Computer Network Managing

Computer Network Managing 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 - 20060235958 - System, computer program product and method for managing and controlling a local network of electronic devices
A method, control device and computer program product for remotely controlling wireless network devices broadcasting a wireless menu request from a control device to electronic devices connected to a wireless local area network (LAN), receiving a wireless menu response from one of the electronic devices, selecting the one of the ...

10/19/06 - 20060235957 - Connection management method, system, and program product
The invention provides a method, system, and program product for managing a connection. In particular, the invention manages connection information in memory based on an expected usage of the corresponding connection. Connection information can be stored in faster memory, such as cache memory, when the connection is expected to have ...

10/19/06 - 20060235956 - Information process distribution system, information processing apparatus and information process distribution method
An apparatus and method is disclosed wherein a process of information relating to a content which applies a high load to a CPU can be processed efficiently in a distributed manner. A request source information processing apparatus transmits a process type of the process to be executed, and receives identification ...

10/19/06 - 20060235955 - Method and system for remote server administration
Methods and systems for enabling remote server administration using a terminal device of a wireless network. The terminal device is hosted by an application gateway designed to mediate signalling between the terminal device and web services of a data network. A web service implementing administration functionality for one or more ...

10/19/06 - 20060235954 - Methods and systems for managing network information objects
Methods and systems that substantially reduce the burden of fulfilling network management request response details ...

10/12/06 - 20060230132 - System and method for selective installation of a network document processing device
A system and method for selective installation of a network document processing device. Data representing available networked document processing devices is first communicated to a network, whereupon a visual indication of one of the document processing devices is displayed on a thin client interface. The thin client interface then receives, ...

10/12/06 - 20060230131 - Information-processing device, information-processing method, recording medium, and program
There is provided a processing apparatus which increments and thereby restores a lendable number upon receiving a content returned from a portable device, and which confirms the return of the content and increments the lendable number even when the portable device does not have or deletes the content borrowed from ...

10/12/06 - 20060230130 - Apparatus and method for managing and controlling upnp devices in home network over external internet network
An apparatus and method for managing and controlling UPnP devices in a home network over an external Internet network. The apparatus comprises a client connected to the external Internet network, and a UPnP proxy server for controlling and managing the UPnP devices in the home network. The client includes a ...

10/12/06 - 20060230129 - Apparatus, method and computer program product to reduce tcp flooding attacks while conserving wireless network bandwidth
A method for operating a firewall includes: in response to the firewall receiving a TCP SYN request packet that is sent towards a first node from a second node, said TCP SYN request packet comprising a sequence value (“seq”), sending to the second node a SYN|ACK packet, said SYN|ACK packet ...

10/12/06 - 20060230128 - Method and apparatus interfacing for controlling a device between an application and a library of a master on home network
The present invention relates to method and apparatus for interfacing for controlling a device between various applications operated on a home network and a library to ensure their compatibility. In a method for controlling a device on a home network according to the present invention, an application calls a function ...

10/12/06 - 20060230127 - Methods and systems for auto-sensing internet accelerators and proxies for download content
The present invention allows for the downloading of content regardless of a computing device's configuration. Computer software is executed on the computing device to accommodate multiple download protocols and techniques. The present invention also works through problems associated with proxies, firewalls, and internet accelerators to download content from the internet. ...

10/05/06 - 20060224718 - Content providing system and information collecting device and program
A content providing system includes an information collecting device including a content collecting unit and a content providing unit, a plurality of relaying devices each configured to relay transmission of the collected contents provided by the content providing unit, and a terminal device connected to at least one relaying device ...

10/05/06 - 20060224717 - Management system for warranting consistency between inter-client communication logs
In inter-peer communication between an application server for providing service such as Voice over IP or contents distribution and a client using the service, the client or the application server notifies a log management server of a communication log by a log information process. The log management server verifies consistency ...

10/05/06 - 20060224716 - Digital content distribution system
In the setting of distribution contents and distribution time of digital content, data processing efficiency is increased and operability are improved for users. Distribution processing is efficiently executed according to, for example, a position of a portable terminal, and excellent usability is realized for digital content and advertisements. To solve ...

10/05/06 - 20060224715 - Computer management program, managed computer control program, computer management apparatus, managed computer, computer management system, computer management method, and managed computer control method
The present invention has been made to provide a computer management program, a managed computer control program, a computer management apparatus, a managed computer, a computer management system, a computer management method, and a managed computer control method allowing the management agent to easily perform autonomous communication frequency control. A ...

10/05/06 - 20060224714 - Display technique for displaying a layout of a print network system
A display terminal comprises a position storage, a status storage, a connection relationship storage, and a display device. The position storage stores a position of each of the terminals and the printers. The status storage stores a status of each of the printers. The connection relationship storage stores a connection ...

10/05/06 - 20060224713 - Distributed computers management program, distributed computers management apparatus and distributed computers management method
A distributed computers management program, a distributed computers management apparatus and a distributed computers management method can distribute a cryptography process among nodes and safeguard confidential information. The distributed computers management program for causing a computer to execute a distributed computers management method for managing distributed computers having a plurality ...

10/05/06 - 20060224712 - Device management in a communication system
A method delivers device management information in a communication system. The method includes discovering an active secure connection for data communication between a communication device and a private network. The method also includes performing at least one device management task using the active secure connection. Furthermore, a virtual private network ...

10/05/06 - 20060224711 - Self-learning server communicating values from a plurality of communicating devices of one communication network to a client of another communication network
A system includes a first communication network, such as the Internet, having a client; a second INCOM communication network including a plurality of communicating devices; and a server. The server includes a first Ethernet transceiver communicating with the Internet, a second INCOM transceiver communicating with the INCOM communication network and ...

10/05/06 - 20060224710 - Hall monitor-method and apparatus for providing contact information and communications capability for an organization
The invention comprises a computer-implemented “hall monitor” system. The hall monitor includes a centralized database of employee presence data, and server software that allows users to update and access employee presence data over a network through a custom interface. The invention allows organizations to manage employees and members working from ...

10/05/06 - 20060224709 - Network connectivity management
Network connectivity management can manage (e.g., harmonize) network connectivity services and network connectivity modules. By way of example only, network connectivity management is applicable to connections to a network through a network connectivity service via a network connectivity module. In a described implementation, network connectivity configuration information is scanned to ...

09/28/06 - 20060218265 - Optimized network resource location
Resource requests made by clients of origin servers in a network are intercepted by reflector mechanisms and selectively reflected to other servers called repeaters. The reflectors select a best repeater from a set of possible repeaters and redirect the client to the selected best repeater. The client then makes the ...

09/28/06 - 20060218264 - Communication processing apparatus, data communication system, and communication processing method
A communication processing apparatus that acts as a server for transmitting data to a client includes a data transceiver configured to carry out communications with the client; a rate controller configured to control a bitrate of data transmitted to the client; and a data processor configured to prepare data to ...

09/28/06 - 20060218263 - System and method to simulate a plurality of networked programmable logic controllers
A system and method for simulating a plurality of networked program logic controllers includes, in one aspect of the invention, determining if a configuration of networked program logic controllers exists; populating a configuration by creating a plurality of program logic controllers in a network if the configuration does not exist, ...

09/28/06 - 20060218262 - Multicast communication method, home agent, and mobile node
A multicast communication method is disclosed that includes the steps of: (a) transmitting a position registration request including multicast join request information from a mobile node to a network; (b) receiving the position registration request, performing position registration, and setting session information data for performing a multicast communication in a ...

09/28/06 - 20060218261 - Creating and removing application server partitions in a server cluster based on client request contexts
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, determine an application server partition based on the context of a request from a client, and send the request to the application server partition if the application server partition exists. If the application server partition does not exist, the ...

09/28/06 - 20060218260 - Device and method for network information accessing
A network information access device is used for transferring information with an electronic device. The network information access device includes a memory unit, a receiving unit, a selecting unit, and a broadcast unit. The memory unit stores a plurality of Internet protocol information. The receiving unit receives a search signal ...

09/21/06 - 20060212565 - Information processing system, information processing method, and storage medium therefor
In an information processing system, when image data captured by a digital camera is to be stored on a remote HTTP server, a user stores the image data on a removable medium, for example, a memory card, and inserts it into a media drive of a local personal computer. In ...

09/21/06 - 20060212564 - Content management system and associated methodology
A communication system including a first apparatus having a first storage medium, and a second apparatus for transmitting data to the first apparatus. The second apparatus has a second storage medium for storing management information of data to be transferred to the first storage medium, a communicator for communicating data ...

09/21/06 - 20060212563 - Split socket send queue apparatus and method with efficient queue flow control, retransmission and sack support mechanisms
A mechanism for offloading the management of send queues in a split socket stack environment, including efficient split socket queue flow control and TCP/IP retransmission support. As consumers initiate send operations, send work queue entries (SWQEs) are created by an Upper Layer Protocol (ULP) and written to the send work ...

09/21/06 - 20060212562 - System and method for trap management and monitoring on wireless terminals
A wireless device and a method for providing remote trap management of the wireless device by which a management server remotely sets a trap whose trigger needs to be monitored. A method for providing remote trap management of a wireless device comprises receiving from a remote device a request to ...

09/21/06 - 20060212561 - Method and apparatus for controllable communication
Communication and a communications apparatus are controlled with a communication intermediating apparatus. Multiple methods of processing communication requests are provided. Decided rules comprising of pairs of identification information of communication requests and methods of processing are recorded beforehand. When a communication request is received, the identification of the communication request ...

09/21/06 - 20060212560 - Systems and methods for denying rogue dhcp services
Methods of controlling dynamic host control protocol (DHCP) communication on a network are presented including: receiving a data frame on a network switch; and if the data frame is a DHCP offer frame that is not received from an authorized DHCP server port, dropping the data frame. In some embodiments, ...

09/21/06 - 20060212559 - Data source access editor and network data management method
A data source access editor and a network data management method are disclosed. The method is carried out in a network within which at least one data service element interacts with services. The network has data access layers, an administrator user interface and different platform data sources. The method includes ...

09/21/06 - 20060212558 - Defining nodes in device management system
The invention relates to a method for defining the nodes of a management structure used in device management in a device management system. In the arrangement, case sensitivity information is associated with at least one node to define whether to distinguish between upper-case and lower-case letters. At least one node ...

09/21/06 - 20060212557 - Hmi system for operating and monitoring a technical installation by means of mobile operating and monitoring device and secure data transmission
Disclosed is an HMI system comprising at least one mobile operating and monitoring device for the automation components of a technical installation and a radio link for contactless data transmission between the mobile operating and monitoring device and the automation components. A first firewall is provided for securing data transmission ...

09/21/06 - 20060212556 - Centralized network control
A method of network control. The method includes collecting real-time operation information on one or more first network elements of a network, selecting a policy to be implemented by at least one second network element, different from the first network element, responsive to the collected real time information from the ...

09/21/06 - 20060212555 - Network analyzing method and a network analyzing apparatus
A network analyzing apparatus (100) and method for analyzing the network properties of a device under test (20) to which modulated signals are applied including modulating data contained in output signals (10) of the device under test (20), generating modulated signals (140) based on demodulated data and setting data supplied ...

09/14/06 - 20060206605 - Network system, method and apparatus for processing information, and control program
Property information of a driver is newly set or updated via a simple operation on a network. First, property information is created. When a driver is installed or updated, the created property information associated with the driver is transmitted from a server device to a client device, which in turn ...

09/14/06 - 20060206604 - Methods and systems for providing a communication manager for wireless wireline converged telecommunication services
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a communication manager. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving a request for a communication service. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include determining, from a plurality of servers based on the request, a first server capable of servicing the request ...

09/14/06 - 20060206603 - Integrated storage virtualization and switch system
A system integrates an intelligent storage switch with a flexible virtualization system to enable efficient service of file and block protocol data access requests for information stored on the system. A storage operating system executing on a storage system coupled to the switch implements the virtualization system to provide a ...

09/14/06 - 20060206602 - Network switch link failover in a redundant switch configuration
A method and system to quickly redirect traffic from a server blade to different access switches that provide data communication to a network is presented. Each access switch has external ports directed upstream towards the network, and correlated internal ports directed downstream towards the server blade. The server blade has ...

09/14/06 - 20060206601 - Method of designating a future network coordinator
A method (500) is provided for operating a network coordinator (110). The method includes receiving device capability information from a plurality of network devices (121-125), including whether each of the network devices can perform network control functions (520); determining whether any of the network devices is capable of performing network ...

09/14/06 - 20060206600 - Method of operating a video-on-demand system that prevents congestion
A video-on-demand (VOD) system utilizes an access platform that has a controller, and uplink and downlink cards that support a predetermined number of unicast and multicast data streams. When a VOD application server receives a request from an end user to receive a unicast data stream, the VOD application server ...

09/14/06 - 20060206599 - Dynamic service generation for legacy components
The present invention provides a mechanism that allows an administrative event to trigger or cause the generation of a dynamic web service during initialization of legacy application components. Similar to other types of static tooling approaches, the dynamic approach-as supported herein-uses available metadata describing an interface for communicating with legacy ...

09/07/06 - 20060200543 - Method and apparatus for tightly coupled interworking between cellular network and wlan network
When a terminal moves from a WLAN network to a cellular network after being allocated an IP address from a PDSN of the cellular network, a tightly coupled interworking method and apparatus between the cellular network and the WLAN network set up a temporary tunnel between the PDSN and an ...

09/07/06 - 20060200542 - Apparatus and method for network-aware power management
Apparatus and methods managing the power profile of a network of interconnected devices. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided for managing the power consumed by a network of devices. The apparatus includes power management logic that is disposed within a plurality of the devices in the network. The power ...

09/07/06 - 20060200541 - Method and apparatus for implementing a mobile web server based system
A method and apparatus for facilitating access to mobile Web servers by any requesting entity from within a network. The mobile Web servers are allocated Uniform Resource Locators (URL), which are discoverable by the requesting entities through conventional use of search engines, service discovery mechanisms, registries, etc. A direct communication ...

08/31/06 - 20060195564 - Medical diagnostic system service method and apparatus
A system is provided for remotely servicing medical diagnostic systems. The diagnostic systems may include a range of modalities and system types. A remote service facility may be contacted by the diagnostic systems, or may contact the diagnostic systems via a network link. Service requests, messages, protocols, data and log ...

08/31/06 - 20060195563 - Peer-to-peer inventory management system
A software tool, message construction and peer-to-peer internet communication methodology by which otherwise independent retailers that sell the same product lines can cost-effectively equalize inventory, facilitating the movement of items from geographic markets in which the items are slow-moving to geographic markets in which the items are faster-moving. ...

08/31/06 - 20060195562 - System, software, and method for managing obsolescent high-technology inventory
A Business Method by which otherwise independent nodes of a distribution system can undergo confidential interactions via an internet website or other means to equalize inventory to their mutual benefit and profit, with the Business Method Practitioner operating the mechanism and retaining a percentage of each transaction as a fee ...

