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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5751954 | Router device and data communication system capable of suppressing traffic increase in communications among a plurality of lan segments In a router device of the present invention, the routing controller refers to the routing address table to determine whether the received frame is to be routed (whether the frame passes through two or more router devices, for example). The multiplication ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5748901 | Flow control algorithm for high speed networks A constant space algorithm for rate based flow control in large computer networks. The switches in the network dynamically measure their unused link capacity, and signal sessions with higher rates to reduce their rates to that unused link capacity. Sessio... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745703 | Transmission of higher-order objects across a network of heterogeneous machines The system comprises a collection of address spaces within which potentially many concurrent lightweight perceptible threads may execute. The address space is uniformly distributed among different nodes in a network of heterogeneous machines. Address spac... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5742771 | Method to ensure the confidentiality of a vocal link and telecommunications local area network implementing the method A method and system to ensure the confidentiality of a local area network when a first terminal of the local area network sends out a first and second plurality of voice messages which, respectively, may and may not be received by a second terminal, consi... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5740424 | Information processing system and method using time-varying database altering information There is disclosed an information processing system and method capable of coping with a wider range of subjects and intricate changes. In client server structure, time-varying database altering information received from external systems is pooled in serve... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5740374 | System for transferring messages via different sub-networks by converting control codes into reference code compatible with a reference protocol and encapsulating the code with the message A transmission system for sub-networks having different transmission protocols. Control codes which are assigned to a message in a source sub-network are converted at the transition with a first intermediate sub-network, into reference codes which are com... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5740375 | Forwarding internetwork packets by replacing the destination address A method for filtering and forwarding local broadcast traffic across network boundaries. According to one embodiment, the method comprises the step of providing a broadcast list for a source network wherein the broadcast list includes at least one entry t... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5737635 | Variable latency cut through bridge having variable latency threshold point being configured dynamically for forwarding packets while the bridge is operating A variable latency cut through bridge (210) for selectively forwarding data packets (10) within a network (310) of computers (312), the variable latency cut through bridge (210) employing a variable latency bridging method wherein the latency factor of th... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734903 | System and method for object oriented message filtering A system for object oriented message filtering for selectively transferring a message between a client task and one or more server tasks for preprocessing, processing, and postprocessing comprises an object database having a filter object memory, an objec... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734921 | Advanced parallel array processor computer package A parallel array processor for massively parallel applications is formed with low power CMOS with DRAM processing while incorporating processing elements on a single chip. Eight processors on a single chip have their own associated processing element, sig... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734826 | Variable cyclic redundancy coding method and apparatus for use in a multistage network An error checking method and apparatus for appending a variable number of redundancy coding information at the end of each data message or packet transmitted over a multi-stage network for the purpose of protecting the data by using an error detecting cod... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5732244 | Multiprocessor with split transaction bus architecture for sending retry direction to other bus module upon a match of subsequent address bus cycles to content of cache tag A method of arranging and operating a multiprocessor computer server system having "split-transaction bus" architecture, including bus modules operating with an address phase and a cycle phase, and arranged for access by a prescribed resource stage, to fa... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5724517 | Method for generating a topology map for a serial bus A method and system for mapping a node topology is disclosed. The node topology is based on a computer system comprised of a high performance acyclic serial bus and a plurality of nodes coupled to the acyclic serial bus. Each node further includes an iden... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5724513 | Traffic shaping system for asynchronous transfer mode networks A system for controlling the transmission of cells from a network node over multiple Virtual Circuits (VCs) is disclosed. The system performs traffic shaping, as required by connection based systems such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), for each VC co... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5721828 | Multicomputer memory access architecture A multicomputer is shown made up of a crossbar network to which are connected processing nodes and I/O interface nodes. The processing nodes include crossbar interface circuits that provide routing signals in local registers so that a local processor can ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5715475 | Topological identification and initialization of a system for processing video information A method and apparatus for initializing and determining the topological configuration of a system for processing video information is described. The system has a master device and multiple slave devices for transmitting or receiving video information. The... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5715397 | System and method for data transfer and processing having intelligent selection of processing routing and advanced routing features Method, system, and apparatus are described for automatically receiving, at an intermediate processing location, data from a wide variety of remote sources, identifying the format of the data, translating the data to a common file format, sending the data... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5701484 | Routing objects on action paths in a distributed computing system A system for routing an "object" (in the sense that object means an abstraction that encapsulates data in a known way, with a known list of operations or methods to access the data, and the object has a unique identity, is mobile, and possibly persistent)... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699523 | Method and apparatus for communication between at least one client and at least one server A device for communication between at least one client and at least one server who are exchanging messages, characterized in that it includes a router which routes the messages between at least one client and at least one server with the aid of three mess... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5684962 | Context control block for computer communications A single queue or descriptor ring references several context control blocks, each of which corresponds to a different data path in a communications system. An entry in the descriptor ring references an appropriate context control block and a source packet... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5678010 | Automated routing of messages over a network A system for processing credit card transactions is disclosed. Transaction data to be processed is sent by point of sale terminal to a terminal node connected to a sophisticated communications network. The terminal node uses routing data contained in the ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5666490 | Computer network system and method for managing documents An electronic document management system converts documents into electronic images which can be sequentially routed to individual users in a network system. The network system includes at least two work nodes for processing the documents where one of the ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5659686 | Method of routing a message to multiple data processing nodes along a tree-shaped path In a parallel processor, a plurality of data processing nodes are intercoupled through an array of message routing circuits. Each message routing circuit has multiple input channels on which messages are received and multiple output channels on which mess... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5655134 | Network structure storing and retrieval method for a data processor A link information storer stores link connection information and a node information storer stores node label information by sequentially searching links from the beginning of a network when data in a network structure are configured by linking nodes accor... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5649100 | Network backplane interface having a network management section for managing and configuring networks on the backplane based upon attributes established in a parameter table According to the invention an intelligent network backplane interface is provided for an intelligent local area network hub and a method for implementing the common interface is provided. The hub includes a concentrator backplane operating one or more loc... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5644713 | Method of effecting dynamic management of path or routing information without requiring an internetworking operation for routing In a method for transferring path information of an internetworking equipment (router), the router is connected to an alternative router or routers by means of a circuit of an ISDN, whereby routing information between networks is communicated. When activa... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5644718 | Apparatus using circuit manager to associate a single circuit with each host application where the circuit is shared by a plurality of client applications A computer architecture that permits applications resident on remote "client" computers to communicate simply and efficiently with applications resident on a central server is disclosed. Client applications can effectively retrieve information from the se... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5638521 | Apparatus using a parallel interface for data transfer between a plurality of computers, as well as for transfer of data from computers to shared peripheral devices An apparatus having a plurality of computers for the selective data transfer from the computers to, at least, one shared output device, or for file transfer between the computers, is provided. Each computer has a parallel interface which is connected, by ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5634010 | Managing and distributing data objects of different types between computers connected to a network A data management and distribution system has been described that includes router processes for controlling data communications between child processes running on computers connected by a network. Preferably, a router process runs on each computer, with t... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5630060 | Method and apparatus for delivering multi-media messages over different transmission media Method and apparatus for delivering multi-media messages which may include text components, image components, sound components or binary components to multiple recipients over different transmission media. A list of recipients of the multi-media message i... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5617539 | Multimedia collaboration system with separate data network and A/V network controlled by information transmitting on the data network A multimedia collaboration system that integrates separate real-time and asynchronous networks--the former for real-time audio and video, and the latter for control signals and textual, graphical and other data--in a manner that is interoperable across di... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5615340 | Network interfacing apparatus and method using repeater and cascade interface with scrambling An apparatus for interfacing a plurality of nodes to a network includes a plurality of working ports coupled to the nodes, an attachment port coupled to the network, an address table for storing addresses associated with the working ports, an incoming pac... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5613069 | Non-blocking packet switching network with dynamic routing codes having incoming packets diverted and temporarily stored in processor inputs when network ouput is not available A data transmission network comprises a plurality of packet switches distributed throughout the network for transmitting data between a data source and destination. The destination of the incoming data is identified and a path created through the network ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5611047 | Information delivery method and apparatus for successively transferring information even if the storage unit has insufficient space for storing information from an upstream apparatus An information delivery apparatus to be employed within an information network system. A plurality of such apparatuses as part of an information network will successively store and deliver information throughout the network. Each apparatus can store infor... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5608870 | System for combining a plurality of requests referencing a common target address into a single combined request having a single reference to the target address Requests are routed between components in a parallel computing system using multiple-phase combining. In the first phase, the original requests are decomposed into groups of requests that share the same destination address. The requests in each group are ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5604868 | Communication system using establishing network route A communication system using a network route establishing technique for a network having a plurality of nodes connected through links, in which a route search message is delivered simultaneously in a plurality of directions from a sender node through a ne... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5598408 | Scalable processor to processor and processor to I/O interconnection network and method for parallel processing arrays A massively parallel computer system is disclosed having a global router network in which pipeline registers are spatially distributed to increase the messaging speed of the global router network. The global router network includes an expansion tap for pr... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5594867 | Data communication apparatus which transmits in accordance with a reception time zone or a terminal from which data has been received A data communication apparatus performs relay multi-address communication of received data with another predetermined data communication apparatus designated in advance. The apparatus includes a determining unit for determining whether a current communica... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592672 | System for load balancing between message processors by routing all queued messages to a particular processor selected by a deterministic rule A service control point having multiple independent control processor and multiple front end communication processors incorporates a deterministic rule message distribution process for balancing the traffic load among the front end processors from all the... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5586261 | Method and apparatus for interconnecting similar networks using a network of a diffrent type as a virtual link A method and apparatus for interconnecting first and second networks that use the same protocols for communications by a third network. The third network is defined in the first and second networks as a single virtual communications link of the native typ... | 12/17/1996 |
