Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual machine task or process management or task management/control inventions 03/07

20070074208 - Apparatus and method for expedited virtual machine (vm) launch in vm cluster environment: Method and apparatus for expedited virtual machine (VM) launch in VM cluster environment. In one embodiment, at least one VM is launched within a host platform. Once initialized, a VM may issue a hypercall to a VM monitor (VMM) of a VM host platform. In response, the VMM may capture... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070074206 - Operating cell processors over a network: Cell processors, data structures and methods for operating two or more cell processors over are disclosed. A cell processor can load, store and save information relating to the operation of one or more of its synergistic processing elements (SPE) in units of migration called extended SPUlets that include either two... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070074207 - Spu task manager for cell processor: Cell processor task management in a cell processor having a main memory, one or more power processor units (PPU) and one or more synergistic processing units (SPU), each SPU having a processor and a local memory is described. An SPU task manager (STM) running on one or more of the... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070074212 - Cell processor methods and apparatus: Methods and apparatus for cell processors are disclosed. A policy module is loaded from a main memory of a cell processor into the local memory of a selected synergistic processing unit (SPU) under control of an SPU policy module manager (SPMM) running on the SPU. The policy module loads a... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070074214 - Event processing method in a computer system: A computer system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a plurality of dedicated processing units (DPUs) for transferring therebetween event descriptors for allocating CPU processings to the DPUs. The computer system includes a plurality of event controllers each associated a corresponding one of the DPUs or CPU. The event controller... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070074211 - Executable task modeling systems and methods: Systems and methods are provided for task modeling with models that are adaptive and executable at runtime. In one implementation, a method is provided for executing a task model at runtime. The method may comprise providing a task model comprising a plurality of tasks, executing an application to schedule one... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070074213 - Method and apparatus for detecting cross-thread stack access in multithreaded programs: A threaded-programming analysis and diagnostic tool including two data structures to store a termination status of each of the threads in a multi-threaded program, logic to propagate information between the two data structures, and detection logic to determine whether a first thread could access the stack of a second thread... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070074210 - Optimal stateless search: A method of testing software in a concurrent system includes the generation of ordered schedules of threads and operations where only the minimal schedule of each conflict-equivalence class is actually executed. Moreover, these schedules are themselves executed in order. Rather than actually enumerating schedules, all schedules other than the first... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070074209 - System for automatically designing software agents: A system in accordance with the present invention automatically designs a software component to perform a defined task having task inputs and task outputs. The system includes a plurality of modules, a first comparator, a selector, and a second comparator. Each of the plurality of modules has module inputs and... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070074215 - Stateless server-side automation of web service requests using dynamically generated web service interfaces: Methods, computer programs, and systems for processing a request through a web service on a server are provided. The method includes receiving a batch request from a client. The batch request includes a plurality of sub-requests that each specifies an operation to be performed by the web service. The method... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070074219 - Dynamically variable idle time thread scheduling: Systems and methods for dynamically variable idle time thread scheduling are described. In one aspect, threads are scheduled according to a predetermined periodic rate. If there are no threads to execute, one or more hardware elements and program modules are deactivated to an idle state for a dynamic variable amount... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070074218 - Passive optical network (pon) packet processor: A passive optical network (PON) packet processor for processing PON traffic includes a core processor for executing threads related to the processing of PON traffic and a plurality of hardware (HW) accelerators coupled to the core processor for accelerating the processing of said PON traffic. A memory unit is coupled... Agent: Gary M. Nath Nath & Associates PLLC

20070074217 - Scheduling optimizations for user-level threads: Method, apparatus and system embodiments to schedule user-level OS-independent “shreds” without intervention of an operating system. For at least one embodiment, the shred is scheduled for execution by a scheduler routine rather than the operating system. The scheduler routine resides in user space and may be part of a runtime... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070074216 - Task management method, task management device, semiconductor integrated circuit, electronic apparatus, and task management system: This task management method includes dividing a unit time of processing into a reserved band for guaranteeing real-timeness and a non-reserved band not for guaranteeing real-timeness, and skipping a task to be executed in the non-reserved band as appropriate when processor throughput falls. That is, when the operating frequency of... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070074220 - Dynamically allocating server resources to competing classes of work based upon achievement of service goals: A facility for adjusting a number of servers assigned to server pools for performing certain work types on the basis of unmet service needs in a work processing facility. Servers may include service agents, both human and robotic. A server assignor and a corresponding server assignment method may each be... Agent: Sheridan Ross P.C.

