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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE43011 | Method and apparatus for preventing overload using scaled recovery In the scaled recovery system of the present invention, clients delay for an additional period of time prior to attempting to access a previously unavailable resource that has since become available, rather than accessing the shared resource at full speed once an in... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8051198 | Communication system and communication method A communication system enabling significant reduction in delay in handover between MAPs without increasing the number of MAPs to install. In the communication system, MAP(101) issues a Router Advertisement to AR(111) to AR(118). Particularly, MA... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8032654 | System and method for data exchange in multiprocessor computer systems A system for data exchange in multiprocessor computer system is disclosed. The system includes at least one processing module adapted to communicate with at least one of a plurality of routing modules or a plurality of buffer modules or both and at least one communi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7996557 | Method and apparatus for multi-PHY communication without an ATM bus master A communication system includes a bus, first and second devices coupled to the bus, and a handshaking unit. The bus includes at least one data line and control lines. The data line is coupled between the first and second devices. The handshaking unit is coupled to t... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996556 | Method and apparatus for generating a network topology representation based on inspection of application messages at a network device A method is disclosed for generating a network topology representation based on inspection of application messages at a network device. According to one aspect, a network device receives a request packet, routes the packet to the destination, and extracts and stores... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991909 | Method and apparatus for communication between a processor and processing elements in an integrated circuit Method and apparatus for communication between a processor and processing elements in an integrated circuit (e.g., a programmable logic device is described. In an example, a first lookup table is configured to store first information representing which of the proces... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7975067 | Method and apparatus for implementing alerts on a browser running on a portable handheld device A method and apparatus for implementing alerts on a browser running on a portable handheld device is disclosed. The method generates an asynchronous notification action from the server and in response transmits an alert containing a message indicating availability o... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970928 | Transparent auto-discovery of network devices logically located between a client and server Discovery of intermediate network devices is performed using a technique that piggybacks upon the existing standard TCP (Transport Control Protocol) “SACK” (Selective Acknowledgment) option in a SYN/ACK packet so that discovery information may be shared between ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966418 | Establishing a virtual tunnel between two computer programs A system transfers data via a communication session between a client application and a server application, where the client application runs on a first network and the server application runs on a second network. The system includes a proxy having a socket to the cl... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7856508 | Accessing vended products or services using a wireless device Methods, apparatus, and business techniques are disclosed for use in mobile network communication systems. A mobile unit such as a smart phone is preferably equipped with a wireless local area network connection and a wireless wide area network connection. The local... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853713 | Communication interface device and communication method The communication I/F unit according to the present invention includes a chain executing unit that executes all the chain SWRs. The SWR-chain storage unit stores therein a chain of SWRs. The chain executing unit sequentially reads the SWRs and executes the correspon... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7831731 | Method and system for a modular transmission control protocol (TCP) rare-handoff design in a streams based transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) implementation A method and system for handing-off TCP states in a communication network. Specifically, the present invention allows for handing-off TCP states between nodes in an associated network that is optimized for rare handoff of TCP states. The handoff occurs between dynam... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831732 | Network connection utility A system is disclosed for masking errors that may occur during a delay of a client connecting with a server on a network. A connection utility requests a connection with the server. The connection utility determines if a timeout error occurred. If the timeout error ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827303 | Loop protection for a protective proxy Protective proxies are used to shield a destination agent from undesirable source agents or transactions. Because protective proxies are usually tied to one but sometimes more fixed destination agents, they are usually configured directly to the destination agent. A... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7774494 | Audio/video router Technique for Routing digital audio and digital video signals commences by routing a digital video signal, devoid of embedded digital audio, to at least one output, typically by way of a video cross-point switch. At least one digital audio signal undergoes buffering... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7734810 | Optimizations for TCP connection setup and teardown In one embodiment, a first network device receives a control message in a first protocol from a client, the control message in the first protocol being addressed to a second network device. The first network device identifies an existing connection in a second proto... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7720992 | Tentative update and confirm or compensate Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for communications in a distributed software system. An operation request from a remote computer is received, and provisionally executes an operation identified by the operation request. A first message is ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711843 | Method and a device for making a media file accessible via a web page A first aspect addresses a method and device for making a media file accessible via a web page. First, a web design tool receives a media file to be made accessible via a web page. Then, said media file is sent to a streaming service provider. Subsequently, a key ge... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7694010 | Method for exchanging data between data processing units In a method and arrangement for exchanging data between a first processing unit, containing first status information about the first data processing unit, and a second data processing unit, containing second status information about the first data processing unit, d... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689710 | Method and system for a front-end modular transmission control protocol (TCP) handoff design in a streams based transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) implementation A method and system for handing-off TCP states in a communication network. Specifically, the present invention discloses allows for transferring TCP states between front-end node and a plurality of back-end web servers. The handoff occurs between dynamically loadabl... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7685307 | Method and apparatus for binding transceivers of telematic devices A method and apparatus for binding a first wireless communication unit installed on a first asset and a second wireless communication unit installed on a second asset, wherein the first asset is connected to the second asset by electrical power lines. The method and... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7650423 | System and method for providing update information A system and a method for providing update information. The system includes a client computer which is operably connected to a program information server. The program information server maintains one or more program information items. The system also includes a prog... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7620728 | Method of monitoring the communication in a network Described is a method of monitoring the communication in a group of data processing units, wherein a data processing unit transmits data signals to other data processing units for carrying out certain operations. The remarkable thing about the invention is that, upo... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7610400 | Rule-based networking device A networking system, device, and method are provided. The networking device typically includes a user-defined ruleset including HTTP request rules and HTTP response rules. The networking device may further include a request processor configured to receive an incomin... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7603476 | Pseudo-synchronous messaging A system and method are disclosed for pseudo-synchronous communication in an asynchronous messaging network. The system includes a forward pipeline for transmitting asynchronous request messages from a sender system to the receiver system, and a backward pipeline fo... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7594026 | Method and apparatus for multi-phy communication without an ATM bus master A communication system includes a bus, first and second devices coupled to the bus, and a handshaking unit. The bus includes at least one data line and control lines. The data line is coupled between the first and second devices. The handshaking unit is coupled to t... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7584296 | Asynchronous network stack operation in an operating system independent environment Techniques for operation of an asynchronous stack in a pre-boot environment. A token-based stack design may be used to support communications between network stack layers. ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7584295 | DSL communication apparatus, and download method of DSL communication program A host manages a ROM that stores a handshake program for executing a handshake sequence and an initialization program for executing an initialization sequence. During the handshake sequence, the handshake program is retrieved from the ROM to download the program to ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7577753 | System and method for processing packets in a multi-processor environment A method for processing packets in a multi-processor environment, that includes receiving a set-up request packet for a communication session and directing the set-up request packet to a selected one of a plurality of processors. A set-up reply packet is generated a... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7565442 | Method and system for supporting distance extension in networks having Y-cable protection A method and system for communicating state information between a local device and a remote device across a transport network is disclosed. Each of the local and remote devices operate independently from one another and at least one of the devices is configured for ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7558873 | Method for compressed large send Method for Internet Protocol Payload Compression (IPComp) and Large Send is described. More particularly, a Large Send initiated by a computer is used to trigger an IPComp negotiation. After agreement on IPComp, data blocks for such a Large Send are compressed in ac... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7558874 | Energy efficient ethernet via dynamic adapter driver link speed negotiation A method of reducing Ethernet power consumption in a network having an operating system by reducing an Ethernet link speed to a minimum rate required for current data link traffic, and automatically commanding an Ethernet adapter/cable to decrease or increase a link... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7519729 | Method and apparatus for monitoring remote devices through a local monitoring station and communicating with a central station supporting multiple manufacturers A method and apparatus for monitoring at least one network connected device (monitored device) using a controller is disclosed. Initially, the controller/monitoring system attempts to establish communication with the monitored device. If the controller cannot be con... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519730 | Copying chat data from a chat session already active A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, determine whether a user at a first client has a chat session already active at a second client with a third client in response to a request for initiation of a chat session for the user ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7490160 | Method of efficiently transmitting/receiving data using transport layer in a mobile ad hoc network, and network device using the method A method of efficiently transmitting/receiving data using a transport layer in a mobile ad hoc network, and a network device using the method. The method includes a first step of setting, by a sending host, a flag for requesting an ACK-response into a predetermined ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7483997 | Data distribution control device and data distribution control method A data distribution management device (10) is provided on a transmission route between a transmission device (C1) that requires a delivery acknowledgement corresponding to data transmitted and a receiving device (C2) in which a transmission dela... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7469299 | Bridging user agent and a proxy server for supporting network services An approach for providing voice processing over a packet switched network is disclosed. A communication system includes a special forking proxy server that receives a message for establishing a session between a calling user agent and a called user agent. The messag... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7444135 | Updating availability of an instant messaging contact A contact is determined to be unavailable if a predetermined period of time has elapsed since an instant message was sent to the contact and an expected notification for the instant message was not received during that predetermined period of time by the device that... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440465 | Home gateway for executing a function of a security protocol and a method thereof A communication connecting apparatus that is able to execute a function of a security protocol for home devices that lack the ability to process a security protocol. The communication connecting apparatus, according to the present invention, comprises a protocol det... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437470 | Tunneling IPv6 packets Methods, systems, and products are provided for tunneling IPv6 packets. Embodiments include receiving, by an origin IPv6 border router from an origin IPv6 host, an IPv6 packet having an IPv6 destination address; receiving, by an origin IPv6 border router from an ori... | 10/14/2008 |
