Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual machine task or process management or task management/control inventions 10/06

20060242641 - Method and system for a resource negotiation between virtual machines: A method of agreeing on the utilization of at least one computer resource between two virtual machines includes sending a first resource request by a first virtual machine to a second virtual machine having computer resources to allocate to the first virtual machine. The second virtual machine responds by sending...

20060242642 - Accounting apparatus and method for smt processor: In an accounting apparatus, a conflict determination unit determines whether or not the accounting mode is in a conflict state where a process is executing in another logical CPU and stores the determination result in an accounting information storage unit, when a process of the user starts to be executed...

20060242644 - Architecture for a read/write thread lock: An architecture for a read/write thread lock is provided for use in a computing environment where several sets of computer instructions, or “threads,” can execute concurrently. The disclosed thread lock allows concurrently-executing threads to share access to a resource, such as a data object. The thread lock allows a plurality...

20060242643 - Managing input/output interruptions in non-dedicated interruption hardware environments: Input/output interruptions are managed in computing environments that do not use dedicated per-guest interruption hardware to present interruptions. Dispatchable guest programs in the environment receive I/O interruptions directly without hypervisor intervention. This is facilitated by using one or more interruption controls stored in memory and associated with each guest program....

20060242646 - System and method for controlling power source: A power control system includes power control target units, each of which has a power source and is used by at least one of jobs; job executing units configured to execute the jobs; and a power control unit configured to control the power source of each of the power control...

20060242645 - System and method of executing program threads in a multi-threaded processor: A multithreaded processor device is disclosed and includes a first program thread and second program thread. The second program thread is execution linked to the first program thread in a lock step manner. As such, when the first program thread experiences a stall event, the second program thread is instructed...

20060242647 - Dynamic application placement under service and memory constraints: An optimization problem models the dynamic placement of applications on servers under two types of simultaneous resource requirements, those that are dependent on the loads placed on the applications and those that are independent. The demand (load) for applications changes over time and the goal is to satisfy all the...

20060242648 - Workload scheduling method and system with improved planned job duration updating scheme: A method for scheduling execution of a work unit in a data processing system (100) comprises assigning to the work unit an expected execution duration (PD); executing the work unit (315); determining an actual execution duration (AD) of the work unit (320); determining a difference between the actual execution duration...

20060236321 - Clock-timer that displays a web page after a timing period: This may be a process, method and computer clock-timer that displays a web page after a timing period, the process having steps of: a computer clock-timer or clock-timer feature that takes the form of a clock-timer, a separate list of URLs containing one or more URLs, a timing period, and...

20060236322 - Techniques for setting events in a multi-threaded system: To set one or more events without intermediate scheduling of threads in a multi-threaded system, a scheduler is first rendered essentially ineffective. The events are then set, for example, by repeatedly calling a function to set a single event, once for each event to be set. The scheduler is then...

20060236323 - Methods and systems for distributed processing on consumer devices: Systems and methods are used to provide distributed processing on a service provider network that includes a plurality of remotely located consumer devices. Each of the remotely located consumer devices includes a processing device. A service is provided from the service provider network to the remotely located consumer devices. Distributed...

20060236324 - Method and system for performance balancing in a distributed computer system: A method of dynamic performance balancing in a distributed computer system including collecting average service time statistics for application requests distributed from multiple application servers and collecting application server CPU utilization statistics from multiple hosts where each host is associated with at least one of the application servers. In addition,...

20060230400 - Allocating entitled processor cycles for preempted virtual processors: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, calculate a preemption credit for a partition if a virtual processor is preempted and the partition is unable to receive an entitled capacity of physical processor cycles during a dispatch window. The preemption credit is the portion of the...

20060230402 - Managing transactions for enterprise javabeans: Exemplary methods, systems, and products are disclosed for managing transactions for Enterprise Java Beans (“EJBs”) that typically include receiving in an EJB container a plurality of container managed transactions for EJB components having container managed persistence. Each transaction typically comprises at least one computer program instruction affecting a data value...

20060230401 - Platform configuration register virtualization apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to intercept a first request to use a platform configuration register (PCR) directed to a first trusted platform module (TPM) port, a second request to use the PCR directed to the first TPM port, or both, and to re-direct...

20060230403 - Coordination in a distributed system: Respective coordinators are spawned or activated to coordinate activities with regard to respective tasks. Where the respective tasks require cooperative efforts of a plurality of controllers, the respective coordinators ensure cooperative efforts by generating and communicating cooperative commands to the plurality of controllers. The coordinators may act as clearinghouses for...

20060230404 - Apparatus for tracking work process and computer product: In a work-process tracking system, each of event-data collecting threads collects event data from each of work systems. A storing thread stores the event data collected in a database. When a termination instruction is received, a thread in operation is terminated. For example, when an instruction to start (or terminate)...

20060230405 - Determining and describing available resources and capabilities to match jobs to endpoints: A method, system and computer program product for determining and describing available resources and capabilities to match jobs to endpoints may include applying a set of rules to resource information to at least one of create new resource and attribute information and update existing resource and attribute information. The method...

20060230407 - Method and apparatus for using virtual machine technology for managing parallel communicating applications: A method (and system) for managing a distributed-memory parallel application running on multiple servers, includes dynamically moving a plurality of executable program components, where each of the plurality of executable program components are running on one of a plurality of virtual machines, using migration of the virtual machines between physical...

20060230406 - Tiered command distribution: Tiered command distribution is described. In an embodiment, a pipeline architecture includes processor chains of data processors that process control events received from an application interface control. A tier assignment algorithm determines the longest path of data processors through the processor chains to determine a tier allocation for each data...

20060230409 - Multithreaded processor architecture with implicit granularity adaptation: A method and processor architecture for achieving a high level of concurrency and latency hiding in an “infinite-thread processor architecture” with a limited number of hardware threads is disclosed. A preferred embodiment defines “fork” and “join” instructions for spawning new threads and having a novel operational semantics. If a hardware...

20060230408 - Multithreaded processor architecture with operational latency hiding: A method and processor architecture for achieving a high level of concurrency and latency hiding in an “infinite-thread processor architecture” with a limited number of hardware threads is disclosed. A preferred embodiment defines “fork” and “join” instructions for spawning new context-switched threads. Context switching is used to hide the latency...

20060225073 - Computer system, log collection method and computer program product: Provided is a computer system in which a plurality of virtual machines operate on a host computer. The host computer has a time subtraction table for storing the time subtraction with the respective virtual machines, and a log collection unit for collecting the logs of the respective virtual machines. The...

20060225076 - Location-aware personal scheduler: A personal scheduler (103) is proposed. The scheduler is used to define tasks (210), each one consisting of an activity to be performed by a defined deadline at a specific location, and appointments (215), each one consisting of an activity to be performed at a precise time at a specific...

20060225074 - Method and apparatus for communication between two or more processing elements: A technique for performing barrier synchronization among a plurality of program threads. More particularly, at least one embodiment of the invention keeps track of completed tasks associated with a number of program threads using bits within a barrier register that can be updated and reassigned without incurring the amount of...

20060225075 - System and method for job scheduling and distributing job scheduling: The invention relates to a system and a method for tracking and executing a job comprising a series of tasks. Each task is executable on a separate computing device. The method comprises: utilizing a workload manager to identify an initial schedule of implementation for the job; utilizing agents to selectively...

20060225077 - System and method for dynamically determining a portion of a resource for which a thread is to obtain a lock: According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises determining that a thread desires a lock for accessing a resource. The method further comprises dynamically determining a portion of the resource for which a lock is to be obtained for the thread, and obtaining the lock on the determined portion....

20060225078 - System and method for dynamically determining a thread to perform work using a lockable resource: According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises a first thread desiring to perform work using a resource. The first thread determines whether another thread holds a lock on the resource, and if another thread (“blocking thread”) holds a lock on the resource, the work is transferred to the...

20060225079 - Normalized measurement of computer resource usage: Exemplary methods, systems, and products are described for normalized measurement of computer resource usage by use of benchmarks of performance that reduce the complexity of calculating customer charges for use of computer resources in a hosted environment. More particularly, exemplary methods, systems, and products are described for normalized measurement of...