Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090190499 | System for Extracting and Combining Information from IP Device Configurations, Inventory Systems, and Real-Time Network Monitoring - The inventive system and method for improving network security, availability, and regulatory compliance, and maximizing a network comprises a network configuration component, a network inventory component, a network monitoring component, and a network assessment component, wherein information is extracted from each of the configuration, inventory, and monitoring components, the extracted information is combined and assessed in the assessment component, and the maximized network is produced using the combined information. In one embodiment, the combined information is stored in a database. In one embodiment, an XML is produced from the extracted inventory information, and this XML is converted to a canonical form. | 07-30-2009 |
20100036953 | Systems and Methods for QoS Provisioning and Assurance for Point-to-Point SIP Sessions in DiffServ-enabled MPLS Networks - Systems and methods for efficiently provisioning and assuring Quality of Service (QoS) between user networks communicating over a DiffServ-enabled network, with QoS management transparency to SIP user agents. The system comprises user networks communicating via a core network, each user network having a source and destination SIP user agent respectively, a SIP proxy server between the source SIP user agent and destination SIP user agent, a Bandwidth Manager to provision a pipe between the source user network and the destination user network, wherein the pipe has a specified bandwidth, and a QoS Agent for accepting and/or rejecting a SIP session based on availability of bandwidth in the pipe; wherein the SIP proxy server is configured to forward an incoming SIP request to the QoS Agent. The method comprises provisioning a pipe between the SIP user agents or their respective user networks, and allowing/rejecting incoming SIP sessions based on the available bandwidth in the pipe. | 02-11-2010 |
20100042605 | VERSIONING RELATIONAL DATABASE DISJOINT RECORDS - An inventive system and method for versioning relational database disjoint records comprises a relational database, configuration files translated into query files, and a version control system, wherein each query file is stored and checked into the version control system, updating a version number of the query file. Each query file comprises a set of query statements. Query files are retrieved from the version control system based on the version number or an independent data item, and put into the database for analysis. In one embodiment, one of the configuration files comprises a configuration of a device, such as a router, a switch, a firewall, or a medical record. The method comprises acquiring configuration files, changing the configuration files into query files and storing the query files, and checking each query file into a version control system, wherein the checking in updates a version number of the query file. | 02-18-2010 |
20110019672 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING INFORMATION CATEGORIES TO MULTICAST GROUPS - A system and method for determining an efficient assignment of information categories to multicast addresses is described. In one embodiment, the assignment takes into account the overlapping info cation needs of the subscriber nodes and the network bandwidth that will be consumed in the dissemination of each information category based on its size and the frequency of dissemination. In another embodiment, the assignment takes into consideration the additional constraint of a quality of service network having different prioritizations associated with the information categories. | 01-27-2011 |
20110158095 | NON-BLOCKING ADMISSION CONTROL - A method for controlling network access comprises receiving a request to allow a communication flow over a network and temporarily allowing the communication flow over the network before a response to the request is transmitted. Further, the availability of one or more network resources may be determined and compared with resources required for the requested communication flow. Priority of the communication flow may also be determined, and the temporarily allowed communication flow may be responded to based on the available resources, the requested resources, and the priority. | 06-30-2011 |
20120201132 | DYNAMIC TRAFFIC REARRANGEMENT AND RESTORATION FOR MPLS NETWORKS WITH DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES CAPABILITIES - At least one substitute path is provided in place of a plurality of existing paths of a network to reallocate traffic carried by the plurality of existing paths. The total bandwidth needed to carry the traffic of the plurality of existing paths is determined. A proposed route is generated from the available links in the network. A portion of the bandwidth of a proposed route may be allocated to the needed bandwidth when the bandwidth of a proposed route is greater than or equal to the needed bandwidth. When the bandwidth of the proposed route is less than the needed bandwidth, at least one further route is generated, and the needed bandwidth is divided among the proposed route and the at least one further route such that a minimum number of further routes are generated. | 08-09-2012 |
20130010791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING INFORMATION CATEGORIES TO MULTICAST GROUPS - A system and method for determining an efficient assignment of information categories to multicast addresses is described. In one embodiment, the assignment takes into account the overlapping information needs of the subscriber nodes and the network bandwidth that will be consumed in the dissemination of each information category based on its size and the frequency of dissemination. In another embodiment, the assignment takes into consideration the additional constraint of a quality of service network having different prioritizations associated with the information categories. | 01-10-2013 |
20140016652 | DYNAMIC TRAFFIC REARRANGEMENT AND RESTORATION FOR MPLS NETWORKS WITH DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES CAPABILITIES - At least one substitute path is provided in place of a plurality of existing paths of a network to reallocate traffic carried by the plurality of existing paths. The total bandwidth needed to carry the traffic of the plurality of existing paths is determined. A proposed route is generated from the available links in the network. A portion of the bandwidth of a proposed route may be allocated to the needed bandwidth when the bandwidth of a proposed route is greater than or equal to the needed bandwidth. When the bandwidth of the proposed route is less than the needed bandwidth, at least one further route is generated, and the needed bandwidth is divided among the proposed route and the at least one further route such that a minimum number of further routes are generated. | 01-16-2014 |