apparatus for automatic notification and response based on communication flow expressions A disclosed notification and response system enables applications to communicate with recipients using a number of different media. The notification and response system (i) sends requests to one or more recipients, using the medium specified by each individual recip... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437348 | Method and system for a non-georedundant failover system The present invention implements computing systems in a configuration to reduce downtime. The computing systems are configured, without implementing a hot stand-by or mirrored configuration, to handle mission critical applications without failing. A user may determi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437433 | Method for batch registration of integrated digital loop carrier subscriber using program loaded data of exchange, and element management system server for the same In a method for batch registration of an integrated digital loop carrier (IDLC) subscriber using a program loaded data (PLD) of an exchange, an operator opens a program loaded data (PLD) file of an exchange selected by a client terminal accessing through a network, ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437364 | System and method of accessing a document efficiently through multi-tier web caching Upon receipt of a document request, a client assistant examines its cache for the document. If not successful, a server searches for the requested document in its cache. If the server copy is still not fresh or not found, the server seeks the document from its host.... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434220 | Distributed computing infrastructure including autonomous intelligent management system Systems and methods are disclosed for a distributed computing infrastructure on a computer network comprising a plurality of computers. The distributed computing infrastructure (DCI) provides a software platform for creating, running, and managing distributed applic... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434234 | Method and system for facilitating communications in a network using on demand distribution A system using a touch-point specific stub in communication with a stub specific object provides efficient and effective communications between a server operation running the stub specific object and a touch-point running the touch-point specific stub. An On Demand ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434219 | Storage of application specific profiles correlating to document versions A computer system that includes a processor for operating a software application in the computer system. The software application provides for creation, storage, and retrieval of a file, the file having a corresponding profile that the software application uses for ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433960 | Systems, methods and computer products for profile based identity verification over the internet Systems, methods and computer products for profile-based identity verification over the Internet. Exemplary embodiments include a method for profiling a user on a network, the method including receiving an input of streams corresponding to network activities associa... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433919 | Information processing system An information processing system includes a server computer system which holds pieces of data as processing objects and characteristic values calculated on the basis of the pieces of data while associating the pieces of data with the characteristic values respective... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433941 | Method and apparatus for accessing network information on a network device A computer-implemented method and system of distributing management of network resources on a network to network devices is provided. During execution, the system receives a request on a network device to execute a task that performs a set of operations related to m... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433369 | Controlling network traffic In an ATM exchange, a cell transmission control section transmits an ATM cell to a transmission path of an ATM network. A traffic monitor monitors traffic of the cell transmissions. A statistical process section performs a temporal statistical process on the result ... | 10/07/2008 |
