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Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring > Computer Network Managing > Network Resource Allocating Network Resource AllocatingNetwork Resource Allocating 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 - 20060235975 - Method, system and computer program for managing data transmission The present invention discloses a method and system for managing data transmission. A method in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of: determining available network resources between a device and a remote server; choosing a network resource from the available network resources with a bandwidth which is greater ... 10/19/06 - 20060235974 - Load distribution method in which delivery server is selected based on the maximum number of simultaneous sessions set for each content A session management database stores, in association with each delivery server, a total of the maximum numbers of simultaneous sessions, which is a total value of the maximum numbers of simultaneous sessions accumulated in the delivery server, the maximum number of simultaneous sessions being the number of sessions simultaneously connectable ... 10/19/06 - 20060235973 - Network services infrastructure systems and methods Network services infrastructure systems and methods are disclosed. Policies for client access to a services network and network services available in the services network are enforced at client gateways. Once authenticated and authorized at a client gateway, a client of the services network may make its own network service(s) available ... 10/12/06 - 20060230152 - Communication apparatus, program product for adding communication mechanism to communication apparatus for providing improved usability and communication efficiency, and recording medium storing program product A computer program product for, when run on a computer for controlling a second communication apparatus installed inside a firewall including a plurality of service providing mechanisms for receiving a communication request including an operation request from an apparatus installed inside the firewall, and sending a communication response including an ... 10/12/06 - 20060230151 - Multi-mode terminal for supporting media independent handover The present invention relates to a mobile terminal for performing a handover to at least one of a homogeneous and heterogeneous network. Accordingly, media independent handover (MIH) is supported, by which a delay attributed to the occurrence of processing during handover between heterogeneous media-independent networks is reduced. Preferably, the present ... 10/12/06 - 20060230150 - Method and apparatus for assigning channels to mesh portals and mesh points of a mesh network A radio resource management (RRM) entity which increases the capacity of a mesh network including a plurality of mesh points (MPs) and a plurality of mesh portals is disclosed. A discovery phase is performed in the mesh network such that, for each MP, the mesh network has access to information ... 10/12/06 - 20060230149 - On-demand access to compute resources Disclosed are systems, methods and computer-readable media for controlling and managing the identification and provisioning of resources within an on-demand center as well as the transfer of workload to the provisioned resources. One aspect involves creating a virtual private cluster within the on-demand center for the particular workload from a ... 10/12/06 - 20060230148 - Tcp forwarding of client requests of high-level file and storage access protocols in a network file server system For each high-level protocol, a respective mesh of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections is set up for a cluster of server computers for the forwarding of client requests. Each mesh has a respective pair of TCP connections in opposite directions between each pair of server computers in the cluster. The ... 10/05/06 - 20060224742 - Mobile data security system and methods The present invention is directed to security systems and methods for mobile network-based data environments. The present invention provides an integration of security, mobile computing, wireless and IT infrastructure management technology, to create a new level of automation and enforcement to enable the transparent application of mobile security across an ... 10/05/06 - 20060224741 - Automatic workload transfer to an on-demand center Disclosed is an on-demand computing environment. The method embodiment relates to a method of managing resources between a local compute environment and an on-demand environment. The method comprises detecting an event in a local compute environment and based on the detected event, automatically establishing communication with an on-demand compute environment, ... 10/05/06 - 20060224740 - Allocating resources based on rules and events A method of providing an application with a resource of a computer system includes storing a set of rules for assigning resources of the computer system, identifying an event, and assigning the resource to the application based on the event and at least rule in the set of rules. The ... 10/05/06 - 20060224739 - Storage aggregator A storage aggregator is described. In an implementation, a method includes executing a module to determine whether sufficient storage is available to the module to store a particular content item and access a content storage provider over a network to open a client account to obtain additional storage when sufficient ... 09/28/06 - 20060218281 - Method for connection acceptance control and rapid determination of optimal multi-media content delivery over networks A system for allocating bandwidth between a server device and at least one client device. The system includes a call acceptance module operative to receive an incoming request for service; a flow regulator configured to deliver content at a modulated target flow rate, the content being delivered between the server ... 09/28/06 - 20060218280 - System and method of firewall design utilizing decision diagrams A system, method and computer-usable medium for designing a firewall to protect a data processing system. A user first specifies a firewall decision diagram. The firewall decision diagram is then reduced and marked. Finally, a firewall is generated from the marked firewall decision diagram. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218279 - Method for controlling a management computer A method for controlling a management computer connected to a server for permitting communications therebetween, wherein the server transmits to a client the result of processing executed in response to each processing request sent from the client. The management computer stores an allowance for a value indicative of a load ... 09/28/06 - 20060218278 - Demand forecasting system for data center, demand forecasting method and recording medium with a demand forecasting program recorded thereon A demand forecasting system and a demand forecasting method capable of forecasting demands for IT resources in a data center accurately are provided. The demand forecasting system includes: a classification unit that classifies a plurality of users who use IT resources in a data center into a plurality of user's ... 09/28/06 - 20060218277 - Activating on-demand computer resources Methods, systems, and products are disclosed that operate generally to enable activating on-demand computer resources according to a customer's selection of resources, regardless of the type of computer resource to be activated and regardless of the type of activation. Systems according to embodiments of the present invention operate generally by ... 