Raymond E Jennings Deceased222 Derrom Ave, Paterson, NJ 07504

6363056, Mar 26, 2002

Jul 15, 1998

09/115438

Mandis Sadr Mohammad Beigi - Tarrytown NY
Raymond Byars Jennings - Ossining NY
Dinesh Chandra Verma - Millwood NY

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H04L 1228

370252, 709224

A method, apparatus, article of manufacture and computer product for low-overhead continuous monitoring of network performance in an intranet or Internet topology. Probe packets are sent from ingress access routers where they are received and processed by egress access routers. Probe packets are generated by copying every Nth packet being sent by an ingress access router. In the event an access router does not receive the probe packet, the probe packet is discarded through normal network delivery mechanisms. Network delay is determined by subtracting the time that a probe packet was received with the time stamp enclosed in the probe packet. Round trip time is established by reflecting the probe packet back to the originating access router and computing the round trip time. Bandwidth monitoring is achieved by using the number of probe packets received to estimate the expected amount of network traffic to be received. Fault monitoring is accomplished by comparing the number of probe packets received with the number of actual packets received.

2003022, Nov 27, 2003

Aug 27, 1999

09/384795

RAYMOND BYARS JENNINGS - OSSINING NY, US
DINESH CHANDRA VERMA - MILLWOOD NY, US

G06F015/173

709/224000, 709/235000

This invention provides methods and apparatus which provide a solution to the problem of server load balancing. Log files are collected from each server within a server cluster. The log files are analysed by the monitoring process to find file relations. The analysis uses a window to search for requests such that a file relation is established. Other techniques are described to establish file relations. Based on file relations files are merged into groups such that these groups of files can be distributed to N servers within a server cluster. The file merging process continues until there are N groups corresponding to the N servers. The files for each group are either distributed to each server, or all files are distributed to all servers and each server activates only the subset which comprises the group of files for that server. Once all files have been distributed to the servers, each server updates any links that point to other files that now may reside in a different location due to the redistribution of files.

2005026, Nov 24, 2005

May 18, 2004

10/848031

Raymond Jennings - Ossining NY, US
Jason LaVoie - Mahopac NY, US
Anees Shaikh - Yorktown Heights NY, US

G06F015/16

709228000, 709219000

In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for DNS pre-fetching for multiple clients. In one embodiment, all packets coming into or going out of a local network are scanned for application protocol, domain names, and/or other information. If pre-defined criteria indicate that the network is interested in a particular domain name, a DNS lookup is performed and the corresponding IP address is cached by the local DNS server. The local DNS server is thereby able to quickly respond to future requests for the cached domain name. Moreover, because the IP address is cached at the local DNS server, any client connected to the local DNS server on the local network can request the cached domain name from the local DNS server and be quickly connected to the indicated domain name.

2006003, Feb 9, 2006

Apr 30, 2004

10/835673

Raymond Jennings - Ossining NY, US

G06F 15/16

709227000

In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for transparent TCP negotiations. In one embodiment, endpoint machines (e.g., clients and servers) negotiate network characteristics through use of TCP header fields, which provide backward capability. Negotiations may be requested or initiated by either endpoint, and if the receiving endpoint is not capable of negotiating, the existing TCP connection will continue to operate as normal.

2006011, May 25, 2006

Nov 20, 2004

10/993785

Raymond Jennings - Ossining NY, US
Martin Kienzle - Briarcliff Manor NY, US
Jason LaVoie - Mahopac NY, US

G06F 17/30
G06F 12/00

707201000

A method, device and system for characterizing an image sharing objects within a network The method steps include initiating a query for a query object on a first device connected to a network of devices. Finding a similar object similar to the query object on a second device connected to the network of devices, wherein the similarity is automatically judged by any device on the network. Transferring the similar object from the second device to the first device.

2006017, Aug 3, 2006

Feb 1, 2005

11/048495

Raymond Jennings - Ossining NY, US
Jason Lavoie - Mahopac NY, US

G06F 15/16

709207000

In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for inferring the read status of instant messages. One embodiment of the inventive method involves displaying the instant message on the receiver's computing device and sending a message to the sender indicating a probability with which the receiver has viewed the instant message. In one embodiment, this probability is based at least in part on an amount of the instant message that is in view on the receiver's computing device and on user input that is received by the receiver's computing device, e.g., from the receiver.

2006017, Aug 3, 2006

Feb 3, 2005

11/049808

Raymond Jennings - Ossining NY, US
Jason LaVoie - Mahopac NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15/16

709208000

Disclosed are methods and systems for expanding the search space in a Peer-to-Peer (“P2P”) network. In one embodiment, the search space is expanded by increasing the time-to-live value of the search request message. The P2P network may include a plurality of nodes, and the method for increasing the search space in the network includes the steps of receiving a search request message; changing a time-to-live value carried by the message; and forwarding the message to at least one peer node.

2006017, Aug 10, 2006

Feb 4, 2005

11/050956

Raymond Jennings - Ossining NY, US
Jason LaVoie - Mahopac NY, US

H04L 5/22

370299000

One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for reducing leeches on a P2P network includes receiving a data request message and at least one reference from a requesting node, where the reference pertains to at least one previous data transfer in which the requesting node has engaged. The reference is then verified and it is determined, in accordance with the reference, whether to provide the requested data to the requesting node.