08/31/06 - 20060195561 - Discovering and monitoring server clusters
In a server cluster, multiple nodes may host one or more virtual servers. Virtual servers that may be hosted by particular nodes are identified. From the nodes, status is provided as to nodes that are actively hosting virtual servers and status of nodes whether they are actively hosting or not ...

08/31/06 - 20060195560 - Application of attribute-set policies to managed resources in a distributed computing system
An apparatus, program product and method utilize sets of attributes respectively associated with managed resources and policies to match managed resources with individual policies. Multiple managed resources are permitted to be matched with a specific policy, such that the policy applies to all matching managed resources. Furthermore, by providing multiple ...

08/31/06 - 20060195559 - Services for grid computing
A Grid management service for deploying legacy code applications on the Grid, without modification of the legacy code, the service having a three layer architecture that is adapted to sit on existing standardised Grid architectures, comprising a front end layer for permitting selection of a desired legacy code application, and ...

08/31/06 - 20060195558 - Redundant manager modules
A system comprises plural electronic modules, at least one interconnect structure and plural power supplies. The electronic modules communicate over the interconnect structure. The system further comprises plural redundant manager modules to perform management tasks with respect to the at least one interconnect structure and the power supplies. ...

08/24/06 - 20060190587 - Network topology management
In certain embodiments of the present invention, each of a plurality of switches in a network can independently develop an equivalent set of network attributes without referring to the network's topology. An equivalent set of network attributes can define the entire network's topology. Each switch can also independently maintain its ...

08/24/06 - 20060190586 - Distributed network communication system to provide wireless access to a computing device at a reduced rate
A system and method for providing access and/or roaming features on a network system. The network system includes a plurality of wireless and/or wired access points coupled to a network. Access points (APs) for the network may be widely distributed in various facilities, such as airports, mass-transit stations, and various ...

08/24/06 - 20060190585 - Status management device, status management method, and recording medium
A status management device includes one or a plurality of first application units for monitoring status information indicating a status of a management target, one or plurality of second application units for outputting first acquisition request information of the status information with identification information of the management target, a search ...

08/24/06 - 20060190584 - Method and system for automatically deciding what alarm, generated in an industrial plant, to hide or to present to an operator
A method and an alarm processing system for deciding what alarm, out of a number of alarms generated in an industrial plant or process, to present to a system operator. The method includes creating hiding rules, associating each hiding rule with a real-world object, storing these rules in a storage ...

08/24/06 - 20060190583 - Method, device, computer program and computer program product for controlling a digital information technology it infrastructure
Method, device, computer program and computer program product for the automated control of a digital information technology IT infrastructure comprised of a multitude of configurable IT components arranged for supporting processes to be executed by the IT infrastructure. The IT components in question are grouped, among other things, on the ...

08/24/06 - 20060190582 - Maintaining building serviceability information for geographic locations
Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining building serviceability information for geographic locations. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving a request for communication services information for a geographic location, wherein a user enters location information specific to the geographic location into a communications service management system. Furthermore, the ...

08/24/06 - 20060190581 - Method and apparatus for updating application servers
An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing a set of servers. Responsive to an indication that an alteration of applications on the set of servers providing a service is to occur, a first group of servers and a second group of servers are created from the set of ...

08/24/06 - 20060190580 - Dynamic extensible lightweight access to web services for pervasive devices
A Generic Mobile Web Services (GMWS) manager provides mobile clients with access to Web Services. The GMWS manager provides an interface between Web Services and mobile clients (hand held PDAs for example). The GMWS manager maintains a registry of supported Web Services and metadata attributes about the Web Services and ...

08/24/06 - 20060190579 - Assisted command script template creation
A CLI command script template management system, tool, and human machine interface for script-based configuration management, service provisioning, operations and maintenance is provided. The system includes a CLI command dictionary repository, and means for loading a CLI command dictionary at run-time. Methods provide for obtaining a CLI command specification compatible ...

08/24/06 - 20060190578 - Method for implementing topn measurements in operations support systems
In an OSS, storing a plurality, typically less than all, of name-value pairs from a sample space and calculating a “representative” value based on values in the entire sample space. Optionally, a “remainder” value can be generated based on name-value pairs in the sample space that were not stored as ...

08/24/06 - 20060190577 - Content output device
An Internet radio device (10), when an N-th radio station server (200) is selected, receives streaming contents from five N−2-th to N+2-th radio station servers (200, 200, . . . ), writes them respectively into five buffers, and reads only the streaming content from the N-th radio station server (200) ...

08/24/06 - 20060190576 - Scheduling method of advertisement/broadcasting and management system and method
A scheduling method of advertisement/broadcasting of Integrated Broadcasting System based on network and a Centrally Controlled Management System using screen partition and a method thereof for control image transmitting of advertisement/broadcasting are disclosed. This invention interrupts broadcasting on playing now and broadcasts urgent broadcasting. After finish of urgent broadcasting interrupted ...

08/17/06 - 20060184657 - Service broker for processing data from a data network
A method and system for communication between server-less computing devices or clients in computers communicating over networks, such as the World Wide Web (WWW) using stateless protocols, e.g., HTTP. In this scheme there are two classes of clients which can operate independently or can be combined in computer communicating over ...

08/17/06 - 20060184656 - Proxy server caching
Providing an input-dependent output is disclosed. A received message is processed to determine if a previously cached output exists for the received message. If a previously cached output is found, the previously cached output is provided to a destination other than the sender of the received message as output for ...

08/17/06 - 20060184655 - Traffic analysis
A method, system and apparatus for traffic flow reporting for websites is provided. In one embodiment, the invention is a method. The method includes receiving a request to review traffic of a domain. The method further includes accessing traffic information for the domain. The method also includes accessing link information ...

08/17/06 - 20060184654 - Server-functionality role extensibility model
Described herein are one or more implementations facilitating the extensibility of a tool for configuration and management of server-functionality role(s) of a network server. One or more implementations, described herein, provide an extensibility model that allows additional server-functionality roles to be included in the list of user-selectable server-functionality roles available ...

08/10/06 - 20060179135 - Data communication method, data communication system, and communication terminal
A portable telephone unit 10 receives management information comprising size information for contents data wanting to be downloaded, and adjusts an environment for receiving the object data, based on size information for contents data contained in the management information. To adjust the environment for receiving the object data it is ...

08/10/06 - 20060179134 - Device, method, and system for module level network supervision
Apparatus for module level management of a network having a plurality of network devices, comprises, supervisory layers at the module units on a plurality of network devices for supervising expected communication behavior thereat. Expected communication behavior includes protocol and interface definitions and the like. The supervisory layers detect deviations from ...

08/10/06 - 20060179133 - Method and system for centralized network usage tracking
In accordance with a method and system for centralized network usage tracking, documents on a network server include a reference to content on a centralized logging server. When one of the documents is accessed by a client computer, the process of rendering the content at the client computer includes requesting ...

08/03/06 - 20060173990 - Browser, method, and computer program product for managing documents
A browser, method and computer program product for managing documents. The browser can receive and process a request from an input device of a image processing device. Based on this processing, the browser can transmit information over a network to a document manager connected to the scanning device via the ...

08/03/06 - 20060173989 - Method for synchronization of policy cache with various policy-based applications
A hardware-based policy engine that employs a policy cache to process packets of network traffic. The policy engine includes a stream classifier that associates each packet with at least one action processor based on data in the packet, and the action processor further acts on the packets based on the ...

08/03/06 - 20060173988 - Network, network terminal device, ip address management method using the same, and program therefor
When a communication malfunction occurs in the transmission line between routers, and operation is carried out by a backup system control device, IP telephone terminals can connect to the backup system control device through the use of an IP address that is previously acquired from the address management device and ...

08/03/06 - 20060173987 - Method for performing a dynamic update of composed web services
A method performs a dynamic update of at least one composed web service within a web service environment. The composed web service relies on a set of component services which are linked to at least one goal of the composed service. The method includes publishing the at least one goal ...

08/03/06 - 20060173986 - Communication apparatus, electronic apparatus, imaging apparatus
A communication apparatus is disclosed that includes a transmission circuit configured to transmit transmission data to a communication counterpart; a reception circuit configured to receive reception data from the communication counterpart; a storage device configured as at least two buffers including a transmission buffer that stores the transmission data and ...

08/03/06 - 20060173985 - Enhanced syndication
A variety of tools and techniques are disclosed for managing, viewing, publishing, searching, clustering, and otherwise manipulating data streams. Data streams such as RSS data feeds may be searched, aggregated, and filtered into a processed feed. The processed feed, along with rules used to process the feed may be shared ...

08/03/06 - 20060173984 - Application governor providing application-level autonomic control within a distributed computing system
A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. A user, such as a system administrator, interacts with ...

08/03/06 - 20060173983 - Information processing system and method of controlling information processing system
The present invention provides an information processing system which comprises multiple processor nodes creating parallel computers, an information transmission line for connecting the processor nodes, and a separation switch provided on the information transmission line for separating the information transmission line so that the processor nodes create multiple parallel computers ...

08/03/06 - 20060173982 - Method, system, and computer program product for providing quality of service guarantees for clients of application servers
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for providing quality of service guarantees at the application level for clients of application servers. The method includes: receiving a request for a transaction of type k; calculating a throughput rate λi of each type of transaction i, 1≦i≦n, ...

08/03/06 - 20060173981 - Secure web browser based system administration for embedded platforms
The invention provides a method for a web browser based remote administration system to maintain its security by utilizing an ActiveX control or a plug-in, without relying on HTTPS protection to transact management information. The invention does not burden the embedded system and thus is ideally suited for the remote ...

07/27/06 - 20060168189 - Advanced ipmi system with multi-message processing and configurable capability and method of the same
An advanced intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) system with multi-message processing and configurable capability, optimally used among message sources, the IPMI system is disclosed. The IPMI system includes a sensor unit having an electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) which stores a sensing event of a physical change in ...

07/27/06 - 20060168188 - Method and system for presenting events associated with recorded data exchanged between a server and a user
Events associated with recorded data exchanged between at least one user and at least one server are presented to a user. A set of events associated with the recorded data is defined, and each event within the set is represented by an event identifier, e.g., a time stamp. Each event ...

07/27/06 - 20060168187 - System and method for archiving within a client management tool
A method and system is provided for archiving data within a client management tool. The archiving methods include accessing a set of client management data and creating an archive file. The method may further include reactivating an archive file, deleting an archive file, and reactivating a deleted archive file. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168186 - Parental controls customization and notification
A method, system, and computer readable medium are provided for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions. The computer receives a user request to perform a blocked online action. The computer provides information about the ...

07/27/06 - 20060168185 - Collecting, analyzing, consolidating, delivering and utilizing data relating to a current event
Arrangements for collecting, analyzing, consolidating and delivering consolidated and enhanced data from a plurality of sources relating to a current event, to a third party, and reserving the consolidated and enhanced data for internal use so as to create a commercial proactive emergency management and disaster response information system that ...

07/27/06 - 20060168184 - Method of operating a network management station
A network management station connected to a network infrastructure is configured for the acquisition and registration of at least a [portion of the network infrastructure. A selected region only of the network infrastructure is displayed graphically on the screen of the network management station. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168183 - Determining differences between configuration diagrams
System and method for determining and/or merging differences between configuration diagrams. First information is received regarding a first configuration diagram comprising a first plurality of nodes and graphically representing a first system, and second information is received regarding a second configuration diagram comprising a first plurality of nodes and graphically ...

07/27/06 - 20060168182 - Determining and merging differences between configuration diagrams
System and method for determining and/or merging differences between configuration diagrams. First information is received regarding a first configuration diagram comprising a first plurality of nodes and graphically representing a first system, and second information is received regarding a second configuration diagram comprising a first plurality of nodes and graphically ...

07/27/06 - 20060168181 - System and method for transporting multiple client data signals via a single server signal
Systems and methods for conveying multiple low-bit-rate data streams over a data transport medium which is configured to transport data in a single, high-bit-rate data stream. In one embodiment, a plurality of low-bit-rate signals are received and a corresponding data rate is determined. Each of the signals is formatted in ...

07/27/06 - 20060168180 - Node discovery involving stealth node enumerators
A network node discovery method allows multiple enumerators to concurrently accept and interpret the same enumeration responses from responder nodes on a network. In this manner, the responder nodes do not have to issue individual responses for each enumerator. Each responder maintains a discovery state and one or more per-enumerator ...

07/27/06 - 20060168179 - Adaptive management method and system with automatic scanner installation
A self-adaptive resource management method (200) is proposed. The system is based on an authority (105) that publishes multiple rules into a corresponding repository (115). Each rule defines a desired target configuration for a category of subjects (110); each category is specified by one or more attributes that are evaluated ...

07/27/06 - 20060168178 - Platform-independent system for remotely controlling home devices and method thereof
A platform-independent system and method for remotely controlling home devices and a computer-readable recording medium in which a program capable of executing the method is recorded are disclosed. The method includes installing a device control application to be used for the management of a home device when the home device ...

07/27/06 - 20060168177 - Method and system for managing groups of networked heterogeneous devices
A system and method for managing a group of networked, heterogeneous devices, wherein the group of devices are regarded as a logically single “device”. This method separates the state management aspect from control aspect, such that applications using this method need not manage the devices and data directly, and as ...

07/27/06 - 20060168176 - Systems, methods, and media for detecting outbound nagling on a tcp network connection
Systems, methods and media for detecting outbound Nagling on a TCP network connection are disclosed. Embodiments may include creating by a sender computer one or more segments to be transmitted to a receiver computer and determining by the sender computer whether any of the one or more segments to be ...

07/27/06 - 20060168175 - Client registration for purposes of maintaining detailed client information at a web services registry
A method is described to implement a web services environment in which web based service providers can be discovered and accessed with a web based registry. The method includes forcing a client to undergo a registration process as a condition for the client's discovering and/or accessing a web based service ...

07/27/06 - 20060168174 - Grid application acceleration
A method includes, in a grid network, maintaining an application usage history by a grid manager or similar component, executing an application according to information contained in the application usage history prior to a user request to execute the application, caching results generated from execution of the application, and providing ...

07/27/06 - 20060168173 - Method and apparatus for conditional application of management commands
Device management commands are augmented with a condition that is evaluated prior to the command being executed at a managed device. If the condition is met, the command is executed; otherwise, execution of the command is rejected. An agent for operating a network device comprises a parser that receives from ...

07/27/06 - 20060168172 - Obtaining user input for inclusion in system management logs
An administrator may enter information related to a system event or system performance directly into systems management software. The systems management software includes at least a portion of the information entered by the administrator in a log, which may be provided to a second administrator using the systems management software. ...

07/27/06 - 20060168171 - Method and system for using presence in a system management environment
Method, system and computer program product for communicating information regarding a managed resource in a network data processing system. A method, in a network data processing system, for communicating information regarding a managed resource includes receiving management information regarding at least one managed resource. The received management information is converted ...