20070074221 - Cell processor task and data management: Cell processor task and data management systems methods and apparatus are disclosed. A cell processor divides an event that event requires more memory space than is available in a local storage of a synergistic processing element (SPE) into two or more segments. Each segment has a segment size that is... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070074222 - Thread scheduling apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to determine the number of mutexes held by a thread during a quantum time period, including a rescheduling window time period. One embodiment includes a system having a processor coupled to a computer-readable medium, a data structure in the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070074224 - Kernel based profiling systems and methods: Profiling systems and methods. A profiling system comprises a processor that runs a kernel including a scheduler. The scheduler locates a context that to be switched to, records a time and an identification of the context, and switches to the context for execution. The context comprises a thread, a process,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070074223 - Operating systems: A method of enabling multiple different operating systems to run concurrently on the same RISC computer, comprising selecting a first operating system to have a relatively high priority (the realtime operating system, such as C5); selecting at least one secondary operating system to have a relatively lower priority (the general... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070067769 - Method and apparatus for providing cross-platform hardware support for computer platforms: A method and apparatus for providing cross-platform hardware support for a computing platform are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a computing system includes, but is not limited to, at least one physical hardware device, a host operating system (HOS), a virtual platform running on the HOS including... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070067773 - Event management method and system: Method and system in an event management system is disclosed. The method includes the step of creating an agent on a server in an event management system for monitoring an event. The event is present when a data achieving a predefined status defined by a business rule. The event management... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20070067771 - Real-time threading service for partitioned multiprocessor systems: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to provide a real-time threading service to an application in a multi-core environment. An executive is launched, within a most privilege level of an operating system (OS), on a real-time core in the multi-core environment. The real-time core is sequestered from... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070067770 - System and method for reduced overhead in multithreaded programs: One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method for: receiving a request at a polling thread from one application thread in a plurality of application threads to modify a data object shared by the plurality of application threads; determining if there are any persistent references to the data object... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20070067772 - Tools and methods for task management: A method for managing tasks with a system allows a task Initiator and a task Performer to negotiate the terms and acceptance of tasks, and then tracks performance and acceptance of completion of the tasks. A task monitor is provided which is split into two regions, the first region displaying... Agent: Mr. Christopher John Rourk Jackson Walker LLP

