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Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring > Network Computer Configuring Network Computer ConfiguringNetwork Computer Configuring patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/19/06 - 20060235953 - Systems and methods for installing, configuring, and supporting computer networks A computer networking package that, in various embodiments, comprises: (1) networking software that installs, configures, and manages a home networking system; and (2) a service contract for providing phone or Internet-based technical support for the software and/or hardware used in the home networking system. In various embodiments, the networking software ... 10/12/06 - 20060230126 - System and method for port assignment management across multiple nodes in a network environment A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for detecting port assignment conflicts in a network data processing system is provided. Additionally, a mechanism for automatically resolving port assignment conflicts in response to detecting such conflicts is provided. A first data processing system receives configuration data of a ... 10/12/06 - 20060230125 - System and method for sas phy dynamic configuration The present invention is directed to a system and method for SAS PHY dynamic configuration which allows for attaching SAS devices having various width ports. Each PHY is configured to be a narrow port internally to the controller while PHYs for the attached device is configured to be a wide ... 10/05/06 - 20060224707 - Wireless connection setting program A computer program product includes computer readable instructions that cause a computer to execute a wireless connection setting process. The computer includes a communication interface configured to communicate with at least one device. The wireless connection setting process includes recognizing a state of the at least one device through the ... 10/05/06 - 20060224706 - Resource assigning management apparatus and resource assigning method In a system which divides requests to an application, into computers on which the application is operating, computers are managed so as to prevent the lowering of the service level of each application. The resource assigning management apparatus 1 subtracts a total number of request counts (receive request count) received ... 10/05/06 - 20060224705 - Server apparatus and system for providing device drivers and application softwares Management information for specifying use environments of devices and application softwares at a plurality of user terminals is created at an administrator terminal. User-specific configuration information is generated at a server according to the management information obtained from the administrator terminal. The user-specific configuration information is referenced by installation support ... 10/05/06 - 20060224704 - Auto-configuration for data collection terminals A system, method and computer readable medium is provided for automatically configuring at least one un-configured data collection terminal (DCT) interfaced to a network utilizing TCP/IP protocol. The network may include a plurality of devices, including at least one client or server. The system and method includes determining the presence ... 09/28/06 - 20060218257 - Apparatus having network capability and method for assigning ip address An apparatus has network capability for communicating with other device through an IP network. The apparatus includes: a network interface that establishes a connection to the IP network; a DHCP address acquisition unit that acquires a first IP address pursuant to DHCP; an Auto IP address acquisition unit that acquires ... 09/28/06 - 20060218256 - Information processing system having volume guard function In a system comprising a first storage system providing plural first logical volumes including real logical volume and a virtual logical volume with a host, a second storage system having a second logical volume, and a management computer, when the first storage system receives an access request to the virtual ... 09/28/06 - 20060218255 - A method for operating a computer system A method for operating a computer system is described. A remote device is initialized. The remote device sends data to a host computer, and a local device transmits an output signal. Once the output signal is detected and the remote device has stopped communicating with the host computer for a ... 09/28/06 - 20060218254 - Method and apparatus for automatically assigning virtual concatenation group members to virtual concatenation groups The invention comprises a method and apparatus for assigning at least one virtual concatenation group member to a virtual concatenation group at a terminating node. Specifically, the method comprises receiving originating configuration information comprising at least one assignment parameter and at least one originating capability parameter, identifying terminating configuration information ... 09/28/06 - 20060218253 - Method and system for video program creation and assembly A method and system for creating customized programs for individual requirements from a collection of prerecorded segments, which facilitates the creation of the program based on individual information and responses to specific inquiries to create a program which meets the interests, objectives and behavioral models appropriate to the user. This ... 09/28/06 - 20060218252 - Remote survivable dhcp for a dhcp relay agent A remote survivable DHCP technique is described for facilitating communications between nodes of a computer network. According to a specific embodiment, the network include a remote survivable DHCP (RSD) system adapted to enable a DHCP relay agent to temporarily respond, during at least a portion of times when the DHCP ... 09/28/06 - 20060218251 - Av server, av contents reproducing apparatus, av contents transmitting method, program and recording medium In reproducing the AV contents, the information concerning the configuration of reproduction block (e.g., GOP) composing the AV contents is needed. In the case of network reproduction, it was requisite that an AV contents reproducing apparatus acquired this information from an AV server. The present invention provides an AV contents ... 09/21/06 - 20060212552 - Presentation during network address acquisition A method and apparatus for instructing a processing system to present information. In one embodiment of the invention a server processing system on a network uses the DHCP protocol to provide network configuration information for a client processing system. The server processing system uses DHCP option code 56 to include ... 09/21/06 - 20060212551 - Plug and play node addition in a dual ring topology network A method and apparatus for adding a node to a network where the network includes a plurality of nodes connected by first and second rings formed by two or more transmission media. The method includes connecting the node to each of the first and second rings, determining a ring identifier ... 09/21/06 - 20060212550 - Information processing apparatus and activation method According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a body to which a plurality of devices are attachable, an input unit which designates one of a first activation mode and second activation mode as an activation mode of the apparatus, a first executing unit which executes ... 09/21/06 - 20060212549 - Ip address assigning method, vlan changing device, vlan changing system and quarantine process system An IP address assigning method is used for assigning a second IP address to a computer to which a static IP address is assigned in advance. The method includes the steps of storing one temporary IP address and the static IP address of the terminal device in association with each ... 09/21/06 - 20060212548 - Method and system for installing applications via a display page A method and system for downloading via a browser a target application using a target control is provided. An installation system provides a web page that is downloaded from a web server to a computer system on which the target application is to be installed. The web page includes a ... 09/21/06 - 20060212547 - Router or bridge device comprising an installation application A router or bridge device for connecting for example a local area network to a wide area network is described. According to the invention, the router comprises: means for connection to a first network and means for connection to a second network; an application for selecting configuration parameters, wherein the ... 09/14/06 - 20060206598 - Extended domain name method, apparatus, and system An extended DNS server that supports non-standard domain naming includes an update module, a query module, and a domain name database. Client computers are converted to extended clients capable of supporting extended domain naming by changing a DNS server IP address to reference an extended DNS server. The conversion program ... 09/14/06 - 20060206597 - Method of allocating an internet protocol address in a broadband wireless access system A method of reconfiguring an internet protocol (IP) address during handover by a mobile station (MS) is disclosed. In the method, the MS transmits a ranging request message to a base station (BS) in a network and then receives a ranging response message which includes a IP address refresh parameter ... 09/14/06 - 20060206596 - Systems and methods for an extensive content build pipeline Systems and methods are provided for an extensive content build pipeline. The exemplary content build pipeline is based on a code build process using a standard XIF file format containing reference to game content produced using various game content editors and tools. This standardized file format is capable of containing ... 