Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogram communication or interprocess communication (ipc) inventions 04/09

20090113444 - Application management: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes executing one or more computer applications and ranking the applications according to one or more criteria that change in response to a user's interaction with the applications. State information for certain of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090113445 - System and method for localizing assets using automatic generation of alerts: A system and method for managing localization workflow for video game development is disclosed. The method includes programmatically determining that a string has been added to or modified in an executable asset of a video game under development. The method further includes programmatically inspecting the executable asset to determine whether... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090113447 - Client-side selection of a server: A method, system, and computer program product for performing network device management and client load distribution to a number of the Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) servers via a network path. A client-side server selection (CSS) utility allows a client to choose the ideal server to fulfill a CIM... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20090113449 - Method and system for creating and processing dynamic proxy actions for actions that are not yet registered with a client side broker: A system using proxy actions to handle requests for actions that are not yet registered with a broker. When an action request is received and the action is not registered in the broker, a proxy action object is created and stored on a proxy action queue. Proxy action objects stored... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software David A. Dagg, Esq.

20090113446 - Method for creating adaptive distributions: A method to dynamically create an adaptive distribution list through an application of a combination of mathematical, logical and/or programmable operations to existing static distribution lists or user directories. This list is created as part of the information message sent to the entries on the distribution list. In this invention,... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20090113448 - Satisfying a request for an action in a virtual world: A method for satisfying a request for an action in a virtual world includes permitting a user to request a first action for an avatar in the virtual world, wherein the avatar corresponds to the user. The method may also include determining if the first action is unavailable for the... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC For Ibm

20090113450 - Adaptive prevention of data loss during continuous event tracing with limited buffer size: This invention describes how to avoid data loss due to limited buffer size during continuous tracing of high frequency events such as branches. Buffer data loss is adaptively avoided by either temporarily patching an instruction with a jump to itself or by using delay loops with an adaptive number of... Agent: The Brevetto Law Group, PLLC

20090113451 - Processing event notifications with an event sink: Applications generating events, and system facilities generating events, send notifications of the events to a system event sink. The event sink is preferably associated with an operating system, and provides an application programming interface for registering listeners. (In one alternative approach, the event sink operates as a centrally-accessible or network-accessible... Agent: Marcia L. Doubet Law Firm

20090113452 - Processing event notifications with an event sink: Applications generating events, and system facilities generating events, send notifications of the events to a system event sink. The event sink is preferably associated with an operating system, and provides an application programming interface for registering listeners. (In one alternative approach, the event sink operates as a centrally-accessible or network-accessible... Agent: Marcia L. Doubet Law Firm