20070067774 - Fair scalable reader-writer mutual exclusion: Implementing fair scalable reader writer mutual exclusion for access to a critical section by a plurality of processing threads in a processing system is accomplished by creating a first queue node for a first thread on the first thread's stack, the queue node representing a request by the first thread... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070067775 - System and method for transferring data between virtual machines or other computer entities: A method for communication between first and second computer programs having a shared memory. The first computer program has a first work dispatcher for a first work queue. The second computer program has a second work dispatcher for a second work queue. Without causing an interrupt, a message or data... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070067776 - Method and system for allocating system resources among applications using weights: A method is disclosed for allocating computer system resources, such as memory, among applications. Input parameters are received for applications. The parameters include a minimum entitlement value, a maximum entitlement value, and a weight. The minimum entitlement is the minimum amount of resources that the application should receive. The maximum... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070067777 - Logging lock data: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, wait for expiration of a poll interval and in response to expiration of the poll interval, retrieve data regarding locks on objects and store the data in a log. In an embodiment, the stored data may include an identifier... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070061804 - Apparatus, system, and method for managing task instances: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing task instances. The present invention includes receiving a task instance request with a unique task identifier and invoking an authorization function corresponding to the unique task identifier. The authorization function authorizes the task instance request and registers the unique task identifier... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070061805 - Method and apparatus for improving thread posting efficiency in a multiprocessor data processing system: A computer implemented method, a data processing system, and computer usable program code for improving thread posting efficiency in a multiprocessor data processing system are provided. Aspects of the present invention first receive a set of threads from an application. The aspects of the present invention then group the set... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070061806 - Multi-tasking apparatus and method in portable terminal: An apparatus and method capable of performing multiple tasks in a portable terminal are provided, in which menu functions of the portable terminal can be implemented while continuing to play the music. The multi-tasking apparatus includes a controller for performing controlling to implement at least one menu function while playing... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070061807 - Method and system for generating a static partition scheduling timeline: A method and system are disclosed for generating a static partition scheduling timeline, which minimizes context switching overhead. An example method for generating a static partition scheduling timeline is disclosed, which models each partition as a period and duration, and allocates each partition its requested duration of execution time in... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070061808 - Scheduler for a network processor: According to an aspect of the present invention, a scheduler schedules a thread, supporting the execution of a microblock, to process a packet based on the status of the thread and presence of a valid message corresponding to the thread. The microblock and the thread may be selected based on... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070061809 - Process scheduler having multiple adaptive partitions associated with process threads accessing mutexes and the like: A system is set forth that includes a processor, one or more memory storage units, and software code stored in the one or more memory storage units. The software code is executable by the processor to generate a plurality of adaptive partitions that are each associated with one or more... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070061812 - Method and apparatus for communicating information between lock stepped processors: An apparatus for communicating between lock step is incorporated on two or more processors operating in a lock step mode. Each of the processors includes processor logic to execute a code sequence, and an identical code sequence is executed by the processor logic. The apparatus further includes a processor-specific resource... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070061810 - Method and system for providing access to a shared resource utilizing selective locking: A method and system for providing access to a shared resource utilizing selective locking are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided comprising receiving a request to perform a resource access operation on a shared resource, invoking a first routine to perform the resource access operation, detecting a... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070061811 - Modular event-driven processing: Each of a plurality of thread boundaries comprises functionality to be performed for a given event by a single thread. A plurality of queues through which events may be routed may be coupled to the thread boundaries. A plurality of tasks may be configured in a defined relationship, each task... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070061813 - Distributed embedded software for a switch: A flexible architecture for embedded firmware of a multiple protocol switch can be implemented on a variety of hardware platforms. Hardware components of a SAN switch are embodied as cooperative modules (e.g., switch modules, port modules, service modules, etc.) with one or more processors in each module. Likewise, firmware components... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070055974 - Systems and methods for supporting object allocation processes: Systems and methods are disclosed for supporting at least one allocation process for an allocation of objects in at least one application by way of an allocation framework pre-configured for the allocation process, with at least one monitoring and control unit and at least one working unit. In one implementation,... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20070050764 - Hierarchical virtualization with a multi-level virtualization mechanism: Hierarchical virtualization is disclosed, where such virtualization can be accomplished with a multi-level mechanism. The hierarchical virtualization includes using a hypervisor that maintains a first partition and using a virtualization stack within the first partition to create and control a second partition. Multiple virtualization stacks can subsist within the first... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070050766 - Method for operating software configured for internet access on a remote computer: A method of operating software configured for Internet access on a remote computer includes opening a virtual machine on a remote computer from a user computer and sending user preferences from the user computer to the virtual machine. The method includes sending a request to operate the software configured for... Agent: Ibm Corp. (clg) C/o Cardinal Law Group

