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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7680931 | Data relaying apparatus In a service system including client apparatuses for issuing a service request and server apparatuses for receiving a service request and providing service, there is provided a data relaying apparatus for relaying data communication between them. In response to a se... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680932 | Version control system for software development A version control system for managing versioned files comprises a central server storing a repository of the versioned files. At least one proxy is connected to the central server. Each proxy includes a read-only cache for storing data from the repository. At least ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676575 | Method and device for managing access to network When downloading a Java™ application AP from a server 40, a scheme and a transmission port number used by server 40 when downloading Java™ application AP are stored in addition to a host name of server 40. Then, when the Java™ application ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673047 | Determining a user's groups The present invention is directed to technology for determining the set of groups of which a user is a member. A user can be a static member, dynamic member or nested member of a group. A user is a nested member of a first group if that user is a member of a second ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7673046 | Trusted network transfer of content using off network input code Systems and methods for use in connection with the trusted transmission and reception of content, such as encryption key information, from one computing device in a network to a second computing device are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides a way to... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7673045 | Multiple site automated logout A logout feature of a service that facilitates login to multiple domain websites maintains a list of the sites that a user logs on to during a session and completely logs the user out of all the sites they visited during the session. A data structure in the form of ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668956 | Intelligent autodialer The present invention describes an automatic dialer for determining relative rankings of network access numbers from within a group of available network access numbers known as an available NAN list, and for facilitating selection of a network access number to use f... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664857 | Systems and methods of using an IP ID field for automatic WAN/LAN detection The solution of the present invention provides systems and methods for encoding information into an Internet Protocol identification field (IPID) of an IP layer header of a network packet in a manner acceptable to many or all of the network devices that encounter th... | 02/16/2010 |
| RE41137 | Music distribution systems Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's computer-based user station. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only for music that they choos... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664854 | Relay apparatus, system and method, and storage medium A system enables information transmission between a server which serves information by its own communication format and a client which receives service on a general network, with an efficient and simple structure. A conversion server 101 receives a video tran... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664856 | Dynamically balancing user experiences in a multi-user computing system A media experience policy engine includes three components: an information manager, a policy evaluator, and an enforcement module. The information manager collects information regarding the current state of a media delivery system, such as, for example, usage of a C... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664855 | Port scanning mitigation within a network through establishment of an a prior network connection Techniques are described for mitigating adverse effects of port scanning within a network device. For example, an apparatus, such as a router, responds to all network connection request packets received from a client for all ports on an attached server as if all of ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660894 | Connection pacer and method for performing connection pacing in a network of servers and clients using FIFO buffers A connection pacer and method for performing connection pacing in a network of servers and clients using a first-in-first-out (“FIFO”) buffer. ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657628 | External processor for a distributed network access system An external processor for a network access system having a programmable access device includes a service controller that provides at least one service for network traffic, a message processor that processes network messages for service processing by the service cont... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653728 | Audio server When an information processing device has been connected to this audio server via a network, an evaluation request means of this audio server requests this connected information processing device to notify evaluations for items of audio contents which that informati... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653727 | Cooperative embedded agents Cooperative embedded agents as well as manageability and security operations that can be performed on a host system having cooperative embedded agents are disclosed. ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7650409 | System and method for enabling authorization of a network device using attribute certificates Methods and devices are directed to authorizing a network device to a resource over a network. An access server determines based, in part, on an attribute of the network device associated with the attribute certificate, whether the network device may be authorized a... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7650410 | Method and system for managing programs for Web service system The Web service-providing device receives a request message demanding the Web service through a communication device. When the Web service-providing device transfers the processing of the Web service demanded by the request message to another Web service-providing d... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7650411 | Method and system for secure management and communication utilizing configuration network setup in a WLAN A method for enabling communication of information in a secure communication system may include generating a notification when at least two configurators attempt to separately register with an 802.11 client station within a single configurator timing window. The met... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647403 | Method for processing a request for access to a data network A network access arrangement for connecting an end user's computer to the Internet includes a network access server and a proxy server. When an end user requests to be connected to the Internet, the network access server forwards the access request to the proxy serv... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7647404 | Method of authentication processing during a single sign on transaction via a content transform proxy service The Content Transform Proxy (CTP) service is an advanced Web proxy service, the basic function of which is to modify incoming HTTP requests having a server-side destination and/or outgoing HTTP responses. The CTP service is implemented by the CTP program, which resi... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7647402 | Protecting contents of computer data files from suspected intruders by renaming and hiding data files subjected to intrusion Protecting data files from being stolen or compromised in a data processing operation having stored data in a plurality of data files by receiving user requests for access to data files, determining whether said requests are unauthorized intrusions into the requeste... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644160 | Login specific virtual ports A system and method of mapping remote ports so that they appear as local ports. One or more accounts is created, including a first and a second account, wherein the first account is assigned to a first user and the second account is assigned to a first computer. A p... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7644159 | Load balancing for a server farm The present invention concerns a method of network layer load balancing for a server farm (group of servers located on the same link) that provide identical, transaction and UDP based services, e.g. DNS service. Load balancing functionality is based on the use of th... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640341 | Instant messaging for multi-user computers An instant messaging system provides instant message communication between computers, including multi-user computers. The system provides multiple concurrent instant message user logins on a multi-user computer, one of the multiple concurrent instant message user lo... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7636780 | Verified computing environment for personal internet communicator A method and apparatus of the present invention provides a verified computing environment for a personal Internet communicator. In various embodiments of the invention, the functionality of software files on a personal Internet communicator can be modified based on ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7634564 | Systems and methods for invoking a service from a plurality of event servers in a network A system is provided for multipoint service (e.g., web service) invocation includes a plurality of event servers and a proxy. The event servers are associated with a group address representative of at least one characteristic of the event servers, and are also assoc... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7634565 | System authorizing a remote agent using a temporary password to manage configuration settings of a device and invalidating it after a fixed time interval A method and apparatus for the management of the configuration settings of an electronic device (108) by a remote agent is provided. The remote agent is connected to the electronic device via a network (100). The method includes temporarily authorizing... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631078 | Network caching device including translation mechanism to provide indirection between client-side object handles and server-side object handles In one embodiment, the invention provides an apparatus for caching data in a network, with the apparatus including a proxy cache configured to receive request for an object from a client and to fetch data blocks from a server. The proxy cache may be configured to ca... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7631079 | System and method of messaging and obtaining message acknowledgement on a network A system and method for messaging and obtaining message acknowledgement on a limited-area network managed by a network management device connected to a wide-area network. The system allows messages to target individual end user devices and receive message acknowledg... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7631077 | Method for providing harmonized public security and safety services and corresponding service platform A method and system for providing harmonized public security and safety services to multiple public security and safety control centers, the public security and safety control centers being adapted to control terminals over at least one access communication network.... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7631076 | Apparatus, system, and method for adaptive polling of monitored systems An apparatus for adaptive polling of a monitored system includes a poll receiving module configured to receive a polling signal from a polling system, an event prediction module configured to predict when an operation-related event of a monitored operation will occu... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627675 | Methods and devices for regulating traffic on a network Methods and devices are provided for regulating traffic on a network. According to some aspects of the invention, if a subscriber's upstream traffic exceeds a predetermined level over a first period of time, the subscriber's quality of service is adjusted without re... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7627676 | Communication control method, communication control apparatus and storage medium Even if a communication is interrupted, a communication control module in a data terminal reestablish the communication without informing a communication module that the communication has been interrupted in a case where it is possible to reestablish the communicati... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7627677 | Process to thwart denial of service attacks on the internet Coordinated SYN denial of service (CSDoS) attacks are reduced or eliminated by a process that instructs a switch to divert SYN rackets destined to a server to a TCP proxy which, when subject to a CSDoS attack, will not successfully establish a TCP connection with a ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7624181 | Techniques for authenticating a subscriber for an access network using DHCP Techniques for authenticating a user for access to an IP network include receiving from the user's host a DHCP request which includes user identifier data. A random challenge value is determined and sent to the user's host in a DHCP message format. A response messag... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7624179 | Locator and tracking service for peer-to-peer resources A resource naming service (RNS) server receives peer resource requests from peer platforms through a networking environment. The RNS server, possibly in cooperation with other RNS servers and peer registrars generates a response to the request to enable the peer pla... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7624180 | Mixed enclave operation in a computer network A method is disclosed for mixed enclave operation of a computer network with users employing a multi-level network security interface and users without any network security interface. Either the network security user selects or the network security interface automat... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620719 | Method and system for providing secure access to private networks Improved approaches for providing secure remote access to resources maintained on private networks are disclosed. According to one aspect, predetermined elements, such as applets, can be modified to redirect all communications to and from an application server throu... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613807 | System, method, and apparatus for discovering a new server connected within an automated data center A technique for automatically discovering a new server connected within an automated data center. In one example embodiment, this is performed by connecting and powering a new server to one or more data center resources of the automated data center. The new server i... | 11/03/2009 |