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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190697 | Automated configuration of device communication settings Automatically configurable master and slave devices in a master/slave multi-drop serial network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the devices and network utilize the Modbus serial communications protocol over a serial multi-drop network, such as an RS-232 or RS-485 ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8073923 | Wireless network system and wireless communication program Upon receipt of a network connection request, a CPU core of a game device randomly sets a master device search period, and searches for a master device or a temporary master device until the master device search period ends. When the master device search period ends... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8041773 | Automatic clustering for self-organizing grids Computational grids have traditionally not scaled effectively due to administrative hurdles to resource and user participation. Most production grids are essentially multi-site supercomputer centers, rather than truly open and heterogeneous sets of resources that ca... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7831679 | Guiding sensing and preferences for context-sensitive services A sensing and context management architecture that can detect that a user is interacting with a given device and in an associated context, and in response thereto, manages device processes as the user moves from device to device, location to location, and/or context... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7792915 | Content distribution overlay network and methods for operating same in a P2P network A method, system and architecture for operating a content distribution overlay network in conjunction with a peer-to-peer network is provided. The method includes receiving a request for content at a content node from a requesting node of the peer-to-peer network. T... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7756942 | System and method for establishing master component in multiple home networks Which device in a first home network is a master device is dynamically established based on the device reporting successful communication with a master device in a second home network, to ensure that the networks have master devices that can “se” each other for,... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7725554 | Network object delivery system for personal computing device A networked object delivery system for a personal computing device includes a network, a personal computing device at least part time coupled to the network, and a service agent server at least part time coupled to the network. The personal computing device is prefe... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720871 | Media management system and method A media management system for managing a user's media files and information related to such media files and a method of the same. In one aspect, the system and method are operable on a user's computing device. In one aspect, the system comprises a storage management... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711787 | On-chip network interfacing apparatus and method An on-chip network interfacing apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of on-chip network ports; a switch receiving data from a first on-chip network port of the on-chip network ports and transmitting the received data to a second on-ch... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7668923 | Master-slave adapter A system and method are provided in which communication adapters, which are used for the transfer of message packets from and amongst a plurality of data processing nodes, are provided with internal storage which is used to indicate the status of a particular adapte... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7617289 | System and method for using a data replication service to manage a configuration repository A mechanism for making changes consistently across an application server domain or a cluster. Server configuration consistency is absolutely necessary for cluster deployments. The invention allows changes to the configuration repository and to the application deploy... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7606867 | Ordered application message delivery using multiple processors in a network element A data processing apparatus comprises a plurality of processors and message processing logic operable for establishing one of the processors as a master processor and all other processors as slave processors; receiving an application message from a particular messag... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7587465 | Method and apparatus for configuring nodes as masters or slaves A node (101, FIG. 1), within a networked computer system (100), is capable of supporting communications with other nodes relating to operating multiple application instances in a master-slave configuration. A node can be designated as a permanen... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7574651 | Value system for dynamic composition of pages Pages are dynamically composed in order to increase the overall value of the page. In one approach, the overall value of the page is a function of the actual values of the page components that compose the page. These, in turn, are functions of the nominal value of t... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7509389 | System for providing transparent participation of third parties in instant messaging communication An instant messaging system for providing transparent participation of third parties in instant messaging, the system comprising: a first server and a second server configured to create a first chat session between a first chat party and a second chat party, communi... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7493371 | Using a client-server connection protocol to establish a peer-to-peer connection In one embodiment the invention provides a method for establishing a point-to-point link between two peer nodes in a communications network. According to the method, one of the client and server roles is assigned to each of the two nodes based on a rule. Thereafter,... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7483955 | Object oriented based, business class methodology for generating quasi-static web pages at periodic intervals A method for providing a requestor with access to dynamic data via quasi-static data requests, comprising the steps of defining a web page, the web page including at least one dynamic element, creating an executable digital code to be run on a computer and invoked a... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7454476 | Remote maintenance and servicing of a network peripheral device over the world wide web A network peripheral device connected to a network via a router obtains remote servicing instructions over the network. Initially, a first packet sent from a remote service organization is received by a network peripheral device via the network, the first packet inc... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443806 | Communication management apparatus and method for an audio data communication management system A communication management system is consisted of a plurality of apparatuses connected to a network. Each apparatus comprises: a transmitter that transmits first setting information representing all setting status of own apparatus to the other apparatuses connected ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437469 | Virtual network element framework and operating system for managing multi-service network equipment A managed network element is partitioned into one or more virtual network elements. The managed network element may be partitioned based on physical components or services provided by that network element. Each virtual network element is then provided a respective a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437494 | Systems and methods for assigning an address to a network device added to an existing network The present invention provides systems, methods, and bus controllers for establishing communication with various network systems located on a network system. Importantly, the systems, methods, and bus controllers of the present invention are capable recognizing that... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430583 | Active control of collaborative devices Control of collaborative devices, including providing at least two collaborative devices, wherein each collaborative device comprises a client device and an embedded Java server, providing a registry service to which the collaborative devices are coupled for data co... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424743 | Apparatus for verifying the integrity of computer networks and implementation of countermeasures A security system for a computer network that has a plurality of devices connected thereto comprises a security subsystem, a master system and a secure link. The security subsystem is connected to at least some of the devices in the network. The security subsystem i... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421478 | Method and apparatus for exchanging heartbeat messages and configuration information between nodes operating in a master-slave configuration A node (101, FIG. 1), within a networked computer system (100), is capable of supporting communications with other nodes relating to operating multiple application instances in a master-slave configuration. Each node periodically generates and s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415671 | Interactive hierarchical status display The invention features a method and apparatus for displaying the status of networked resources, including rendering in a fishbone layout a hierarchy that includes a plurality of resource profiles and a plurality of dependency relationships among resource profiles in... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409432 | Efficient process for handover between subnet managers A method and system for efficiently merging subnets having individual subnet managers (SM) into a single network with one master SM. During discovery and configuration of a subnet, a subnet manager creates a Subnet Management Database (SMDB) representative of the su... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400641 | Bus master for a bus for connection of sensors and/or ignition means A bus master for a bus for connection of sensors and/or an ignition means device, which has at least two bus driver arrangements allowing data to be received independently of one another. For this purpose a polling operation, specifically using a multiplexer or a de... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401262 | Method and apparatus for a low-level console A method, apparatus and computer instructions for interfacing with an operating system on a data processing system. Registers in a processor are allocated for use in providing a low-level console interface to a remote data processing system, wherein the registers ar... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392299 | Configuration setting system for network system A configuration setting system is provided for a network system including a plurality of electronic devices communicably connected to a network. The configuration setting system sets a configuration of an electronic device based on a configuration of a predetermined... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383356 | Digital media distribution methods, General purpose computers, and digital media distribution systems Digital media distribution methods, general purpose computers, digital media distribution systems are described. According to one aspect, a digital media distribution method includes providing a general purpose computer configured to execute a plurality of applicati... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375836 | Copier with job sharing and forwarding capability A copy machine is configured to determine a set of one or more resources that are both external to the copy machine and available to process one or more portions of a copy job initiated at the copy machine. The copy machine is further configured to display, on a gra... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373382 | Electronic apparatus, information communications apparatus, management system for same electronic apparatus, and management method for same electronic apparatus A management system of the present invention is provided with an electronic apparatus having a specific function, such as a digital composite machine, an information management apparatus, and a plurality of service information terminals. The information management a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373450 | Multi-layer bus system having a bus control circuit A multi-layer bus system includes an interconnect matrix, bus slaves, bus masters and a bus control circuit. The interconnect matrix has master connection ports and slave connection ports, and connects one of the master connection ports to one of the slave connectio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7369902 | Slave units and network system as well as slave unit processing method and device information collecting method A network system is constructed by connecting a safety PLC constituting a master unit and safety slaves 2 to each other through a safety network 3. The safety slaves each have a device information storage unit 25 for storing individual informati... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366765 | Outboard clustered computer systems manager utilizing commodity components An apparatus for and method of implementing a cluster lock processing system using highly scalable, off-the-shelf commodity processors. The cluster lock processing system is the central component of a clustered computer system, providing locking and coordination bet... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363437 | Shared/exclusive control scheme among sites including storage device system shared by plural high-rank apparatuses, and computer system equipped with the same control scheme In a computer system where a site including a storage device system connected to high-rank apparatuses, via a network such as a SAN, and a site including a storage device system similarly connected to high-rank apparatuses via a network are connected to each other v... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359930 | System and method for managing computer networks A system and method are provided for monitoring traffic in an enterprise network. Similar hosts may be grouped using flow information. Network policy may then be created at the group level based on the signatures of the hosts and groups of hosts in the enterprise. H... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359950 | Method for managing network when master disappears A method for managing a network in which Bluetooth equipped devices are linked together when the network master cannot serve as a master. During normal operation, the network master updates the backup master rank information when the network master disappears, in a ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359959 | Method and apparatus for using a USB cable as a cluster quorum device A method for obtaining a quorum vote by a first node using a Universal Serial Bus (USB) quorum cable, wherein the USB quorum cable comprises a first end connected to a first node and a second end connected to a second node, including determining whether the USB quor... | 04/15/2008 |
