Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomputer data transferring or plural processor synchronization inventions 05/06

20060112161 - Convergence layers for network devices and method for transmitting data traffic: A network device for an ad-hoc established device network is described, which comprises a content detection layer for detecting the content type of external traffic received by said network device. According to the content type, the external traffic is routed to a content-specific convergence layer dedicated to handling the respective...

20060112163 - Electronic mail server apparatus: Character strings for selecting received emails are registered in an email server apparatus (600). When receiving an email addressed to the user of a mobile phone (700), the email server apparatus (600) uses the character strings to select the email. When it is during a trial period, the email server...

20060112162 - Method, terminal and server for selecting a server address: The invention concerns a method for communication between a terminal and a server of a communication network, a server or data of the server being identified by an address. According to the invention, when the user of the terminal executes an input, codes stored in a base of the terminal...

20060112164 - Web application server support program and server: By using a support program for a web application server according to the present invention, it is possible to completely control an order of executing processes of a processing flow including a transition of a plurality of screens in a web application by a side of the server, and to...

20060112167 - Method and apparatus for providing content to media devices: A method and apparatus for providing rich content to media devices are disclosed. Information content is converted at a content provider system for transmission to a media device over a wireless communication network. The converted content is processed by a media engine on the media device. The content is preferable...

20060112166 - System and method for disaster recovery and management of an email system: The present invention provides an improved system and method for disaster recovery and management of an email system. The system includes a deferral monitor that detects when a failure occurs in a client's email system, and a mailbox creation process and automatically creates mailbox accounts for the affected domains that...

20060112165 - System and method for verifying delivery and integrity of electronic messages: A first party (e.g. educational testing service) provides through the internet to a control server information (e.g. test server) relating to a second party (e.g. a student taking tests prepared by the service). The server provides and may store a verification (e.g. an encrypted digital signature) of, but does not...

20060112168 - Method and devices for controlling retransmissions in data streaming: In a method for the transmission of a plurality of data packets from a sender (1) to a receiver (2), the data transmission is performed over a link (5) with a transmission capacity having a limit. A presentation time is defined for a first data packet of said plurality, and...

20060112169 - Communication system and method of multimedia messaging: The invention relates to multi media messaging for communication units lacking multi media capability. A communication system (100) comprises a first communication unit (101) wherein a text based message is generated comprising a pointer, such as a URL, to a multi media clip on a multi media server (115). The...

20060112170 - Geo-locating load balancing: Methods and apparatus are provided for geo-locating load balancing. According to one embodiment, a communication network architecture includes multiple servers, multiple load balancers, and multiple geographically dispersed communication devices. The servers provide services to the communication devices within the communication network. The load balancers each service a shared virtual Internet...

20060112172 - Personalized account migration system and method: A method for migrating information, and a migrator for migrating information, are disclosed. The method may include extracting organizational information from at least two service providers, accessing a first at least one of the at least two service providers upon selection of a migration selection interface by the user, receiving...

20060112171 - System and method to control devices using a remote control device via hypertext transfer protocol (http): A method and system for remotely controlling a device by using a remote control device via Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) have been described. An embodiment of the method includes receiving a request to remotely control a target device from a Web browser in a remote control device. A Web page...

20060112173 - Storage configuration loader: Disclosed are a system, a method, and article of manufacture to configure information storage and retrieval systems. A configuration loader receives configuration commands from a configuration loader user interface. Upon receipt of configuration commands, the configuration loader transfers storage controller configurations from information storage and retrieval system configuration sources to...

20060112175 - Agile information technology infrastructure management system: The agile information technology infrastructure management system and related methods and processes provide a solution with the required flexibility to effectively and efficiently monitor and manage a wide-variety of disparate information technology and network infrastructure deployed in businesses and enterprises throughout a region or the world....

20060112176 - Domain name resolution using a distributed dns network: A distributed DNS network includes a central origin server that actually controls the zone, and edge DNS cache servers configured to cache the DNS content of the origin server. The edge DNS cache servers are published as the authoritative servers for customer domains instead of the origin server. When a...

20060112174 - 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 incoming HTTP request from the client, apply HTTP request rules to the incoming...

20060112177 - Method and system for controlling access to presence information on a peer-to-peer basis: A presence information system allows access to presence information of a publisher to be controlled and enforced by the publisher on a peer-to-peer basis, rather than by a presence server. A subscriber sends to the publisher on a peer-to-peer basis a request to subscribe to the presence information of the...

20060112178 - Server architecture and methods for persistently storing and serving event data: A web site system includes an event history server system that persistently stores event data reflective of events that occur during browsing sessions of web site users, and makes such data available to other applications and services in real time. The server system may, for example, be used to record...

20060112179 - Multi-factor application selection: A method for selecting an application to deliver content in a networked consumer environment (12) is based on multiple factors. Generally, application selection is based on factors associated with a desired content to be communicated and/or rendered, a desired location and certain capabilities and conditions of applications and consumer electronic...

20060112180 - Efficient exchange of service requests and responses: A client system registers (with a server system) a service request format indicating the service identifier and the parameters (along with the sequence), and the server system responds with a registration identifier and a service response format specifying the parameters that will be contained in a corresponding service response. Thereafter,...

20060112181 - Method and apparatus for controlling execution of an application: A terminal server receives a request from a client to execute an application program on the terminal server. The terminal server identifies information associated with the application program and determines whether the client is permitted to access the application program based on the information associated with the application program. If...

20060112182 - Methods and apparatus for subscribing to multimedia delivery services in a data network: Methods and apparatus for subscribing to multimedia delivery services in a data network. A method is provided for subscribing to receive a subscription package in a data network. The method includes receiving resource requirements associated with the subscription package, and determining whether or not selected resources are available to meet...

20060112183 - Methods and apparatus for updating mobile node location information: Location update techniques are described. A dormant mobile node updates its location information by sending a first message over a wireless link to an access node. The access node generates a second update message in response to the first message. The second message includes a mobile node identifier and, in...

20060112184 - Adapter card for on-demand formatting of data transfers between network devices: An adapter card employs a multi-formatting execution unit, one or more descriptor queues and one or more communication channels. The multi-formatting execution unit formats each data transfer between two or more network devices based on one of a plurality of data formatting schemes with each data formatting scheme being at...

20060112187 - Apparatus and method for presenting data and sending a message: An apparatus and method for receiving relevant data, presenting the relevant data to users, and enabling users to construct and route an outgoing message. Using this apparatus and method, hospitals can provide efficient and personalized service by viewing up-to-date information about each admitted patient and, if necessary, routing relevant portions...

