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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185662 | Using end-to-end credit flow control to reduce number of virtual lanes implemented at link and switch layers A method and circuit for implementing enhanced transport layer flow control, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The transport layer provides multiple virtual lanes to application layers, and provides buffering and credit contro... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171173 | Method and apparatus for managing delivery of media content A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to select a portion of content servers among a plurality of content servers for delivery of media content to the set top box, where the selecti... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166204 | Systems and methods for automatically placing nodes in an ad hoc network A system may place nodes (110) within a non-biconnected network (100) that includes multiple interconnected nodes (110) to achieve biconnectivity within the network (100) and transform the network (100) from a non-biconnected one t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166205 | Overlay transport virtualization In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more internal interfaces in communication with one or more network devices in a first network site through a Layer 2 link, an overlay interface in communication through a Layer 3 link with a core network connected to o... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8135868 | Method and apparatus for processing messages An apparatus and a method for transforming Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages is provided. The method comprises receiving and transmitting Extensible Markup Language (XML) format SOAP messages by using an application protocol and TCP/IP, a message compris... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131878 | Selective disruption of data transmission to sub-networks within a processing unit network A network of processing units having at least one switch that allows disruption of the network between a first and a second processing units is provided. Disruption of the network by means of the switch effectively disconnects the first processing unit from the netw... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8103798 | Gateway for connecting networks of different types and system for charging fees for communication between networks of different types A gateway for connecting networks of different types is designed to connect a first network and a second network that uses a signal format and a protocol that are different from those of the first network. The gateway comprises a conversion section, a detection sect... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103799 | Delivering multimedia services Disclosed is a scalable, hierarchical, distributed network architecture and processes for the delivery of high-performance, end-to-end online multimedia services, including Internet services such as World Wide Web access. The network architecture connects a high-spe... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095687 | Systems and methods for managing state in a cluster of servers The present invention provides systems and methods that can be used to manage state on a cluster comprising a plurality of application servers. A system according to one aspect of the invention comprises a plurality of application servers each of which is equipped t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8078763 | Dequeuing and congestion control systems and methods for single stream multicast A system that processes single stream multicast data includes multiple queues, a dequeue engine, and/or a queue control engine. The queues temporarily store data. At least one of the queues stores single stream multicast data. A multicast count is associated with th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073977 | Internet telephony through hosts Systems of the invention employ peer-to-peer and centralized server networking to enable POTS/PSTN/PBX phone lines to be shared with other users of the system over the Internet. An example application of the invention is to allow a person, having access to an Intern... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073978 | Proximity guided data discovery Techniques are described for sharing content among peers. Locality domains are treated as first order network units. Content is located at the level of a locality domain using a hierarchical DHT in which nodes correspond to locality domains. A peer searches for a gi... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065438 | Modification to ASpath elements In one or more embodiments, an architecture is provided that may intercept a route update message and compare AS numbers of an AS path with a list of AS numbers known or inferred to be problematic. In one or more embodiments, the problematic AS numbers can be substi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060655 | User interface for customer premises communications gateway A user interface is provided for an apparatus located at a customer premises location that manages routing of network services to communication endpoints at the customer premises location. The apparatus aggregates network traffic for the customer premises location a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055802 | Open service gateway initiative-based home gateway apparatus and device registration method thereof An OSGi-based home gateway apparatus and a device register method includes a device detecting unit which detects at least one legacy device which does not load a controllable middleware from a plurality of home devices connected to the home network; an outside netwo... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051211 | Multi-bridge LAN aggregation A method and system for multi-bridge LAN aggregation is disclosed. The method includes aggregating a plurality of LANs coupling a host to a first and a second intermediate network device. The system includes an intermediate network device. The intermediate network d... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051210 | Server with LAN switch that connects ports based on connection information received from first and second LANs A server includes a processor, a memory, and a plurality of interfaces for outputting server status information. A LAN switch includes a first port configured to be coupled to a first LAN, a second port configured to be coupled to a second LAN, and a plurality of in... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8024486 | Converting data from a first network format to non-network format and from the non-network format to a second network format A system including a first node configured to receive first data in a first format that specifies a network destination for the first data and convert the first data to second data in a second format that does not specify a network destination for the second data an... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7984191 | Updating parameters in a bridged multistandard home network The invention relates to the field of home networks, in particular to the connection of two home networks of different types via a gateway. The network appliances in the network of the first type are also intended to be able to control the network appliances in the ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979585 | System and method to associate a private user identity with a public user identity The inventive system includes a host, a network including a security gateway, and a public application. Established are an access session between the network and the host and an application session between the public application and the network. An application sessi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975073 | Middleware server for interfacing communications, multimedia, and management systems Disclosed herein is a middleware server for interfacing a Multipoint Conferencing Unit (MCU) with a communication system and/or a management system within the context of an organization. The middleware server uses modular architecture, making the middleware server h... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970947 | Tactical targeting network technology small form factor user system The present invention is directed to a small size and light weight small form factor user system suitable for having TTNT connectivity which consumes minimum power to operate. The small form factor user system having TTNT connectivity may be capable of interacting i... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970948 | Packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chains In an embodiment, a network router includes plural interfaces and a chain walker which, upon receipt of a first protocol packet in a first interface, processes the packet by walking the packet through a decapsulation chain associated with the interface and the first... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7958271 | Method and system for radio frequency management in a mesh network with a path distance factor A method and system for radio frequency management (RFM) in a mesh network using a path distance factor (PDF) is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method, comprises calculating a path distance factor (PDF) between a first mesh router and... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7937498 | Federated multiprotocol communication Methods, apparatus, and business techniques are disclosed for use in distributed communication systems comprising a plurality of communication protocols. In one embodiment a first air interface is used to initiate communication between a wireless client and a remote... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925793 | Reconfigurable test system There is disclosed a reconfigurable network test system. The reconfigurable test system may include a plurality of test modules, a plurality of network interface units, a plurality of bypass units, and a multi-port switch. Each of the network interface units may hav... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7904599 | Synchronization and auditing of zone configuration data in storage-area networks Many storage-area networks (SANs) are structured so that an end-user or client-computer can access data on one or more target storage devices through a storage router and a separate Fiber Channel (FC) switch. However, the conventional use of a separate FC switch to ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7873749 | Delivering multimedia services Disclosed is a scalable, hierarchical, distributed network architecture and processes for the delivery of high-performance, end-to-end online multimedia services, including Internet services such as World Wide Web access. The network architecture connects a high-spe... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7865622 | Updating parameters in a bridged multistandard home network The invention relates to the field of home networks, in particular to the connection of two home networks of different types via a gateway. The network appliances in the network of the first type are also intended to be able to control the network appliances in the ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7865621 | Open settlement protocol bridge for multi-network voice connections A bridge for multi-network communications is provided. A voice bridge includes an open settlement protocol (OSP) compliant interface for establishing inter-domain voice connections. The voice bridge facilitates connections between OSP compliant and non-OSP compliant... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7849224 | Method and apparatus for implementing a mobile server Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting data from remote server device to a computer module in a vehicle. A request for data is transmitted from the computer module over an in-vehicle network to an in-vehicle communications gateway module. The request fo... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844741 | Gateway A work flow manager (1) of a gateway comprises a process automation component (2), a policy engine (3), and a traffic gateway (4). The work flow manager (1) communicates via the internet (5) over IP with content providers ( | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840712 | Hybrid internet protocol encryptor/decryptor bypass device A system (706, 714) is provided for a network signaling bypass around a cryptographic device (1008, 1108). The system is comprised of an interface (1002, 1102) configured to receive a plurality of packets and communicate the packets that are of ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7831736 | System and method for supporting VLANs in an iSCSI Systems and methods for providing VLAN support in an iSCSI environment are disclosed. The systems and methods support associating multiple SCSI routing components in a storage router with multiple VLANs. Target devices on a storage area network are thus only present... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827317 | Apparatus for management of mixed protocol storage networks The invention provides improvements on a digital data processing system of the type having a first set of hosts, storage devices or other components coupled for communication with a first network manager. A second set of components is likewise coupled to a second ne... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7814232 | Network address translation with gateway load distribution Gateway and NAT services to a single host or large number of hosts on a local network using a redundancy group having gateway devices. A pool of unique IP addresses are partitioned into address blocks, one of which is assigned to a gateway device. Using the unique I... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809860 | System, method and apparatus that isolate virtual private network (VPN) and best effort traffic to resist denial of service attacks A network architecture in accordance with the present invention includes a communication network that supports one or more network-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The communication network includes a plurality of boundary routers that are connected by access ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802016 | Gateway unit for connecting sub-networks, in particular in vehicles A gateway unit for connecting subsystems, in vehicles in particular, in which at least one modular logical software gateway is used which routes messages between precisely two subnets, thus providing only one individual connection pathway. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797459 | Access independent common architecture for real-time communications services for networking environments An access architecture for real-time communications is described. The architecture includes an inter-architecture network utilizing a single protocol, a plurality of border elements in communication with the inter-architecture network and with an external network, a... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793003 | Systems and methods for integrating microservers with a network interface device A network interface device has an isolation device adapted to isolate a transport medium internal to a customer premises from a transport medium external to the customer premises such that operational changes to one of the internal and external transport media do no... | 09/07/2010 |
