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| 8190778 | Method and apparatus for network filtering and firewall protection on a secure partition A management virtual machine on a virtualization technology enabled platform includes a means for providing a firewall and deep packet inspection. An isolated secure partition is provided to host the management application and network packet filtering and firewall f... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190777 | Modular system for connecting multiple customer premises voice and data communications devices to a T1 data line An integrated system concurrently connects voice and data communications devices used by small and medium sized businesses to a network T1 data line terminating at the customer premises. A system chassis includes multiple slots and backplane connectors for removably... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185664 | System and method to restore maximum payload size in a network adapter Method and system for managing a maximum payload size (MPS) between a host system and an adapter is provided. The method includes storing a host maximum payload size (MPS) value of the host system as an adapter MPS value for the adapter operationally coupled to the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185663 | Mirroring storage interface A mirroring device includes an interface capable of coupling a primary storage array and a secondary storage array to a network. The interface further includes a logic that monitors traffic for a network packet destined for the primary storage array and selectively ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180923 | Network access control for many-core systems In a processor based system comprising a plurality of logical machines, selecting a logical machine of the system to serve as a host; the host communicating with a policy decision point (PDP) of a network to provision a data channel interconnecting the processor bas... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180925 | Service providing method and integrated circuit An application program relating to a process of an integrated circuit 21 is stored in a virtual integrated circuit 21 storage area server apparatus 13. Following a mutual authentication between the IC 21 and the virtual IC storage area se... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180924 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program for the same There is described information processing method and apparatus, which make it possible not only to suppress the maldistribution of the loads in the network system, but also to suppress the deterioration of the overall system performance. The apparatus that is capabl... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176206 | System and method for delivering modified conent A method of delivering content comprises receiving content in the form of an instruction set of a markup language, distorting the content according to predetermined parameters, and rendering the content. Apparatus for delivering the content are also disclosed. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171174 | Out-of-band characterization of server utilization via remote access card virtual media for auto-enterprise scaling A method for characterizing server utilization out-of-band via remote access card virtual media includes sending at least one preselected desired parameter comprising at least one of at least one performance parameter and at least one process parameter, and at least... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171175 | Methods and systems using data rate driven protocol accelerator for mobile devices By controlling whether operations are offloaded to a protocol stack hardware accelerator as a function of data rate, power consumption may be reduced, for example, when data rates result in fragmented or segmented data not suitable for processing by the stack hardwa... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161196 | Communication apparatus with exchangeable recording medium A mobile terminal capable of displaying data of e-mail etc. stored in an internal memory derived from usage by each user so that the difference of the users when acquiring the data becomes clear, wherein data of received mail acquired along with processing for recep... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161197 | Method and system for efficient buffer management for layer 2 (L2) through layer 5 (L5) network interface controller applications Method and system for efficient buffer management for layer 2 through layer 5 network interface controller applications are provided. Aspects of the method may comprise determining whether an active NIC connection is an L2 type, an L4 type, or an L5 type. At least o... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145795 | Distributed means of organizing an arbitrarily large number of computers A technique for organizing a plurality of computers such that message broadcast, content searching, and computer identification of the entire collection or a subset of the entire collection may be performed quickly without the use of a controlling computer. The tech... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140710 | Home link setting method, home gateway device, and mobile terminal A home gateway device having a home agent function selects communication interfaces other than the communication interface which has acquired network information for setting a home network to be home links, and appropriately sets the home link and a home agent by us... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135869 | Task scheduling to devices with same connection address Methods of scheduling tasks in computer systems architectures are disclosed. In one aspect, a method may include comparing a connection address of a first node with a connection address of a second node, determining that the connection address of the first node matc... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131881 | Completion coalescing by TCP receiver A method and system for completion coalescing by a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) receiver (e.g., in a TCP/IP offload engine (TOE)). The method comprises: processing inbound TCP segments; and performing completion processing of received TCP ACKS and/or RDMA Rea... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131879 | Use of ethernet frames for exchanging control and status information within an HPNA controller A method for providing control information between a host and a home phone line network via an Ethernet controller includes: determining if the control information is to be transmitted to the home phone line network or is received from the home phone line network; g... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131880 | Intelligent network interface device and system for accelerated communication An intelligent network interface card (INIC) or communication processing device (CPD) works with a host computer for data communication. The device provides a fast-path that avoids protocol processing for most messages, greatly accelerating data transfer and offload... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127045 | Dynamically configurable connection on demand Mechanisms to provide functionality that allows an electronic device to automatically use an appropriate network connection when an application requests access to a network resource. Initiation of the appropriate network connection may be determined based on context... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122155 | RDMA write completion semantics An RDMA Network Interface Controller (NIC) is operated to accomplish an RDMA WRITE operation initiated by an application operating on a host computing device to which the RDMA NIC is coupled for RDMA communication over a network with a peer device. The RDMA NIC rece... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108560 | Method and apparatus for managing data transfer in a computer memory The present invention relates to a method of transferring data from an application buffer to a network socket, in which memory usage faults are reduced. In one embodiment, the method for managing data transfer in a computer memory includes transferring data from an ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103800 | Method and apparatus for multi-chip address resolution lookup synchronization in a network environment A method of handling datagrams in a network device coupled to other network devices is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving an incoming datagram at a port of the network device, determining an egress port for the incoming datagram based on a destina... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099521 | Network interface card for use in parallel computing systems A network device comprises a controller that manages data flow through a network interconnecting a plurality of processors. The processors of the processor plurality comprise a local memory divided into a private local memory and a public local memory, a local cache... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095689 | Remote activation device for a computer A remote activation device for enabling WOL capability in a target computer that is not connected to a wired network is disclosed. The remote activation device is WOL compatible and simulates a network host computer using WOL technology for “waking-up” the targe... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095688 | Staging latency performances and orchestrating network resources with low latency requirements Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for orchestrating behavior of network resources while reducing latency. According to one embodiment, a system can comprise a first network resource communicatively coupled with a communications network. The ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090879 | Multiband communication device with graphical connection interface and methods for use therewith A communication device includes an RF transceiver for communicating first data with a first remote communication device via a first protocol and a first frequency band in a first mode of operation. A millimeter wave transceiver communicates second data with a second... | 01/03/2012 |
| RE43051 | Enabling a service provider to provide intranet services A method and system allows a service provider to provide Intranet services remotely by assigning private virtual servers to customers. Each customer addresses transmissions to one or more private virtual servers using private addresses from the customer's private In... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082368 | Display device for indicating connection statuses of a communication channel provided between two systems and method thereof A display device for indicating connection statuses of a communication channel between two systems is disclosed, the communication channel having a plurality of communication links. The display device comprises a detecting circuit coupled to the communication channe... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073980 | Methods and systems for automatic configuration of peripherals Peripherals and data processing systems are disclosed which can be configured to interact based upon sensor data. In one embodiment, a peripheral, which is configured to be used with a data processing system, includes an interface to couple the peripheral to the dat... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073979 | Enhanced network system through the combination of networking objects Reducing the cost of framing network packets in a virtual machine environment combines certain network objects to eliminate the cost of fully framing packets between the combined objects. In a virtual environment, for example, this allows a virtual NIC in one partit... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065439 | System and method for using metadata in the context of a transport offload engine A system, method, and related data structure are provided for transmitting data in a network. Included is a data object (i.e. metadata) for communicating between a first network protocol layer and a second network protocol layer. In use, the data object facilitates ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060656 | Method and apparatus for providing mobile and other intermittent connectivity in a computing environment A seamless solution transparently addresses the characteristics of nomadic systems, and enables existing network applications to run reliably in mobile environments. The solution extends the enterprise network, letting network managers provide mobile users with easy... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051212 | Network interface adapter with shared data send resources A network interface adapter includes an outgoing packet generator, adapted to generate an outgoing request packet for delivery to a remote responder responsive to a request submitted by a host processor and a network output port, coupled to transmit the outgoing req... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051213 | Method for server-directed packet forwarding by a network controller based on a packet buffer threshold A network controller improves load-balancing within a network system without requiring an intelligent switch having TCP splicing capability. The network controller forwards connections in response to directives from the connected server, permitting connection splici... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051214 | Laser data communication system A system and method are provided for accelerating data transfer between networked databases. First provided are a plurality of databases coupled by a network. At least one laser unit is coupled to each database. In operation, such laser units are capable of communic... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041841 | Protocol and interface for source-synchronous digital link Method and interface for configuring a link is described. A transceiver has configuration registers. The configuration registers are read to determine capability of the transceiver. An application is selected, and the configuration registers of the transceiver are c... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041840 | Industrial control system with autonomous web server An autonomous Web server may be connected to an industrial control system to provide direct access to input and output points through connections between the Web server and the input and output points. Coordination with the programmable logic controller is implement... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032658 | Computer architecture and process for implementing a virtual vertical perimeter framework for an overloaded CPU having multiple network interfaces Techniques and modes of operation for using network interfaces in a single or multi-CPU environment are disclosed. The techniques provide a virtual “vertical perimeter” framework suitable for processing data through multiple network interfaces assigned to a sing... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032659 | Method and apparatus for a shared I/O network interface controller A network interface controller is provided which is shareable by a plurality of operating system domains (OSDs) within their load-store architecture. The controller includes local resources for corresponding to the OSDs, and global resources corresponding to both th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032660 | Apparatus and method for managing subscription requests for a network interface component In some embodiments, a processor-based system may include at least one processor, at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, a network interface component, and a management controller. The management controller may be configured to receive informatio... | 10/04/2011 |
