Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual machine task or process management or task management/control inventions 04/08

20080098391 - Method to share licensed applications between virtual machines: A computer implemented method and computer program product for sharing licensed applications between virtual machines. When an event is intercepted which comprises an attempted access of a file stored in a hard disk of a guest operating system, wherein the file type has no association with any application installed on... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080098392 - Verifiable virtualized storage port assignments for virtual machines: Techniques for verifiable virtualized storage port assignments in virtual machines are provided. Configuration data for a virtual machine is defined to include a mechanism to verify an identity for the virtual machine in a target physical environment and a mechanism to verify a storage port assignment for use in the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/novell

20080098394 - Architecture support of best-effort atomic transactions for multiprocessor systems: An atomic transaction includes one or more memory access operations that are completed atomically. A Best-Effort Transaction (BET) system makes its best effort to complete each atomic transaction without guaranteeing completion of all atomic transactions. When an atomic transaction is aborted, BET may provide software with appropriate runtime information such... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080098393 - Novel bankcard transaction exchange system: A novel bankcard transaction exchange system, which is also an exchange network and a settlement network of various bankcard transactions at the same time, comprising: a processing center, at least one backup center, and a plurality of member institutions connected to the processing center via a network, characterized in that:... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080098396 - Information-processing apparatus and information-processing method: A method in an information-processing apparatus for monitoring a job based on a print request from a client computer includes obtaining job information which exists in a print queue, continue monitoring the print queue based on the obtained information even if a client job corresponding to a print process in... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080098395 - System and method of expediting certain jobs in a computer processing system: In one embodiment, jobs requiring short processing time are given preference over jobs requiring long processing time by processing to completion all jobs for the first N seconds of the job. Jobs requiring longer than N seconds to complete are given a lower priority than a newly arriving job can... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080098397 - System and method for cpi load balancing in smt processors: A system and method for scheduling threads in a Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) processor environment utilizing multiple SMT processors is provided. Poor performing threads that are being run on each of the SMT processors are identified. After being identified, the poor performing threads are moved to a different SMT processor. Data... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080098398 - Efficient switching between prioritized tasks: The present invention relates to a processor device, task scheduling method and computer program product, wherein tasks of a program routine are selectively stored in at least two memory stack mechanisms (62, 64) of different priorities based on the allocated priorities. Switching of tasks executed at least two processor means... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080098399 - Thread ranking system and thread ranking method: A thread ranking system includes: a thread collector for collecting a thread from a bulletin board website, a thread information storage for storing the collected thread, an event extractor for extracting the event from respective threads by using the event knowledge stored in the event knowledge storage, a related expression... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080098400 - Method and scheduler for performing a scheduling algorithm with minimum resource parameter: A method for performing a scheduling algorithm with minimum resource scheduling in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of scheduling (10) allocation units for a user or service in a scheduling frame, checking whether (20) the allocation units scheduled for a user or service in a particular scheduling frame... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080098401 - Module arbitration and ownership enhancements: Arbitrating access to industrial resources as a function of controller identify is provided herein. For example, a unique identifier can be associated with a control module that can distinguish the module from other components of a system. Upon receiving a request to control a resource, the identifier of the requesting... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080098402 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multi screens: Provided are an apparatus and method for managing resources in a multiscreen environment. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing module which receives at least one of video information, audio information, and data information and restores a plurality of services based on the at least one of the video information,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080098403 - Data flow execution of methods in sequential programs: Distant parallelization of sequential programs is obtained by making parallelization decisions at the boundaries between program methods (e.g., functions and sub-routines). Experimentation suggests that such a partitioning allows for large-scale parallelization without data flow conflicts.... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080098404 - Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus and program: An information processing apparatus having a multitask operating system includes a high-load continuation detecting part detecting continuation of a high-load state of a CPU; a task switching history storing part storing a history of task switching operation; and a trouble task candidate extracting part extracting candidates for a trouble task... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080092137 - Method and system for managing peripheral connection wakeup in a processing system supporting multiple virtual machines: A method and system for managing peripheral connection wakeup signaling in a processing system supporting multiple virtual machines provides a mechanism by which ownership of a peripheral having system wakeup capability is transferred between virtual machines. The power management event signal is connected to a service processor input that in... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.L.C.

20080092138 - Resource allocation in a numa architecture based on separate application specified resource and strength preferences for processor and memory resources: An apparatus, program product and method in which application program-specified resource allocation and allocation strength preferences are used to allocate hardware resources from a computer for that application program. The resource allocation preference is used to allocate hardware resources for the application program, while the allocation strength preference is used... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080092139 - Extended transactions: Multiple atomic “component” database transactions are combined into a single extended transaction through message passing. The multiple component transactions that comprise a single extended transaction may, in combination, perform a single computation. The component transactions may pass messages to each other by writing and reading records to and from one... Agent: Robert Plotkin, PC

20080092140 - Systems and methods for executing a computer program in a multi-processor environment: In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for executing a computer program that performs multiple processes in a multi-processor environment. A client computer may be used to execute a process manager software application for generating computer instructions that identify a plurality of the processes that... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20080092141 - Method and apparatus for time-sliced and multi-threaded data processing in a communication system: A method for designing a time-sliced and multi-threaded architecture comprises the steps of conducting a thorough analysis of a range of applications and building a specific processor to accommodate the range of applications. In one embodiment, the thorough analysis includes extracting real time aspects from each application, determining optimal granularity... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080092144 - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof, and program: Management statuses of devices are set. A management information group set by the set management statuses is classified into management information common to a plurality of target devices and management information common to each type of target device, and the classified management information is stored. For each class, the write... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080092142 - Skew exception detection: Techniques are presented for skew exception detection within a parallel processing environment. A potential exception is detected when a highest load of a processor within the parallel processing environment exceeds an average load within the parallel processing environment by a given threshold. The potential exception can become a legitimate exception... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20080092143 - Storage apparatus and load balancing method: This storage apparatus having a plurality of physical devices for balancing and retaining data sent from a host computer and parity of the data for each prescribed unit includes a load ratio calculation unit for calculating a load ratio of the plurality of physical devices, a load ratio determination unit... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080086729 - Data processor: A data processor includes: a central processing unit (CPU), in which a plurality of virtual machines (101), each running an application program under controls of different operating systems, and a virtual machine manager (190) for controlling the plurality of virtual machines are selectively arranged according to information set in mode... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080086725 - Method of and system for transferring information: A method, system, and program product transfer information from a guest virtual machine running on a host machine to a receiving machine. A monitor intercepts a request to transfer information from a sending machine, which is a guest virtual machine located on the host system, to a receiving machine. If... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080086726 - System, method and program for managing communication with multiple configurations for virtual machine: System, method and program product for managing a plurality of configurations of a first virtual machine. A command is received to set the configuration of the first virtual machine for processing a next incoming interaction and subsequent incoming interactions of at least one protocol from one or more other virtual... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080086728 - Binding user data files: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for publishing, subscribing to, or playing live appliances. A live appliance includes a current virtual machine image. In publishing, a proxy file of a live appliance file type is provided to the publisher. The type is mapped to a live... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080086727 - System for subscription and distribution service: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for publishing, subscribing to, or playing live appliances. A live appliance includes a current virtual machine image. In publishing, a proxy file of a live appliance file type is provided to the publisher. The type is mapped to a live... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080086731 - Method and system for managing resources in a data center: The present invention provides dynamic configuration and allocation of resources in a data center. These resources are monitored for availability and performance information according to their assigned execution (or application) environments. The measured performance information for each environment is used to predict levels of demand for an application in the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080086730 - Predictive method for managing logging or replaying non-deterministic operations within the execution of an application process: This invention relates to a management method, more particularly by logging and replay, for software operations performed during the execution of an application process executed on a computer. This method applies in particular to internal operations sending a result datum to the managed process, and comprises the following steps: carrying... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080086732 - Power on demand tiered response time pricing: Methods, articles of manufacture, and systems for determining a fee to be charged for requests processed in a grid computing environment based. In one embodiment the fee may be determined based on the time it takes to process a request and/or pricing schedules that may vary depending on a variety... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080086733 - Computer micro-jobs: Computer micro-jobs are disclosed. A computer job is divided into micro-jobs. In one embodiment, the micro-jobs have a size that allows a particular micro-job to complete within an allotted time for which the particular micro-job owns a resource used to execute the micro-job. In one embodiment, the allotted time is... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080086734 - Resource-based scheduler: Resource-based scheduling of computer jobs is disclosed. A computer job is scheduled based on utilization of a resource and a utilization criterion that the computer job has pertaining to the resource, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080082977 - Automatic load and balancing for virtual machines to meet resource requirements: The embodiments contemplate a system and method for a provisioning, retirement and configuration of virtual machines. A predefined policy may include a desired target state of the virtual machines, as well as an action to initiate in order to reach the desired state. The action may be initiated if the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080082975 - Distributed hardware state management in virtual machines: Mechanisms are disclosed herein that manage operations in virtual machine environments. A first partition can have a proxy driver object corresponding to a driver object in a second partition. The driver object can control a physical device, but because of the proxy driver object, the first partition can retain some... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080082976 - Usage of virtualization software for shipment of software products: An operating environment of a virtual machine running on virtualization software may be configured with a guest operating system and a prerequisite application, as required by the product application (e.g. the software product to be shipped). The product application may then be installed onto the guest operating system, and an... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20080082978 - Topology mapping of a mulitier compute infrastructure: A multitier topology map describes a multitier compute infrastructure. The multitier topology map identifies components from at least two different tiers of the multitier compute infrastructure and indicates relationships between components including at least one cross-tier relationship between components. An interface module accesses the multitier topology map.... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080082979 - Job scheduling to maximize use of reusable resources and minimize resource deallocation: Jobs are scheduled such that resource reuse is maximized and deallocation of reusable resources is minimized. A multi-phase scheduling capability is provided in which during a first phase, weights are assigned to the reusable resources, and during a second phase, the jobs are scheduled. If reusable resources are available for... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20080082981 - Autonomous distributed control involving constraint on resources: Disclosed is a distributed control method of cooperatively allowing a control strategy for satisfying a constraint on an aggregated resource and simultaneously achieving or maintaining a performance of a system to be determined in a real-time manner by any one of a plurality of entities which have the highest need... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080082982 - Method, system and computer program for translating resource relationship requirements for jobs into queries on a relational database: A solution (400) is proposed for facilitating the selection of execution servers to be used in a scheduler for submitting the execution of jobs. Each job is defined by a corresponding descriptor (415). The descriptor specifies the execution servers to be used by the jobs in a formal way (through... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080082980 - System and method for using filters and standardized messages to identify and schedule appointments in aggregate resource scheduling applications: A system for using filters and standardized messages to identify and schedule appointments, comprising: an aggregate resource scheduling database; application server software code; a web server; and a client-based resource scheduling filter; wherein the aggregate resource scheduling database contains resource and service information, appointment schedules and service provider information collected... Agent: Antoinette M. Tease

20080082983 - Method and system for provisioning of resources: A method of autonomous provisioning of resources of a computer system, wherein: performance-critical workload of the computer system is monitored; workload suffering is detected based on comparing the performance-critical workload with defined values of performance-critical workload goals; types of missing resources are determined; additional resources available for activation are determined;... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080082984 - Methods, apparatus and storage medium for use in association with a dataflow system: According to a first aspect, a method comprises: receiving, in a processing system, data representing a dataflow network, the dataflow network including a first node and a second node, the first node having an output, the second node having an input connected to the output of the first node, and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department