20060112188 - Data communication with remote network node: Data transfer between remote and base locations over a network is effected. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a data router controls the routing of data between base and remote network appliances as a function of metadata describing the data and capabilities of the remote network appliance....

20060112190 - Dependency network based model (or pattern): A dependency network is created from a training data set utilizing a scalable method. A statistical model (or pattern), such as for example a Bayesian network, is then constructed to allow more convenient inferencing. The model (or pattern) is employed in lieu of the training data set for data access....

20060112185 - Method and apparatus for pre-packetized caching for network servers: A method and apparatus for caching client node requested data stored on a network server is disclosed. The method and apparatus comprise caching server responses at the pre-packetized level thereby decreasing response time by minimizing packet processing overhead, reducing disk file reading and reducing copying of memory from disk buffers...

20060112189 - Method for tracking transport requests and computer system with trackable transport requests: A method for tracking transport requests in a system landscape comprising a central control system and a plurality of logical systems interconnected by logical transport paths, a transport request defining a software service for a system in the landscape, is described. The method includes feeding a transport request into a...

20060112186 - Method of communicating a vmebus signal over ip packet network: A method of communicating a VMEbus transfer (235) from an initiator VMEbus domain (202) over an IP packet network (210) to a responder VMEbus domain (204) can include the initiator VMEbus domain creating the VMEbus transfer and reading a VMEbus destination address (452) of the VMEbus transfer. The VMEbus destination...

20060112191 - Communications system and method, information processing apparatus and method, and program: The present invention relates to a communications system and method, an information processing apparatus and method, as well as a program, which make it possible to perform highly precise clock synchronization with ease. A synchronization master apparatus 12 generates a synchronization control frame at t1, waits for duration A1, starts...

20060112192 - Method and apparatus to facilitate universal plug and play interaction between different local networks: A Universal Plug and Play relationship is established between platforms that comprise parts of separate local networks. A link is provided via that Universal Plug and Play relationship to then facilitate Universal Plug and Play-compatible communications as between elements that do not, in fact, share a common local network....

20060106911 - Concurrent pci express with sdvo: A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises transmitting Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express protocol data on a first set of one or more lanes of a link and concurrently transmitting non-PCI Express protocol data on a second set of one or more lanes of...

20060106912 - Outdoor-unit software upgrade system and method: Disclosed is an outdoor-unit software upgrade system and method. The outdoor-unit software upgrade system includes: a software upgrade application which is an application program installed in a computer terminal and transmits outdoor-unit upgrade software, which is stored in a storage unit and selected by a user, to a data output...

20060106913 - Internet-based system designer with live agent assist: An Internet based system designer with live agent assist is disclosed. In one aspect the system design comprises a configurator tool providing a range of relationships for correlating selections within a scope of a configuration and a common reference frame in communication with a configurator tool whereby a user of...

20060106914 - Time decayed dynamic e-mail address: Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and article of manufacture provide e-mail from a user with a primary e-mail address. A temporary e-mail address is generated. The temporary e-mail address is associated with a time decay attribute and the primary e-mail address. The e-mail is sent using the temporary e-mail...

20060106915 - Apparatus for providing service in response to user request and method therefor: An apparatus for providing a service in response to a request from a user includes a service program that implements a service, an operational processing program that controls processing in accordance with the service program, and a contact program that sets up an environment for executing the service program and...

20060106916 - Method of providing software components to nodes in a telecommunication network: A method of distributing a first software component to a number of nodes of a telecommunication network is described. According to the method: a first node is provided with said first software component; said first node provides to a second adjacent node information on the availability of said first software...

20060106917 - Determination of access rights to information technology resources: A method, system, and firewall for controlling access to resources within an information technology (IT) system. Commands received from a requesting entity request access to a resource associated with each command. An assigned authority level of the requesting entity is identified. At least one required authority level of the requesting...

20060106919 - Communication traffic control rule generation methods and systems: Methods and systems for communication traffic control rule generation are provided. Configuration information for communication equipment, default information stored for the communication equipment, or both, is accessed. One or more parameters which affect processing of communication traffic by the communication equipment are determined from the accessed information and used to...

20060106920 - Method and apparatus for dynamically activating/deactivating an operating system: A dynamic software activation system allows activation and deactivation of an operating system based upon a desired business process. The dynamic software activation system allows a user to request usage of the operating system for a specific period of time, for a specific amount of usage, or in any other...

20060106918 - Systems and methods for setting up a peripheral device for use on a wireless network: In one embodiment, a method includes automatically identifying available wireless networks to a user to enable the user to select a network to which to connect the peripheral device, automatically determining a type of encryption, if any, used on a selected wireless network, prompting the user to enter an appropriate...

20060106922 - Architecture and method for accessing services in a data center: An architecture, arrangement, system, and method for providing service access in a data center are disclosed. In one embodiment, an arrangement can include: an aggregation switch configured to transfer data between a network and an access layer; and service modules coupled to the aggregation switch, where each service module is...

20060106924 - Data-processing device, communication method, and computer program: A data-processing device is provided which communicates with an external device through a proxy server. The device includes an acquiring unit that acquires sizes of data that can be transmitted through each of a plurality of transmission modes of the proxy server, a determining unit that compares the sizes corresponding...

20060106923 - Dynamically managing the communication-parallelism trade-off in clustered processors: In a processor having multiple clusters which operate in parallel, the number of clusters in use can be varied dynamically. At the start of each program phase, the configuration option for an interval is run to determine the optimal configuration, which is used until the next phase change is detected....

20060106921 - Method for data collection during manufacturing processes: The present invention discloses a new data collection method employed by a middle layer between the host and the equipment, which improves the speed and consistency of data collection. The middle layer incorporated with the proposed data collection method functions as a data format converter as well as a data...

20060106925 - Network management apparatus and method based on simple network management protocol: An apparatus and method is provided for managing a communication device using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). When a developer creates an SNMP interface header file through an application program at a compile time, an extractor generates a management information base (MIB) file and object identifier information (OIDInfo) on the...

20060106926 - System and program for detecting disk array device bottlenecks: A system is provided in which a server which provides a service to a client terminal, a disk array device upon which data used by the server is stored, and a monitor terminal which detects a bottleneck on the disk array device, are connected via a network. The disk array...

