Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Paul L Rozeboom

John I Ayers

Michael R Kelly

Bradley Kenyon

Mark A Montz

Anders H Askerup

Tiffany A Moore

Rob Wayne Heldenbrand

Mark R Nielson

Sharon Lim

Douglas S Heim

John Brichacek

John H Pineda

Nabil F Salama

Georg T Trimborn

System and method for traffic surge control. A control message may be received for registering or managing a device in a network. A measure of a number of current control messages already being processed in the network may be retrieved. A condition may be retrieved, from among a plurality of conditions, that corresponds to the retrieved measure of current control messages, each condition defining different rules for discarding a control message of the same type and corresponding to one of a plurality of measures of current control messages. Based on whether or not the retrieved condition is met, the control message may be processed to register or manage the device or discarded.

System and method for traffic surge control

Systems, methods, and devices for a database are provided. One database embodiment includes a set of executable instructions operable on the database. One or more database partitions are provided, each having a defined key range. The set of executable instructions is operable to reverse octets in variable length keys. A last digit in an odd-length key value, plus a pad, is placed in a dedicated octet to partition the variable length keys in the one or more database partitions.

Partitioning a database keyed with variable length keys

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Paul L Rozeboom