| INTERNATION BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20120124009 | AUTOMATIC EXPIRATION OF DATA IN FILE SYSTEMS UNDER CERTAIN SCENARIOS - A system for ensuring data integrity, comprising a plurality of data servers configured in a GPFS configuration, the plurality of data servers comprising an application server comprising a application server fileset, a home server comprising a home server fileset and a gateway server comprising a gateway fileset, a connection monitor node (CMN) coupled to gateway server; and logic, executed by the CMN, for monitoring a connection between the home server and the application server; and if the connection is disconnected, executing logic for comparing a duration of the connection disconnect to a expiration timeout attribute corresponding to the application server fileset and if the duration exceeds the expiration timeout attribute, notifying the application server to set an expiration status attribute in the application fileset. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20110317969 | Method and Spacer for Assembling Flexible Optical Waveguide Ribbons, and Assembled Stack of Such Ribbons - A method and spacer for assembling flexible optical waveguide ribbons and assembled stack of such ribbons. The method includes the steps of: providing at least two optical waveguide ribbons and a spacer, which includes at least two calibrated spaces; positioning a ribbon stack in the spacer, where the ribbon stack includes the at least two optical waveguide ribbons stacked on top of each other; constraining positioned ribbon stack in one of the calibrated spaces; and fixing constrained ribbon stack in the calibrated spaces. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110131173 | COMPENSATING FOR UNBALANCED HIERARCHIES WHEN GENERATING OLAP QUERIES FROM REPORT SPECIFICATIONS - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for generating an online analytical processing (OLAP) query against a cube. The cube may have dimensions, each dimension having a hierarchy of members. A report specification may be received against a hierarchy of the cube. An OLAP query may be generated from the report specification. The OLAP query may include projected members not having any descendant at the detail level of the hierarchy, thus producing more accurate results. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110122458 | Scanning and Capturing Digital Images Using Residue Detection - A mechanism for scanning and capturing digital images using residue detection. Upon detecting a document placed on a scanning surface of a scanning device, the illustrative embodiments detect a residue deposited on the document. The illustrative embodiments determine a portion of the document to be scanned based on a location of the residue on the document. The illustrative embodiments then scan the portion of the document. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20090115849 | Controlling A Point Of Sale ('POS') Terminal Using Surveillance Video - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for controlling a Point Of Sale (‘POS’) terminal using surveillance video that include: receiving, by a surveillance module, a digital surveillance video of a region adjacent to a POS terminal, the digital surveillance video captured by a digital surveillance camera; identifying, by the surveillance module in dependence upon the digital surveillance video, operator characteristics for an operator captured on the digital surveillance video in the region adjacent to a POS terminal; and administering, by the surveillance module, the POS terminal in dependence upon the operator characteristics. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20080311508 | PROCESS OF MAKING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING MULTIPLE ANTIREFLECTIVE MATERIALS - A lithographic structure consisting essentially of: an organic antireflective material disposed on a substrate; a vapor-deposited RCHX material, wherein R is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, B, Sn, Fe and Ti, and wherein X is not present or is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of O, N, S and F; and a photoresist material disposed on the RCHX material. The invention is also directed to methods of making the lithographic structure, and using the structure to pattern a substrate. | 12-18-2008 |