09/14/06 - 20060206595 - Communications handles and proxy agents Methods and apparatuses for proxying communication requests to services hosted on a data processing system. In one exemplary method, an open-ended configuration file is distilled to create an object tree from the configuration file. In addition, distillation creates communication handles for the services. The object tree is serialized and forwarded ... 09/14/06 - 20060206594 - System and method to uniquely identify identically configured branches in a distributed enterprise A system and method to uniquely identify identically configured branches in a distributed enterprise such that branch specific configuration information may be used to configure computing devices in the identified branch are provided. With the system and method, upon being deployed in a branch location, the computing device sends a ... 09/14/06 - 20060206593 - Use of discovery scanning and method of ip only communication to identify owners and administrators of network attached devices Method, system, and product for remotely communicating with and identifying owners of objects on an IP network by providing a database identifying owners of objects on an IP network, discovery scanning the IP network for logical objects, sending a message to an unlisted logical object requesting a registration action of ... 09/14/06 - 20060206592 - Wireless communication system and wireless communication device and control method This invention has as its object to establish a wireless communication between wireless communication devices and to provide a desired service without any troublesome setup operations. To this end, a digital camera and printer of this invention have wireless communication functions. When it is determined that a wireless communication instruction ... 09/07/06 - 20060200540 - Information provision method and computer-readable recording medium recording information provision program The object is to enable suppression of an excessive number of changes in assignment of a server in charge of communication in response to movement of a terminal. A position-information acquisition unit in a computer acquires information on the position of a mobile terminal as a candidate for a destination ... 09/07/06 - 20060200539 - Determining a boot server network address from which to download an operating system during a boot sequence Provided are a method, system, and program for determining a boot server network address from which to download an operating system during a boot sequence. A request for a network address to use to communicate on a network to a server during a boot sequence is transmitted. An operation is ... 08/31/06 - 20060195557 - Configuration of digital content communication systems A method and system for ascertaining configuration information for a digital content communication system to access a digital content account is disclosed. For one embodiment of the invention, one or more candidate configurations are determined using configuration information provided by the user in conjunction with known configuration parameters applicable to ... 08/31/06 - 20060195556 - Apparatus, method, and software for analyzing network traffic in a service aware network The present invention generally relates to a method for describing network events in a service aware network (“SAN”). In addition, the present invention relates to software that performs the method and has a programming model containing protocol libraries, abstract protocol messages declarations, and network events. The method and software enable ... 08/31/06 - 20060195555 - Updating of software stored in a computer of a data communication system The invention relates to a method for updating software that is stored in a computer of a data communication system, a computer to be used in a data communication system, and a data communication system comprising several computers and an administrative computer. Data indicating which transmission medium should be used ... 08/24/06 - 20060190573 - Method and apparatus for multiple contexts and layer 3 virtual private networks A method an apparatus for multiple contexts and layer 3 virtual private networks is described. A method comprises providing a layer 3 virtual private network (VPN) to a first customer; providing backbone access to a second customer; and maintaining on a single network element a first set of information for ... 08/24/06 - 20060190572 - Filtered replication of data stores Methods for enabling multi-master synchronization of particular sets of data using filters. In a synchronization request, data including knowledge and filters may be supplied. A response may comprise data including changes that are identified by the filter and that have versions that are not known by the requestor. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190571 - Service framework for home network Disclosed is a structure of a service framework of a home network, capable of integrating and simultaneously controlling a plurality of middlewares by controlling service profiles with different structures, thereby controlling middlewares and all home devices and thereby building a virtual service execution environment. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190570 - Techniques for zero touch provisioning of edge nodes for a virtual private network A method and apparatus for configuring a network interface to support a virtual private network includes storing configuration data at a server on a host computer on the provider network. It is determined whether conditions are satisfied for sending the configuration data to a particular node at an edge of ... 08/24/06 - 20060190569 - Facilitating mobile device awareness of the availability of new or updated server-side applications To facilitate wireless communication device awareness of the availability of new or updated server-side applications, in response to either of a new application being made available at a server or an updated version of an application being made available at a server, a message is transmitted over a wireless connection ... 08/17/06 - 20060184651 - Architecture for general purpose trusted virtual client and methods therefor A method of installing a software patch on a device is disclosed. The method includes coupling the device to a network, the network including a set of network resources, the device further including a virtual client and a first software application. The method also includes determining if the device includes ... 08/17/06 - 20060184650 - Method for installing operating system on remote storage: flash deploy and install zone Two methods (native and clone) are used for installing software, such as an operating system, on client system(s) booting from shared storage. The native installation method configures an interconnection network to create an exclusive communication zone between the client system and the shared storage system and installs the operating system ... 08/17/06 - 20060184649 - Non-invasive method and system for automated administration of diverse security constrained servers According to one embodiment of the invention, method of automatically administering a plurality of servers includes automatically transmitting commands to at least one of the plurality of servers. Administrator level access is non-invasively obtained on the at least one of the plurality of the servers utilizing the automatically transmitted commands. ... 08/10/06 - 20060179131 - System and method for generating a representation of a configuration schema A system and method for managing and modeling a network device using a representation of a configuration schema is disclosed. One implementation includes a configuration hash key storage module; a configuration hash object storage module; and a configuration manager. ... 08/10/06 - 20060179130 - Control entity for a communication network having a number of network elements A control entity for a communication network comprising a number of network elements is provided. For the purpose of configuring parameters of network elements in a communication network, the control entity features a user interface for the network operator or operator. This is designed such that changes to the parameters ... 08/10/06 - 20060179129 - Hotcontent update for a target device Channel configuration information is sent to a content service, and the content service determines content to be provided in each channel of a set of channels using the channel configuration information. The channel configuration information also includes user preferences for determining hot content for a user. A device receives the ... 08/10/06 - 20060179128 - Service and maintenance solutions for programmable and/or reconfigurable modules included in communication network nodes The present invention relates to service and maintenance solutions for programmable and/or reconfigurable modules (CM1, . . . , CMn), which are included in the nodes of a communications network (140). The module (CM1) contains a first digital storage unit (M1), which holds information pertaining to the accomplishment of a ... 08/03/06 - 20060173978 - Minimum intervention authentication of heterogeneous network technologies (miahnt) Methods and systems for enabling communication of information within a network are disclosed herein and comprise receiving at a first communication device located within a network, configuration information from a network service provider for configuring a plurality of communication devices located within said network. The first communication device located within ... 