09/21/06 - 20060212576 - Method and system for reducing the number of ports allocated by a relay A method and system for reducing the number of ports allocated by a relay server is provided. A connection system uses a bidirectional technique to establish a connection via the relay server between two endpoints (e.g., client computers) that can be used bidirectionally to send a stream from a first ... 09/21/06 - 20060212575 - Dynamic implicit localization of web content A web page generator dynamically and implicitly generates localized web content. A web developer can mark the content of a page (including controls and literal content) with resource keys, and can dynamically process this request by dynamically substituting the marked content with localized content. Multiple properties of the controls within ... 09/21/06 - 20060212574 - Policy interface description framework Methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums are disclosed for providing resource interface descriptions with policy parameters. In one embodiment, a method comprises intercepting, at a framework, a request for a resource interface description. The resource interface description is obtained at the framework and at least one policy associated with the resource ... 09/14/06 - 20060206611 - Method and system for managing programs with network address When a server in standby mode receives no heart beat communication message from a server in execution mode for a predetermined time period, the standby mode server assigns an IP address stored in a storage of the standby mode server to own server. And the standby mode server changes the ... 09/14/06 - 20060206610 - Method, system and apparatus for location-aware content push service and location-based dynamic attachment A method and system for providing location-aware and location-based content services. The system preferably comprises an overlay service network that includes a plurality of information gateway servers. A mobile client uses the servers in the overlay service network to request and receive information. The particular server used by the mobile ... 09/14/06 - 20060206609 - Method and system for managing objects distributed in a network Various techniques for a library with a significant number of titles are disclosed. A user may select and order a title whenever desired and play back the title fairly instantly. The library is dynamically updated in accordance with a schedule. According to one aspect of the techniques, whenever an ordered ... 09/07/06 - 20060200562 - Efficient multi-protocol software architecture with shared resources for different applications A method and system can comprise a software architecture that allows different applications in the same or different communications protocols to interact with shared resources. More specifically, code for a computer program may be written to increase the amount of code that is generic to (i.e., shared by) more than ... 09/07/06 - 20060200561 - Multicast proxy apparatus A technique to acquire well-balanced multicast communication quality of each terminal on the basis of the multicast communication request from a plurality of terminals is provided. A multicast proxy apparatus comprises a server manager for management of communication bandwidths corresponding to each content and addresses of servers for providing contents ... 08/31/06 - 20060195582 - Domain name acquisition and management system and method A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides for transfer fulfillment or reassignment of an expired internet domain name registration to a new registrant before the registration is purged from the registry. In one example, the method calls for first identifying a registered domain name of interest, for example through ... 08/31/06 - 20060195581 - Method and apparatus for providing end-to-end quality of service in multiple transport protocol environments using permanent or switched virtual circuit connection management A method and apparatus for ensuring end-to-end QoS for user applications operating in multi-transport protocol environments while using PVC or SVC connection management procedures. A user application at a workstation having specific QoS requirements can selectively connect to one of a plurality of servers having varying QoS profiles, regardless of ... 08/31/06 - 20060195580 - Usage request method for network system A method of making a usage request for one or more of a plurality of request-accepting apparatuses that accept one or more usage requests in a network system including a plurality of request-making apparatuses that make one or more usage requests, and the request-accepting apparatuses, including: upon a request-making apparatus ... 08/31/06 - 20060195579 - Method and system for managing server load to execute transactions of an application program on multiple servers A method and system for managing server load to execute groups of transactions of an application program on N servers. A condition, ascertained for each transaction group, is that a current value of global multiplicity is not or is, respectively, less than a specified maximum value of global multiplicity. For ... 08/31/06 - 20060195578 - Resource allocation method for network area and allocation program therefor, and network system A node resource within its own area is allocated to a service in accordance with a quality of service to be provided, a node resource lent out to a different network area is cancelled to allocate the lent out node resource to the service when there is a shortage of ... 08/31/06 - 20060195577 - Distributed server's failure response program product, server load balancing device, and server load balancing method In a device according to the present invention, a failed server session persistence information managing unit transfers relevant session persistence information from a session persistence information storing unit to a failed server session persistence information storing unit, upon receipt of a failure detection notice from a distributed server. A session ... 08/31/06 - 20060195576 - Discontinuous transmission/reception in a communications system Allocation information is transmitted in a communications system for indicating allocation of sets of transmission resources to communications devices. At least one allocation rule is defined for associating sequences of sets of transmission resources with communications devices, and a communications device monitors allocation information of sets of transmission resources associated ... 08/24/06 - 20060190607 - Method and system for community data caching A cache module (26) at a client computer (12) controls a cache portion (28) on a storage device (24). The cache module communicates with other cache modules at other clients to form a cache community (15). The cache modules store World Wide Web or other content in the cache portions ... 08/24/06 - 20060190606 - Data transfer security An apparatus for protecting against computer malware, comprising: a data inputter for intercepting data units flow, a trust level assigner, associated with the data inputter, for assigning to each of the data units a respective trust level, an isolated-processing environment, operable to process the data units in an isolated manner ... 08/24/06 - 20060190605 - Providing computing service to users in a heterogeneous distributed computing environment For providing a service-centric approach to allocating computing service power to users in a heterogeneous distributed computing environment such as a grid, a grid service broker comprises a central service broker and distributed service brokers. Service power is measured in resource-independent service units defined and used by the service broker. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190604 - Service processing apparatus and service processing method In the present invention, in the case where distributed services are brought into cooperation among a plurality of service processing apparatuses, no instruction will be prepared in advance or no instruction is needed to be prepared again in the case where a novel function is added as well. And a ... 08/24/06 - 20060190603 - Congestion controller and method for controlling congestion of network This invention efficiently restricts access to high-load web servers on an IP network, improves total throughput, and prevents web server and system stoppage and failures, while at the same time improving user service efficiency. After storing the association between IP addresses and host names into a memory, the congestion controller ... 08/24/06 - 20060190602 - Monitoring for replica placement and request distribution A platform that may be used to dynamically reallocation resources to support an Internet application is disclosed. In an embodiment, the platform may include two layers of distribution, one at the DNS layer and one at an Internet data center layer. The platform may include a dynamic resource allocation manager ... 08/17/06 - 20060184674 - System and method for posting a web logging message via a dispatch communication A system for posting web logging (blog) messages, retrieving blog messages, and being notified of the posting of blog messages by way of dispatch communications. The system includes a wireless communication system capable of setting up dispatch communications links between subscriber units and a dispatch server. The dispatch server interfaces ... 08/10/06 - 20060179144 - Usb hub, usb-compliant apparatus, and communication system A USB hub according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a USB upstream port unit for inputting/outputting data in accordance with a USB protocol; a wireless upstream port unit for inputting/outputting data in accordance with a predetermined wireless communication protocol; a USB downstream port unit including at least one ... 08/10/06 - 20060179143 - Distributed client services based on execution of service attributes and data attributes by multiple nodes in resource groups A network provides distributed client services based on participation in respective resource groups by computing nodes, each resource group including a corresponding resource requirement for any computing node that joins the corresponding resource group for execution of the corresponding distributed client service. Each computing node, in response to determining its ... 08/03/06 - 20060174007 - Permanently activating resources based on previous temporary resource usage A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, determine whether an amount of usage of a resource, which is used under a temporary usage plan, exceeds a threshold. If that determination is true, a quantity of the resource is calculated and that quantity is converted from the ... 08/03/06 - 20060174006 - End to end test between gateways in an ip network The present invention relates to methods and arrangements to test end to end relations between gateways MGW1, MGW2 in an IP network IPNW, which method comprises the following steps: 1) reserving call handling resources CH231-CH260 in a destination gateway MGW2; 2) sending data packets RTP/UDP/IP from an originating gateway MGW1 ... 07/27/06 - 20060168234 - Method and system for selectively dedicating resources for recording data exchanged between entities attached to a network Recording resources are selectively dedicated for recording data exchanged between entities attached to a network including at least one agent in an enterprise, a user, and a server connected to the agent and the user. At least one interconnection point is selected among interconnection points in the network including one ... 07/27/06 - 20060168233 - Internet-based education support system and methods A system and methods for implementing education online by providing institutions with the means for allowing the creation of courses to be taken by students online, the courses including assignments, announcements, course materials, chat and whiteboard facilities, and the like, all of which are available to the students over a ... 07/27/06 - 20060168232 - Host digital terminal tools for voiceport redistributions Communication capacity of a node served by a host digital terminal is managed by redistributing communication lines among headend modems for the node in the host digital terminal. Each node has a plurality of communication lines connected to one or more headend modems, and the communication lines are distributed among ... 07/27/06 - 20060168231 - System, apparatus, method, and program for providing virtual books to a data capable mobile phone/device A system for delivering data from a host site to a mobile device. The host site comprises a storing unit adapted to store the data. The mobile device comprises a requesting unit adapted to request the data from the host site, and a downloading unit adapted to download the data ... 07/27/06 - 20060168230 - Estimating a required number of servers from user classifications Network computer users are classified in terms of levels of use of various application programs that require service from network servers. One or more data networks are monitored to determine average server demand per user for the various user classes and application programs. A server pool sizing calculator is programmed ... 07/27/06 - 20060168229 - System and method for network management using extensible markup language The invention relates to a system and method for management of an IP network using eXtensible Markup Language (XML) or a similar protocol in addition to SNMP or other managed-device protocol. In embodiments of the invention, a XNMP gateway is coupled between the network management system and one or managed ... 07/27/06 - 20060168228 - System and method for maintaining data integrity in a cluster network A system and method for failure recovery and failure management in a cluster network is disclosed. Following a failure of a storage enclosure or a communication link failure between storage enclosures, each server node of the network determines whether the server node can access the drives of each logical unit ... 07/27/06 - 20060168227 - System, method, device, module and computer code product for progressively downloading a content file A system and method for progressively downloading a content file. An electronic device including a browser application, and a server including a metafile and an associated content file. When a user desires to progressively download the content file to the electronic device, the electronic device reads the metafile to determine ... 07/27/06 - 20060168226 - Method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for scheduling the availability of versions of a network resource A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus are provided for allowing scheduled access to a network resource, such as a Web page. According to the method, a uniform resource locator (“URL”) may be assigned to a scheduled URL object (“SUO”). When a request is received at the URL assigned to the ... 