Prior art — US Patent 8782282

Here is an analysis of the most relevant prior art cited in US patent 8782282, including potential anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102. The current date is April 26, 2026.

The provided patent document, US8782282B1, explicitly lists nine "Patent Citations." For each of these, the full citation, publication/filing date, a brief description (inferred from the title and context where a direct description from US8782282B1 is not available), and the claim(s) it potentially anticipates are provided below. A full legal anticipation analysis would require a detailed claim-by-claim comparison against the complete text of each cited patent, which is beyond the scope of this response. This analysis identifies potential areas of overlap based on the information available.

Cited Prior Art for US8782282

1. US5812768A

Full Citation: US5812768A, "System for allocating adaptor to server by determining from embedded foreign protocol commands in client request if the adapter service matches the foreign protocol"
Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 1992-10-30, Publication Date: 1998-09-22
Brief Description: This patent describes a system that allocates adapters to servers based on matching foreign protocol commands in client requests. This suggests an early mechanism for dynamic assignment or routing based on protocol, which could involve load balancing or intelligent distribution.
Potential Anticipated Claim(s):
- Claims 1 & 3 (in part): The concept of an adapter processing information based on a communication protocol and directing it to a server instance. The idea of selecting a server based on certain criteria (like protocol matching) may generally relate to load balancing concepts, although not specifically "load balancing process" as defined in US8782282B1.

2. US20030093403A1

Full Citation: US20030093403A1, "System and method for implementing an event adapter"
Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2001-10-18, Publication Date: 2003-05-15
Brief Description: This application describes a system and method focused on implementing an event adapter, which would be crucial for processing events (like traps) from network elements. US8782282B1 extensively discusses SB adapters handling event information.
Potential Anticipated Claim(s):
- Claims 1 & 3 (in part): The "first adapter processed information comprises event information received by the first adapter from a network element and processed by the first adapter based on a first communication protocol" element. Claims 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20 which further detail the adapters and event information.

3. US20030177240A1

Full Citation: US20030177240A1, "Parallel computing system, method and architecture"
Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2001-12-04, Publication Date: 2003-09-18
Brief Description: This patent application details a parallel computing system, method, and architecture. Parallel computing systems inherently deal with distributing workloads across multiple processing units, which is foundational to server clustering and load balancing.
Potential Anticipated Claim(s):
- Claims 1 & 3 (in part): The general concept of "a plurality of application server instances" and potentially the "load balancing process" for distributing tasks among them.

4. US20040040030A1

Full Citation: US20040040030A1, "System and method for integrating resources in a network"
Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2002-08-23, Publication Date: 2004-02-26
Brief Description: This application describes integrating various resources within a network. This could encompass the integration of different network elements, management systems (OSS), and the communication facilitators (adapters, gateways) within a network management system.
Potential Anticipated Claim(s):
- Claims 1 & 3 (in part): The broad architectural elements involving network elements, adapters, application servers, gateways, and OSS devices, and their communication to integrate resources for network management.

5. US20040107277A1

Full Citation: US20040107277A1, "Element management system with tree-structured representations"
Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 1999-05-26, Publication Date: 2004-06-03
Brief Description: This patent describes an element management system (EMS) that uses tree-structured representations. EMS systems manage network elements, and this would likely involve collecting and displaying configuration or fault information, which is a core function of an NMS.
Potential Anticipated Claim(s):
- Claims 1, 3, 7, 12, 15, 16, 17 (in part): Elements related to managing network elements, event management services, and collecting/processing configuration or performance data from network elements.

6. US20040249644A1

Full Citation: US20040249644A1, "Method and structure for near real-time dynamic ETL (extraction, transformation, loading) processing"
Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2003-06-06, Publication Date: 2004-12-09
Brief Description: This application focuses on Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processing in near real-time and dynamically. Within the context of network management, this could relate to how event information or other data is extracted from network elements, transformed into a common format, and loaded into management systems or databases.
Potential Anticipated Claim(s):
- Claims 1, 3, 4, 10, 11 (in part): The elements related to processing information, converting formats (transformation), and the gateway or adapters handling information flow, particularly as it pertains to diverse protocols and message types.

7. US20050108387A1

Full Citation: US20050108387A1, "System and apparatus for a network management system using presence and instant message techniques"
Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2003-10-31, Publication Date: 2005-05-19
Brief Description: This patent application describes a network management system (NMS) utilizing presence and instant messaging. While the specific communication techniques differ, it explicitly discloses an NMS, which would likely perform functions like receiving, processing, and sending management information.
Potential Anticipated Claim(s):
- Claims 1 & 3 (in part): The broad concept of a "network management system" and its fundamental operations of communicating information between network elements and an operation support system.

8. US7111077B1

Full Citation: US7111077B1, "Method and apparatus for passing service requests and data from web based workstations directly to online transaction processing (OLTP) server systems"
Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2000-12-22, Publication Date: 2006-09-19
Brief Description: This patent describes passing service requests and data from web-based workstations to OLTP server systems. This involves client-server communication, potentially with multiple servers, and handling requests/data, which broadly relates to the communication architecture of US8782282B1 where clients (like GUI or NB gateway) interact with application servers.
Potential Anticipated Claim(s):
- Claims 1 & 3 (in part): The general system architecture involving a server (or cluster), and client devices (like the NB gateway or GUI) sending and receiving information from these servers. The concept of distributing requests to server systems for processing.

9. US7325062B2

Full Citation: US7325062B2, "Method and system for automated adapter reallocation and optimization between logical partitions"
Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2003-04-30, Publication Date: 2008-01-29
Brief Description: This patent describes automated adapter reallocation and optimization between logical partitions. This directly addresses the management and dynamic assignment of adapters, which is a key aspect of scalability and fault tolerance in US8782282B1. This also implies mechanisms for handling changes in resource availability or load.
Potential Anticipated Claim(s):
- Claims 1 & 3 (in part): Crucially, the element of "facilitating establishing an association between the first adapter and a second application server instance... and between the gateway device and the second application server instance" in response to a server disablement. This patent's focus on "automated adapter reallocation and optimization" directly aligns with the failover and re-association aspects of US8782282B1.
- This also relates to the distributed adapter architecture and load balancing discussed in US8782282B1.