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709209000 | Master/slave mode selecting | 21 |
709211000 | Master accessing slave storage | 13 |
709210000 | Slave computer locking | 2 |
20100205273 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING MAJOR GROUP UNDER SPLIT-BRAIN SYNDROME - The present invention relates to a method, system and computer readable recording medium for determining a major group in a network split-brain situation that occurs in a network-based distributed computing environment. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a major group among at least two groups created by splitting an initial group consisting of a plurality of nodes in a network-based distributed environment, the method comprising the steps of comparing the number of nodes included in a first group with the number of nodes included in a second group; acquiring history information of the nodes included in the first and second groups; and determining whether the first group or the second group is the major group using at least one of a result of comparing the number of nodes and the history information. | 08-12-2010 |
20130198309 | Clustering Without Shared Storage - One embodiment involves communicatively connecting a master node and a plurality of slave nodes in a cluster without shared storage where each node has a separate repository. Each node in the cluster without shared storage can be configured to exclusively update its repository. The method may include receiving a lock request from a first slave node in the cluster without shared storage. The lock request may be associated with an update request received by the first slave node. The lock request can indicate that the first slave node requires exclusive write access to a data item in the repository of the first slave node. The method includes sending a response to the first slave node granting the lock request based at least in part on data in the repository of the master node. The response may authorize the first slave node to append data to the data item in the repository of the first slave node. | 08-01-2013 |
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20120246255 | Method for Controlling a Communication Network, Servers and System Including Servers, and Computer Programs - A method for operating a communication network includes at least two radio access networks ( | 09-27-2012 |
20130086195 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENABLING BACnet COMMUNICATION FOR WIRED AND WIRELESS DEVICES OPERABLE WITHIN A BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM - An automation interface device is disclosed that provides interoperability between automation devices communicating within a building automation system. The device includes a communication interface receives a packet comprising a data envelope including a first destination address configured according to a first network protocol and a message including data configured according to a BACnet standard, and a processor in communication with a memory. The memory stores processor executable instructions configured to retrieve a second destination address configured according to a second network protocol from a routing table stored in the memory that correlates the second destination to the first destination address, generate a second packet comprising an second data envelope including the second destination address configured according to the second network protocol and the message including data configured according to the BACnet standard, and communicate, via the communication interface, the second packet to the second destination address. | 04-04-2013 |
20130212205 | TRUE GEO-REDUNDANT HOT-STANDBY SERVER ARCHITECTURE - A server configuration provides a geo-redundant server that is ready as a hot-standby to the primary server in another location. This architecture can be easily implemented in a distributed contact center environment or any other server deployment where services provided by the primary server are mission-critical. One exemplary configuration provides a single active master server. This single active master server is responsible for making all service-based decisions, receiving and processing client requests, etc., as long as it is operational. A second server is provided at the same geographic site or location as the single active master and a high bandwidth active LAN connection is established between the two. The second server maintains synchronization with the single active master. The second server is also connected with a third server via a WAN. The second server provides the third server with the state information for synchronization with the single active master. | 08-15-2013 |
20130080559 | STORAGE AREA NETWORK ATTACHED CLUSTERED STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit. | 03-28-2013 |
20130046843 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MANAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes a plurality of managed devices; and a device managing apparatus configured to serve as a master and manage the managed devices. The device managing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a request for batch configuration to be performed on the managed devices from an external apparatus; and a control unit configured to delegate a batch configuration process to be performed on the managed devices to a managed device serving as a slave when the receiving unit receives the request for batch configuration. | 02-21-2013 |
20120226764 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SMART APPLIANCES - A method and system for networking a plurality of appliances. The method and system include providing an appliance on a network, controlling operation of the appliance with a microcontroller, storing on a memory coupled with the microcontroller, computer executable instructions for operating the appliance, sensing the operation of the appliance, displaying information regarding the operation of the appliance, and communicating the operational data on a network. Network connectivity includes communication directly with a network, and with another appliance. A host system is connected to the network and adapted to receive the usage data and to transmit data to the appliance to influence operation of the appliance. | 09-06-2012 |
20110047238 | PEER-TO-PEER MIXING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The system gets a request to add a communication node to an existing peer-to-peer communication session between two communication nodes. The communication node is added to the existing peer-to-peer communication session. The communication nodes in the existing peer-to-peer communication have not previously defined a mixing node. The communication nodes in the existing peer-to-peer communication session exchange a mixing score. A mixing node is determined based on the exchanged mixing score. Additional systems are defined which determine a mixing node when two peer-to-peer communication sessions are joined into a combined peer-to-peer communication session. | 02-24-2011 |
20130067017 | MEHTOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYED OPERATIONS SUPPORT - The invention is generally related to operations support systems and more specifically, to a method of and system for deployed maintenance operations for equipment or assets. Existing web-based systems support organizations may be spread over large geographies, but only insofar as each part of that organization can remain fully-connected to the central server or data centre. The system described herein, on the other hand, allows portions of the organization to operate for long periods of time without a dedicated connection, while keeping technical records accurate. The system described herein allows a customer to set up a 'deployed site', which is effectively an environment that operates as a partial copy of the master site (which contains baseline data), and is only allowed to operate on a specific subset of the assets in the system (say, a fleet of aircraft). This deployed environment has all the required configuration and transactional data to run as a standalone system until the deployment is no longer required. At that time, the deployed site can be decommissioned by transferring the assets out to other sites, deployed or not. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067016 | System and Method for Secured Host-slave Communication - A new system and method for communicating between a host device and one or more slave devices are presented. The system provides data error checking and correcting, data encryption, and robust slave address sequencing using a portion of a session key. The data encryption uses a second portion of the session key, which changes for each power cycle. | 03-14-2013 |
20110022676 | MOBILITY SERVICE CLUSTERING USING NETWORK SERVICE SEGMENTS - Described in an example embodiment herein is a Mobility Service Engine (MSE) cluster comprising an MSE Cluster Master and at least one MSE Cluster Slave. The MSE Master is configured to define Network Service Segments. The MSE Master of the cluster distributes the Network Service Segments to slaves within the cluster. The network is configured to forward data to the correct Network Service Segment. | 01-27-2011 |
20120117180 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SYNCHRONIZATION IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Described herein are systems and methods for synchronization in a networked environment. For example, some embodiments provide methods for synchronizing a client device having a client media time reference with a server device having a server media time reference. In some cases such methods are embodied in computer readable code that is executable on one or more processors. Furthermore, some embodiments provide hardware, such as networked media devices that are configured to perform such methods. In overview, in some embodiments a client obtains timing information from a server and, on the basis of this timing information, applies an adjustment to a client control time reference, thereby to synchronize the client media time reference with the server media time reference. Some embodiments are particularly directed to the situation where there is a desire to synchronize networked media devices across a combination of wired and wireless networks. | 05-10-2012 |
20120117179 | MEDIA PLAYBACK CONTROL THROUGH REMOTE DEVICE CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for establishing a connection with a first processor-based device at a second processor-based device, receiving through the connection a control command from the first processor-based device implemented according to a first protocol, wherein the command corresponds to a remote control command received through a remote control device at the first processor-based device, translating the control command from the first protocol to a second protocol executable at the second processor-based device, and executing an event in response to the control command having been translated into the second protocol. | 05-10-2012 |
20090234932 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication apparatus operating by selectively switching between a master mode and a slave mode includes: a determination unit configured to determine whether an apparatus that operates in the master mode exists; a control unit configured to exercise control in such a manner that the communication apparatus operates in the master mode if it is determined that such an apparatus does not exist, and to exercise control in such a manner that the communication apparatus operates in the slave mode if it is determined that such an apparatus does exist; and a transceiver unit configured to transmit a message for updating the management table to the apparatus in the network in case of operation in the master mode, and to receive a message transmitted from another apparatus that operates in the master mode in case of operation in the slave mode. | 09-17-2009 |
20090013056 | Architecture And Method For Remote Platform Control Management - An integrated circuit is a baseboard management controller that is a fully integrated system-on-a-chip microprocessor incorporating function blocks and interfaces that provide remote management solution. The integrated circuit uses a microprocessor, a media co-processor to accelerate video processing, and a set of system and peripheral functions that are useful in a variety of remote management applications. It further includes an integrated USB high-speed device and an OTG interface to support keyboard, mouse and mass storage emulation without additional external components, and two integrated MII LAN interfaces and one FSB interface, a memory controller to support a variety of static and dynamic memory components, an encryption controller to ensure secure remote management sessions and IPMI2.0-compliant BMC interfaces. The integrated circuit is based on structured ASIC technology, which enables easy customization of function blocks according to customer demands or new industry standards. | 01-08-2009 |
20090013055 | System and method of controlling terminal services availability remotely - According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises establishing network connectivity with a remotely located electronic device currently in a state that precludes access to the electronic device remotely. After such connections have been established, the state of the electronic device can be altered to allow access to the electronic device remotely. | 01-08-2009 |
20080313299 | System Comprising at Least a Master Unit and a Plurality of Slave Units - System having at least one master unit and a plurality of slave units, the master unit and the slave unit including means for performing communication via radio frequency channels. The at least one master unit includes means for transmitting control signals to the slave units, the slave units each being provided with a unique address and each being associated with a controllable device. The at least one master unit includes means for configuring the slave units addressable by the master unit in a number of sectors, and the master unit has further means for allocating predefined identifications to the slave units. Further, the master unit has display means, by means of which the predefined identifications may be displayed. | 12-18-2008 |
20110153769 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING A METADATA - Provided are an apparatus and a method for acquiring a consistent result even if one client accesses any metadata server in a circumstance that the cluster configuring many metadata servers exist. The apparatus as mentioned above includes a deletion file list unit that stores information about a deleted metadata during a predetermined period; and a metadata server selector that selects a metadata server to receive a operation request about a metadata among a plurality of metadata servers based on information from the deletion file list unit. | 06-23-2011 |
20110282962 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, MASTER DISPLAY DEVICE, SLAVE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FURNISHED THEREWITH - A master display device and slave display devices share structured display information in which a plurality of html fragmentary information items each including display data are structured through communication via a network and further produce the same display on the basis of the structured display information. The master display device, upon modifying the html fragmentary information item, sends the slave display devices a notice reporting that the html fragmentary information item is modified and an ID (ID information) for identifying the modified html fragmentary information item. | 11-17-2011 |
20110276648 | CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION FOR SHARED MEDIA PLAYBACK - Various embodiments are provided that relate to clock synchronization. In one embodiment, a method for synchronizing a relative clock to a global clock comprises receiving a network packet from a master computing device, the network packet including a network packet time stamp indicating a system time of the global clock when the network packet was transmitted; determining a receipt time offset between a receipt time of the network packet and the network packet time stamp, the receipt time indicating a time at which the network packet is received as measured by the relative clock; and adjusting a system time of the relative clock toward the system time of the global clock by updating a system time offset to the receipt time offset if the receipt time offset is smaller than the system time offset. | 11-10-2011 |