07/27/06 - 20060168170 - System and method for analyzing information relating to network devices
A system for analyzing information relating to network devices comprises a computer readable storage medium and computer software stored on the computer readable storage medium. The computer software reviews message information generated by a plurality of network devices, stores event records associating events from the message information with the plurality ...

07/27/06 - 20060168169 - Dynamic domain administration utility
The Weblogic Tuxedo Connector is used to provide interoperability between Tuxedo and applications such as Weblogic Server. In one embodiment, WTC may implement operations such as list, start, or stop WTC Tuxedo session connections. In WTC, the configuration is set up so that multiple WTC-Tuxedo connections are defined as part ...

07/27/06 - 20060168168 - Assisted determination of data flows in communication/data networks
There is provided a method of determining data flow in a network, the method comprising: (a) selecting a location within the network for providing a data processing means adapted to process data pertaining to the network data flow; (b) determining the expense and/or level of data capture that would result ...

07/20/06 - 20060161646 - Policy-driven mobile forms applications
A system for capturing data via an extensible markup language form is disclosed comprising a policy-based mobile content engine, a mobile-forms application client, and a transport engine. The policy-based mobile content engine is adapted to process a plurality of definitions from one or more mobile-forms application definition files. The policy-based ...

07/20/06 - 20060161645 - Sensor network system and data retrieval method for sensing data
This invention enables to easily retrieve real-time information from a large number of sensors connected to a network. The sensor network system of this invention includes distributed data processing servers for collecting data from plural sensors at a predetermined frequency, a management server for maintaining a location of sensor data, ...

07/13/06 - 20060155838 - Program installation system and method using the same
A program installation system and method allowing a diskless computer device to perform program installation is proposed, the method comprising: establishing a booting unit and a memory section in the computer device, a DHCP server comprising a network information database for storing network setting information, and a storage server comprising ...

07/13/06 - 20060155837 - Diskless computer operation management system
The management and reliability of communications between computers and a storage system are improved. As between the primary and secondary communication ports of storage devices 20a, 20b, the system management server 10 sets the primary communication port as the current communication port as a default setting in each storage device. ...

07/13/06 - 20060155836 - Method of configuring network device
A method of configuring a network device based on an easy configuration protocol. The method includes: sending a discovery packet to discover the network device, wherein the discovery packet includes a port number, and a destination address for broadcasting; then, receiving a response packet if the network device recognizes the ...

07/13/06 - 20060155835 - Schedulable network-enabled device with internal data delivery unit for use with a visusal medium and methods of use thereof
The present invention generally relates to network-enabled devices, and particularly to a schedulable network-enabled device and methods of use thereof. The present invention is particularly adaptable to provide a fully self-contained device that can be scheduled by an operator that for some future time(s), to automatically connect to a remote ...

06/29/06 - 20060143288 - Information processing method and system for reserving an information processing apparatus having globally unique identification information
In the case where a reservation has been made via a bridge in, e.g., an IEEE 1394 serial data bus, and bus resetting has occurred in a bus connected to the reserve owner, it is desirable that another bus connected to the bridge is able to find the reserve owner. ...

06/29/06 - 20060143287 - Method for managing distributed system and distributed computer managing system
The object of the invention is to enter a job in accordance with the use ratio of a distributed computer system set by the manager of an organization within the range of an assigned authority. The distributed computer management system of the invention includes a PCU resource allocation setting feature ...

06/22/06 - 20060136579 - Method of executing test scripts against multiple systems
A method of executing a plurality of tests scripts or one or more test script sets against a plurality of systems to be tested. The method comprises providing an instance of a test script set on a server, writing an initial system value corresponding to an initial system to be ...

06/22/06 - 20060136578 - Monitoring the performance of a streaming media server using server-side and client-side measurements
Methods and systems thereof for monitoring the performance of a streaming media server are described. Server-side measurements are performed with the server operating under a load. Client-side measurements are performed along with the server-side measurements. Data from the server-side measurements and data from the client-side measurements are aligned by time. ...

06/15/06 - 20060129672 - Method and apparatus for network wide policy-based analysis of configurations of devices
A method and an apparatus for analyzing a network configuration against a corporate network policy and determining violation(s) against the corporate network policy. A report indicating the violation(s) can be generated indicating instances of the violation(s). An analysis platform reads in a network policy. The analysis platform collects configuration files ...

06/15/06 - 20060129671 - Methods and systems for adaptive delivery of multimedia contents
Methods and systems for generic adaptive multimedia content delivery are described. In one embodiment, a novel framework features an abstract content model and an abstract adaptive delivery decision engine. The abstract content model recognizes important aspects of contents while hiding their physical details from other parts of the framework. The ...

06/15/06 - 20060129670 - Method and apparatus for network wide policy-based analysis of configurations of devices
A method for a computer system includes determining network devices within a network topology, wherein the network devices includes a first application server hosting a first application, receiving a policy for the network comprising requirements of a first application server including a description of a set of required network traffic, ...

06/15/06 - 20060129669 - Transmitting 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 selecting the plurality of target devices from among a plurality of devices in accordance with a selection condition, preparing new setting data to be set to ...

06/15/06 - 20060129668 - Computer program product for managing connections
A computer program product for managing connections comprises a computer readable storage medium having the following computer instructions. The instructions cause a controller to perform: outputting an image including icons representing respective devices connected to an IEEE 1394 serial bus to display means; and establishing a logical connection between two ...

06/15/06 - 20060129667 - Method of and system for sharing access to cluster of computers
A method of sharing access to a cluster of computers begins with a step of identifying a particular user from within a group of users. The method continues with a step of loading a particular virtual node onto a first computer. The particular virtual node comprises one of a plurality ...

06/15/06 - 20060129666 - Selective device reset method for device sharing with fail-over
A device manager manages assignments of a plurality of devices by two or more device clients. To this end, the device manager detects an operational failure with a device client running an application based at least partially on an assignment of one or more devices among the plurality of devices. ...

06/15/06 - 20060129665 - Arrangement in a server for providing dynamic domain name system services for each received request
A Domain Name System (DNS) server is configured for dynamically selecting, for a client device, a selected resolution from available resolutions, the selected resolution identifying at least one destination for the specified service. The dynamic selection of the selected resolution is based on an attribute of the client device and/or ...

06/15/06 - 20060129664 - Method and apparatus for diagnosing a network
This invention allows a system to connect to a user's network and query one or more sources in order to access the identity and state of configuration of the computers connected thereto. In a preferred embodiment, the sources are tried in an order to provide the most usable information with ...

06/15/06 - 20060129663 - Computer-assisted production tracking system with production data traceability
A computer-assisted production tracking system for one or more machines, the machines having at least one primary real time system including at least one input which is connected to at least one machine and/or to at least one secondary real time system of the machine(s) and at least one output ...

06/15/06 - 20060129662 - Method and apparatus for a service integration system
A software-implemented, distributed service integration system which provides an open environment for the development of new services, and their integration with the existing network, with the integration being performed by the service integration system administrator, which is also responsible for the service development. Thus, the procedure of developing and integrating ...

06/08/06 - 20060123105 - Systems and methods for determining, collecting, and using geographic locations of internet users
A method of determining a geographic location of an Internet user involves determining if the host is on-line, determining ownership of the host name, and then determining the route taken in delivering packets to the user. Based on the detected route, the method proceeds with determining the geographic route based ...

06/08/06 - 20060123104 - Generic discovery for computer networks
A generic discovery methodology collects data pertaining to components of a computer network using various discovery technologies. From the collected data, the methodology identifies, filters and analyzes information related to inter-component communications. Using the communication and application information, the methodology determines reliable relationships for those components having sufficient information available. ...

06/08/06 - 20060123103 - Communicating network management information using session initiation protocol architecture
Communicating network management information includes registering a network device using a device user agent corresponding to a first protocol. A request message for network management information is received from a network management server. The request message is corresponding to the first protocol, and comprises a request corresponding to a second ...

06/08/06 - 20060123102 - System and method for allocating resources on a network
A system and method for allocating resources on a network, including a server and at least one client. The resources are associated within a single set, such that the number of resources within the network can be easily incremented or decremented. Flags are associated with each resource, where the flags ...

06/08/06 - 20060123101 - Application instrumentation and monitoring
A data processing application logging, recording, and reporting process and infrastructure. Compliance with regulatory directives such as HIPAA, internal organizational and corporate, personal information privacy, and other security policies can thus be enforced without the need to recode legacy application software. In one preferred embodiment, a core agent process provides ...

06/08/06 - 20060123100 - Read-copy update grace period detection without atomic instructions that gracefully handles large numbers of processors
A method, system and computer program product for avoiding unnecessary grace period token processing while detecting a grace period without atomic instructions in a read-copy update subsystem or other processing environment that requires deferring removal of a shared data element until pre-existing references to the data element are removed. Detection ...

06/01/06 - 20060117100 - Communication device and communication system capable of facilitating operations
A communication system enables even an operator other than experts to correctly perform operations for a communication device such as an operation for modifying the configuration of the communication device without fail through simple operations without taking a long time for the operations, and permits the operator to keep track ...

06/01/06 - 20060117099 - Truncating data units
A data unit is received in a first device via a network. A truncated copy of the data unit is generated. The truncated copy of the data unit is transmitted to a monitoring device through a link. ...

06/01/06 - 20060117098 - Automatic generation of mixed media messages
A method and apparatus are provided for processing a contact with a client of an organization. The method includes the steps of a contact processing resource of the organization detecting a contact with the client through a first communication channel operating under a first communication format, the contact processing resource ...

06/01/06 - 20060117097 - Service management apparatus, service management method, service providing system, service providing method
A service providing system is provided which enables the users of an information transmission service in which information is sent and received in real time over a network to recognize their respective environment and conditions for provision of their own information. The service providing system (1) includes a service provider ...

05/25/06 - 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 ...

05/25/06 - 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. ...

05/25/06 - 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 ...

05/18/06 - 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 ...

05/18/06 - 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 ...

05/18/06 - 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 ...

05/18/06 - 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. ...

05/18/06 - 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 ...

05/18/06 - 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 ...

05/11/06 - 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 ...

05/11/06 - 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 ...

05/11/06 - 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 ...

05/11/06 - 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. ...

05/11/06 - 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 ...

05/04/06 - 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. ...

05/04/06 - 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 ...

05/04/06 - 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 ...

05/04/06 - 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 ...

05/04/06 - 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. ...

05/04/06 - 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 ...

05/04/06 - 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 ...

04/27/06 - 20060089983 - Method and apparatus for electronic document management
A method and apparatus for managing electronic documents within a network. A series of processes perform electronic document capture, indexing, and searching functions within a networked environment. A graphical web-based user interface is provided to facilitate user interaction with the apparatus. ...

04/27/06 - 20060089982 - Method, system, and computer program product for capacity planning by function
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for capacity planning by function. The method comprises: periodically collecting metrics for a plurality of components in a dynamic system; periodically determining dynamic system membership for a function provided by the dynamic system; providing at least one summation formula; ...

04/20/06 - 20060085534 - Video monitoring application, device architectures, and system architecture
Systems and methods are provided for compressing and decompressing still image and video image data in mobile devices and monitoring applications. Corresponding mobile device and camera architectures, and service platform architectures for transmitting, storing, editing and transcoding still images and video images over wireless and wired networks and viewing them ...

04/20/06 - 20060085533 - Content search mechanism
An improved content search mechanism uses a graph that includes intelligent nodes avoids the overhead of post processing and improves the overall performance of a content processing application. An intelligent node is similar to a node in a DFA graph but includes a command. The command in the intelligent node ...

04/20/06 - 20060085532 - Remote management of communication devices
A canonical interface for remote interaction with communication devices in a network is described. The canonical interface supports interactions for communicating with remote devices for the configuration of router/communication software or devices; querying run-time information (dynamic and static) and statistics from router/communication software or devices; performing multi-system consistency checking; reporting ...

04/20/06 - 20060085531 - Active data transmission device and system
The present invention provides an active data transmission device and system. In the system, a portable electronic image-capturing/data-storage device is stored with data. An active data transmission device is connected to the portable electronic image-capturing/data-storage device for actively reading the data therein. A network server provides a dedicated storage space ...

04/20/06 - 20060085530 - Method and apparatus for configuring, monitoring and/or managing resource groups using web services
In one embodiment, methods and apparatus for configuring and/or monitoring a virtual machine in a resource group. In another embodiment, a method and apparatus for configuring and/or monitoring a resource group in accordance with a relocation policy that authorizes relocation of a resource from one cluster to another. In a ...

04/20/06 - 20060085529 - Method and system for streaming images to wireless devices
A method for interactively viewing raster images using scalable vector graphics (SVG), including receiving an SVG document, the SVG document including a reference to a raster image within the SVG document, the reference indicating a rectangular portion, a display width and height, and an IP address for a server computer, ...

04/20/06 - 20060085528 - System and method for monitoring network communications for pestware
Methods for monitoring network communications between a protected computer and a remotely-located computer such as a Web server are described. One embodiment is configured to intercept a data packet transmitted from a protected computer. This embodiment then compares the destination address of the data packet against a list of approved ...

04/13/06 - 20060080426 - Dynamic value sets in a service-oriented business framework
A method includes receiving a representation of a service, the service including handling of a request for a context-dependent data set derived from one or more collections of data elements. The representation includes a specification of a first data field, a specification of an input data structure including two or ...

04/13/06 - 20060080425 - Method and apparatus for remotely configuring network devices
A preferred embodiment apparatus for configuring network devices in a network includes a controller provided at a remote location on the network for receiving a configuration request from a user to configure a select user defined device. The controller translates the configuration request to another configuration request, and issues the ...

04/13/06 - 20060080424 - A generic framework for deploying ems provisioning services
A method and apparatus for deploying EMS provisioning services is provided. A communication to administer a particular service on a network element is transmitted from an EMS client to an EMS server. The communication contains service data that describes a particular service to be administered on the network element. The ...

04/13/06 - 20060080423 - System and method for a printer access point
Deploying a wireless local area network of plural information handling systems interfaced with each other and a printer is simplified by integrating printing and networking components in a common housing. For instance, a wireless access point, print server, router and modem are disposed in a printer housing and powered by ...

04/13/06 - 20060080422 - System and method for discovering communities in networks
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for discovering communities in networks. The system and method may include selecting a plurality of nodes from a network of nodes to serve as poles, setting weight values for the poles, applying a community-discovering algorithm based on the weight values, and ...

04/13/06 - 20060080421 - Method and system for automating membership discovery in a distributed computer network
A system and methods for automating membership discovery in a distributed computer network is presented. A first virtual circuit label switch path (LSP) associated with a first VPLS is established between a first multi tenant unit (MTU) and an attached provider edge (PE) device. A first label mapping message (LMM) ...

