Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110137614 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A NETWORK OF SENSORS - In a network of sensor nodes, operational efficiency may be increased by configuring the sensor nodes so that sensor agents may be transferred to alternative sensor nodes to process sensor node data, such as when the host sensor node is in a low-power mode. A processing node of the network may be configured to retrieve real-time data from a sensor node, but if real-time data is not available, the processing node may perform calculations on cached data retrieved from a processor node cache or data of a nearby sensor node. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138469 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOLVING VULNERABILITIES IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - In a computer network, a remedy server may be provided that controls vulnerability scans of the computer nodes. The remedy server determines a security level of a computer node and dispatches an agent to the node with a scan matching the security level. The agent executes the scan and reports the scan results to the remedy server. The remedy server collates scan results from a plurality of the network computers and determines which computers have a common vulnerability. A fix for the vulnerability, such as an executable patch file, is retrieved and multicast to those relevant computers. | 06-09-2011 |
20120250688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNMARSHALLED ROUTING - In distributed object computing, messages from a source node to a destination node are often required to be routed via one or more intermediate nodes. In order to enhance efficiency of the relay process, a message envelope of a message may include a node list field that specifies the routing path of the message. The communication protocol for communicating the message may specify that when a message is received into a particular node, the node analyzes the node list field. If the identity of the node is last in the node list field, then the node is the destination node and thus the node unmarshals the message. Otherwise, the node forwards the message to the next node in the field list without unmarshalling the message. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254374 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROXY ADDRESS NEUTRALITY - To provide proxy address neutrality, in particular for mobile server devices, a server application can register its network address with a discovery application. Whenever the server application acquires a new network address, the server application updates the discovery application. A client application providing proxy services for the server application can invoke calls to the server client using the network address for the server application that is currently stored in the client device. If the current network address is invalid, the client application obtains an updated network address from the discovery application. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTION OF NETWORK TRANSPORT WITHIN A MOBILE DEVICE - In a mobile device, one of a plurality of network transports may be used for a connection request. The ideal network transport may be selected by executing a connection selection policy that is stored within the device. The connection selection policy may include one or more network transport evaluators that are each configured to weight the available network transports according to various criteria. Examples of network transport evaluators include evaluators that are dependent on geolocation, security levels, or battery status. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254460 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED HANDSHAKE PROTOCOL - In order to enable a dynamic handshake procedure, a client device is configured with a list of handshake contributors. The client device initiates a handshake by determining the handshake contributors and writing properties of the handshake contributors in a client handshake, which is then sent to a server device. The client handshake is processed at the server device by invoking an appropriate handler, which handles the handshake result. The server can also send its contributors and their properties to the client. Once the client receives the properties, the client can call an appropriate handler to handle the properties. Connections may be created based on the exchanged properties. New contributors and contributor handlers may be added to both the client and server devices. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING A HANDSHAKE PROTOCOL - In order to enable a dynamic handshake procedure, a device may be configured with a list of handshake contributors. Contributors with connection handshake properties may be added to the contributor list. To perform handshake, the contributor list is processed to extract the connection handshake properties of each contributor to the handshake. Handlers for handling the connection handshake properties may also be dynamically added and invoked when a handshake is received. | 10-04-2012 |
20120311016 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SELF-HEALING CAPABILITES IN A DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEGDE NETWORK/INTELLIGENT SENSOR NETWORK - To provide self-healing capabilities in a distributed knowledge network/intelligent sensor network, a node monitoring task agent can be deployed to a node to determine operating parameters of the node or of other task agents executing on the node. The operating parameters can be passed to a node monitoring data analysis engine which can analyze the data by referencing a rule-set. The analyzed data can be passed to a management application which can determine whether any self-healing actions need to be performed, such as moving the task agents to other healthier nodes of the DKN-ISN. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERVASIVE SOFTWARE PLATFORM-BASED MODEL DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE APPLICATION GENERATOR - In developing applications for a plurality of node types, a meta-data definition of the application can be captured into an application definition module. The meta-data definition can describe the application for the plurality of node types. A code generation module can then automatically generate the application code for the plurality of node types. The code can be compiled per node type and the packaging necessary to deploy the application to the plurality of node types can also be automatically generated. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERVASIVE SOFTWARE PLATFORM-BASED MODEL DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE TRANSACTION AWARE APPLICATION GENERATOR - In developing applications for a plurality of node types, a meta-data definition of the application can be captured into an application definition module. The meta-data definition can describe the application for the plurality of node types. A code generation module can then automatically generate the application code for the plurality of node types, including transaction aware code. The code can be compiled per node type and the packaging necessary to deploy the application to the plurality of node types can also be automatically generated. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311614 | ARCHITECTURE FOR PERVASIVE SOFTWARE PLATFORM-BASED DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE NETWORK (DKN) AND INTELLIGENT SENSOR NETWORK (ISN) - A device API Abstraction layer is provided that is configured to operate as an interface between one or more applications operating on a device and an operating platform of the device. The device API abstraction layer comprises a universal set of APIs that enables the applications to execute irrespective of the operating system and software platform of the host device. | 12-06-2012 |
20120316838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A NETWORK OF SENSORS - In a network of sensor nodes, operational efficiency may be increased by configuring the sensor nodes so that sensor agents may be transferred to alternative sensor nodes to process sensor node data, such as when the host sensor node is in a low-power mode. A processing node of the network may be configured to retrieve real-time data from a sensor node, but if real-time data is not available, the processing node may perform calculations on cached data retrieved from a processor node cache or data of a nearby sensor node. | 12-13-2012 |