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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7263471 | System and method for stimulating the behavior of a network for mobile radio apparatus The behavior of a network for mobile ratio apparatuses is simulated in a work station having a data input capable of inserting data representative of a network scenario, a data output capable of making available data representative of results of the simulation of th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263557 | Method and apparatus to detect configuration information for a digital subscriber line device A method and apparatus to detect configuration information that may be used to configure a permanent virtual circuit (PVC) between a digital subscriber line (DSL) customer premise equipment (CPE) and a DSL access module (DSLAM) is described. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260623 | Remote services system communication module The invention relates to a remote services communication module which includes: a communication protocol and a communication encryption module. The communication protocol module provides support for an application level protocol used in a remote services system. The... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260668 | Network co-processor for vehicles A network processor exchanges data of various descriptions via a plurality of network nodes with external network devices, such as other processors, controllers, transducers, or sensors. The network processor includes a master processor for control tasks of the proc... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260358 | Data-storage system having a wireless connection architecture for wireless data exchange between modules A connection architecture for a data-storage system may include: a connection-plane structure; a data-storage module attached to, and drawing power from, the connection-plane structure; an input/output (I/O) module attached to, and drawing power from, the connection... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260618 | Method in an embedded environment for arranging functionality of a remote device A method in an embedded environment for arranging functionality of a remote device, wherein a connection with a data network is arranged for at least one remote device and at least one server machine. A gateway can be connected to data network, and can be arranged b... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260579 | Method and apparatus for accessing data within an electronic system by an external system A method of and apparatus for accessing data within an electronic system by an external system to the electronic system. The method includes formatting a searchable database within the electronic system into a directory tree structure, the directory tree structure i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257623 | Method and apparatus for ensuring an allowable client configuration for an application One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that ensures an allowable client configuration for an application. During operation, the client sends a request to access the application to a server hosting the application. In response the request, the serv... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257644 | Systems and methods for providing presence tracking in a distributed computing system Providing presence tracking of nodes of a logical network in a distributed computing system. Each node in a logical network tracks the presence of all other nodes on the network. This presence information is used by the protocol to optimize bandwidth utilization of ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257734 | Method and apparatus for managing processors in a multi-processor data processing system A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing processors in a data processing system. Monitoring is performed for a failed processor in the processors. Responsive to detecting a failed processor, a spare processor from the set of spare processors is id... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256704 | System and method for controlling home appliances A system and method for controlling a plurality of home appliances provided in a building, wherein home appliance built-in communication modules are each adapted to convert information in an Ethernet standard format into that of a home appliance standard format and ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257588 | Method and apparatus for formatting information within a directory tree structure into an encylopedia-like entry Method and apparatus for formatting information within a directory tree structure into an encyclopedia-like entry. The method includes performing a search by utilizing a selective one or more search methodologies including keyword search, hierarchical search, dichot... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254625 | Method for assigning network addresses An IP address assignment method including assigning a chassis serial number to a node during manufacture, generating an array of unique IP addresses composed using the chassis serial number, and assigning a unique IP address from the array to each interface associat... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254714 | Method of performing an authentication on a subscriber identity module card by an electronic communication device This invention discloses a method of performing an authentication on an identity module card by an electronic communication device through installing an identification software provided by a telecommunication service provider into an electronic communication device ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254624 | System for generating a session configuration file for a computing system having attributes that are specific to a user and/or computing system by using a plurality of aspect configuration files applied in a predetermined sequence to update a base configuration file The systems and methods of the present invention provide for efficiently configuring computing systems based upon the aspects of the computing system that are present for an operating session of a specific computing system by updating the configuration attributes in... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251823 | Enterprise access configuration The present invention provides a solution in which a script containing general security parameters and access policies in a file is placed on an appropriate internal server. The location of the script may then be stored on an external server. When an end-user within... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251736 | Remote power control in a multi-node, partitioned data processing system via network interface cards A system and method for remote power control across multiple distinct nodes of a logically coherent data processing system where each node has the design of a traditional standalone SMP server. The system is partitioned into two or more static partitions. Remote pow... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251696 | System and methods enabling a mix of human and automated initiatives in the control of communication policies A system and method for identifying communication channels and appropriate timing of communications that facilitate enhancing or maximizing the utility of a communication between communicating parties, based on the participants' preferences and capabilities is provi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251725 | Boot process for a computer, a boot ROM and a computer having a boot ROM A boot process for a computer comprising, in a client environment, a) generating, using a non-volatile data storage medium, a boot image request, b) passing the boot image request to a boot image repository, c) receiving, from ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248570 | System and method for coordinating bandwidth usage of a communication channel by wireless network nodes A system and method is provided for coordinating wireless bandwidth usage of a common frequency band by wireless nodes in two disjoint networks, such as an infrastructure (“IS”) network and an ad hoc (“AH”) network. When AH nodes move into the transmission r... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249168 | Method and apparatus for automated remote volume mounting using a plug-in installed on a client A method and apparatus for remotely and automatically mounting volumes over a network. The invention uses an interface, such as a web browser, to authenticate a client on a server. The server supplies volume mounting parameters specific to the authenticated client v... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249173 | Abstracted node discovery Systems and techniques to abstract a node discovery process. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes managing node discovery protocols in a network interface device such that a data processing system coupled with the network interface device need n... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249198 | Method and system for device bootstrapping via server synchronization A method and system for restoring basic functionality to a portable computer system via a server accessed remotely by telephone. A user of a portable computer system which has lost data and software which was held in volatile memory may connect to a server to restor... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248379 | Image processing apparatus, program product for setting image processing operation, and image processing system Image processing operations, such as settings of copying conditions of a copier, are facilitated, with the setting being made on a terminal such as a personal computer or other copier. Data of the image processing operation settings to be executed by an image... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246200 | Provisioning and snapshotting using copy on read/write and transient virtual machine technology In one embodiment, a computer accessible medium comprises instructions which, when executed, check a first storage from which a computer system is configured to boot for a block identified in a read request. The block is included within an image of a set of software... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246178 | Methods and systems for changing a topology of a network Methods and systems for processing a request of changing a first node having a first service connecting with a second node in a network environment are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes dynamically launching a second serv... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246221 | Boot disk replication for network booting of remote servers In one embodiment, a method includes replicating data in a storage disk. The method also includes storing the data in an Internet Protocol Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) boot disk that is associated with a diskless iSCSI server. A part of the data, which is... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243142 | Distributed computer system enhancing a protocol service to a highly available service One embodiment of the present invention provides a distributed computer system comprising a group of nodes, said group of nodes having a first and a second node adapted to act as current monitor nodes, each node of the group of nodes having an identifier and a manag... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243154 | Dynamically adaptable communications processor architecture and associated methods A dynamically adaptable communications processor includes a memory element, which includes executable content, and a control element, coupled with the memory element, that selectively implements the executable content to modify the dynamically adaptable communicatio... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243160 | Method for determining multiple paths between ports in a switched fabric A mechanism provided to program forwarding tables for switches in a subnet of a switched fabric including at least a host system, a target system and switches each having one or more ports interconnected via links for multipathing. Such a mechanism may be installed ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240158 | System and method for caching results In certain aspects, the invention features a system and method for caching results, including receiving a job for computation by a distributed computing system having one or more node computing devices in communication with a cache, processing, on one of the node co... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240102 | System and method for providing web browser-based secure remote network appliance configuration in a distributed computing environment A system and method for providing Web browser-based remote network appliance configuration in a distributed computing environment is described. A query message is broadcast from an applet executing within a Web browser to one or more network appliances. The network ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240119 | Method for configuring a programmable logic controller using an extensible markup language schema A method for configuring a programmable logic controller (PLC) having a protocol is provided. The method includes providing an extensible markup language (XML) schema for the protocol of the PLC. In another aspect, a method for configuring a programmable logic contr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240017 | System and method of dispensing insurance through a computer network Systems and methods for facilitating the dispensing of insurance and of an insurance company selling insurance policies are provided, which may be network or Internet based, and may be managed through a general agent. Policy information from insurance companies may ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240043 | Method of controlling storage control apparatus, storage control apparatus, and computer readable program for controlling the same A method of controlling a storage control apparatus connected to a host computer via communication unit, receiving a data I/O request transmitted from the host computer, and performing a data I/O process corresponding to the request, includes the following steps of:... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240104 | Method and apparatus for managing resources stored on a communication device Resources at a communication device having its own memory device are managed. A cleanup request is received at the communication device over a bandwidth-limited connection. An available space on the memory device of the communication device at a first time is less t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240107 | Self replicating installation method for operating system clusters A method of copying an operating system image in a cluster computing environment that has virtually unlimited scale does not require the strict amounts of control over installation that current methods have, but rather causes operating system images to propagate the... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240105 | Distributed multicast caching technique A caching arrangement for the content of multicast transmission across a data network utilizes a first cache which receives content from one or more content providers. Using the REMADE protocol, the first cache constructs a group directory. The first cache forms the... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240100 | Content delivery network (CDN) content server request handling mechanism with metadata framework support To serve content through a content delivery network (CDN), the CDN must have some information about the identity, characteristics and state of its target objects. Such additional information is provided in the form of object metadata, which according to the inventio... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240106 | System and method for remote discovery and configuration of a network device A technique for remotely configuring a computing device via a network. A device configuration system is provided to determine a network address of the computing device, to identify the computing device, and to facilitate network configuration of the computing device... | 07/03/2007 |
