Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual machine task or process management or task management/control inventions 09/07

20070226735 - Virtual vector processing: Methods and apparatus to provide virtualized vector processing are described. In one embodiment, one or more operations corresponding to a virtual vector request are distributed to one or more processor cores for execution.... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC C/o Portfolioip

20070226736 - Framework for domain-specific run-time environment acceleration using virtualization technology: In some embodiments, the invention involves a framework for using virtualization technology to efficiently support a domain-specific run-time environment. In at least one embodiment, a framework is utilized to take advantage of virtualization technology (VT) to partition performance critical and non-performance critical tasks of the same domain-specific application. An embodiment... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070226737 - Methods, systems, and storage mediums for monitoring and controlling command usage: A method, system, and computer program product for monitoring and controlling command usage is provided. The method includes establishing a time threshold and acquiring a command for execution. The method also includes accessing a structure storing a first set of data for a most recently executed command, the first set... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Tuscon Division

20070226738 - Enabling a designer to specify workflows to process various results of execution of transactions: Enabling a designer to specify workflows to process various results of execution of transactions. A user specifies the specific workflow to be executed on the corresponding result of a transaction. A transaction mapping filter then detects the occurrence of each result and initiates execution of the corresponding workflow. As the... Agent: Law Firm Of Naren Thappeta

20070226740 - Method and apparatus for global breakpoint for parallel debugging on multiprocessor systems: A system that concurrently executes threads of a multi-threaded application pauses the execution of one thread, then pauses the execution of another thread before the second thread alters a shared memory state. Chipsets and software to implement embodiments of the invention are also described and claimed.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070226739 - Process scheduler employing adaptive partitioning of process threads: A system is set forth that comprises a processor, such as a single processor or symmetric multiprocessor, and one or more memory storage units. The system also includes software code that is stored in the memory storage units. The software code is executable by the processor and comprises code for... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070226742 - Method for tuning service performance of multi-task system and multi-task system thereof: A method for executing a first and a second task in M time units is disclosed. The method includes comparing the priority of the first task and the task. If the first task has a higher priority than the second task, the first task is executed. The first task is... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070226741 - Power management based on dynamic frequency scaling in computing systems: A novel technique for power management in computing systems and applications that significantly reduces power consumption. In one example embodiment, this is accomplished by forming a graph data structure including statistical information associated with wait state and execution paths on initiating the execution of an application program. An operating clock... Agent: GlobalIPServices, PLLC

20070226743 - Parallel-distributed-processing program and parallel-distributed-processing system: In a parallel-distributed-processing program/system, data volume of a processing object of a given job is measured, resource demand required for processing is estimated on the basis of the measured data volume, the resources corresponding to the estimated demand are reserved in a resource pool, the assignment of a job to... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070226745 - Method and system for processing a service request: A method and system for performing tasks when processing a client service request. The service request is processed by a group of processing elements including a main processing element and at least one offloading processing element. A subset of tasks is assigned to at least one of the offloading processing... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20070226744 - Methods and systems for partitioning data in parallel processing systems: Techniques are disclosed for processing requests in a data processing system. While the principles of the invention are not limited to a particular domain, they are particularly suitable for use in an electronic trading system. By way of example of one aspect of the invention, a method for directing requests... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070226746 - Information processing apparatus and method: An information processing apparatus, which executes a processing flow that defines cooperation processing of a plurality of tasks, determines, for each task, whether it can be executed in the current environment and executes the tasks determined to be executable, and, based on that, executes the processing flow within the executable... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070226747 - Method of task execution environment switch in multitask system: A task execution environment switching method in a multitask system, which comprises the steps of: a first step for evacuating current task execution environment information in a stack-exclusive-use execution environment stack to a context evacuating region, as pre-processing for calling processing of a sub-function from a main function within the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070220513 - Automatic detection of hang, bottleneck and deadlock: A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for automatically detecting hangs, deadlocks and bottlenecks in a virtual machine environment through analysis of thread dumps. Stack traces for each thread are monitored for a predetermined period of time, with a predetermined number of thread dumps and time intervals between the generation of... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070220515 - Method and apparatus for analyzing wait states in a data processing system: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for collecting information about threads. A thread entering a wait state is detected. Information is selectively obtained about a set of threads in the wait state using a policy to produce an action in response to the thread entering the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070220514 - Storage system comprising microprocessor load distribution function: Among a plurality of microprocessors 12, 32, when the load on a microprocessor 12 which performs I/O task processing of received I/O requests is equal to or greater than a first load, the microprocessor assigns at least an I/O task portion of the I/O task processing to another microprocessor 12... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070220516 - Program, apparatus and method for distributing batch job in multiple server environment: Using a batch job characteristic and input data volume, the time required for the execution of the batch job is predicted, the load status of each execution server over the range of the time is predicted, and an execution server to execute the batch job is selected based on the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070220518 - Thread interception and analysis: Apparatus and methods for intercepting and analyzing threads are disclosed. In one embodiment, a thread data recorder is configured to instrument one or more existing functions by modifying computer executable instructions in the functions to intercept threads calling the functions. In one possible implementation, the number of existing functions instrumented... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070220519 - Exclusive control method in a multitask system: In an exclusive control method in a multitask system in which a single CPU executes events generated in a congested state under an exclusive control by a service-providing program running under the system, an exclusive group is defined, which comprises an exclusive-control object having one or more service objects belonging... Agent: Venable LLP

20070220517 - Scheduling in a multicore processor: A method and computer-usable medium including instructions for performing a method for scheduling executable transactions within a multicore processor comprising a plurality of processor elements. The method includes listing, using at least one distribution queue, a portion of the executable transactions in order of eligibility for execution. A plurality of... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP Third Floor

20070220524 - Apparatus and method to manage system by processes using process data record: An apparatus and method to manage a system by processes using a Process Data Record (PDR), the apparatus comprising the PDR that stores predetermined information of a process; a state-checking unit to check for an event occurrence by comparing a critical value stored in the PDR with a resource utilization... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070220523 - Method for operating a real-time multimedia terminal in a qos manner: A method for operating a terminal having at least one resource and executing at least one application in real-time, wherein the execution of the application requires execution of at least two tasks, comprises selecting operating points for each of the tasks from a predetermined set without knowing all implementation details.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070220520 - Network system, cpu resource provider, client apparatus, processing service providing method, and program: A network system includes an application service provider (ASP) which is connected to the Internet and executes an application, and a CPU resource provider which is connected to the Internet and provides a processing service to a particular computational part (e.g., computation intensive part) of the application, wherein: when requesting... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law Dept.

20070220521 - Provision of services by reserving resources in a communications network having resources management according to policy rules: A system (RMS) is dedicated to the management of resources within a communications network comprising a multiplicity of resources (NEQ, NEL) able to fulfill an assigned network role, defined by policy rules. The system (RMS) comprises i) policy management means (PM) charged with formulating the policy rules, ii) monitoring means... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070220522 - System and method for runtime placement and routing of a processing array: A system for mapping tasks of at least one application on processing units of a reconfigurable array, the system comprising a plurality of programmable processing units, each programmable processing unit having at least one connection node, the programmable processing units disposed on a layer permitting interconnection between connection nodes; and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070220525 - General purpose software parallel task engine: A software engine for decomposing work to be done into tasks, and distributing the tasks to multiple, independent CPUs for execution is described. The engine utilizes dynamic code generation, with run-time specialization of variables, to achieve high performance. Problems are decomposed according to methods that enhance parallel CPU operation, and... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070214455 - Virtual computing and provisioning: A method for virtual computing that includes receiving a virtual computer specification, wherein the virtual computer specification defines a plurality of hardware and software configuration requirements for a virtual computer and a duration requirement for use of the virtual computer, requisitioning a plurality of computing resources based on the plurality... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070214456 - Management of virtual machines to utilize shared resources: A technique for utilizing resources in a virtual machine operating system. The virtual machine operating system comprises a multiplicity of virtual machines. A share of resources is allocated to each of the virtual machines. Utilization by one of the virtual machines of the resources allocated to the one virtual machine... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070214457 - System and method for automated recovery of data in a batch processing system: A system and method for automatic recovery of a unit of work in a batch processing system is disclosed. Generally, a unit of work is placed in a todo queue to store the unit of work for processing. Access to the unit of work is provided to a data structure... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20070214458 - Method and apparatus for assigning fractional processing nodes to work in a stream-oriented computer system: An apparatus and method for making fractional assignments of processing elements to processing nodes for stream-based applications in a distributed computer system includes determining an amount of processing power to give to each processing element. Based on a list of acceptable processing nodes, a determination of fractions of which processing... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070209035 - System, method, and computer-readable medium for virtual machine instantiation from an external peripheral device: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for instantiating a virtual machine on a computer by way of a physical peripheral device is provided. A virtual machine image may be composed on a portable memory device, such as a USB-flash memory device. Insertion of the physical device in a peripheral terminal... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070209036 - Method and system for scheduling computer processes using a common scheduling interface: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for use in scheduling execution of a computer process includes registering a plurality of scheduling engines available to schedule execution of the computer process. The method also includes receiving a request to schedule execution of a particular computer process, and, in... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070209037 - Storage system and scheduling method: A storage system has a single processor that operates in a multitasking operating system environment. An operation time manager adjusts the balance between processing time proportions for interrupt processing and task processing requested of the storage system internally and externally so that those processing time proportions become within respective predetermined... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.