1072 results about "VIA protocol" patented technology

A method for a client and server based messaging system efficiently exchanges messages over an IP connection in a wireless network. Also included is an automated method by which a messaging client can request intelligent and efficient presence updates from the wireless network by utilizing timers and adapt such timers based on load conditions in the wireless network.

A mass storage memory card adds functionality to host devices with which it is used. In addition to the ability to store large amounts of user files and protect them from unauthorized duplication, a mass storage device according to the present invention enables near field communications with a portable electronic device that otherwise does not have such functionality. In a preferred embodiment the mass storage device has a mother / daughter configuration wherein the daughter card is a fully functioning micro-SD card that can be used independently. The mother card can be accepted in an SD card slot and communicates via the SD protocol. Whether or not the daughter card is present in the mother card, a host with the mass storage device therein will be capable of near field communications. These communications can be peer to peer or can be used to purchase goods or services as a sort of electronic wallet. A controller of the device is also operable to coordinate, control, and safeguard the financial transactions made when using the device and host as an electronic wallet.

A system for transferring a call from one teleagent to another in response to a loss of voice quality in a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communication system. Network parameters that affect voice quality over broadband connections are detected manually or automatically and an alert is generated. In response to the alert, a supervisor can transfer the call in progress to a second agent so that a better communication link can be provided and voice quality restored. Such transfer can be seamless to the caller. In different embodiments, transfer, or intercept, can occur manually or automatically (e.g., without supervisor intervention).

An e-commerce system, comprising an endorsement engine, a first interface software coupled to the endorsement engine and adapted to interact with one or more content sources connected over a network and adapted to enable subscriptions from users using a protocol, and a second interface software coupled to the endorsement engine and adapted to interact with one or more merchants to receive information about products, is disclosed. In an embodiment, the first interface software enables an endorsing user to browse the content sources and select a content item, to enter code associated with the selected content element, to view product information provided by merchants, to select a product for endorsement, and to enter code associated with the selected product. Upon retrieval of content by a viewing user who previously subscribed to the content source using the protocol, at least one of the content-specific code and the product-specific code is also provided to the viewing user via the protocol. Upon activation of the content-specific code, the viewing user is connected to the selected content and is able to view the selected content, and upon activation of the product-specific code by a viewing user, the viewing user is connected to a network-connected shopping cart, and is thereby enabled to buy the product.

An apparatus for testing a video stream received at a subscriber site includes a coupling for receiving broadband RF signals communicated over a hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network, a signal level measurement circuit operably coupled to the coupling, the signal level measurement operable to generate signal level measurements regarding a first set of the broadband RF signals received through the coupling, a communication circuit operable to obtain a stream of video data packets from a second set of broadband RF signals received through the coupling, a processing circuit operably connected to the communication circuit, the processing circuit operable to receive signal level measurements from the signal level measurement circuit and to generate diagnostic data corresponding to the second set of broadband RF signals, the processing circuit further operable to communicate information representative of the signal level measurements and the diagnostic data in human-perceptible form. The apparatus may be housed within a portable unit for transportation to subscriber sites throughout an HFC network.

The invention relates to a stratification characteristic analysis-based method and an apparatus thereof for on-line identification for TCP, UDP flows. The method comprises the following steps that: an off-line phase determines a common port number of a first layer to-be-identified service type and a characteristic field of a second layer to-be-identified service data flow through a protocol analysis; a port number and characteristic field database is constructed; meanwhile, a third layer Bayesian decision tree model is obtained by training by employing a machine study method; and service type identification on a flow is completed by utilizing the characteristic database and a study model at an on-line classification phase. In addition, the apparatus provided in the invention comprises a data flow separating module, a characteristic extraction module, a characteristic storage module, a characteristic matching module, an attribute extraction module, a model construction and classification module and a classification result display module. According to the embodiment of the invention, various application layer services based on TCP and UDP are accurately identified; moreover, the identification process is simple and highly efficient; therefore, the method and the apparatus are suitable for realization of a hardware apparatus and can be applied for equipment and systems that require on-line flow identification in a high speed backbone network and an access network.

The present invention discloses a system and method for information retrieval by decoding barcodes from images obtained using a mobile device or computer. The barcode image is obtained via a digital camera or web cam attached to the mobile device or computer. After the barcode image has been obtained, the image is decoded using decoder residing in the mobile device or computer. Information contained in the barcode is displayed on the screen of the mobile device or computer. Further action is carried out according to information extracted from the barcode. Another method to decode the obtained image is to transmit the image through HTTP protocol to a server for decoding and carrying out instruction contained in the barcode.

Disclosed is a device and method for securing stored data in an IP based storage area network (SAN), where the physical storage media is located in an unprotected site. The connection between the client and the unprotected site is established over a public or private IP network preferably by means of an iSCSI protocol. According to the present invention a data block to be saved in a remote site is encrypted at the initiator host using a private encryption key and an encrypt key. The private encryption key is saved in a key management table which is shared among other hosts that may access the encrypted data block.

Some embodiments provide methods and systems for integrating a first communication system with a core network of a second communication system that has a licensed wireless radio access network. The first communication system includes one or more user hosted access points that operate using short range licensed wireless frequencies in order to establish service regions of the first communication system and a network controller for communicatively coupling the service regions to the core network. The first communication system includes a Home Node-B (HNB) system where the access points are Home Node-Bs and the network controller is a HNB Gateway (HNB-GW). Some embodiments define multi-layered protocol stacks for implementing management functionality and control plane functionality for the access points and the network controller. The HNB is connected to the HNB-GW via the Iuh interface. The Iuh management functionality is provided via a HNBAP protocol layer and control plane functionality, such as relay of RANAP, is provided via a RUA protocol layer.

Methods, apparatuses, and a system for compressing, filtering, and transmitting of protocol messages to be transmitted from a transmitting side via a protocol-aware intermediary node to a receiving side, the compressing method comprising the steps of: detecting a type of a protocol message to be compressed; and selectively compressing, based on the detected message type, certain predefined parts of the protocol message and leaving other predefined parts of the protocol message uncompressed; and the filtering method, if it is retrieved that the protocol message is not fully compressed, comprising the steps of: detecting a type of the protocol message to be filtered; scanning the message; and selectively processing, based on the detected message type and the scanning, certain predefined parts of the protocol message and leaving other predefined parts of the protocol message unprocessed.

A protocol emulation system including at least one description that describes fields, using a generic format, in a protocol message. An application transforms the at least one description into a machine-readable template useable by a protocol finite state machine that creates protocol messages based upon the template

First, the invention sets up output port grouping rule and filtering tapping rule. Then, data filtering tapping process is carried out. IP data packets are picked up from original data packets received from network based on protocol analysis. Based on filtering tapping rule, data relevant to following processes are partitioned to group of each output port. Hash operation is carried out for address of data packet and port information in partitioned each group. Modular operation is carried our between the said Hash value and total number of port. The result is number of output port for the corresponding data packet in the group the data packet belongs to. Under high-speed backbone network, the invention meets need for clustering process and forwarding at high speed for mass data stream.

Provided is a protocol conversion apparatus and method supporting communication between terminals through a protocol conversion when IPv4 / IPv6 terminals coexist or a terminal supports an IPv4 / IPv6 dual stack in one physical network but an application service supports a specific protocol. A conventional SIIT protocol conversion technique can be used by receiving a communication request through an IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack for a communication request of an IPv4 terminal or an IPv6 terminal, and supporting a protocol conversion between the IPv4 / IPv6 terminal through a mapping table mapping respective actual IP address and virtual IP address of the IPv4 and IPv6, and performing communication between the IPv4 / IPv6 terminals. Therefore, it is possible to transparently communicate to each other in an IP protocol version. Moreover, a terminal communicates with another terminal in an external network through a conventional protocol or a protocol conversion technique without modification.

A method and apparatus for reporting the operation state of digital rights management are provided. In a home network formed with control devices and a control point, the apparatus for reporting the operation state of digital rights management of the control device to the control point includes: a digital rights management (DRM) module which performs digital rights management; a state variable generation unit which receives DRM operation state information indicating the state of a DRM process currently operating, from the DRM module, and based on the received DRM state information, generates DRM state variables; and a universal plug and play (uPnP) module which by using a uPnP protocol, transmits the generated state variables to the control point.

A method and apparatus for payment with mobile device at point of sale (POS) terminal are proposed, where said apparatus is comprised of a microprocessor which connects to POS terminal as a payment console and communicates with said POS terminal via protocols developed for payment consoles; said apparatus also has an additional connection to internet via which the apparatus communicates with services supporting its function. The mobile device operated by a user captures a public token exposed by said POS terminal and communicates with the supporting internet services, which validate said mobile device, authenticate the mobile device owner, validate the POS terminal, and establish link between said mobile device and said apparatus. As said link is established, in response to the payment request sent by said POS terminal to said apparatus, said apparatus communicates payment details with said mobile device, said user authorizes the payment on said mobile device, and the transaction gets executed by a money processor as with regular payment console.

A architecture is provided to enable a client web browser to conduct and manage a multilevel search. The browser includes an application layer interface. The application layer interface is for coupling to network via a protocol stack. The browser also includes a markup language parser. The parser receives information from the application layer interface. The browser includes a graphical user interface for presenting information to a user and allowing the user to specify a set of multilevel search parameters. The browser also includes a multilevel object factory coupled to receive a first input relating to a target web page and a second input specifying a multilevel browser operation such as a multilevel search. The multilevel object factory specifies a remote object agent that orchestrates a multilevel browser operation based upon the first and second inputs. The remote object agent is exported from the web browser to execute on a network server.

Certain aspects of a method for iSCSI boot may include loading boot BIOS code from a host bus adapter or a network interface controller (NIC) by an iSCSI client device. A connection may be established to an iSCSI target by the iSCSI client device after loading the boot BIOS code. The boot BIOS code may be chained to at least one interrupt handler over iSCSI protocol. An operating system may be remotely booted from the iSCSI target by the iSCSI client device based on chaining the interrupt handler. An Internet protocol (IP) address and / or location of the iSCSI target may be received. At least one iSCSI connection may be initiated to the iSCSI target based on chaining at least one interrupt handler. The iSCSI target may be booted in real mode if at least one master boot record is located in the memory.

The invention provides a video live broadcast method and a system based on an HTTP (Hyper Text Transport Protocol). The video live broadcast method comprises the following steps of: dividing a live video stream into a plurality of slice files by a live source server; synchronously downloading the slice files from the live source server through the HTTP by an edge server; assembling the slice files into a complete file by the edge server; and providing a video live service of the complete file for the client through the HTTP. Therefore, according to the a video live broadcast method and system disclosed by the invention, the stability of the live video stream can be effectively improved, the multi-machine load balance is easily realized and the technical support for late-stage backup or processing of the live video stream is provided.

The invention relates to gateway equipment, a multi-protocol data transmission method and computer equipment. The gateway equipment comprises a data obtaining module which is used for obtaining the environment information collected by a data collection unit, a protocol analysis and conversion module which is used for carrying out protocol analysis on the environment information and converting theenvironment information with different communication protocols into standard data in the same format, and a data transmission module which is used for transmitting the standard data to a cloud platform. According to the gateway equipment provided by the invention, the sensors of various protocol types can be accessed by arranging the plurality of interfaces, and then the protocol analysis and conversion module converts the multi-protocol data into the data of the same format for transmission, so that the access of the sensors of various network protocols can be realized, and the requirement ofcentralized control of a power supply system is met.

A broadcast / communication convergence system, and an FTTH (Fiber To The Home) system that can accommodate broadcast signals of various channels and variable band signals by converging broadcast and communication signals and transmitting the converged broadcast and communication signals using an IEEE 1394 transmission method serving as a standard interface in the FTTH system for broadcast / communication convergence. An OLT (Optical Line Terminal) transfers a plurality of broadcast signals and a communication signal received from external broadcast and communication providers through a single optical signal (A). An ONU (Optical Network Unit) receives the optical signal (A) from the OLT, separates the received optical signal into the plurality of broadcast signals and the communication signal, opto-electrically converts the plurality of broadcast signals and the communication signal, switches the converted broadcast signals subscriber by subscriber, combines the converted communication signal with the switched converted broadcast signals. The result is transferred to a corresponding subscriber through a single optical signal (B). A gateway at each subscriber is implemented by IEEE 1394 protocol to receive the optical signal (B) from the ONU, separate the received optical signal into the broadcast signals and the communication signal, and transfer the broadcast signals and the communication signal to a corresponding subscriber device.

A traffic management device or other intermediate network device is configured to enable the device to support connection splitting and / or connection aggregation or to otherwise process network transactions for an arbitrary transaction-oriented protocol. The configuration may be accomplished by providing one or more traffic management rules defined by way of a scripting language and provided to an interpreter. The traffic management rule may follow a basic approach common to many protocols and is adapted to the particular protocol being supported. The rule may configure the network device to inspect incoming data, extract length and record type specifiers, buffer an appropriate amount of data to determine transactions or transaction boundaries, and perform other operations. Transaction processing may be enabled for various kinds of protocols, including application-level, proprietary, quasi-proprietary, and special-purpose protocols, protocols for which limited information is available, and protocols not natively supported by the network device.

Disclosed is a medical image processing system comprising a medical image storage server for storing digital image data provided by means such as computerized tomography or magnetic resonance image apparatus in a medical image database; and an image processing system which is coupled to said medical image storage server and to several client computers by TCP / IP protocol; wherein said image processing system comprises a user interface unit which converts the user's command into an electric signal and outputs said electric signal; an image processor unit which reads a medical image out of said medical image database, performs an image processing program comprising a medical image controlling algorithm and outputs a result signal; and an output interface unit which receives said result signal and converts said result signal into a format which can be recognized by a user.

A discovery system (and corresponding method and computer program product) for automatically discovering assets and their roles and functional relationships in a network system is described. In one aspect, the discovery system interrogates known assets through protocol messages, normalizes response messages, and contextually analyzes the normalized response message to identify additional assets and their roles and functional relationships with the interrogated assets. The discovery system can recursively interrogate newly discovered assets to discover additional assets. In another aspect of the present invention, the discovery system is scheduled to periodically interrogate known assets for up-to-date information of the assets and their roles and functional relationships. Such information can be used to provide various services.

The invention relates to an intelligent appliance WiFi module software remote automatic upgrade method. The method includes the steps of uploading a WiFi module upgrade file to a server; querying all online WiFi modules and determining whether the type of a WiFi module in an automatic upgrade mode is the same with that of the upgrade file or not through the server, if so, sending the upgrade file to the online WiFi module through the server; running the upgrade file through the WiFi module after the upgrade is completed. According to the intelligent appliance WiFi module software remote automatic upgrade method, the WiFi module upgrade file released by the server is used for unified automatic update of all appliance WiFi module software connected with the server, and the server can send a software upgrade instruction to a wifi module to be upgraded at any time as needed for upgrading the WiFi module through a protocol. The intelligent appliance WiFi module software remote automatic upgrade method can be used for WiFi module batch update in a flexible and convenient upgrade mode, thereby omitting site operations, saving time and reducing costs.

A system and method for pre-allocating resources for use by registering consumers of applications and / or services available via a protocol that identifies a user through items including, but not limited to, a cookie and / or a persistent connection (e.g., the Internet) is provided. The system includes one or more components for pre-allocating resources for use by consumers registering to use applications and / or services available over the Internet. Since consumers can be served by more than one application and / or service server, and since resources can be managed by more than one resource manager, information concerning a consumer may be replicated to the more than one resource manager. The system thus includes one or more components for processing requests from consumers that require access to resources so that requests from newly registered consumers can be processed by a resource manager that has information concerning the newly registered consumers.

The invention relates to a user mode network protocol stack system, which comprises a protocol stack configuration management module, an array receiving module, an array sending module and a plurality of proxy protocol modules. The protocol stack configuration management module is used for cutting proxy protocols in a protocol stack and configuring the filter rule of each proxy protocol; the array receiving module is used for managing a cache region which receives a message; the array sending module is used for managing a cache region which sends the message; the plurality of proxy protocol modules are positioned on a plurality of layers; each proxy protocol module comprises an A-class interface, a B-class interface and a C-class interface; the A-class interface is used for receiving the message sent by the upper layer of proxy protocol module; the B-class interface is used for the lower layer of proxy protocol module to submit the message; and the C-class interface is used for the protocol stack configuration management module to configure the proxy protocol module. The invention realizes a user mode network protocol stack through the protocol stack configuration management module.

The invention relates to a network attack data analysis and intelligent processing method which comprises the steps that: S1, various network safety devices are connected to one or more SDN switches to form a safety resource pool; S2, a safety controller sends out a safety control instruction to operate the SDN switches, and according to different user safety demands, pulling network traffic to designated network safety devices to carry out processing; and S3, the safety controller carries out strategy centralized management and state real-time monitoring on the network safety devices, and when the network safety devices are abnormal, the safety controller sends out a safety strategy instruction to carry out balanced load or traffic migration so as to ensure no influence on normal network communication. The network attack data analysis and intelligent processing method is characterized by further comprising the steps of: by a Telent protocol, actively collecting real-time state information, local flash memory information and collection log center information of a network device, a safety device and a server; carrying out big data real-time comprehensive analysis; updating and synchronizing a third-party IDS feature library; carrying out whole network attack modeling; generating a defense instruction; and carrying out combination defense.

The invention discloses a data synchronizing method and system of hazard-containing imputed user server HSS, which comprises the following parts: main HSS, prepared HSS, relative net element IMS system of main HSS and the prepared HSS. The method comprises the following steps: the relative net element transmits standard interface request information to the main HSS through Diameter protocol, which requires modifying the reserved user data of main HSS to modify the local user data through standard interface request information, which transmits the standard interface request information to the prepared HSS through Diameter protocol; the prepared HSS modifies the local user data according to the standard interface request information. The invention has good compatibility, simple elementary and convenient realization, which is fit for HSS hazard-containing duplication of different manufacturers.