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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156247 | Systems and methods for reducing network performance degradation Systems and methods for reducing network performance degradation by assigning caching priorities to one or more states of a state machine are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method comprises storing, in a memory, a state machine corresponding to one or more... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8055792 | Method and system for evaluating and selecting traceroutes to be used in determining the geographic location of a network block A method and system for evaluating and selecting traceroutes to be used in determining the geographic location of a network block. A particular embodiment of the system includes a set of traceroute feature vector extractors, each traceroute feature vector extractor ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8024479 | System and method for distributing information in a network environment A method for distributing information in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a communication flow and executing a routing decision for the communication flow that directs the communication flow to a selected one of a plurality of servers. The r... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010698 | Network application layer routing Techniques for network application layer routing are provided. Requests for services are inspected at an application layer of a network. A priority for a requestor is obtained and in response to the priority the requests are routed to particular processing environme... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005989 | Caching lookups based upon TCP traffic flow characteristics The classification system of a network device includes a cache in which a mapping between predefined characteristics of TCP/IP packets and associated actions are stored in response to the first “Frequent Flyer” packet in of a session. Selected characteristics fr... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7991912 | Load balancing of server clusters A load balancing scheme is described for a server cluster. An application identifier is received by the cluster from a client desiring to connect to the application. Each one of the servers in the cluster independently hashes the application identifier into a unique... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7962649 | Modem prioritization and registration In one embodiment, a flow control logic facilitates controlling modem prioritization and registration. The flow control logic controls an order in which stored DHCP requests are provided to a DHCP server. The DHCP requests may be stored in a plurality of groups in a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958260 | Method and apparatus for queuing data flows In a data system, such as a cable modem termination system, different-priority flows are scheduled to be routed to their logical destinations by factoring both the priority level and the time spent in queue. The time that each packet of each flow spends waiting for ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7958259 | Storage controller and method for determining client appropriateness A packet priority level is set for a packet configuring a file access request, and a file importance level is set for a file. A storage controller manages, for each client, the amount of information (total amount) in the packets sent and received for each packet pri... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7945696 | Differentiated routing using tunnels in a computer network In one embodiment, one or more tunnel mesh groups may be established in at least a portion of a computer network, where each tunnel mesh group corresponds to a differentiated routing profile. Traffic may then be received at the portion of the computer network, the t... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934016 | System and method for recognizing and assigning application-specific flows In one embodiment, an intermediate network device includes a communication facility configured to receive a reservation request message that includes a flow spec object. The flow spec object specifies one or more flow parameters that describe a given traffic flow th... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7908396 | Method and system for scheduling requests in a non-first in first out (FIFO) order in a network A method and a system for scheduling requests generated for a plurality of mobile devices in a communication network (100) has been disclosed. The requests are generated for a transmission opportunity. The method includes computing a sort metric (302) ... | 03/15/2011 |
| RE42212 | Protection system and method An anti-virus A protection system and method for use within a data transmission network to protect against the transfer of viruses from a transmission originator originator, having a discrete transmission originator code code, to a subscriber/recipient subscribe... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7870291 | Packet prioritization systems and methods using address aliases A switch fabric includes input links, output links, and at least one switching element. The input links are configured to receive data items that include destination addresses. At least some of the data items have different priority levels. The output links are conf... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865613 | Method and apparatus for integrating distributed shared services system Method and apparatus for integrating distributed shared services system which integrates web based applications with each other and with other centralized application to provide a single sign-on approach for authentication and authorization services for distributed ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853717 | System and apparatus for pre-routing network events A pre-routing software system for treating incoming network events according to event importance prior to agent-level routing in a communication center network is disclosed. The system includes at least one network interface for receiving incoming events, a parsing ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853716 | Data storage system having packet switching network with latency arbitration A data storage system having a packet switching network, a cache memory, and a plurality of directors, one portion of such directors being adapted for coupling to a host computer/server and another portion of the directors being adapted for coupling to a bank of dis... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7809856 | Prioritizing data transfers over data buses A computer system includes a host processor and a peripheral device coupled by an attachment bus. The peripheral device transfers data to the host processor over the attachment bus using at least two types of data transfers. The peripheral device includes a classify... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7783779 | Storage multipath management in a virtual computer system A virtual computer system, including one or more virtual machines (VMs), is connected to a redundant data storage system having multiple paths for routing data between the computer system and the data storage system. The VMs are supported by a kernel, which includes... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779155 | Method and systems for resource bundling in a communications network A method for resource bundling comprises receiving at a network policer (110) a plurality of data flows having different class of service (CoS) priority levels and processing the data flows while sharing a user allocated bandwidth between the different CoS pr... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7779156 | Reputation based load balancing Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors for efficiently processing communications based upon reputation of an entity associated with the communication. ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774498 | Methods and apparatus for trusted application centric QoS provisioning A security agent extends the trust barrier, or trust point, from network gateway nodes to end user devices. A security agent operable to scrutinize network traffic executes on the user device and compares QoS marking attempts with the established QoS marking policy ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769892 | System and method for handling indirect routing of information between supernodes of a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture A method, computer program product, and system are provided for selecting, from a plurality of routes through the data processing system, an indirect route for transmitting data. Data that includes address information is received at a first processor that is to be t... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769891 | System and method for providing multiple redundant direct routes between supernodes of a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture A method, computer program product, and system are provided for selecting, from a plurality of routes through the data processing system, a direct route for transmitting data. Data that includes address information is received at a first processor that is to be tran... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765322 | System for executing a multimedia resource A system for executing a multimedia resource, for use in an environment having a first multimedia resource comprising an associated first tag, a set of multimedia resources comprising an associated set of tags, an executing component for executing the first multimed... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7730206 | System and method for multi-layered network communications A multi-layered network for transporting data comprises a first network layer that provides a first session topology, and a second network layer that provides a second session topology. The second network layer uses the first network layer to transport data. In one ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7716366 | Enhancement of VRRP interface and router selection where an non-owner router is configured to respond to control and management messages addressed to an address associated with the virtual redundant router An enhanced virtual router redundancy protocol for manipulating master router selection within a network is disclosed. The use of a priority control policy and priority values take into account conditions and events that may distinguish the desirability of one route... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7676597 | Handling multiple network transport service levels with hardware and software arbitration An interface adapter for a packet network includes a first plurality of execution engines, coupled to a host interface so as to read from a memory work items corresponding to messages to be sent over the network, and to generate gather entries defining packets to be... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7668972 | System and method for multi-layered network communications A multi-layered network for transporting data comprises a first network layer that provides a first session topology, and a second network layer that provides a second session topology. The second network layer uses the first network layer to transport data. In one ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664876 | System and method for directing clients to optimal servers in computer networks A communication protocol includes one or more messages passed between Web routers over a reliable transmission protocol used for inter-Web router communication. These messages include information that allows the Web routers to dynamically update mappings of client a... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7653742 | Defining and detecting network application business activities Network applications are monitored by defining and detecting activities associated with the applications. Such activities are referred to as “business activities” in the sense that the activities are performed in the process of conducting business using applicat... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7610403 | Device retrieving a name of a communications node in a communications network In a network 101, a relay 104 makes a name search of a communication destination node 102d based on a request from a communication source node 102s according to a condition into which at least one or a plurality of informati... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7603481 | Dynamic routing through a content distribution network Methods, systems, and data structures are provided for dynamically routing a data packet through a Content Distribution Network (CDN). A routing table includes a desired path for a data packet and one or more alternative paths. Each path includes links and each link... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7584300 | Information processing system, mobile phone and information processing server An information processing server includes a server storage device in which plural objects are stored. Each object includes the unique information and the URL for accessing to an information processing server for updating. A mobile terminal transmits an install reque... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7571250 | Method and apparatus for distributing messages A procedure identifies multiple messages to distribute via a cable television network. The procedure determines first performance data associated with a downstream subnetwork and determines second performance data associated with an upstream subnetwork. The pluralit... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7565447 | Efficient use of communication channel for periodic/occasional lower-priority and/or opportunistic data exchanges A method for transferring data that includes the formulation of a set of criteria that includes a first subset of the criteria and a second subset of the criteria, the first subset of the criteria corresponding to one or more triggering events, the second subset of ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555563 | High-performance addressing and routing of data packets with semantically descriptive labels in a computer network A method, system and apparatus for routing data through a network based on the content or semantics of the data. Semantic routing engines route the data through the network based upon information maintained in routing tables. The routing tables used to route the con... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7555562 | Method and apparatus for mirroring traffic over a network A method and apparatus for mirroring traffic from a first network device to a second network device are disclosed. The method includes the selecting of one or more ingress frames from an ingress stream using mirror classification criteria; duplicating the one or mor... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7546379 | Application prioritization in a stateless protocol Techniques are disclosed that enable an application to prioritize its traffic in an application-specific manner, such that traffic which is most important to this application can be prioritized over traffic that is less important to this application, where this prio... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7516241 | Method and system for processing a service request associated with a particular priority level of service in a network data processing system using parallel proxies A proxy server is provided with a plurality of prioritized proxies configured in parallel. The proxy server can include 1-to-n proxy subunits, where “n” can vary depending on the total priority levels available for any given system. Each service (e.g., document-... | 04/07/2009 |