20090113456 - Electronic device and application program switching method thereof: An application program switching method for an electronic device having a first body and a second body is provided. A relative position of the first body and the second body is changed from a first state to a second state to activate a second application program while an external message... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090113455 - Network card testing method: A network card testing method, used to test if the network card is capable of functioning normally in a computer having Extended Firmware Interface (EFI) system. Wherein, in a protocol assignment table is recorded the connection relations of a network protocol of Extended Firmware Interface, and a driver program corresponding... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090113453 - System and method for consolidated information handling system component drivers: An information handling system which includes plural processing components operable to process information wherein at least one processing component has plural region-specific modes of operation, a driver package associated with the at least one processing component wherein the driver package has plural region-specific drivers, and an encrypted key stored on... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090113454 - System and method of testing bridge sas channels: A system and a method of testing bridge SAS channels includes a control terminal, a hot-plug bridge interface, a first adaptor, an SAS back plate, and a second adaptor. The control terminal selects an SAS interface as a transmission path for sending a test signal. The hot-plug bridge interface receives... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090113458 - Controlling hardware across two or more simultaneously running operating systems: A computing device has two or more software stacks, each stack simultaneously running a different operating system. Only one enabled operating system at a time has control of hardware resources of the computing device. Each disabled operating system has its device drivers disabled. The drivers may be disabled by stopping... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20090113457 - Performing requested commands for model-based applications: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for performing requested commands for model-based applications. Embodiments of the invention permit efficient implementation of operations for model-based applications. Since drivers that are to implement an operation request data for implementing the operation, embodiments significantly reduce the likelihood of... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20090113459 - Communicating with devices in an atm: A method of operating a self-service terminal is described, along with software for performing the method. The self-service terminal has a number of service providers installed on it. According to the method, a call from a self-service terminal application to open a session with a service provider is received by... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20090113460 - Systems and methods for providing a generic interface in a communications environment: Systems and methods for providing a generic interface in a communications environment are provided. A communications services interface may receive a first and second application function call specifying a first and second communications channel, respectively. The first and second communications channels may utilize a first and second communications protocol, respectively,... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090113461 - Invoking request processing method in distributed system, distributed system and server: An invoking request processing method in distributed system. The method makes a judgment according to the interface performance of an invoking object, and transforming an invoking request being sent to an intermediate object into a transferring request, which makes the intermediate object only needing to perform the transferring operation for... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090106769 - Method and apparatus for recording web application process: A method and apparatus for recording web application processes which enable the overall processing condition of a web system to be checked simply without installing a special tool in a client computer and without taking the trouble of modifying a web application on a server, while coping with an increase... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090106768 - System and method for accessing really simple syndication (rss) enabled content using session initiation protocol (sip) signaling: A system and associated method for subscribing Really Simple Syndication (RSS) enabled content using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) are disclosed. An application server intermediates a SIP message and a request for a RSS feed. An end device requests subscription of the RSS feed in a SIP message. The application... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090106774 - Interprocess communication system, interprocess communication control device, interprocess communication control method, and computer program product: An interprocess communication system comprising: a transmission device; and a reception device connected to the transmission device so as to be able to receive communication data via a network, wherein in the transmission device, a first process, to which a first thread and a plurality of other threads belong, is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090106772 - Loop checking mechanism in a data processing system: The invention concerns a method, computing device, data processing system and computer program product for ensuring correct processing of data according to various system states. The system includes a first data processing module having a state control unit which blocks reception of data on input channels where a state message... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090106773 - Method and system for user-friendly forwarding entry management based on inter-process communication: A method and system for user-friendly forwarding entry management based on inter-process communication (IPC) is provided. The system includes a function input unit inputting a command for forwarding entry management; and an automated process unit verifying parameters included in the function to create a user table, extracting information for creating... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090106770 - Sms sessioning: A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards managing communications with global applications through message handlers. The message is received by a first message handler that is local to the client device. The first message handler determines if the message is to be forwarded to a global application, and if... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090106771 - System and method for providing a memory region or memory window access notification on a system area network: A system and method for providing a memory region/memory window (MR/MW) access notification on a system area network are provided. Whenever a previously allocated MR/MW is accessed, such as via a remote direct memory access (RDMA) read/write operation, a notification of the access is generated and written to a queue... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090106776 - Apparatus and method for managing events in virtual world: Provided is an apparatus for managing events in a virtual world. The apparatus includes: an event detecting unit monitoring a virtual world and detecting an event which occurs in the virtual world; a snapshot managing unit generating snapshots of developments of the event; and a control unit providing each of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090106775 - Method, system and apparatus for a transformation engine for use in the processing of structured documents: Systems, methods and apparatuses for embodiments of a transformation engine for structured documents are disclosed. More specifically, instruction code may be generated by a compiler from transformation instructions for a structured document. Embodiments of the transformation engine may comprise hardware circuitry operable to execute the instruction code to process a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090106777 - Typicality filtering of event indicators for information technology resources: A monitor for information technology resources improved by introducing typicality filters to analyze potential event indicators such as alerts. A typicality filter keeps a time-dependent history of the frequency of occurrence of an associated event, wherein time is segmented into monitoring periods. At the end of each monitoring period, a... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wsm) C/o Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20090106779 - Method and system for modeling of system content for businesses: A method and system of managing content at a network site can allow easier use by business users. A higher level of abstraction can be used to allow business users to create their own objects that may reference or contain other objects or records as managed by a content management... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20090106778 - Method, interface and apparatus for discovering a location of a device: A system, method, Application Programming Interface (API) and device for discovering a location of a device, for example, to provide location information for a Location Based Service (LBS). The device includes a memory, a display, and a processor operably coupled to the memory and the display. The processor may be... Agent: Thorne & Halajian Applied Technology Center

20090106780 - Method and system for communicating between isolation environments: A method and system for aggregating installation scopes within an isolation environment, where the method includes first defining an isolation environment for encompassing an aggregation of installation scopes. Associations are created between a first application and a first installation scope. When the first application requires the presence of a second... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart / Citrix Systems, Inc.

20090106781 - Remote call handling methods and systems: Methods and apparatuses are provided for handling remote calls, for example, in a servicing system having a plurality of operatively coupled service instances, wherein a request is received by a service instance which identifies the request as being associated with a non-state-changing operation or a state-changing operation. When the operation... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP

20090100438 - Browser-based logoff from distributed and federated environments: A web browser is provided with a logout enablement function that traps a browser or page shutdown request and prevents that request from completing until the browser (or page) has logged out from one or more current server-side application sessions. The logout enablement function ensures that server-side resources that have... Agent: Ibm Corp. (dhj) C/o David H. Judson

20090100439 - Information engine: A user-customizable computer information engine called “windBreak” includes modular, autonomous, separately programmable, processing mytes which interact via the exchange of messages. It is equipped with user interface image protocols suitable for 2D and 3D presentations. Rather than appearing in predefined “windows,” mytes' images are presented in indefinitely large territories. Applications... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090100440 - Display of data used for system performance analysis: Method, system, and computer program product for displaying data used to analyze system performance are provided. The method, system, and computer program product provides for determining an alert was triggered in a system at a point in time, identifying an alert type associated with the alert that was triggered in... Agent: Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan, LLC

20090100441 - Resource assignment system with recovery notification: The application discloses a resource assignment system including recovery notification procedures or methods to notify an application or node of potentially lost resources. The recovery notification procedures or calls are invoked in response to a recovery notification registration function. In response to recovery notification registration, a recovery notification or call... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090100442 - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof: An information processing apparatus includes a CPU-A which starts a first OS stored in a DRAM-A, a CPU-B which starts a second OS stored in a non-volatile memory, and an HDD which stores a first program executed on the first OS and a second program executed on the second OS,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090100443 - Methods and systems for ambistateful backend control: Methods, computer-readable media, and systems control a backend. In one implementation, a method controls a backend by executing, at the backend, at least one command. The method may determine, by applying a set of ambistateful criteria, whether to place the backend under stateless control or stateful control, upon completion of... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20090100444 - Embeded driver for an electronic device: An electronics module with driver information electronically associated therein. The driver information may be in a memory on the electronics module. The memory may store drivers for multiple operating systems, including a virtual machine type operating system that can be used with any processor or operating system that can run... Agent: Scott C Harris

20090100445 - Method and apparatus for driving printer driver according to a determined application and method and apparatus for installing the printer driver: A method and apparatus for driving a printer driver according to a determined type of application and a method and apparatus for installing a printer driver. The method includes determining the type of application; and driving one of an extensible markup language (XML) paper specification (XPS) driver and a legacy... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090100446 - Method and system of external data storage: A method of external data storage in a system including a primary processing device, having a processor and a primary data storage unit, adapted to run application programs for processing active records in the processor and configured to store data belonging to active records in the primary data storage unit;... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20090100447 - Providing links between application programs: Links are established between data elements common to different application programs to make it easier for a user to perform an action in one application program using data available in another application program. Data elements are identified in a first data set for a first application program. One or more... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090100448 - Remote auto provisioning and publication of applications: Techniques for auto provisioning and publication of applications are described. The auto provisioning process enables automatic installation of applications having their respective file packages pre-stored in the server. Subsequently, publication of these applications is conducted automatically. By employing such an automatic process, the latency involved in provisioning and publication of... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090094614 - Direct synchronous input: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing direct synchronous input. An input monitor determines where an input from a sender that is directed to a target element is about to be delivered. One example for providing an input monitor includes using a system hook. If the input monitor determines... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090094615 - Access control method, system and device using access control method: In an access control method for performing access control on resources of a device, the access control method includes: activating a program management function, an access management function and a resource management function on a running embedded OS (Operating System); segmenting plural applications operating on the device to allocate a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090094616 - Comparing middleware configurations: A system and method for comparing middleware configurations on a plurality of data processing systems. A comparison manager organizes a first set of configuration objects into a first representative tree structure and a second set of configuration objects into a second representative tree structure. The comparison manager uniquely identifies (utilizing... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090094617 - Container for disparate software components: A computer readable medium embodying instructions executable by a processor to perform a method for hosting components implemented in different computer readable languages within one process. The method includes instantiating a container within a single process, creating a hosting environment for each of a plurality of components, and wherein loading... Agent: King & Spalding