20060106928 - Computer implemented methods and systems for decoupling execution of an action from its trigger event: Systems and methods are disclosed for executing at least one action by a first server in a computer system. The action may be triggered and initiated by a predefined adjustable fulfillment level of at least one event or incident. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided, the method comprising:...

20060106927 - Method and system for supervisor partitioning of client resources: A method for supervisor partitioning of client resources in a communications environment includes receiving, at a client node, an allocated set of resources over a communications network, and partitioning the allocated set of resources among one or more applications associated with the client node using a local authority. Following the...

20060106930 - Method of querying for device location in a heterogeneous network: The present invention includes a method and system for providing network location information for real-time location-based services for parties communicating over networks from multiple carriers. Once a first party initiates a transaction over a public network, such as a telephone call (PSTN, cellular, VoIP) or a wireless Internet/Web transaction, the...

20060106929 - Network conference communications: In some embodiments, two or more packets of a first protocol including data of a real time protocol (RTP) which is associated with audio and/or video conferencing information may be received at a first interface. Two or more data channels may couple the first interface to a second interface via...

20060106931 - Scheduling in a high-performance computing (hpc) system: In one embodiment, a method for scheduling in a high-performance computing (HPC) system includes receiving a call from a management engine that manages a cluster of nodes in the HPC system. The call specifies a request including a job for scheduling. The method further includes determining whether the request is...

20060106932 - Browser enabled communication system: A wireless communication system allows mobile users to access a resource from a content server. The wireless communication system includes a browser that allows mobile users to access resources through a wireless application protocol (WAP) compliant server. The (WAP) compliant server connects the browser to a content server. This connection...

20060106934 - Communication arrangement between virtual routers of a physical router: A virtual router (VR) communication arrangement enables services on different VRs executing on the same physical router to communicate without utilizing or substantially consuming communication resources, such as a network protocol stack and physical interfaces, of the physical router. The services are illustratively implemented as separately-scheduled VR processes executing on...

20060106933 - Method for connecting devices in dynamic family networking: The invention relates to a device connecting method when implementing dynamic networking in a home network which is used to manage a peer-to-peer device in a network without a resource management device. The device connecting method includes the steps of: sending a device connecting request from a connection initiating device...

20060106935 - Multi-modal communication using a session specific proxy server: A method and apparatus for multi-modal communication includes a controller (236) operably coupled to at least one multi-modal session proxy server (226). On a per multi-modal session basis, the controller (236) provides the multi-modal session proxy server (226) with a multi-modal proxy identifier (138). The multi-modal proxy identifier (138) is...

20060106936 - Device and method for centralized data management and a access control to databases: A profile access mediator (10) provides to a plurality of service providers (16, 18, 20) a controlled and logically centralized access to personal profiles stored in a local or distributed database (12). The access to the databases (12) containing user, service or terminal profiles is controlled and tracked by means...

20060106938 - Load balancing mechanism using resource availability profiles: Resource availability profiles are received, wherein each resource availability profile describes a resource associated with a server. Each resource is assigned a plurality of weights corresponding to a plurality of policies. The weights are determined by, for each of the plurality of the policies, determining a weight for each resource...

20060106937 - System and method for downloading information to a mobile device: Described is a method and system for downloading information to a mobile device. The system and method provide a mechanism for selectively identifying the type of information that can be downloaded to the mobile device. In one embodiment, the mechanism includes a user interface resident on the mobile device that...

20060106939 - Method and system for transmitting and receiving data using multicasting: A system and method for transmitting and receiving data using multicasting are provided. The system and method enables Internet Protocol (IP) communication between a server and a client that do not know IP information about the other party. The system includes an information management unit storing information about a client...

20060106940 - Method for routing of data packets and routing apparatus: In order to be able to use a smaller routing table (4) and, thus, to reduce the costs and power consumption and to improve the performance of an IP router, it is proposed to extract a destination address identifier (ADR) from a data packet to be forwarded by the IP...

20060106941 - Performing message and transformation adapter functions in a network element on behalf of an application: A method is disclosed for performing message and transformation adapter functions in a network element on behalf of an application. According to one aspect, the network element determines an application layer message that is collectively contained in payload portions of data packets. The application layer message conforms to an application...

20060106942 - Methods and systems for end-user extensible electronic mail: Methods and systems for creating a full-featured, individually customized email system by allowing end-users of an electronic mail system to extend standard electronic mail protocol for the creation of user-defined commands that are recognizable and executable by an electronic mail system and that can alter processing performed after a server...

20060106944 - Hueristic determination of user origin: A system and method for independently determining the geographical location of a user accessing a networked system. The method may include gathering a plurality of inputs about the user's geographic location; weighting each input based on whether said input identifies a likelihood of true geographic location; determining whether each input...

20060106943 - Network system using ipv4/ipv6 translator: A network system using an IPv4/IPv6 translator for bilaterally translating packets between IPv6 and IPv4 protocols, wherein the IPv4/IPv6 translator is equipped with an address table for storing home addresses and care-of addresses in pairs for each MIPv6 mobile node. The IPv4/IPv6 translator functions as the correspondent node of the...

20060106945 - Open architecture and interfaces for workflow applications in office document systems: A system for enabling client software applications to interface with peripheral devices over a network. An application connection layer interfaces with a programming language of a client software application. A simple object access protocol (SOAP) client processor communicates with the application connection layer and a client software application using the...

20060106946 - Method and apparatus for hardware packets reassembly in constrained networks: A hardware packets reassembly apparatus and method includes an ingress unit receiving and parsing a data packet, recognizing fragments corresponding to the data packet, and outputting control information of the fragments. An en-queue unit stores the control information of each fragment, links each related fragment based on the control information,...

20060101110 - Data interchange device: A data interchange device exchanges data objects with a computing device using wireless data transmission, and has a CPU; a memory, a trigger device, a wireless data transmitter and receiver, and a user signalling device. Upon activation, the CPU causes the user signalling device to indicate that the data interchange...

20060101111 - Method and apparatus transferring arbitrary binary data over a fieldbus network: A data transfer system utilizes one or more standard parameters in a fieldbus messaging system as a mechanism to move arbitrarily large blocks of arbitrary binary data into and out of a field device. The preferred embodiment of the invention moves delineated streams of octets across a virtual connection to...

20060101109 - Network service system, service proxy processing method, computer-readable storage medium storing program, and program therefor: A service proxy processing method is used with a network service system in which a service providing device connected over a network for performing predetermined capability processing can communicate with a plurality of client devices for performing network connection capability processing for recognizing connection status of each service providing device...

20060101113 - Integrated messaging domain name setup: The present invention provides for a configuration tool that during configuration of a message server assists a user in registering, transferring, maintaining a domain name and/or automatically configuring a message system in accordance therewith. The configuration tool guides the user through a series of inquiries, and based on the user...

20060101112 - Method for providing services via a communication network: The invention relates to a method for providing services, preferably telecommunication and/or Internet services, via a communication network. A communication link (3) is set up between a host (2) and at least one client (4) of a user. A request from a user for the provision of a service via...

20060101114 - System and apparatus for storage and transfer of secure data on web: The present invention relates to methods and systems for creating secure cookies. The methods can be used to create, receive, and transmit secure cookies, confidential cookies, and authentication cookies....

20060101115 - System and method for the cross-platform transmission of messages: Accordingly, the present invention transfers a message package from one communication system to another and re-directing it to an output site that shortens the time for ‘delivery’ of a message and transforming the unique recipient contact address from one communication system to the format in another. The present invention utilizes...

20060101116 - Multifunctional telephone, walkie talkie, instant messenger, video-phone computer, based on wifi (wireless fidelity) and wimax technology, for establishing global wireless communication, network and video conferencing via the internet: This paper describes a method and a wireless telephone computer system, based on WiFi (1) and WiMax (2) technology for establishing global communication via the internet. This invention is consist of a Walkie-Talkie, a high speed multifunction wireless computer/instant messenger communicator, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and a telephone system, deploying...

20060101122 - Cell-phone terminal device, mail processing method, and program: The mail application prepares and transmits a mail of the multi-part format comprising a main mail text, any or both of an HTML part permitting image pasting into the main mail text and a text part comprising only a main mail text, and a selective attached file permitting image attachment....

20060101118 - Electronic mail delivery system: A transmitting apparatus transmits its own identification information to a terminal station and controls the terminal station to transmit to a relay apparatus a delivery permission registration request including the identification information and the email address of the user of the terminal station. On receiving the delivery permission registration request,...

20060101117 - Electronic mail distribution method, communications terminal, and server device: Mobile phone 100-1 adds information that indicates the extensions of attachment files the user desires to obtain to an HTTP request for obtaining e-mail, and sends the HTTP request to a mail server 400. When mail server 400 receives the HTTP request, it compares the files attached to the e-mail...

20060101120 - Email anti-phishing inspector: An application and system for inspecting an email message to determine if the email message is being used in a phishing ploy. When an email recipient receives an email message, the email message is sent to an EScam server for inspection. During its inspection, the EScam server considers various criteria,...

20060101119 - Integrated electronic mail and instant messaging application: An application providing a common interface allowing access and login to a electronic mail system and instant messaging system. The application allows responding to an email using an instant message, replying to an instant message using an email, sending and receiving both email and instant messages from one application, sending...

20060101124 - Method and apparatus for mass email transmission: A method for mass email transmission in a client-server environment is provided that includes preparing and sending at least one email content by a client computer over a protocol not traditionally designed for email transmission that is received by a bulk emailing server computer using the non-email protocol. The bulk...

20060101125 - Method and system for diagnosis and control of machines using connectionless modes having delivery monitoring and an alternate communication mode: A method and system for retransmitting messages using an alternate mode of communication when an original mode of communication is determined to be unsuccessful. A message is first transmitted using a connectionless-mode of communication such as by using an Internet electronic mail message. A request for acknowledgment of receipt of...

20060101123 - Methods and systems for selecting criteria for a successful acknowledgement message in instant messaging: Methods and systems are described for permitting a user to specify the criteria for determining the success or failure of the transmission of an instant message. A computer system first identifies the user specified criteria. When the server computer system receives an instant message, the computer system determines whether the...

20060101121 - Stamped email system deploying digital postage: An email postal system and method for acquiring, attaching, authenticating, and managing digital postage for use in conjunction with electronic mail (email) messages. The preferred embodiment teaches the use of a postage database used in conjunction with a digital stamp generator capable of generating branded digital stamps on demand. Methodologies...

20060101126 - Classifying multiple attention levels for message recipients: A method, system and apparatus for processing multiple attention levels in an electronic message can include assigning different attention levels to corresponding different designated recipients for a single message. More specifically, the method can include the step of generating separate messages from the single message and specifying a different one...

20060101127 - Software and method for teaching, learning, and creating and relaying an account: A method of relaying to a user an account regarding characters includes: generating a plurality of electronic communicative entities, each of the communicative entities expressing a communication of at least one character, and displaying the electronic communicative entities to the user. Most of the electronic communicative entities include an email,...

20060101128 - System for preventing keystroke logging software from accessing or identifying keystrokes: A computer program is adapted for securing user entry data against keyboard login attempts. The program masks user input data, either insulating the data from vulnerable parts of the operating system or application, or contaminating user data that is supplied to those vulnerable parts of the operating system or application....

20060101129 - Positive identification device, particularly for hospital health technology: A positive identification device particularly for establishing correctly a correlation between a hospital product or patient to be correlated and at least one hospital product or patient that is correlated to the hospital product or patient to be correlated, comprising a first memory, which can be affixed to the hospital...

20060101130 - Systems and methods for deriving storage area commands: Systems and methods for quickly resolving storage area commands from packet addresses are presented. Clients exchange packets comprising addresses and payloads with physical storage areas that have controllers using a stateless protocol. Modules use the addresses in addition to payloads to derive commands that are understandable by the controller. Furthermore,...

20060101132 - Music-data reproducing system using a download program: A data card 101 with music data accumulated therein is inserted into a portable telephone 110 to fetch the music data into the portable telephone, and application software suitable for a music data format prescribed in association with the music data is selected from among a plurality of pieces of...

20060101131 - Thumbnail image virtual address space: A method includes loading a plurality of thumbnail images into a virtual address space having a first address, and retrieving a specific thumbnail image of the plurality of thumbnail images from the virtual address space by indexing into the virtual address space at a location defined by an offset, the...

20060101133 - System and method for intermediation of services: A rule-based system and method for querying scale-free social networks for solving problems based on problem criteria is disclosed. The rule-based system may be facilitated by a computer-based system. The rule-based system will enable the effective and efficient use of the human-to-human interactions of experts and knowledgeable individuals to obtain...

20060101134 - Apparatus, method and article of manufacture for visualizing patterns of change and behavior on a compute infrastructure: Provided herein are exemplary techniques for visualizing patterns of changes and behavior on a compute infrastructure wherein a Differential View user interface provides for complete visualization of infrastructure change and behavior and further provides interactive filters that identify and display patterns of change and behavior, on a graduated scale, for...

20060101136 - Information management apparatus, information management method, and program: An information management apparatus includes a management unit for managing the type of integrated circuit chip and the type of command to be executed by the integrated circuit chip in such a manner as to correspond to each other; an information obtaining unit for obtaining information on the type of...

20060101137 - Maintaining apparatus, apparatus-to-be-maintained, and maintenance system: An apparatus is maintained by a piece of equipment through a network. The apparatus includes a reading section and a controller. The reading section automatically reads an instruction file from the maintaining equipment. The instruction file contains an instruction necessary for maintenance of the apparatus. The controller outputs a reply...

20060101138 - Network management apparatus and method: A network management apparatus and method are provided to easily manage devices that are dynamically added to a network and yet maintain an existing network management structure. The network management apparatus includes a device connection management unit which determines whether to extend a predetermined management information base (MIB) according to...

20060101135 - Network modeling systems and methods: Embodiments of network modeling systems and methods are disclosed. In one method embodiment, the network modeling method includes receiving multiple 4-port s-parameter measurements corresponding to an 8-port device and generating an 8-port model from the multiple 4-port s-parameter measurements....

20060101140 - Ethernet extension for the data center: The present invention provides methods and devices for implementing a Low Latency Ethernet (“LLE”) solution, also referred to herein as a Data Center Ethernet (“DCE”) solution, which simplifies the connectivity of data centers and provides a high bandwidth, low latency network for carrying Ethernet and storage traffic. Some aspects of...

20060101141 - Expanded monitoring for a plurality of processes via agents: The invention concerns a method, a device and a system for monitoring for a plurality of processes via a central monitoring unit. The processes respectively comprise an agent that is assigned to receive signals from the process, to analyze these signals and—in the event that a predeterminable communication condition is...

20060101139 - Real-time alerts within a web browser: A real-time browser window alert system including a real-time alert sub-system including a session manager operative to monitor a session in which a web page is active within a window of a browser on a client computer, and an alert buffer operative to store an alert destined for the client...

20060101144 - Bandwidth management system: A method of managing bandwidth including receiving packets on an input port, classifying the packets in a classification engine, processing the packets in a processing engine, queuing the packets in a queuing engine, and scheduling the packets on an output port....

20060101143 - Handling of invitations to group communication sessions: A method controls group communication in a communication network. The method includes sending, to a plurality of users, requests to join a group communication session. The method also includes detecting that at least one of the users was not accepting the request to join the group communication. The method also...

20060101142 - Technique for selecting a path computation element: A technique efficiently selects a Path Computation Element (PCE) to compute a path between nodes of a computer network. The PCE selection technique is illustratively based on dynamic advertisements of the PCE's available path computation resources, using (i) a low-pass filter algorithm to compute such resources, and (ii) threshold determinations...

20060101146 - Distributed speech service: The present invention relates to establishing a media channel and a signaling channel between a client and a server. The media channel uses a chosen codec and protocol for communication. Through the media channel and signaling channel, an application on the client can utilize speech services on the server....

20060101145 - Method for running servers behind firewalls, routers, proxy servers and network address translation software and devices: The present invention provides a system and method for automatically and securely enabling a server to be accessed by systems and devices under conditions where it would otherwise be inaccessible. Servers maintain higher levels of security as listening ports are not utilized in the invention. The methods described allow access...

20060101149 - Method for verifying the authentication of a manager application in a telecommunications management network operating system by means of a network element and network element suitable therefor: Network elements in telecommunications networks are managed via an operating system which is connected to the network elements. The operating system is formed from a large number of manager applications which communicate with the network elements. In the course of such communication, it is possible to provide for the authentication...

20060101148 - Method, system, and program product for monitoring message flow in a message queuing system: System, method, and computer program product for automatically monitoring message flow in a message queuing system in an asynchronous messaging network. A message queuing application programming interface appends, in a message descriptor field for recording and monitoring message flow, unique application identification keys of applications that process the message, operation...

20060101147 - Multi-modal communication using a session specific proxy server: A method and apparatus for multi-modal communication includes a controller (236) operably coupled to at least one multi-modal session proxy server (226). On a per multi-modal session basis, the controller (236) provides the multi-modal session proxy server (226) with a multi-modal proxy identifier (138). The multi-modal proxy identifier (138) is...

20060101150 - Server apparatus, mobile terminal, contents distribution method, contents reception method, and program product: A multiple-contents distribution in a client and server system is disclosed. The multiple-contents contain contents-pieces, which are to be distributed to a set of clients including mobile phone terminals. The set of clients are registered with the server in response to registration requests. The server determines an order of the...

20060101151 - Methodology for fast file transfer protocol: A methodology is provided for transferring a file from a first entity to a second entity over a network. The methodology may include receiving a first one of a plurality of blocks at the second entity, receiving a second one of said plurality of blocks at the second entity, receiving...

20060101152 - Statistics engine: A memory system that provides statistical functions is provided. The memory system includes a dual-port memory array where one port is coupled to a statistics processor. The statistics processor can perform statistical analysis on data stored in the dual-port memory array in response to opcode commands received from an external...

20060101153 - Store and forward architecture: A store and forward (S&F) architecture is provided that supports multiple applications within an extensible network to direct information of various formats to any of multiple destinations. In the presently preferred embodiment of the invention, Java applications running on a client send non-priority data to any server on the application...

20060101154 - Pipeline for data exchange between medical image applications: The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a system for the transfer of medical image data from at least one source application to at least one sink application, and for managing the data transfer via a controller and a message system. The method is based on a pipline...

20060101156 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus, which transmits image data to a plurality of addresses via a network, includes a transmission device which transmits the image data to an address in the plurality of addresses, an address setting device which sets at least one of the plurality of addresses, a determining device...

20060101155 - Message based network configuration of domain name purchase: Systems and methodologies that facilitate purchase and/or transfer of a domain name and access of users to the internet, by using a well defined protocol to interact with a plurality of domain name registrars, via employing; a purchasing component, and a mapping component. Once a user has identified a domain...

20060101157 - Communications routing: A method of routing packets in a packet network is disclosed. The packet network includes a chain of packet nodes, the chain comprising a first and second access node for communicating with one or more mobile nodes and one or more intermediate packet nodes providing a path interconnecting the first...

20060101158 - Method and apparatus for managing a network component change: A method is disclosed of managing a network component change in a data communications network having as components nodes and links defining a pre-change topology. A transitioning node forwards all data assigned to the pre-change topology via the pre-change topology. The transitioning node defines a post-change topology. The transitioning node...

20060101159 - Internal load balancing in a data switch using distributed network processing: A data communications switch for dynamically distributing packet processing operations between an ingress and egress processor for load balancing is disclosed. The invention in the preferred embodiment features a switching device including a plurality of switching modules, each of the switching modules including a packet classifier for identifying one or...

20060101160 - Methods, systems and computer program products for expressing classes of adaptation and classes of content in media transcoding: A generic method and means for defining and identifying classes of adaptation and classes of content in transcoding processes. The generic nature of the method and means allow for description of large quantity of adaptation and content classes, which would accommodate MMS, as well as other network applications. In addition,...

20060095497 - Global network computers: This invention generally relates to one or more computer networks having computers like personal computers or network servers with microprocessors linked by broadband transmission means and having hardware, software, firmware, and other means such that at least one parallel processing operation occurs that involve at least two computers in the...

20060095498 - Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium: An apparatus is provided which is adapted to search for a desired device among a plurality of devices in a network. The apparatus includes a dividing unit adapted to divide a search condition into a first search condition and a second search condition when the size of the search condition...

20060095500 - Printing system and method of setting same, information processing apparatus and storage medium: In a printing control apparatus that communicates with an image forming apparatus connected via a network, information used in order to enable utilization of the image forming apparatus is registered. This information indicates a printing-completion notification function possessed by the image forming apparatus. In response to registration of this information,...

20060095499 - System, device, and method for supporting virtual private networks in a label switched communication network: A system, device, and method for supporting virtual private networks in a label switched communication network utilizes an extended Next Hop Resolution Protocol in order to establish a label switched path for a particular virtual private network. Specifically, label information and a corresponding virtual private network identifier are carried in...

20060095506 - Extended user interface for email composition: Method and apparatus for composing an email to be sent by a mobile device is disclosed. A screen including one or more fields for receiving user input to define a content of the email is adapted to expand at least a one of the fields to present additional options to...

20060095513 - Hypermedia management system: A system supplies links between objects. A link service receives a link request from a client. The request identifies a source object. The link service aggregates links from link providers for which the source object is a source of the links, and provides the aggregated links to the client....

20060095508 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and transmitting medium: Personal information of a user is provided to an information provider from any location, through a simple apparatus, and with reliability. Personal information is stored beforehand in a user profile database of a server. When the user accesses a service provider device from a terminal device through the server and...

20060095503 - Information processor, mobile terminal, information processing system, information processing method, information processing program, and computer-readable recorded medium: In an information processor, a situation and operation storage section stores situation information, acquired by a situation acquiring section, about a situation in which an operation has been performed and operation information, received from an operation section, about the operation in an associated manner. A situation comparing section compares a...

20060095509 - Information processor, portable terminal device, server computer, data save method and program: The present invention enables a user to save image data, taken by a portable terminal, in a save destination in a server. A computer system includes a portable terminal and a server. The portable terminal includes: a control part for controlling the entire system; a request reception part for receiving...

20060095511 - Messaging protocol: A messaging system transfers messages between server and client in XML format. The transfer of messages is by HTTP. The server and client store messages in the XML format. The server can collect messages from various sources, convert those into the XML format and supply them to the client. The...

20060095507 - Method and system for tracking multiple information feeds on a communications network: A method and system for tracking multiple information channels, the end-users of those channels, and the distribution partners utilizing those channels to re-syndicate the information on a communications network. The method and system may be used to collect and use information associated with syndicated information requests. The methods and system...

20060095505 - Providing a trustworthy configuration server: A method and article of manufacture to provide a trustworthy configuration server. A connection between a server and a client is established during a preboot of the client. Server integrity of the server is verified by the client during the preboot of the client. The client is booted with a...

20060095502 - Real-time communications and content sharing: A system and method to facilitate real-time communications and content sharing among users over a network are described. In one preferred embodiment, multiple links to content information are dynamically generated for a sender user. Responsive to selection of a link by the sender user, the link and associated metadata information...

20060095501 - Relay server, relay server service management method, service providing system and program: An application service delivery method capable of making use of an existing SIP server function and easily carrying out authentication and billing. When a user who operates a client requests a service delivered by an application server, the present method establishes an SIP session between a client and application server...

20060095512 - Service providing apparatus and method, and information processing apparatus and method as well as program storage medium: The invention provides a service providing apparatus and method and an information processing apparatus and method as well as a program storage medium by which a plurality of users can communicate with each other simultaneously. A plurality of client computers are connected to a shared server over a network and...

20060095504 - System and method for optical character information retrieval (ocr) via a thin-client user interface: A method and system for allowing optical character recognition (OCR) information retrieval via a thin-client user interface. The method includes receiving an information request from a user via a thin-client user interface, where the information request is an image. Next, optical character recognition is performed on the image to produce...

20060095510 - System and method for providing wireless device access to e-mail applications: A system and method for enabling users to send and receive messages and other information from mobile devices and enabling users to access server-based information using mobile devices over wireless data networks are disclosed. The system and method provide wireless device access where users may have access to an electronic...

20060095514 - Collaborative communication platforms: A collaborative communication system is disclosed. The collaborative communication system integrates a number of electronic. communication tools to meet the collaborative communication needs for an enterprise, family members or friends. All communications are within the system. According to one aspect of the collaborative communication system, registered users in the system...

20060095516 - Local area preference determination system and method: A preference determination system allows a music provider, like a band or disc jockey, to determine the musical preferences of the members at a gathering. As many members of a gathering use electronic devices, like cellular telephones, that include music and video players, these devices include a corresponding play list...

20060095515 - System, method and computer program product for providing content to a terminal and directing the rendering of such content at the terminal: A system for directing the rendering content includes a plurality of participants and a conferencing server. The participants include a source and at least one destination that are each capable of storing content. The source is capable of operating in a fixed network environment, and at least one of the...

20060095526 - Internet server access control and monitoring systems: This invention relates to methods for controlling and monitoring access to network servers. In particular, the process described in the invention includes client-server sessions over the Internet. In this environment, when the user attempts to access an access-controlled file, the server subjects the request to a secondary server which determines...

20060095519 - Method and apparatus for manager/agent communications: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for programmatic communications via an instant messaging network. A connection is established to the instant messaging network. A script is received though the connection. The script is then executed....

