Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogram communication or interprocess communication (ipc) inventions 08/06

20060195850 - Automated data organization: A system for automating data processing is presented. The system comprises an end-user programming module that is integrated with an underlying file system and that maps an event of a computing system to at least one automatic action that is defined by an end user. The system also includes an...

20060195849 - Method for synchronizing events, particularly for processors of fault-tolerant systems: Identically structured processor boards operating in lockstep mode are frequently used for redundant systems. The deterministic behavior of all components comprised in the board, i.e. CPUS, chip sets, main memory, etc. is the basic condition for implementing a lockstep system, deterministic behavior meaning that said components simultaneously supply identical results...

20060195851 - Multiple version interface: A modified proxy object implements one or a multiple versions of an interface, and provides a common, multi-version interface. The common, multi-version interface is comprised of a union of all the methods of all versions of the interface that are supported by the modified proxy object. Since the common, multi-version...

20060190947 - Parallel execution of window functions: Techniques are described for parallelizing qualifying window functions without reliance on partitioning criteria specified in the command that includes the qualifying window functions. Because the techniques do not rely on partitioning criteria specified in the command, the techniques may be used on commands in which no partitioning criteria is specified....

20060190948 - Connection manager, method, system and program product for centrally managing computer applications: The present invention provides a connection manager, method, system and program product for centrally managing computer applications. Specifically, under the present invention, a connection manager is provided that centrally manages the applications through a queue broker, and communicates with components of a heartbeat manager and cleanup manager. The connection manager...

20060184948 - System, method and medium for providing asynchronous input and output with less system calls to and from an operating system: A system, method and medium for reducing the number of system calls from an application program to an operating system kernel. In an embodiment, a method includes the steps of creating a list of requests issued by an application program, associating an indicia with the list indicating whether the list...

20060184949 - Methods, systems, and storage mediums for timing work requests and completion processing: I/O adapters, such as InfiniBand™ host channel adapters (HCAs) or iWarp remote network interface cards (RNICs) use work requests to pass information to a queue pair and work completions to determine when a work request has completed. Timing information in various stages of processing of these work requests allow a...

20060174250 - Method and apparatus for enterprise brokering of user-controlled availability: Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling an availability of a user in an enterprise environment. If an enterprise user requests to change an availability status on one or more media, a determination is made as to whether to grant the request based on one or more predefined criteria associated...

20060174251 - Transmit completion event batching: Method for managing a data transmit queue, for use with a host and a network interface device. Roughly described, the host writes data buffer descriptors into a transmit descriptor queue, and the network interface device writes events to notify the host when it has completed processing of a transmit data...

20060174252 - Service versioning: An appropriate version of a service for use by a service requestor is selected based on metadata. A request for a service object provided by a service is received from a service requestor. Multiple, different versions of the service are determined, and metadata associated with the multiple, different versions of...