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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421495 | System and method for monitoring network devices A method and system for monitoring hardware information associated with a network device in an enterprise system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring hardware information associated with a network device in an enterprise system includes retrievin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7401134 | Packet processing architecture A system for processing data packets comprising a plurality of data processing blocks and a controller, which allows the configuration parameters used in processing the data blocks to be updated in each data processing blocks at the data packet boundary. The present... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7346684 | System and method for control of packet data serving node selection in a mobile internet protocol network A system and methods are shown for selecting a packet data serving node (PDSN) for a mobile node in an Internet Protocol network. A network node receives a message associated with a mobile node. The message includes a service request parameter corresponding to a req... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337220 | Unified interface for managing DSL services The present invention relates to a graphical user interface that allows a user to access, maintain, and troubleshoot services over a single digital subscriber line (DSL) through a unified interface. The interface permits the subscriber to simultaneously connect to m... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328266 | Internet provider subscriber communications system A method for communicating real-time to subscribers of an Internet service provider, without requiring installation or set-up of client software by the subscriber, utilizing unique identification information automatically provided by the subscriber during communicat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321933 | Method and system for preventing a timeout from reaching a network host A method and system for preventing a timeout from reaching a network host when bringing up a down link that is slow to waken. The method generally comprises receiving a request to access an information. If a link along a path to a remote computer containing the info... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320032 | Methods and structure for reducing resource hogging Methods and associated structures for limiting the number of sessions presently active between a server process and client processes distributed over a number of computing devices on a network. The methods and associated structures serve to reduce resource hogging b... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318106 | Method and apparatus for utilizing an audibly coded signal to conduct commerce over the internet A Method and apparatus for utilizing an audibly coded signal to conduct commerce over the Internet. Broadcast information is broadcast from a remote location on a secondary network over the secondary network to a location, thereon proximate the location of the user ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308488 | Method, system and program products for distributing portal content processing The present invention generally relates to a method, system and program product for distributing portal content processing. Specifically, a request for portal content is received on a surrogate system and then passed to a portal system. The portal system will obtain... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299259 | Method and apparatus for intelligent routing of instant messaging presence protocol (IMPP) events among a group of customer service representatives A routing system is provided for intelligent routing of instant messages between clients connected to a data network and customer service representatives connected to the network. The system comprises at least one instant message server and at least one intermediate... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296088 | System and method for determining the geographic location of internet hosts A system and methodologies are disclosed for determining the geographic location of an Internet host. A first method infers host location based on the DNS names of the host of interest or other nearby network nodes. A second method employs network delay measurements... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287072 | Remote monitoring information management A performance management system generates and transmits a first instruction for a Remote Monitoring (RMON) probe to request RMON information. The performance management system receives and stores the RMON information in memory in the performance management system. T... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7269636 | Method and code module for adding function to a Web page A computer network (20) includes a first processor (22) for maintaining a Web page (34) having an embedded first code module (36) and accessible through a Web address (38). A second processor (24) supports a Web browser (... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260607 | Methods and apparatus for performing media/device sensitive processing of messages stored in unified multimedia and plain text mailboxes The invention provides users of either a unified messaging mailbox or simple plain text storage mailbox, with media and device sensitive methods and apparatus to convert messages from one medium to another (when necessary) taking into account the type of target devi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257649 | Method and system for transferring information during server synchronization with a computing device A method and apparatus for transferring information in synchronizing a server and a handheld device are disclosed. The information is binary information that is then compressed using a suitable compression algorithm. The compressed binary data is then text encoded u... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251687 | Method for click-stream analysis using web directory reverse categorization A method can be used to profile a user using network addresses, category information, and corresponding temporal information when the user requested or received information from those network addresses. A table can be created that includes the user identifier, categ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237012 | Method and apparatus for classifying Java remote method invocation transport traffic A data communication network for DiffServ communications includes a customized Java socket factory added to clients connected to a data communication network having a DiffServ-enabled edge router. When an application running on a client system wishes to make a remot... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231418 | Information providing method, information providing system, terminal apparatus, and storage medium storing information providing program An information providing system includes a plurality of first terminal apparatuses installed for public use, a second terminal apparatus owned by the user who is to be provided with information, and an information providing apparatus which can communicate with the f... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228350 | Intelligent demand driven recognition of URL objects in connection oriented transactions The present invention is directed to a network switch that determines when specific content is hot and directs flow to one or more cache servers. The architecture of the present invention can include a cache and a digest generator to store predetermined objects in t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216142 | Network application program interface facilitating communication in a distributed network environment A request broker receives a request from a client, including a description of a method and parameters to be used in executing the method. The parameters have one of multiple acceptable native formats. The request broker determines the native format and communicates ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209950 | Method and apparatus for a network independent short message delivery system Techniques are described for facilitating communication among a plurality of different telecommunications systems. Communications from a sending network are forwarded to a server that places the communications in a format acceptable to a second receiving network. Th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7194528 | Method and apparatus for processing inbound data within a powerline based communication system A powerline based communication system includes a powerline termination module, a plurality of powerline gateways, and a plurality of powerline nodes. The powerline termination module manages data for local area networks within the powerline based communication syst... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191239 | Method and system to customize and update a network connection application for distribution to multiple end-users A method to manage a customized network connection application includes generating plurality of input interfaces to receive customization information pertaining to the customized network connection application. The customization information pertaining to the customi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181526 | Announced session description A method of announcing a description of a media session, for example a multimedia conference, that is to take place over multicast capable links is provided in networks configured for Internet Protocol operation. A modular method of announcing media sessions include... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177932 | Method, gateway and system for transmitting data between a device in a public network and a device in an internal network A gateway for connecting a public network to an internal network is provided. The gateway comprises a control unit for controlling transmission of incoming and/or outgoing data between a remote device in the public network and an internal device in the internal netw... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177949 | Template architecture and rendering engine for web browser access to databases Methods, systems, computer program products, and data structures for displaying data on a web browser interface where the data in its native format is not displayable on a web browser interface. A network server receives a request for content from a network device w... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174415 | Specialized memory device A specialized memory chip which includes an embedded application specific signal processing unit ASSPU. The ASSPU handles one or more predetermined tasks instead of a main processing unit. The ASSPU and the main processing unit can access memory on the memory chip s... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174379 | Managing server resources for hosted applications In an ASP server farm, requests to use an application are directed to a particular executing instance of the application (or an appropriate component thereof) that is identified as being the least loaded of the available such instances of the application or its comp... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171485 | Broadband network system configured to transport audio or video at the transport layer, and associated method A data distribution center associated with a broadband network system wherein the first broadband network system further includes at least one broadband interface unit (BIntU) transceiver comprising a receiver portion and a transmitter portion. The receiver portion ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171441 | Virtual communication channel and virtual private community, and agent collaboration system and agent collaboration method for controlling the same A policy that relates attributes of an agent to a role is distributed to each agent on a network. A field connector generates an internal field in accordance with an instruction of a security manager. A ROLE manager uses attribute information from an attribute manag... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171461 | Network remote power management outlet strip A vertical-mount network remote power management outlet strip embodiment of the present invention comprises a long, thin outlet strip body with several independently controllable power outlet sockets distributed along its length. A power input cord is provided at on... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171665 | Display and acquisition of data, exchanged by interprocess, for the physical properties of a solar battery When a measuring system for a solar battery is operated and controlled by one execution program, the execution program is roughly divided into a program portion corresponding to measurement of a sunshine time in one day and a program portion corresponding to measure... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162541 | Apparatus and method for providing data service in a wireless system A system architecture for ensuring QoS levels to different inter-media streams or media streams of an intra-media stream. In such a system, an RLP layer classifies transmission data streams by priority level and separates each transmission data stream into data stre... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162521 | Remote power control system An SNMP network comprises a power manager with an SNMP agent in TCP/IP communication over a network with an SNMP network manager. The power manager is connected to control several intelligent power modules each able to independently control the power on/off status o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159041 | Method and system for defining and controlling algorithmic elements in a graphics display system An API is provided that enables programmability of a 3D chip, wherein programming or algorithmic elements written by the developer can be downloaded to the chip, thereby programming the chip to perform those algorithms. A developer writes a routine that is downloada... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7159018 | System and method for installing software onto a built-to-order computer system using an identification device A system including a server, a computer system, and a device coupled to a port of the computer system is provided. The server includes a script associated with an identifier. The device includes the identifier. The computer system is configured to read the identifie... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155481 | Email attachment management in a computer system An e-mail management system that includes an e-mail browser having a time variance interface that provides for storage into a storage media of e-mail messages that have been received over time. The time variance interface of the e-mail browser also provides for retr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152096 | 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... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149841 | Memory devices with buffered command address bus Circuits and methods are provided that alleviate overloading of the command address bus and limit decreases in command address bus bandwidth to allow increased numbers of memory modules to be included in a computer system. A plurality of switches is coupled between ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149813 | Method and system for synchronizing mobile devices A protocol for synchronizing data is provided. Additionally, a system and method of using the protocol are also provided. The protocol allows responses to be grouped with commands in a single XML document. It provides a command for requesting a single object be sent... | 12/12/2006 |