20060095520 - Method and apparatus for managing computer systmes in multiple remote devices: A method and apparatus are provided for tracking compliance on multiple computer systems. A central database maintains compliance information on each of the multiple computer systems. Security notification messages are received and stored in the central database, each of the security notification messages including update information. A notice generator is...

20060095527 - Method and apparatus for minimzing storage of common attachment files in an e-mail communications server: The present invention provides an e-mail communications system that minimizes the number of duplicate copies of common attachment files to e-mail communications that are stored in the mail store of an e-mail server. When the e-mail server receives an e-mail attachment file that is larger than a threshold size, the...

20060095521 - Method, apparatus, and system for clustering and classification: The invention provides a method, apparatus and system for classification and clustering electronic data streams such as email, images and sound files for identification, sorting and efficient storage. The inventive systems disclose labeling a document as belonging to a predefined class though computer methods that comprise the steps of identifying...

20060095528 - Methods and systems for achieving and verification of electronic communications: A method and system for archiving and/or verifying electronic communications. The method and system provide verification of an email sent by a sender to a recipient, comprising receiving a copy of an email as an addressee; indexing the email according to at least one of sender, recipient, date, or subject...

20060095522 - Mixed massaging mode for multiple points of presence: A facility for providing an IM mixed mode operation by utilizing both page mode IM and session based IM jointly in the same IM conversation is provided. The facility initiates an IM conversation between an originating user registered at an originating device and a remote user registered at a plurality...

20060095529 - Scalable notification delivery service: A notification service that efficiently scales to the number and variety of notifications and users being serviced. The notification service is separated into three general functional components. A listener component receives a notification in a network format suitable for transmitting the notification over a network. The listener component translates the...

20060095530 - Server-based message protocol translation: A system and method are presented in which a plurality of transport protocol objects (TPOs) are instantiated at a server. In one embodiment, each of the plurality of TPOs is adapted to provide a translation between a first IM protocol and a different IM protocol....

20060095518 - Software application for modular sensor network node: A software application enables communication among a plurality of modules in a modular sensor network node. The modular sensor node senses a parameter from the surrounding environment and generates data representative of the sensed parameter. The software application resides in each of the plurality of modules and includes program codes...

20060095525 - System and method for pushing information from a host system to a mobile data communication device: A system and method of pushing user-selected data items from a host system to a user's mobile data communication device upon detecting the occurrence of one or more user-defined event triggers is provided. The user may then move (or file) the data items to a particular folder within a folder...

20060095523 - System and method for sending messages into a communications network by electronic mail, based on the use of a send filter: The present invention relates to a system and a method for sending messages into a communications network by electronic messaging, based on the use of a send filter. As the communications network 1 includes an access server 2 used by a sender terminal 3 for connecting to this network 1...

20060095524 - System, method, and computer program product for filtering messages: The present invention provides systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and subcombinations thereof for filtering received messages. The invention includes a client system having filtering logic, a statistical classifier module, and a classifier database. The classifier module is automatically trained, without manual intervention, when the score generated by the...

20060095517 - Wide area wireless messaging system: A method and apparatus for improved handling of messages transmitted over a plurality of wireless and wired networks. Electronic mail transmitted by a mail source via an internet connection is received by a server that is operably connected to an intranet that is protected by a firewall. The server adds...

20060095531 - File transmission method in instant messaging service and mobile communications terminal for supporting the same: A file transmission method in an instant messaging service by which clients can transmit files to each other during an instant messaging using a mobile communications terminal, and the mobile communications terminal for supporting the same, wherein clients can transmit and receive the file to/from each other while using an...

20060095532 - Method and apparatus for selecting cache and proxy policy: A cache server includes a media serving engine that is capable of distributing media content. A cache engine is coupled to the media serving engine and capable of caching media content. A set of cache policies is accessible by the cache engine to define the operation of the cache engine....

20060095533 - Communication system and communication method: A communication system includes a first network on which a file server and an access point are connected via a first communication link and a second network on which the access point and a terminal are connected via a second communication link. The terminal establishes a connection with the access...

20060095534 - System and method for securing fiber channel drive access in a partitioned data library: A storage area network associated data library partitioning system comprises a plurality of storage slot elements adapted to store data storage media, at least one set of at least one of the slots is assigned to one partition of a plurality of partitions, and a plurality of data transfer elements...

20060095537 - Memory association to folder information: A method, device, system, and a computer program product for association of memory to folder information are disclosed. The electronic device includes one or more memory elements and a sending module. Each of the memory elements is adapted to store folders therein, and the sending module is adapted to send...

20060095541 - Methods and systems for administrating imaging device event notification: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for imaging device event notification....

20060095542 - Methods and systems for imaging device document modification: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for modifying and managing documents with a remote application that receives input from an imaging device....

20060095536 - Methods and systems for imaging device remote location functions: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for obtaining location and mapping data from a remote computing device at an imaging device user interface. Some embodiments comprise remote computing devices configured to communicate with imaging devices, imaging devices configured to communicate with remote computing devices and systems...

20060095538 - Parameter passing in web based systems: Systems, methodologies, media, servers, and other embodiments associated with parameter passing are described. One exemplary system embodiment can include a web browser executable within a computing device and configured to communicate with a network device using a network connection. The web browser can be configured to at least display web...

20060095535 - System and method for movement of non-aligned data in network buffer model: A method is provided for transferring data between first and second nodes of a network. Such method includes requesting first data to be transferred by a first upper layer protocol (ULP) operating on the first node of the network; and buffering second data for transfer to the second node by...

20060095540 - Using local networks for location information and image tagging: The present invention provides a method for establishing a location for a digital image without the use of a GPS unit. Aspects of the invention include broadcasting over a network a location identifier (ID) identifying a location of the network; detecting the location ID by a digital image capture device...

20060095539 - Wireless video surveillance system and method for mesh networking: A mesh network surveillance system and method for providing communication between a base system having at least one wireless input capture device ICD(s) and other ICD(s), wherein the ICD(s) are capable of smart cross-communication with each other and remote access to their inputs via a server computer, including the steps...

20060095543 - Information access system information providing device information access device information providing mehtod and information acess method: An information search system is provided. The information search system is capable of searching a target content based on meta information provided by a broadcast station, in which a reception device makes an inquiry toward a directory service server based on a meta information reference ID accompanying meta information coming...

20060095544 - Method and apparatus for designing web services using a sequence and multiplex architectural pattern: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for designing a Web service that processes one or more composite messages. The same techniques may be applied to the design of clients of the Web service. The Web service is comprised of service logic and compositional logic. The service logic is comprised of a...