20110302265 | LEADER ARBITRATION FOR PROVISIONING SERVICES - Single leader provisioning is enabled through a locking mechanism in a directory service environment. A service running in a domain is enabled to take leader role by writing to a shared file maintained at a relative identity (RID) master server. The service taking the leader role is further enabled to extend its role by rewriting to the shared file periodically. Other services may check the file also periodically and remain passive as long as a service has currently the leader role. If the leader service is down and fails to extend its role, another service can take over by writing to the shared file ensuring a single leader in the provisioning service. | 12-08-2011 |
20110289175 | METHOD FOR RESERVING RESOURCES ON A CENTRALIZED NETWORK - A resource reservation method between a master device and a slave device or between slave devices in a centralized network. In resource reservation between slave devices, optimal resources may be allocated by performing link measurement between the slave devices before allocating the resources. | 11-24-2011 |
20130219004 | COMMUNICATION USING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECT CIRCUITRY - An integrated circuit comprising multiple master units ( | 08-22-2013 |
20090037551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MULTIPLE COMPUTER PLATFORMS - A system and method are provided for controlling multiple computer platforms. The method can include the operation of storing command line tasks in a database. Other command line task information can include a command name, related parameters, and a platform type for which the command line tasks are executable. A command line task can be selected from the database of command line tasks by a user for application to computing systems. A further operation is identifying at least one computing system that can be addressed from a host system and which has the same platform type as the selected command line task. The user can then select at least one computing system from a list of the identified computing systems to which the selected command line is applicable. Another operation is applying the selected command line tasks to the selected computing systems which are of a correct platform type. | 02-05-2009 |
20100115047 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS - A system replaces the current "Genlock" reference signals and distribution architectures used in media and broadcasting use an IP network and distributed timekeeping service, such as ISO/IEC 61588 or 1EEE1588. In such a system, a master and multiple slave devices are used to distribute precision time and phase information to synchronize equipment and systems. The method described herein allows the generation of a signal standard and format with a single distribution system. In addition, the method allows this distribution to be accomplished over an IP network despite the non-deterministic performance of such networks. The method also allows the deterministic generation of signals at slave devices. | 05-06-2010 |
20090150508 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MASTER UNIT AND A PLURALITY OF SLAVE UNITS - System including at least one master unit and a plurality of slave units, wherein the at least one master unit includes means for transmitting control signals to the slave units via radio frequency channels. The slave units are provided with unique addresses and are each associated with a controllable device. The at least one master unit includes means for configuring the slave units that are addressable by the master unit in a number of sectors. The master unit is further designed in such a manner that when a slave unit is allocated to a sector, one or more further slave units may automatically be allocated to the same sector in dependence on properties related to the slave units. | 06-11-2009 |
20090150509 | SMART CLIENT-SERVER SOCKET - A smart client-server socket is disclosed, which comprises: a micro process unit, for signal and operation control; a communication unit, capable of receiving commands from a user for enabling the user to direct electric products connected to a server jack or/and client jacks of the smart client-server socket to enter/exit a stand-by mode; a detection unit, capable of detecting the power consumption of electric product connected to the server jack while informing the micro process unit to perform a stand-by process as soon as the detected power consumption is lower than a specific rated value; and a control unit, for executing the activating/deactivating of the server jack and client jacks according to signals received from the micro process unit. | 06-11-2009 |
20100082763 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN OPERATION ON A REMOTE SERVER ON THE BASIS OF A PHYSICAL ACTION EXERTED ON A DETERMINED ZONE OF A DOCUMENT - System for automatically controlling an operation determined at the level of a computer server ( | 04-01-2010 |
20120143978 | ENABLING PLURAL COMPUTING DEVICES TO COMMUNICATE USING A MASTER ACCOUNT - Functionality is described that allows plural computing devices to share a master account. In one implementation, the functionality allows any candidate device to directly communicate with a communication system using the master account, providing that the candidate device satisfies a prescribed condition with respect to a master device. For example, the functionality can allow the candidate device to communicate with the communication system if it is within a threshold distance of the master device. In another implementation, the functionality instructs the master device and the candidate device to set up a tethering relationship. The functionality can then allow the candidate device to communicate with the communication system, via the master device, using the master account. In one implementation, the functionality can set up the tethering relationship without substantial (or any) involvement of the user (or users) who operate the master device and candidate device. | 06-07-2012 |
20090287789 | Web browser accessible MODBUS TCP/IP activity log - A system and methods for recording Modbus communications. An example system includes a master controller and a gateway device coupled to a network. A slave device capable of Modbus communications is provided. A gateway device is coupled to the network. The gateway device includes a slave communications interface coupled to the slave device and a log that records data relating to communications between the master controller and the slave device. The data includes a network address relating to the master controller and a Modbus address of the slave device. | 11-19-2009 |
20120297007 | MULTI-DOMAIN CO-BROWSING UTILIZING LOCALIZED STATE MANAGEMENT - A master and a slave computing device within a co-browsing session can be identified. The devices can be associated with a first Unified Resource Identifier (URI) where a portion of the URI is a fully qualified domain name of a Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy. The devices can be associated with a co-browsing application. A request associated with a second URI from the master computing device can be detected. The second URI can share a root domain with the first URI. A portion of a master artifact associated with the master device can be conveyed to the slave device. The master artifact can be associated with state information of the session. A portion of a slave artifact linked to the slave device can be modified with the portion of the master artifact. The devices can be navigated to the second URI in response to the request. | 11-22-2012 |
20080244028 | Synchronization and Customization of a Clone Computer - A computer implemented method for maintaining synchronization between a master computer disk and a clone disk that includes cloning the clone disk from the master computer disk, the clone disk having a customization portion; and customizing the customization portion with information relevant to a clone computer that uses the clone disk. | 10-02-2008 |
20120297006 | MULTI-DOMAIN CO-BROWSING UTILIZING LOCALIZED STATE MANAGEMENT - A master and a slave computing device within a co-browsing session can be identified. The devices can be associated with a first Unified Resource Identifier (URI) where a portion of the URI is a fully qualified domain name of a Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy. The devices can be associated with a co-browsing application. A request associated with a second URI from the master computing device can be detected. The second URI can share a root domain with the first URI. A portion of a master artifact associated with the master device can be conveyed to the slave device. The master artifact can be associated with state information of the session. A portion of a slave artifact linked to the slave device can be modified with the portion of the master artifact. The devices can be navigated to the second URI in response to the request. | 11-22-2012 |
20080313300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SYSTEM INFORMATION - An approach is provided for distributing system information. A determination is made whether repetition rate associated with system information exceeds a predetermined threshold. The repetition rate specifies frequency of transmission of the system information to a terminal over a network. The scheduling information for the system information is transmitted to the terminal if the threshold is satisfied. | 12-18-2008 |
20090157839 | NETWORKED SERIES OF SENSORS HAVING DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL FOR USE IN A HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT - The invention is a networked system of devices positioned in a hazardous environment to monitor/control process conditions. The devices include sensors and controls such as valves. The sensors detect process conditions/control device settings and are monitored by a slave devices having, generally microprocessor controlled and having associated memory to receive and record the sensor/control device data. The network includes master devices, each master device may be associated with one or more slaved devices and associated sensors, where the master device communicates to is associated slave devices through a digital communication bus. The master device can automatically detect its associated slave devices and detect the communication and data characteristics of the slave devices. The master may also set parameters for detected slave devices, such as needed for computations performed by the master (using its own microprocessor) using data received form the slave device(s). The master device receives slave device data by requesting or polling the data from the slave device over a digital communication bus. | 06-18-2009 |
20080270562 | HOME NETWORK DEVICE CONTROL SERVICE AND/OR INTERNET SERVICE METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided are a home network device service and/or Internet service method and apparatus in a home network with a web-based open architecture, the method comprising: receiving script based software for controlling the service from a server using a controller in a home network; reproducing a user interface screen for controlling the service by parsing the script based software using the controller; and controlling the home network device control service and/or the Internet service using the controller according to the selected service when a service is selected based on the UI screen. Accordingly, a home network which can be expanded easily can be obtained. | 10-30-2008 |
20110270941 | FILE DECODING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A file decoding method uses a master server to decode multimedia files. The method records statuses of a plurality of slave servers in a status table, receives a decoding request to decode the multimedia file from a web server, and selects one slave server from the status table to process the decoding request by the master server. The method further sends an Internet protocol (IP) address of the selected slave server to a web browser by the web server, sends a decoding command to the selected slave server by the web browser, decodes the multimedia file by the selected slave server, and transmits decoded data of the multimedia file to the web browser. | 11-03-2011 |
20090182833 | Sharing Material in a Master-Slave Configuration Using an Instant Messaging Infrastructure - A method for utilizing an IM system enables presenters and participants to interact with material in a master-slave configuration. Both the presenter and participants access the material locally on their computers. The material on the participants' computer interacts with the presenter's computer using an existing instant messaging infrastructure. As the presenter interacts with local material, events are broadcast to slave material as instant messages, such that these events are reproduced as interactions. | 07-16-2009 |
20090182834 | Device and Method for Providing Data - Devices and methods for providing data via a network are disclosed. | 07-16-2009 |
20090055506 | Centralized selection of peers as media data sources in a dispersed peer network - A hierarchical content distribution system includes a seeding server, a plurality of geographically distributed content platforms, and a distribution controller, all interconnected by a communications network. The seeding server initially receives content files for distribution to various content platforms that provide for the persistent storage of the content files. Each content platform includes a content file server responsive on-demand to requests for the transfer of content files. The distribution controller autonomously monitors the transfers of content files and selectively issues transfer directives to the content platforms to modify the distribution of content files among the content platforms. The content file servers respond to received transfer directives by issuing requests for the transfer of the directive identified content files, thereby conforming the specific distribution of content files to an optimal distribution pattern as determined by the distribution controller based on usage patterns. | 02-26-2009 |
20090024713 | MAINTAINING AVAILABILITY OF A DATA CENTER - A method is used with a data center that includes services that are interdependent. The method includes experiencing an event in the data center and, in response to the event, using a rules-based expert system to determine a sequence in which the services are to be moved, where the sequence is based on dependencies of the services, and moving the services from first locations to second locations in accordance with the sequence. | 01-22-2009 |
20090063650 | Managing Collections of Appliances - An appliance manager for managing appliances in a networked environment comprises a subscription component, a hierarchy component, a storage component, an interface component and a management component. The subscription component identifies active subscribed-to appliances to be managed and the hierarchy component organizes subscribed-to appliances into at least one managed set of configuration-identical devices, where each managed set has a roaster appliance and zero or more slave appliances. The storage component stores managed data associated with the subscribed-to appliances. The interface component receives events from active subscribed-to appliances, wherein the appliance manager exchanges information with a select active subscribed-to appliance in response to receiving a corresponding event there from. The management component dynamically manages the at least one managed set of appliances so as to synchronize subscribed-to appliances within their associated managed set in response to receiving events that identity a configuration change occurred on the select active subscribed-to appliance. | 03-05-2009 |
20110231508 | CLUSTER CONTROL SYSTEM, CLUSTER CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A slave computer out of a plurality of slave computers that are connected to a plurality of clients through a front network and provide the front network with a single IP address that is a same IP address comprises: a responsible client table that indicates a client for which each of the plurality of slave computers is responsible; and an ARP processing unit that refers to the responsible client table when an ARP request for the single IP address has been received from one of the plurality of clients and sends an ARP response when a client that has sent the ARP request is present in the responsible client table, and otherwise does not send the ARP response, wherein a client in the responsible client table is added, changed, or deleted by a master computer connected through a back-end network. | 09-22-2011 |
20100153512 | Method and System for Synchronization of Content Rendering - A method and system for synchronizing the rendering of content at various rendering devices. Each rendering device has a device time and a rendering time. The synchronization system designates one of the rendering devices as a master rendering device and designates all other rendering devices as slave rendering devices. Each slave rendering device adjusts the rendering of its content to keep it in synchronization with the rendering of the content at the master rendering device. The master rendering device sends a message with its rendering time and corresponding device time to the slave rendering devices. Each slave rendering device, upon receiving the message from the master rendering device, determines whether it is synchronized with the master rendering time. If not, the slave rendering device adjusts the rendering of its content to compensate for the difference between the master rendering time and the slave rendering time. | 06-17-2010 |
20100262671 | Delay Parameter Testing for Multiple-Device Master-slave Configuration Using a Single-Device Testing System - Devices to be arranged in a master-slave configuration are individually tested using a testing system that ensures that the devices will satisfy an interconnection requirement of that configuration. The testing system configures a first device into one of a master mode of operation and a slave mode of operation, and adjusts frame starting positions of respective traffic flows associated with the configured mode until measured delay parameters of that mode substantially match corresponding ones of a selected set of prospective delay parameters. If the traffic flows of the one configured mode as adjusted are substantially error free, the first device is configured into the other mode, and frame starting positions of respective traffic flows associated with the other configured mode of the first device are adjusted until measured delay parameters of that mode substantially match corresponding ones of the selected set of prospective delay parameters. If the traffic flows of the other configured mode as adjusted are substantially error free, the first device is identified as satisfying the interconnection requirement. | 10-14-2010 |
20100262672 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a transmission unit transmitting a command of a second operating system to the second operating system when receiving the command via a communication path which communicates under a control based on a first operating system, an extraction unit extracting data for the second operating system by analyzing the command transmitted from the transmission unit, and a writing unit writing the data extracted by the extraction unit as data constituting file system metadata of the second operating system. | 10-14-2010 |
20100241724 | Preventing Erroneous Operation in a System Which May Enable Unsupported Features - This invention is a method of operating a system having multiple finite state machines and a controller controlling an operational state of each finite state machine. Upon selection by the controller of a changed operational state, each finite state machine determines if it supports the changed operational state. If the finite state machine supports the changed operational state, it enters the changed operational state. If the finite state machine does not support the changed operational state, it enters an offline state. The controller may also determine whether a changed operational state is supported by each finite state machine. | 09-23-2010 |
20100235460 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A network host is dynamically changed so that a processing burden on each device comprising a network does not become excessive. Data processing devices are equipped with a short-distance radio communication circuit that carries out short-distance radio communication by periodically outputting beacon information for making the relevant device recognized by others and receiving externally supplied beacon information. When a radio communication network is comprised of these data processing devices, each short-distance radio communication circuit is provided with a function of, when the relevant device participates in the short-distance radio communication network, dynamically changing the network host according to the result of recognition of externally supplied beacon information. As a result, the following is implemented even for a system for radio communication networks in which attention is originally not focused on a network host function like UWB: information communication required for changing a network host is carried out using a beacon information recognition function essentially provided therein. Therefore, it is possible to suppress increase in a processing burden on each device comprising the network. | 09-16-2010 |
20100198935 | Tethered Digital Butler Consumer Electronic Master Device and Method - The present invention relates to a tethered digital butler consumer electronics product and method. The tethered digital butler, of a price and form factor suitable for consumer electronics markets of developed and developing countries, includes a communications and multi-media console and a wireless remote. The remote may resemble a handheld personal computer (HPC), a palm-held personal computer (PPC or PDA) or a smart phone, but has a low cost and feature set supported by the console that is novel in the consumer electronics market. In particular, this disclosure relates to combining telephone service, device control and, optionally, a fingerprint reader for easy user identification/authorization and personalization. As another option, a camera can be incorporated into the remote, thereby enabling video conferencing and other visual features. Alternatively, the remote may be packaged separately from a console and sold to interact with capabilities of a communications and console, set-top box, multi-media PC or other consumer electronics device from a different source, such as one running on a Windows, OS X or Linux platform, with or without telephone capabilities. The remote may include a media reader and remote USB port. | 08-05-2010 |
20090240781 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a system that performs communication between master and slave, the device better suited as the master device is not always the master device, since the device that initially constructs the network becomes the master device. A device that enters the network later transmits a restart request on detecting the master device, and if a restart permission is received, the device transfers to a restart state and transmits a master inquiry before the device that was the master device up until that point. Thus, a device that newly enters a network is able to operate as the master device even if a master device already exists in the network. | 09-24-2009 |
20090019129 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system in which a plurality of communication apparatuses and a communication control apparatus are daisy chained. The communication control apparatus transmits control data to the plurality of communication apparatuses, and receives data transmitted by the plurality of communication apparatuses. Each communication apparatus receives data from another communication apparatus on a different side from a communication control apparatus side, in synchronous with receipt of the control data, and transmits data to one of the communication control apparatus and another communication apparatus on the communication control apparatus side, and following the transmission, to transmit data received to the one of the communication control apparatus and the other communication apparatus on the communication control apparatus side, in synchronous with receipt of the control data. | 01-15-2009 |
20090037552 | MASTER-SLAVE CARD SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A master-slave card system includes a master card and a plurality of slave cards connected in serial. The master card sends a command with a station-number information to the slave cards. A selected slave card designated by the station-number information sends back a response message, where the response message includes an initial packet, a plurality of data packets and a CRC check packet. The master card sends a next command to a next slave cards after the master cards identifies a correct initial packet. When the initial packet is not correct, the master card halts sending the next command until the received signal is already stopped for a predetermined silence time. The master card drops all the data packets if the CRC check packet associated with the data packet is not correct. | 02-05-2009 |
20090037550 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKPOINT AND RESTART OF PSEUDO TERMINALS - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for restarting pseudo terminal streams. In one embodiment, a device associated with a file descriptor in a set of file descriptors is opened. The set of file descriptors are identified in checkpoint data for restarting the pseudo terminal streams. In response to identifying the device as a pseudo terminal slave device, an entry for the identified pseudo terminal slave device is added to a list of open pseudo terminal slave devices. The entry for the identified pseudo terminal slave device is marked as an open pseudo terminal slave device. The list of open pseudo terminal slave devices permit pseudo terminal master devices and pseudo terminal slave devices to be restored and restarted in random order during a restart of the pseudo terminal streams. | 02-05-2009 |
20130138757 | COMPONENT ADDITION/SUBSTITUTION METHOD IN A HOME AUTOMATION WIRELESS SYSTEM - It is described a substitution/addition method of components in a home automation wireless system (NT | 05-30-2013 |
20110004668 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING A SERVER AND AN ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for synchronizing a server and an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for synchronizing a server and an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to synchronize a larger amount of data. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature can enable more effective synchronization of a user-level sharing entity database with a multi-user on-demand database service. | 01-06-2011 |
20110131288 | Load-Balancing In Replication Engine of Directory Server - An embodiment of this invention provides a new LDAP server control to automate load balancing for replication based directory infrastructure. This solution is applicable to both master-master and master-replica based replication topologies. If one or more of the replication servers or the master servers are available for processing, the request is assigned to them based on output of a weighted non-uniform random number generator. This LDAP server control allows gaining very high performance while doing multiple parallel heavy LDAP operations. This LDAP control prevents the exposure of the replication directory server details to the outer world and therefore proves helpful in easing the security concerns. | 06-02-2011 |
20110040847 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A first unit | 02-17-2011 |
20110246596 | LOAD-AWARE METHOD OF OPTIMIZING COMMAND EXECUTION IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT - A command controlling method and a command controller for controlling execution of a plurality of commands on a remote machine are provided. The command controlling method includes determining a priority of each of the plurality of commands according to predetermined properties of the command, determining command package maximum total execution time according to a current workload of the remote machine, packaging the plurality of commands into one or more command packages in a descending order of priority according to the maximum total execution time, and sending the one or more command packages to the remote machine. By means of the command controlling method and the command controller, execution of commands in a cloud environment may be optimized to improve performance of the cloud environment. | 10-06-2011 |
20110087751 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A DISTRIBUTION OF BANDWIDTH IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND SLAVE NODE - Method for managing a distribution of bandwidth in a communications network, corresponding computer-readable storage medium and slave node. | 04-14-2011 |
20090100143 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND NETWORK SYSTEM - In the case where an audio network system that performs transport of audio signals between a plurality of processors is constructed such that the plurality of processors each including two sets of transmission I/Fs and reception I/Fs are connected in series, and a TL frame generated by a master node is circulated along a ring transmission route formed among the processors in each fixed period, the TL frame including a plurality of storage regions for audio signals, when one of the processors is required to be the master node, the one processor resets in sequence processors which are connected on both sides thereof and processors behind the processors connected on both sides to once remove each of those processors from a ring transmission route if it belong to any ring transmission route, then incorporates the processors into a ring transmission route in which the one processor belongs to. | 04-16-2009 |
20100131610 | Master Nodes and Slave Nodes for a Communication Network, and Methods Thereof - Illustrative methods, apparatuses and software are described for searching for an ID of a slave node within a communication network, such as a single-wire communication network. Also, illustrative embodiments of a master node and a slave node are described. | 05-27-2010 |
20090248829 | INTERCONNECTION OF WIRELESS NETWORKS USING A MASTER/SLAVE NODE - A network array ( | 10-01-2009 |
20090216854 | CONTROLLED DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE - An aspect of the invention provides a controlled device that comprises: a directory storing unit comprising: a process entry that indicates a process to be remotely controlled by a control device via a network; and a directory that manages a content associated with the process entry, which represents a response message to a remote control instruction on the process entry; a directory transmitter configured to transmit information on the directory stored in the directory storing unit to the control device via the network; an access request receiver configured to receive a remote control instruction from the control device, the remote control instruction for a specific process entry in the directory and received as an access request for a content associated with the specific process entry; and a controller configured to execute a process of the process entry associated with the access request received by the access request receiver. | 08-27-2009 |
20090216853 | SUBNET MANAGEMENT DISCOVERY OF POINT-TO-POINT NETWORK TOPOLOGIES - A computer program product for subnet management discovery of point-to-point network topologies includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes discovering a local portion of a subnet representing the point-to-point network, the discovering facilitated by a coupling subnet manager configured to act as a master subnet manager on the local portion of the subnet, interpreting a state of a physical port associated with the coupling subnet manager, and discovering a remote portion of the subnet physically connected to the physical port based on the interpreting. | 08-27-2009 |
20090216852 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING A DYNAMIC DOMAIN NAME SERVER - A system and method for synchronizing a dynamic domain name system (DDNS). Updated domain name information is received at a first datastore and sent to a second datastore. Updated domain name information is also received at the second datastore and sent to the first datastore. Either datastore determines whether the other datastore is available to receive the updated domain name information. If the receiving datastore is not available, the sending datastore waits until the receiving datastore is available. The first datastore is connected to a first master DNS server and the second datastore is connected to a second master DNS server. The first and second master servers share an IP address. When a request for domain name information is received at a router, the request is sent to a master DNS server selected from the first and second master DNS servers using the shared IP address. A master DNS server is selected to respond to the DNS request only if that master server is able to respond to the request. The requested domain name information is retrieved from the datastore connected to the selected DNS server and a response to the request for domain name information is generated. | 08-27-2009 |
20100064022 | NETWORK SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A network system includes a data transfer device that transfers data and a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected to the data transfer device. The information processing apparatuses include a master information processing apparatus and a slave information processing apparatus. The master information processing apparatus includes a controlling unit and a transmitting unit. The controlling unit controls the order and timing in and at which the information processing apparatuses including the master information processing apparatus transmit data to each of the information processing apparatuses. The transmitting unit transmits the data to each of the information processing apparatuses in the order and at the timing controlled by the controlling unit. The slave information processing apparatus includes a transmitting unit that transmits the data to each of the information processing apparatuses in the order and at the timing controlled by the controlling unit. | 03-11-2010 |
20110087752 | EXTERNAL REQUEST TYPE FUNCTION CONTROL SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, EXTERNAL REQUEST TYPE FUNCTION CONTROL METHOD, AND EXTERNAL REQUEST TYPE FUNCTION CONTROL PROGRAM - A function control information transmitter | 04-14-2011 |
20110153770 | DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL MANAGEMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED CACHING INFRASTRUCTURE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the dynamic structural management of an n-Tier distributed caching infrastructure. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of dynamic structural management of an n-Tier distributed caching infrastructure includes establishing a communicative connection to a plurality of cache servers arranged in respective tier nodes in an n-Tier cache, collecting performance metrics for each of the cache servers in the respective tier nodes of the n-Tier cache, identifying a characteristic of a specific cache resource in a corresponding one of the tier nodes of the n-Tier crossing a threshold, and dynamically structuring a set of cache resources including the specific cache resource to account for the identified characteristic. | 06-23-2011 |
20130159447 | SYSTEM, GATEWAY, AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SETTING CONFIGURATION BY LEARNING COMMANDS - A system, a gateway, and a method for automatic setting configuration by learning commands are provided. The invention collects communication commands sent in a first network, stores target data accessed by a first device in the first network according to the communication command to an address, and maps the address to an I/O module used to access the target data by a second device. The system and the method can set the configuration of a gateway automatically, and achieve the effect of enhancing the efficiency of gateway configuration setting. | 06-20-2013 |
20110072103 | LOCAL SERVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A local server | 03-24-2011 |
20110072102 | METHOD FOR EXCHANGING DATA - A method for exchanging data between a first and at least one second user of a network, the data being exchanged via frames in which during execution of a request by the first user to the at least one second user for a number of k payload data, a read instruction for an nth payload datum is transmitted in at least one nth frame to the at least one second user, and in which all available bits of an immediately subsequent (n+1)th frame are used for directly transmitting the nth payload datum in a response of the at least one second user to the first user. | 03-24-2011 |
20100115046 | Method and server cluster for map reducing flow services and large documents - The present invention refers to a method for MapReducing the processing of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) document ( | 05-06-2010 |
20110258281 | QUERY PERFORMANCE DATA ON PARALLEL COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING COMPUTE NODES - Embodiments of the invention provide a method for querying performance counter data on a massively parallel computing system, while minimizing the costs associated with interrupting computer processors and limited memory resources. DMA descriptors may be inserted into an injection FIFO of a remote compute node in the massively parallel computing system. Upon executing the DMA operations described by the DMA descriptors, performance counter data may be transferred from the remote compute node to a destination node. | 10-20-2011 |
20120203858 | TRANSACTION CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method for arranging transaction control in a device management system. A required transaction control operation is defined in a managing device for arranging transaction control of a management task for a managed device. At least one device management command is defined for the transaction control operation. The at least one device management command is transmitted to the managed device. A required transaction control operation is specified in the managed device onasis of one or more received device management commands, and transaction control for a management task is carried out on the basis of the defined transaction control operation. | 08-09-2012 |
20090287790 | System and Method for Providing a Virtual Environment with Shared Video on Demand - A system and methodology for creating, compiling, managing and distributing works of multimedia within a virtual space (environment) or virtual meeting space. The system consists of a server and client architecture. Within this architecture, the server or controller plays a "master" role, pulling, storing, and delivering media content from a plurality of client sources. The master server or controller manipulates the storage and delivery of these streams through an intelligent database and programming architecture. These streams are encoded to a specific format and delivered through a server to single or multiple recipients as a vital component of a complete virtual meeting experience. The result is a complete and organized virtual meeting room experience from attendee invitation though follow-up and record meeting dispersal. | 11-19-2009 |
20100287255 | Automation Device and Automation System - An automation device comprising a first functional unit, a second functional unit, a first network connection for connection to a first data network and a bus master unit for connecting a peripheral component. The first functional unit includes a first interface unit that is assigned a first network address, and the second functional unit includes a second interface unit that is assigned a second network address. A partitioning device can be used to logically partition an address space of the peripheral component, and a first address space can be directly assigned, as a partitioned part of the address space, to a superordinate computation unit that can be connected through the first network connection. | 11-11-2010 |
20100306334 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CONSOLE MANAGEMENT INTERFACE - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for integrated console management in networks populated by a diverse set of console types. A set of managed machines, such as personal computers or other clients, servers, hosts, and/or other machines, can be managed by a network management platform. Different machines populating the managed network can be accessed or controlled by different types of network management consoles, or client interfaces for monitoring and controlling different sets of machines. The network management platform or other node can maintain a console management engine which interacts with the various console types connected or assigned to underlying target machines. The console management engine can maintain a console translation table which invokes particular interfaces, data formats, ports, and/or other parameters of specific console packages used for underlying sets of machines. The console management engine can thereby present a unified interface to systems administrators or other users. | 12-02-2010 |
20120278421 | PROVIDING A DATA SAMPLE IN A MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided are a method, an apparatus, an integrated circuit, and a system for providing data samples in a measurement and control system. The method comprises obtaining one or more data samples; time stamping the one or more data samples using respective local sampling times according to a local time clock; storing time stamped data samples; time stamping at least one stored data sample using a master sampling time calculated based upon the respective local sampling time and a time clock offset between the local time clock and a backup master time clock of a master device; and sending to the master device the at least one stored data sample time stamped using the master sampling time. With the method, the apparatus, the integrated circuit, and the system, a "point-to-point" serial direct hardware connection between the master devices and A/D Converters may be eliminated, and thereby reducing construction cost significantly. | 11-01-2012 |
20100180003 | MESSAGE LOSS PREVENTION IN CAN SYSTEMS - A method for message loss prevention in a CAN system. The CAN system includes a plurality of distributed nodes, such as electronic control unit nodes that communicate with each other through a CAN bus. The distributed nodes are categorized into a first type node or a second type node. Further, each distributed node has its own task period which is the time taken by a node to complete a task allocated to it. First, a synchronization frequency is determined. Synchronization frames are sent to the second type node by the first type node at the synchronization frequency. Hereafter, task activation synchronization is performed on the second type node based on information included in the synchronization frames where the task activation synchronization is performed by adjusting the task period of the second type node. | 07-15-2010 |
20110138007 | BUSINESS FLOW DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - This system has plural process servers each having a unit to generate process instances that a series of transaction events are arranged in a time sequence, and a master server that reads out event data from an event data storage unit, and allocates the event data to any one of the plural process servers. Moreover, the master server inquires the holding state of the process instances to the plural process servers, determines a merge destination of the process instance based on replies to the inquiry, and outputs a merge instruction. Then, the process server that is the merge source sends the event data relating to the merge instruction to the merge destination, and the process server of the merge destination receives the event data to merge the received event data to the process instance relating to the merge instruction. | 06-09-2011 |
20090300132 | COMPUTER OPERATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER OPERATION METHOD - One operation unit is connected to plural personal computers via a network. The operation unit operates the personal computers on the basis of the IP address of each of the personal computers. | 12-03-2009 |
20090300131 | Simultaneous remote and local control of computer desktop - A method for computing includes running a desktop sharing program on a local computer so as to permit a remote user to view, on a remote computer, which is connected to communicate with the local computer via a network, an image of an entire area of a display screen of the local computer and to operate the local computer by remote input via the remote computer. A local window is defined within the display screen of the local computer for running an application under control of a local user. Local inputs made via a local input device of the local computer by the local user are intercepted so that the local inputs do not interfere with operation of the local computer by the remote user. The intercepted inputs are directed to the local window so as to permit the local user to interact with the application independently of the operation of the local computer by the remote user. | 12-03-2009 |
20110307572 | WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM - There is introduced a wireless network system which can establish a complicated wireless network without cumbersome tasks. Arranged hierarchically, wireless terminal a is wire-connected to a master apparatus M, and wireless terminals b, c, d, e, f, g, h, and the like are wire-connected to slave apparatuses A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and the like. Wireless terminal a outputs a command outputted from the master apparatus M to wireless terminals c and the like whose ranks are immediately below that of the wireless terminal a. Wireless terminal c transmits the command directly or indirectly to wireless terminals d and the like whose ranks are immediately below that of the wireless terminal c. Wireless terminal d communicates with slave apparatus B through a wire, and returns a response from the slave apparatus B to the master apparatus M via wireless terminal c and wireless terminal a. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307571 | HIERARCHICAL DISPLAY-SERVER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computing system includes a hierarchical set of servers. The hierarchical set includes a master server and one or more slave server. The master server and slave servers communicate with at least one non-intelligent user system over a communications network. The master server has full access to each non-intelligent user system. The master server controls access permissions for each slave server to the non-intelligent user system(s). Each higher level slave server can control access permissions for sub-level slave server(s) to the non-intelligent user system(s). A master or, if permitted access, a slave server, creates a window in a display of the non-intelligent user system, and can provide access to the window to any lower-level slave server to send pixels to fill that window. The pixels can be the graphics output of an application such as a browser or spreadsheet or the pixels can be video (either live or read from a hard drive). In other applications of the servers, the server system can control output on components of the user system, and receive input from components and peripherals of the user system, all via communications over the network. Access to respective non-intelligent user systems is dictated by the master server and each higher level slave server of the hierarchical set of servers. Data representing input of components and peripherals is multiplexed and communicated over the network by the user system, and data representing output of components of the user system is received by the user system over the network and demultiplexed and delivered to the component for output on the user system. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307570 | Network Node and Method for Controlling Resources in a Communication Network - A network node ( | 12-15-2011 |
20120042031 | WIRELESS NETWORK AND METHODOLOGY FOR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus are provided for forming a wireless communications network using a standard communications link between a master controller and at least one slave device. In one example, a list of available slave devices for the network is generated, valid slave devices are determined from the list of available slave devices based on an identification protocol of the standard communications link, and the at least one slave device is selected from the valid slave devices. A network identification is established between the master controller and the at least one slave device, and the network identification is used to establish a network comprising only the master controller and the at least one slave device. | 02-16-2012 |
20120042030 | HIGH AVAILABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR STATELESS COMPONENTS IN A DISTRIBUTED MASTER-SLAVE COMPONENT TOPOLOGY - Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for managing availability of a slave components executing in a distributed system. A master server and a heartbeat protocol may be provided. The heartbeat protocol may define state machines for the master server and/or the slave components. The master server and/or the slave components may act in accordance with the state machines to manage availability of the slave components in the distributed system. | 02-16-2012 |
20100250697 | Portable Device And Method Of Communicating Medical Data Information - A portable medical device for communication of medical data information has a medical device part that includes a first processor and first storage means, and means for executing one or more medical related functions, a communication device part comprising a second processor, second storage means, and communication means. The medical device part and the communication device part are connected allowing for exchange of data information according to a predetermined protocol. The exchange of communication may be under the control of the medical device part, but the functionalities of each device part otherwise is separated providing for easy interchangeability of the communication device part or the medical device part. Also disclosed is a method for communication of medical data information. | 09-30-2010 |
20110093558 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE COLLECTION, FORMATTING, DISSEMINATION, AND DISPLAY OF TRAVEL-RELATED INFORMATION ON A LOW-COST DISPLAY BANK - A low-cost display bank that displays travel-related information in a public travel-related area and includes one or more slave low-cost display units, and a master low-cost display unit that includes a communication interface that receives travel-related information, a display bank control unit that sends identification information to a display bank data management unit through the communication interface, receives a display bank unit profile containing display parameters based on the identification information through the communication interface, receives travel-related information from the display bank data management unit in accordance with the received display parameters through the communication interface, sends the received travel-related information intended to be displayed on the one or more slave low-cost display units to the one or more slave low-cost display units, and displays the received travel-related information on the master low-cost display unit and the one or more slave low-cost display units based on the received display parameters. | 04-21-2011 |
20110093557 | Maintaining required ordering of transaction requests in interconnects using barriers and hazard checks - Interconnect circuitry for a data processing apparatus with a hazard checker for eliminating barrier transaction requests is disclosed. The interconnect circuitry is configured to provide data routes via which at least one initiator device may access at least one recipient device The interconnect circuitry comprises: at least one input for receiving transaction requests from said at least one initiator device; at least one output for outputting transaction requests to the at least one recipient device; at least one path for transmitting the transaction requests between the at least one input and the at least one output; control circuitry for routing the received transaction requests from the at least one input to the at least one output; wherein the control circuitry is configured to maintain an ordering of at least some transaction requests with respect to the barrier transaction request within a stream of transaction requests passing along one of the at least one paths, by not allowing reordering of at least some of the transactions requests that occur before the barrier transaction request in the stream of transaction requests with respect to at least some of the transaction requests that occur after the barrier transaction request in the stream of transaction requests. The interconnect circuitry comprises hazard checking circuitry for checking a stream of transaction requests and comparing a transaction request within the stream of transaction requests against earlier outstanding transaction requests that have not yet completed, to determine if the transaction request may potentially generate a data hazard, and in response to detecting a potential hazard between the transaction request and at least one of the outstanding transaction requests the hazard checking circuitry is configured to stall the transaction request until the at least one outstanding transaction request has completed; and barrier termination circuitry associated with the hazard checking circuitry for detecting a barrier transaction request within the stream of transaction requests and terminating the barrier transaction request. | 04-21-2011 |
20110093556 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DEVICE EXECUTING MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS AND COMPUTER PROGAM - A multi-functional device communicatably connected to a plurality of servers, each server corresponding to one of a plurality of functions, is provided. The multi-functional device includes, a function execution unit that executes one of the plurality of functions, a first transmission unit that transmits a first signal including the obtained user identification information based on location information of the server, and a first reception unit that receives a function execution instruction which is transmitted from the server in response to the first signal, wherein the function execution instruction includes limitation information, which corresponds to the user and which limits execution of the desired function, wherein the function execution unit suspends the execution of the desired function when location information of the server is specified, and wherein when the function execution instruction is received, the function execution unit resumes execution of the desired function according to the limitation information. | 04-21-2011 |
20110093559 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A data communication system performs transmission and reception of data by token passing and updates data by an arithmetic process of data transmitted to and received from a slave station. The data communication system includes a management master station that updates data of slave stations, and a local station that updates data of slave stations. The management master station performs a data update when a token frame destined to the management master station is received, and the local station determines a destination of token frames transmitted from the slave stations, and performs a data update when a destination is the management master station. | 04-21-2011 |
20110093555 | Methods Circuits Devices Systems and Associated Code for Operating a Computing Platform - Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated code for operating one or more computing platforms. According to embodiments, there is provided a device for operating one or more computing platforms. The device may include a first interface circuit, of a first interface circuit type, adapted to connect with a computing platform interface circuit, such that said first interface circuit is operative to transmit basic user input commands to the computing platform and to receive data derived from a display buffer and/or from an audio buffer of the computing platform. The device may include a second interface circuit, of a second interface circuit type, adapted to communicate with a networked control appliance (control appliance) through a network and further adapted to: (1) receive from the control appliance packetized basic user input commands for the computing platform, and (2) transmit to the control appliance packets with data derived from a display buffer and/or from an audio buffer of the computing platform. Processing circuitry of the device may be adapted to coordinate data flow between said first interface circuit and said second interface circuit. | 04-21-2011 |
20090113018 | MOBILITY SERVICE CLUSTERING USING NETWORK SERVICE SEGMENTS - Described in an example embodiment herein is a Mobility Service Engine (MSE) cluster comprising an MSE Cluster Master and at least one MSE Cluster Slave. The MSE Master is configured to define Network Service Segments. The MSE Master of the cluster distributes the Network Service Segments to slaves within the cluster. The network is configured to forward data to the correct Network Service Segment. | 04-30-2009 |
20120209933 | Peer-To-Peer Communications - A peer-to-peer (p2p) communication system is provided. One or both of audio and video can be transferred among a number of user terminals in the p2p system. The user terminals include at least one master terminal. The master terminal is identified, based on a determined topology, using obtained information provided in a data parameters table. Each user terminal includes a control for processing video and/or audio that is sent and/or received by the user terminal. The master terminal control can process the same video and/or audio and generate different video and/or audio data to be provided to different user terminals. Such different video data is a function of the communication paths between the master terminal and the different user terminals. Such different audio data can be a function of virtual relative positions associated with the user terminals. Audio volumes can also be separately controlled by each user terminal. Video and/or audio can be transferred in an aggregate manner, such as when the master terminal sends audio originating from a number of user terminals to another user terminal. This p2p system can be utilized with online game playing. | 08-16-2012 |
20120005299 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING REDUNDANCY BACKUP BETWEEN NAT DEVICES - A method for implementing redundancy backup between Network Address Translation (NAT) devices includes: an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address pool and a prefix64 are pre-configured on at least two NAT devices, where the prefix is used to map an IPv4 address to an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address; the master NAT device advertises in an IPv6 network a route corresponding to the prefix, and advertises in an IPv4 network a route corresponding to the IPv4 address pool; and the slave NAT device processes a packet between a source host and a destination host when the master NAT device fails, where the source host and the destination host are located in different Internet Protocol (IP) networks. With the technical solutions of the present invention, redundancy backup is implemented between multiple NAT devices to improve reliability of networking of NAT devices. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005298 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PERIPHERAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method control a connection between peripheral devices in a control server of a wireless communication system providing an IP-based communication service. The method for controlling the connection between peripheral devices includes registering at least one device in a group list classified by user identification information. The method also includes, if a control node including a user identifier of the group list requests a control of any one device included in the group list, checking an IP address of the device that is requested to be controlled by the control node. The method further includes sending a control command of the control node using the IP address. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005297 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES - A method and system for communicating; comprising: at least one master device comprising at least one master driver with at least one intelligent vending controller application; at least one slave device comprising at least one slave driver; and at least one controller area network (CAN) bus facilitating communication between the at least one master device and the at least one slave device; the master device facilitating communication between at least one host application and the at least one master device and the at least one slave device such that the slave device does not require the at least one intelligent vending controller application in order to communicate with the host application; wherein the at least one master device and the at least one slave device are vendor devices. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005296 | METHOD OF SELECTIVELY PAIRING WIRELESS CONTROLLER TO MULTIPLE DENTAL/MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS - In a dental operatory system a master device coordinates the activity levels of multiple slave devices. The master device coordinates activity via a communication link with all slave devices. A communication protocol incorporates a closed system addresses scheme in which the master device learns all associated addresses of slave devices, and all slave devices learn all associated addresses of the master device. Each communication between master device and any slave device includes both the master device address and the slave device address. The master device scans all slave devices for an activity status and determines which slave device exhibits a threshold level of activity, and whether activity is increasing or decreasing. The master device passes a communication control token to the slave device to be controlled by operation of the master device. | 01-05-2012 |
20120209938 | MASTER DEVICE, MAP TABLE UPDATE METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Control section ( | 08-16-2012 |
20120209936 | COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD UTILIZING A SINGLE COMMUNICATION LINE - The present invention relates to a communication circuit and method utilizing a single communication line. In one embodiment, a communication circuit can include: a host apparatus having a host sub-circuit and a host port; and a slave apparatus having a slave sub-circuit and a slave port, where the host and slave apparatuses are coupled by the host and slave ports via the single communication line, when the slave apparatus is in a normal working condition, the host sub-circuit receives a first controlling signal, and generates an output controlling signal for the slave sub-circuit, which generates a second controlling signal, when the slave apparatus is in an abnormal working condition, the slave sub-circuit receives a first feedback signal, and generates a feedback controlling signal for the host apparatus, and generates a second feedback signal that regulates the first controlling signal such that the slave apparatus recovers to the normal working condition. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209937 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A NODE CLUSTER SYSTEM IN A NETWORK AND NODE CLUSTER SYSTEM - Operating a node cluster system with a plurality of nodes in a network, wherein the cluster system appears to be a single node with only one specific network address to its network environment. Providing a shared socket database for linking network connection port identifications of a common set of network connection port identifications to the individual nodes, assigning a master function to one of the nodes, sending incoming traffic to all nodes of the cluster system wherein each node verifies its responsibility for this traffic individually, exclusive assignment of a network connection port to the responsible node for the duration of a connection of the corresponding application process by means of the corresponding network connection port identification and the link established by the shared socket database and processing of the traffic by the responsible node or otherwise by the node having the master function. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209935 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING ACCESS TO A PLURALITY OF DEVICES - A method and system for selectively providing access to one or more slave computing devices is described. The method includes providing one or more slave computing devices and one or more master computing devices, the master computing device being communicatively coupled to the slave computing device. The method also includes displaying a user interface on the slave computing device that accepts input from a user and receiving a disablement signal at the slave computing device from the master computing device. The method also includes the step of—responsive to receipt of the disablement signal—disabling the user interface of the slave computing device such that the user is not permitted to provide the input. As part of the disablement of the slave computing device, a non-interactive message that does not respond to user attempts to provide input to the slave computing device can be displayed on the slave computing device. | 08-16-2012 |
20120124157 | REMOTELY CONFIGURED MEDIA DEVICE - Improved techniques for controlling operation of a portable electronic device are disclosed. Portable electronic devices which interact with a host electronic device can have their operational settings (e.g., configurations or preferences) remotely controlled. As a result, a host electronic device can offer a more sophisticated user interface and portable electronic devices need less local user interface features because these operational settings can be remotely controlled. The remotely-controlled (i.e., host controlled) operational settings are transferred to the portable electronic devices, whereby the portable electronic devices can thereafter operate in accordance with such settings. | 05-17-2012 |
20120209934 | ACCESS POINT, A SERVER AND A SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF VIRTUAL IEEE 802.11 WIRELESS NETWORKS THROUGH A HETEROGENEOUS INFRASTRUCTURE - There is provided methods, devices and computer program products for distributing a plurality of virtual IEEE 802.11 wireless networks through a heterogeneous infrastructure. A terminal sends a service provider request to an access point. The service provider request is forwarded to a master server which searches for available service providers. Acknowledgement information relating to available service providers capable of operatively connecting the terminal to the data communications network via the access point is sent by the master server to the access point. The access point forwards this information to the terminal. The access point may thus distribute a plurality of virtual IEEE 802.11 wireless networks, their number only constrained by the number of distinct identifiable service providers and the memory of the master server. A data connection may be established in the absence of a direct service agreement between the service provider of the terminal and the operator of the access point. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209932 | Web HTTP-based real-time computer control - The invention disclosed is a computer system for controlling one or more slaves from a browser-like master program. The computer program receives a http-formatted input in an address bar entry field and performs a result task in the destination slave computer(s), wherein the process set produces a global control mechanism that manages and permits all participating computers to work together as one giant. | 08-16-2012 |
20120059898 | 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 ( | 03-08-2012 |
20120072522 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Based on slave information from a master device (a maximum number of connectable slaves Nmax and an address reporting period) and on a device number #n that is set locally, slave devices calculate address information reporting timing and, after a delay, report the local address information (a logical address and a communication address) to the master device with each period. Each time address information is received, the master device stores a combination of the logical address and the communication address, and if, at the time of this storing, a logical address matching the received logical address has already been stored, checks the communication address that is stored in combination with that logical address, and if the received communication address does not match, determines that the received logical address is redundant. | 03-22-2012 |
20110066695 | METHOD FOR OPTIMALLY UTIILIZING A PEER TO PEER NETWORK - In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method for splitting a load of monitoring a peer to peer network. The method has a first node in the peer to peer network receiving information reported by a second node in the peer to peer network, including information concerning which nodes are connected to the second node. The method further has the first node connecting to nodes different from the nodes that are connected to the second node using the received information. The method still further has the first node reporting information, including information concerning which nodes are connected to the first node, such that the second node also has access to the reported information, thereby splitting the load of monitoring the peer to peer network among the first and second nodes. | 03-17-2011 |
20120221666 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method of controlling access to one or more electronic devices is disclosed. The method can include the step of—out of a plurality of electronic devices—identifying a master device and a slave device. The master device can be configured to control access to at least one feature of the slave device, and the master device can be associated with a person who has supervisory authority over another person who uses the slave device. During an active session on the slave device, a pre-disablement warning can be sent to the slave device in which the pre-disablement warning can identify a first time period by which access to the feature of the slave device is to be prevented. A disablement message can be sent to the slave device, thereby preventing access to the feature of the slave device following the expiration of the first time period. | 08-30-2012 |
20120131123 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLOW IN A STACK SYSTEM AND CHASSIS SWITCH IN A STACK SYSTEM - A method for controlling flow and a chassis switch in a stack system are provided. The stack system includes multiple chassis, each of the multiple chassis includes a main control board and an interface board, traffic flow and control flow in each of the multiple chassis are independent of each other when each of the multiple chassis operates normally. In the method, when a main control board in a chassis in the stack system is unavailable, control flow to be transferred to a destination interface board is switched to a traffic flow channel corresponding to the destination interface board from a control flow channel, and the control flow is transmitted to the destination interface board through the traffic flow channel. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131122 | DATA TRASMISSION DEVICE FOR REMOTE MONITORING AND REMOTE CONTROLLING IN A DISTRIBUTED PROCESS SYSTEM - A data transmission device remotely monitors and controls a distributed process system, which exchanges data with a superordinate communication unit via an interface and a communication connection in accordance with the IEC 61850 standard, and which is connected to a subordinate process via a further interface and a station bus. The data transmission device includes functional units integrated therein which are implemented as interfaces for connecting the process to at least one superordinate communication unit in accordance with the IEC 61850 standard. | 05-24-2012 |
20120317223 | DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING - In a distributed computing system pertaining to the present invention, servers | 12-13-2012 |
20120166570 | OPERATION AND CONTROL METHODS FOR HOST APPARATUS - An operation method for a first host apparatus is provided by the present invention. First, the operation method captures an event of the first host apparatus, so as to generate an event information. Then, the event information is transmitted to a second host apparatus, so as to control the second host apparatus. | 06-28-2012 |
20120215876 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes a master node and a plurality of cluster nodes managed by the master node, and stores a node list having set a transfer sequence of the request information sent from the master node to the cluster nodes. The cluster nodes accept the request information to transfer the same to the next transfer destinations according to the node list or to the master node if the next transfer destinations do not exist. The master node sends the request information to one of the cluster nodes according to the node list, and divides the plurality of cluster nodes into a cluster node group positioned under the management of the master node and another cluster node group positioned under the management of a predetermined cluster node according to the time interval after sending the request information until receiving the request information from other cluster nodes. | 08-23-2012 |
20120136957 | PORTABLE CLIENT AND SERVER PLATFORM - A portable client and server platform system is disclosed. The present system provides the abstraction of host applications in a master host platform from clients and hosts. The abstraction allows for unique scalability and cross-platform designs for large enterprise applications. The present system allows the download of a single client application onto a client to provide expansive user functionality. The functionality of the single client application is common yet specific to requirements of the operating systems, firmware, drivers, and hardware of the clients. This architectural approach abstracts the client platforms from the host applications of the master host platform. The present system has server-side application logic and switching capabilities in the master host platform; thus, the host applications are capable of remotely controlling various client platform resources for presentation of software applications onto remote clients. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136956 | ADAPTIVE PRECISION TIMING CONTROL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods, devices, and computer program products facilitate establishing timing synchronization between two network entities. The timing information is exchanged between a slave device and a master device at the discretion of the slave device. The exchange of timing information can, therefore, be conducted adaptively based on the needs of the salve device. The timing information is also exchanged using fewer messages, thereby reducing network traffic, reducing overhead and facilitating synchronization acquisition. | 05-31-2012 |
20110185030 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COLLECTING SNMP BANDWIDTH DATA - A method, system, and storage medium for collecting bandwidth data is provided. The method includes producing master and slave text files in response to simultaneous collection of data samples from a network device by servers. The method also includes generating a clean data file by sorting data in the master and slave text files by the network device port, sorting data samples for the port by collection time, and for each of the samples: adding a designated interval of time to a time on the network device resulting in a target network device time whereby the time on the network device corresponds to a time the data sample was collected, examining data samples in the master and slave text files corresponding to the time the respective data samples were collected, selecting from one of the master and slave text files the sample with a collection time most closely matching the target network device time, and storing the selected sample in the clean data file. | 07-28-2011 |
20120215877 | DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL MANAGEMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED CACHING INFRASTRUCTURE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the dynamic structural management of an n-Tier distributed caching infrastructure. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of dynamic structural management of an n-Tier distributed caching infrastructure includes establishing a communicative connection to a plurality of cache servers arranged in respective tier nodes in an n-Tier cache, collecting performance metrics for each of the cache servers in the respective tier nodes of the n-Tier cache, identifying a characteristic of a specific cache resource in a corresponding one of the tier nodes of the n-Tier crossing a threshold, and dynamically structuring a set of cache resources including the specific cache resource to account for the identified characteristic. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215875 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK NODES, METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMPUTER NETWORK AND COMPUTER NETWORK - The invention relates to a control device for controlling a plurality of network nodes of a computer network, comprising a master computing means for controlling the network nodes in accordance with a program, which master computing means assigns at least one program to each network node, comprising a control logic which is configured to group the network nodes in accordance with the programs assigned to these network nodes in each case and to transmit the same program in parallel to those network nodes of the same group which have been assigned this same program by the master computing means. The invention further relates to a method for operating a computer network and to a computer network. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF MASTER/SLAVE DEVICES ON A NETWORK - A people counting system and method for the automatic reconfiguration of a failed people counting sensor device in a people counting system. The system includes a plurality of addressable people counting sensor devices defining a cluster having a master device in communication with at least one slave device, each of the master device and the slave devices having a corresponding Media Access Control ("MAC") address. The master device is adapted to sequentially transmit power-on commands to each of the slave devices, assign a different node address to each of the slave devices, receive an association of the MAC address of the master device to the node address and MAC address of each of the slave devices to form a cluster configuration, store the cluster configuration as a cluster configuration table, and replicate the cluster configuration table to the slave devices. A dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server assigns an IP public address to the master device. | 08-23-2012 |
20100049820 | Simplex communications parameters of remote sessions system and method for controlling remote communications - A first and second environment define parameters communicated between a first computer remotely controlling a second computer (a first remote session) and between the second computer remotely controlling the first computer (a second remote session), with each parameter defining an action associated with the first or second remote session. A first application, via a unidirectional communication with the first environment, modifies a first parameter, wherein the first parameter is extracted by a first interceptor (associated with the second computer) that, based on a look-up, executes a pre-defined action (different than the first parameter's associated action) affecting the first remote session. A second application, via a unidirectional communication with the second environment, modifies a second parameter, wherein the second parameter is extracted by a second interceptor (associated with the first computer) that, based on a look-up, executes a pre-defined action (different than the second parameter's associated action) affecting the second remote session. | 02-25-2010 |
20100274867 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication apparatus that uses a base station function and a slave function includes a switching means that switches from operating as the slave station to operating as the base station, and a setting means that sets a character string constituting an identifier of a network to be newly created when operating as the base station, if switching to operating as the base station, and the setting means sets the character string constituting the identifier of the new network, so as to include a character string constituting an identifier of a network participated in when operating as the slave station, in order to improve the usability of network connection. | 10-28-2010 |
20120254338 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL TECHNIQUE FOR RPL TOPOLOGY - In one embodiment, a distributed control technique may enable management of a monolithic routing topology of nodes in a computer network by apportioning the monolithic routing topology into a plurality of regional routing topology domains, each represented by a directed acyclic graph (DAG). The regional topology domains may include a super topology domain that is established as a super-DAG of intermediate nodes interconnected with leaf nodes and rooted by a master node of the computer network. The regional topology domains may further include at least one local topology domain that is established as a local-DAG of intermediate nodes interconnected with leaf nodes and rooted by a local root node of the computer network. Notably, a super node of the computer network may be configured to participate in both the super topology domain as an intermediate node of the super-DAG and the local topology domain as the local root node of the local-DAG. | 10-04-2012 |
20120084379 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING AND SYNCHRONIZING DATA BLOCK IN DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for checking and synchronizing data blocks in a distributed file system are provided. The distributed file system includes a metadata server, data block servers and a storage medium; the metadata server specifies one of the data block servers in the same group as a master data block server, while takes the others as slave data block servers. The method includes: the metadata server initiating a data block checking request to the master data block server; the master data block server checking all the data block information managed by the slave data block servers in the group, synchronizing according to the checking result, and then reporting the checking and synchronization results to the metadata server; the metadata server updates the metadata information according to the reported checking and synchronization results. Therefore, the metadata server only takes very little time to fulfill the checking and synchronizing the database. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084378 | Communication system, master node, and slave node - A slave node communicably coupled to a master node via a bus determines determine whether an active communication mode or a passive communication mode is started based on a header transmitted from the master node. The slave node transmits the header and an ID subsequent to the header when it is determined that the active communication mode is started based on the received header. The ID requests active transmission of a response required to be transmitted in the active communication mode upon the slave node having the response. The slave node monitors arbitration on a bus, and transmits the response subsequent to the ID when the slave node wins the arbitration on the bus between the ID transmitted from the slave node and another information transmitted from another slave node communicably coupled to the master node via the bus based on a result of the monitor. | 04-05-2012 |
20120221667 | SHARED USE OF TIME SLOTS - The invention relates to a network comprising at least one first client and at least two second clients connected to the first client by a message transmission device, wherein the network is configured such that there is communication between the first client and the second clients in a communication time slot and data can be transmitted between the first client and the second clients in the communication time slot, said communication time slot having at least one first message time slot and one second message time slot, wherein the first message time slot can be used by a selected second client to transmit a message to the first client and the second message time slot can be used by a plurality of second clients to transmit a message to the first client. | 08-30-2012 |
20110047239 | Host device and slave device controlling method - A host device is provided, which includes a network communication unit connected to network; a local communication unit locally connected to a slave device; a virtualization unit to virtualize the slave device as a network device within the network; and a controlling unit to control the virtualized slave device as the network device. Therefore, a developer may implement an application in consideration of a single type of network without considering various physical input and output ports. | 02-24-2011 |
20120239773 | Modular Intelligent Power System - A system for monitoring or controlling conditions or apparatuses in a home, business or other suitable place is provided. The system includes a first master module that is operative to communicate with a device over an Internet network. The system further includes a server that is operatively connected to the device and the first master module. The server is operative to allow communication between the first master module and the device. The system also includes a first slave module operatively connected to the first master module. The first master module is operative to direct data between the first slave module and the server. The first slave module is operative to establish communication with the first master module through a plug and play connection. The device is operative to allow at least one of controlling and monitoring the first slave module through the server and the first master module. | 09-20-2012 |
20120265835 | QUERY PERFORMANCE DATA ON PARALLEL COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING COMPUTE NODES - Embodiments of the invention provide a method for querying performance counter data on a massively parallel computing system, while minimizing the costs associated with interrupting computer processors and limited memory resources. DMA descriptors may be inserted into an injection FIFO of a remote compute node in the massively parallel computing system. Upon executing the DMA operations described by the DMA descriptors, performance counter data may be transferred from the remote compute node to a destination node. | 10-18-2012 |
20110047240 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A computer system and a control method thereof permits utilization of a first or local computer system to access an external computer system more conveniently and can utilize various screens of the computer system more efficiently to access the external computer system. The computer system includes: at least one device unit; a communication unit which communicates with an external computer system; an input unit which receives a user input; and a control unit which controls the device unit to perform an operation based on a first user input which is input through the input unit, and transmits a second user input, which is input through the input unit, to the external computer system through the communication unit to allow the external computer system to be operated based on the second user input. | 02-24-2011 |
20120271901 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING DEVICES - A system and method for connecting devices includes receiving from a first device a request to follow a second device, and setting a following relationship between the first device and the second device in response to the request. | 10-25-2012 |
20110238773 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - In a data communication system that performs data communication between a master station and slave stations in a token passing system employing an Ethernet (registered trademark), when a communication processing unit of a master station subjects processing for circulating a token frame between the master station and slave stations and receiving data from the slave stations to retry processing, the communication processing unit subjects the processing to the retry processing without transferring data received from the slave stations to a data processing unit that performs transmission and reception of data between the data processing unit and an arithmetic processing device. | 09-29-2011 |
20110276649 | Method for Efficient Partition and Replication of Social-Based Applications - Method, system and computer program to provide transparent scalability to Online Social Networks and better performance of its back-end databases, by an efficient partitioning of the underlying community structure and replicating of user profiles, ensuring that every user has a master or slave replica of all his neighbours on the same partition where he is located. | 11-10-2011 |
20120331082 | Systems and Methods for Communications Devices Having Multiple Interfaces - According to various embodiments, a communication switch may create and/or manage a variety of configurable network relationships between intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) connected via disparate network interfaces using a variety of communication protocols. Accordingly, a communication switch may provide media translation between various types of physical network ports and communication protocol conversion between various communication protocols. For example, a communication switch may be used to create a networked group of IEDs in which some IEDs are connected via Ethernet ports and other IEDs are connected via D-subminiature ports and/or optical ports. The communication switch may create and/or manage network relationships such as publisher/subscriber, master/slave, multidrop configurations, star configurations, and/or other complex network relationships between two or more IEDs or groups of IEDs. | 12-27-2012 |
20120102133 | Device And Method For Enabling Hierarchical Quality Of Service Services - The invention discloses a device for enabling hierarchical quality of service (HQOS) services, the device including: an information receiving module for receiving service types and service processing information; an information distribution module for determining an object service tree according to the received service types and service processing information, and storing the received service types on the node to be processed of the object service tree; and a service management module for traversing the object service tree and performing corresponding operations on the identified nodes in the traversing process. The invention also discloses a method for enabling the HQOS services, the method including: the service management module traversing the object service tree, and performing the corresponding operations on the identified nodes in the traversing process. | 04-26-2012 |
20120102132 | LOAD BALANCING AND ADMISSION SCHEDULING IN PULL-BASED PARALLEL VIDEO SERVERS - A pull-based parallel video server system and method of implementation useful in an on-demand video system includes a plurality of slave admission schedulers operating in parallel with a master admission scheduler to back up the master admission scheduler that controls access to an array of pull-based video servers according to a protocol that accounts for jitter and loss of packets, as well as network delays. A transport protocol is provided that improves video data throughput under such conditions. To determine the architecture and functional requirements of the redundant admission schedulers, an analytical tool in the form of a performance model has been developed that incorporates network delays, delay jitters and packet losses on the communication links between the clients, schedulers and servers. | 04-26-2012 |
20130013723 | HIGH AVAILABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR STATELESS COMPONENTS IN A DISTRIBUTED MASTER-SLAVE COMPONENT TOPOLOGY - Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for managing availability of a slave components executing in a distributed system. A master server and a heartbeat protocol may be provided. The heartbeat protocol may define state machines for the master server and/or the slave components. The master server and/or the slave components may act in accordance with the state machines to manage availability of the slave components in the distributed system. | 01-10-2013 |
20130018975 | LOW FREQUENCY METHOD OF PAIRING A MASTER DEVICE TO MULTIPLE SLAVE DEVICESAANM Higgins; Robert J.AACI PlantationAAST FLAACO USAAGP Higgins; Robert J. Plantation FL US - Method and apparatuses for pairing more than one slave device with a master device through an exchange of low frequency messages between the slave devices and the master device are disclosed. A first secure data connection is established between a first slave device and the master device typically upon successfully completing a low frequency exchange of pairing credentials associated with establishment of the first secure data connection. The first slave device maintains an active, low frequency transceiver for receiving low frequency transaction requests from other slave devices. Upon receipt of a low frequency transaction request from a second slave device, the first slave device forwards low frequency transmissions between the second slave device and the master device to facilitate in exchanging pairing credentials associated with establishment of a second secure data connection. | 01-17-2013 |
20080222266 | 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 sockets to the kernel, where the list indicates that the sockets will all provide access to server systems providing the same service. In response, the kernel sets up the sockets, bound to the same port, and set to reference one another. Then, when a connection request is received for a first socket in the list with a queue that is full, the kernel redirects the connection request to a second socket in the list with available queue space. Thus, rather than drop the connection request from the first socket when it lacks available queue space, the connection request is redirected to another socket providing access to the same service. | 09-11-2008 |
20130097274 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A SLAVE DEVICE THROUGH A MASTER DEVICE - The invention provides a method and system for managing a slave device through a master device. The method includes downloading a control application corresponding to the slave device at the master device, wherein downloading the control application comprises retrieving a source for downloading the control application from a machine-readable code associated with the slave device. The method further includes establishing a relationship between the master device and the slave device using the control application based on a Unique Identifier (UID) associated with the slave device, wherein the UID associated with the slave device is retrieved from the machine-readable code. In addition, the method includes controlling the slave device using the control application on the master device, wherein the control application is invoked using the machine-readable code. | 04-18-2013 |
20130103776 | NETWORK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - System and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a network protocol handler circuitry configured to communicate by using a network protocol, and a signal interface and timing circuitry communicatively coupled to the network protocol handler circuitry. The system further includes a diagnostic circuitry configured to provide network condition information, and a communications interface communicatively coupled to the signal interface and timing circuitry. The communications interface includes a first line receiver circuitry communicatively coupled to a network connector and configured to receive a first voltage and a first current associated with the network protocol. The communications interface further includes a push-pull driver circuitry configured to produce a second voltage and a second current transmitted through the network connector. The diagnostic circuitry is configured to use at least one of the first voltage, the first current, or a network state information to provide the network condition information. | 04-25-2013 |
20130124664 | COORDINATING MEDIA PRESENTATIONS AMONG PEER DEVICES - A group of "servant" devices each downloads a media presentation and renders the presentation to a local user. However, a "master" device directs the servants as to which chunks to download and when to render the presentation. In this way, the master keeps the presentations on the separate servants in synchrony. The master uses status information from the servants to coordinate the downloads. If, for example, one servant is having a difficult time keeping up with the presentation, then the master may choose to direct that servant to download a reduced-resolution version of the presentation (which requires less bandwidth to download). If the user of one of the servant devices enters a playback command, then that command is not executed locally but is instead sent to the master device which in turn sends the command to all of the servants so that they may execute the playback command in synchrony. | 05-16-2013 |
20130132500 | SELECTION OF A MASTER IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A system, apparatus and method for selecting master devices in a peer-to-peer communication environment. Devices select a master to facilitate their synchronization, and rendezvous according to a schedule of availability windows broadcast by the master as part of periodic synchronization frames. Devices capable of serving as master advertise their selection metrics, which are converted into a master preference value by a selection algorithm applied uniformly by all devices in the environment. Individual devices may identify the best local master and synchronize to it, yielding a cluster of synchronized peers. Clusters may then be synchronized to masters at further range. Individual devices conserve power by being automatically synchronized instead of having to individually discover other devices and services, and can power off their radios without sacrificing discoverability. Synchronization and peer-to-peer communication as provided herein coexists with other device demands, such as Bluetooth® operations, infrastructure-based communications and so on. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132499 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTO-CONFIGUARTION, AND NETWORK NODE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, system and network node for auto-configuration, and a network node. A network node in a BVLAN receives IS-IS protocol packets sent by other network nodes in the BVLAN; determines its own priority in the BVLAN; transmits uniform configuration information in the BVLAN according to its own priority, where the uniform configuration information is information that needs to be configured on each network node in the BVLAN. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, auto-configuration may be performed on the network node, thereby improving a speed and accuracy of configuration. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132498 | Content Distribution Through Blind-Cache Instantiation - A slave resource router may receive a client request. The slave resource router may be the nearest representation of an Anycast IP address in a network to a client sending the client request in the network. The slave resource router may then determine that the slave resource router has been authorized to cache content for a delivery service corresponding to the client request. Next, the slave resource router may determine that content corresponding to the client request is cached locally in a blind cache. Then the slave resource router may provide the client with the content from the blind cache. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132502 | SELECTION OF SYNCHRONIZATION STATIONS IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A system, apparatus and method for selecting one or more synchronization stations, or masters, in a peer-to-peer communication environment. Synchronization (or sync) stations broadcast periodic synchronization frames to advertise future availability windows, during which devices rendezvous for discovery and communication. Devices that can act as sync stations advertise preference values, which indicate their preference or suitability for the role. All devices execute the same algorithm to sort the preference values and identify a root sync station and any number of branch sync stations; leaf devices synchronize with the root or a branch sync station. This passive synchronization scheme allows individual devices to conserve power, because they need not actively discover other devices and services, and can power off their radios for periods of time without sacrificing discoverability. Synchronization and peer-to-peer communication as provided herein coexist with other device demands, such as Bluetooth® operations and infrastructure-based communications. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132501 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF DEVICES IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A system, apparatus and method for synchronizing devices in a peer-to-peer communication environment. Devices select a master to facilitate their synchronization, and rendezvous according to a schedule of availability windows broadcast by the master. Devices may attend some or all of the availability windows, during which they may send and receive unicast and/or multicast messages. Individual devices conserve power by being automatically synchronized instead of having to individually discover other devices and services, and can power off their radios without sacrificing discoverability. Synchronization and peer-to-peer communication as provided herein coexists with other device demands, such as Bluetooth® operations, infrastructure-based communications and so on. | 05-23-2013 |
20080201443 | COMPUTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A computer to include a plurality of memories which respectively stores unique identifiers (IDs); a communication unit which communicates to another computer based on the unique IDs stored in the plurality of memories; and a controller to examine the unique IDs stored in the plurality of memories, select one of the unique IDs when the unique IDs stored in the plurality of memories are different from each other, and store the selected unique ID in the plurality of memories. The computer and method provide for a more stable unique ID as a unique ID stored in a memory not managed by an operating system of the computer is preferentially selected. | 08-21-2008 |
20110238774 | DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD, DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM, MASTER DEVICE, AND SLAVE DEVICE - In a data transmitting and receiving method of a demand assignment type, a master device schedules an occupancy band of a fixed size for requesting a band to the master device by slave devices, with respect to a specific number of slave devices for each cycle, and the slave device waits for assignment of the occupancy band of the fixed size based on the schedule and performs message transmission of requesting a band for data transmission to the master device, thereby suppressing an influence of pressure on the data transmission band and preventing line utilization efficiency from decreasing while avoiding signal collision on a Random Channel. | 09-29-2011 |
20130097273 | ETHERCAT-BASED NETWORK SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An EtherCAT-based network system configured to change a PDO list set, and an operation method thereof are provided, the system including at least one or more slave devices, a master device configured to connect and operate the slave device in response to an operating transmission PDO list or an operating reception PDO list provided from outside, and a host computer configured to extract the operating transmission PDO list or the operating reception PDO list from information file of the slave device and provide to the master device, wherein the information file includes at least one of identity information of the slave device, PDO list item changeable information, at least one or more transmission PDO list, and at least one or more reception PDO list. | 04-18-2013 |
20100293243 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DIRECTIONALLY DIFFERENTIATED (ONE-WAY) NETWORK LATENCY - Determining directionally differentiated latency in a network by use of master and slave test instruments to record latency measurements in their native time bases, and retrieving test instrument latency frame transmit/receive timestamps from the master and slave and converting them to the time base of one of the master or slave by use of the offset calculation, utilizing 3 bounce timestamp exchange, providing one-way latency measurement with resolution of less than 100 μs, using internal clocks in the test instruments, without requirement of expensive external time base technology. | 11-18-2010 |
20120284354 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY CREATING AND SERVICING MASTER-SLAVE PAIRS WITHIN AND ACROSS SWITCH FABRICS OF A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system for dynamically creating and servicing master-slave pairs within and across switch fabrics of a portable computing device ("PCD") are described. The system and method includes receiving a client request comprising a master-slave pair and conducting a search for a slave corresponding to the master-slave pair. A route for communications within and across switch fabrics is created and that corresponds to the master-slave pair. One or more handles or arrays may be stored in a memory device that correspond to the created route. Next, bandwidth across the route may be set. After the bandwidth across the newly created route is set, the client request originating the master-slave pair may be serviced using the created route. Conducting the search for the slave may include comparing unique identifiers assigned to each slave in a master-slave hierarchy. The search within and across switch fabrics may also include reviewing a fabric route check table for slaves that can be interrogated within a switch fabric. | 11-08-2012 |
20130185374 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - A time synchronization system includes: a master including: a main processor to which a first IP address is assigned; and a time synchronization processor to which a second IP address is assigned; a plurality of slaves configured to send a first packet whose destination is the first IP address and a second packet whose destination is the second IP address to the master; and a relay configured to send the first packet to the main processor and to send the second packet to the time synchronization processor. The main processor receives the first packet from the relay and performs a certain process on the first packet. The time synchronization processor receives the second packet from the relay and performs a time synchronization process between the master and said one of the slaves based on the second packet. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185373 | GROUP FORMATION WITHIN A SYNCHRONIZED HIERARCHY OF PEER-TO-PEER DEVICES - A system, apparatus and method for organizing devices in a peer-to-peer communication environment. A number of devices synchronize among themselves and select masters (or synchronization stations) to organize the devices into a hierarchy. Master devices have associated preference values reflecting their preference or suitability to be a master device, and broadcast synchronization frames to keep devices synchronized. When multiple devices in one or more hierarchies execute a common application or service, they form a private group to exchange or share data (e.g., play a game, transfer a file). All devices in the hierarchy maintain and advertise a public or default identifier of the hierarchy, and all devices in the private group maintain and advertise a private identifier specific to the group. Members of the group synchronize under a top group master (or root sync station), which synchronizes with a master that is part of the hierarchy. | 07-18-2013 |
20130191486 | TIME CONTROL APPARATUS, TIME CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A time control apparatus provided in a slave machine and synchronizing time information with time information of a master machine connected over a network includes: calculation units respectively calculating time difference candidates of the slave machine with respect to the master machine and network delays indicative of an average of times necessary for communication of first and second messages over the network based on transmission and reception times of the first messages which are transmitted from the master machine and received using the slave machine and transmission and reception times of the second messages which are transmitted from the slave machine and received using the master machine; a selection unit selecting one of the calculated time difference candidates as a time difference based on the calculated network delays; and an adjustment unit adjusting the time information of the slave machine based on the selected time difference. | 07-25-2013 |
20120030304 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HUMAN BODY COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided are a device and a method for recognizing a multiplex contact pattern in a human body communication network system, which may analyze a multiplex contact pattern of devices connected via a human body communication, may determine one of meaningful contact patterns as a group pattern, and may provide a communication service between devices in the group pattern or execute a related application. | 02-02-2012 |
20130212204 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND LIMITING WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS BASED UPON LOCATION PARAMETERS - A method of limiting access to a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes broadcasting boundary coordinates associated with the wireless network. The broadcast coordinates are detected by a remote wireless device seeking access to the network. The remote wireless device determines whether it is within the broadcast boundary coordinates of the network. | 08-15-2013 |