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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190771 | Tunneling SSL over SSH A system and method for enabling single-socket server applications to receive information via multiple ports. In one embodiment, a system includes a network tunnel configured to receive traffic at a first port of an application server and to communicate the received... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190770 | Segmentation and reassembly of data frames A system and method of transmitting data frames between a plurality of input ports to a plurality of output ports is described. The input ports segment portions of the received data frames to provide smaller data cells which are individually transmitted to an output... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190768 | Network selection mechanism A terminal device includes multiple interfaces having links to various networks. When a trigger event occurs, the terminal device selects a target link to a network to transition from its current link. A candidate link selection function determines candidate links t... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190769 | Methods and apparatus for provisioning at a network device in response to a virtual resource migration notification In one embodiment, a method includes receiving on a network side of a data center network a migration notification related to migration of a virtual resource from a source host device to a target host device. The source host device and the target host device can be ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190767 | Data structures and state tracking for network protocol processing Described are data structures, and methodology for forming same, for network protocol processing. A method for creating data structures for firewalling and network address translating is described. A method for creating data structures for physical layer addressing ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185656 | Process and computer for collectively transmitting unique messages, and recording medium storing a program for collectively transmitting unique messages A recording medium storing a program for performing collective communication of unique-messages by a computer. According to the program, a space in which nodes are arranged is equally split into regions according to directions from the origin of a relative coordinat... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185658 | Supporting virtual private networks using a first network topology for forwarding and a subset of the first network topology or a smaller topology for signaling Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are supported in which customers may use popular internet gateway protocol (IGPs) without the need to convert such IGPs, running on customer devices to a single protocol, such as the border gateway protocol (BGP). Scaling problems, wh... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185657 | Data generating device A data generating device is installed more upstream than a switching device for switching based on data of a first layer. The data generating device reads forward management information relating to a forwarding process of forward data from data of a second layer hig... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185653 | Method and apparatus for ad hoc mesh routing Packets are routed in a wireless mesh network by assigning a probability of packet retransmission based on certain factors which may include the number of hops the packet has made, whether the destination is within a certain number of known hops of the receiving nod... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185652 | Data switch and method of operating the data switch A data switch (4) is proposed which can be operated such that it generates a MA table of MAC addresses of devices associated with some of its ports (9, 13, 15, 17, 19), but not the MAC addresses associated with one of the ports (11). Packets rec... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185655 | Maximizing diversity in a subset of elements utilizing GRASP with path relinking Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for maximizing diversity in a subset of elements selected from a set of elements are provided. An algorithm that combines the GRASP and path relinking heuristics is utilized to find an approximate solution to a max-min d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185654 | Systems and methods for content-aware load balancing Improved load balancing techniques are disclosed. For example, in one illustrative aspect of the invention, a method of satisfying requests in a system comprised of a plurality of servers comprises the following steps. At least one load balancer is provided for rout... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180920 | System and method for processing content A system for routing media content files having different format characteristics to a plurality of clients over a communication network includes a content translation router. The content translation router is capable of retrieving the content files. In addition, the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176202 | Multi-host management server in storage system, program for the same and path information management method Provided is a multi-host management server that includes: a reception section that receives failure information about paths from hosts and stores the received failure information in a failure information reception queue; an extraction section that extracts from the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176203 | Load balancing using IPV6 mobility features Techniques are provided for using the mobility support features of IPv6 to allow client and server nodes to communicate without the continuing intervention of a load-balancing node that selected the server node. A load-balancing node intercepts a TCP SYN packet addr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176201 | Controlling the signaling of label-switched paths using a label distribution protocol employing messages which facilitate the use of external prefixes Label distribution protocol (LDP) signaled label-switched paths (LSPs) are supported without requiring information about remote autonomous systems (ASs) to be injected into the local interior gateway protocol (IGP). This may be done by (i) decoupling a forwarding eq... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171159 | Systems and methods for adaptive communication control Computer program products, apparatus, and methods for processing digital messages to recipients at destination domains is provided. A plurality of profiles are established, each profile for handling digital to a specific domain or set of domains. A request to proces... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171158 | Browser system and method A portable apparatus for viewing digital content received from a data communication network, includes: a non-volatile storage medium capable to store digital content received from a data communication network; a display communicatively coupled to the non-volatile st... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171160 | Multi-layer stack platform for cloud communications A multi-layer stack platform is provided for cloud communication connections and services between devices. The system includes three or more layers, including a directory component, an applications component, and a peering component. An interconnection component may... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166197 | Multipath routing process Methods and apparatus that enable more than one server to host a resource using a shared IP address such that a client may generally access the resource on any of the servers using the shared IP address are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166199 | Communication apparatus, network system, communication method and program A communication apparatus which eliminate the necessity of providing a particular server in a predetermined network and which makes it possible to participate into the network with the use of a predetermined address. A first communication apparatus participating in ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166200 | Smart routing A router module receives a client request. In response to receiving the request, the router module obtains the network address of a server module to fulfill the request. The router module then determines whether it is executing on the same physical computer as the s... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166201 | Configuring intercommunications between computing nodes Techniques are described for configuring intercommunications between multiple computing nodes, such as multiple virtual machine nodes hosted on one or more physical computing machines or systems. In some situations, virtual networks may be established and maintained... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166198 | Method and system for accelerating browsing sessions The delivery of web content over an IP based network is accelerated by utilizing an intermediate node to receive requests for ML files, analyze ML files and create multipart objects that compound two or more browser's objects referenced by browser's links in the ori... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161191 | Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility services A method and system for providing a network and routing protocol for utility services are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises discovering a utility network, wherein a utility device (for example, a constant powered meter) sends netw... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161187 | Stream processing workflow composition using automatic planning An automatic planning system is provided for stream processing workflow composition. End users provide requests to the automatic planning system. The requests are goal-based problems to be solved by the automatic planning system, which then generates plan graphs to ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161188 | Devices and methods for providing network access control utilizing traffic-regulation hardware Disclosed are devices and methods for providing network access control utilizing traffic-regulation hardware, the device including: at least one client-side port for operationally connecting to a client system; at least one network-side port for operationally connec... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161185 | Method and apparatus for assigning IPv6 link state identifiers In one embodiment, a technique is used by a routing system to generate a link state identifier for a link state advertisement message. The routing system generates the link state advertisement message. A prefix length is read from the link state advertisement messag... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161186 | Communication system between a vehicle network and a wayside network A system for communications between a vehicle network and a wayside network includes a router in the vehicle network configured to manage routing of data over one of at least two clients, and a radio-frequency based communication network for providing a connection b... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161192 | Intermediary system for interconnecting multiple IMS networks An intermediary infrastructure that facilitates the interconnection of multiple IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks. The interconnections may span one or more of the IMS logical planes Services Plane, Control Plane, and Network or Transport Plane. The intermediar... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161189 | Method for providing a UICC with an operator DNS IP address A method for providing a UICC embedded in a wireless Mobile Equipment (ME) with an operator DNS IP address in a Wireless communication Network, said method comprising the following steps: defining a specific Mobile Equipment (ME) e... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161190 | System and method to manage static internet protocol addresses A method includes receiving, at an address management device, a first address advertisement message that indicates that a first end-user device is assigned a first static internet protocol (IP) address and is connected to a network edge device. The method includes r... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156244 | Software client control of digital picture frames In one embodiment, a method can include: determining a topology of digital picture frames in a frame network; identifying a lead picture frame from among the digital picture frames; sending the digital picture frame topology to a client coupled to the lead picture f... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156243 | Request routing A system, method and computer-readable medium for request routing. A client request processing a resource identifier for requested content transmits a first DNS query to a content delivery network service provider. The content delivery network service provider trans... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156245 | Method and system for verifying modem status A system for verifying modem status for a telecommunications service provider in a broadband network serviced by a central office. The system comprising an interne interface for receiving a modem status request from the telecommunications service provider via a tele... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150999 | Messaging service in a peer to peer type telecommunications network This messaging system is for use in a peer to peer network including at least one depositary peer (PX, PR) adapted to store a message in one or more portions and to send a message notifying the completion of the storage of that portion to at least one superpeer (SPX... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151000 | Transparently providing layer two (L2) services across intermediate computer networks A device provides layer two (L2) services between customer networks that are coupled by one or more intermediate computer networks. The device comprises a routing process that receives label information for a label switched path (LSP) through the intermediate networ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150997 | Technique for efficient data transfer within a virtual network Methods, systems, and computer program products for improving the efficiency of data transfer within interconnected components of a virtual network, and in particular components of a single physical computing device, where the components exchange data as if they wer... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150998 | System and method for increasing optimal alternative network route convergence speed and border gateway router incorporating the same For use with a path vector routing protocol, a system and method for increasing alternative network route convergence speed and a border gateway router incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a router information base (RIB... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140705 | Method and system to recover a failed flash of a blade service processor in a server chassis A method and system for recovering a server blade, in a multiple server blade computer, that is lost during a flash update operation on a service processor in the server blade. Because of the flash update failure, the lost server blade is unaware of its location on ... | 03/20/2012 |
