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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190658 | Intelligent computing device agent system for automatic recognition of multi user computing environment and information sharing setup An intelligent computing device agent system for auto recognition of a computing environment of multi-user and optimum information exchange configuration is provided. In the computing device agent system automatically detects the user's computing environment and int... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185659 | Handheld computer system that attempts to establish an alternative network link upon failing to establish a requested network link A computer system that attempts to establish an alternative network link upon failing to establish a requested network link is described. The computer system may encounter conditions where access to numerous networks, in particular wireless networks, is not availabl... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176204 | System and method for multi-host sharing of a single-host device The present disclosure describes a system and method for multi-host extension of a single-host device comprising a network switch fabric that comprises a rooted hierarchical bus, a first compute node coupled to the network switch fabric, and an input/output (I/O) no... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8156246 | Systems and methods for providing content and services on a network system Systems and methods for managing and providing content and services on a network system. Aspects of the invention include location-based determination of network content and services that may be provided to client computers. Other aspects of the invention include au... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8122149 | Model-based datacenter management Computer-readable media, systems, and methods for model-based data center management. In embodiments, a request to perform a management operation on a device in a data center is received and available paths to the device are determined. The paths are determined base... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8095501 | Automatic enforcement or relationships in a database schema A technique for enforcing a database relationship is disclosed. The technique includes specifying within a database schema a reference type that associates two structures and specifies the relationship between the two structures, and automatically generating code th... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090870 | Method and system for adaptive data transfer over packet networks There is provided a method for adaptive data transfer over packet networks. The method comprises selecting a first communication path for transferring the data to the second computer, starting to transfer the data over the first communication path to the second comp... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078756 | Computing a path for an open ended uni-directional path protected switched ring Methods and apparatus for enabling a protected circuit path to be created efficiently are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method for creating a protected circuit path within an optical network system includes identifying a fi... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073969 | Systems and methods for facilitating storage operations using network attached storage devices A system and method for communicating, browsing, verifying and routing data in storage operation systems using network attached storage devices is provided. In some embodiments, the system may include a management module and a media management component connected to... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069265 | Method and system for network rotameter station and service Methods and systems for controlling network traffic in a network are disclosed herein and may include monitoring network traffic characteristics for a plurality of communication channels in a home network, by at least one processor within the home network. The at le... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065433 | Hybrid butterfly cube architecture for modular data centers A hybrid Butterfly Cube (“BCube”) architecture is described herein. The BCube architecture is a server-centric network architectural design, and includes a plurality of servers. Each of the plurality of servers may have multiple network ports and serve not only ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060777 | Information system and I/O processing method First and second storage apparatuses respectively and internally set a remote copy pair for copying data of a first volume to a second volume and associate a third volume with a remote copy pair according to an external command. When an I/O request to the first volu... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055791 | Protecting connection traffic using filters A connection between network nodes in a communication network is backed up. A failover label-switched path (LSP) is created starting at a first network node of a connection and ending 5 at the second node of the connection, while bypassing the protected conne... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051203 | Providing SCSI acceleration as a service in the SAN Techniques are disclosed for abstracting write acceleration techniques and tape acceleration techniques away from transport providers (e.g., away from an FC or FCIP interlink between two storage area networks) and allowing acceleration to be provided as a service by... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051202 | Method and apparatus for providing alarm correlation for a gateway router A method and an apparatus for providing alarm correlation for a gateway router are disclosed. For example, the method receives one or more alarms, wherein each of the one or more alarms having a message signature in accordance with a router redundancy signaling prot... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046491 | Method for exchanging content between communication devices A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to request from an alternate communication device a log of subscribed content acquired by the alternate communication device from an a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8005988 | Best effort seamless network switch in a media streaming session Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for switching a media streaming session between a plurality of networks. In one embodiment, a method of switching networks in a media streaming session can comprise detecting a plurality of networks availabl... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005987 | Multi-representation media event handoff A system and method provides transition continuity for an event across a plurality of media representation device types. The system and method allow identification information for a media event such as a sports game, talk show, music, video, etc. to be handed-off be... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7979579 | Apparatus and methods for the communication and fault management of data in a multipath data network An apparatus and methods are provided for the communication of a data stream and management of faults in a multipath data network having a protected ring-in-ring network architecture. The data stream is communicated over redundant paths between various nodes located... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970931 | Policy-based routing in a multi-homed computer Policy-based routing system and method for a multi-homed computer. Policy-based routing permits or blocks usage of system level route(s) based on user credentials and/or network application(s) associated with a data transfer. The credentials can include information ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970932 | View-upload decoupled peer-to-peer video distribution systems and methods View-upload decoupled (“VUD”) peer-to-peer (P2P) video distribution is provided, in which each peer is assigned to one or more channels to upload, with the assignments made independent of what the peer is viewing. For each assigned channel, the peer distributes ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7953889 | Systems and methods for routing VPN traffic around network disruption Methods for using a client agent to route client requests among a plurality of appliances using transport layer information include the steps of: establishing, by a client agent executing on a client, a first transport layer connection with a first appliance of a pl... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953888 | On-demand overlay routing for computer-based communication networks Methods and apparatus are disclosed for dynamically discovering and utilizing an optimized network path through overlay routing for the transmission of data. A determination whether to use a default network path or to instead use an alternate data forwarding path th... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7937492 | LSP ping and traceroute for bypass tunnels A method performed by a network device may include assembling a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) echo request, the echo request including an instruction for a transit node to forward the echo request via a bypass path associated with the transit node, and an ins... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930425 | Method of effectively establishing and maintaining communication linkages with a network interface controller Aspects of the present invention include a method, apparatus and device for establishing and maintaining communication with a network interface device and its link partner, such as a switch means or switch, where the network interface device identifies the type of l... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925784 | Re-direction of streaming multimedia in wireless communication devices in response to low battery level A wireless communication device includes a wireless transceiver, a controller having a re-direction output communicably coupled to the wireless transceiver, and a battery device having a battery level output communicably coupled to the controller, wherein the wirele... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925783 | Transparent envelope for XML messages Transforming portions of a message to a destination via a communication protocol. A message is received. It is detected whether the received message includes an encoded envelope. The encoded envelope includes a stack defining parameters including information for han... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7877510 | Domain name resolution making IP address selections in response to connection status when multiple connections are present Methods, configured storage media, and systems are provided for resolving domain names into IP addresses in a path-sensitive manner, namely, a manner that may consider information about a link to a server and/or information about routers and other path components. T... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877509 | Balancing distribution of participants in a gaming environment Systems for balancing distribution of participants in a gaming environment are provided. In various embodiments, systems of the present invention may include multiple application servers each hosting a common game application, a lobby server for assigning new client... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7870290 | Handheld computer system that attempts to establish an alternative network link upon failing to establish a requested network link A computer system that attempts to establish an alternative network link upon failing to establish a requested network link is described. The computer system may encounter conditions where access to numerous networks, in particular wireless networks, is not availabl... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865612 | Method and apparatus for partitioning resources within a session-over-internet-protocol (SoIP) session controller A method and apparatus for partitioning resources within a Session-over-Internet-Protocol (SoIP) Session Controller (SC) are described. In one illustrative embodiment, an apparatus comprises data access logic configured to receive an instruction to define at least o... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861002 | Network router that efficiently switches between a primary data path and a backup data path A network router initially communicates over a primary data path. Upon detection of an error condition associated with the primary data path, the network router initiates a layer 2 switch such that the communication occurring over the primary data path is switched t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7861003 | Adaptive feedback for session over internet protocol A method includes receiving an instruction associated with a definition of an alarm condition and modifying a session controller associated with a Session over Internet Protocol (SoIP) network based on the alarm condition. The session controller can be modified when... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7853715 | Method and apparatus for computing a path in a system with nodal and link diverse constraints Methods and apparatus for defining an alternate circuit path within a network given nodal diverse or link diverse constraints are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a device for computing circuit paths between a first node and a second node... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840703 | System and method for dynamically supporting indirect routing within a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture A method, computer program product, and system are provided for dynamically routing data through the data processing system. Data is received at a first processor that is to be transmitted to a destination processor. The data that is received includes address inform... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836204 | Apparatus, system, and method for accessing a preferred path through a storage controller An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for accessing a preferred path through a storage controller. A request module receives a request from a host to identify a preferred path from the host to a control unit image. A response module reports the preferred pa... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827307 | Method for fast switchover and recovery of a media gateway A device and method for fast switchover and recovery of a media gateway. A network interface of a router is monitored for a network interface failure, in which the router receives data over a network using a network protocol. In response to detecting a network inter... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7797292 | Apparatus, system, and method for an alternate lock facility connection path An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for an alternate lock facility connection path. A request module receives a connection request to establish redundant connection paths between a control unit and a host. A primary connection module establishes a first c... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7797445 | Dynamic network link selection for transmitting a message between compute nodes of a parallel computer Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for dynamic network link selection for transmitting a message between nodes of a parallel computer. The nodes are connected using a data communications network. Each node connects to adjacent nodes in the data communica... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7779154 | Mobile telecommunication networks and digital broadcasting services At integrated hybrid telecommunication system for providing voice, packet data and digital broadcast/multicast services to a mobile terminal (100) is disclosed. In an embodiment of the invention, the system includes a mobile telecommunication network (110 | 08/17/2010 |