20090094618 - System and method for information assurance based on thermal analysis techniques: Systems and methods for network security are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention include a scalable, real-time solution to complement existing security systems and detect unusual activity. Embodiments of the present invention leverage the scale and complexity of networks and use the principles of statistical physics and thermodynamics to define... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090094619 - Nonstop program system and a method of continuously running programs by switching between program sides: A nonstop program system includes program sides each including programs accomplishing the required function of the system and a dedicated variable area storing variables used for executing the program. Those programs are independent of each other and have the same contents. When the operational state of one program side is... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090094620 - High data availability sas-based raid system: A storage system includes two RAID controllers, each having two SAS initiators coupled to a zoning SAS expander. The expanders are linked by an inter-controller link and create a SAS ZPSDS. The expanders have PHY-to-zone mappings and zone permissions to create two distinct SAS domains such that one initiator of... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20090094621 - Universal serial bus host controller driver over a network: A method to interact with a local USB device is disclosed. Messages are transmitted to a remote host controller driver from a host controller associated with the local USB device. Messages are received from the remote host controller driver for the host controller.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20090094622 - Software methods of an optical network apparatus with multiple multi-protocol optical networking modules having packet filtering resources: An API is provided to an optical networking apparatus to facilitate uniform access, control and interaction with its multi-protocol optical networking modules (MPONM) by its applications. Each of the MPONM has a number of function blocks having corresponding drivers. In response to an application's request to initialize a MPONM, the... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20090094623 - System and method for programmatically generating to-do list and creating notification between calendar and other applications: A method, apparatus, and program product are provided for integrating a calendar todo list with information from other applications. The method comprises the steps of: dynamically extracting data for open application processes, and creating task listings using the data for the open application processes. The apparatus comprises a processor adapted... Agent: Steven E. Bach Attorney At Law

20090094624 - Method and apparatus for bequeathing privilige to a dynamically loaded module: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for transferring a privilege to a module. In one embodiment, a set of privileges required to initiate execution of code associated with the software module is identified to form enhanced privileges. The application is frozen. The enhanced privileges are unassigned to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090089811 - Persistent per url print settings: The present invention improves the economy of repetitively printing Web pages by automatically storing and recalling persistent “per URL” print settings. An exemplary method comprises the steps of receiving from a user a first request to print a web page, selecting by the user print settings for the first request,... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20090089812 - System and method for controlling synchronization of media and multi-devices for single-media multi-device media service: Provided is a system and method for controlling synchronization of media and multi-devices for an SMMD media service. The system includes a metadata managing unit and a synchronization controlling unit. The metadata managing unit analyzes ne-media to extract metadata. The synchronization controlling unit constructs a synchronization information table to store... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090089813 - Method and system for dynamic audio stream redirection: There is provided a method of redirecting an audio stream from a first audio endpoint to a second audio endpoint in a computer operating system. The method includes directing the audio stream from a client application through a first audio resource stack to the first audio endpoint; creating an audio... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20090089815 - Method and system for performing i/o operations using a hypervisor: A method for installing a device driver for a device in a guest domain, that includes obtaining a first device driver for the device by a hypervisor, installing, by the hypervisor, the first device driver into memory allocated to the guest domain, and notifying an operating system in the guest... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun