Reliable datagram packet delivery for simple network management protocol (SNMP)
In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided in a network system having a first network device and a plurality of network devices. The first network devic... Read More
Inventors: Ellis, Michael A.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Method and apparatus for configuring routing paths of a network communicatively interconnecting a number of processing elements
Broadly, the invention is directed to a method, and apparatus for implementing that method, for determining first the topographical communication paths available to a processing system for transferrin... Read More
Inventors: Mattson, H. David; Watson, William J.; Garcia, David J.; Sonnier, David P.;, Assignee: Tandem Computers Incorporated (Cupertino, CA) |
Network status matrix
In one aspect of the present invention an Overview windowing panel consisting solely of cell bullets representing the connection status of a large number of nodes and links in a telecommunications net... Read More
Inventors: Brandau, Richard J.; RajiniKanth, Malipatlola;, Assignee: GTE Laboratories Incorporated (Waltham, MA) |
Network management tool
An object of the present invention is to enable preferentially displaying partial information, related to network equipment being managed on the network by a network management system, equipment of in... Read More
Inventors: Sugauchi, Kiminori; Morisada, Tomohiro; Hirata, Toshiaki; Miyazaki, Satoshi; Sato, Toshio;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Network profiling system
Systems and methods for network profiling that may be used by a provider of high bandwidth connections to facilitate connectivity and service order entry by customers and/or clients are disclosed. It ... Read More
Inventors: Vasamsetti, Satyan; Lilley, Thomas Edward;, Assignee: Covad Communitions Group, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Data gateway unit and data gateway method
The present invention is implemented to solve the foregoing problems. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a data gateway unit and a data gateway method enabling a user to rea... Read More
Inventors: Akatsu, Shinji; Miura, Shin; Kawawata, Hiroshi;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Configuration of headless devices using configuration service
The invention is described below, with reference to detailed illustrative embodiments. It will be apparent that the invention can be embodied in a wide variety of forms, some of which may be quite di... Read More
Inventors: Remer, Eric B.;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Workload reduction mechanism for index tuning
Typically, when an index tuning mechanism is implemented on a database, the database is tuned with respect to one or more "target" tables included within the database. One drawback of such a tuning sy... Read More
Inventors: Guay, Todd; Smith, Gregory; Wilson, Geoffrey; Rossiter, Jay;, Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, CA) |
Collecting statistics in a database system
In the following description, numerous details are set forth to provide an understanding of the present invention. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present inventio... Read More
Inventors: Brown, Douglas P.; Chaware, Jeetendra;, Assignee: NCR Corporation (Dayton, OH) |
Interaction with query data
OF THE INVENTION In describing the operation of the system, for clarity, reference will be made to the operation of classes whereas it is to be understood that it is instances of such classes which e... Read More
Inventors: de Judicibus, Dario;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Apparatus and method for verifying compatibility of system components
Each component of a plurality of interacting system components is associated with a version identifier, which in the preferred embodiment is an integer value. The version identifier is stored in a loc... Read More
Inventors: Furtney, David A.; Ingebretson, Mark E.; Simonson, Douglas L.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method and computer-readable medium for installing an upgrade to an application program
The present invention is directed to a method, and computer-readable medium for upgrading an application using an installer program. The installer program recognizes that an upgrade to the application... Read More
Inventors: Chamberlain, Benjamin C.; Collie, Robert C.; Hatakeda, Darrin N.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Data base duplication method of using remote copy and database duplication storage subsystem thereof
With the intention of reducing the data transfer time based on the copying of DB table data by use of the scheme of automatic prior data duplication, such as the remote copy function, of the disk syst... Read More
Inventors: Obara, Kiyohiro; Takamoto, Yoshifumi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Content-addressable (associative) memory devices
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a compound associative memory for use with a data-parallel computer, the memory comprising: a bit-parallel word-organised associative... Read More
Inventors: Jalowiecki, Ian Paul; Lancaster, John; Krikelis, Anargyros;, Assignee: Aspex Technology Limited (GB) |
Tag location monitor
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a monitor of a communication network for a tag location system which employs tags that transmit data without being polled by an interro... Read More
Inventors: Bledsoe, William Byron;, Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD) |
Multichannel audio distribution system having portable receivers
The present invention therefore provides a system adapted for distribution of differing information to a plurality of mobile users. The distributed information is preferably audio information. Each of... Read More
Inventors: Sitnik, Eran;, Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corp. (New York, NY) |
Synchronization manager for standardized synchronization of separate programs
Briefly, the present invention provides a centralized, standardized mechanism for managing the synchronization of data between local and remote computers according to user preferences. Applications re... Read More
Inventors: Grambihler, Roger F.; Liu, Chao-Chia; Srinivas, Murthy; Strom, Susan E.; Parupudi, Gopal; Plastina, Daniel; Corrington, Robert E.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
System, method, and computer program product for workflow processing using internet interoperable electronic messaging with mime multiple content type
The inventors propose transreceiving workflow specifications using electronic messaging with messages having a content type "multipart" in a MIME header and a content sub-type representative of a work... Read More
Inventors: Ambler, Christopher; Wallace, Andrew;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Apparatus and system for providing fee-based content
The invention claimed is: 1. An information processing system which includes a server and one or more information processing apparatuses and enables the information processing apparatuses to purchase ... Read More
Inventors: Ishibashi, Yoshihito; Matsuyama, Shinako; Oishi, Tateo; Muto, Akihiro;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Dual sided photographic album leaf and method of making
Referring the FIGS. 1 and 2, there is illustrated a dual sided album leaf 10 made in accordance with-the present invention. In particular, the leaf 10 includes a first side 12 and a second side 14. T... Read More
Inventors: Manico, Joseph Anthony; Reem, Richard Carroll;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Dual sided photographic album leaf and method of making
OF THE INVENTION Referring the FIGS. 1 and 2, there is illustrated a dual sided album leaf 10 made in accordance with the present invention. In particular, the leaf 10 includes a first side 12 and a ... Read More
Inventors: Manico, Joseph Anthony; Reem, Richard Carroll;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Method and system for producing an internet page description file on a digital imaging device
The present invention provides an inexpensive method and system for capturing images and generating a formatted electronic document which includes those images. The document is readily interchangeable... Read More
Inventors: Aihara, Tim Takao; Somerstein, Rodney;, Assignee: FlashPoint Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
System and method for improved compression of DCT compressed images
A system is described that provides methods for improved compression of images that have been compressed using Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) based compression. The methodology of the present inventi... Read More
Inventors: Easwar, Venkat;, Assignee: LightSurf Technologies, Inc. (Santa Cruz, CA) |
Navigation apparatus using a position index and information representative of roads and institutions
It is an object of the present invention to provide a moving object navigation apparatus which can treat points on a map by using road names, institution names, and the features of roads and instituti... Read More
Inventors: Komatsu, Takako; Muraki, Kazunori;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for producing a storage medium with a map
it is an object of the invention to provide a method of the kind set forth which produces a storage medium with a reduced number of additional nodes compared with the known method. This object is achi... Read More
Inventors: Lahaije, Paul Dominique Marie Etienne; Neukirchner, Ernst-Peter; Otto, Hans-Ulrich;, Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG (DE) |
Method for organizing map data
To address these and other objectives, the present invention comprises a method of organizing map data on a physical storage medium. The map data represents geographic features located in a geographic... Read More
Inventors: McDonough, William G.;, Assignee: Navteq North America, LLC (Chicago, IL) |
Method, system and article of manufacture for identifying regularly traveled routes
OF THE PRESENTLY PREFERRED EMBODIMENT(S) Referring now to the drawings, and particularly to FIG. 1, there is illustrated an exemplary navigation system 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the pres... Read More
Inventors: Ohler, Jean K.;, Assignee: Navteq North America, LLC (Chicago, IL) |
Spatial morphing of text to accommodate annotations
Footnotes, headnotes, sidenotes, or other margin-borne annotations are widely employed in books and other printed or electronically viewed publications to present supporting or supplemental informatio... Read More
Inventors: Zellweger, Polle T.; Chang, Bay-Wei; Mackinlay, Jock D.; Fishkin, Kenneth P.; Igarashi, Takeo;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Category specific sort and display instructions for an electronic device
Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention provide an electronic device having a mechanism for displaying records in list form wherein each category of records can have its own specific sort an... Read More
Inventors: Wong, Yoon Kean;, Assignee: Palm, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Optimizing workflow in a prepress printing system
A method for automatically processing a job in a prepress printing environment includes the steps of: moving an image receiving substrate from a storage bin to a staging area; moving the image receivi... Read More
Inventors: Smith, David D.; Catt, Jeremy C.;, Assignee: AGFA Corporation (Wilmington, MA) |