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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7200104 | Method for restoring a virtual path in an optical network using 1+1 protection A method for restoring a virtual path, provisioned between a source and a target node, in a zoned mesh optical network is described. The method, in one embodiment, allocates a primary and a secondary physical path to the virtual path. The two physical paths are netw... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200674 | Electronic commerce community networks and intra/inter community secure routing implementation The present invention includes devices and methods to establish networks of communities, route documents among communities having dissimilar interfaces and do so in a trusted and trustworthy manner. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the cl... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197573 | System and method for identifying addresses to modify and the effects thereof A system and method identifies ranges of addresses that can be reallocated and/or split to cause traffic to be redirected in a network to reduce the utilization of the most utilized links in an autonomous system. The system and method then identifies the utilization... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197668 | Network wide debugging including node debugging information in the GAT IE of a PNNI Signaling Message A method for debugging failure nodes of a network connection by providing node debugging information for a failure node in a connection failure message of a signaling protocol. The connection failure message, which indicates a failed network connection, is forwarded... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197556 | Location-based identification for use in a communications network A method and apparatus for implementing location-based identification in a communication network. The method comprises establishing a network connection between a host and a network, transmitting network data packets from the host through a connection port, transmit... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197763 | Authentication in a communication system Method and apparatus for providing Cellular Authentication Voice Encryption (CAVE) messages in an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) format. The CAVE messages are sent via an EAP transport mechanism. The Mobile Station (MS) is able to use a common authenticati... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194529 | Method and apparatus for the delivery and integration of an asset management system into an existing enterprise network An asset management server for a network of an enterprise. The enterprise has one or more assets and two or more data sources and each source has a unique name for each asset. The server determines from an incoming message from the data sources about the assets whic... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194502 | Network interface card using physical layer microcontroller and method of operation There is disclosed an apparatus for controlling a physical layer interface of a network interface card. The apparatus comprises: 1) a read only memory (ROM) for storing an embedded control program; 2) a random access memory for storing a downloadable software contro... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191259 | Method and apparatus for fast integer within-range compare A fast with-in range comparator is implemented in digital logic. A packet arrives at a device for processing. Initial packet data that is available in a first read cycle, is used to compute data that is necessary for later cycles. The initial data and the subsequent... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188201 | Storage system The present invention unitarily manages the configuration change of a storage system so as to know the latest configuration, and evaluates the reliability in advance when the configuration is changed so that the generation of a failure is suppressed. When the host | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185106 | Providing services for multiple virtual private networks A network device provides services for multiple virtual private networks (VPNs) via one or more virtual hosts. For example, a router receives packets from multiple VPNs, and communicates the packets to a service card via a logical interface in accordance with a forw... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185109 | Recursive discovery of CDP type of nodes in a network of various node types A method and system is disclosed for automatically discovering Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) nodes a network in real time. The discover process transmits a signal from a network manager to a first CDP node of the network. The signal requests information regarding a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185072 | Topology information automatic configuration method and its topology information automatic configuration system A topology information automatic configuration method for configuring topology information indicating how to connect each equipment, based on configuration information, including IP address and subnet mask, established for every interface of each equipment connected... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185077 | Methods and apparatus for managing the arrangement of nodes in a network The invention is directed to techniques for managing a network of nodes by automatically configuring the arrangement of nodes in the network. A network manager in a node selects a group of nodes and compares network metrics for each node in the group, such as a bott... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185026 | Method for synchronizing read/unread data during LOTUS NOTES database migration A method for preserving the read/unread data when a database associated with an email program is moved from a source database to a destination database comprising a Migration Program (MP). The MP addresses the problem of the integrity of the association between the ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185108 | Information processing apparatus having reply priority and method thereof An information processing apparatus for replying to an inquiry from a customer in accordance with a reply priority and method therefore. In this information processing apparatus, the reply to the inquiry from the customer is done in accordance with the reply priorit... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181492 | Transfer of an internet chat session between servers A customer is transferred from a first Internet chat session on a first server to a second Internet chat session on a second server without the customer having to take any action whatsoever. The second server may be the same server as the first server or may be diff... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181498 | Community-based green list for antispam A community-based “green list” (CGL) message filter for mail service providers. The CGL filtering enables trusted messages to be delivered directly into a user's inbox folder and other messages to be delivered to other folders associated with the user. The CGL f... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181530 | Rogue AP detection A method of detecting a rogue access point is disclosed. A message is directed from a supplicant to a network through an access point. A network response message is received by the supplicant from the access point. A step of determining whether the access point is o... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181532 | Scalable policy server A method and apparatus for establishing communication (across a network) between a first network device and a second network device apply policy data received from a policy device (e.g., a policy server), thus offloading significant functionality from the policy dev... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180866 | Rerouting in connection-oriented communication networks and communication systems A Private Network-Network Interface (PNNI) network including interconnected nodes is defined as a single rerouting domain (“global domain”) and the global domain is further defined by multiple divided domains (“local domains”). Each of the local domains is d... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181533 | Method for verifying newly provisioned customer network route advertisements Route advertisement requests made by a customer are received at route provisioning center (20) to effect either advertisement of a newly provisioned route or withdrawal of an existing route. In the case of a request to advertise a newly provisioned route, the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181614 | Method and arrangement in a communication network The present invention relates to establishing security within an ad hoc network. Such ad hoc networks do not have on-line connections to a particular server for getting desired public keys or certificates, thereby requiring them to create trust relations among their... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181535 | Addressing method and name and address server in a digital network In a digital telecommunications network having first and second addressing zones, a name and address server in the first addressing zone receiving from a first address of the first zone, assigned to a source machine, a request to provide an address in relation to th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177946 | Optimal sync for rapid spanning tree protocol An optimization to the rapid spanning tree protocol (RSTP) is presented. An intermediate network device configured in accordance with the present invention preferably includes a plurality of ports for receiving and forwarding messages and a spanning tree protocol (S... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177950 | Synchronization and recovery of peers in a peer to peer environment A method is provided for use in a computer system that is operating in a peer-to-peer environment. The peer-to-peer environment has a host peer and at least one non-host peer. The method of the invention is used to order the operation requests of the peers so that o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177951 | Address management in PNNI hierarchical networks Address management methods and apparatus are provided for a node serving as peer group leader for a peer group of nodes in one level of the hierarchy of a PNNI hierarchical network, whereby the peer group leader represents the peer group to one or more neighboring n... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177267 | Hardware monitoring and configuration management A transmission system is provided. The system includes a hardware monitor adapted to collect performance information about associated hardware components, a system information database adapted to refresh based on the collected performance information and to generate... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177318 | Method and apparatus for managing multicast data on an IP subnet A communication system, in one embodiment, has set top boxes that the have the ability to monitor the subnet to which they are coupled. A multicast router couples one or more groups, such as groups of video programs, to the set top boxes as requested by the set top ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177909 | Method and system for content driven electronic messaging A method and system of electronic messaging is disclosed in which the electronic messaging system is configured such that the message content contains information which will drive the routing decision process. The message itself can be prioritized and routed to a pr... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177941 | Increasing TCP re-transmission process speed An RNIC implementation that performs direct data placement to memory where all segments of a particular connection are aligned, or moves data through reassembly buffers where all segments of a particular connection are non-aligned. The type of connection that cuts-t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174382 | Interest-based connections in peer-to-peer networks Peers (p) monitor responses received from other peers (s, q) to requests for information and rate the responding peers on their ability to provide information of interest. When a responding peer (s) is discovered to frequently provide good results, the requesting pe... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171490 | Method and apparatus for reducing the number of write operations during route updates in pipelined forwarding engines A method and apparatus for reducing the number of write operations during route updates in router forwarding engines eliminates “excess” (i.e., “redundant”) writes to the routing trie. One or more writes are “redundant” with respect to another write if t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171491 | Methods and apparatus for managing data distribution in a network The invention is directed to techniques for managing data distribution in a network. A source or root node distributes data (e.g., video data) throughout a network of nodes by distributing data from parent to child through a tree of nodes. The nodes distribute the d... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170869 | Method and system for applying a multi-protocol label switching network in general packet radio service The present invention discloses a method for applying a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network in general packet radio service (GPRS). The MPLS network is established by multiple differentiated service (DS) domains. Each DS domain is constructed by multiple l... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171463 | System and method for denoting and communicating with computer network mobile sites A system for, and method of, denoting and communicating with a computer network site and a computer network incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) an address parser that makes a determination of whether the site is a mobi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167922 | Method and apparatus for providing automatic ingress filtering Disclosed is a method for routing data packets, as is a data packet router (10) that operates in accordance with the invention. The method includes establishing an ingress filter (20) in individual ones of a plurality of line cards (14) installe... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162539 | System and method for discovering information objects and information object repositories in computer networks An address of an information object repository that should service a client request for an information object is returned in response to a request therefor. The address of the information object repository which is returned is selected according to specified perform... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162540 | Method and system for prioritizing network services A method, system and computer program product of prioritizing network services is provided. Such prioritization may comprise a better level of service, more timely system response and/or preferential treatment of traffic. In an embodiment, prioritization is controll... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158508 | Setting up calls over circuit and packet-switched resources on a network A method of setting up calls over circuit-switched and packet-switched resources on a single network having the steps of receiving a request from a user for a call having one or more resources, and allocating the one or more resources among packet-switched, resource... | 01/02/2007 |
