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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373543 | Method and apparatus for uninterrupted packet transfer using replication over disjoint paths A method of operating a fault tolerant connection in a network is described. The network includes a number of network elements and a number of links. Each of the network elements is coupled to at least one other of the network elements by at least one of the links. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373487 | Controller with fail-safe function A master CPU and a slave CPU for processing data supplied from a detector unit, and a timer cleared by a clear signal supplied every predetermined time period from the master CPU when the operation of the master CPU is normal and adapted for supplying a reset signal... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373544 | Concept of zero network element mirroring and disaster restoration process There is provided a system and method of disaster restoration of service of damaged or destroyed telecommunication network elements. A controller component is configured to select a damaged or destroyed network element after a disaster event. An engine component is ... | 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 |
| 7373522 | Smart card with enhanced security features and related system, integrated circuit, and methods An integrated circuit (IC) may include at least one smart card memory for storing a set of default requests and at least one alternate request for each default request. The IC may further include a microprocessor connected to the at least one smart card memory for c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372804 | Multiplex communication system and method Disclosed are the multiplex communication system and the method therefore. A fault detection part of a duplex switching device detects it as generation of fault when recognizable signals are not detected from a connected line within a prescribed time. When the fault... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373376 | Method and system for evaluating quality of service over the internet A method of measuring performance of a transaction over a network. The transaction includes requesting information from an information source connected to the network and interacting with the information source. The method includes connecting a data acquisition agen... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373360 | Methods and apparatus that use contextual test number factors to assign test numbers In a method for assigning test numbers, current testflow context information is maintained during the execution of a testflow. If one or more test number factors have been specified for one or more levels of the current testflow context, the test number factors are ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373380 | Methods and systems for configuration and dynamically switching between network communication architectures The disclosure relates to a multi-user application that is configured to operate in various network communication configurations and that can dynamically change communication configurations during an online session of the application. One of the network communicatio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373549 | Error detection and recovery in a storage driver A command is received, at a network storage driver, from an operating system storage stack, wherein the command is for communication with a target storage device over a connection across a network. The command is selectively executed, a plurality of times over the c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373545 | Fault tolerant computer system A fault-tolerant computer system includes at least two servers, each of which is configured to perform a first set of operations. Each of the two servers communicate with a computer that does not perform the first set of operations. In the event of a failure of a co... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370119 | Scalable MPLS fast reroute switchover with reduced complexity A Fast Reroute implementation suitable for use in a label switched router. Reroute from protected tunnels to backup tunnels may be achieved in constant time irrespective of the numbers of protected forwarding equivalence classes and protected tunnels. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370241 | Device, system and method for predictive failure analysis A large population of mass-produced devices (80) such as a particular model of computer hard disk drive, are distributed around the world. Each device (80) includes an arrangement for collecting failure analysis data of the device (50). Each dev... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370223 | System and method for managing clusters containing multiple nodes In clusters of multiprocessor systems it is important that these processor nodes are aware of each others availability and performance capabilities. In highly available systems using these multiprocessor systems there needs to be a method to dynamically bring nodes ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370236 | Method for remotely diagnosing devices A method for diagnosing devices via a remote testing device (1) which is connectable to devices (31 to 34) to be diagnosed via a communication network (2) is proposed, wherein said diagnosing is performed by exchangi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370227 | Desktop computer blade fault identification system and method A method and system for remotely isolating faults in computer network devices coupled to a computer network. A plurality of first computer units are coupled to the computer network. The plurality of first computer units are located on a user side of the computer net... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370102 | Managing recovery of service components and notification of service errors and failures A method and apparatus for providing management and maintenance to a node within a data communications network and to the composite data communications network. A network management application is started on a host which may be located at a network operation center.... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370101 | Automated testing of cluster data services Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for testing a data service on a computing cluster having several computing nodes. A test package is installed on a test administration machine and on one or more of the com... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370099 | Cluster computing system and its failover method A cluster computing system includes an active system and a standby system connected via wire networks. The active system and the standby system each has a wireless communications apparatus, such that when all of the wire networks connecting the active system with th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370224 | System and method for enabling redundancy in PCI-Express architecture A method and system is provided to enable redundancy in the communication between a plurality of peripheral devices and redundant hosts through redundant switches. The peripheral devices and the host are connected through a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369648 | Apparatus and method for PBX-integrated unified messaging services on a switched backbone PBX-integrated unified messaging capabilities are provided via a switched backbone (such as the Internet) without having to install or deploy on-premise unified messaging equipment. A Corporate Communication Platform (“CCP”) typically located within a corporate ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370229 | Storage system and setting method for storage configuration information Pairs are formed from a plurality of dispersed volumes and copying between the volumes is conducted by a series of remote operations from a management server. A management server 10 instructs the generation of configuration setting files 23, 30 to host... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370233 | Verification of desired end-state using a virtual machine environment An integrity verification manager (101) verifies the integrity of a backup (102) of a computer (103). The integrity verification manager (101) audits the computer (103), and stores information (107) concerning items of inter... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370225 | System and method for communicating a software-generated pulse waveform between two servers in a network A method of monitoring a status condition of a first server with a second server in a server network, and also providing synchronization and messaging between the two servers, the method including: transmitting a software-generated pulse waveform from the first serv... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370072 | System and method for collecting electronic evidence data A system and method for automatically locating, identifying, and collecting electronic evidence data stored in a number of computers. In one embodiment, a method of the present invention collects electronic evidence data from a plurality of computers and stores the ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370226 | System and method for communicating a software-generated pulse waveform between two servers in a network A method of monitoring a status condition of a first server with a second server in a server network, and also providing synchronization and messaging between the two servers, the method including: transmitting a software-generated pulse waveform from the first serv... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370083 | System and method for providing virtual network attached storage using excess distributed storage capacity A system and method are disclosed for using free storage capacity on a plurality of storage media as a virtual storage device on a computer network comprising a plurality of computers. A first portion of each storage medium stores data. To implement Virtual Network ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366945 | Method of setting backup of home location register The present invention discloses a method for backup of Home Location Register (HLR), comprising: configuring a universal HLR as a disaster recovery center HLR which is to backup many HLRs, establishing network connection and loading user data to disaster recovery ce... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366889 | Computer cluster control network comprising a first network to communicate control data and a second network to communicate non-control data between processing nodes Apparatus and a method for booting each of a plurality of computer processor nodes in a cluster system to run the same cluster operating system. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366960 | Use of incarnation number for resource state cycling In a server cluster, a system and method is provided for mitigating redundant resource failure notifications and other problems resulting from late handling of messages. Traditional resource management can result in the generation of redundant resource failure notif... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7367020 | Executable radio software system and method An executable radio software system including a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer. The core framework layer includes isolated platform dependent code in one or more files for a number of different platforms each selec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366102 | Fault isolation system and method A fault isolation system and method. A hierarchical numbering system is applied to devices within a cable network. Each subscriber is associated with a “last active device” or “LAD” providing service to that subscriber. The numbering system provides “genea... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366145 | Fast recovery from unusable home server The invention discloses performing a care of address registration of a mobile node at a home server unit of a home network of the mobile node. The home network comprises a plurality of home server units which are arranged to maintain a binding between a home address... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366954 | Data transfer device and abnormal transfer state detecting method A data transfer device comprises a unit for collecting data of a control state by monitoring the control state of a circuit which controls communications protocols within the local device, and a unit for detecting an abnormal state of a data transfer based on the co... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366521 | Distributed identity server for use in a telecommunication switch A controller for allocating call identity values to call connections associated with a switch, wherein the switch handles call connections between calling devices and called devices on trunk lines associated with the switch. The controller comprises N call applicati... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366755 | Method and apparatus for affinity of users to application servers A method and apparatus route hypertext protocol requests to one of a plurality of application servers, which share a database through a backend database management system. The application servers store session data in the database. Hence, if a subsequent request is ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366857 | Internal disk array mirror architecture A disk array having an internal mirror architecture may include: a plurality of disk drives configured to provide a primary logical storage device (LDEV), a first instance of an internally-mirroring secondary LDEV and a second instance of an internally-mirroring sec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7363418 | Data storage system volume matrix A volume matrix is established including host devices on a host computer and virtual devices and logical devices on a data storage system. Each host device/virtual device (H/V) pair has a user-visible primary address range to serve as a primary H/V pair on a primary... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363316 | Systems and methods for organizing and mapping data A system and method is provided for organizing and mapping data. In exemplary embodiments, a copy of at least one first data block created from a first computing device is generated. A copy of one or more second data blocks created from one or more second computing ... | 04/22/2008 |