20060095545 - Interface unit for automation systems and method of providing and installing such an interface: A method of integrating a machine or installation into an engineering/control system within the facility, such as an automation system, comprises the steps of receiving a definition or specification for applicable standards for communication between the engineering/control system within the facility and the machines or installations; manufacturing or providing a...

20060095549 - Managing asynchronous objects received over multiple communication protocols: Systems and methods for managing asynchronous object transfers over multiple wireless networks. At a device, each received object is detected and parsed to extract identifying information such as sender and object type. Each object is stored in a temporary storage without being processed by any application of the device. The...

20060095546 - Method and system for locating services in proximity networks for legacy application: A system and method for maintaining the configuration of a server within a network. After daemons are initiated, it is determined whether network interfaces are available. If network interfaces are available the available network interfaces are automatically configured. It is then determined whether infrastructure exists. If no infrastructure is detected,...

20060095548 - Method for the automatic selection of a security configuration for terminals of nomad users: Method for selecting a security configuration of a user's terminal (10) able to be connected to at least one network (1, 2) via several network interfaces, comprising steps during which the terminal (10): detects any change in the terminal's physical connection to a network; verifies that the terminal is connected...

20060095547 - Storage configuration loader using cache for fast retrieval of storage configurations: Disclosed are a system, a method, and article of manufacture for managing configuration information for information storage and retrieval systems. A configuration loader user interface permits a user to send and receive command with respect to a configuration loader. The configuration loader obtains the configuration of the information storage and...

20060095554 - Computer network system and a method for monitoring and controlling a network: Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling...

20060095551 - Extensible service processor architecture: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for a service processor architecture. The service processor provides an extensible execution environment for a platform (or other device) that is accessible when the host system is non-functional. In an embodiment, the service processor has one or more...

20060095556 - Method and apparatus for automating collaboration over communications devices: In one embodiment, a method for automating or arranging a group communication among at least two participants includes receiving a user request (e.g., from one of the participants) for the group communication and delegating at least a portion of the user request to at least one service provider for processing....

20060095550 - Method and device for the automatic generation of program code documentation text and management information bases using the data of a database: In a method for administration of at least one data object of a printer or copier, at least data of a data object are stored in a databank, and an identifier is associated with the data object. At least one first source code with a plurality of instructions is created...

20060095552 - Preventing deadlock in a policy-based computer system: Methods and mechanisms for preventing deadlock in a policy-based computer system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes various machine-implemented steps, such as a step of receiving policy information based upon decisions about system configurations. At least one policy includes at least one action that has a post condition....

20060095553 - Storage system: In a storage system that manages update prohibition (WORM) information, when time management is not performed with precision, there arises a possibility that an update prohibition (WORM) attribute may be erased before a preservation period expires. This invention provides a storage system coupled to at least one of time servers...

20060095555 - Workflow in a paperless office: A workflow system for a paperless office, an information processing apparatus, a method for simply defining a complicated workflow, for example, a workflow such as a circulation among a plurality of departments where the circulation route varies in each department, and a storage medium. A workflow system comprises: a manipulating...

20060095565 - Communication device identification: Operational data collected from a communication system, such as a DSL system, may include exclusionary data and/or indicative data that can be analyzed to determine the type of communication device, such as a DSL modem, that generated the operational data. Exclusionary data, if any, can be used to exclude one...

20060095570 - Data collection with user identification: Methods, systems and computer program products for collecting data processing system status information monitoring network communications with the data processing system to observe transaction(s) associated with the data processing system. The transaction(s) is analyzed to determine if the transaction(s) complies with a quality standard and a trigger is generated based...

20060095559 - Event counter and signaling co-processor for a network processor engine: According to some embodiments, an event flag signal generated by a network processor engine may be received at a co-processor. For example, a location in an event flag register at the co-processor may be set, and an event counter associated with that location may be incremented. The co-processor may also...

20060095568 - Method and apparatus enabling voice-based management of state and interaction of a remote knowledge worker in a contact center environment: A network system for enabling voice interaction between communications-center applications and human agents remote from the center has a primary server connected to the network the server controlling at least one routing point used by the center, a secondary server connected to the network the secondary server for generating and...

20060095563 - Method and apparatus for presenting network displays utilizing animation: A method and apparatus for presenting or displaying operations associated with a network is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selecting a path that allows communications between two selected nodes in the network, wherein the path consisting of a plurality of communication paths providing communication between communicatively adjacent nodes,...

20060095561 - Method and apparatus to correlate system management information using instant messaging facilities: An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for correlating system management information in a network data processing system. Monitoring an instant messaging chat group for system management information sent by a set of agents located in the network data processing system using an instant messaging system, wherein the system management...

20060095564 - Method and system for monitoring server events in a node configuration by using direct communication between servers: In a method and system for monitoring events occurring at respective servers of a configuration of nodes, a first server located at a first node receives information from a messaging system pertaining to events at servers located at other nodes. The messaging system usefully comprises a highly available (HA) bulletin...

20060095567 - Method of offloading iscsi pdu corruption-detection digest generation from a host processing unit, and related iscsi offload engine: A method of offloading, from a host data processing unit (205), the generation of data corruption-detection digests for iSCSI PDUs to be transmitted as TCP segments over respective TCP connections. An iSCSI layer processing software (310) executed by the host data processing unit provides a command descriptor list (320) containing...

20060095569 - Monitoring a system using weighting: Methods, systems and computer program products for collecting data processing system status information monitoring network communications with the data processing system to observe transaction(s) associated with the data processing system. The transaction(s) is analyzed to determine if the transaction(s) complies with a quality standard and a trigger is generated based...

20060095566 - Network communication device, method of maintenance of network communication device, program, recording medium, and maintenance system: A network communication device is connected to a maintenance center through a network and comprises a maintenance policy database in which a maintenance policy is stored, the maintenance policy specifying either transmission of maintenance information related to maintenance of the network communication device or a maintenance operation of the network...

20060095562 - System and method for collection, aggregation, and composition of metrics: A method for collecting, aggregating, and composing metrics and a computer system comprises a producer application adapted to periodically generate metrics comprising state information of the producer application; a metric engine adapted to aggregate the metrics; and a consumer application adapted to receive the aggregated metrics, wherein the metric engine...

20060095560 - System and method for leveraging end-users' preferences for efficient communications: A presence server is described herein that implements a method which processes and integrates a presence watcher's communication preferences and a prese