Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual machine task or process management or task management/control inventions 12/08

20080320474 - Dynamic, temporary resource pools for use in virtualization: A method of implementing virtualization involves dynamic, temporary resource pools. A virtualizing subsystem is capable of partitioning a plurality of physical resources to create resource pools. The virtualizing subsystem is further capable of creating separate environments that logically isolate applications from each other, and assigning a created separate environment to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Sun / Stk

20080320475 - Switching user mode thread context: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for switching user mode thread context. A user mode portion of a thread can be switched without entering a kernel by using execution context directly based on registers. Upon receiving a request to switch a user mode part of a thread to a new... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080320476 - Various methods and apparatus to support outstanding requests to multiple targets while maintaining transaction ordering: A method, apparatus, and system are described, which generally relate to an integrated circuit having an interconnect that implements internal controls. The interconnect in an integrated circuit communicates transactions between initiator Intellectual Property (IP) cores and target IP cores coupled to the interconnect. The interconnect implements logic configured to support... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP.

20080320478 - Age matrix for queue dispatch order: An apparatus for queue allocation. An embodiment of the apparatus includes a dispatch order data structure, a bit vector, and a queue controller. The dispatch order data structure corresponds to a queue. The dispatch order data structure stores a plurality of dispatch indicators associated with a plurality of pairs of... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC- Rmi

20080320477 - Method for scheduling and customizing surveillance tasks with web-based user interface: A customized surveillance task management system is implemented to intelligently schedule tasks for the user. Via an internet connection a user accesses a list of surveillances to be accomplished. The schedule of surveillances is created from information initially loaded into a centralized database that is subsequently analyzed by the schedule... Agent: Law Offices Of Duane P. Stone, P.C.

20080320480 - System for determining array sequence of a plurality of processing operations: A method and system for determining an array sequence of processing operations to maximize the efficiency of steel plate processing. Between two processing operations, a first sequence constraint based on a first attribute of each processing operation and a second sequence constraint based on a second attribute of each processing... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20080320479 - Telecom adapter layer system, and method and apparatus for acquiring network element information: A Telecom Adapter Layer (TAL) system includes a management unit and an execution unit connected via a distributed bus. In order to acquire network element (NE) information, an external service module sends a Get Info request to the execution unit according to the reference of the execution unit, and the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080320481 - Method and apparatus for playing dynamic content: A method for playing dynamic content includes: allocating and occupying playing resources for playing of dynamic contents by dynamic content priority; preempting playing resources occupied by dynamic contents of lower priorities to play back dynamic contents of higher priorities in precedence. The dynamic contents of which the playing resources are... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080320485 - Logic for synchronizing multiple tasks at multiple locations in an instruction stream: Logic (also called “synchronizing logic”) in a co-processor (that provides an interface to memory) receives a signal (called a “declaration”) from each of a number of tasks, based on an initial determination of one or more paths (also called “code paths”) in an instruction stream (e.g. originating from a high-level... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20080320482 - Management of grid computing resources based on service level requirements: Generally speaking, systems, methods and media for management of grid computing resources based on service level requirements are disclosed. Embodiments of a method for scheduling a task on a grid computing system may include updating a job model by determining currently requested tasks and projecting future task submissions and updating... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080320484 - Method and system for balancing the load and computer resources among computers: A method and system for balancing the load of computer resources among a plurality of computers having consumers consuming the resources is disclosed. After defining the lower threshold of the consumption level of the resources and obtaining the consumption level of the resources for each of the consumers and for... Agent: Bardmesser Law Group, P.C.