08/03/06 - 20060173977 - A process for dynamic user control on always-on ip network A system and method for permitting an operator of a terminal device to switch from a first network to a second network without requiring a rebooting or resetting of the communication protocol system is disclosed. More specifically, filters present at the customer premise equipment (CPE) are configured to as to ... 08/03/06 - 20060173976 - Configuration of wifi network parameters A system and method of configuring network access parameters of a portable computing device is provided. A portable computing device usually includes wireless networking components and may be used with various wireless networks. A configuration server using a device management protocol, such as the OMA-DM protocol, sends network configuration information ... 07/27/06 - 20060168162 - Call signaling approach to user self-provisioning of voip using a touch-tone interface A method for providing self-provisioning of VoIP telephony to a subscriber of a VoIP telephony service is disclosed. An un-provisioned residential gateway that is associated with the subscriber is instructed to collect a subscriber numeric identity that uniquely identifies the subscriber and a Personal Identification Number (PIN) information that are ... 07/27/06 - 20060168161 - Methods of issuing a certificate for a domain name The invention provides methods for efficiently registering a domain name and issuing a certificate without a Subscriber submitting a separate request for the certificate. In some embodiments, a notice may be provided to the Subscriber, after requesting to register a domain name, that a certificate may be issued for the ... 07/27/06 - 20060168160 - System and method for remote device management A manufacturing method enables the manufacture of a remotely controlled network device management system. The manufacturing method includes the steps of obtaining a software program, obtaining a downloadable unit (e.g. an applet) configured to communicate with the software program, compiling the software program into a binary file, embedding the downloadable ... 07/27/06 - 20060168159 - Peer networking host framework and hosting api A device hosting framework provides hosting for software-implemented logical devices (including peripheral devices bridges) on a computer to expose their services as controlled devices per a peer networking protocol. The device hosting framework encapsulates discovery, description and control protocol operations of the peer networking protocol, which frees the developers of ... 07/27/06 - 20060168158 - Automated bulk configuration of network devices Multiple devices within a data communication network can be configured according to a single configuration profile. Configuration profile data is stored in a configuration file. Connections are made to individual devices, and the data in the configuration file is transformed into device-specific commands. ... 07/27/06 - 20060168157 - Java applet update apparatus, java applet execution/processing apparatus, java applet update program, and java applet execution/processing program A Java applet execution/processing apparatus is provided in a client that can be connected to a server having Java applet and an execution module. At the time when performing predetermined processing using the Java applet and execution module, the Java applet execution/processing apparatus performs the predetermined processing using Java applet ... 07/27/06 - 20060168156 - Hierarchical system configuration method and integrated scheduling method to provide multimedia streaming service on two-level double cluster system A hierarchical system configuration method and an integrated scheduling method for offering a multimedia streaming service on a two-level double cluster system are provided. The hierarchical system configuration method includes the steps of: determining whether one server node exists; if one server node exists, determining whether one virtual server node/specific ... 07/27/06 - 20060168155 - Virtual circuit identifications for hybrid point-to-point networks Methods and systems for identifying communication circuits are disclosed. In particular a communication circuit communicatively couples a first node to a second node. A virtual circuit identification is then obtained based on a first address associated with the first node and a second address associated with the second node. The ... 07/27/06 - 20060168154 - System and method for a distributed object store An improved system and method for flexible object placement and soft-state indexing of objects in a distributed object store is provided. A distributed object store may be provided by a large number of system nodes operably coupled to a network. A system node provided may include an access module for ... 07/27/06 - 20060168153 - Method of configuring wireless device A method for efficiently setting up a wireless local area network comprising one or more access points and one or more wireless client devices is provided. Unlike traditional approaches for setting up a wireless local area network, which involves repetitive manual configuration of every AP and wireless client device, the ... 07/27/06 - 20060168152 - Method and apparatus for configuring a server A process identifies one or more roles associated with a target server. The process also identifies one or more services associated with each role and identifies one or more ports associated with each role. The identified ports associated with the role are presented to a user. The user is requested ... 07/20/06 - 20060161643 - System and method for provisioning broadband service in a pppoe network using a configuration domain name A modem that includes a configuration domain name associated with a configuration Broadband Service Node (BNS) is firstly provided. A PPPoE session is established, and an authentication requested is transmitted, containing the identifier and a generic password, from the modem to a single configuration domain name over the PPPoE network. ... 07/13/06 - 20060155833 - Method and apparatus for automatic network configuration A dynamically configurable network architecture comprising networked office appliances which provide network addressing, network naming, service discovery, and user identification in one system. The network architecture provides automatic configuration services for unadministered environments. ... 07/13/06 - 20060155832 - Method for setting change options of software systems of a software system landscape and computer system with software systems having change options A method for setting change options of software systems of a software system landscape, wherein the systems are interconnected by logical transport paths for the transport of software services therebetween, the software services defining changes to at least one of the code and the data of at least one system, ... 07/13/06 - 20060155831 - Network topology based storage allocation for virtualization Methods and apparatus are provided for improving the configuration and allocation of storage resources in a fibre channel fabric. Network topology information and loop topology information is used to increase data availability and data access efficiency. For example, devices in different loops are selected for striping and devices connected to ... 07/13/06 - 20060155830 - Configuration mediator for a multi-component software solution environment Method, computer readable medium and computer system are provided for coordinating configuration changes among components in a multi-component environment. In one embodiment, a method for changing a configuration of a component in a multi-component environment is provided, the method comprising: receiving a configuration change request for the component; accessing a ... 07/13/06 - 20060155829 - System and method for selection of a communication network by a terminal System for selecting an architecture (15, 16, 17) dedicated to a communications network (40, 41, 42, 50, 51, 52) in a terminal (10) including a user interface (11). The connection to the communications network (40, 41, 42, 50, 51, 52) is set up by means of a PDP context link ... 07/13/06 - 20060155828 - Router setting method and router device A router device includes a VRRP (Virtual Redundancy Router Protocol) realizing a virtual router device for operating a plurality of router devices virtually as one router device. The router device further includes a virtual router processing section for executing virtual router processing and a virtual router information processing section for ... 07/13/06 - 20060155827 - Reconfiguration of a group of network nodes in an ad-hoc network To improve consistency of software update in an ad-hoc network, it is proposed to prepare a transition from an initial software configuration to a target software configuration in a first step (S10). Before deciding on commitment to the new software configuration, there is executed a step (S12) to evaluate at ... 06/29/06 - 20060143286 - Communication system An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing the image to be formed, in response to a request from the image processing device. The ... 06/15/06 - 20060129661 - Controlling execution of files transmitted to clients To control the execution of files transmitted by servers to clients, such as application program updates, suitable for application to a network system that includes a communication network connected to a server and a plurality of clients. The server transmits a file executable in the clients and an execution start ... 06/15/06 - 20060129660 - Method and computer system for queue processing The scheduler receives a first message from one of the plurality of computer systems and registers the first message in a first queue. Then, the scheduler receives a second message from one of the plurality of computer systems. The second message has a logical dependency on the first message. The ... 