8748 results about "Connection control" patented technology

The present invention provides a coupling mechanism between a primary computing device and a secondary computing device, wherein each computing device may be physically separated from each other while continuing to communicate with each other. The primary computing device has the minimum functionality of a complete computing system such as a Tablet PC™, for example, and the secondary computing device has the minimum functionality of a hand-held computer monitor. The secondary computing device may also however, have the functionality of a complete computing system, or other level of functionality therebetween. The primary computing device may act as a master and control the functionality of the secondary computing device via a network or data bus connection, for example. The secondary computing device may be toggled between computer monitor functionality and secondary computer functionality regardless of whether or not the two computers are physically connected.

The invention relates to enabling traffic engineering in frame-based networks such as Ethernet networks. There is described a method of and connection controller for establishing connections (76, 77) in a frame-based communications network comprising nodes (71-75 and 78) such as Ethernet switches. The connections are established by configuring, in various of the nodes, mappings for forwarding data frames, such as Ethernet frames. The mappings are from a combination of a) a destination address corresponding to a destination node (73) of the connection and b) an identifier, such as a VLAN tag. The mappings are to selected output ports of the various nodes. By using the combination of destination address AND identifier, the mappings enable data frames belonging to different connections (76, 77) to be forwarded differentially (ie forwarded on different output ports) at a node (75) despite the different connections having the same destination node. This enables flexibility in routing connections—ie the ability to perform traffic engineering.

Disclosed herein is a portable type content reproducing device for reproducing content data, said portable type content reproducing device including, a radio communication unit, a nonvolatile storage unit, a reproduction processing unit, a connection controlling unit, and a reception controlling unit.

The invention relates to enabling differential forwarding in address-based carrier networks such as Ethernet networks. There is described a method of and connection controller for establishing connections (76, 77) in a frame-based communications network comprising nodes (71-75 and 78) such as Ethernet switches. The connections are established by configuring, in various of the nodes, mappings for forwarding data frames, such as Ethernet frames. The mappings are from a combination of a) a destination (or source) address corresponding to a destination (or source) node (73) of the connection and b) an identifier, such as a VLAN tag. The mappings are to selected output ports of the various nodes. By using the combination of destination (or source) address AND identifier, the mappings enable data frames belonging to different connections (76, 77) to be forwarded differentially (ie forwarded on different output ports) at a node (75) despite the different connections having the same destination node. This enables flexibility in routing connections and the ability to perform traffic engineering.

Methods and systems for universal, automatic service selection are disclosed. A method for universal, automatic service selection includes receiving signaling messages and identifying signaling connection control part (SCCP) messages from the signaling messages. The SCCP messages are decoded to extract SCCP parameters and application layer parameters from the messages. A routing address translation service is selected for each of the SCCP messages based on application identifiers that identify application layer message types alone or in combination with other parameters. Selecting the routing address translation service in this manner makes the service selection more robust and universally applicable, especially in networks where different or non-standard selector parameters are utilized.

Provided are methods of managing a terminal in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) environment. Between the methods, a method of managing a terminal performed in a base station includes determining whether or not a measurement change request event has occurred, and when a measurement change request event has occurred, transmitting a control message for instructing a change of a measurement operation to the terminal. Accordingly, it is possible to improve a measurement operation and discontinuous reception (DRX) operation control procedure necessary for connection control between one or more base stations and a terminal in a HetNet environment, and thereby performance of a system can be improved.

An electro-optical device is provided having a pixel portion with a novel structure, and in which display irregularities such as crosstalk, which develop due to a drop in voltage caused by the wiring resistance of electric current supply lines in an electro-optical device, are improved upon. Attention is drawn to the fact that during a period in which write in of a signal to a pixel from a signal line is not performed, a signal is not input to a source signal line and to a gate signal line, but are at a fixed electric potential. An electric current supply line and a source signal line, or an electric current supply line and a gate signal line, are connected through a switching transistor. A signal is input to a connection control line during a sustain period, and the connection transistor is made conductive. The source signal line or the gate signal line is therefore utilized as a pathway for supplying electric current to the EL element.

A load balancing device according to an embodiment of the invention uses a predictor that comprises a plurality of Least Connections Control Blocks (LCCBs) that keeps track of the real servers with active connections. To speed up the search for the real server with the least number of active connections, an LCCB is kept for each metric. A metric is defined as the number of connections on a server divided by its weight (or capacity) of the server. This metric is kept as a quotient / remainder pair. The predictor sends out the real server address with the lowest metric whenever a new connection is required by the load balancing device.

A surgical device includes a console having a visual display and a manipulator arm, a robotic device having a camera and a connection component. The robotic device is configured to be positioned completely within a body cavity. The camera is configured to transmit visual images to the visual display. The connection component operably couples the console and the robotic device. The manipulator arm is positioned relative to the visual display so as to appear to be penetrating the visual display.

When a connection control device determines that the connection control device is in a congested state, based on whether a usage of at least one of hardware resources necessary for call processing to establish a call connection is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, the CPU of the connection control device forcefully disconnects an established call connection after a connection available time elapses, and, when an INVITE message is transmitted from a terminal device, the CPU of the connection control device receives the INVITE message, calculates the wait time, creates and transmits a response message stating the wait time, and stores the message as a reserved call on a reservation list.

A user terminal connection control method to limit the number of sessions simultaneously connectable to the Internet, wherein an access server or authentication server has a user management table for specifying the maximum number of connections and a preferential terminal identifier indicating a user terminal to be preferentially connected to the Internet for each group comprising a plurality of user identifiers. The access server or authentication server determines, during a communication procedure for authenticating a user who requests to access to the Internet, whether the current number of connections for a group to which the user belongs has reached the maximum number of connections, and if so, determines whether to allow the user terminal to connect to the Internet depending on whether the user terminal identifier matches the preferential terminal identifier.

A communication terminal transmits, to an access point apparatus, a connection request which includes communication terminal information for identifying the communication terminal and display manner information representing a display manner in which the communication terminal information is displayed on a display device of the access point apparatus. The access point apparatus displays particulars of the communication terminal information included in the connection request, transmitted from the communication terminal, in the display manner represented by the display manner information included in the connection request. The access point apparatus further allows the user to select whether the communication terminal corresponding to the communication terminal information displayed on the display device is to be permitted for connection or not.

A mapping function and method for mapping a Signaling System 7 (SS7) telecommunication signaling message from a Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) protocol layer to an Internet Protocol (IP) protocol layer in order to transmit the SS7 signaling message over a data network from an origination node to a destination node. The mapping function receives the SS7 signaling message from the SCCP protocol layer by sending and receiving Message Transfer Protocol (MTP) primitives from the mapping function to the SCCP protocol layer. The mapping function then maps the received SS7 signaling message into an IP message by mapping MTP primitives into IP primitives, mapping the SS7 message address into an IP message address, and utilizing a user interface to set IP protocol parameters that cannot be transferred by the SCCP protocol layer. The mapping function then sends the mapped IP message to the IP protocol layer by sending and receiving IP primitives from the mapping function to the IP protocol layer.

Both a connection server and a relay connection server are installed in an IP transfer network; a function similar to a line connection control of a subscriber exchanger is applied to a connection server; a function similar to a line connection control of a relay exchanger is applied to the relay connection server; and a terminal-to-terminal communication connection control method with using the IP transfer network is realized in such a manner that a telephone set and a terminal such as an IP terminal and a video terminal transmit / receive an initial address message, an address completion message, a call pass message, a response message, a release message and a release completion message, which can be made in a 1-to-1 correspondence relationship with line connection control messages of the common line signal system. Furthermore, while an address administration table is set to a network node apparatus of an IP transfer network, means for registering addresses of the terminals into this address administration table is employed, so that an IP packet communication by a multicast manner can be realized with improving information security performance.

The present invention relates to a method and system of transmissions and retransmissions of packet data in a communications system, where the communications system uses switched channels, switching between rates or channels of different characteristics, and connection control and management in such a system. Particularly, the invention relates to radio resource management in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, UMTS, or WCDMA system allowing for use of compatible protocols for non-switched and switched channels.

A computer system, method, and computer program product for locating target devices that support a required service in an ad-hoc communications network. The ad-hoc communications network connects devices and support services. Each target device is one of the devices and the required service is one of the services. The method comprises conducting an inquiry of the ad-hoc communications network to discover nearby devices. If the inquiry indicates that the nearby devices may include a middleware layer, the method further comprises creating a connection to each of the nearby devices and confirming whether each of the nearby devices includes the middleware layer. For each of the nearby devices that includes the middleware layer, the method further comprises sending a service discovery request, and receiving a response that includes distributed information. The distributed information includes associations between the services such as the required service, and the devices such as the target devices.

An electro-optical device is provided having a pixel portion with a novel structure, and in which display irregularities such as crosstalk, which develop due to a drop in voltage caused by the wiring resistance of electric current supply lines in an electro-optical device, are improved upon. Attention is drawn to the fact that during a period in which write in of a signal to a pixel from a signal line is not performed, a signal is not input to a source signal line and to a gate signal line, but are at a fixed electric potential. An electric current supply line and a source signal line, or an electric current supply line and a gate signal line, are connected through a switching transistor. A signal is input to a connection control line during a sustain period, and the connection transistor is made conductive. The source signal line or the gate signal line is therefore utilized as a pathway for supplying electric current to the EL element.

A system for controlling one or more components of a climate control system is provided that includes one or more controllers in connection with low voltage power lines for powering the one or more controllers. The controllers are further capable of transmitting one or more communication signals via the low voltage waveform. The system includes a thermostat controller, at least one system controller for a heating or cooling system, and a controller for a circulating air blower. The thermostat controller, system controller and circulating air blower controller are connected to each other only through each controller's individual connection to the hot and common low voltage power transmission lines. Each controller is capable of transmitting one or more signals that are superimposed onto the low-frequency low-voltage waveform and include information identifying a destination controller that the signals are intended for.

In a switching protection system, a protocol is followed by a first connection controller to help facilitate the resynchronization of the network after the failure has occurred. This protocol contains the messaging system of the ability to query and store the exact sequence of logical ports and time slots that make up the data path, as a resynchronization table coupled to the first controller. The head / ingress end of the path can receive this information during set-up and can store it both locally and in shadow locations. The system also contains the ability to distinguish between signaling and data channel failures, as signaling channel failures to do not clear cross connect data but simply leave it “ownerless”. The system also contains the ability to populate the exact sequence of logical ports and time slots accumulated in the definition of the network, as the set-up message initiated by the head controller to re-claim “ownerless” cross connections contained on respective network elements. The system also facilitates the clearing of a “ownerless” cross connection after a pre-determined period of time has lapsed.

In-vehicle operation of a wireless communication system handset is enhanced by using a handset controller having large keys and a large display. The controller is mounted in the vehicle so that the keys and the display are accessible by a user while seated in the vehicle driver's seat. The keys and display are backlighted to improve visibility. The controller warns the user in the motor vehicle that the handset is disconnected from the controller. The controller accepts verbal commands to operate the handset and outputs messages received by the handset and other information associated with handset operation as synthesized speech.

The VoIP gateway 50a in accordance with the present invention serves to send a connection request to either the IP network 2 or the PSTN 1 on the basis of the information stored in the VOIP gateway 50a and the destination telephone number contained in the connection request as sent from the telephone terminal 70a. Also, even if a connection request is decided to be sent to the IP network 2, the VOIP gateway 50a sends the connection request to the PSTN 1 when the IP network state judgment unit 56 judges that the communication through the IP network 2 is impossible. Furthermore, if a destination telephone number includes predetermined identification information, the VOIP gateway 50a can forcibly send the connection request to the PSTN 1.

The invention, which relates to the vehicle voice control technology, discloses a vehicle remote control method based on a voice command, an apparatus and a system thereof. The method, the apparatus and the system are used to improve safety of the vehicle remote control. The vehicle remote control method based on the voice command comprises the following steps that: a communication terminal and a cloud computing platform server establish communication connection according to a sending connection control command of a user; the communication terminal receives a vehicle control voice command sent by the user and sends to the cloud computing platform server; the cloud computing platform server identifies, analyzes the vehicle control voice command by using an unspecified human voice identification technology so as to obtain the vehicle control information and return to the communication terminal; the communication terminal controls the vehicle which establishes a transmission relation with the communication terminal according to the vehicle control instruction. A scheme of the invention is suitable for carrying out remote voice intelligence control to the vehicle.

The invention discloses a coarse-grained reconfigurable system-oriented convolution neural network loop convolution calculation data reuse system, including a main controller and a connection control module, an input data reuse module, a convolution loop operation processing array, and a data transmission Pathways in four parts. During the convolution cycle operation, the essence is to multiply multiple two-dimensional input data matrices with multiple two-dimensional weight matrices. Generally, these matrices are large in size, and the multiplication takes up most of the time of the entire convolution calculation. The present invention utilizes a coarse-grained reconfigurable array system to complete the convolution calculation process. After receiving the convolution operation request instruction, the register rotation method is used to fully explore the reusability of the input data in the convolution cycle calculation process, which improves the data utilization rate. It also reduces the bandwidth access pressure, and the designed array unit is configurable, and can complete convolution operations with different cyclic convolution scales and step sizes.

An apparatus and method of controlling connection status using a flash with information message. A connection can be established between a communication device and a first party. An operation can trigger an event. A flash with information message can be transmitted on a link signaling channel in response to the event. The flash with information message can include a connection control information record that controls a connection status of the connected first party.

A system for forming one point-to-multipoint connection provides various service attributes in an ATM network in response to differences in service attributes requested by receiving parties or differences in available resources. A network node sets up an output VC (Virtual Channel) link to be connected to an input VC link, the VC links being parts of a point-multipoint connection, receives a new VC link set-up request, and adds to the point-multipoint connection, in response to the new VC link set-up request, new output VC link with service attribute different from that of the input VC link.

The increasing number of Internet users and innovative new services such as e-commerce are placing new demands on Web servers. It is becoming essential for Web servers to provide performance isolation, have fast recovery times, and provide continuous service during overload at least to preferred customers. The invention describes a kernel-based architecture for content-aware service differentiation that protects Web servers against overload by controlling the amount and rate of work entering the system. We have invented a mechanism that provides admission control and service differentiation based on connection and application level information. The application header-based connection control uses application-level information (such as URIs and cookies for HTTP) to define different service differentiation actions. The present invention provides the kernel mechanisms that are more efficient and scalable than application level controls implemented in current Web servers.

To provide a technology capable of accommodating, in parallel, wireless networks of a plurality of user groups having different authentication policies etc and providing a proper communication service in response to an access from a user of each of the user groups. A wireless LAN control device 3 includes a wireless LAN control unit having a transmitting / receiving unit performing communications with a plurality of wireless LAN access points 4 belonging to different user groups and a wireless LAN connection control unit executing control of transferring a user authentication request received by the transmitting / receiving unit via one of the plurality of wireless LAN access points 4 and given from a wireless LAN terminal 5 belonging to one of the user groups toward an authentication server 2 that should execute an authentication process in response to the user authentication request, and transmitting an authentication result given from the authentication server 2 in response to the user authentication request to the wireless LAN terminal 5 via one of the plurality of wireless LAN access points 4.

An offloading method comprising the steps of: when the mobile terminal starts offloading in a first network, transmitting, by the mobile terminal, a first message to a mobility management device performing mobility management of the mobile terminal in a second network, the first message including information indicating that the offloading is started; transmitting, by the mobility management device, a second message to the mobile terminal, the second message including selection information in the second network, the selection information being for selecting, on basis of the first message, as to in which network offloading is to be performed; and deciding, by the mobile terminal, whether the offloading is to be maintained in the first network or whether new offloading is to be performed in the second network on a basis of the selection information included in the second message and judgment information in the first network that the mobile terminal has.

In a cluster that is composed of two computer nodes and has no common storage, mutual aliveness is monitored over networks. However, this is insufficient because a party node may be wrongly determined as inactive. If failover is performed according to wrong determination, the counterpart may be restored to a normal condition after the failover, so that both the two computers may operate as master. The two nodes to constitute the cluster and other computers to communicate with the cluster are connected by switches that can disable ports to which the computers are connected. A network control program that controls the switches changes the legality of use of ports to which the nodes are connected, synchronously with node failover.

The invention discloses a washing machine based on the RFID technology and a clothes washing information collecting system. The washing machine comprises a recognizer and a controller. The recognizer is used for reading clothes information from an RFID tag of clothes, and the clothes information is stored in the RFID tag and comprises the unique code of the clothes. The controller is used for recording the clothes information read by the recognizer. The number of times of washing the clothes is recorded through a counting unit inside the controller, compensation is made for a control stroke according to the number of times of washing the clothes, and the controller is used for controlling the working states of driving parts through the compensated stroke. The clothes washing information collecting system based on the washing machine comprises a collecting main machine which is connected with the controller in a wired or wireless mode, the controller is used for sending the information of the number of times of washing the different clothes to the collecting main machine, and the collecting main machine is used for obtaining clothes using tendency data, personal clothes loving data and / or clothes matching data according to the number of times of washing the different clothes.