04/06/06 - 20060075084 - Voice over internet protocol data overload detection and mitigation system and method
A system and method is disclosed for detecting and/or mitigating an attempted overload condition targeting a voice over data or Internet protocol system, and the like. A network connection receives a plurality of VOIP or IPTV requests, for example. A processor detects whether two or more of the requests are ...

04/06/06 - 20060075083 - System for distributing information using a secure peer-to-peer network
A secure peer-to-peer network including servers and peer computers that are connected via a network are described. In one aspect of the invention, the reliability of information provided by one peer to another can be verified. One embodiment includes a server connected to a network and a first peer computer ...

04/06/06 - 20060075082 - Content distribution system and content distribution method
Individual clients 8 have a storage 85, a registration means which registers a part or all of the storage 85 in a local server 6 as a resource pool, and a requesting means which sends a distribution request for contents to the local server 6. The local server 6 has ...

04/06/06 - 20060075081 - Role grouping of hosts in computer networks
Techniques to assign nodes in a network to groups of nodes are described. The techniques include representing hosts in the network by property vectors that encode information about the hosts, identifying properties of the property vector by integers in the property vector for the host and determining proximity of hosts ...

04/06/06 - 20060075080 - Systems and methods for virtual host name roaming
The invention relates to systems and methods for providing a uniform network addressing scheme for a user accessing a network that is independent from the computer to which the user accesses the network. A virtual IP address can be assigned to a user, a user session or a program the ...

03/30/06 - 20060069765 - Data processing method, data processing apparatus, and recording medium
The present invention has enabled computing resources existing in domestic network systems to be utilized with a maximum efficiency. Actual condition of the connection of client apparatuses to a domestic network and overall computing resources of the domestic network are integrally controlled by a personal computer functioning itself as a ...

03/30/06 - 20060069764 - Computer switching device
The present invention is aimed at achieving a computer switching device for switching between a plurality of computers for the operation using common user interfaces. The computer switching device comprises an input device switcher for performing switching to a computer to be controlled by input user interfaces, an image processor ...

03/30/06 - 20060069763 - Queue management device
To make it possible to restrain a load of a server by setting a request in a standby status when the server has a high load and to restrain a halt of the request. A load of a server for providing a service in response to request information given from ...

03/30/06 - 20060069762 - Systems and methods for efficient discovery of a computing device on a network
Systems and methods for discovering a device on a computer network are disclosed. An exemplary method involves providing key data to be sent with an initiation message. The initiation message is sent by an origination device on a computer network to an undiscovered destination device on the computer network. The ...

03/23/06 - 20060064478 - 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 ...

03/23/06 - 20060064477 - Mesh networked video and sensor surveillance system and method for wireless mesh networked sensors
A mesh network sensor and video surveillance system and method for providing communication between a base system having at least one wireless sensor capture device SCD and other SCD(s) and at least one input capture device ICD and other ICD(s), wherein the SCD(s) are capable of smart cross-communication with each ...

03/23/06 - 20060064476 - Advanced content and data distribution techniques
A method and apparatus for displaying locally stored content objects is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a message containing one or more parameters indicative of one or more characteristics of a client, and sending one of a plurality of groups of one or more content objects from ...

03/16/06 - 20060059253 - Architectures for netcentric computing systems
An execution architecture, a development architecture and an operations architecture for a netcentric computing system. The execution architecture contains common, run-time services required when an application executes in the netcentric computing system. The development architecture is the production environment for one or several systems development projects as well as for ...

03/16/06 - 20060059252 - Web service providing system, server device for the same, control method for controlling computer system as server device for web service providing system, program for executing the control method, and recording medium
Provided are a method, system, and program for processing call requests with respect to objects. A call request is received with respect to an object. Access authority for the object is require. An access authority set is read for execution of the call request with respect to the object. A ...

03/16/06 - 20060059251 - Method and system for request management processing
A system and method are provided for determining a processing engine to process a request from a client in a distributed client-server architecture. Requests from the clients are handled by a request management module, which determines a processing entity for each request. A processing entity may be one or more ...

03/09/06 - 20060053217 - Information processing apparatus, transfer program product, and transfer control method
An information processing apparatus from which setting information for setting up an operating environment is transferred to another information processing apparatus includes a logged-in user setting information expanding unit, and a non-logged-in user setting information expanding unit. The logged-in user setting information expanding unit reads setting information of a logged-in ...

03/09/06 - 20060053216 - Clustered computer system with centralized administration
Systems and methods for a computer cluster and for conducting user sessions in a managed enterprise computer network. A cluster includes multiple inter-connected nodes with specific roles. Master nodes administer and monitor slave nodes and the slave nodes are used to conduct user sessions with users through terminal nodes that ...

03/09/06 - 20060053215 - Systems and methods for providing users with access to computer resources
Systems and methods for providing multiple users with access to network resources including software applications. A system has an architecture that centralizes and manages computer nodes. The computer nodes include server computers and desktop computers. The centralized computer nodes support multiple instances of different operating systems and are accessed by ...

03/02/06 - 20060047801 - Snmp wireless proxy
Efficient network management techniques for use in wireless environments are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a network system includes a server-client architecture, where a number of mobile clients (e.g., cell phones, PDAs, smart phones) wirelessly access and interact with the system via jack service points. The server ...

03/02/06 - 20060047800 - Systems and methods for network management
An network management system (NMS) architecture is disclosed that takes advantage of intelligence capable network devices for network monitoring and control. NMS functions may be distributed where possible to intelligent devices where local storage and processing may be performed. Local collection and processing of monitoring information may reduce NMS-related network ...

03/02/06 - 20060047799 - Model-based operation support systems and related methods
Model-based operation support systems (OSSs) use generalized, normalized models capable of recognizing changes, etc., to any number of different network elements. The ability to recognize changes, modifications and extensions made to various network elements helps reduce the costs associated with OSSs. ...

03/02/06 - 20060047798 - System and method for automated capture, editing, replication, and deployment of server configurations
A system and method for the automated capture, editing, replication, and deployment of server configurations. The system includes a set of tools for creating system configurations; for editing configurations that are actively used on a server or stored but not in active use; for replicating configurations and allowing customization of ...

03/02/06 - 20060047797 - System and method for determining one of a plurality of shells based on user identification information
According to one embodiment, a system comprises a processor-based device and a startup application that is operable to determine one of a plurality of different shells presented by the processor-based device based on a user's identity information. ...

03/02/06 - 20060047796 - Device management system and method
A device management system and method is provided. The device management system and method includes a transmission server to transmit a communication from at least one device. A reception server receives the communication from the at least one device. And a device manager coupled to the reception server manages the ...

03/02/06 - 20060047795 - Service object for network management
A telecommunications system includes a first site. The system includes an ingress node in communication with the first site. The system includes a network in communication with the ingress node. The system includes an egress node in communication with the network. The system includes a second site in communication with ...

02/23/06 - 20060041656 - Storage area network methods and apparatus with coordinated updating of topology representation
A digital data processing apparatus of the type that manages a SAN includes a first queue with entries representing tasks and a second queue with entries representing data that correspond to those tasks. Data in the second queue is grouped in accord with the task to which they correspond. A ...

02/23/06 - 20060041655 - Bi-directional remote control for remotely controllable apparatus
Disclosed is a system for controlling a host using a remote control whose functions are defined by that host. Functions on the remote control are arranged by the host and grouped logically for easy navigation. The communication between the remote and host is bi-directional, and can occur in real time. ...

02/23/06 - 20060041654 - Cooperative application starter program
A cooperative application starter program that makes it easy to register a cooperative application and change a registration regarding the cooperative application. In an integrated management server, a correspondence information generation section obtains unit management information and generates correspondence information by which cooperative applications are associated with application servers and ...

02/23/06 - 20060041653 - Methods, systems and computer program products for obscuring traffic in a distributed system
Methods for obscuring real traffic in a distributed network are provided. In particular, obscuring traffic associated with ones of a plurality of components is generated on the distributed network. The generated obscuring traffic is transmitted to the ones of the plurality of components so as to obscure the real traffic ...

02/23/06 - 20060041652 - Network management with scalable trap definitions
One embodiment disclosed relates to a process of configuring a network management system to support a new event trap. A new trap definition file is created which corresponds to the event trap. The new trap definition file is dropped into a trap definitions folder that is known to the network ...

02/23/06 - 20060041651 - Shared airport terminal equipment with peripheral management
Systems and methods are described for allowing shared terminal equipment at airports. Systems embodying the invention load airlines' proprietary applications onto common commercial, off-the-shelf computers. A peripheral manager device is disclosed for facilitating communication between the common computer and peripheral devices. The peripheral manager device translates airline-specific signals to and ...

02/23/06 - 20060041650 - Method and system for cluster managing of network facilities
An object of the present invention is to provide a management method of network device, which can implement concentrate management of a large number of network devices with a small amount of IP resources, and thereby reducing maintenance workload and facilitating network management. In the management method of network devices ...

02/23/06 - 20060041649 - Network establishment and management protocol
The invention relates to a protocol for communications between networked devices. The devices are logically arranged as a hierarchy of device types including a controller device type (52) from which no other device type depends and a basic device type (54) from which a number of other device types depend. ...

02/16/06 - 20060036725 - Administration manager
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for managing an enterprise network. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. A plurality of computer applications is located on the enterprise network. In addition, a plurality of user clients to access ...

02/16/06 - 20060036724 - Method and computer program product for measuring quality of network services
In a method of reducing a running cost and labor required for quality measurement, client computers matching predetermined district information are selected from a plurality of management target computers receiving network services, a quality measuring program is installed in these client computers to obtain execution results of the quality measuring ...

02/16/06 - 20060036723 - Method and apparatus for converting network management protocol to markup language
A method is provided to convert network management protocol request into a markup language representation. In one embodiment, the present invention includes receiving a network management protocol request at a network device, generating a plurality of markup language tags and content embedded in the markup language tags based on the ...

02/16/06 - 20060036722 - Nms with multi-server change requests processing
An event processing system performs quickly processing of events in a communication network. The system comprises a client process that controls the sequencing of event processing, a plurality of servers that process the events with the help of a shared object library and a dispatcher that selects an available server ...

02/16/06 - 20060036721 - Run-time tool for network management application
In one aspect, a method of monitoring and controlling managed objects within a distributed system by manipulating one or more management application programs is provided. The method includes: providing a run-time tool associated with a management station. The management station is in communication with the distributed system. The run-time tool ...

02/16/06 - 20060036720 - Rate limiting of events
In an embodiment, a method for rate limiting of events includes: monitoring and processing an event instance of an event type; and if a value of the event instance to be monitored meets or exceeds an associated suspension threshold value, then performing a user-defined action for the event instance. The ...

02/16/06 - 20060036719 - Arrangements and method for hierarchical resource management in a layered network architecture
A data network, method and a computer program product, wherein the data network is implemented by a first network level (104) having a first addressing scheme and at least a second network level (108) having a second addressing scheme. Each network level provides connectivity over at least one network domain. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031455 - Site integration management system for operational support service in an internet data center
A management system for an Internet Data Center, comprising an Information Technology and Network Management System IT&N for managing the Data Center, a Building Management System BMS for monitoring facilities related to the IDC such as access control, fire protection and intruder protection, and a Facility Management System FMS for ...

02/09/06 - 20060031454 - Network-connected power manager for rebooting remote computer-based appliances
A network comprises a power manager with a network agent in communication over a network with an network manager. The power manager is connected to control several intelligent power modules each able to independently control the power on/off status of several network appliances. Power-on and load sensors within each intelligent ...

02/09/06 - 20060031453 - Vertical-mount electrical power distribution plugstrip
A vertical-mount electrical power distribution plugstrip comprises a long, thin plugstrip body with several power outlet plugs distributed along the length of one face. A power input cord is provided at one end, and this supplies operating power to each of the power outlet plugs through individual relay control. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031452 - Data communication system, and server and client computer constructing said system
An edited image is created using fonts capable of being employed by both a client computer and a server. To accomplish this, the user of the computer selects a service to be utilized. Client information, which includes the service selected, information relating to the operating system of the computer and ...

02/09/06 - 20060031451 - Resource policy management using a centralized policy data structure
Managing policies includes receiving policy data associated with a resource from a resource owner over a network, authenticating the resource owner to determine whether to accept the received policy data, and storing the received policy data in a centralized data structure if the resource owner is authenticated. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031450 - Systems and methods for providing distributed cache coherence
A plurality of access nodes sharing access to data on a storage network implement a directory based cache ownership scheme. One node, designated as a global coordinator, maintains a directory (e.g., table or other data structure) storing information about I/O operations by the access nodes. The other nodes send requests ...

02/09/06 - 20060031449 - Selection of management method
The invention relates to a data processing device comprising: means for defining a management method to be applied in response to a need to arrange delivery of a managed asset for a managed device, and means for applying the defined management method for arranging delivery of the managed asset or ...

02/09/06 - 20060031448 - On demand server blades
A method, system and service for providing on-demand computing power to an owner of a multi-blade computer in a server blade chassis. The server blade chassis is delivered fully populated with server blades to a customer. However, only a portion of the total number of server blades is initially enabled. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031447 - System and method for consolidating, securing and automating out-of-band access to nodes in a data network
A system and method for out-of-band network management is provided wherein one or more different management interfaces are converted into a common format management data. The system may encrypt the common format management data. The system may also authenticate each user that attempts to access the management interfaces. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031446 - Gathering network management data using a command line function
A method, system, and apparatus are disclosed for gathering network management data. Network data is gathered from a plurality of network-coupled data processing arrangements using a network management protocol. A command line status function is remotely executed on one or more of the data processing arrangements. Combined network data is ...

02/09/06 - 20060031445 - Method and apparatus for determination of network topology
A method and apparatus for determining network topology includes adapting a single sniffer to collect information from nodes associated with at least two selected areas of the network and determining a topology of at least a portion of the network using the collected information. ...

02/09/06 - 20060031444 - Method for assigning network resources to applications for optimizing performance goals
A system and method for improving a network. The system and method may include receiving a virtual topology including a list of application components defining an arbitrary network, resource requirements for the application components and communication requirements between each set of application components and receiving a network topology including a ...

02/09/06 - 20060031443 - System configuration and policies using set concepts
Set theory is used in a policy manager to manage sets of devices, each having multiple attributes, and can be used to evaluate and manage the individual attributes of the devices as groups. Each element of a network to be managed is defined by its attributes and treated as a ...

02/09/06 - 20060031442 - Method and system for externalizing session management using a reverse proxy server
A method, system, and computer program product is presented for providing access to a set of resources in a distributed data processing system. A reverse proxy server receives a resource request from a client and determines whether or not it is managing a session identifier that was previously associated with ...

02/09/06 - 20060031441 - Dynamic extension of network-accessible services
Services deployed in a network computing environment (such as a Web services implementation model) are transparently extended. Preferably, handler components in an engine that processes requests and responses provide the extensions. A handler for outgoing messages adds the extensions to a response message that is created responsive to receiving a ...