06/15/06 - 20060129659 - Method of transmitting setting data, device, system and computer readable medium employing such method A method of transmitting setting data from a terminal device to a plurality of target devices is provided. The method includes the steps of preparing new setting data to be set to the plurality of target devices, obtaining current setting data currently set to the plurality of target devices, respectively, ... 06/15/06 - 20060129658 - Transmission of setting data A method of transmitting setting data from a terminal device to a plurality of target devices is provided. The method includes the steps of preparing new setting data for the plurality of target devices, transmitting the new setting data to each of the plurality of target devices, judging whether retransmission ... 06/01/06 - 20060117096 - Methods, devices and systems with improved zone merge operation by caching prior merge operation results Methods, devices and systems for improved zone merge operations are disclosed. Two connected switches are arbitrated as an initiator and a receiver. The merge operation is initiated only by the initiator on an initiator/receiver inter-switch link. The initiator may initiate a merge request and the receiver may perform the computation ... 05/25/06 - 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 ... 05/18/06 - 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 ... 05/18/06 - 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 ... 05/18/06 - 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 ... 05/11/06 - 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 ... 05/04/06 - 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 ... 05/04/06 - 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 ... 05/04/06 - 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 ... 05/04/06 - 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, ... 05/04/06 - 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 ... 04/27/06 - 20060089980 - Video storage system Control data, such as a store-request, and video data are sent via different paths to video storage. More specifically, a load balancer sends the control data from a camera to the storage device, and the camera sends the video data to video storage. By separating the transmission paths of the ... 04/27/06 - 20060089979 - Systems and methods for proliferating a computing device configuration In one embodiment, a system and method for proliferating a computing device configuration relates to generating a categorized registry file including at least one registry entry that is categorized relative to a feature of the source computing device to which the at least one registry entry pertains, providing the categorized ... 04/20/06 - 20060085525 - Communication system and method for enabling improved use of an electric appliance A communication system comprising at least one electric appliance (2, 17, 18, 19, 20) and a server (1, 21). The appliance (2, 17, 18, 19, 20) is linked to the server (1, 21), relevant data of the appliance (2, 17, 18, 19, 20) is reproduced in the server (1, 21) ... 04/20/06 - 20060085524 - Method and apparatus to drive network device in security by using unique identifier A method and an apparatus to drive a network device in security without memorizing a password or directly entering a user's identifier into the network device. The apparatus includes a communication terminal, a network device connected to the communication terminal via a network, and a unique ID removable storage media ... 04/20/06 - 20060085523 - Login specific virtual ports A system and method of mapping remote ports so that they appear as local ports. One or more accounts is created, including a first and a second account, wherein the first account is assigned to a first user and the second account is assigned to a first computer. A plurality ... 04/20/06 - 20060085522 - Method and apparatus for fully automated iscsi target configuration The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for self-configuration of iSCSI storage devices suitable for being utilized as a “plug and play” device for various network environments including direct attached, IP storage area networks with iSNS servers, and IP storage area networks without iSNS servers. The present ... 04/13/06 - 20060080420 - Coupling a filter graph space to a network driver space A communication path is established that allows for communication between a filter graph space and a network driver space in a system. The communication path allows bidirectional communication between a filter graph driver in the filter graph space and a network driver in the network driver space. Addresses of data ... 04/13/06 - 20060080419 - Reliable updating for a service oriented architecture A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture, including in one embodiment a method for configuring at least one service proxy, comprising: providing a configuration to a service bus segment, accepting a response from the service bus segment wherein the response indicates whether or not the configuration can ... 04/13/06 - 20060080418 - Farfield analysis of noise sources An algorithm diagnoses the noise source strength distribution on an arbitrarily shaped object based on acoustic pressures measured in the far field, known as FANS. FANS enable one to acquire a quick estimate of the acoustic pressure at locations that are off limit to traditional measurement microphones. Generally, in the ... 04/13/06 - 20060080417 - Method, system and program product for automated topology formation in dynamic distributed environments A method for automated topology formation in a dynamic distributed environment includes configuring a master node in an active topology having nodes and intercommunciation paths between the nodes. The master node includes an automated topology formation application including a predefined topology policy definition and a representation of the active topology. ... 04/13/06 - 20060080416 - Virtual logical unit state maintenance rules engine A rules engine is provided to enhance management capability in storage area networks and particularly within storage switches. Resulting state and status information for virtual logical units can be maintained in a database. The database can be indexed according to the current state and/or status of members of a virtual ... 04/13/06 - 20060080415 - Methods and apparatuses for automatically synchronizing a profile across multiple devices In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses for automatically synchronizing a user profile across multiple devices includes detecting an electronic device; matching the electronic device with a corresponding user profile; and automatically updating the electronic device with content from the corresponding user profile. In another embodiment; the methods and apparatuses ... 04/13/06 - 20060080414 - System and method for managed installation of a computer network A system includes a portable computer that provides temporary Internet access to a server. The portable computer selects and downloads network applications from one or more support servers. The portable computer installs network applications on the server and associated clients and generates a network model to review the simulated operation ... 04/13/06 - 20060080413 - Method and system for establishing a deployment plan for an application A method and system for establishing a deployment plan for an application. The deployment plan represents the dependencies between the application's elements and the physical and networking components of a deployment and provides a framework for the steps to be taken in order to realize the application deployment within a ... 04/13/06 - 20060080412 - Method and system for establishing a server template for an application deployment The server template groups the configuration elements that have to be applied to a group of similar servers (e.g. a cluster of servers) in a structured entity, decoupling the set of parameters from the element those configurations are implemented for. The server template encapsulates the configuration elements that have to ... 04/13/06 - 20060080411 - Distributed software application software component recovery in an ordered sequence A distributed software application comprises a plurality of software components within a plurality of executables. A manager component for the distributed software application performs a recovery of two or more software components, of the plurality of software components, in an ordered sequence based on one or more dependency relationships among ... 04/13/06 - 20060080410 - Method and apparatus for forming and maintaining a network of devices A network of enabled devices, the enabled devices being arranged to permit computer programs to be dynamically downloaded onto and executed on the devices, and the devices being connected to one or more general computer networks containing a plurality of non-enabled devices not arranged to permit computer programs to be ... 04/13/06 - 20060080409 - Device for producing and or configuring an automation system The invention concerns a device for developing, producing, engineering, and/or configuring an automation system. The device comprises a storage system wherein are recorded the required and/or produced files, during production and/or configuration. A remote client passes via an interface to access programme files and/or data files. The invention is characterized ... 04/06/06 - 20060075079 - Distributed computing system installation A distributed processing system delegates the allocation and control of computing tasks to intelligent agent applications running on computing resources. The distributed processing system includes agents and a server. The agents are run on or associated with any computer system contributing computing resources to the distributed processing system. An installation ... 04/06/06 - 20060075078 - Method for transmitting data, and communication device operating on the basis thereof A method is disclosed for transmitting data to an information indicator. A subset of data is indicated to a human user from a total set of data containing appliance data, the subset of data being ascertained centrally after configuration on the information indicator. In a further disclosed communication device, the ... 04/06/06 - 20060075077 - System and method of secure updating of remote device software A method of securely updating software in a remote device includes copying selected portions of program code in the remote device to a memory, downloading software to the remote device, and upon detecting an unsuccessful download, reinstalling the selected portions of program code. ... 04/06/06 - 20060075076 - Updating software while it is running To avoid extensive time during which servicing of clients' requests is stopped for updating a piece of software or a data structure, various embodiments of the invention update an instance of the piece of software or an instance of the data structure instead of updating the original piece of software ... 04/06/06 - 20060075075 - Method and system to contextually initiate synchronization services on mobile terminals in an enterprise environment A system and method are disclosed for providing security features to a wireless mobile device based upon its context when it establishes a wireless connection with different access points. A plurality of access points are connected to a connectivity server which includes a security context middleware. Each of the access ... 04/06/06 - 20060075074 - Adaptor migration tool A system and method for interfacing disparate systems, comprising an adaptor migration tool for communicating with an end point manager of a first system and an application integration component of a second system, wherein the first system comprises a plurality of first properties, wherein the second system comprises a plurality ... 04/06/06 - 20060075073 - Wlan tight coupling solution A method for communicating between a cellular system and a mobile terminal by way of a standard wireless LAN and the Internet allows data communications to traverse the core of the cellular network, thereby allowing monitoring of the time and volume usage by the subscriber for billing purposes. The user ... 03/30/06 - 20060069758 - Providing automatic policy enforcement in a multi-computer service application Enforcing policy in a multi-computer service application is described. In one aspect, a scale-independent logical model of an application is generated. The application is for implementation in a distributed computing system. The scale-independent logical model includes multiple components representing logical functions of the application and intercommunication protocols. The model components ... 03/30/06 - 20060069757 - automated pcn downloads A method, apparatus, and computer program product for comparing a product change notice with a plurality of network equipment is disclosed. Preferably, the method includes automatically obtaining one or more product change notices (PCN's). Preferably, the PCN's are automatically obtained at predetermined time intervals. Once the PCN's have been obtained, ... 03/30/06 - 20060069756 - Parental and corporate controls for camera-phones A system and method of the present invention provide parental and corporate control for a camera-phone. An administration authority web site is provided that enables an owner of a camera-phone to log into a server and establish a set of control policies that specify what actions on the phone are ... 03/30/06 - 20060069755 - Maintaining mobile device electronic files A mobile device is provided that includes a first processor coupled among at least one additional processor and a communication device for use in maintaining electronic files of the device. The mobile device can, for example, be a cellular telephone. The mobile device further includes an upgrade engine coupled to ... 03/30/06 - 20060069754 - Enablement of software-controlled services required by installed applications Sequences of instructions may be stored on machine-readable media such that, when they are executed by a machine, the instructions cause the machine to 1) identify a number of applications installed on the machine, 2) identify a number of software-controlled services required by the installed applications, and 3) enable the ... 03/30/06 - 20060069753 - Automatic web-based client-server application program update system An automated software update method for distributed client/server computers is described. A server process is executed a program on either a standalone computer or a server computer in a distributed client/server network environment. The program updates are either programmed into the server process directly or downloaded to the server in ... 03/23/06 - 20060064475 - Implementation of linkset-related ss7 network functions based on m3ua messages The present invention relates to a method and network element for providing linkset-related SS7 network functions based on M3UA messages. In particular the present invention provides a method and a signaling gateway (108) for implementing screening based on M3UA messages by mapping M3UA connections to pseudo linksets (116) to which ... 03/23/06 - 20060064474 - System and method for automated migration from linux to windows A system and method for automating the migration of configuration settings and data from computer systems running the Linux operating system to computer systems running the Windows operating system. The invention utilizes data from one or more sources to create the configuration of the target system, and translates between settings ... 03/23/06 - 20060064473 - Method and apparatus to facilitate inter-domain presence services A first presence server as comprises a part of a first communications domain and a second presence server as comprises a part of a second communications domain are configured and arranged to communicate presence information regarding the respective client devices of their respective communications domains. Pursuant to one approach, session ... 03/23/06 - 20060064472 - Obtaining information for proximate devices User-interface information is wirelessly communicated from a first device to a second device as a result of the second device being brought into proximity with the first device. The second device in configured in conformance with the user-interface information such that the second device provides a user-interface to the first ... 03/16/06 - 20060059249 - Method and a system for designating a user selected console device as the primary console device for a particular computer Methods and systems for designating a user selected console device as the primary console device for a particular computer are provided. In one embodiment, information indicating which potential primary console device associated with a particular computer is the user selected console device is received. The user selected console device is ... 03/09/06 - 20060053214 - Method and system of detecting a change in a server in a server system A method for detecting a change in a server in a server system includes a server system coupled to a network server. The method includes booting the server from the network server. Scan the server by the network server to obtain a new inventory of information. Compare the new inventory ... 03/02/06 - 20060047792 - Dynamically configuring a server computer A method and system for dynamically configuring a server computer is provided. A global configuration file is utilized to configure a server computer on a per request basis. When a request is received at a server computer embodying aspects of the present invention, the server computer dynamically configures itself utilizing ... 03/02/06 - 20060047791 - System and method of assigning and reclaiming static addresses through the dynamic host configuration protocol Presented is a system and method for providing centralized address management of static IP addresses through the dynamic host control protocol. Static or permanent IP addresses are those addresses assigned by DHCP having an infinite lease time. The assignment of such static IP addresses follows the conventional DHCP mechanism for ... 03/02/06 - 20060047790 - Automatic cluster join protocol A method for new nodes to join a cluster in a serial sequence includes (a) a new node transmitting a first type of request to join the cluster and (b) the new node determining if it has to back off the first type of request. The new node has to ... 03/02/06 - 20060047789 - Rule-based filtering and alerting The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates utilizing rule-based technology with radio frequency identification (RFID) network. An interface can receive real-time RFID data from a process comprising at least one device collection in the RFID network, wherein a rules engine (RE) component can employ a ... 03/02/06 - 20060047788 - Information processing device, information processing method, and program In an information processing device according to the present invention, in the case of acquiring a setting value by using a protocol, a setting value acquired from a server by using the protocol is stored into a storage area for storing a setting value designated by a user. ... 03/02/06 - 20060047787 - Hot swap and plug-and-play for rfid devices The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates adding a device to an RFID network and associated a process to such device. An interface can receive a new device and/or related identification data that is to be incorporated into an RFID network. A hot swap component can ... 03/02/06 - 20060047786 - Network retrieval system, information retrieval method, bridge device and program There is provided network retrieval system, information retrieval method, bridge device and program in which in case where any one of plural computers arranged on a network is instructed to retrieve certain information, the plural computers cooperate to retrieve the certain information by using a distributed hash table according to ... 03/02/06 - 20060047785 - System and method for configuring and managing communication devices A system (3) for configuring and managing communication devices that include non-volatile memories includes a user interface (31) for providing a configuration and management interface for a network administrator, one or more service modules (35) for generating configuration information, and a configuration manager (33) for managing the configuration information. The ... 03/02/06 - 20060047784 - Method, apparatus and system for remotely and dynamically configuring network elements in a network A method, apparatus and system enable remote, responsive and dynamic management and configuration of various network elements on wired or wireless networks. In one embodiment, a host controller may obtain privileges to remotely configure network elements that include a configuration module. The host controller may additionally communicate with network elements ... 03/02/06 - 20060047783 - Methods and apparatuses for automatically selecting a profile In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses for automatically selecting a user profile includes detecting a peripheral device in communication with an electronic device; and automatically presenting a user profile associated with the peripheral device on the electronic device based on matching a device identifier associated with the electronic device ... 03/02/06 - 20060047782 - Presence service A presentity improves presence service and includes a presentity account setup device adapted to cooperate with a presence server of a service provider (LOC_SP) of a local domain. The presentity account setup device includes presentity account definition means, responsive to an instruction input, to define a presentity account at the ... 02/23/06 - 20060041648 - System and method for identifying and establishing preferred modalities or channels for communications based on participants' preferences and contexts A system and method for identifying and establishing preferred modalities or channels for communications based on participants' preferences and capabilities is provided. In one approach, the system attempts to optimize the inferred or directly accessed preferences of a contactee given the accessed or inferred preferences, capabilities and goals of the ... 02/23/06 - 20060041647 - System and method for profiling messages A resource-optimization system is set up to characterize the content of client messages before the transmission of those messages to final Web service endpoints and to route those messages to appropriate Web service endpoints dynamically, based on message content. A metadata storage stores service profiles that characterize resource capabilities of ... 02/23/06 - 20060041646 - System and method for automatically adjusting computer system times through a network A system for automatically adjusting computer system times through a network includes one or more computers (1) to be adjusted, and a time server (3). Each computer includes: a setting determining module (10) for determining whether a user has set a new time zone and a new time format; a ... 02/23/06 - 20060041645 - Method and system for configuring settings for a communications client utilizing host device drivers A system and method for configuring a client on a host device using a configuration application on a configuring device, the system comprising: a link between the configuring device and the host device; host drivers for communicating between the host device and the configuring device over the link; and an ... 02/23/06 - 20060041644 - Unified system services layer for a distributed processing system A distributed processing system is described that employs “role-based” computing. In particular, the distributed processing system is constructed as a collection of computing nodes in which each computing node performs a particular processing role within the operation of the overall distributed processing system. Each of the computing nodes includes a ... 02/23/06 - 20060041643 - System and method for deployment plan The present invention provides a deployment plan for an application server environment. In one embodiment, the deployment plan is an XML document that can be associated with any application that is deployed to an application server environment. The deployment plan may incorporates all server [vendor] specific deployment information as required ... 02/23/06 - 20060041642 - Secure proximity verification of a node on a network A system and method determines the proximity of the target node to the source node from the time required to communicate messages within the node-verification protocol. The node-verification protocol includes a query-response sequence, wherein the source node communicates a query to the target node, and the target node communicates a ... 02/16/06 - 20060036717 - Coupling a filter graph space to a network driver space A communication path is established that allows for communication between a filter graph space and a network driver space in a system. The communication path allows bi-directional communication between a filter graph driver in the filter graph space and a network driver in the network driver space. Addresses of data ... 02/16/06 - 20060036716 - Computer system and computer setting method A technology is provided, with which any add-on computer becomes able to automatically acquire setting information without using a distribution server or a shared disk. A computer system is provided with: a plurality of computers for network connection; a second network connected with the computers; and an add-on computer connected ... 02/16/06 - 20060036715 - System and method for scripting tool for server configuration The present invention provides a scripting tool through which a user can interact with and execute scripting instructions of a scripting language on a server to perform administrative tasks. It interprets scripting instructions either interactively, supplied one-at-a-time from a command prompt on a scripting interface, or in batches via a ... 02/16/06 - 20060036714 - Client provisioning with enhanced linking Methods, devices, systems, program products and computer-implemented methods for client provisioning are disclosed. A device includes a receiver configured to receive configuration information for the device. The configuration information includes one or more links indicative of settings. The device also includes a processor adapted to identify a first setting by ... 02/16/06 - 20060036713 - Method, system and program product for configuring an event management system An improved solution for configuring an event management system. In particular, a correlation rule can be deployed based on metadata for the correlation rule and/or a correlation engine. The metadata can describe one or more capabilities of the corresponding correlation rule/correlation engine. As a result, the combined capabilities can be ... 02/09/06 - 20060031435 - System and method for configuring a network device A system and method for communicating with network devices without regard to the device type and/or manufacturer is described. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a global graphical user interface (GUI) for communicating with various network devices. The global GUI includes an intuitive interface driven by a template library. ... 02/09/06 - 20060031434 - System and method for configuring a network device A system and method for communicating with network devices without regard to the device type and/or manufacturer is described. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a global graphical user interface (GUI) for communicating with various network devices. The global GUI includes an intuitive interface driven by a template library. ... 02/09/06 - 20060031433 - Batch updating for a service oriented architecture A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims. ... 02/09/06 - 20060031432 - Service oriented architecture with message processing pipelines A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims. ... 02/09/06 - 20060031431 - Reliable updating for a service oriented architecture A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims. ... 02/09/06 - 20060031430 - System and method of preventing computer virus infection A system and method of preventing a computer virus infection includes a first network service module which accesses update information regarding an update program to perform a particular network service, the update information being present in a network apparatus connected to the system through a network, a network service loading ... 02/09/06 - 20060031429 - Central coordinator selection in ad hoc network Disclosed herein is a method employable in the task, during organizing of an ad hoc network from a collection of plural nodes, of selecting a central coordinator node, where such organizing is taking place in a setting wherein there is available, to all of the nodes in the collection, a ... 02/09/06 - 20060031428 - System and method for third party specified generation of web server content A mobile terminal may either receive a script, or request to receive a script, which specifies a third party procedure to generate content on the mobile terminal. The script defines the procedure, manual or automatic, to be used for the content generation. If manual content generation is required, then the ... 02/09/06 - 20060031427 - Configuration commit database approach and session locking approach in a two-stage network device configuration process A method and apparatus for modifying the configuration of a network device, such as a router, using a two-stage configuration model is provided. A first request from a user for a change in configuration of a network device is received. Configuration data associated with the first request is stored. A ... 02/09/06 - 20060031426 - Programming a computing node connected to a sensor and an actuator A computing node is connected to a sensor and an actuator. The computing node receives a module which is used to program the computing node to perform a function associated with the sensor and the actuator. ... 02/09/06 - 20060031425 - Method for imaging computer systems A method is provided for configuring a target computer system in accordance with a computer image. The method comprises the steps of determining a hardware configuration of the target system, reconfiguring a hardware abstraction layer of the target system, transferring information from the computer image to a storage device in ... 02/09/06 - 20060031424 - Packet signal processing architecture A system for processing data packets comprising a plurality of data processing blocks and a controller, which allows the configuration parameters used in processing the data blocks to be updated in each data processing blocks at the data packet boundary. The present invention involves a system that utilizes a handshaking ... 02/02/06 - 20060026267 - Method, system, and cluster for the update of management objects A method, system and cluster of Management Objects (MOs) for creating and maintaining a relationship between one or more MOs and one or more attribute values that are common to the MOs. These attribute values may be contained in one or more configuration templates, and the MOs are grouped in ... 01/26/06 - 20060020689 - Index-based parameter access and software for using the same A method and apparatus for composing software are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a loader to obtain software structure data identifying a plurality of application components associated with requested functionality and to obtain software logic data indicating interaction rules between the plurality of application components, a parameter index ... 01/19/06 - 20060015592 - Software object verification method for real time system Before applying a software object such as virus detecting software to a customer's real time control apparatus, in order to verify an effect on real time control of the software object, the software object is downloaded from a first web site to a verifying real time control apparatus, and the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015591 - Apparatus and method for intelligent configuration editor With an intelligent configuration editor a command database is learned in an automatic way for validation of the syntax and the semantics of network device configuration commands, prompting the user for the validity of the same by way of floating windows and applying the same commands on a device of ... 01/19/06 - 20060015590 - Discovering a network element in a communication system A method, terminal, backend network entity, and system for discovering a network element in a communication system for a terminal, wherein the terminal is establishing a connection to a first part of the communication system, the discovering of the network element comprising a step of retrieving a network address of ... 01/19/06 - 20060015589 - Generating a service configuration A service configuration for a service is generated using a service specification and at least one library including at least one of a hardware component and a software component available to be implemented for the service. ... 01/19/06 - 20060015588 - Partitioning social networks The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates reducing network traffic between a plurality of servers located on a social-based network. The system and method involve identifying a plurality of vertices or service users on the network with respect to their server or network locations. The vertices' ... 01/19/06 - 20060015587 - System and method for selecting of versions for snmp communication A system and method are directed towards enabling and/or disabling a selection of a version of a network management protocol, such as SNMP. When a networking system is configured using an earlier version of SNMP, such as version 1 or 2, and is to be reconfigured to employ a later ... 01/19/06 - 20060015586 - Simplifying connection establishment in systems accessing other systems via redundant addressable gateways According to an aspect of the present invention, any of the redundant gateways selected to operate as an active gateway, is configured to be accessible by a pre-specified address. As a result, any systems communicating with other systems via a gateway may use the same pre-specified address to access the ... 12/29/05 - 20050289228 - System and method for managing a change to a cluster configuration An apparatus and method are directed to managing a configuration of a cluster of members. The invention employs an atomic cluster configuration approach that includes applying a change to the configuration uniformly across the members in the cluster. Each member within the cluster is initialized to a transaction mode. If ... 12/08/05 - 20050273505 - Method for setting an internet protocol address using a vehicle identification number A method for setting an IP (Internet Protocol) address for accessing a specified network is disclosed. The method includes detecting values that indicate inherent information of a vehicle from a vehicle identification number that includes specified vehicle information, setting a specified bit value for reporting that the IP address is ... 12/01/05 - 20050267953 - Distributed control system and information system The present invention provides a real-time distributed system which can improve productivity of software by suppressing a volume of software change incident to change in the system configuration, and can send or receive a message requested to be sent or received corresponding to its priority. A middleware is contained in ... 12/01/05 - 20050267952 - System and method for interfacing distributed systems with different frameworks An improved method and system for interfacing two distributed computing systems each implemented using different frameworks and different protocols. A gateway service provides some of the other services operating on a first system with software proxies capable of translating commands from clients in a second system. The gateway service also ... 12/01/05 - 20050267951 - Rolling upgrade of distributed software with automatic completion A system and method for facilitating an automatic rolling upgrade of distributed software. In a set of computing devices (e.g., a cluster), each node executes the distributed program, but different nodes may operate any number of different versions of the program. During a rolling upgrade of the software, the nodes ... 11/24/05 - 20050262225 - System and method for performing validation of a configuration In embodiments, the present invention provides mechanisms and methods for making a set of configuration changes to a set of servers comprised of an administration server and one or more managed servers. These mechanisms and methods can enable a number of changes to be made to the configuration at once, ... 11/24/05 - 20050262224 - Method for modifying one or more parameters for the operation of a network and subscribers for carrying out this method A method for modifying one or more parameters for the operation of a network, especially based on the PROFIBUS specification. In particular, a method for enabling an automatic reparameterization of all of the users in the network. A central user (1) sends a request message (T1) for parameter modification to ... 11/24/05 - 20050262223 - Display apparatus, information terminal apparatus, network system, and network configuring method A display apparatus having a first storage section for storing configuration information to perform network connection, and a display section, includes a communications section for performing communications via a network, a second storage section comprised of a non-volatile storage medium and is loadable into an information terminal apparatus connected to ... 11/24/05 - 20050262222 - Method for updating services in communication networks The invention is based on a communication network containing components which use and provide services in the communication network, a plurality of components being able to provide the same service. One component determines the services provided by other components in the communication network. Where the same services are provided by ... 11/17/05 - 20050256943 - Method for specifying image handling for images on a portable device A method and system for enabling a user to specify and automate file handling in a portable image capture device is provided, wherein the device includes at least one stored file and is capable of communicating with a computer over a network. The method begins by downloading an action list ... 11/17/05 - 20050256942 - Cluster management system and method A method of compute clustering includes identifying a defined cluster, the cluster including a plurality of receptors in a chassis. Each receptor may be configured to couple the chassis to a network device, at least one of the plurality of receptors in the cluster being unoccupied by a network device. ... 