20080320483 - Resource management system and method: Resource management system is provided, implemented between a service bundle developer and provider and a service bundle user. A resource requirement determining device determines a system resource requirement for a service bundle provided by the service bundle developer and provider, and generates resource requirement information corresponding to the service bundle.... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080320486 - Business process automation: A system for business processes within and between organizations and/or individuals may be automated using standards-based, service-oriented business process automation architectures based on XML and Web Services Standards is described. An execution framework for the business processes is also described. Further aspects include a decomposition methodology for deconstructing business process... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080320488 - Control device and control method for reduced power consumption in network device: This invention provides a data transfer control device for carrying out data transfer using a plurality of transfer resources. The data transfer control device comprises a transfer resource management portion that set the plurality of transfer resources to either one of a transfer-enabled state whereby data transfer is enabled and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080320489 - Load balancing: In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a method of load balancing in a data processing system comprising a plurality of physical CPUs and a plurality of virtual CPUs, the method comprising: mapping one or more virtual CPUs to each of said physical OPUs; and dynamically adapting the mapping... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080320487 - Scheduling tasks across multiple processor units of differing capacity: A mechanism is provided for scheduling tasks across multiple processor units of differing capacity. In a multiple processor unit system with processor units of disparate speeds, it is advantageous to have the most processing-intensive tasks run on the processor units with the highest capacity. All tasks are initially scheduled on... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080313632 - Methods, devices, and products for providing access to system-administration functions of a computer or related resources: Methods, devices, and products relating to displaying, in a shared user-interface object, system-administration-related content from a heterogeneous group of resources associated with a computing device and/or executing software operable to cause a system-administration task to be performed. In one embodiment, a user interface for a local program executing on a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080313633 - Software feature usage analysis and reporting: Described is a technology for analyzing usage of a software program's features. Software instrumentation data is during actual user program usage sessions. The collected data is then processed to determine various feature usage counts and other information, cross-feature usage (e.g., among users who use a feature, how many use another... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080313634 - Workflow management server and method: Even when an error has occurred in a device that is executing an activity, the workflow is continued as much as possible. When an error has occurred in an activity that is in progress in a device X, a server notifies the device X of an alternative device. The name... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080313635 - Job allocation method for document production: Methods and systems of processing print jobs are disclosed. A feasible route for processing each of a plurality of jobs is determined- For each feasible route, the time to process the job via the feasible route is determined. Each job is assigned to a first feasible route. A first objective... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080313637 - Prediction-based dynamic thread pool management method and agent platform using the same: The present invention relates to a prediction-based dynamic thread pool management method and an agent platform using the same. An prediction-based dynamic thread pool management method according to the present invention includes: (a) calculating a thread variation to a variation of the number of threads at a time t1, (b)... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080313636 - System and method for secure automated data collection: The invention provides for an automated data collection having an endpoint coupled to at least one gaming machine to collect data from the at least one gaming machine, at least one concentrator in communication with the endpoint via a personal area network to obtain the data from the endpoint, and... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20080313641 - Computer system, method and program for managing volumes of storage system: Provided is a computer system including a host computer, a storage system, and a management computer, in which the storage system receives data I/O request to virtual logical volumes and data I/O request to one or more real logical volumes, each of the virtual logical volumes is allocated to one... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080313638 - Network resource management device: The present invention introduces a plurality of resource management devices (M1)-(M4). Each resource management device comprises a resource reservation information transmitting unit (205) and a resource reservation information receiving unit (206). Thus, even when one of the resource management devices is inactivated, the resource management can be continued. Since reserved... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080313639 - Policy based scheduling of software applications: A method and apparatus for using policies to limit resource usage by software applications is disclosed herein. The policies define rules that specify a maximum amount of a resource that a particular application is allowed to use given the current state of the computer system, in one embodiment. The state... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080313640 - Resource modeling and scheduling for extensible computing platforms: Energy management modeling and scheduling techniques are described for reducing the power consumed to execute an application on a multi-processor computing platform within a certain time period. In one embodiment, a sophisticated resource model which accounts for discrete operating modes for computing components/resources on a computing platform and transition costs... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080313642 - System and method for allocating spare system resources: A system and method for allocating and/or utilizing spare computing system (e.g., personal computing system) resources. Various aspects of the present invention may, for example and without limitation, provide a system and/or method that communicates incentive information with computing systems, and/or representatives thereof, regarding the allocation of computing resources for... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080313643 - Workload scheduler with cumulative weighting indexes: A workload scheduler supporting the definition of a cumulative weighting index is proposed. The scheduler maintains (384-386) a profile for each job; the profile (built using statistics of previous executions of the job) defines an estimated usage of different resources of the system by the job. A tuning module imports... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080313644 - System analysis apparatus and system analysis method: For an information system to be analyzed, restriction information indicating a restriction to be satisfied in the case where the information system is normal is acquired, and an anomalous state failing to satisfy the restriction is specified in a state transition model involving only the automatic transition. Also, the transition... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt , Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080307414 - Creating a virtual machine image with a software deployment system: A novel method is disclosed for capturing an installed state of a conventional application and converting the captured state into a virtual application. The novel method starts with a bare machine in a known state, preferably soon after the OS was installed. Installation scripts are used to install one or... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080307415 - Tessellated applications for user computing environments: A computing policy establishes computing rights of multiple users according to their roles, such as workplace job descriptions. Templates, in a library, each define a computing configuration of at least one virtual machine and any computing application to be executed by the virtual machine. A plurality of user applications are... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20080307416 - Device management apparatus, device management method, and storage medium: A management apparatus that promotes productivity of management of a plurality of devices and of a plurality of functions of the device. The management apparatus for managing a plurality of functions for use in a device by a user, wherein each function has one or more functional elements, the apparatus... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080307417 - Document registration system, information processing apparatus, and computer usable medium therefor: A document registration system for registering a plurality of electronic documents is provided. The document registration system includes an information processing apparatus having a display unit and a storage unit. The information processing apparatus is provided with a registration unit, which can be operated to perform a registration process to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080307418 - Enabling and disabling byte code inserted probes based on transaction monitoring tokens: A method of enabling transaction probes used to monitor a transaction or modify a primary application handling the transaction. The method begins with retrieving a token associated with the transaction. The token contains information regarding which transaction probes from a plurality of transaction probes will be enabled with respect to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080307421 - Flow process execution method, apparatus and program: A flow process executing apparatus receives an instruction specifying a position in a first flow process description document. When the process reaches the specified position during execution of a flow process in accordance with the first flow process description document, the flow process executing apparatus stops the flow process in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080307419 - Lazy kernel thread binding: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing lazy kernel thread binding. User mode and kernel mode portions of thread scheduling are decoupled so that a particular user mode thread can be run on any one of multiple kernel mode threads. A dedicated backing thread is used whenever a user... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080307423 - Schedule based cache/memory power minimization technique: A system includes a task scheduler (301) comprising a task execution schedule (101) for a plurality of tasks to be executed on a plurality of cache lines in a cache memory. The system also includes a cache controller logic (303) having a voltage scalar register (305). The voltage scalar register... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080307420 - Scheduler supporting web service invocation: The present invention proposes a method and a corresponding system for scheduling invocation of web services from a central point of control. A scheduler accesses a workload database, which associates an execution agent and a descriptor with each submitted job. The descriptor identifies a desired web service, an address of... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080307424 - Scheduling method for polling device data: A dispatching method for polling device data. The method comprises: sorting managed devices according to their types, sorting various types of data of each device so as to form different modules, and assigning a priority attribute and a polling period attribute to each module; dividing the managed devices into two... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080307422 - Shared memory for multi-core processors: A shared memory for multi-core processors. Network components configured for operation in a multi-core processor include an integrated memory that is suitable for, e.g., use as a shared on-chip memory. The network component also includes control logic that allows access to the memory from more than one processor core. Typical... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080307425 - Data processing system and method: A data processing system and method for reallocating resources among execution environments of the system. The reallocation of resources being performed by monitoring the utilization of the resource to determine whether or not the utilization has a predetermined relationship with a utilization measure and thereby unacceptable and based upon this... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080307426 - Dynamic load management in high availability systems: Techniques for dynamic load management in processing systems are described. Tuples or vectors, for example, can be used to characterize loads and capacities. Assignments of tasks and redistribution of tasks in the system can be made using the tuples or vectors.... Agent: Ericsson Canada Inc. Patent Department