02/09/06 - 20060031440 - Usage data harvesting
A method of harvesting usage data from a broadcast receiver configured to detect and store such usage data comprises providing (16, 18) to the receiver a privacy policy identifying not only the usage data sought to be harvested but also the intended use for such data. At the receiver, an ...

02/09/06 - 20060031439 - Method and apparatus for network management
A network, and a method and apparatus for network management are disclosed in which nodes in the network are arranged specified number of connections with other nodes by initiating links across the network tree structure to nodes on the same level in the hierarchical tree. As a result, nodes are ...

02/09/06 - 20060031438 - Device control management apparatus
Control commands are sent from communication stations (A, B) to devices (D to F), such as a VTR, connected to a communication station (C) via radio networks (NW) provided between the communication stations (A, B) and the communication station (C), thereby controlling the devices (D to F). As a result, ...

02/09/06 - 20060031437 - System and method for managing communication links
A system and method for managing a communication link between a consumer electronic device adapted for two-way, wireless communications with at least one peripheral. The communication link is managed using a controller that is associated with the consumer electronic device that functions to assign communication slots to the peripheral to ...

02/02/06 - 20060026276 - Automatic planning of network configurations
The invention relates to a device and a method, which reduce the outlay required when searching for a suitable network configuration, in particular in the field of automation. The device for the automatic planning of a network configuration, in particular for an automation system, comprises at least one partition module ...

02/02/06 - 20060026275 - Fabric network management and diagnostic tool
The invention relates to a maintenance and diagnostic tool for embedded fabric (EF) networks providing an interactive graphical user interface for displaying, monitoring and managing processing elements, such as microprocessors, switches, bridges and memory, within the EF network. ...

02/02/06 - 20060026274 - Management system of monitor
A management system of a monitor including at least one first monitor, a first computer to supply a video signal to the at least one first monitor having a first controller to transmit monitor information about the at least one first monitor through a network, a second monitor, and a ...

02/02/06 - 20060026273 - System and method for detection of reconnaissance activity in networks
A reconnaissance detector for protecting a network from attack by detecting attempts by one or more inquirers preparing for a network attack to collect information from network resources designated in queries by the inquirers, the reconnaissance detector including: (a) a computer operationally connected to an entry point of the network ...

02/02/06 - 20060026272 - Method and apparatus for efficient communication of management data
A mediator for efficiently exchanging management data in a hierarchical management network for managing network elements of a data transport network partitions resources of the network elements among a plurality of management representations of the network elements and selectively forwards management data associated with respective management representations to a higher ...

02/02/06 - 20060026271 - System and method for enabling the establishment and use of a personal network
A personal network may be established by interconnecting a plurality of satellites as part of the personal network. Each satellite may configured to communicate with one or more other satellites. On any given one of the plurality of satellites, data indicating a connectivity status for the one or more other ...

01/26/06 - 20060020695 - Scaling and delivering distributed applications
Systems and methods for distributing applications across a server and one or more nodes in a network. When a node is turned on or booted, a node application is requested from the server and loaded on the node. The node application provides a user interface through which other feature applications ...

01/26/06 - 20060020694 - Administering a communication network
Methods and apparatus are provided for administering a communication network. In one embodiment, a first interface screen depicts nodes within a network. The nodes include a pair of media aggregation managers providing multiplexing/demultiplexing of media traffic associated with multiple application sessions between a pair of communities onto a preallocated reservation ...

01/26/06 - 20060020693 - Data optimization
A method, system and computer program product for decreasing a volume of data transmitted from a server to a client device in a data processing network, the server processing a received request for a resource from the client device, the processed requested resource comprising data embedded in a file of ...

01/26/06 - 20060020692 - System and method for locating web services
The mechanisms described herein are directed at methods for locating web services available for client applications. The methods allow web services to re-locate without impacting the code of the client applications that access the web services. The client application sends a message that includes an identifier to a referral service. ...

01/26/06 - 20060020691 - Load balancing based on front-end utilization
A method of load balancing comprises actions of measuring utilization on an input/output interface, detecting a condition of utilization deficiency based on the measured utilization, and allocating utilization to cure the deficiency. ...

01/19/06 - 20060015606 - Distributed element network management
A network of managed elements, in which code necessary for the integration of the elements into the network is contained in the elements themselves. A network proxy polls the elements to determine the presence of a new element or a revision to the code of an existing element. When found, ...

01/19/06 - 20060015605 - Storage network system, managing apparatus managing method and program
A storage network system includes computers, storage systems, connection devices that control connection relations between the computers and the storage system, and a managing device that manages the computers, the storage system and the connection devices. The managing device includes a control section that specifies connection ports of the computers, ...

01/19/06 - 20060015604 - Network difference reporting
A network difference reporting method and system categorizes the differences between two networks, and provides an output report structured by these categories. The preferred categories include objects common to both networks that have different attributes; objects found only in the first network; objects found only in the second network; and ...

01/19/06 - 20060015603 - System and method for providing a global real-time advanced correlation environment architecture
A method and system are disclosed for efficiently correlating network events within a data processing system and then transmitting messages to various network entities in response to an occurrence of a particular network event. According to the present invention, a network mediation service receives raw message streams from one or ...

01/19/06 - 20060015602 - Control equipment management system
A control equipment management system integrates and displays data transmitted from a plurality of control equipment units provided at devices to be monitored and controlled, can flexibly modify the form of display, and can employ existing equipment as control equipment. Control equipment units 30a to 30n monitor the status of, ...

01/19/06 - 20060015601 - Console architecture
A system administration console can be used to manage application server resources. This administration console can include an original configuration and extension. The extension can modify the system administration console to form an extended system administration console without changing the original configuration. ...

01/19/06 - 20060015600 - System and method for providing channels in application servers and transaction-based systems
A system and method for providing channels within application servers, messaging systems, and transaction-based systems. Network traffic internal to the server is carried over these channels. This allows the administrator to segregate internal network traffic, usually for security or performance reasons. In addition administrators have finer, dynamic, control over external ...

01/19/06 - 20060015599 - Multi-layer video management and display method carried out on the networks
In a multi-layer video management and display method carried out on the networks, configuration parameters are set for a plurality of nodes on the networks so that these nodes can be divided into several father layers and several son layers. A root is also set for a network matrix mode. ...

01/19/06 - 20060015598 - Networked keyboard and mouse drivers
In an embodiment, a method of controlling a computer in a network, includes: moving a cursor to a designated area of a screen of a first computer; receiving an input in a peripheral device associated with the first computer; transmitting the input as a packet across a network to a ...

01/19/06 - 20060015597 - Method and system for improved in-line management of an information technology network
A system and a method for leveraging human knowledge held by system administrators to support improved or optimal management of an information technology network. The present invention monitors and records the states and values key management indicators related to actions taken by a human system administrator in improving a perceived ...

01/12/06 - 20060010232 - Directory-enabled device management
Managing a plurality of network devices on a network by detecting the presence of at least one of the plurality of network devices on the network by using a first communication protocol, obtaining, by using the first communication protocol, an information block from each of the detected network devices, wherein ...

01/12/06 - 20060010231 - Network for targeting individual operating a microcomputer regardless of his location
A network adapted to target an individual operating a microcomputer that is linked to an Internet to offer this individual goods or services appropriate to his needs that are available at a place within reach of the individual's present location. The microcomputer is provided with a GPS receiver that indicates ...

01/12/06 - 20060010230 - System for accessing and browsing a plc provided within a network
Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: ...

01/05/06 - 20060004918 - Network connectivity
A method for managing a computer or communication network by obtaining connectivity configuration information from a plurality of networked devices; and, determining a network connectivity condition between any two of the plurality of networked devices. ...

01/05/06 - 20060004917 - Attribute grouping for management of a wireless network
Described is a method for organizing devices in a wireless network by receiving attributes from a plurality of network devices, the attributes corresponding to information about each of the plurality of devices, storing the received attributes, defining a group of devices, the group definition including one of the received attributes ...

01/05/06 - 20060004916 - Communications system
A data communications system has a plurality of nodes connected by a plurality of links. A subset of the links and nodes forms a worker path for carrying worker data through the communications system, and a further subset of links and nodes provides a protection path for carrying other data ...

12/29/05 - 20050289229 - Device management method for device management system
A device management method allows a device management client to actively request device management from a device management server with respect to an event occurring in a terminal by defining a step in which the device management client determines the device management server from which device management is requested with ...

12/22/05 - 20050283526 - Systems for distributing data over a computer network and methods for arranging nodes for distribution of data over a computer network
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a system for distributing data (e.g., content data) over a computer network and a method of arranging receiver nodes in a computer network such that the capacity of a server is effectively increased (e.g., the capacity of a server may be effectively ...

12/22/05 - 20050283525 - Systems for distributing data over a computer network and methods for arranging nodes for distribution of data over a computer network
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a system for distributing data (e.g., content data) over a computer network and a method of arranging receiver nodes in a computer network such that the capacity of a server is effectively increased (e.g., the capacity of a server may be effectively ...

12/15/05 - 20050278441 - Coordinating use of independent external resources within requesting grid environments
A method, system, and program for coordinating use of independent external resources within requesting grid environments. A external resource dispatcher receives requests for use of external resources. The external resource dispatcher controls the dispatch of a pool of external resources hidden from the grid management systems of requesting grid clients. ...

12/15/05 - 20050278440 - System and method of visualizing network layout and performance characteristics in a wireless network
A system for visually detailing the layout of a wireless network and for providing performance statistics regarding the network. Graphical diagrams are generated in accordance with a request wherein the diagrams illustrate nodes and data collectors in the wireless network. The nodes record data related to a commodity usage and ...

12/15/05 - 20050278439 - System and method for evaluating capacity of a heterogeneous media server configuration for supporting an expected workload
According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, into a capacity planning system, workload information representing an expected workload of client accesses of streaming media files from a site. The capacity planning system evaluates whether a heterogeneous cluster having a plurality of different server configurations included therein is ...

12/15/05 - 20050278438 - Cleaning and removing duplicated unique identifiers from remote network nodes
A centralized network managed distributed computing system includes a number of network nodes, such as workstations, a network connection medium, such as the Internet, and a server for managing the network of nodes. Unique identifiers are assigned to each network node during a first scanning operation to uniquely identify each ...

12/15/05 - 20050278437 - Network analysis software real-time
A method and system of enabling real-time network protocol analysis of network data by a post-time network protocol analyzing software that is incompatible with a real-time protocol analyzing software real-time capturing network data, by controlling the real-time protocol analyzing software and taking over a communication socket opened by the real-time ...

12/15/05 - 20050278436 - Relaying of message waiting indications to support distributed telephony networks
In a telephony system have management of telephony devices distributed among multiple call management devices, the call management devices use call redirection and relaying of message waiting indications to provide voicemail services to the telephony devices using a centralized voicemail server. ...

12/08/05 - 20050273508 - Method and apparatus for universally accessible command and control information in a network
A method and system for performing a service on a home network, by: connecting a first and a second home device to the home network; providing a database including a plurality of application interface description data objects, where each application interface description data object includes information in a structured format ...

12/08/05 - 20050273507 - Method and system for managing heterogeneous resources across a distributed computer network
A system for managing resources across a distributed computer network has first and second management services. The first management service has resources associated therewith and hosts a resource consumer having a resource capacity demand, and the first management service implements objects for monitoring the status of resources of the first ...

12/01/05 - 20050267964 - Method for providing apparatus specific information and corresponding system
The present invention refers to a method for providing apparatus specific information for at least one field apparatus. The one field apparatus is connected via a bus to a management device managing apparatuses connected thereto, whereby the management device accesses a link network, from which the management device retrieves the ...

12/01/05 - 20050267963 - Method for managing i/o interface modules in a computer system
A method is provided for efficiently managing the connection of processor modules and input/output interface modules at a drastically reduced cost. A management server searches IFT and ST tables after receiving an instruction from the system management server to connect an input/output interface module to a processor, creates a condition ...

12/01/05 - 20050267962 - Graphical user interface for monitoring classloading references
A method, apparatus, and system are provided for a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for monitoring classloading references. In an embodiment, the GUI includes a graphical representation of one or more resources of an application server. The one or more resources may be selectable via, for example, a cursor control device. ...

12/01/05 - 20050267961 - Communication network management methods and systems
Methods and systems of managing communication networks are provided. Network management information received for an electronic device of a protection group, which includes a working electronic device and a protection electronic device in the communication network, is applied to both the working electronic device and the protection electronic device. Indications ...

12/01/05 - 20050267960 - Mote-associated log creation
Methods and/or systems relating to mote networks having one or more logs. ...

12/01/05 - 20050267959 - System and method for virtualization of the network management and control planes to provide an abstracted view and control of underlying network resources
A method and system for providing a common network service interface to one or more application programs. A network service interface provides application programs with a high level, application specific view of the communication network, and functional access to management plane and control plane functions and protocols. The system generates ...

12/01/05 - 20050267958 - Facilitating management of resources by tracking connection usage of the resources
The amount of resources utilized by one or more connections of a communications environment is obtained. A determination is then made as to whether one or more of the connections is using a predominant amount of the resources. If a particular connection is using more of the resources than desired, ...

12/01/05 - 20050267957 - Diffusing configuration data to distributed devices
Techniques for diffusing configuration data to distributed devices whose locations and movements vis-a-vis a measurement/control application may only be estimated statistically. Examples of distributed devices whose locations and movements may only be estimated statistically include handheld devices and devices mounted on vehicles or other moving platforms. A measurement/control system according ...

12/01/05 - 20050267956 - Advanced ipmi system with multi-message processing and configurable performance and method for the same
An advanced IPMI system with multi-message processing and configurable performance and method for the same, optimally used among message sources, i.e. a host system and/or an operating terminal, to process IPMI messages from said message source is disclosed. The IPMI system includes an IPMI message subsystem, an IPMI core subsystem, ...

12/01/05 - 20050267955 - Communication network comprising communication components having client and server functionalities and search functions
The invention relates to a communication network, especially a packet-switched communication network, provided with communication components having client and server functionalities. The client functionalities of the communication components have search functions for determining the current addresses of the communication components of the communication network which enable the server functionalities thereof ...

11/24/05 - 20050262234 - Systems and methods for discovering machines
A method for discovering computers connected to a computer network, including receiving a packet containing address information of a computer connected to the computer network that sent the packet, extracting the address information from the packet, and adding the address information to a database of discovered computers connected to the ...

11/24/05 - 20050262233 - Methods and systems for history analysis for access paths in networks
A method and system for constructing and analyzing an access path event history in a network is provided. Inconsistencies in the physical and logical access paths when making changes in the network are detected and analyzed. Component events associated with network appliances are recorded and an event sequence is constructed. ...

11/24/05 - 20050262232 - Architecture for configuration and management of cross-domain network services
Apparatus and method are provided for enabling establishment of cross-domain services, including exchange of reachability information between domains, routing of services across domains, and differential labeling. The network element control and management planes are supplemented by additional components that enable the control and management planes of each domain to inter-communicate ...

