Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Cisco Systems Inc.

Stephen Kelly

Jeff Baird Erwin

John Ian Ferrell

Jeffrey Baird Erwin

Allen Huotari

Ariel Braunstein

Kyle N Swen

Kendra S Harrington

Jason Michael Allor

Brian Patrick Bjelovuk

Greg McNamara

Kenneth Van Hyning

Thomas J Cowling

In one embodiment, a first interface of a switch interconnects with a broadband modem within a wide area network (WAN), while a second interface of the switch interconnects with a WAN interface of a router, where the router provides a gateway between the WAN and a local area network (LAN). Additionally, a web server is provided at the switch, where the web server is reachable to the WAN on the first interface and to the LAN on the second interface. The switch may then inspect traffic received at the first and second interfaces, and determines, based on inspecting, whether to transparently forward the traffic between the first and second interfaces or to redirect the traffic to the web server.

Internet presence for a home network

A cable has an integrated cable management system for organizing multiple cables. The body of the cable has a first mating surface with a first interlocking element disposed thereon and a second mating surface with a second interlocking element disposed thereon the second mating surface, where the first interlocking element is configured as a complementary interlocking element for the second interlocking element, so that multiple cables may be joined without the use of additional cable-organizing devices. The first interlocking element may include at least one coupling recess formed in the first mating surface and configured to engage with an interlocking element having the same configuration as the second interlocking element.

Cable with integrated cable-management system

A method and system for displaying information in a user interface of a computer program uses documents, such as mark-up language documents and style-sheet language documents, to specify how the user interface is to be rendered on a computer display. The user interface has a variety of possible appearances, or 'skins.'

Method and system for displaying information on a user interface

A mesh network is initiated by using multiple frequency bands for establishing communication between mesh nodes. In one aspect, a higher or lower frequency communication link may be established depending on the range between two mesh nodes. As the mesh network increases and decreases in density, and range and communication aspects change, a communication link may be change between the higher and lower frequency bands as necessary.

System and method for establishing a wireless mesh network using multiple frequency bands

Infrastructure services such as addressing, directory services, performance monitoring, and diagnostic capabilities are shared among nodes of an ad-hoc mesh network without a designated network manager. A first mesh node creates parameters corresponding to the services to be provided. As each new mesh node joins the network, parameters are update, synchronized among the mesh nodes, and stored in a virtual database shared by the mesh nodes. For some of the services such as performance monitoring, a designated representative may be elected by a group of mesh nodes once a predetermined number of connected mesh nodes is exceeded. The representative nodes may share performance monitoring information among themselves and act as redundant back-up servers.

System and method for providing infrastructure services without a designated network manager

A system and method for dynamic egress routing through a default gateway in a network is disclosed. One aspect of the present invention includes providing a default gateway that manages routes to Internet egress points for a client. The default gateway includes a list of Internet egress points that correspond to the default gateway. A metric is applied to the list to determine the optimal path to an Internet egress point. The default gateway uses the optimal path to manage Internet access routing for the client. Another embodiment includes a system for managing routing to Internet egress points on a network having a default gateway configured to route data packets between the Internet egress points and a client. The default gateway determines the optimal path to the Internet egress points.

System and method for dynamic egress routing through a single default gateway in a mesh network

A system and method for using a hop limited cast for Internet egress point selection. One aspect of the present invention includes a computer-implemented method. The computer-implement method includes casting an Internet egress announcement to a network. The announcement has a range associated therewith. A list is then created with discovered Internet egress points within the range. Another aspect of the present invention includes an egress mesh node with an Internet egress point. The egress mesh node is configured to cast an Internet egress announcement to a range of the network.

System and method for using a hop limited cast for internet egress point selection

A logical distributed server is generated for managing (Internet Protocol (IP) address allocation for an ad-hoc, self-forming peer-to-peer (P2P) network. The logical distributed server is generated according to messaging scheme where nodes on the P2P network allocate addresses for themselves and for clients connected to them. Each node implements a server that listens on the incoming client connections. Each node maintains data structures that represent the current state of an address database. Routing requests are fielded by the nodes from the clients and the messaging scheme is used to inform other nodes of its action so a consistent address space is maintained between all the nodes on the P2P network.

System and method for a distributed server for peer-to-peer networks

The present invention is directed to a facility for selectively updating a diagram of a representational model of a dynamic system. The facility obtains a list of changes that have occurred to the model since the diagram was generated. The facility then receives user input requesting application to the diagram of a selected one of the changes. In response to receiving this user input, the facility modifies the diagram to reflect the selected change.

Updating diagrams of dynamic representational Models of dynamic systems

A facility automatically generates diagrams of system using a stored model of the system. For example, the facility employs a database storing a model of interconnected elements that represents a computer network system comprised of interconnected components. The facility receives user input as to what the user wishes to place in the diagram. By selecting a shape in the diagram and displaying options with respect to that shape, the facility queries the database and filters out only the elements logically connected to the selected shape. The user can then view such filtered elements to decide which elements to add to the figure. The facility then automatically adds shapes of such elements to the figure, with appropriate connections to the initial shape selected.

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Stephen Kelly