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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6058251 | Data transmission system A data transmission system in which data read out of a first memory is transmitted to a second memory, includes a data buffer for temporarily storing data to be transmitted from the second memory, an identifying module for identifying a maximum permissibl... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6014690 | Employing multiple channels for deadlock avoidance in a cache coherency protocol An architecture and coherency protocol for use in a large SMP computer system includes a hierarchical switch structure which allows for a number of multi-processor nodes to be coupled to the switch to operate at an optimum performance. Within each multi-p... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6006248 | Job application distributing system among a plurality of computers, job application distributing method and recording media in which job application distributing program is recorded Plural computers share an external storage device, each of the computers include a main computer load information collecting device for collecting load information associated with at least one source of a main computer at each constant time; main computer... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6003084 | Secure network proxy for connecting entities A proxy which is part of a firewall program controls exchanges of information between two application entities. The proxy interrogates attempts to establish a communication session by requesting entities with a server entity in lower layers in accordance ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5995597 | E-mail processing system and method The method is implemented using a mail program running on a host computer which receives incoming electronic messages. An authorized user queries a user data profile and generates a series of e-mail messages and pager messages which are formatted and dist... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5987526 | Asynchronous transfer mode layer automatic protection switching mechanism for ATM permanent virtual connections In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a first asynchronous transfer mode network is provided, adapted to couple with a first entity external to the network, the first entity having a fourth port and a fifth port. The network has a fir... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5974409 | System and method for locating information in an on-line network The find system of the present invention operates as an extension of a computer's operating system and allows an end-user of an on-line network to enter a search request to locate offerings in different services. In the on-line network, multiple query mod... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5974124 | Method and system aiding medical diagnosis and treatment A method and system that assists medical practitioners who treat or prescribe treatment of patients having a medical condition which requires long-term profiling of medical data taken from the patient's body. Medical practitioners, their assistants, and p... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5974572 | Software system and methods for generating a load test using a server access log A visual Web site analysis program, implemented as a collection of software components, provides a variety of features for facilitating the analysis, management and load-testing of Web sites. A mapping component scans a Web site over a network connection ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5960169 | Transformational raid for hierarchical storage management system A flexible array of storage devices stores a plurality of blocks divided into sets of blocks called stripes, each block of a stripe being stored on a different device. An array controller supports formatting of the stripes independently in accordance with... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5958008 | Software system and associated methods for scanning and mapping dynamically-generated web documents A visual Web site analysis program, implemented as a collection of software components, provides a variety of features for facilitating the analysis and management of Web sites and Web site content. A mapping component scans a Web site over a network conn... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5951669 | Method and apparatus for serialized interrupt transmission A computer system in which interrupt signals are serially transmitted from an input/output (I/O) controller is disclosed. The I/O controller initially receives the interrupt signals and then serially transmits them to an interrupt controller where the rec... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5937201 | Management system and method for parallel computer system A management system for a parallel computer system having a control terminal for collectively controlling the maintenance and management of a plurality of nodes constituting the parallel computer system. In the management system, each of a plurality of no... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5933654 | Dynamic buffer fracturing by a DMA controller A data control system having a host microprocessor, a data receiving device and a DMA controller. The DMA controller being used to control the fragmentation and recombination of a buffer memory area. The data being processed in data packets and using DMA ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931903 | Computer system data I/O by reference among multiple CPUS An apparatus and method for getting descriptors to data and passing the descriptors among data sources and sinks, thereby avoiding copying the data among the data sources and sinks. The data source/sink which consumes the data actual initiates the copying... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5923872 | Apparatus for sampling instruction operand or result values in a processor pipeline An apparatus is provided for sampling values of operands of instructions in a processor pipeline of a system, the pipeline having a plurality of processing stages. Instructions are fetched into a first stage of the pipeline. Any one of the fetched instruc... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5918070 | DMA controller with channel tagging A DMA controller receives a DMA request from a DMA channel and generates a transaction request ID identifying the requested transaction as well as a codec ID identifying the DMA channel. The codec ID is stored in the DMA controller in association with the... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5918019 | Virtual dial-up protocol for network communication A layer two forwarding protocol (L2F) provides virtual direct dial-up service into private networks through public internet service providers. An authorized remote client appears as a direct dial-up client to the home gateway, even through the client is a... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5917808 | Method of identifying device types on a local area network using passive monitoring In a test instrument for testing local area networks (LANs), a method for identifying network device types on a LAN operating according to the TCP/IP protocol suite using passive monitoring is provided. A test instrument is coupled to the LAN to passively... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5914713 | Accessing data fields from a non-terminal client Information organized in fields stored by a mainframe computer database program is retrieved in field format by software running on the mainframe computer to extract the information by intercepting the information after causing the database program to exe... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5907681 | Intelligent method, apparatus and computer program product for automated refreshing of internet web pages An intelligent method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for automated refreshing of internet web pages. Page data are stored including a record of page data values for each user selected internet web page. The page data values include a... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5901308 | Software mechanism for reducing exceptions generated by speculatively scheduled instructions A method of compiling an application to reduce the occurrence of speculative exceptions is described. The method includes the steps of compiling the application to provide a speculation table and an executable file, and obtaining profile information about... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5898888 | Method and system for translating peripheral component interconnect (PCI) peer-to-peer access across multiple PCI host bridges within a computer system A method and system for translating peer-to-peer access across multiple Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) host bridges within a data-processing system are disclosed. In accordance with the method and system of the present invention, a processor and ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5893159 | Methods and apparatus for managing scratchpad memory in a multiprocessor data processing system A method is disclosed for operating a software-managed cache memory (30), and includes steps of: (a) registering with an operating system (12A), for at least one thread of a plurality of threads, a memory allocation function; in response to the execution ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5892432 | Personal computer control and activation device utilizing a paging message A remote facilitation network (10) includes a base computing equipment environment (12) having a computer (14) and a control and activation device (16). A remote user (18) requests communications with the base computing equipment environment (12) through ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5884272 | Method and system for establishing and maintaining user-controlled anonymous communications A system for establishing anonymous communications includes a plurality of party terminals, a plurality of requester terminals, and a central controller. The system receives and stores party data about respective parties. Upon receiving criteria for parti... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5884270 | Method and system for facilitating an employment search incorporating user-controlled anonymous communications A system for facilitating employment searches using anonymous communications includes a plurality of party terminals, a plurality of requestor terminals, and a central controller. The system receives and stores employment data about prospective employment... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5881144 | Graphical intelligent network (IN) subscription manager An application module associated with a Graphical User Interface retrieves data representing a particular Intelligent Network (IN) subscription from a Service Management Application System (SMAS). The application module thereafter interprets the retrieved... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5872930 | Load balancing between E-mail servers within a local area network Message traffic is balanced between a plurality of alternative message routes connecting a plurality sites in an electronic messaging system by assigning a cost to each potential message route between the plurality of sites. The cost defines a desired rel... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870559 | Software system and associated methods for facilitating the analysis and management of web sites A visual Web site analysis program, implemented as a collection of software components, provides a variety of features for facilitating the analysis and management of Web sites and Web site content. A mapping component scans a Web site over a network conn... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5867716 | Distributed computer system and method of generating automatic operation schedule for the same In a distributed computer system including a plurality of computers connected to each other via a communication path in which each computer executes processing by use of resources of the other, there is generated schedule information defining a schedule o... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5867663 | Method and system for controlling network service parameters in a cell based communications network A method and apparatus for controlling network service parameters in a cell based communications network. A plurality of input signals are received on input ports of a communications device and a plurality of output signals are sourced from output ports, ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5864673 | Terminal device in document information communication system A terminal device to be used in a system where sets of transmission document information are transferred via a network between terminal devices which are grouped together in a plurality of different groups, the terminal device comprising a document inform... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5847659 | Electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic, communication means An electronic wiring system using automatic cyclic communication means in which having a center apparatus including a "state machine capable of controlling the receiving-and-transmitting of data by driving associated circuits without recourse to communica... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845146 | Extending system of input/output channel An extending system in an information processing system which includes an input/output channel and operates a plurality of virtual computers. A plurality of input/output processing units are included in the input/output channel and each virtual computer i... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5842038 | Optimized input/output memory access request system and method A system and method for transmitting commands from one or more input/output devices to a memory is provided. An identification tag is appended to each command to define the command as either a read or write command. The read commands are separated from th... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5842023 | Information service processor Provided is an information service processor that by adding control information to the provided information can expedite the use of the information that is furnished, or can prevent the illegal use of such information. For an information service whereby m... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5828844 | Internet NCP over ATM A telecommunications network is provided for establishing communication between at least one originating station and at least one destination station. The network includes a plurality of IP switches for addressing and routing data in accordance with an In... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5822570 | System and method for parsing and executing a single instruction stream using a plurality of tightly coupled parsing and execution units A system and method for dividing execution of an instruction stream among a plurality of tightly coupled instruction execution units is presented. The present invention couples a plurality of instruction execution units tightly and provides a mechanism wh... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5812293 | A/V signal transmission remote control system An A/V signal transmission remote control system including an A/V sender having an EEPROM adapted for storing the content and format of an infrared control signal for controlling an A/V output equipment for example a VCR and a CPU controlled by a UHF (418... | 09/22/1998 |