11/24/05 - 20050262231 - Web based device management and monitoring interface
A web-based management interface, program product for displaying system configuration information and method of providing system or subsystem configuration information, e.g., for a storage subsystem. A web displayable file, e.g., hypertext mark up language (HTML), is generated and updated to reflect current configuration data for a storage subsystem configuration. The ...

11/24/05 - 20050262230 - Methods and apparatus for automatic system parameter configuration for performance improvement
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for automatic system parameter configuration for performance improvement. One embodiment of the inventive method involves formulating a black box optimization problem, and solving the optimization problem using an enhanced smart hill climbing method. The smart hill climbing method includes ...

11/24/05 - 20050262229 - Object conduit mib for communicating over snmp between distributed objects
A first object-oriented telecommunication device that communicates with a second object-oriented telecommunication device in the communication network. The first object-oriented telecommunication device comprises: 1) a plurality of objects executable by processing circuitry associated with the first object-oriented telecommunication device; and 2) an object conduit management information base (MIB) manager for ...

11/24/05 - 20050262228 - Method, computer software products, client terminal, network element and network for efficient use of network resources by just-in-time modulation of quality of service based on service usage and user behavior
The invention relates to observing requests, deriving quality of service (QoS) demands and scheduling the network's resources in terms of QoS. A scheduler is modulating the QoS based on service usage and user-behavior just-in-time. It relates to a method for efficient use of network resources by just-in-time modulation of quality ...

11/24/05 - 20050262227 - Directory service in an automation system
The invention relates to a directory service that simplifies the provision of information within an automation system. The directory service serves to provide information regarding access possibilities, functionalities, interfaces and topologies of components of the automation system and is Web service-based. ...

11/17/05 - 20050256952 - Network and method for implementing network platform services for a computing device
A network provides computer services to users and has a centralized data center (CDC) and regional data centers (RDCs) coupled to the CDC. Each RDC is coupled to a plurality of users and maintains for each associated user back up storage. Each user has a user machine with user data ...

11/17/05 - 20050256951 - Method and apparatus for evaluating visitors to a web server
Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated ...

11/17/05 - 20050256950 - Three-dimensional model data-providing program, three-dimensional model data-providing server, and three-dimensional model data transfer method
A three-dimensional model data-providing program which is capable of transferring image data by an appropriate one of data transfer methods, suited to the situation. When an application program delivers an instruction for drawing an image of the model, processing times are calculated which a command method and a differential image ...

11/17/05 - 20050256949 - System, method, and service for inducing a pattern of communication among various parties
A communication pattern inducing system focuses on the propagation of topics amongst a plurality of nodes based on the text of the node rather than hyperlinks of the node. A node could represent a weblog or any other source of information such as person, a conversation, images, etc. The system ...

11/17/05 - 20050256948 - Methods and systems for testing a cluster management station
Methods and systems for testing a cluster management station. A request for a trap to be generated is accessed at a trap generator. The trap generator can be software executing on a computer system. The trap is generated at the trap generator without requiring an actual failure associated with the ...

11/17/05 - 20050256947 - Method, apparatus, computer program product and web-enabled service providing dynamically adjustable policies
Described is a method, a system, a computer program product and a service implemented at least partially through a data communications network to dynamically change the effect of an enforcement of a policy in a policy-managed system. The method, system, computer program product and service enabling the user to identify ...

11/17/05 - 20050256946 - Apparatus and method for allocating resources based on service level agreement predictions and associated costs
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for allocating resources based on predictions of service level agreement (SLA) breaches in order to minimize costs are provided. With the method, apparatus, and computer instructions, a prediction that an SLA will be breached is received from a prediction engine associated with the SLM ...

11/17/05 - 20050256945 - Method and system for optimization of controls
A system and method can use statistical modeling of the way that an entire application environment is running. The output from the statistical models can be used by an optimization engine to provide an optimal or near optimal configuration and operation of the application environment for nearly any workloads and ...

11/17/05 - 20050256944 - Method for separating multiple home networks
A method for separating multiple home networks sharing communication line path is disclosed. The method includes a step for setting a house code so as to divide each home network according to adapters of each product: a step in which each adapter receives a packet once a predetermined packet including ...

11/10/05 - 20050251569 - Network control apparatus and method
A network information management unit in which a memory resource that requires the storage of a network information management database is utilized in distributed fashion, as a result of which a single agent need not be equipped with a large-scale memory. The management unit, which is connected to a network ...

11/10/05 - 20050251568 - Systems and methods for visualizing a communications network
A system facilitates the visualization of a network having multiple nodes. The system collects information from at least one of the nodes (510). The information describes network operation over a period of time. The system then reconstructs the network operation for the time period from the collected information (520) and ...

11/10/05 - 20050251567 - System and method for cluster management based on hpc architecture
Cluster management software comprises a plurality of cluster agents, with each cluster agent associated with an HPC node including an integrated fabric and the cluster agent operable to determine a status of the associated HPC node. The software further includes a cluster management engine communicably coupled with the plurality of ...

11/03/05 - 20050246436 - System for registering, locating, and identifying network equipment
The present invention is directed toward providing a system for registering, locating, and identifying network servers within a data center containing many such servers. Parallel and serial port couplers with an erasable, programable read-only memory are encoded with a unique ID number, and a label with a bar code corresponding ...

11/03/05 - 20050246435 - System and method for managing introspectable objects in an enterprise
A system and method for managing object relationships in an enterprise is presented. A request manager receives a view request from a user. The request manager retrieves a management definition object (MDO) and a perspective that corresponds to the view request, which the request manager uses to generate a view ...

11/03/05 - 20050246434 - Services for capturing and modeling computer usage
A subscriber to a service that monitors user behavior first registers with that service and selects a model of user behavior. The service then transmits that model to an agent, situated capable of monitoring user behavior and relating it to the model. After the monitoring interval the agent transmits data ...

11/03/05 - 20050246433 - Method and apparatus for facilitating control of a target computer by a remote computer
A method of capturing video from a target computer to update a remote computer's video with the video output of the target computer. The new video frame comprises a series of new frame pixels to be captured The method comprises (A) receiving for comparison a new frame pixel from the ...

11/03/05 - 20050246432 - Information distribution system and method, program realizing the method, and information medium concerning the program
The achievement of broadband information transmission media, makes it possible to perform on-demand information distribution. With this comes a desire for an autonomous information distribution system that meets both diverse client requirements and the need for a high level of immediacy. An objective of the present invention is to provide ...

10/27/05 - 20050240668 - Trending method and apparatus for resource demand in a computing utility
A method and system for updating a demand profile used in a computing utility includes receiving a demand profile associated with an application that identifies a required resource demand during time slots in a demand cycle, receiving trending specification information used during admission to the computing utility and updating the ...

10/27/05 - 20050240667 - Message-oriented middleware server instance failover
A system and method are provided for failover of a Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) server instance in an MOM provider having multiple MOM server instances. In an embodiment, a first server node receives notification that an MOM server instance on a second server node is inoperative. The MOM server instance on ...

10/27/05 - 20050240666 - Scheduling method for polling device data
The invention discloses a dispatching method for polling device data. The method comprises the steps of: sorting managed devices according to their types, sorting various types of data of each device so as to form different modules, and assigning a priority attribute and a polling period attribute to each module; ...

10/20/05 - 20050235056 - Location system
A location awareness system for a wireless local area network (WLAN). The location awareness system of the present invention allows the infrastructure owner to control the content and method of location related information. The location information translation is performed by the local area server, thus private information is protected inside ...

10/20/05 - 20050235055 - Graphical user interface for managing hpc clusters
A method for providing a graphical user interface in a High Performance Computing (HPC) environment includes collecting information on a plurality of HPC nodes, with each node comprising an integrated fabric. A plurality of graphical elements are generated based, at least in part, on the collected information. At least a ...

10/20/05 - 20050235054 - Method and system for tracking memory usage by software agents
A method and system for tracking memory usage by software agents operating in a computer system is disclosed. A memory resource tracking application is executed in the system. When an operating software agent is detected, a determination is made about the memory consumed by the running agent. Measurements are made ...

10/20/05 - 20050235053 - Network system, provider, management site, requester, and program
A selection criterion appropriate for searching for a web service in UDDI. A provider that provides web services collects result information, which will be used to judge the quality of provided web services, and sends the information to a UDDI site). The UDDI site manages this result information and, in ...

10/20/05 - 20050235052 - Charging for an ip based communication system
There is disclosed a method for charging for services in an IP based communication system, comprising: establishing an accounting session between a network element and a charging function for the session; and initiating a change in the accounting session at the charging function. ...

10/13/05 - 20050228877 - System for managing a device
A system for managing a device at a location of an associated entity includes a repository of device information identifying (a) the entity associated with the device, (b) the device, and (c) a characteristic indicating terms governing usage of the device by the entity. A communication processor communicates a message ...

10/13/05 - 20050228876 - Guest account life cycle
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for managing accounts within a network community. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide an account server to manage direct accounts for resident users of the network community and guest accounts for guests of the resident users. In addition, ...

10/06/05 - 20050223090 - Network power management system
A vertical-mount network remote power management outlet strip embodiment of the present invention comprises a long, thin outlet strip body with several independently controllable power outlet sockets distributed along its length. A power input cord is provided at one end, and this supplies AC-operating power to relays associated with each ...

10/06/05 - 20050223089 - Network usage analysis system and method for detecting network congestion
A system and method is provided herein for detecting congested locations within a network. The method includes receiving a stream of UDRs from one or more observation points within the network. The method further comprises computing an amount of bandwidth utilized by each UDR as each UDR is received from ...

10/06/05 - 20050223088 - System using planning information to modify operation of a digital network
Planning stage information is used for network configuration and/or control at an operation stage. A list of recommended routes (LoRR) is generated by one or more planning tools. The LoRR includes a list of routes between different endpoints, the granularity of the route (i.e., allocable bandwidth amounts), description of the ...

10/06/05 - 20050223087 - Quality driving streaming method and apparatus
A method and apparatus for providing quality driven streaming content from a source (102) to a destination terminal (114) in a closed network (100) is disclosed. Every time a new stream is requested information regarding the required bandwidth is gathered. It is then determined if the network has the required ...

09/29/05 - 20050216581 - Use of browser history file to determine web site reach
In a method of metering Web usage, a collection program is downloaded from a server to a metered computer in response to a message transmitted from the metered computer to the server, and the collection program is executed on the metered computer in order to collect Web usage history information ...

09/29/05 - 20050216580 - Premises management networking
Some embodiments of a method for premises management networking include monitoring premises management devices connected to a gateway at a premises; controlling premises management devices connected to the gateway at the premises; receiving, at the premises, an uplink-initiation signal associated with a network operations center server; and in response to ...

09/29/05 - 20050216579 - System and method for managing equipments
A system and a method for managing equipments are disclosed for unifying the transmission interfaces between each of the equipments and an equipment manager. The system for managing the equipments comprises the equipment manager and a plurality of equipment controllers connected to the equipment manager, each of the equipment controllers ...

09/29/05 - 20050216578 - Methods, devices and computer program products using a node affiliation protocol for monitoring and/or controlling networkable devices
Communication between a networkable device, such as a UPS, and a supervisory device, such as a PDA or cellphone configured to monitor and/or control the UPS, is managed. An affiliation request message is transmitted from the networkable device, the affiliation request message requesting an affiliation request response from another networkable ...

09/29/05 - 20050216577 - Cooperative embedded agents
Cooperative embedded agents as well as manageability and security operations that can be performed on a host system having cooperative embedded agents are disclosed. ...

09/29/05 - 20050216576 - Methods, systems and computer program products for generating events having a common event format
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for generating events having common formats by obtaining a populated common base event including source specific situation information for an event source. It is determined if a format of the populated common base event conforms to a predefined event format and a ...

09/29/05 - 20050216575 - Network devices for automatic network information access systems
Systems, apparatus and methods are described for providing information access to network devices. A directory server registers identification information about a first network device coupled to a first network. The first network and the directory server may be coupled to a second network, which may include a wide area network, ...

09/15/05 - 20050204031 - System and method for comprehensive code generation for system management
More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention provides a method that automatically generates all layers of a configuration framework, including SNMP agent integration, JAXB persistence, and hooks for application specific listener code. ...

09/15/05 - 20050204030 - Universal call control systems and methods
Methods and systems for providing a user with control over telecommunications services provided by a service provider. Using almost any type of communications device, a user may gain access to, view, and make changes or modifications to profile information related to the services. The changes may be made quickly and ...

09/15/05 - 20050204029 - User connectivity process management system
A system is disclosed according to the present invention that manages the process of providing a client access to a secured service. In the exemplary embodiment, the secured service is a computer system that allows the client to trade financial instruments. Management of this process includes managing execution of tasks ...

09/15/05 - 20050204028 - Methods and systems for removing data inconsistencies for a network simulation
A network troubleshooting framework is described. In an implementation, a method includes forming a plurality of reports by a plurality of nodes in a network, wherein each of the reports is formed by a respective one of the nodes and includes trace data obtained from the respective node and another ...

09/15/05 - 20050204027 - Management system for hardware network devices
A management system for supporting management functions of managed network devices is formed by a backend management network providing processing capability to handle management transactions. In one embodiment, the management system is coupled to a first and a second network element connected to a data communication network and being managed ...

09/15/05 - 20050204026 - Switchless kvm network with wireless technology
The present invention discloses a wireless remote network management system for wirelessly interfacing a series of remote devices (e.g., computers, servers, etc.) to one or more user workstations. Each remote device is coupled to a wireless transmitter, and each user workstation includes a wireless user station coupled to a keyboard, ...

09/15/05 - 20050204025 - Telephony event management system and method in a communications network
A method of controlling events executed on a first device connected to a mobile communications network using a second device connected to the first device over a wired communications network is provided. The method comprises executing a first event by interacting with the second device; communicating data associated with the ...

09/15/05 - 20050204024 - Information management device
A information management device and method, an information processing device and method, a recording medium, and a program that can easily and quickly receive the provision of content are provided. At a select shop set up on a network, sale Pocharas selected by its owner are prepared. In a select ...

09/08/05 - 20050198252 - Communication management system for computer network-based telephones
A system and a method for monitoring a computer network to detect data packets including audio or video data, such packets being part of a communication session, for storing these packets and for reconstructing the communication session upon request. To enable the system to store packets independently of the protocol ...

09/08/05 - 20050198251 - Network management system
A network management system includes: a management unit managing trail configuration information, trail name information, and work-related information related to trail management work as trail-related information related to trails that compose an integration network that is formed by integrating a plurality of networks belonging to different categories, and is provided ...