07/27/06 - 20060168225 - Network and a distributed electronic commerce system using the network A distributed network for effecting content search requests and processing of transactions is disclosed. The network has application to processes for conducting electronic commerce transactions. ... 07/27/06 - 20060168224 - Remote dynamic configuration of a web server to facilitate capacity on demand The present invention relates to a method and system for the remote and dynamic configuration of a webserver to facilitate capacity on demand. The present invention provides a solution to the problem of the management and administration of one or more servers within an environment such as a server farm ... 07/20/06 - 20060161661 - Techniques for automatically delegating address spaces among dynamic host configuration servers Techniques for providing sets of network addresses for dynamically configuring hosts on a network include sending to a first server a first request for a first count of network addresses in a first set of network addresses. A first message indicating the first set of network addresses is received. A ... 07/20/06 - 20060161660 - Method for automatic browsing in interposition mode The present invention relates to a method for automatic browsing from a web browser over a plurality of web pages which are stored on servers so that all the data flows between the browser and the servers of the web pages pass via an interposition server, including steps for: creating ... 07/13/06 - 20060155851 - Networked home surveillance architecture for a portable or remote monitoring device A networked mobile home surveillance system includes a home surveillance application running on a user device to access services on a home network and receive data from the home network. A home network gateway uses SIP messaging to allow communication of commands and data on the user device to and ... 07/13/06 - 20060155850 - Networked mobile epg service architecture A networked mobile EPG system includes an EPG application running on a user device to query and retrieve EPG contents from a home network. A home network gateway uses SIP messaging to allow communication of commands and data on the user device to and from a home networked device through ... 07/06/06 - 20060149842 - Automatically building a locally managed virtual node grouping to handle a grid job requiring a degree of resource parallelism within a grid environment A method, system, and program for automatically building a locally managed virtual node grouping to handle a grid job requiring a degree of resource parallelism for execution within a grid environment are provided. The grid environment includes multiple resource nodes which are identified by physical location as physically disparate groups ... 06/29/06 - 20060143294 - System and method for efficiently managing data transports A system is described for allocating bandwidth comprising: a transport layer to support a first socket connection for a first application and a second socket connection for a second application; and a socket prioritization module to allocate relatively more bandwidth to the first socket connection relative to the second socket ... 06/22/06 - 20060136591 - Scheduler for a base station of a communications network and method of operating a scheduler The present invention relates to a scheduler for a network element, in particular for a base station of a communications network, wherein resources required for transmitting data within said communications network are scheduled and/or granted by said scheduler depending on a request for said resources. Said scheduler comprises a look ... 06/08/06 - 20060123115 - Information processing device control method There is provided an information processing device control method for controlling an information processing device having a component management table for storing information indicating the components of the information processing system executing a plurality of application programs. The method includes a step for receiving an execution request of an application ... 06/08/06 - 20060123114 - Service providing system and device for receiving service A system for providing a service from a service-providing device to a client device is provided. In the system, the service-providing device includes a database, a registering unit, a providing unit, a service end judging unit, and a service terminating unit. The client device includes a usage registration unit that ... 06/08/06 - 20060123113 - System, method, apparatus, and product for resource sharing In a resource-sharing system comprising a host element, a shareable resource associated with the host element, and a presence server that is communicatively coupled to the host element, presence information of the shareable resource is provided. Resource data from the host element is provided to a guest element via a ... 06/08/06 - 20060123112 - Dynamic command capacity allocation across multiple sessions and transports A method for dynamically allocating a plurality of command processing resources is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) allocating the command processing resources from a first protocol layer to a first pool of a second protocol layer below the first protocol layer, (B) allocating at least some ... 06/08/06 - 20060123111 - Method, system and computer program product for transitioning network traffic between logical partitions in one or more data processing systems A method, system and computer program product for transitioning network traffic between logical partitions in one or more data processing systems are disclosed. The method includes defining a plurality of logical partitions with respect to one or more processing units of one or more data processing systems and dynamically reallocating ... 06/01/06 - 20060117105 - Devices and methods for conditional execution decision making in relation to services received and creation of information messages associated with said services, and associated products The present invention relates to a conditional decision device and method for the execution of services received, having predetermined life spans. This device receives and identifies information relating to computer programs required for the execution of these services. It checks the local availability of these programs and allows the services ... 05/25/06 - 20060112179 - Multi-factor application selection A method for selecting an application to deliver content in a networked consumer environment (12) is based on multiple factors. Generally, application selection is based on factors associated with a desired content to be communicated and/or rendered, a desired location and certain capabilities and conditions of applications and consumer electronic ... 05/18/06 - 20060106931 - Scheduling in a high-performance computing (hpc) system In one embodiment, a method for scheduling in a high-performance computing (HPC) system includes receiving a call from a management engine that manages a cluster of nodes in the HPC system. The call specifies a request including a job for scheduling. The method further includes determining whether the request is ... 