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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6247056 | Method and apparatus for handling client request with a distributed web application server A system, method, and computer readable-medium for performing operations associated with browser requests are provided. The system includes a plurality of dispatchers coupled to a plurality of web listeners. Each of the dispatchers receives from a corresp... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6223214 | Computer implemented virtual sensor object and tangible medium utilizing same A computer implemented Virtual Sensor Object includes an abstract class of Objects, and an actual software instantiation of which performs an abstract observation, evaluation, and expression method in either a static, a synchronous, or an asynchronous For... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6182127 | Network image view server using efficent client-server tilting and caching architecture A computer network server using HTTP (Web) server software combined with foreground view composer software, background view composer software, a view tile cache, view tile cache garbage collector software, and image files provides image view data to clien... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6167437 | Method, system, and computer program product for page replication in a non-uniform memory access system A system and method for page replication in a non-uniform memory access system (NUMA). The system and method generates replicas for memory objects to reduce contention and improve overall system performance in NUMA multi-processor computer systems. Memory... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6163806 | System and method for transparent, global access to physical devices on a computer cluster A system and method are disclosed that provides transparent, global access to devices on a computer cluster. The present system generates unique device type (dev-- t) values for all devices and corresponding links between a global file system a... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6154768 | System and method for negotiating functions and features A system and method for client negotiation of functions and features with a server such as in accordance with RFC 1572 Telnet Environment Option. An interface controller, herein a Java program, is provided which, upon being called by a client application,... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6151621 | Personal conferencing system There is described a personal conferencing method and system for a client (32)/server (30) environment. The server (30) stores conference model data (60) such as a shared chalkboard or a molecular model and each client has a copy of the conference model d... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145001 | Network management gateway The present invention provides network management of a network or multiple networks, using a Web client, and including multimedia and hypermedia capability. The present invention provides a unified, remote, graphical, transparent interface for Web users, ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6141694 | Determining and verifying user data A method and apparatus for determining and verifying user data are provided. One or more facts about the user of a client system such as an internet terminal are maintained in a set of information fields, each information field is associated with a status... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6138144 | Method for managing multicast addresses for transmitting and receiving multimedia conferencing information on an internet protocol (IP) network implemented over an ATM network In a multicast capable IP network implemented over an ATM network, each client terminal on a multimedia conference, for each media type it transmits, is assigned a multicast IP address and a port number (together known as a socket) on which to transmit pa... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134581 | Method and system for remotely browsing objects A generic management framework for a network management system enables management services and management agents to be added in use as required. Management services can be loaded or plugged into the framework dynamically. As a result a management structur... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6128664 | Address-translating connection device An address-translating connection device which makes it possible to dynamically assign an IP address to a private address when a connection is made to inside of a LAN from outside. When an inquiry made by designating a host name as to a global address of ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6128654 | Method and apparatus for transmitting multiple copies by replicating data identifiers A method and arrangement for transmitting multiple copies of a frame from a network switch in a packet switched network stores a single copy of the frame received at the switch into external memory. The frame is stored at a location in memory pointed to b... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125400 | Method and system of running object oriented programs across a network through compression and distillation of remote method invocation A method and system for reducing the amount of information sent across a socket when invoking an application using a remote method invocation. The present invention involves creating a list of the classes and fields contained within the application that i... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6125387 | Operating methods for robust computer systems permitting autonomously switching between alternative/redundant An operating method for a computer system having first, second, third, and lternate computers generating a graphical user interface (GUI) on the first computer screen corresponding to a presentation generated with respect to the second computer screen irre... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6112015 | Network management graphical user interface A method is provided for graphically depicting detailed state and status information for network objects, particularly network objects forming part of a telecommunications network. A graphical representation of a network is displayed in which a basic icon... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6112248 | Method and system for dynamically balancing network traffic using address resolution protocol This invention provides dynamic balance of the traffic among data processing devices interconnecting networks and thereby improve the networking performance. For network traffic flowing between a first network and a second network, the traffic is distribu... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6112224 | Patient monitoring station using a single interrupt resource to support multiple measurement devices A patient monitoring system for use in a telemedicine system that allows multiple medical devices to communicate with a control unit via an interface that uses a single interrupt. In architecture, the system can be implemented in hardware, or a combinatio... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6108696 | Method and apparatus to connect a general purpose computer to a special purpose system A transducer for transforming a set of syntactic and sampled data from a general purpose system to control a special purpose system. The transducer includes a first and a second transducer modules. The first transducer module is coupled to the general pur... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6108493 | System, method, and article of manufacture for utilizing implicit ratings in collaborative filters A prediction information system for use between a user and an electronic rating broker is provided. The prediction information system includes a user interface for presenting items as information to the user. An input mechanism receives data input by the ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105055 | Method and apparatus for asynchronous multimedia collaboration A multimedia collaboration system combines unique multimedia communications and media processing mechanisms with off-the-shelf components that support information sharing and distribution. More specifically, the system provides an asynchronous multimedia ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6105059 | Programming information for servers and clients in a distributed computing environment using stub codes with event information for a debugging utility A method and system for generating event information in a distributed computing environment. An event information packet is passed between the client system and the server system in a remote procedure call. Event information, such as trace data, is gather... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6105122 | I/O protocol for highly configurable multi-node processing system A method for transferring data from a first node to a second node in a multi-processor system is described. The multi-processor system comprises a plurality of nodes coupled to an interconnect fabric via an interconnect fabric interface, the nodes compris... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101544 | Method and system for sharing a single universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) among multiple resources in a data processing system A data processing system and method for sharing a component of the data processing system between multiple resources are disclosed. According to the method, at least one query is transmitted from a first resource to a second resource. In response to recei... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6101320 | Electronic mail communication system and method A system and method for exchanging electronic mail between organizations having dissimilar electronic mail systems is disclosed. The electronic mail sent from the sender organization identifies the recipient organization. The system and method determine t... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6101540 | Method and system for managing a group of computers The system and method of this invention automatically manages a group of computers by automatically gathering data, storing the data, analyzing the stored data to identify specified conditions, and initiating automated actions to respond to the detected c... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6101542 | Service management method and connection oriented network system using such management method For a connection-oriented network system in which information terminals such as PC and WS are connected to a network such as LAN and WAN and a logical connection is established if necessary to a terminal to transfer data over the established connection, a... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098093 | Maintaining sessions in a clustered server environment A technique, system, and computer program for maintaining session information among multiple clustered computers for servlets and providing those servlets with various session services. The session services are implemented using a plug-in servlet engine. ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6098100 | Method and apparatus for detecting a wake packet issued by a network device to a sleeping node In a method and apparatus for detecting a wake packet among data bytes in a packet frame issued by a network device, the data bytes in the packet frame are initially compared with a sync byte to detect start of a synchronization stream of the wake packet.... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6098092 | Server to dynamically generate graphics for the world wide web A method and arrangement for dynamically generating computer displayable graphics for the World Wide Web is provided. Upon receiving a request from an end user over the web, a server executes a program stored in its memory to retrieve data from a selected... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6094702 | Method and apparatus for enabling access to computer system resources An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for enabling access to memory. ASIC includes a decryptor, a valid authorization storage component, an upgrade verifier, an upgrade storage component, and an enabling component. The decryptor inputs an encr... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6094678 | Remote control of wireless telecommunications systems A first aspect of the invention discloses a local server station for controlling a wireless telecommunications system comprising a plurality of remote server stations and client stations, the local server station comprising: an object based control system... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6094671 | Aggregate information production and display system A production system for packaging aggregates of mixed media information (e.g. text, images, audio, and video) into addressable packets which are transmitted to receivers over a satellite network, with the information aggregates (IA's) displayed and arrang... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6092108 | Dynamic threshold packet filtering of application processor frames A multiported device is provided connected to a switching device providing switching functions. The multiported device receives frames and is connected to an application processor. Some of the received frames are passed to the application processor via an... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6092122 | xDSL DMT modem using sub-channel selection to achieve scaleable data rate based on available signal processing resources A high speed modem is provided which uses a selectable, desirable portion of the total available bandwidth of a transmission channel. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is incorporated in a dedicated hardware circuit which is connected on one end to... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085247 | Server operating system for supporting multiple client-server sessions and dynamic reconnection of users to previous sessions using different computers A server operating system supports multiple client-server sessions and enables a user to begin a session and later dynamically reconnect to that session even if the user uses two different client computers. The operating system has a multi-user session ma... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6084742 | Drive control apparatus for a disk drive A processing unit for effecting speed control in a drive control apparatus includes a storing unit having a first table which stores discrete values having exponential intervals, and a second table which stores multiples of normalized reference values hav... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6085221 | File server for multimedia file distribution Disclosed is a technique for distribution of multimedia files from file servers (110) over arbitrary telecommunication networks (150) to consumers (160) where those networks offer connections of a certain bandwidth for transmission. The consumers deliver ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6085219 | Home page creating systems apparatuses and program recording mediums, and home page displaying systems and program recording mediums A home page creating system, apparatus, and program recording medium, capable of creating a home page easily without requiring any special knowledge, wherein, when a WWW server confirms a terminal's request to create a home page, the terminal's type code ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6085227 | System and method for operating scientific instruments over wide area networks A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for operating remote devices over wide area networks such as the Internet. The system includes client computers for interacting with users to accept commands and display results, a proxy server computer for ... | 07/04/2000 |