09/08/05 - 20050198250 - Network system, method and protocols for hierarchical service and content distribution via directory enabled network
A network system manages hierarchical service and content distribution via a directory enabled network to improve performance of the content delivery network with a hierarchical service network infrastructure design. The network system allows a user to obtain various Internet services, especially the content delivery service, in a scalable and fault ...

09/08/05 - 20050198249 - Apparatus and method for managing network device by updating remote service object dynamically
Disclosed is a system for dynamically updating remote service objects to manage a network device having various characteristics by Java RMI (Remote Method Invocation), and a method thereof. The system includes a network device manager for authenticating a transmission message communicated between a network device and a management device and ...

09/08/05 - 20050198248 - System layout design program, system layout design apparatus, and system layout design method for automatically configuring systems
A system layout design program that can automatically generate an efficient system configuration. A system layout generation section associates units for performing functions indicated by logical system conditions with the logical system conditions and generates system layouts indicative of the association of the units with all of the logical system ...

09/08/05 - 20050198247 - Granular management of network resources
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for granular management of network resources by accessing network device resources through associated references. In one embodiment, the references are group names, and one or more resources (i.e., a resource collection) within each network device in a telecommunications network may be linked ...

09/08/05 - 20050198246 - Simulating a large number of users
Simulating a large number of users is described. A method may include receiving a test script including a plurality of commands and invoking a script interpreter. An application thread may be launched to execute the test script. A protocol engine may be invoked for each of the commands in the ...

09/08/05 - 20050198245 - Intelligent modular remote server management system
Disclosed is a remote network management system for coupling a series of remote devices, such as servers, network appliances, serial IT equipment, switches, routers, firewalls, security interfaces, application servers, load balancers, environmental controls, etc., to one or more user workstations allowing for selective access and control of the remote devices. ...

09/08/05 - 20050198244 - Automatic provisioning of services based on a high level description and an infrastructure description
The present invention is directed to provisioning and managing computing services in a computing utility system. It receives as an input an infrastructure independent description of a set of requirements on the new desired state of a computing service. It uses a knowledge plane to represent the infrastructure. The method ...

09/08/05 - 20050198243 - Method and apparatus for assigning roles to devices using physical tokens
A physical token is provided that is used to assign an activity or role to a specific device by virtue of a physical relationship with the device. By associating the token with a device, through electrical connection or by mere proximity relative to the device, an administrator informs the device ...

09/08/05 - 20050198242 - System and method for detection/interception of ip collision
The present invention relates to detecting and analyzing interrupted ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) packets occurring when an IP communication is established in a network. The invention refers to IP collision detection and access blocking methods using ARP. The present invention monitors network traffic packets, detects packet collisions and notifies administrators ...

09/08/05 - 20050198241 - Web server comprising integrated automation functionality and access to a realtime operating system
The invention relates to a web server comprising software modules that are integrated in said server. At least one first software module of the web server has first means for a non-proprietary implementation of automation functionality and second means for accessing a real-time operating system. ...

09/08/05 - 20050198240 - Method for temporal synchronisation of at least two measuring computers cooperating over a telecommunication network such as internet, intranet or similar
The invention relates to a method for temporal synchronisation of at least two measuring computers (28, 36, 46), cooperating over a telecommunication network (10) such as internet, intranet or similar in which a highly accurate timestamp is required for each measurement process. The invention is characterised in that each measuring ...

09/01/05 - 20050193109 - Object manager for common information model
A common information model (CIM) enables management application programs to receive uniformly rendered results regardless of the source of the information. A CIM object manager isolates the applications from internal components which retrieve the information from various sources and through various other components, and provides refinements to that model that ...

09/01/05 - 20050193108 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system and information processing program
An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and an information processing program are provided. The present invention can execute distributed processing effectively with certainty among different information processing apparatus connected through a common network. Each of first to fourth information processing apparatus includes a main ...

09/01/05 - 20050193107 - Method and apparatus for relay control and computer product
A relay control apparatus is arranged between clients and a CoD system. The relay control apparatus accepts process requests from the clients and stores the process requests. If the CoD system is installing a server in addition to existing servers, the relay control apparatus provides a control so that requests ...

09/01/05 - 20050193106 - Service discovery and delivery for ad-hoc networks
The present invention can include a communication system having a plurality of portable devices being communicatively linked via an ad-hoc, wireless network such that each portable device functions in a peer-to-peer fashion. Each portable device can include a communication architecture including an application configured to control service discovery, usage, and ...

09/01/05 - 20050193105 - Method and system for processing network discovery data
One aspect of the invention is a method for processing network discovery data. An example of the method includes defining a plurality of network data aggregations. This example also includes assigning a current state value to at least one of the data aggregations. This example further includes, for at least ...

09/01/05 - 20050193104 - User interface for remote computing devices
An improved user interface for managing a connection between a local computing device and a remote computing device in which an improved user interface is displayed, and at least a first connection icon is displayed on the user interface, where the first connection icon represents a first connection between the ...

08/25/05 - 20050188073 - Transmission system, delivery path controller, load information collecting device, and delivery path controlling method
A transmission system, having a plurality of delivery server side routers which communicate with a plurality of delivery servers for delivering a content; and a client side router which communicates with a client device for receiving the content, is configured to include: a database for storing server load states of ...

08/25/05 - 20050188072 - Policy application across multiple nodes
A method includes retrieving an intermediate node policy characterizing communication properties supported by an intermediate node, the intermediate node being between a source node and a destination node in a communication path. The method includes forming a first policy-compliant message in accordance with the intermediate node policy, the first policy-compliant ...

08/25/05 - 20050188071 - Architecture for a centralized management system
An example of a solution provided here comprises: providing a logical design, including at least one hub containing central management tools, and a plurality of lower tiers containing local management tools; placing components according to the design; and providing, from the hub, one or more management functions. The lower tiers ...

08/25/05 - 20050188070 - Vertical perimeter framework for providing application services
Techniques for providing application services in a multi-CPU environment are disclosed. The techniques provide a “vertical perimeter” framework suitable for processing applications and their related data in multi-CPU environments. In this vertical perimeter framework, an instance (i.e., a copy) of a service provider application is provided for each CPU in ...

08/25/05 - 20050188069 - Zero-configuring ip addresses for peer-to-peer networks
A client device includes DHCP-based functionality for allocating an IP address to the client device for use within an ad-hoc wireless network. ...

08/25/05 - 20050188068 - System and method for monitoring and controlling server nodes contained within a clustered environment
A system and a corresponding method for monitoring and controlling server nodes in a clustered environment. The cluster includes a first instance and a second instance, each of the first and second instances including a number of server nodes. Each instance executes a control logic to start the instance by ...

08/25/05 - 20050188067 - Network management system, display method, and program
It was difficult to examine in which location of which device installation map an icon of a desired network device has been arranged. A link to the device installation map is displayed in correspondence to the network device and the icon indicative of the designated network device is emphasis-displayed. ...

08/25/05 - 20050188066 - Arragement and a method relating to end user station access of a portal
The present invention relates to a portal structure supporting access by end user stations (6) using an access protocol for access requests containing basic information specifying group(s) or class(es) to which a requesting end user station (61) belongs, and type information specifying the type of the requesting end user station. ...

08/25/05 - 20050188065 - System and method for communicating in a loadbalancing environment
A method for communicating in a loadbalancing environment is provided that in a particular embodiment includes receiving a request packet from a network access server (NAS) to initiate a communication session. The request packet is then communicated to a tunneling protocol network server (TPNS) and a response packet is received ...

08/18/05 - 20050182832 - System and method for graphically managing a stack of network devices
A system for graphically managing a stack of network devices includes a data retrieving module (10) for retrieving data from the network devices in the stack, a data center (20) for storing the data on the network devices in the stack (70), a device panel (30) for displaying status data ...

08/11/05 - 20050177629 - System and a method for communication network configuration planning by predicting evolution
A system (1) dedicated to processing configuration data of a communication network includes first calculation means (3) adapted to determine a network usage predictive state from first data representative of the usage of resources and/or services within said network and second calculation means (4) adapted to determine a network evolution ...

08/04/05 - 20050172020 - Network control system
In a network control system that enables interconnected operation between multiple devices connected to a network, the user selects two devices as desired objects of interconnected operation, among a TV receiver 100, a projector 200, and a printer 500. The user directs and manipulates an infrared remote control 300 toward ...

08/04/05 - 20050172019 - Network management
A method of operating a computing entity in a network having a log mapping computing entity network addresses to vulnerabilities, the method comprising the steps of: using the entity's network address, searching the log to establish what vulnerabilities the entity has; and if the log indicates the entity has a ...

08/04/05 - 20050172018 - Integrated customer interface system for communications network management
A network management system allows a customer of a communications service provider to manage communications services using a web server that communicates with a client web browser. The customer is able to view information associated with various communications systems and services via the client web browser. The customer is also ...

08/04/05 - 20050172017 - Policy engine
Policy engine methods, systems, and devices are provided. One method of updating a policy engine of a computing device includes receiving an update string including a policy component, extracting the policy component from the update string, and associating the policy component with a logical framework stored in memory. ...

08/04/05 - 20050172016 - Apparatus, method and system for decision making to support network selection for datacasting in hybrid networks
The disclosure details the implementation of an apparatus, method, and system for an network selector for datacasting in hybrid networks (NSDHN). In one aspect, the disclosure teaches an efficient delivery decision mechanism that takes into account efficiencies that may be achieved by employing one network delivery system over another for ...

08/04/05 - 20050172015 - Policy based system management
A computer network comprises a plurality of components governed by policies from a policy manager (70). Where conflicts arise between policies, a conflict management policy (100) is inherent in the system and is implemented to detect and resolve such conflicts. ...

07/28/05 - 20050165924 - Method for displaying vendor name in a cmts command line interface
An algorithm extracts a company ID from a LAN MAC address corresponding to a cable modem connected to a CMTS, cross-references the company ID to a corresponding company name in a company-name database, and then displays the company name in a command line user interface. ...

07/28/05 - 20050165923 - Transmitter device and relay device for performing data transmission control
A transmitter device which performs window control in transmitting data for transmission through a communication network is caused to identify a mode of window control to be performed based on a communication condition under which the data transmission is performed, so as to transmit the data for transmission by performing ...

07/28/05 - 20050165922 - Device management apparatus and method
This invention provides a network device management apparatus and method, which manage one or a plurality of devices connected to a network. A layout data storage unit stores layout map data which indicates locations, identifiers of devices set at different locations, and status of the devices. A device data storage ...

07/28/05 - 20050165921 - Systems and methods for vertically integrated data distribution and access management
Scheduled data is received and distributed in a system, such as a DSDD system. A schedule director receives a schedule representing inventory of data available from a data source and desired times for distributing the data. The schedule director coordinates with one or more resource managers that maintain information regarding ...

07/28/05 - 20050165920 - Method and system for providing detail information about computer system users for which on-line status and instant messaging capabilities are available
A system for providing a local computer system user with detail information about remote computer system users, such as users of separate client computer systems from that of the local user. The detail information regarding remote users is obtained by a client software program on the local computer system, and ...

07/28/05 - 20050165919 - System and method to simulate and manage a wireless local area network (wlan)
In accordance with one embodiment, an article of manufacture embodied in a computer-readable medium for use in a processing system for modeling configurations of a wireless local area network is provided. The article of manufacture includes a characteristic and configurations receiving logic for causing the processing system to determine a ...

07/28/05 - 20050165918 - Network control confirmation system control communication terminal server and network control confirmation method
This invention relates to a network control verification system, a control communication terminal, a server apparatus, and a network control verification method whereby a user away from a recording apparatus is notified of information such as whether the recording apparatus has completed unattended recording of a broadcast program as reserved. ...

07/21/05 - 20050160165 - Network management using short message service
A network management method and system and a computer that provides added security against hackers. A network management command is sent to the computer via short message service (SMS). The computer performs corresponding network configuration according to the network management command. Thus, a safe network management can be assured based ...

07/21/05 - 20050160164 - Method, system, and program for schema management
Disclosed is a method, system, and program for managing schemas. A schema and one or more associated schema documents are registered. A schema information document is automatically generated based on the schema and the one or more associated schema documents. A request to be performed on at least one of ...

07/21/05 - 20050160163 - Device status identification
Systems, methods, and device are provided for device status identification. One method embodiment includes transmitting an SNMP message to a device. The method includes opening a socket connection on the device in response to an SNMP error message returned from the device. And, the method includes initiating a time-out function ...

07/21/05 - 20050160162 - Systems, methods, and media for remote wake-up and management of systems in a network
Systems, methods, and media for providing remote wake-up and management of systems in a network are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for a server to receive feedback from a client as to the status of its wake-on-LAN functionality is disclosed. Embodiments include hardware and/or software for determining a client ...

07/21/05 - 20050160161 - System and method for managing a proxy request over a secure network using inherited security attributes
Methods, devices, and systems are directed to managing a proxy request over a secure network using inherited security attributes. Proxy traffic, such as HTTP proxy traffic, is tunneled through a secure tunnel such that the proxy request inherits security attributes of the secure tunnel. The secure attributes may be employed ...

07/21/05 - 20050160160 - Method and system for unified session control of multiple management servers on network appliances
Methods and systems are directed to managing sessions between users and a plurality of management servers on a network appliance. A unified session manager authenticates a user requesting access to a network appliance. The unified session manager then establishes a brokering session with a management server associated with a component ...

07/21/05 - 20050160159 - Method to support xml-based consoles in pre-boot and post os execution environments
Methods and systems to support XML-based consoles in pre-boot and post OS execution environments. In an embodiment, during pre-boot, XML console in and console out interfaces are loaded, and corresponding API's are published to enable use of the interfaces by various firmware and software components. An XML schema is employed ...

07/21/05 - 20050160158 - System and method for selection accelerator in topology views
A system and method for selection accelerator in topology views is presented. A user uses a topology view to manage a computer network whereby the topology view includes a plurality of nodes and their relationships that correspond to computer network components. When a user selects a primary node, processing identifies ...

07/14/05 - 20050154791 - Data transfer method, apparatus, and recording medium for use in hierarchical system
In a hierarchical network configuration, if transfer of data, such as requirements and responses therefrom and thereto, are executed in a relay manner between plural manager systems and managed systems on network routes, the requirements and the responses are duplicated in each manager system, thereby presenting a problem of increased ...

07/14/05 - 20050154790 - Route designing method
To provide a technology of easily conducting a route design for efficiently accommodating user traffic. On the occasion of designing a communication route between user sites in a network management device connecting to a relay node in a network that connects a plurality of user sites to each other through ...

07/14/05 - 20050154789 - Minimizing complex decisions to allocate additional resources to a job submitted to a grid environment
A method, system, and program for minimizing complex decisions to allocate additional resources to a job submitted to a grid environment are provided. First, at least one decision to allocate additional resources to at least one previously submitted job is stored in a decision cache, wherein said the least one ...

07/07/05 - 20050149627 - Address generation in distributed systems using tree method
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing a cluster of servers organized into nodes. A method of one aspect includes establishing a cluster; establishing a set of ultimate identifiers for nodes resulting from splitting in the cluster; and storing every new data object on a node that has ...