04/20/06 - 20060085544 - Algorithm for minimizing rebate value due to sla breach in a utility computing environment The invention described is a new and useful process for minimizing the overall rebate a provider disburses to customers when a service level agreement (SLA) breach occurs in a utility computing environment. Specifically, the process compares performance data and resource usage with the SLAs of the customers, and reallocates shared ... 04/13/06 - 20060080442 - Systems and methods for self-service dispatch Systems and methods are disclosed that process service requests associated with one or more work machines. In one embodiment, a process is disclosed that includes receiving status information associated with operations of the first work machine and analyzing a first work machine flow sequence associated with the first work machine ... 03/30/06 - 20060069780 - Control server that manages resource servers for selected balance of load A control server of an apparatus in one example manages a plurality of resource servers that are allocated to handle a load. The control server receives from a first resource server, of the plurality of resource servers, a first status message that comprises a first indicator of a relative availability ... 03/23/06 - 20060064491 - System and method for remotely maintaining devices A method for maintaining a device via a remote service computer initiates a transmission of maintenance data via the device or the service computer, transmits maintenance data from the device to the service computer, and evaluates the maintenance data received from the device using the service computer. The method further ... 03/23/06 - 20060064490 - System and method for selecting a portfolio of resources in a heterogeneous data center Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method facilitating selection of a portfolio of computational resources for a project. The system and method may comprise determining computational resource capacity characteristics from historical usage data relating to use of a heterogeneous inventory of computational resources, the computational resource ... 03/23/06 - 20060064489 - Method for limiting the number of network devices in a communication network A network of M devices such that M31 and methods for devices to join and leave the network. Each device of the network has a real or virtual token counter that stores a token count of not less than zero. An equation M+S = K must be satisfied. S denotes ... 03/16/06 - 20060059263 - Optimizing scaleable video algorithm asset distribution utilizing quality indicators A method is directed to controlling asset allocation of a consumer terminal. The method provides for receiving input data into at least one scalable media algorithm, processing the input data through at least one scalable media algorithm, and determining at least one quality indicator value, for an amount of data ... 03/09/06 - 20060053222 - Dynamic distribution of files to be processed between terminals Files to be processed are distributed dynamically and fairly between participant terminals connected to a distribution server in order to minimize the file processing time. The distribution server determines and updates processing speeds of the terminals and an average of the processing speeds in order to adapt the distribution of ... 03/02/06 - 20060047815 - Adapting computer resource usage based on forecasted resource availability An exemplary method includes forecasting availability of a system resource, adapting a policy for handling requests for the system resource based on the forecasted availability, and handling a request for the system resource according to the policy. An exemplary system includes a forecasting module forecasting availability of one or more ... 03/02/06 - 20060047814 - System and method for managing end user approval for charging in a network environment An apparatus for managing information in a network environment is provided that includes a content service gateway operable to communicate with an end user in order to facilitate a communication session. The communication session relates to a request by the end user for content or for a service. A quota ... 03/02/06 - 20060047813 - Provisioning manager for optimizing selection of available resources A method and software for fulfilling a resource request in a data processing network includes specifying characteristics of the requested resource responsive to detecting the resource request. A set of attributes is then derived from the specified characteristics. The specified characteristics indicate broad or general properties of the needed resource ... 03/02/06 - 20060047812 - Network audio file receiver system for connecting home stereo to wide band network The present invention is to provide a network audio file receiver system for connecting a home stereo to a wide band network, which comprises a network audio file receiver coupled to a home stereo for receiving and playing audio files sent from an Internet radio via an Internet protocol sharing ... 02/23/06 - 20060041663 - Location based dynamic information services Systems, methods and software that provide information to a user based upon a combination of both geographic location to the user requesting the information and a determination that the information is provided by a person that is in some way similar to the user. In other words, information is organized ... 02/23/06 - 20060041662 - Application loading and visualization A system and method are described for performing application loading and visualization. In one embodiment, an application is accessed on a client to be deployed on the server. The client is in communication with machines having resources corresponding to the application. The application is then deployed on the server, and ... 02/16/06 - 20060036737 - Adaptive permutation group method for overload control A communication network includes an overload control algorithm that adapts to changing circumstances. In a disclosed example, an acceptance fraction for each of a plurality of message types depends upon the arrival rates of the message types. As at least one of the arrival rates changes, the acceptance fraction is ... 02/16/06 - 20060036736 - Method and apparatus for limiting management operation of a storage network element A method, apparatus and computer program for implementing a storage management system for limiting management operation of a storage network element by determining whether the storage network element is related to a host computer and determining whether the management operation is restricted based on the host computer and the time ... 02/16/06 - 20060036735 - Method for avoiding unnecessary provisioning/deprovisioning of resources in a utility services environment Provided is a method for the deployment of resources in a utility services environment, in which various resources are allocated and deallocated according to a calculated need for those resources. Provides is a “weighted” period of time, or “window,” corresponding to requests for a particular resource. A configuration file stores ... 02/09/06 - 20060031510 - Methods and apparatus for enabling a dynamic network of interactors according to personal trust levels between interactors A system for causing routing of a communication event includes a sending platform for initiating and sending the communication event, a communications network for carrying the communication event, a receiving platform for receiving the communication event for final routing, and a router resident at least in the receiving platform for ... 