11/03/05 - 20050246430 - Video presenting network management Resources of a video presenting network having plural outputs can be configured. A provisional configuration can be supported. Configuration of inputs can be performed separately from configuration of outputs. Interdependencies between network resources can be considered to restrict provided options to those co-functional with a provisional configuration. A client can ... 10/27/05 - 20050240665 - Dynamic self-configuration for ad hoc peer networking A device control model provides an integrated set of addressing, naming, discovery and description processes that enables automatic, dynamic and ad-hoc self-setup by devices to interoperate with other devices on a network. This permits a computing device when introduced into a network to automatically configure so as to connect and ... 10/27/05 - 20050240664 - System and method for configuring and managing a network device A system for configuring and managing a network device includes a graphical user interface (GUI) (110), a network server (120), and a core-layer module (130). The GUI receives configuring and managing demands, and for displaying information on the network device. The network server is connected to the GUI, which is ... 10/27/05 - 20050240663 - Message-oriented middleware provider having multiple server instances A method, apparatus, and system are provided for a Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) provider having multiple logical MOM server instances. In an embodiment, the MOM provider having multiple logical MOM server instances is implemented on an application server. Each MOM server instance may include a session container to manage one or ... 10/20/05 - 20050235051 - Method of establishing target device settings based on source device settings A method of establishing a plurality of target device settings for at least one target device based on a plurality of source device settings of a source device via a network includes the steps of writing each setting of the plurality of source device settings to the at least one ... 10/20/05 - 20050235050 - Configuration of software applications on a target terminal The present invention relates to a method for configuring an application on a target terminal, comprising the steps of defining the configuration of said application via an application configuration service running on a configuration server, transmitting said defined configuration from said configuration server to said target terminal, configuring the application ... 10/13/05 - 20050228874 - Method and system for verifying and updating the configuration of an access device during authentication A system and method is provided to verify configuration of a client access device requesting access to a network by establishing a communications link between a network access system and the client access device to authenticate and authorize the client access device and a user associated with the client access ... 10/06/05 - 20050223086 - Discovering nearby hosts and applications for impromptu interactions using well-known ad-hoc network configuration An embodiment of the present invention includes a technique to allow mobile devices to discover nearby hosts and applications for impromptu interactions. A session-based ad-hoc group (SBG) is created within a well-known ad-hoc group (WKG) for impromptu interactions among unrelated mobile users. The WKG has a WKG network configuration and ... 10/06/05 - 20050223085 - Rapidly obtaining a subset of message data from a server for filtering Described is a system and method in which client-side tracking mechanisms allow a computing device to efficiently decide which messages need to be downloaded from a server for subsequent filtering evaluation, and request only those messages. For example, the present invention may be used to limit a download of POP3 ... 09/29/05 - 20050216574 - Communication network and method therein The invention is concerned with a method in a communication network for invoking services, the communication network including at least one or more terminals and at least two service entities. In the method the terminal deduces necessary support and service components for providing an end-user service. A set of configuration ... 09/22/05 - 20050210126 - Logical port configuration system Systems and methods for configuring a logical port, which in one embodiment among many, can be broadly summarized by a representative method of transmitting on a first logical port, a message requesting a test of a second logical port; receiving an acknowledgement message on the first logical port; and then ... 09/15/05 - 20050204022 - System and method for network management xml architectural abstraction Embodiments of the present invention provide an abstraction for the representation of a network device's configuration and management data that is not tied to a particular protocol or network device implementation but is, instead, an original, general format used as source for producing multiple, alternate and/or equivalent representations that exist ... 09/15/05 - 20050204021 - Paradigm for hybrid network communications protocol morphing The present invention proposes a novel method to achieve network protocol independence in which communication between interconnected network device nodes may be carried out regardless of the underlying network protocol and/or media. ... 09/08/05 - 20050198228 - Radio frequency identification (rfid) network system and method A bidirectional radio frequency identification (RFID) network system and method are presented. The system allows users to configure, monitor, and manage different sensor devices by using a graphical user interface real-time. The reconfiguration is done through a network management computer at the top system level that receives user input, generates ... 09/08/05 - 20050198227 - Electronic device and control method therefor When participating in a network, an electronic device which can connect to the network as an UPnP control point acquires a description for each of a plurality of electronic devices connected to the network. The electronic device analyzes the acquired description, and extracts an external device which adapts a predetermined ... 09/08/05 - 20050198226 - Security system with distributed computing A security system with a processor that receives information from multiple sources. The system is illustrated by a network of inspection machines at multiple locations in an airport, such as at check-in desks. These machines provide data to the processor for threat detection processing. The processor provides a central control ... 09/08/05 - 20050198225 - Multifunction apparatus and menu execution method When a multifunction apparatus transmits a request for a menu to a network menu server, the network menu server transmits a network menu data table including functions provided in the multifunction apparatus and functions provided in the network menu server. When the network menu is displayed on a panel, a ... 09/08/05 - 20050198224 - Storage network system and control method thereof A control condition is automatically generated by using a discovery domain managed by an iSNS server as a network communication quality control unit and set in a network device. Thus, it is possible to realize communication whose quality is effectively controlled in storage data transmission. A network configuration server automatically ... 09/08/05 - 20050198223 - Information provision method and system therefor An information provision method for providing information to deal with an abnormality occurred in a peripheral device, comprising: notifying the abnormality to a host apparatus which controls the peripheral device, obtaining a storage location for information corresponding to the abnormality occurred in the peripheral device from a database which holds ... 09/08/05 - 20050198222 - Network device There are disclosed a digital device in compliance with UPnP and its telecommunication method for restructuring a device description in accordance with a change of arrangements of own digital devices, such as a change of connection of extended peripheral devices, for example, and transmitting and reflecting a restructured device description ... 09/08/05 - 20050198221 - Configuring an ad hoc wireless network using a portable media device A computer-readable portable media device is used for transferring network settings for an ad hoc wireless network to simply the task of configuring devices for the ad hoc wireless network. A configuration program on an initiating computer assists a user in creating the network settings, including a security key, and ... 09/08/05 - 20050198220 - Method and system of providing browser functionality through a browser button An embodiment of the invention provides for one or more miniature-browser buttons, used with a downloadable toolbar for an Internet browser. The method may comprise sending downloadable toolbar characteristics from a predetermined Internet site, which includes miniature-browser button characteristics, creating a miniature-browser button in the downloadable toolbar and loading the ... 09/08/05 - 20050198219 - Unicast messaging for waking up sleeping devices Returning to normal power mode a sleeping device operating in low power mode, where the sleeping device is connected to a network, and the sleeping device has a network layer address and a link layer address. Typical embodiments include configuring an administrative device connected to the network with the network ... 09/08/05 - 20050198218 - Automated provisioning of phones in packet voice networks Approaches for provisioning phones in packet voice networks are disclosed. One approach comprises determining that an Internet Protocol (IP) phone has registered in a network; receiving a unique identifier of the IP phone; determining, based on the unique identifier of the IP phone, a user identifier of an individ |