06/30/05 - 20050144271 - Control system apparatus, method for setting control system and setting program
The control system setting apparatus is composed of a computer, comprising a processor, storage device, input device, display, and an interface connectable to a control system. The storage device stores therein a setting program 30 and a setting data 40. Component profile data is stored in a CPS 43 of ...

06/30/05 - 20050144270 - Information distributing system
An information distributing system comprises a startup condition management device inputting and holding a startup condition per user possessing a user terminal, inputting and holding context per user, and comparing the startup condition with the context for the same user and outputting, when both are coincident with each other, a ...

06/30/05 - 20050144269 - Event notification structure for dynamically aggregated logical components
The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for event notification framework in a system of dynamically aggregated logical components. In accordance with the present invention, an event notification and management system can include one or more logical components coupled to corresponding dynamic proxies. An event notification service can ...

06/30/05 - 20050144268 - Managing spare devices on a finite network
A network has a finite number of addressable devices plus an additional number of spare devices. A system and method is provided for switching out a failed device and switching in a spare device. A controller is connected to a switch for each device, allowing the controller to connect the ...

06/30/05 - 20050144267 - Application server performance tuning client interface
An application tuning tool, and method, system, and computer program product for application tuning, provides application deployers with a single, unified facility for modifying the relevant parameters to achieve optimal performance, which makes the application tuning process simpler and easier, so that it can be performed by less skilled individuals ...

06/30/05 - 20050144266 - Hosted notifications templates
Method and systems for generating notifications in a notifications system. A parameter-driven template received from a content provider contains one or more parameters related to a subscription for notifications. The notifications system enables an application based on the received template and executes it to map a recurring event to one ...

06/30/05 - 20050144265 - Data collection system using remotely configurable scripting
A digital data collection system is disclosed that provides the ability to configure, re-configure and append software and functionality to remote computer installations regardless of the location or Windows™ operating system of the remote computer installation. The data collection system creates two or more objects in a computer system at ...

06/30/05 - 20050144264 - Diagnosis system for at least one technical system
The invention relates to a diagnosis system comprising a detection unit for detecting measuring data, a storage unit for storing measuring data, a diagnosis unit for classifying the operational states of the technical system and at least one server unit which is at least connected to the storage unit by ...

06/23/05 - 20050138163 - Network accounting and billing system and method
In some embodiments, network traffic information is captured at network information sources. These sources provide detailed information about the network communications transactions at a network device. Importantly, different types of sources can provide different types of information. Gatherer devices gather the detailed information from the various information source devices and ...

06/23/05 - 20050138162 - System and method for managing usage quotas
A system for managing computer resource usage quotas includes a distributed gateway service, a plurality of clients, an internal network, a distributed storage service a system management service, a configuration database, and a distributed metadata service. A method for managing computer resource usage quotas applied to a plurality of users ...

06/23/05 - 20050138161 - Method and system for efficient buffer management for layer 2 (l2) through layer 5 (l5) network interface controller applications
Method and system for efficient buffer management for layer 2 through layer 5 network interface controller applications are provided. Aspects of the method may comprise determining whether an active NIC connection is an L2 type, an L4 type, or an L5 type. At least one buffer descriptor may be cached ...

06/23/05 - 20050138160 - Capture, aggregation and/or visualization of structural data of architectures
Computerised techniques, systems, and computer program products for a structured, hierarchical model for capturing, aggregating, and/or visualizing structural data of architectures of technical equipment (e.g., IT architectures). The techniques, systems and/or computer program products may include at least one data capture engine adapted to capture and aggregate data based on ...

06/23/05 - 20050138159 - Automatic virus fix
A client computer is connected via a network to an anti-virus server. A signal from the anti-virus server notifies the client computer that an anti-virus needs to be immediately downloaded from the anti-virus server. The client computer disengages from the network, and re-establishes a link with only the trusted anti-virus ...

06/23/05 - 20050138158 - Software download method and system
A method and system for downloading software according to an identity of a user. Upon booting up a client computer, the user is automatically directed to a deployment server, which contains a listing of software to which the user is authorized to download and use. The directions to the deployment ...

06/23/05 - 20050138157 - Network device discovery system and method thereof
A system and method for automated network device discovery including a discovery module. The discovery module issues a series of relayed single-destination simple network management protocol (SNMP) requests to network devices to acquire Cisco discovery protocol (CDP) neighbor device data, generates network device inventory records corresponding to the CDP neighbor ...

06/23/05 - 20050138156 - Grid application customization
A system and a method includes generating customization settings for an application on a first grid system, the customization settings enabling grid operation of the application. The system and method also includes distributing the application along with the customization settings to a second grid system, and installing the application and ...

06/23/05 - 20050138155 - Signal assessment
A communication system comprises at least a first and a second access point and a network arrangement device to receive radio signaling from at least a first station and to relay messages received through the radio signaling from the at least first station to the network management device. Each of ...

06/23/05 - 20050138154 - Enclosure management device
Provided are a method, expander, system, and program for receiving a transmission at an interface supporting multiple storage interconnect architectures having different transmission characteristics, and wherein the transmission uses one of the supported storage interconnect architectures. The interface forwards the transmission to the enclosure management device. The enclosure management device ...

06/23/05 - 20050138153 - Method and system for predicting network usage in a network having re-occurring usage variations
Systems and methods for scheduling of agents for a network, which in one embodiment among many, can be broadly summarized by a representative method of establishing a database of past network statistics and a database of predictably re-occurring variations, and forecasting network usage for a given future date using the ...

06/23/05 - 20050138152 - Virtual resource serving
A system includes a server registry having one or more registered server names of associated network servers, an alias registry having one or more alias server names associated with each of the one or more registered server names, and a name resolution module resolving a requested server and share name ...

06/16/05 - 20050132040 - Method and apparatus for controlling storage medium exchange with a storage controller subsystem
A storage system controller (302) includes a plurality of media controllers (301), a local microprocessor (306), and a host interface logic (310), operably coupled by a multi-drop parallel bus. The multi-drop parallel bus includes a control bus (324), a payload data bus (320), a real-time ready-status (data ready) signaling bus ...

06/16/05 - 20050132039 - Data processing system with automatable administration and method for automated administration of a data processing system
A data processing system with a plurality of hardware and software components, wherein the components can be controlled by finite automata. The data processing system includes at least one finite sample automaton which is defined so as to be suitable for controlling and monitoring pre-determined component types. Finite automata can ...

06/16/05 - 20050132038 - Resource reservation system and resource reservation method and recording medium storing program for executing the method
A system, method and computer program product for guaranteeing a process requesting a predetermined amount of calculation of a calculation resource that a predetermined amount of calculation is obtained by a deadline. The invention includes measuring an amount of calculation of the process obtained through calculation processing by the calculation ...

06/16/05 - 20050132037 - Programmable controller and communication interface therefor
A communication interface, as a part of a programmable controller, serves to carry out command-response communications with an external general-purpose device connected through a specified communication line according to an execution command from a user program for controlling a control device connected to the programmable controller or according to a ...

06/16/05 - 20050132036 - Display apparatus management system and method thereof
A display apparatus management system having at least one display apparatus with a display part to display an image, a memory to allow data to be stored and/or removes, and a display controller to control a display state of the image displayed on the display part; at least one client ...

06/16/05 - 20050132035 - Method and apparatus for automatically disseminating information over a network
An information distribution program (36) is provided for automatically distributing information over a network (24) connecting a plurality of computers (15). Each computer (15) is installed with the information distribution program (36), which comprises a family construction module (44), a publication module (40), a subscription module (42), and an information ...

06/16/05 - 20050132034 - Rule parser
In one embodiment of the present invention, a rule compiler can compress a plurality of rules to be parsed over a block of data into one state table tree structure. In one embodiment of the present invention, rue parsing over the block of data includes selecting a unit of the ...

06/16/05 - 20050132033 - Community enrollment modeling
A method and system for managing enrollment in a collaborative computing environment community are provided. One or more of a group of users wishing to enroll in the collaborative computing community are identified and an enrollment model is implemented. It is then determined if any of the group of users ...

06/16/05 - 20050132032 - Autonomous agent-based system management
A computer system (61) is provided herein which comprises a network (62) having a plurality of devices (63, 65, 69, 71) connected thereto, and an agent (77) installed on each of the devices. Each agent is adapted to monitor the state of the device it is installed on and to ...

06/16/05 - 20050132031 - Method and system for measuring status and state of remotely executing programs
A system and method for providing attestation and/or integrity of a server execution environment are described. One or more parts of a server environment are selected for measurement. The one or more parts in a server execution environment are measured, and the measurements result in a unique fingerprint for each ...

06/16/05 - 20050132030 - Network appliance
A network appliance is described that can provide a variety of software services, including both platform services, such as access method services, and a load balancing service. A network may include a network appliance that both provides one or more platform services and acts as a load balancer. When two ...

06/09/05 - 20050125528 - System for regulating access to and distributing content in a network
There is provided a system for regulating access and managing distribution of content in a network, such as the Internet. The system includes communication gateways, installed at a subscriber site, internet control points, installed remotely, and various network elements installed throughout the network. The communication gateways and network elements operate ...

06/09/05 - 20050125527 - Method of identifying and managing an electronic device
An electronic device has a user interface to control operations of at least one Ethernet network switch in a computer device to manage networking operations of the computer device. Connecting ports provided by the Ethernet network switch are divided into one or more types; ID codes are set to correspond ...

06/09/05 - 20050125526 - Method, apparatus and system of anti-virus software implementation
In one embodiment, an anti-virus verification unit detects connection messages transmitted by a network server and a network client on a network. The anti-virus verification unit determines a network address of the network client according to the connection messages. Using the network address, the anti-virus verification unit verifies if the ...

06/09/05 - 20050125525 - Method, system, and storage medium for providing intelligent distribution of software and files
Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, and storage medium for providing software and file distribution management. The method comprises loading a user profile for a client system into a server via an intelligent agent. The profile contains current software installed, files downloaded, and registered channels for ...

06/09/05 - 20050125524 - Cache system in factory server for software dissemination
A method and apparatus for minimizing the size of the cache that is required to store software packages for installation on an information handling system. An analysis is conducted on the individual program files contained in a software application file. In the analysis, the software application file is disassembled into ...

06/09/05 - 20050125523 - Methodology for remote hba management using message encapsulation
A method and system for configuring and managing remote host bus adapters of remote devices involves the modification of a standard message to accommodate a bus interface, such as iSCSI, SAS, and FC. The modifications may entail adding a field to a message, adding a second message, or using unused ...

06/09/05 - 20050125522 - Method and system for enterprise-wide migration
Disclosed are a method of and system for enterprise-wide migration. The method comprises the steps of creating instances of databases for a migration, for billing and reporting, and repositing reports; gathering information on the organization, location, hardware, and software affected by said migration into a database for planning said migration; ...

06/09/05 - 20050125521 - System for transferring standby resource entitlement
An apparatus, program product and method for transferring entitlement to standby resources between respective computers. Standby resources are made available at a destination computer by rendering unavailable corresponding resources at a source computer. As such, the aggregate number of available standby resources may remain unchanged, but the distribution of the ...

06/09/05 - 20050125520 - Dynamically tuning networks of relationships in self-organizing multi-agent systems
In one aspect this invention provides a data processing system (10) that includes a plurality of self-organizing software agents (40) capable of autonomously establishing relationships between themselves, where the totality of the relationships can be represented by a topological structure having nodes that each contain one of the plurality of ...

06/09/05 - 20050125519 - Remote network management system
Disclosed is a remote network management system for coupling a series of remote domain servers, file/print servers, headless servers, network appliances, serial IT equipment, switches, routers, firewalls, security interfaces, application servers, load balancers, and environmental controls to one or more user workstations allowing for selective access of the remote devices. ...

06/09/05 - 20050125518 - Network discovery
A method for discovering a network comprising network devices, the method including dividing the network into zones of network devices, in a zone of the network, identifying devices in the zone that have SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) access, collecting data from those devices in the zone identified as having ...

06/09/05 - 20050125517 - Method for creating a map of available resources within an ip network
The present invention relates to resource manager for providing a resource map of an IP network, a method thereof, and a computer program product for performing the steps of the method. The resource map is obtained by combining a topology map of the IP network with resource information that includes ...

06/09/05 - 20050125516 - Method and apparatus for managing configuration of a network
This method for managing configuration of a network in a management center, said network having a plurality of target objects, comprises: elaborating a model of the network to be managed; identifying (32) a plurality of target objects to be configured in the network; validating (32) the changes to be made ...

06/02/05 - 20050120107 - Method and system for constraining server usage in a distributed network
A “velvet rope” mechanism that enables customers of a shared distributed network (such as a content delivery network) needing to control their costs to control the amount of traffic that is served via the shared network. A given server in the distributed network identifies when a customer is about to ...

06/02/05 - 20050120106 - System and method for distributing software updates to a network appliance
Methods and systems are directed to enabling automatic delivery and installation software changes over a network to a network device, such as a network appliance. An update policy associated with the network device is generated that includes information associated with how to select a software change, when the software change ...

06/02/05 - 20050120105 - Method and apparatus to support application and network awareness of collaborative applications using multi-attribute clustering
A method of clustering communication nodes based on network attributes such as network delays and forwarding capacity; on communication interest attributes; and on application attributes such as quality of service preferences/constraints (e.g. end-to-end delay constraints, bandwidth constraints) in providing communications between users and application servers. A multi-attribute communication feature vector ...

06/02/05 - 20050120104 - Cpu usage regulation
A scheduler of central processing unit (CPU) usage arranges tasks in a plurality of classes, associating a given task with a top level class and a sub-class. Weights may be associated with sub-classes and usage targets associated with top level classes. A target CPU usage may then be determined for ...

06/02/05 - 20050120103 - Method and graphical user interface (gui) for multiple managed objects(mos) viewing and editing
A method and Graphical User Interface (GUI) for viewing and editing attribute values of Managed Objects (MOs) representative of Network Elements (NEs) and NEs components of a managed network that use different versions of Management Object Model (MOM). An administrator selects one or more MOs from a list of MOs ...

06/02/05 - 20050120102 - Methods and devices for flexible bandwidth allocation
Method and devices are provided for allocating network resources in a flexible manner. In some implementations, a customer's unused resources for a particular type of service are assigned to another type of service. In other implementations, a first customer's unused resources are assigned to a second customer, e.g., in exchange ...

06/02/05 - 20050120101 - Apparatus, method and article of manufacture for managing changes on a compute infrastructure
Provided herein is a system and method for detecting unauthorized and accidental changes to a compute infrastructure. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises: Manager Nodes (e.g., Managers, Managers with Gateways), Gateways, and Managed Nodes (e.g., Managed Nodes with Agents, Agentless Managed Nodes, Managed Software Components, ...

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