Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogram communication or interprocess communication (ipc) inventions 01/06

20060020946 - Method and apparatus for data-aware hardware arithmetic: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions in a processor for performing arithmetic operations. A data type associated with a particular memory location is used to determine if an operation about to be performed on the data in that location is legal. If the operation requires the data to have a...

20060020947 - Arranging management operations in management system: The invention relates to a method for arranging local operations in a management system, the method comprising: defining a management command addressed to a first node in a management structure of the managed device such that it comprises a command for performing a local operation for a second node of...

20060020949 - Method, system and computer program product for generating program: A program generation program used in a personal computer processes information on relationship between an action and a pair of a state of a system and an event to create a program for incorporating a new state in a state transition table. The computer reads the state transition table in...

20060020948 - Real-time multi-modal business transformation interaction: The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for real-time multi-business modal business process transformation interaction in a cross-enterprise business process management system. In accordance with the present invention, a method for real-time multi-modal interaction in a cross-enterprise business process management system can include the steps of handling an...

20060020950 - Apparatus and methods for implementation of network software interfaces: Apparatus and methods for improved software programming interface functionality in a network. In one exemplary embodiment, the network comprises an HFC cable network with CPE in which network-specific programming interfaces (e.g., APIs) may be downloaded to the CPE, registered, authenticated, stored and executed in a software protocol stack implementing OpenCable...

20060020951 - Streaming parser api for processing xml document: A streaming parser API expands a base parser by building an iterative method on top of the base parser. The iterative method allows a user to pass a selected element type to the base parser, which can step through the XML document until it locates a matching element. The base...

20060015877 - Collaborative state machine framework for use in a communication network: An apparatus for use in a communication network comprises a state machine capable of transitioning between a plurality of states. The plurality of states comprises at least two concurrent states. The state machine operates in the at least two concurrent states concurrently. Each of the concurrent states may be associated...

20060015878 - Command entry portal navigation: Methods and computer program products that enable command entry portal navigation (CEPN) permit a portal user to navigate directly to a desired tile of information by entering a textual navigation command (TNC) into an input field associated with the portal. The TNC may include a command directing the computer system...

20060015879 - Cross repository copier: A cross repository copier comprising a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving data from a user, a control module, a repository manager, and a plurality of repository adapters, wherein each repository adapter is connected to a native Application Program Interface (API) Library of a particular repository system and wherein each...

20060015880 - System and method for handling an event in a computer system: A system for handling an event in a computer system which has a kernel-mode and a user-mode, the system comprising: a kernel part that is operable to effect a suspension of the event in the kernel-mode; and a user part that is operable to effect an occurrence of the event...

20060015881 - Single port initial context access to enterprise java bean: Single port initial context access to an Enterprise Java Bean (“EJB”) including providing EJBs, including an EJB used by a client of a Java application; deploying the Java application, including deploying, at a fixed node and port, an application server for initial context lookup; selecting through the application server a...

20060010452 - Software application program interface method and system: A software application program interface system and method is provided. A call message may be received that specifies a type of application program to be called from a calling application program that is executing on a computer system. It may be determined whether the computer system has any application programs...

20060010453 - System and method for application driven power management among intermittently coupled interoperable electronic devices: System, device, method, and computer program and computer program products for providing communicating between devices having similar or dissimilar characteristics and facilitating seamless interoperability between them. Computer program software and methods of and systems and devices for sharing of content, applications, resources and control across similar and dissimilar permanently or...

20060010454 - Architecture for rendering graphics on output devices: A method for accessing graphical information including receiving one or more graphics commands written in an application programming interface (API). The graphics commands are converted into a graphical language that facilitates the execution of the commands for a plurality of output devices of one or more types....

20060005202 - Client control system for routine task: A client control system for electronically performing a routine task and for centralized data management in a wide area network (WAN) includes a server, for performing routine tasks; a user-band control unit, including an input/output managing unit, for conducting input/output processing of a user-input form, capable of being displayed in...

20060005201 - Extensible kernel-mode audio processing architecture: An extensible kernel-mode audio (e.g., MIDI) processing architecture is implemented using multiple modules that together comprise a module graph. The module graph is implemented in kernel-mode, reducing latency and jitter when handling audio data by avoiding transfers of the audio data to user-mode applications for processing. In one embodiment, the...

20060005204 - Dynamic software integration architecture: A software integration architecture is disclosed. The architecture includes software modules operative to spontaneously integrate distributed components/systems into new integrated systems via dynamic integration connectors, with minimal or no changes to the existing software components/systems/databases. The architecture employs integration rule sets that define access and communication rules associated with a...

20060005203 - Methods and devices for generating xml expressed management transactions that include an xpath expression: New XML management transaction requests including XPath expressions are used, for example, to forward configuration changes on to a data network device. The generation and use of these new requests helps reduce the costs associated with designing or upgrading data network devices. These new requests may be generated in a...

20060005205 - Device interoperability framework and method for building interoperability applications for interoperable team of devices: System, device, method, and computer program and computer program products for providing communicating between devices having similar or dissimilar characteristics and facilitating seamless interoperability between them. Computer program software and methods of and systems and devices for sharing of content, applications, resources and control across similar and dissimilar permanently or...

20060005206 - Disk storage defragmentation: There is disclose apparatus and a method of de-fragmenting file allocations on a disk comprising: determining what pages should be swapped among the various allocations made by the operating system (OS), the OS's file system mapping updated to reflect the swapped pages and a history of the original state prior...

20060005207 - Widget authoring and editing environment: An authoring environment for creating and/or editing user interface elements such as widgets used in a unified interest layer. The authoring environment facilitates creation of widgets that have a consistent appearance and mechanism, and allows third-party developers to easily create widgets that have a look and feel that is consistent...