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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7698395 | Controlling start up in a network A method for controlling start-up of a network is provided. The method includes receiving a message from one node of a plurality of nodes at a hub while the network is in an unsynchronized state, relaying the message to the other nodes of the plurality of nodes of t... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7689679 | Method to enable infiniband network bootstrap Firmware of an InfiniBand (IB) host computer device provides a representation of an IB Host Channel Adapter (HCA) within the hierarchical data structure during system initialization. An ib-boot support package encapsulates arguments for booting over an IB network us... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7680910 | System and method for efficient transfer of applications and data during device swap A method for automatically registering the runtime environment and related component applications with an application gateway when transferring the applications from a first wireless device to a second wireless device is provided. Applications installed on the first... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676558 | Configuring shared devices over a fabric Provided are a method, system, and program for configuring shared devices over a fabric. A module in a first processing complex configures a first part of a fabric enabling communication with a set of devices accessible through the first part of the fabric. The modu... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7668945 | Network booting using a platform management coprocessor Embodiments of a system and method for enabling a target computer to download a boot image and operating system from a boot server computer over a network are described. The target computer system includes a host processor environment and a platform management copro... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668944 | System and unified setting interface for configuring network manageable devices A unified setting interface that enables a management application to configure network manageable devices, regardless of their type or manufacturer. Configuration of a network manageable device requires that certain information be provided to the network manageable ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664836 | Device and method for booting an operation system for a computer from a passive directly attached network device System, device, method, computer, computer program and computer program product for computer booting devices not coupled to an internal local bus of the computer to be booted. Boot device may be network-attached device directly coupled to computer over network and n... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7647390 | Automatic internet access method using digital subscriber line An automatic Internet access method using a digital subscriber line includes: upon receiving an automatic Internet access program install request from a user, installing a PPPoE device driver including a PPPoE adapter and an NDISWAN (Network Driver Interface Specifi... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7606882 | Method for obtaining an identifier of a monitored device The present invention relates to determining the unique identification of an interfacing device. The interfacing device is first queried utilizing the hierarchical relationship of the interfacing devices communication means to acquire the unique identification. If t... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7600006 | Peer-to-peer distribution of firmware A firmware distribution system is disclosed with particular application to integrating a plurality of ancillary endpoints into an existing network of endpoints. The ancillary endpoints being coupled to an isolated network and a master device downloading the desired ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7574494 | User interface for a bi-directional communication system A system including a modem locally generates a web page based graphical User interface for display to a user on a PC using different standardized browser applications and enabling a User to control or configure system functions. A processing system supports Internet... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7546358 | Network device control apparatus, network device control method, network device control program, and computer-readable recording medium storing network device control program therein The invention provides a network device control apparatus which can set an IP address to be inherently set by using a general program while an erroneous setup of the IP address by the general program is avoided. In the network device control apparatus according to t... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543049 | Systems and methods for efficient discovery of a computing device on a network Systems and methods for discovering a device on a computer network are disclosed. An exemplary method involves providing key data to be sent with an initiation message. The initiation message is sent by an origination device on a computer network to an undiscovered ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7543048 | Methods and apparatus for enabling of a remote management agent independent of an operating system Methods and apparatus for remotely managing a computer are disclosed. For example, a remote management agent is provided for use in a computer having a processor. The example remote management agent includes a communication agent in communication with the controller... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7523179 | System and method for conducting direct data placement (DDP) using a TOE (TCP offload engine) capable network interface card Techniques, systems, and apparatus for conducting direct data placement of network message data to a final destination in a user buffer are disclosed. Generally, the invention is configured to conduct direct data copying from a NIC memory to a final destination user... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7502840 | System and method for assigning media addresses to multiple internal nodes Systems and methods for assigning node MAC addresses for a plurality of internal and external network interfaces for a network device include determining a base address. The systems and methods assign a unique MAC address to ports using a base address that is unique... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499989 | Installing data with settings The present invention relates to a system and method for displaying information, such as a gadget or a part and for dragging and dropping the part from a web page onto a separate location on a display such that the part is instantiated at the separate location and c... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7490142 | Automatic client management authority assignment Systems and methods for automatic client management authority assignment are described. In one aspect, it is determined that a network management point has not been configured for a client. Responsive to this, a directory service is requested to automatically assign... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7480705 | Dynamic HTTP load balancing method and apparatus The invention is a method and apparatus for facilitating load balancing in a server farm. In accordance with the invention, all of the information about each server necessary for a load balancing program to define and execute a load balancing algorithm is stored at ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7447753 | Communications network for self-determining its own topology A communications network determines for itself its own network topology, that is, the identity and interconnection of nodes comprising the network. The network comprises a plurality of nodes each having at least one port. The ports are interconnected in accordance w... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444393 | Read-only storage device having network interface, a system including the device, and a method of distributing files over a network A Read-only storage device having network interface, a system including the device, and a method of distributing files over a network. The storage device comprises a processor communicably connected to a computer interface, a network interface, and a storage means. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444406 | Method, system, and storage medium for validating users of communications services and messages transmitted Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, and storage medium for validating users of communications services. The method includes generating records for communications service users by at least one service provider. The records store informa... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440415 | Virtual network addresses Systems, methods and devices for virtual network addresses. A method comprises processing a request from a requestor to create a plurality of software network devices having a corresponding plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses. The MAC addresses may be ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441023 | Method and apparatus for modeling and analyzing MPLS and virtual private networks A method and apparatus for representing a network and performing operations on the represented network are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of creating at least one configuration non-specific object class associated with components of the network, creating ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441022 | Resolving conflicts between network service rule sets for network data traffic in a system where rule patterns with longer prefixes match before rule patterns with shorter prefixes One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that resolves conflicts between network service rules for network data traffic in a system where rule patterns with longer prefixes match before rule patterns with shorter prefixes. The system operates by rec... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441051 | Apparatus and method for managing configuration of computer systems on a computer network A system configuration manager provides a graphical user interface that allows a system administrator to easily administer configuration settings for different computer systems and platforms on a computer network. The system configuration manager allows identifying ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437425 | Data storage system having shared resource A system interface having a plurality of directors, one portion of such directors being adapted for coupling to a host computer/server and another portion of the directors being adapted for coupling to a bank of disk drives. The plurality of directors are interconne... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437212 | Location based programming and data management in an automated environment A method and system for providing information related to a set of automated resources that may cooperate in an environment to perform an automated process, the method comprising the steps of associating a specific environment location with the automated process, det... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437432 | Client device configuration with configuration services providers Configuring a client device, including receiving, from a manufacturer, a configuration bundle for a client device, receiving, from a vendor, vendor provided configuration parameters for the client device, receiving from a user, user provided configuration parameters... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437423 | System and method for monitoring cluster partner boot status over a cluster interconnect A method for detecting an un-bootable first computer is described. A failed first computer initiates a boot procedure, and the boot procedure is controlled by boot firmware of the first computer. A virtual interface is established by the boot firmware, the virtual i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7433938 | Coupling a filter graph space to a network driver space A communication path is established that allows for communication between a filter graph space and a network driver space in a system. The communication path allows bidirectional communication between a filter graph driver in the filter graph space and a network dri... | 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 |
| 7433937 | Coupling a filter graph space to a network driver space A communication path is established that allows for communication between a filter graph space and a network driver space in a system. The communication path allows bi-directional communication between a filter graph driver in the filter graph space and a network dr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430609 | Managing access to streams hosted on duplicating switches A source accessed by a terminal may be changed by enabling a terminal to access a stream of data units on a first duplicating switch, determining that the terminal should access the stream from a second duplicating switch, and transitioning the terminal to the secon... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428602 | Method for executing initialization code to configure connected devices and executing segments of configuration code from a failed segment Provided are a method, system, and program for executing initialization code to configure connected devices. A plurality of segments are provided to configure at least one connected device, wherein each segment includes configuration code to configure the at least o... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424554 | Method of and system for changing the address of a disk array enclosure An apparatus for setting an enclosure address in a computer system having a plurality of enclosures includes at least one enclosure address control device including input means for changing the enclosure address of an associated enclosure of the plurality of enclosu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421487 | Centralized management of quality of service (QoS) information for data flows Techniques are described for centralized management of quality of service (QoS) characteristics of network data flows. A service management system maintains a database that associates access information, such as a username and password, with QoS information. A route... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418506 | Apparatus for connection management and the method therefor An apparatus and method for scheduling data distributions to or results information from, or collectively, “jobs” to a plurality of data processing systems via a network. A connection to a target system is created. For each distribution, a session, which is an i... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418522 | Method and system for communicating an information packet through multiple networks Through a first local area network, a first computing device of an information processing system receives an information packet from a global computer network. In response to at least the information packet and a state of the information processing system, the first... | 08/26/2008 |