02/09/06 - 20060031509 - Resource management method A method for enabling the sharing of resources for the processing of tasks in a virtual organisation. The method includes the steps of storing resource information in a memory, monitoring the stored information and processing at least part of the stored resource information to calculate a resource matrix to determine ... 02/09/06 - 20060031508 - Method and system for providing recommended options for a host computer system attachment to data storage facility adapter ports Disclosed are a method and system for providing recommended options for a host computer system attachment to data storage facility adapter ports. The preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes an expert algorithm that provides these recommended setup options for host system fibre channel fabric attachment to storage facility host adapter ... 02/09/06 - 20060031507 - User oriented penalty count random rejection A method and system for managing electronic mail (email) based on a user oriented penalty count (PC) random rejection. The invention determines a threshold for a specific user and assesses a cumulative PC for usage of a resource that exceeds the user specific threshold. Different operating states are determined based ... 02/09/06 - 20060031506 - System and method for evaluating policies for network load balancing Methods and systems for evaluating policies for load balancing in a network environment are disclosed. A switch provides load balancing of requests among different servers using an expression tree comprising data structures of precompiled executable code to determine an appropriate server group for sending traffic. When the switch receives a ... 02/09/06 - 20060031505 - Accessing on-line services Method is provided for controlling access by a client computer to an on-line user group hosted by a second computer, wherein the first computer stores personal data of a user. A privacy policy (16) identifying the personal data required to be provided to permit access to the user group is ... 01/26/06 - 20060020703 - Methods and systems for a receiver to allocate bandwidth among incoming communications flows Disclosed are methods and systems for a receiver to autonomously allocate bandwidth among its incoming communications flows. The incoming flows are assigned priorities. When it becomes necessary to alter the allocation of bandwidth among the flows, the receiver selects one of the lower priority flows. The receiver then causes the ... 01/26/06 - 20060020702 - Methods and systems for a receiver to allocate bandwidth among incoming communications flows Disclosed are methods and systems for a receiver to autonomously allocate bandwidth among its incoming communications flows. The incoming flows are assigned priorities. When it becomes necessary to alter the allocation of bandwidth among the flows, the receiver selects one of the lower priority flows. The receiver then causes the ... 01/26/06 - 20060020701 - Thread transfer between processors Apparatus and methods are provided for transferring threads. One embodiment of a computing device includes a number of processors including a first processor, a memory in communication with the at least one of the number of processors, and computer executable instructions stored in memory and executable on at least one ... 01/19/06 - 20060015620 - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method and program A user can efficiently receive a printing service without a troublesome operation. A request including order information for placing a printing order regarding image data stored in a recorder is sent from a mobile phone to a mobile phone site server together with an identification code of the mobile phone. ... 01/19/06 - 20060015619 - Access and synchronization with enterprise applications using remote hosted solution A hosting center that is remote from a plurality of customer environments is provided so that users can interact with data from the user's selected customer environment. The data interaction includes bidirectional synchronization of data between that of the hosting center and that of the user's selected customer environment. ... 01/19/06 - 20060015618 - Apparatus and method for supporting received data processing in an offload of network protocol processing A number of improvements in network adapters that offload protocol processing from the host processor are provided. Specifically, an improved mechanism for handling receipt of data packets in a system utilizing an offload network adapter. The offload network adapter may include logic that permits the offload network adapter to delay ... 01/19/06 - 20060015617 - Management system and method for service subscription provisioning The present invention offers a solution for service provisioning that is generic and fits any domain, whether telecom, internet, or any service-related domain. This solution can be used in any scenario wherein a management entity is provisioning a given service in a managed entity, allowing potential users of a service ... 01/12/06 - 20060010236 - Usage-based methodology for providing web services A method for providing usage-based Web services can include the step of identifying a desired usage level at which a Web service is to be provided to a requestor before providing the Web service. A request for the Web service can be received from the requestor. Resources necessary to achieve ... 12/15/05 - 20050278445 - Server node configuration using a configuration tool A system and method are provided to configure a server node using a configuration tool. In an embodiment, a local node identifier is generated to identify a server node. One or more local properties of the server node may also be generated. In an embodiment, a cluster definition that is ... 11/24/05 - 20050262246 - Systems and methods for load balancing storage and streaming media requests in a scalable, cluster-based architecture for real-time streaming A scalable, cluster-based VoD system implemented with a multi-server, multi-storage architecture to serve large scale real-time ingest and streaming requests for content assets is provided. The scalable, cluster-based VoD system implements sophisticated load balancing algorithms for distributing the load among the servers in the cluster to achieve a cost-effective and ... 11/24/05 - 20050262245 - Scalable cluster-based architecture for streaming media A scalable, cluster-based VoD system implemented with a multi-server, multi-storage architecture to serve large scale real-time ingest and streaming requests for content assets is provided. The scalable, cluster-based VoD system implements sophisticated load balancing algorithms for distributing the load among the servers in the cluster to achieve a cost-effective and ... 11/24/05 - 20050262244 - Indicating network resource availability methods, system and program product Methods, system and program product for determining network resource availability in order to avoid time delays caused by querying unavailable resources are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention queries the network resource to determine network resource availability and response time, and indicates the network resource is available only if the ... 11/10/05 - 20050251573 - System and method for dynamic security provisioning of computing resources The present invention facilitates the dynamic provisioning of computing and data assets in a commodity computing environment. The invention provides a system and method for dynamically provisioning and deprovisioning computing resources based on multi-dimensional decision criteria. By employing specialized computing components configured to assess an asset and requestor of an ... 