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A technique for routing data for improved deduplication in a storage server cluster includes computing, for each node in the cluster, a value collectively representative of the data stored on the node, such as a “geometric center” of the node. New or modified data is routed to the node which has stored data identical or most similar to the new or modified data, as determined based on those values. Each node stores a plurality of chunks of data, where each chunk includes multiple deduplication segments. A content hash is computed for each deduplication segment in each node, and a similarity hash is computed for each chunk from the content hashes of all segments in the chunk. A geometric center of a node is computed from the similarity hashes of the chunks stored in the node.

Methods and systems for stacking multiple chips with high speed serialiser / deserialiser blocks are presented. These methods make use of Through Silicon Via (TSV) to connect the dice to each other, and to the external pads. The methods enable efficient multilayer stacking that simplifies design and manufacturing, and at the same time, ensure high speed operation of serialiser / deserialiser blocks, using the TSVs.

A method, system, and medium are provided for more specifically routing a communications request in an environment where an intermediary facilitates the request. The method includes retrieving a set of preferences associated with an initiator of the request, retrieving profile data related to multiple facilitators who may respond to the communications request, and selecting a specific facilitator based on the set of preferences and profile data. The system includes a preferences database for storing information related to calling preferences of a caller; a profiles database for storing a set of attributes associated with a plurality of agents who facilitate calls between parties; and a set of embodied computer-useable instructions for referencing the preferences database and the profiles database incident to receiving the communications request to designate an order to one or more of agents to satisfy the communications request.

Multicast capability in a virtual private LAN service (VPLS) is provided in a provider IP / MPLS infrastructure without headend replications by encapsulating a customer data packet to use an established multicast protocol, such as IP multicast. In one example, the customer data packet is encapsulated by an IP header having an IP multicast group address and an Ethernet header. In one implementation, a DNS type mechanism is provided to distribute the IP multicast addresses for VPLS use. Such IP multicast group address can be set aside from an administratively scoped address range. An efficient IP routing algorithm running on the provider's network provides an efficient distribution tree for routing IP-encapsulated customer packet for the VPLS.

Methods and systems for stacking multiple chips with high speed serialiser / deserialiser blocks are presented. These methods make use of Through Silicon Via (TSV) to connect the dice to each other, and to the external pads. The methods enable efficient multilayer stacking that simplifies design and manufacturing, and at the same time, ensure high speed operation of serialiser / deserialiser blocks, using the TSVs.

A technique efficiently routes Internet Protocol (IP) traffic on paths between customer edge devices (CEs) across a provider network (“CE-CE paths”) in a computer network. According to the novel technique, a path computation element (PCE), e.g., a provider edge device (PE), may learn dynamic link attribute information of remote links from the provider network to one or more remote CEs (e.g., “PE-CE links” or “CE-PE links”). A multi-homed requesting CE requests from the PCE a set of CE-CE path metrics (e.g., costs) to one or more remote destination address prefixes, e.g., via each multihomed CE-PE link from the requesting CE. In response to the request, the PCE computes the set of available CE-CE paths and current metrics to the remote destination address prefixes and returns the corresponding CE-CE path metrics to the requesting CE. The requesting CE modifies its IP forwarding entries accordingly in order to perform IP traffic routing corresponding to the CE-CE path metrics (e.g., asymmetrical load balancing) across its multi-homed CE-PE links.

New switching technology relies upon state information for providing a previously unavailable degree of quality of service. In particular, by providing the ability to give service guarantees to uniquely identifiable sets of packets ("micro-flows"), different qualities of service can be offered for each transmission. The QoS associated with each micro-flow is characterized by a set of descriptors. These descriptors are communicated to each switch by the first packet of the micro-flow associated with the descriptors.

New switching technology relies upon state information for providing a previously unavailable degree of quality of service. In particular, by providing the ability to give service guarantees to uniquely identifiable sets of packets ("micro-flows"), different qualities of service can be offered for each transmission. The QoS associated with each micro-flow is characterized by a set of descriptors. These descriptors are communicated to each switch by the first packet of the micro-flow associated with the descriptors.

Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by performing load balancing of content requests using information regarding the cost of dynamically creating the requested document content. Cost metrics are gathered by a server which generates requested content, and may reflect processing at one or more other servers. This cost information is provided to a load balancing host. Several alternative approaches for providing the cost metrics may be used, including defining new headers for response messages, specifying cookie values, and so forth. The load balancing host may choose to route a subsequent request for that content to the server which most recently generated the content, or to another available server, depending on the cost of re-generating the content and the current load on those servers.

New switching technology relies upon state information for providing a previously unavailable degree of quality of service. In particular, by providing the ability to give service guarantees to uniquely identifiable sets of packets ("micro-flows"), different qualities of service can be offered for each transmission. The QoS associated with each micro-flow is characterized by a set of descriptors. These descriptors are communicated to each switch by the first packet of the micro-flow associated with the descriptors.

The methods, apparatus, and systems described herein are designed to route customer communications to the best available agent. The methods include predicting a personality type of the customer, determining the occupancy level of agents to provide a list of available agents, providing a routing recommendation based on the predicted personality type of the customer and agent data such as proficiency in handling customers with the predicted personality type, and / or analyzing real-time customer-agent interactions.

A system for networking Wi-Fi Access Points in a Distributed Antenna System includes a plurality of Digital Access Units (DAUs). The plurality of DAUs are coupled and operable to route signals between the plurality of DAUs. The system also includes a plurality of Digital Remote Units (DRUs) coupled to the plurality of DAUs and operable to transport signals between DRUs and DAUs and a plurality of DAU ports and DRU ports. The system further includes a Framer / Deframer, wherein the cellular payload data is separated from the IP data and a network switch. The IP data from a plurality of DAU and DRU ports are buffered and routed to a plurality of DAU and DRU ports. Furthermore, the system includes a plurality of Wi-Fi access points coupled via a mesh network to Wi-Fi access points connected to a plurality of DRUs.

According to the present invention there is provided to a method and system for efficiently routing IP fragments (i.e., datagrams) at layer 3 through layer 7 of the OSI model without reassembling the fragments. Time-consuming reassembly of fragments of a datagram at higher layers that would be required via conventional methods is avoided, thereby improving processing speed of fragments and utilizing fewer resources for processing fragments of a datagram than would be required during reassembly of the fragments via conventional methods. The method and system route a datagram that has been fragmented into a plurality of fragments utilizing content-based routing information included in one or more fragments of the plurality of fragments, comprising: generating a context for the datagram associated with routing the plurality of fragments of the datagram and setting the context for the datagram to passive until content-based routing information included in the one or more fragments is received; caching received fragments while the context is set to passive; determining a destination for routing the plurality of fragments when content-based routing information included in the one or more fragments is received and setting the context for the datagram to active; and routing any cached fragments and subsequently received fragments of the datagram to the determined destination while the context is active without reassembling the plurality of fragments into the datagram. Additionally, a router and server load balancer incorporating the present invention are provided.

Provided is a method of determining a gaze point of an eye watching a visual display controllable by a display signal. The method comprises generating a display signal using a graphics card in order for the visual display to produce a screen pattern; receiving a signal encoding an image of the eye including a corneo-scleral reflection of the screen pattern; and determining, based on in part the geometry of said reflection, a gaze point of the eye, wherein said determining a gaze point includes utilising the graphics card as a parallel processor.The image of the eye may be received directly at the graphics card. The graphics card may extract image features in the eye images. Reference illuminators may be used, and the screen pattern may be interlaced with a distinctive reference pattern.Further provided are a gaze-tracking system and a personal computer system adapted to determine a gaze point of a viewer.

A digital information distribution system having a plurality of nodes that are connected to one another by counter-rotating data paths. Each node comprises a ring terminal that selects data packets from the data paths for use by the node and passes the remaining data packets to neighboring nodes. The data paths communicate data using asynchronous serial interface packets that transport video data or IP data.

A method for providing geo-location information in a communication packet is disclosed. The method comprises constructing an IPv6 packet using a client device. Further, the method comprises inserting an extension header into the IPv6 packet. Also, the method comprises determining geo-location information. Next, the method comprises inserting the geo-location information into the extension header. Finally, the method comprises transmitting the IPv6 packet to a communication network.

The methods, apparatus, and systems described herein are designed to route customer communications to the best available agent. The methods include predicting a personality type of the customer, determining the occupancy level of agents to provide a list of available agents, providing a routing recommendation based on the predicted personality type of the customer and agent data such as proficiency in handling customers with the predicted personality type, and / or analyzing real-time customer-agent interactions.

Provided is a method of determining a gaze point of an eye watching a visual display controllable by a display signal. The method comprises generating a display signal using a graphics card in order for the visual display to produce a screen pattern; receiving a signal encoding an image of the eye including a corneo-scleral reflection of the screen pattern; and determining, based on in part the geometry of said reflection, a gaze point of the eye, wherein said determining a gaze point includes utilizing the graphics card as a parallel processor.The image of the eye may be received directly at the graphics card. The graphics card may extract image features in the eye images. Reference illuminators may be used, and the screen pattern may be interlaced with a distinctive reference pattern.Further provided are a gaze-tracking system and a personal computer system adapted to determine a gaze point of a viewer.

Embodiments are directed to efficiently routing data requests from a plurality of tenants and to using smart routing to limit service denials. In an embodiment, a gateway node receives data requests from a tenant subscriber requesting data for an indicated service. The gateway node determines which server node the received data requests are to be routed to. The determination evaluates various criteria associated with the data request. The gateway node queries the determined server node to determine the health of the server nodes and receives a reply from the determined server node indicating the server node's current operating status. The gateway node also, based on the determined server node's reply, routes the received data requests to the determined server node, according to the evaluated criteria.

A method for providing geo-location information in a communication packet is disclosed. The method comprises constructing an IPv6 packet using a client device. Further, the method comprises inserting an extension header into the IPv6 packet. Also, the method comprises determining geo-location information. Next, the method comprises inserting the geo-location information into the extension header. Finally, the method comprises transmitting the IPv6 packet to a communication network.

An apparatus for determining a master module in a dynamic distributed device environment may include a processor. The processor may be configured to calculate a connectivity stability factor for a module. The module may be included on a device configured to be connected to a distributed device network. The distributed device network may be defined as a network where devices leave or enter the network at any time, such as a smart space. The processor of the apparatus may also be configured to weigh the connectivity stability factor of the module against neighboring connectivity stability factors associated with neighboring modules, and assign a role of master module to the module based on a determination that the connectivity stability factor of the module describes a more stable module than the connectivity stability factors of the neighboring modules. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided.

A system for transporting IP data in a Distributed Antenna System includes at least one Digital Access Units (DAU) having a plurality of optical input / output ports and at least one Ethernet port and a plurality of Digital Remote Units (DRUs) coupled to the at least one DAU. Each of the plurality of DRUs has a plurality of optical input / output ports and at least one Ethernet port. The at least one DAU includes a Framer / Deframer operable to separate cellular payload data from IP data and a network switch operable to buffer the cellular payload data and the IP data and to route the IP data received from the plurality of DRUs to the at least one Ethernet port of the DAU.

Embodiments are directed to efficiently routing data requests from a plurality of tenants and to using smart routing to limit service denials. In an embodiment, a gateway node receives data requests from a tenant subscriber requesting data for an indicated service. The gateway node determines which server node the received data requests are to be routed to. The determination evaluates various criteria associated with the data request. The gateway node queries the determined server node to determine the health of the server nodes and receives a reply from the determined server node indicating the server node's current operating status. The gateway node also, based on the determined server node's reply, routes the received data requests to the determined server node, according to the evaluated criteria.

Cables boxes and cable distribution systems securely store and route network cables of different types and / or security classifications. More specifically, a service cable box can include one or more chambers that can secure secondary network cables of one or more types and / or classifications. The service cable box can have secure and unsecure connection chambers. Accordingly, the service cable box can segregate network connections of different types and / or security classifications and can selectively provide secured access thereto.