20080307427 - Methods and apparatus for channel interleaving in ofdm systems: A method and apparatus for channel interleaving in a wireless communication system. In one aspect of the present invention, the data resource elements are assigned to multiple code blocks, and the numbers of data resource elements assigned to each code block are substantially equal. In another aspect of the present... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080307428 - Image forming apparatus, application execution method, and storage medium: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a storage unit storing a linkage application and processing applications, each of the processing applications being implemented by a combination of software components for inputting, processing, and outputting image data. The linkage application is configured to execute a combination of the processing applications in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080301673 - Information terminal, computer resource managine method, and virtual machine execution switching method: When the virtual machine (1a1) or the virtual machine (1b1) requests securing the computer resource, the in-vehicle terminal (101) requests the OS (143) to secure computer resource in response to the request, if the requested resource is lower than the limit value of the computer resource that is allocated to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080301676 - Method for delivering, testing, and applying software patches or other changes to a conventionally installed application in virtual application containers: A method for updating an application on a host system includes steps or acts of: installing an application on the host system; installing a virtual machine monitor on the host system, installing a first virtual container on the host system, wherein the first virtual container comprises at least one update... Agent: Michael Buchenhorner, P.A.

20080301675 - System and method for graphics remapping in hypervisor: A hypervisor operating system instantiates a virtual video driver to a main operating system that supports only one type of graphics adapter. The virtual driver handles graphics remapping among plural different display drivers associated with plural different display monitors to enable a computer to output data on multiple different monitors... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080301674 - Systems and methods for virtual deployment: An embodiment relates generally to a method of providing computer services. The method includes receiving at least one user-specified requirements for a computer system instantiation and developing a configuration file base on the at least one user-specified requirements. The method also includes instantiating a virtual machine based on the configuration... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20080301677 - Apparatus and method for parallel processing: A parallel processing apparatus and method are provided. The parallel processing apparatus includes: a control unit determining whether one or more threads can access one or more control blocks of a first container that exists in a direction in which at least one of the one or more threads perform... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080301680 - Information processing apparatus: To realize a situation that while the number of inspection performed on a stack used as a variable storage area is reduced, a use efficiency of a CPU is improved and the stack used as the variable storage area is preferably inspected. In a cellar phone according to an embodiment... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080301681 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and computer program: An information processing apparatus including: a plurality of data processing functional blocks each used for carrying out individual data processing; a flow control section configured to execute control of data flows among the data processing functional blocks; and a control section configured to carry out a setting process to set... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080301678 - Method computer program and device for generation of individualized print media copies: In a method or system for generation of customer-specific, individualized media print copies of at least one media title, running data are generated in an editing computer, the running data being associated with a media page, the running data comprising reference information regarding media pages of the media title. The... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080301679 - Technique of determining performing order of processes: The present invention provides to a technique of determining a performing order of processes. In particular, the present invention relates to a technique of optimizing a performing order of processes in such a case that a result of performing a previous process could be modified later depending on a performing... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20080301682 - Inserting new transactions into a transaction stream: In an embodiment, a selection of an original transaction is received. In response to the selection of the original transaction, a call stack of the application that sends the original transaction during a learn mode of the application is saved. A specification of a new transaction and a location of... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080301685 - Identity-aware scheduler service: In a computing environment, clients and scheduling services are arranged to coordinate time-based services. Representatively, the client and scheduler engage in an http session whereby the client creates an account (if the first usage) indicating various identities and rights of the client for use with a scheduling job. Thereafter, one... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20080301686 - Method and apparatus for extending operations of an application in a data processing system: A method, an apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for extending operations of an application in a data processing system. A primary operation is executed. All extended operations of the primary operation are cached and pre and post operation identifiers are identified. For each pre operation identifier, a pre operation... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080301684 - Multiple instance management for workflow process models: A first instance and a second instance of an activity of a process model may be executed, the first instance, the second instance, and the activity being associated with activity state data describing one or more states thereof. A co-process associated with the first instance, the second instance, and the... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20080301683 - Performing an allreduce operation using shared memory: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for performing an allreduce operation using shared memory that include: receiving, by at least one of a plurality of processing cores on a compute node, an instruction to perform an allreduce operation; establishing, by the core that received the instruction, a job status object... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20080301687 - Systems and methods for enhancing performance of a coprocessor: Techniques for minimizing coprocessor “starvation,” and for effectively scheduling processing in a coprocessor for greater efficiency and power. A run list is provided allowing a coprocessor to switch from one task to the next, without waiting for CPU intervention. A method called “surface faulting” allows a coprocessor to fault at... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080301693 - Block allocation times in a computer system: A method and apparatus improves the block allocation time in a parallel computer system. A pre-load controller pre-loads blocks of hardware in a supercomputer cluster in anticipation of demand from a user application. In the preferred embodiments the pre-load controller determines when to pre-load the compute nodes and the block... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20080301694 - Communication scheduling within a parallel processing system: Within a data processing system, one or more register files are assigned to respective states of a graph for each of a plurality of clock cycles. A plurality of edges are inserted to form connections between the states of the graph, with respective weights being assigned to each of the... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20080301689 - Discrete, depleting chips for obtaining desired service level characteristics: The present invention provides discrete, depleting chips for allocating computational resources for obtaining desired service level characteristics, wherein discrete chips deplete from a maximum allocated amount but may, in an optional implementation, be allowed to be replenished through the purchase of additional chips. A number of chips are assigned to... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080301692 - Facilitating access to input/output resources via an i/o partition shared by multiple consumer partitions: At least one input/output (I/O) firmware partition is provided in a partitioned environment to facilitate access to I/O resources owned by the at least one I/O firmware partition. The I/O resources of an I/O firmware partition are shared by one or more other partitions of the environment, referred to as... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20080301691 - Method for improving run-time execution of an application on a platform based on application metadata: A method for improving run-time execution of an application on a platform based on application metadata is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises loading a first information in a standardized predetermined format describing characteristics of at least one of the applications. The method further comprises generating the run-time manager,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080301688 - Method, system, and program product for allocating a resource: The invention provides a method, system, and program product for allocating a resource among a plurality of groups based on the role of each group within an organizational model. A method according to the invention may include, for example, granting a number of groups a privilege to bid on a... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080301690 - Model-based planning with multi-capacity resources: Systems and methods are described that facilitate performing model-based planning techniques for allocations of multi-capacity resources in a machine. The machine may be, for instance, a printing platform, such as a xerographic machine. According to various features, the multi-capacity resource may be a sheet buffer, and temporal constraints may be... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Parc

20080301696 - Controlling workload of a computer system through only external monitoring: Provides control of the workload, flow control, and concurrency control of a computer system through the use of only external performance monitors. Data collected by external performance monitors are used to build a simple, black box model of the computer system, comprising two resources: a virtual bottleneck resource and a... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20080301695 - Managing a plurality of processors as devices: A computer system's multiple processors are managed as devices. The operating system accesses the multiple processors using processor device modules loaded into the operating system to facilitate a communication between an application requesting access to a processor and the processor. A device-like access is determined for accessing each one of... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080301697 - Multiple task management between processors: A system for multiple task management between processors includes a first processing device for executing tasks. A respective storage element is provided for storing one or more commands from each of the tasks. A command dispatcher is provided for selectively transferring a command from one of the storage elements to... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20080301699 - Apparatus and methods for workflow management and workflow visibility: A system for viewing and managing work flow. The system includes at least one processor and memory configured to track time requirements for each of a plurality of jobs, compile and display the time requirements relative to current time in a plurality of managerial-level views, and in each view, indicate... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080301698 - Service engagement management using a standard framework: A solution for managing a service engagement is provided. A service delivery model for the service engagement is defined within an engagement framework. The engagement framework, and consequently the service delivery model, can include a hierarchy that comprises a service definition, a set of service elements for the service definition,... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080301700 - Filtering of performance monitoring information: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a signal in a filter register of a performance monitor from an execution unit to enable a field of the filter register associated with a first thread when a filter enable instruction is executed during execution of code of... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC