Abstract: A bandwidth management system, receiver, and method of managing bandwidth in a content delivery system are described. In one embodiment, the method includes: identifying two or more content items which are associated with at least some common content and which are temporally related; determining a relative priority of the least some of the identified content items; and allowing a receiver requesting the content associated with a lower priority content item to access a multicast associated with a higher priority content item.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a method of operating a communication system. The method includes receiving a request to initiate a communication session with a wireless communication device, wherein the request indicates an application type. The method also includes determining a spreading code based on the application type, and transferring the spreading code to the wireless communication device. The method also includes receiving communications for the communication session encoded with the spreading code and decoding the encoded communications based on the spreading code.

Abstract: The invention relates to histology analyses, and in particular, to the assessment of pathological tissues to aid in the diagnosis of disease characterised by specific pathologies, for example cancer. The invention provides methods and apparatuses for analysing tissue samples, as well as computer-readable media programmed with software for carrying out these diagnostic methods.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a method of operating a communication system. The method includes receiving a first request to initiate a first communication session with a wireless communication device, determining a first spreading code for the first communication session, and transferring the first spreading code for delivery to the wireless communication device. The method also includes receiving a second request to initiate a second communication session with the wireless communication device, determining a second spreading code for the second communication session, where the second spreading code is determined based upon the first spreading code, and transferring the second spreading code for delivery to the wireless communication device.

Abstract: A help notification system is provided according to the invention. The help notification system includes a help system adapted to receive a user-initiated help communication from a wireless communication device and a notification system adapted to receive a notification communication from the wireless communication device. The notification system includes an interface configured to receive the notification communication and a processing system in communication with the interface and configured to receive the notification communication from the interface. The processing system is further configured to correlate the notification communication to user information in order to obtain a recipient list, generate a recipient notification communication based on the correlating, and transfer the recipient notification communication through the interface to one or more recipients according to the recipient list.

Abstract: A system and method for determining the cost per unit transaction for running an application on a server system is disclosed. The total transaction capacity of a system is determined as well as the total storage capacity during a time period M. The total fixed cost and the total variable cost during the time period are also determined. A total cost per unit transaction is determined from the total transaction capacity plus the total storage capacity divided by the total fixed and variable costs. The resource usage of the system by the application is tracked during the time period M. The cost billed to the application user is the resource usage of the application multiplied by the total cost per unit time for the time period M.

Abstract: A method is provided for designing a service which is made up of one or more service applications in which availability definitions are displayed on a graphical user interface in the class selection process. The method involves displaying classes and class definitions on a graphical user interface, selecting a class for each of the service applications, displaying an availability definition for each of the selected classes, and prompting a user to confirm the selection of the class based on the availability definition. If the selection of the class is confirmed, a design profile indicating the resources required for the class is generated and displayed. If the selection of the class is not confirmed, the classes are redisplayed.

Abstract: A communication system for notifying persons of an emergency telephone call is provided according to the invention. The communication system includes a communication network configured to receive a user-initiated emergency telephone call from a caller. The communication system further includes a notification system configured to receive the user-initiated emergency telephone call from the communication network, select one or more proximity communication devices based on one or more predetermined proximity criteria, and generate a notification communication to the one or more proximity communication devices. The notification communication notifies the one or more proximity communication devices of the user-initiated emergency telephone call.

Abstract: A method of operating a service availability system to monitor the availability of a communication service having a plurality of service layers provided by a plurality of service elements comprises receiving performance data from each of the service elements indicating the performance of each of the service elements, processing the performance data to determine availability levels of each of the service layers, and displaying on a graphical user interface the availability levels of each of the service layers.

Abstract: A data storage infrastructure is disclosed for a communication network that produces a plurality of data flows of network data. The data storage infrastructure comprises a plurality of data storage systems and a storage management system. The data storage systems are configured to store the network data. The storage management system is configured to identify characteristics for the data flows, score the characteristics for the data flows, and process the scores to assign individual ones of the data flows to individual ones of the data storage systems.

Abstract: A data storage infrastructure is disclosed for a communication network that produces a plurality of data flows of network data. The data storage infrastructure comprises a plurality of data storage systems and a storage management system. The data storage systems are configured to store the network data using a plurality of service classes, wherein different ones of the data storage systems provide different ones of the service classes. The storage management system is configured to process characteristics for the data flows to assign individual ones of the data flows to individual ones of a plurality of information classes and to assign individual ones of the data flows to individual ones of the data storage systems based on the information class assignments.

Abstract: A storage management system comprising a processing system and an interface, wherein the processing system is configured to access a first plurality of data, process the first plurality of data to determine a plurality of entities associated with the first plurality of data, determine a first constraint associated with the first plurality of data, and process the first plurality of data to determine if the first plurality of data satisfies the first constraint, and wherein the interface is configured to transmit a first action request to a first entity of the plurality of entities associated with the first plurality of data in response to determining that the first plurality of data satisfies the first constraint, and receive a first action response from the first entity indicating a first action to be performed on the first plurality of data.

Abstract: A data storage infrastructure is disclosed for a communication network that produces a plurality of data flows of network data. The data storage infrastructure comprises a plurality of data storage systems and a storage management system. The data storage systems are configured to store the network data using a plurality of data storage service classes, wherein different ones of the data storage systems provide different ones of the data storage service classes. The storage management system is configured to process characteristics for the data flows to assign individual ones of the data flows to individual ones of the data storage systems.

Abstract: A data storage infrastructure is disclosed for a communication network. The data storage infrastructure comprises data storage systems and a storage management system. The data storage systems are comprised of disk systems that are comprised of disks. The storage management system displays a first view of the infrastructure including the data storage systems, receives a first input selecting one of the data storage systems, and in response, displays a second view of the disk systems in the selected data storage system. The storage management system receives a second input selecting one of the disk systems in the selected data storage system, and in response, displays a third view of the disks in the selected disk system. The storage management system receives a third user input selecting one of the disks in the selected disk system, and in response, displays product information for the selected disk.

Abstract: A data storage infrastructure is disclosed for a communication network that produces a plurality of data flows of network data. The data storage infrastructure comprises a plurality of data storage systems and a storage management system. The data storage systems are configured to store the network data using a plurality of service classes, wherein different ones of the data storage systems provide different ones of the service classes. The storage management system is configured to process characteristics for the data flows to assign individual ones of the data flows to individual ones of a plurality of data classes and to assign individual ones of the data flows to individual ones of the data storage systems based on the data class assignments.

Abstract: An application system comprising an application server configured to run first version software for an application and second version software for the application. The application system further comprises a staging database server configured to initially interface with the second version software to populate a staging database system with second data for the application generated by the second version software. The application system further comprises a production database server configured to initially interface with the first version software to populate a production database system with first data for the application generated by the first version software, synchronize the first data with the second data to replicate the second data to the production database system, cease interfacing with the first version software and begin to interface with the second version software to populate the production database system with the second data generated by the second version software.

Abstract: A communication control system for bandwidth selection in a communication network includes a display device, an input device, a communication interface configured to transfer a bandwidth selection command to the communication network, and a processing system. The processing system is configured to display a graphical bandwidth selection indicium on the display device. The graphical bandwidth selection indicium includes two or more bandwidth indicia. The processing system is further configured to receive a user input from the input device in response to the graphical bandwidth selection indicium. The user input selects a particular bandwidth indicium of the two or more bandwidth indicia. The processing system is further configured to translate the user input into the bandwidth selection command and transfer the bandwidth selection command to the communication interface. The user input generates bandwidth selection command for a communication session in the communication network.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a method of operating a communication system. The method includes receiving a request to initiate a communication session with a wireless communication device, wherein the request indicates an application type. The method also includes determining a spreading code based on the application type, and transferring the spreading code to the wireless communication device. The method also includes receiving communications for the communication session encoded with the spreading code and decoding the encoded communications based on the spreading code.

Abstract: A storage network comprising a production database configured to store a first production section on a first tier production storage system and a second production section on a second tier production storage system, a backup database configured to store a first backup section on a first tier backup storage system and a second backup section on a second tier production storage system, and a storage control system configured to replicate the first production section to the first backup session at a first frequency and replicate the second production section to the second backup section at a second frequency that is less than the first frequency.

Abstract: A thermal filter is provided within a vehicle lamp assembly for reducing thermal radiation from reaching selected portions of the lamp assembly from an illumination light source disposed within the vehicle lamp. The thermal filter includes an inner envelope and an outer envelope in spaced relation to the inner envelope. The inner envelope and the outer envelope define a closed chamber therebetween. The closed chamber being disposed between the illumination light source and the selected portions of the lamp assembly. The inner envelope includes an interior portion. A thermal radiation absorbing agent disposed within the closed chamber. The thermal radiation absorbing agent receives radiation emitted from the illumination source. The thermal radiation absorbing agent is transparent to short wave visible radiation and is substantially opaque to long wave infrared radiation. A substantial portion of the long wave infrared radiation absorbed by the absorbing agent is retained within the closed chamber.