20070050767 - Method, apparatus and system for a virtual diskless client architecture: A method, apparatus and system enable a virtual diskless architecture on a virtual machine (“VM”) host. In one embodiment, a partition on the VM host may be designated a management VM and the storage controller (coupled to a storage device) on the host VM may be dedicated to this management... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070050765 - Programming language abstractions for creating and controlling virtual computers, operating systems and networks: Programming language abstractions for creating and controlling virtual computers, operating systems and networks are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a computing system includes, but is not limited to, a virtual operating system (VOS) having a VOS kernel and a first library, a host operating system (HOS) having... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070050763 - System and method for accelerating input/output access operation on a virtual machine: A system and method for accelerating input/output (IO) access operation on a virtual machine, The method comprises providing a smart IO device that includes an unrestricted command queue (CQ) and a plurality of restricted CQs and allowing a guest domain to directly configure and control IO resources through a respective... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070050768 - Incremental web container growth to control startup request flooding: A computer implemented method, an apparatus, and a computer usable program product for controlling startup request flooding. An application server instance is started. If the application server instance is throttled during a startup interval, a Web container thread manager is initiated. If the Web container thread manager identifies it is... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070050770 - Method and apparatus for uniformly integrating operating system resources: Method and apparatus for uniformly integrating operating system resources are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a computing system includes, but is not limited to, a first operating system with a first operating system kernel and a first operating system resource, a second operating system with a second... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070050769 - Operating system shut down: A user interface and scheme is provided for facilitating shutting down an operating system. Aspects include the operating system receiving a command to initiate shut down, and automatically terminating graphical user interface (GUI) applications that delay shut down which do not have top level windows. Also, aspects provide a user,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070050772 - Data processing apparatus, system control method and system: If a user specifies shutdown of the power supply of an apparatus from a console, another apparatus connected to the same network is notified so as not to issue a request for a new shared job, and it is determined whether a scheduled shared job exists. The display on a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070050771 - System and method for scheduling tasks for execution: A system for scheduling tasks for execution includes a queue of tasks ordered by scheduled time for execution. A timer thread monitors status of tasks in the queue and selectively dispatches tasks. A guard thread monitors status of tasks in the queue and selectively creates timer threads. The guard thread... Agent: Shelley M. Beckstrand Patent Attorney

20070050773 - Weighted fair queuing scheduler: A scheduler which uses a GPS simulation to determine an order in which to service entities uses a novel dynamic data structure with a sophisticated, but simple, pointer update mechanism. Preferred embodiments of the scheduler perform a fixed amount of work per scheduling event. A scheduling event can be either... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070050777 - Duration of alerts and scanning of large data stores: Described are techniques used in monitoring the performance, security and health of a system used in an industrial application. Agents included in the industrial network report data to an appliance or server. The appliance stores the data and determines when an alarm condition has occurred. Notifications are sent upon detecting... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20070050776 - Predictive processor resource management: Embodiments include a device and a method. In an embodiment, a device includes a processor having an associated hardware resource and operable to execute an instruction group. The device also includes a resource manager operable to implement a resource management policy for the hardware resource with respect to an execution... Agent: Searete LLC

20070050775 - Processor resource management: Embodiments include a device and a method. In an embodiment, a device provides a resource manager operable to select a resource management policy likely to provide a substantially optimum execution of an instruction group by comparing an execution of the instruction group pursuant to a first resource management policy applied... Agent: Searete LLC Suite 110

20070050774 - Time-aware systems: A time-aware system that provides mechanisms for explicitly addressing the timing requirements associated with tasks. A time-aware system according to the present teachings includes a set of resources for use by a task and a resource dedication mechanism that dedicates a subset of the resources for use by the task... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070050778 - User interface method, system, and device in multitasking environment: In a user interface method, system and device in a multitasking environment, it is possible for a user to view all of a plurality of simultaneously executed applications by assigning different display areas to the plurality of applications. In the method, system and device, priorities of applications already being executed... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070050779 - Task execution device and method: A task execution method for executing a plurality of tasks while switching the tasks from one to another by time-sharing, wherein an allocated time is allocated for each of the plurality of tasks, and the plurality of tasks includes a plurality of first-type tasks and a single second-type task, and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C