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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8068502 | Method and apparatus for enabling persistent connections with wireless networks The invention comprises a method and apparatus for establishing a persistent connection between a user device and a service gateway. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining state information in response to a connection request, establishing a connection between... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8027361 | Class-based bandwidth allocation and admission control for virtual private networks with differentiated service A method and apparatus for establishing a virtual private network (VPN) session for a priority request. The method and apparatus includes identifying a priority request from a plurality of VPN session request classes. Reserved bandwidth is allocated to the priority ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7801957 | Apparatus and method for fair message exchanges in distributed multi-player games The Fair-Order Service of the present invention delivers action messages to the server as soon as it is feasible. Because action messages from different players exhibit different reaction times with respect to an update message, the Fair-Ordering Service executed at... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7584248 | Apparatus and method for fair message exchanges in distributed multi-player games The Fair-Order Service of the present invention delivers action messages to the server as soon as it is feasible. Because action messages from different players exhibit different reaction times with respect to an update message, the Fair-Ordering Service executed at... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7577161 | Class-based bandwidth allocation and admission control for virtual private networks with differentiated service A method and for establishing a virtual private network (VPN) session for a priority request. The method and apparatus includes identifying a priority request from a plurality of VPN session request classes. Reserved bandwidth is allocated to the priority request if... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7526564 | High quality streaming multimedia A new architecture and operational techniques for supporting high quality live and on-demand streaming multimedia on a data network. By using Helper machines inside the network as data forwarding, caching, and buffering agents, and by forming meshes among Helper mac... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7502329 | Distributed network monitoring with bounded link utilization in IP networks A method and apparatus for optimizing a distributed polling system in a network comprising a plurality of nodes. The method includes identifying bandwidth constraints on polling traffic for each of the plurality of nodes. Selecting, from a plurality of unpolled node... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7478427 | Method and apparatus for providing adaptive VPN to enable different security levels in virtual private networks (VPNs) A method and apparatus for providing at least two virtual private network VPN tunnels from a client device in a VPN network having an enterprise gateway and a network VPN gateway. The method and apparatus includes a client device having an Internet Key Exchange (IKE... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7426195 | Method and apparatus for providing user identity based routing in a wireless communications environment A method and apparatus for providing user orientated wireless data services over a wireless communications network to a plurality of mobile nodes. The wireless communications network includes a plurality of packet data servicing nodes (PDSN's), a plurality of packet... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421736 | Method and apparatus for enabling peer-to-peer virtual private network (P2P-VPN) services in VPN-enabled network A method for providing peer-to-peer virtual private network (P2P-VPN) services over a network. The method includes identifying subnet and host addresses for each user device requesting participation in a virtual private network (VPN) session. Once the subnet and hos... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7398312 | Method and system for caching streaming multimedia on the internet An apparatus and method to enhance existing caches in a network to better support streaming media storage and distribution. Helper machines are used inside the network to implement several methods which support streaming media including segmentation of streaming med... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7133927 | Method and apparatus for supporting real-time multi-user distributed applications The present invention provides a network support mechanism, called Sync-VPN, that is transparent to real-time, multi-user distributed applications, such as online multi-player games in which the order of player actions is critical to the outcome. The invention uses ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6721850 | Method of cache replacement for streaming media A system and method of cache replacement for streaming multimedia is provided. A network system includes a content provider connected to local service providers via an interactive distribution network, such as the Internet. The local service providers facilitate del... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6708213 | Method for streaming multimedia information over public networks A method and apparatus for enhancing existing caching systems to better support streaming media over the Internet and other public network system are disclosed herein. By using helpers inside the network, which operate as caching and streaming agents, existing cachi... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6405256 | Data streaming using caching servers with expandable buffers and adjustable rate of data transmission to absorb network congestion A data streaming transmission method and system is disclosed having a network server connected to client device through a communication network with one or more of caching servers. The network server has a data streaming application and a memory for stori... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6389510 | Method and apparatus for caching web-based information A caching device comprises a disk cache that stores web objects. Each web object stored in disk cache is stored in contiguous storage space locations in the disk cache. Each pair of temporally successive web objects stored in the disk cache are stored in ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6377972 | High quality streaming multimedia A new architecture and operational techniques for supporting high quality live and on-demand streaming multimedia on a data network. By using Helper machines inside the network as data forwarding, caching, and buffering agents, and by forming meshes among... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6314465 | Method and apparatus for load sharing on a wide area network Client's (106-1-106-N, 107-1-107-M) on local area networks (102, 103) making requests to hot sites, which are connected on a wide area network (100) such as the Internet, are redirected through one of a possible plurality of different redirectors (101, 10... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6154463 | System and method for multicast conferencing and online discussion groups A system and method for multicast conferencing and online discussion groups using a periodically determined a close-to-optimal Steiner spanning tree. Both the system and method are suitable for stationary and/or mobile group members.... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6088721 | Efficient unified replication and caching protocol A protocol that provides assurance of consistent replication of objects from a server to caching servers, for example, over data communication networks such as the Internet. It is an application-layer protocol which guarantees delivery of objects such as ... | 07/11/2000 |