11/03/05 - 20050246441 - Automatic assignment of services to servers in a multi-server system Groups of services are created based on one or both of the following: (a) what is accessed by each service, and (b) a likelihood of conflicts between accesses (e.g., a database object read operation or a database object write operation) performed by each service and accesses performed by each other ... 10/13/05 - 20050228886 - System and method for enabling authorization of a network device using attribute certificates Methods and devices are directed to authorizing a network device to a resource over a network. An access server determines based, in part, on an attribute of the network device associated with the attribute certificate, whether the network device may be authorized access to the resource over the network. The ... 10/13/05 - 20050228885 - Method and apparatus for efficient data collection A method and apparatuses are provided for data collection from network elements in a network. A collector sends a data request to one of the network elements. The collector determines whether a condition exists regarding the network element. When the collector determines that the condition exists, the collector stops the ... 09/29/05 - 20050216592 - System and related interfaces supporting the processing of media content A software enabled, matrix switch is presented wherein a scalable plurality of inputs, coupled to media content sources, provide media content which is recursively routed through select media processing object(s) coupled to a scalable plurality of matrix switch outputs in accordance with a user-defined media processing project. ... 09/29/05 - 20050216591 - Storage system According to this invention, in an environment in which are intermixed a plurality of storage subsystems with different processing performance, volumes are automatically relocated according to the state of use of each storage subsystem. A storage system comprises a plurality of storage subsystems 1, 2 with different processing performance. When ... 09/29/05 - 20050216590 - Method and apparatus for assigning and allocating network resources to layer 1 virtual private networks Network resources are assigned as dedicated, shared, or public network resources. The resources are then allocated to L1-VPN subscribers on demand. Splitting assignment of the resources from allocation of the resources enables resources to be assigned to more than one subscriber on the network. Temporary physical dedication of the resources ... 09/15/05 - 20050204042 - Requesting a service from a multicast network Services are provided via a multicast tree. A request to receive a service is received at a node. Stored information at the node is searched to identify a service path or a service node operable to provide the requested service. ... 09/08/05 - 20050198299 - Methods and apparatus for identifying and facilitating a social interaction structure over a data packet network A software suite for managing the publishing and consumption of information and payload data across one or more transport protocols supported by a data-packet-network includes a posting application for publishing the information and payload data, and a consuming application for accessing and consuming the information and payload data. In a ... 09/08/05 - 20050198298 - System monitoring method A second computer for monitoring a database management system and a storage subsystem introduced into a first computer, is provided with a step of acquiring profile information of an application, a step of determining a tuning item in accordance with the acquired profile information, and a step of transferring the ... 09/08/05 - 20050198297 - Source identifier-based trunking for systems of network devices A method of handling frames in a network device is disclosed. The steps include receiving a frame by a network device of an assembly of network devices, with the assembly of devices divided into a first side and a second side and the network device being on the first side, ... 09/01/05 - 20050193116 - Method for transitioning between coordination modes for interfering neighbor networks Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for establishing, managing and transitioning between network coordination modes. ... 09/01/05 - 20050193115 - System and method for describing and automatically managing resources A system and method for automatically allocating resources is provided. The system includes one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources, based at least in part on data associated with the one or more resources, the data including at least one of, type data, instance data, characteristic ... 09/01/05 - 20050193114 - Method and apparatus for directing a flow of packets based on request and server attributes A content-aware flow switch intercepts a client content request in an IP network, and transparently directs the content request to a best-fit server. The best-fit server is chosen based on the type of content requested, the quality of service requirements implied by the content request, the degree of load on ... 08/25/05 - 20050188090 - Interactive messaging system The interactive messaging system of the present invention provides for an interactive communication process between users, both senders and recipients. The sender composes a message by filling in a template stored in data services. Once completed, the sender pushes the message to a recipient's wireless device if the wireless device ... 08/25/05 - 20050188089 - Managing reservations for resources A methodology and algorithm for managing resources from classes within a pool of resources to determine whether and what resources may be allocated upon a request for resources. ... 08/25/05 - 20050188088 - Managing escalating resource needs within a grid environment A method, system, and program for managing escalating resource needs within a grid environment are provided. A job is submitted into a first selection of resources in a grid environment from among a hierarchy of discrete sets of resources accessible in the grid environment. Discrete sets of resources may include ... 08/25/05 - 20050188087 - Parallel processing system Upon accepting a request for processing from a terminal unit 5 of a requester 4, a master 2 solicits, by means of broadcast communication, the entire slave group 6 to participate in parallel processing. Each slave 7 determines, on the basis of its operating state, whether sufficient resources remain to ... 08/18/05 - 20050182838 - Method and system for providing dynamic hosted service management across disparate accounts/sites A hosted service provider for the Internet is operated so as to provide dynamic management of hosted services across disparate customer accounts and/or geographically distinct sites. ... 08/18/05 - 20050182837 - Contact list for accessing a computing application A technique for accessing an electronic commerce function (ECF) is provided. A first signal identifying an entity and an ECF associated with the entity is transmitted to a user from a contact list service. The user selects the ECF, causing a second signal indicating the selection to be transmitted to ... 08/11/05 - 20050177636 - Distribution of reachability information in data virtual private networks In methods and apparatus for acquiring VPN reachability information at a node of a data network, a VPN reachability information request is transmitted from a requesting node. The VPN reachability information request comprises a VPN identifier. Other nodes of the data network receive the VPN reachability information request and, if ... 08/11/05 - 20050177635 - System and method for allocating server resources A system and method for allowing web-based applications to run in a controlled environment. In particular, a method allocates server resources among applications running in a sandbox environment on a web server. Applications which attempt to exceed limits specified in templates associated with the application may be denied access to ... 08/04/05 - 20050172025 - Method of selecting and sorting packets provided to a piece of equipment by a data packet transmission network The invention relates to the selection and sorting, by an installation having access to one or more packet transmission networks, of the packets relating to it, from among the entirety of the packets made available by the networks, given that the packets respect at least two layers of protocols or ... 07/28/05 - 20050165933 - System and method for proxy-enabling a wireless device to an existing ip-based service An intermediate server or system having knowledge of application program protocols used by the application programs in a person's (i.e., user's) wireless device is used to translate information communicated with the device in accordance with a transport-level protocol and the same information communicated with a remote server or system that ... 07/28/05 - 20050165932 - Redirecting client connection requests among sockets providing a same service A method, system, and program for redirecting client connection requests among sockets providing a same service are provided. An application requests multiple sockets from a kernel. In addition, the application generates a socket call option to bind the sockets to a particular port number and passes a list of the ... 07/28/05 - 20050165931 - Method for redirection of web streaming clients using lightweight available bandwidth measurement In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a method for selecting a server to provide content to a client is presented. A media controller receives a request from a client for content. The media controller instructs a plurality of servers each storing the content required by the client ... 07/28/05 - 20050165930 - Resource assignment in a distributed environment Systems and methods for using softswitches in service center applications allow more efficient workforce utilization and more flexibility in staffing service centers. Communication between at least one force management system and at least one softswitch can be used to efficiently distribute service requests to service agents including at least one ... 07/21/05 - 20050160170 - Cluster extension 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 - 20050144284 - Scalable networked multimedia system and applications A networked multimedia system comprises a plurality of workstations and at least one storage server. A signal path interconnects the workstations and the storage server. Each workstation includes video and audio reproduction capabilities, as well as video and audio capture capabilities. Any given storage server comprises a set of storage ... 06/30/05 - 20050144283 - Apparatus, system, and method for grid based data storage An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for backing up data across a plurality of clients on a grid computing system. A sequence management apparatus includes a client request module, a sequence module, and packet storage module. The sequence module is configured to receive data to be backed up from ... 06/30/05 - 20050144282 - Method and apparatus for allocating processing capacity of system processing units in an extranet gateway The expected processing bandwidth of System Processing Units (SPUs) in an extranet gateway is first assessed, for example by multiplying a CPU processor speed by a conversion factor or determining the type of accelerator, and then adjusting the capacity to take into account other processing requirements on the SPU. Once ... 06/30/05 - 20050144281 - Method of dynamically allocating usage of a shared resource A method of dynamically allocating usage of a shared resource between user A and user B includes the steps of establishing an initial allocation percentage for user B for using the shared resource and establishing a threshold allocation percentage for user B. The allocation percentage is modified for user B ... 06/23/05 - 20050138176 - Meta-data based method for local cache utilization A system and method for caching data and verifying cached data using a client-server model and meta-data. In particular, a client proxy and a server proxy are in communication with each other and with the client and the server, respectively; client proxy meta-data and server proxy meta-data related to the ... 06/23/05 - 20050138175 - Method and system using admission control in interactive grid computing systems In brief, the invention provides a method and system for admission control in a grid computing environment. When a user request for a global session is received from a submission node, applications to be launched through the global session are identified, and resource requirements are determined. A execution node is ... 06/23/05 - 20050138174 - Method and system for assigning or creating a resource An example of a method for assigning a resource (for example, storage) includes receiving a request for a resource, wherein the request includes a list of paths. This example also includes retrieving a HardwareAccount, Controller, and an AccessAuthorization object for a first path in the list of paths. This example ... 06/16/05 - 20050132052 - System and method for providing autonomic management of a networked system using an action-centric approach According to the present invention, there is provided a SAN management system to provide autonomic management of a storage system using an action-centric approach. The SAN management system includes a policy specification logic block to maintain a policy specification associated with the managed system. In addition, the SAN management system ... 06/16/05 - 20050132051 - System and method predicting and managing network capacity requirements A system and method for maintaining capacity of a network. Instructions are adapted to define future times at which a capacity of the network is evaluated. In addition, instructions are adapted to determine a total capacity of the network (TNC) and a total demand of users (TUD) for the network ... 06/09/05 - 20050125538 - Assigning logical storage units to host computers Methods, systems, and computer programs are disclosed for assigning logical storage units to host computers in an information handling system. The method includes associating an application program to one or more storage units and assigning each storage unit to an associated host computer. ... 06/09/05 - 20050125537 - Method, apparatus and system for resource sharing in grid computing networks A method, apparatus and system may utilize virtual machines in a grid computing environment. More specifically, hosts in a grid computing network may be configured to run various virtual machines. Additionally, these hosts may be configured to designate one or more of the virtual machines to processing grid applications. A ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |