Abstract: A push type scanner apparatus according to the present invention can transmit image data read by the push type scanner apparatus through a network to a desired personal computer only by operating the push type scanner apparatus without transmitting any operation command from the personal computer. In the push type scanner apparatus, for transmitting image data, a destination address is specified; a mail to be transmitted to the specified destination address is created; an appended file comprising the image data read by the scanner apparatus and appended to the mail is created; and the created mail and appended file are outputted to the network.

Abstract: The techniques described employ a cooperative organization of network service providers to provide improved distributed network services. The network service providers that are constituent to the cooperative organization represent various perspectives within the overall Internet content distribution network, and may include network owners, telecommunications carriers, network access providers, hosting providers and distribution network owners, the latter being an entity that caches content at a plurality of locations distributed on the network. Aspects include managing content caches by receiving control signals specifying actions related to cached content that is distributed on a network, such as the Internet, and forwarding the control signals through to the caching locations to implement the actions represented by the control signals, thus providing content publishers the capability of refreshing their content regardless of where it is cached.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for evaluating network traffic. By generating successive sets of weights relating to a performance surface using a variety of heuristic techniques, and then evaluating the weights using a piece-wise linear cost function, a number of performance minima can be found. By continuously searching the performance surface, a champion minimum can be extracted. Searching the performance surface can be quickly and efficiently accomplished using a variety functions such as an anti-cycling function, an impatience function, a dynamic graph technique and a diversity process.

Abstract: The present invention is for aggregate resource management of active computing environments. According to one or more embodiments of the present invention a compute capsule is provided. A capsule encapsulates an active computing environment. An active computing environment comprises one or more processes and the complete state necessary for the execution of those processes. Within the operating system, compute capsules are promoted to first class objects. Once promoted to first class object status, the compute capsule can be assigned resources, subjected to auditing constraints, and subjected to security policies. In one embodiment, resource management algorithms are applied to the promoted compute capsules. In another embodiment, a compute capsule that encapsulates a user's computing session can be assigned a guaranteed share of computing resources. In another embodiment, compute capsules are restricted from accessing the network or certain portions of the file system.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for regulating incoming traffic to a web site to prevent overload conditions from occurring. The system comprises a capacity determination unit for determining if a web site has additional capacity and a notification unit for notifying customers if no capacity is available. A scheduling processor provides a customer with scheduling options. When the web site has sufficient capacity, a redirect unit redirects the customer to the web site.

Abstract: A communications platform (Centerpost) is disclosed containing a message processing platform along with an XML message format (SmartMessage) which provides for the reception, organization, summarization, filing, storage, synthesis, routing, formatting, and intelligent processing of XML-based electronic messages and SMTP electronic mail from corporations and other senders to fully integrate individuals' existing e-mail boxes, cellular telephones, paging equipment, facsimile machines, wireless and wired telephones, and other devices. The Centerpost platform utilizes a nickname-based routing to enable device specific sending without knowledge of the specific device address. The Centerpost platform provides sender-defined information folios, which enable synthesized filing, viewing and storage of all received SmartMessages, and the platform allows semi-private access control for the user, which allows access by others.

Abstract: An edited image is created using fonts capable of being employed by both a client computer and a server. To accomplish this, the user of the computer selects a service to be utilized. Client information, which includes the service selected, information relating to the operating system of the computer and information relating to fonts that can be utilized by the computer, is transmitted to the server. The latter creates a list of fonts that can be utilized by the computer and transmits the data of the created font list and editing home-page data to the computer. The user of the computer decides fonts to be used in the edited image from among the fonts that have been transmitted and edits the image by using these fonts. Information for editing is transmitted from the client computer to the server, where the edited image is then printed out.

Abstract: A cache replacement system and method for changing the number of cached copies of segments of a media clip in response to rank change for the media clip is disclosed. Whenever rank change for a media clip is detected at an origin server, rank change information is distributed to proxy servers organized in a loosely coupled distributed cache. Each proxy server uses this information to recompute caching probabilities for segments of the media clip in order to determine which segments of the clip to store or discard, thereby forming a new cache layout for the clip at each proxy server. Segments are neither added nor deleted to build the new cache layout until client requests for segments of the clip are received at proxy servers. Upon receiving client requests, construction of the new cache layout occurs on a segment-by-segment basis by employing techniques of lazy caching and token exchange.

Abstract: Service processor control has enhanced versatility by delivering and maintaining component information with less labor and lower cost. A system includes a client storing component information on all hardware and firmware constituting a product (with the client connected to a drawing server), an EC sheet server, a program server, a manual server, and a service processor connected to the Internet. The service processor has a console function for at least the service processor, extracting component information through an SVP browser, and allowing the service processor to conduct a maintenance service, and further includes a console service and the like relating to a host.

Abstract: Distributed traffic engineering route exchanger routers (TE-Xs) are used in an open shortest path first (OSPF) routing area to collect Traffic Engineering Link State Advertisements (TE-LSAs) and exchange the TE-LSAs with other TE-Xs. TE-Xs store TE-LSAs and compute explicit routes required by edge routers. A single point of failure that exists when a single centralized TE database is used is thereby eliminated. The TE-Xs peer with other TE-Xs in a routing area and exchange TE-LSAs to keep traffic engineering link state databases (TE-LSDBs) synchronized. Network resources are preserved for payload traffic and resource reservation collisions are reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method support the dynamic modification of cluster communication parameters through a distributed protocol whereby individual nodes locally confirm initiation and status information for every node participating in a parameter modification operation. By doing so, individual nodes are also able to locally determine the need to undo locally-performed parameter modifications should any other node be incapable of performing a parameter modification. Moreover, specifically with respect to cluster communication parameters such as heartbeat parameters, such parameters may be dynamically modified by configuring a sending node to send a heartbeat message to a receiving node, with the heartbeat message indicating that a heartbeat parameter is to be modified. In response to the heartbeat message, the receiving node may then send an acknowledgment message to the sending node that indicates whether the heartbeat parameter has been modified in the receiving node.

Abstract: A display device executing a network messaging protocol and capable of receiving display requests from multiple network devices communicating with the display device over an Internet Protocol (IP) based network is disclosed. The network priority messaging protocol executed by the display device enables the display device to efficiently display messages received from multiple network devices. The protocol enables the display device to prioritize among incoming messages from different network devices and to prioritize among incoming multiple messages from a single device. The protocol executed by the display device further enables the display device to receive display characteristics encoded as part of a message from a network device.