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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190948 | Handling out of order I/O using temporal relationships of transmitted data Maintaining an ordering of transmitted data includes associating a sequence number with each element of the transmitted data, where the sequence number indicates a temporal relationship between different ones of the elements. Maintaining an ordering also includes ma... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8140896 | System and method for downloading system program A system and method thereof are provided. The example method may include downloading first information, from a host device, associated with an operation of a non-volatile memory and downloading second information associated with an operation of the system including ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132048 | Systems and methods to efficiently schedule commands at a memory controller Systems and methods to respond to schedule commands at a memory controller are disclosed. A transmission error between a first memory controller port and a first redrive device may be detected. A first corrective action may be initiated at the first memory controlle... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8090986 | System module and data relay method A system module includes a plurality of processors, and a system controller that is connected to the processors via a first transmission line and relays a packet from each of the processors to another system module via a second transmission line in a multiprocessor ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078911 | Error recovery for application-level intermediaries Error handling in the intermediation of one-way transacted messages. Rather than receiving an inbound message under a transaction, the intermediary performs a non-destructive exclusive read of the message from the source outside of a transaction. Routing logic is ap... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7945813 | Automated delayed message redelivery Method and system are disclosed for redelivering failed messages in asynchronous communication systems. The methods and systems automatically delay redelivery of such failed messages in order to allow required system resources to become available. In one implementat... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937619 | Fine grained failure detection in distributed computing A client sends a request message to a process hosted by a remote server via a middleware service, wherein the request message specifies a procedure for the process to execute. The client waits a predetermined time period to receive a response message from the proces... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7913115 | Core file transfer A core file that may be generated when a data storage system encounters a problem can be automatically and securely sent to a remote (e.g., offsite) support enterprise. Moreover, given the size of such files and the additional requirements associated with sending su... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7779299 | Efficiently re-starting and recovering synchronization operations between a client and server Systems, methods and computer program products for efficiently re-starting and/or recovering interrupted synchronizations between a client and a server are described herein. A server transmits sync data to a client during a synchronization operation. The sync is int... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7765430 | Device and method to enhance availability of cluster-based processing systems An electronic computing device including at least one processing unit that implements a specific fault signal upon experiencing an associated fault, a control unit that generates a specific recovery signal upon receiving the fault signal from the at least one proces... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7739237 | Data input routing after failure Data associated with a plurality of transactions in a data replication system including first and second nodes connected via communication media in a topology is replicated. Each node includes a database and a replication engine which performs data replication funct... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7707457 | Completing an interrupted data replication operation Apparatus and method to improve the speed, scalability, robustness and dynamism of multicast data transfers to remote computers. Many Grid Computing applications, such as Genomics, Proteomics, Seismic, Risk Management, etc., require a priori transfer of sets of file... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7644307 | Functional validation of a packet management unit A validation system is disclosed for validating function of a packet-management unit operationally coupled through a system interface to a processing unit of a processor system. The validation system comprises a user interface for creating an inputting test paramete... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7620847 | Network-based service for the repair of IP multicast sessions A system and method are disclosed for the repair of IP multicast sessions. A repair server polls multiple transmit servers to accumulate as many of the packets missing from the multicast session as possible. A network includes a source of multicast packets in a mult... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7590888 | Receiving device and transmitting device for determining errors in transmission A receiving device which received segments out of sequence identifies a lost segment among the segments to be received successively and transmits an acknowledgement including the number of lost segments as an advertised window size. By substituting either one of a t... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7590889 | Network-based service for the repair of IP multicast sessions A system and method are disclosed for the repair of IP multicast sessions. A repair server polls multiple transmit servers to accumulate as many of the packets missing from the multicast session as possible. A network includes a source of multicast packets in a mult... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7558983 | Electronic mail server with facsimile transmission on electronic mail transmission failure To reduce workload on an Internet facsimile machine on the transmission side, and to execute a retransmission processing promptly and reliably, an electronic mail server device includes a function for receiving an electronic mail, a function for transmitting the rec... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7484120 | Dual protocol layer automatic retransmission request scheme for wireless air interface A base station, mobile station, and/or other terminal device includes physical layer (layer 1) protocol and link layer (layer 2) protocol that both include automatic retransmission request (ARQ) operations. The physical layer and link layer include enh... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7457984 | Method and system for rollback-free failure recovery of multi-step procedures Disclosed is a rollback-free method for performing multi-step procedures in the presence of possible failure. As the procedure proceeds from its initial state through transitions to its final state, its constituent transitions are monitored for failure. If a failure... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454655 | Autonomic recovery of PPRC errors detected by PPRC peer A method for initiating a data storage facility recovery process in a data processing system having a first peer data storage facility and a second peer data storage facility communicating with the first peer data storage facility by a communication link. The method... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7434094 | Remote copy processing method, program, and system According to a copy instruction from a host, a session in which entire or partial data of a primary volume of a first RAID device of the copy source is transferred and copied to the same position of a secondary volume of a second RAID device of the copy destination ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430740 | Process group resource manager A process group resource manager for managing protected resources during transaction processing is disclosed. The process group resource manager comprises a first process configured to provide access to a protected resource during one or more transactions, the first... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426671 | Re-transmission controlling method and wireless communication terminal apparatus A re-transmission controlling method and a wireless communication terminal are provided to prevent a transitional high-load state on the data receiving side in a wireless transmission system employing the HSDPA method, for example. In the case where a correct data p... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7406497 | Proxy apparatus and method for streaming media information and for increasing the quality of stored media information A proxy apparatus and method for streaming media information via at least one network and for building-up a good quality version of the media information. When a user device communicates with the proxy apparatus using a particular bandwidth and requests that media i... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398421 | System and method for storage area network switch port failure recovery Systems and methods for storage area network switch port failure recovery. A system may include several hosts, storage devices and a storage area network (SAN) switch. The SAN switch may include several ports, where each host is coupled to a respective host port and... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386761 | Diagnostic repair system and method for computing systems A diagnostic system and method for repairing computing devices comprises a diagnostic application running on a same computing system having a failed operating system (O/S). The diagnostic application is provided with access to the file system of the failed O/S image... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386596 | High performance storage access environment The present invention provides improved techniques for managing storage resources, such as disk drives, I/O ports, and the like in a network based storage system according to a user position within the network. Embodiments according to the present invention can prov... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382733 | Method for handling reordered data packets The present invention provides a method for handling reordered data packets. A method comprises receiving a data packet and determining if the data packet is received out of order. The method further comprises delaying transmission of an acknowledgement indicating t... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373390 | Disk subsystems and their integrated system An asynchronous remote copy system which can ensure the data renewal order and data integrity of the disk subsystems. The system provides for data mirroring by a main center having a gateway and a remote center having a gateway, and storage systems in each center co... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373555 | Systems and methods controlling transaction draining for error recovery Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling transaction draining for error recovery comprising asserting a control signal to prevent system resources associated with a particular error from issuing new requests, dropping transactions tracked by an out-of-order... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373553 | Computer support network with customer portal to monitor incident-handling status by vendor's computer service system Customer support personnel can access via a vendor's portal an automated support vendor website to view the status of a fault incident that is being handled by the vendor's automated support system. In an illustrated embodiment, the customer can actually alter the s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370129 | Retry strategies for use in a streaming environment Strategies are described for performing retry analysis in an environment which involves the transmission of media information from a source module to a target module. In the context of the source module, the retry analysis determines whether the source module should... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362707 | System and method for determining flow quality statistics for real-time transport protocol data flows A system and method for determining flow quality statistics for real-time transport protocol (RTP) data flows is disclosed. Generally, a first endpoint is connected to a second endpoint, wherein the first endpoint comprises a transceiver, software stored within the ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363540 | Transaction-safe FAT file system improvements Concepts for enhancing operation of transaction-safe file allocation table systems are described. The concepts include writing a file to non-volatile memory media and rendering an update of file size to the TFAT storage medium; and receiving a request to locate data... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363539 | Restoring communication sessions and components with state information A method is described in which a computing system creates an object containing information that describes a reference. The reference is used to implement a communication session. The computing system serializes the object into a byte stream. The computing system cau... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363569 | Correcting for data losses with feedback and response A digital content transmission and reception system that uses feedback and retransmission of missing content is described. A content transmission system broadcasts a complete set of digital content to a plurality of content reception systems via a communication link... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363359 | Element management system with automatic remote backup of network elements' local storage An element management system that can itself be used to perform automatic remote backup of the network elements. A backup procedure is launched on a programmed schedule, to maintain a centrally located copy of the local data stored in the network elements (or their ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359919 | Reliable request-response messaging over a request-response transport A reliable request-response mechanism allows a requesting computer system and a responding computer system in an established end-to-end connection to send and receive messages in a manner that the responding computer system processes a request as intended by the req... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355758 | Automated facsimile monitoring and displaying methods and related systems Automated facsimile monitoring methods, systems, and computer program products can track response data from multiple facsimiles sent to different locations and generate electronically accessible failure reports to allow for error or faults to be tracked and assessed... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356712 | Method of dynamically assigning network access priorities A method of dynamically assigning network access privileges is disclosed to define a privilege parameter table according to the access request command. A corresponding weighted parameter is assigned according to the privilege parameter table. Through a sorting mecha... | 04/08/2008 |
