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| 20120131654 | PROPAGATING SECURITY IDENTITY INFORMATION TO COMPONENTS OF A COMPOSITE APPLICATION - Various methods and systems for propagating identity information in a composite application are presented. State data of a composite application, as executed for a particular entity, may be transferred to and stored by a computer-readable storage medium. The state data may include a portion of a set of subject information linked with the entity. A security attribute of the subject may not be present in the portion of the set of subject information in the state data transferred to the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. After a period of time, such as an hour or a day, the state data of the composite application as executed for the entity may be retrieved and the security attribute of the set of subject information linked with the entity may be determined. The composite application may then continue to be executed for the entity. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131641 | OPTIMIZING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CO-LOCATED PROCESSES - In one set of embodiments, methods, systems, and apparatus are provided to enable secure local invocation of a web service in response to receiving a request from a first composite application to invoke a web service operation of a second composite application, where the first application is associated with a reference policy, and the second application is associated with a service policy, then determining, based upon the service policy and the reference policy, whether local invocation is secure, and invoking the operation using the local invocation in response to determining that the local invocation is secure. Attributes associated with the reference and service policies can indicate whether those policies can be used in a local invocation, or if user authentication is needed before performing the invocation with those policies. The local invocation may comprise a procedure call in an application server from the first application to the second application. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131469 | RUNTIME USAGE ANALYSIS FOR A DISTRIBUTED POLICY ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM - In one set of embodiments, methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for determining, by a server, a policy association between a web service policy and a policy subject associated with an application hosted by the server, the policy association being made while the server is offline, generating a runtime usage association based on the policy association, wherein the runtime usage association is between the web service policy and the policy subject; and generating a user interface based upon the runtime usage association, the user interface displaying one or more web service policies associated with one or more policy subjects of the application. The runtime usage association may be updated in response to a change to the policy association made by an administrative tool, where the change and the updating occur in real time while the server is online. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131311 | CORRELATION-BASED INSTRUCTION PREFETCHING - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates prefetching an instruction cache line in a processor. During execution of the processor, the system performs a current instruction cache access which is directed to a current cache line. If the current instruction cache access causes a cache miss or is a first demand fetch for a previously prefetched cache line, the system determines whether the current instruction cache access is discontinuous with a preceding instruction cache access. If so, the system completes the current instruction cache access by performing a cache access to service the cache miss or the first demand fetch, and also prefetching a predicted cache line associated with a discontinuous instruction cache access which is predicted to follow the current instruction cache access. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131166 | SERVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A system for managing one or more services during the provision of an application to a user is provided. The system comprises an application component operably connected to a network and configuration data for the user. The configuration data specifies: one or more partner servers configured to supply one or more respective services within one or more respective service categories, each partner server in a service category being chosen from a plurality of available partner servers for the service category and communication parameters for each partner server that allow communication with the partner server over the network. During the provision of the application to the user, the application component uses the configuration data for the user to access a service provided by an appropriate partner server. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131164 | ATTACHING WEB SERVICE POLICIES TO A GROUP OF POLICY SUBJECTS - In one set of embodiments, methods, systems, and apparatus are provided to attach one or more quality of service policies to resources in an enterprise system by receiving a first global policy attachment that references an attachment attribute value and a first service policy, receiving a request to access a policy subject associated with a subject attribute value, identifying an effective policy set referenced by the first global policy attachment, the effective policy set including the first service policy if the attachment attribute value equals the subject attribute value, and granting the request to access based upon the at least one effective policy. The at least one effective policy may further include a first service policy referenced by the first global policy attachment if a first policy attachment scope referenced by the first global policy attachment matches or contains a subject scope associated with the policy subject. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131135 | NONCONFORMING WEB SERVICE POLICY FUNCTIONS - Arrangements for enforcing a nonconforming web service policy document are presented. A request for a web service policy document may be received by a web service. A conforming web service policy document may be generated using the nonconforming web service policy document. The nonconforming web service policy document may comprise one or more functions unsupported by the web service description language. The conforming web service policy document may be transmitted to the web service client. The nonconforming web service policy document may be enforced by the web service, wherein the functions that are unsupported by the web service description language standard modifies enforcement of the web service policy document by the web service computer system. The conforming web service policy document may comprise sufficient information for the web service client computer system to comply with the nonconforming web service policy document. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131091 | IDENTIFYING COMPATIBLE WEB SERVICE POLICIES - Methods, systems, and devices are described for identifying compatible web service policies between a web service and a web service client. A first and second set of one or more identifiers linked to web service policies supported by the web service and web service client may be calculated, respectively. The sets of identifiers may be compared. Using the comparison, a number of common identifiers present in the first set of one or more identifiers linked to the web service policies supported by the web service and the second set of one or more identifiers linked to the web service policies supported by the web service client may be identified. Using the number of common identifiers, a web service policy of the web service compatible with a web service policy of the web service client may be identified. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131057 | NON-DETERMINISTIC AUDIT LOG PROTECTION - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system that performs non-deterministic auditing. The system audits an operation, a record associated with which is maintained in an audit log. In one embodiment, the system subsequently determines whether the operation satisfies one or more criteria. In response to the operation satisfying the criteria, the system protects the audit log. In a further embodiment, the system protects the audit log based on a probability distribution, which indicates a frequency of audit log protection. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131033 | AUTOMATED SCHEME FOR IDENTIFYING USER INTENT IN REAL-TIME - An intent guessing system receives partial user queries as they are entered by the user. The partial user queries are compared with different intents derived from previously logged queries. Guesses are made as to which of the intents are associated with the partial user query. The intent guesses are then provided as responses to the user query. Features are identified for the earlier logged queries and associated with the derived intents. The derived intents and associated features are then used to identify intents for the partial user queries. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130946 | OFFLINE MOBILE RFID EVENT PERSISTENCY AND SYNCHRONIZATION - In various embodiments, RFID events are stored in a normalized format on mobile device configured by metadata pushed by a centralized data hub. RFID events are pre-processes with filtering logic by a mobile interrogator/reader before being inserted into tables of a local relational database on the mobile device when the mobile device cannot otherwise communicate collected events to the centralized data hub. The metadata provides a simple, efficient, and standard interface for persisting the RFID events such that local access from applications on the mobile device is provided. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130726 | PRODUCT PRICING OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM - A product pricing system determines a product price. The system receives product pricing constraints and multinomial logit (“MNL”) calibration parameters. The system then generates a calibrated MNL model using the calibration parameters and encodes the MNL model and the product pricing constraints into a mixed-integer program (“MIP”). The system then solves the MIP to generate the product price. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128037 | ASYNCHRONOUS FIFO CIRCUIT FOR LONG-DISTANCE ON-CHIP COMMUNICATION - The disclosed embodiments provide a first-in, first-out (FIFO) circuit that operates asynchronously. The FIFO circuit includes a data path that contains data latches sequentially connected through data-wire segments. The FIFO circuit also includes a control circuit that generates control signals for the data latches so that the data path behaves like a FIFO. The control circuit includes control components sequentially connected to each other through control-wire segments and repeaters located within the control-wire segments. The control components are configured to asynchronously generate the control signals for the data latches, and the repeaters are configured to repeat asynchronous signals communicated between the asynchronous control components. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126852 | HIGH-SPEED STATIC XOR CIRCUIT - A static complementary transistor type logic gate circuit includes a plurality of input terminals for receiving a corresponding plurality of input signals, and an output terminal. The logic gate circuit further includes a first plurality of transistors of one conductivity type, arranged to form a plurality of pullup paths for selectively connecting the output terminal, through one or more intermediate nodes, to a positive supply voltage based on the plurality of input signals; and a second plurality of transistors of the complementary conductivity type, arranged to form a plurality of pulldown paths for selectively connecting the output terminal, through one or more intermediate nodes, to a negative supply voltage based on the plurality of input signals. A precharge device is configured to selectively charge an intermediate node to the far-side supply voltage when the intermediate node is disconnected from the near-side supply voltage and disconnected from the output terminal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124584 | Event-Based Orchestration in Distributed Order Orchestration System - A distributed order orchestration system is provided that includes an event manager configured to generate and publish a set of events based on a process state and metadata stored in a database. A set of subscribers can consume the set of events, and each subscriber can execute a task based on the consumed event. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124353 | EVENT PROCESSING FINITE STATE ENGINE AND LANGUAGE - In various embodiments, a method for processing event streams includes receiving a state machine defined in response to a set of processing components, a set of states, and a set of entry points. Event data associated with an event stream is also received. The event data is processed according to the state machine to generate an event. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124163 | Recursive Navigation in Mobile CRM - A method and apparatus for recursive navigation. In one embodiment of the method, a first reply is generated in response to receiving a first request from a mobile device. The first reply is generated as a function of a page definition, and the first reply comprises data selected from a first object of a logical data model, but not a second object of the logical data model. The first and second objects are distinct from each other. A second reply is generated in response to receiving a second request from the mobile device. The second reply is generated as a function of the page definition, and the second reply comprises data selected from the second object but not the first object. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123820 | SUPPLY CHAIN DEMAND SATISFACTION - Systems and methods for supply chain management and identification of feasible plans. Identification of feasible plans includes collecting demands for one or more items having the same level code; and for each of the collected demands, determining a first demand shortage quantity, searching the data storage for available unallocated supply responsive to the first demand shortage quantity, determining a second demand shortage quantity, and creating supply, the creation of supply being responsive to the second demand shortage quantity and the creation of supply including satisfying a dependent demand at a higher level code. Satisfying a dependent demand at a higher level code may include using the system recursively. Using the system recursively may include incrementing a current level code. Satisfying a dependent demand at a higher level code may include performing a feasible plan search relating to items assigned the higher level code. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120811 | TRANSITIVE PROBING FOR FAILURE DETECTION OF NETWORK INTERFACES - The method involves issuing, by an active interface, an Internet Protocol probe packet (IPPP) to a probe target, issuing, by a first alternate interface, a first transitive probe packet (TPP) to the active interface, where the first alternate interface and the active interface belong to a broadcast domain. The method further involves awaiting, by the active interface, a responsive IPPP from the probe target, awaiting, by the first alternate interface, a first responsive TPP from the active interface, and determining network conditions based upon receiving at least one of the responsive IPPP and the first responsive TPP. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117628 | Global Account Lockout (GAL) and Expiration Using an Ordered Message Service (OMS) - A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing Global Account Lockout (GAL) using an Ordered Messaging Service (OMS) is presented. A database operation is received from a client, and a determination made regarding whether the operation contains an authentication mechanism. When the operation does not contain an authentication mechanism, then the operation is returned from. When the operation does contain an authentication mechanism, then the following steps are performed: locating the entry and checking its authentication mechanism, determining whether the authentication mechanism in the operation is good, sending a bind message to a GAL manager, checking and updating GAL state, committing updates to GAL state, and returning operation to the client. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117538 | CHARACTERIZING INTERFACE EVOLUTION AND CONSUMER ROLES IN MODULE SYSTEMS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the development and maintenance of a software program. This system includes a software development kit (SDK) and a runtime system for the software program. During operation, the system obtains a role associated with a dependency of a consumer in the software program on an interface. Next, the system obtains a compatibility policy for the interface. Finally, the system uses the role and the compatibility policy to manage use of the interface by the consumer in the software program. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117493 | CONFIGURABLE METRIC GROUPS FOR PRESENTING DATA TO A USER - A dashboard application can enable a user to quickly view data (and, in a particular aspect, data from one or more business applications) in an efficient manner. The dashboard application can be used to view data about one or more metrics that reflect the performance of a business, as derived from data maintained (perhaps in an associated data store) by the business application(s). In an aspect, a user can select two or more metrics to be displayed on a summary page and/or can invoke a detail page to view detailed information about one of the two or more metrics. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117323 | STORE QUEUE SUPPORTING ORDERED AND UNORDERED STORES - Some described embodiments provide a system that performs stores in a memory system. During operation, the system receives a store for a first thread. The system then creates an entry for the store in a store queue for the first thread. While creating the entry, the system requests a store-mark for a cache line for the store, wherein the store-mark for the cache line indicates that one or more store queue entries are waiting to be committed to the cache line. The system then receives a response to the request for the store-mark, wherein the response indicates that the cache line for the store is store-marked. Upon receiving the response, the system updates a set of ordered records for the first thread by inserting data for the store in the set of ordered records, wherein the set of ordered records include store-marked stores for the first thread. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117081 | REPRESENTING AND MANIPULATING RDF DATA IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Techniques for generating hash values for instances of distinct data values. In the techniques, each distinct data value is mapped to hash value generation information which describes how to generate a unique hash value for instances of the distinct data value. The hash value generation information for a distinct data value is then used to generate the hash value for an instance of the distinct data value. The hash value generation information may indicate whether a collision has occurred in generating the hash values for instances of the distinct data values and if so, how the collision is to be resolved. The techniques are employed to normalize RDF triples by generating the UIDS employed in the normalization from the triples' lexical values. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117039 | Automatic Reconciliation Of Discrepancies In Asset Attribute Values - Discrepancies in two sets of asset data for an organization are identified and automatically reconciled. One set of asset data may be compiled using automatic physical discovery software while the other set is from a financial system of the organization. Automatic reconciliation is performed according to user-configurable rules and corresponding user-configurable actions. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117038 | LAZY OPERATIONS ON HIERARCHICAL COMPRESSED DATA STRUCTURE FOR TABULAR DATA - A highly flexible and extensible structure is provided for physically storing tabular data. The structure, referred to as a compression unit, may be used to physically store tabular data that logically resides in any type of table-like structure. Techniques are employed to avoid changing tabular data within existing compression units. Deleting tabular data within compression units is avoided by merely tracking deletion requests, without actually deleting the data. Inserting new tabular data into existing compression units is avoided by storing the new data external to the compression units. If the number of deletions exceeds a threshold, and/or the number of new inserts exceeds a threshold, new compression units may be generated. When new compression units are generated, the previously-existing compression units may be discarded to reclaim storage, or retained to allow reconstruction of prior states of the tabular data. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114032 | EQUALIZATION IN PROXIMITY COMMUNICATION - A device includes a semiconductor die having a surface, a plurality of proximity connectors proximate to the surface, and a circuit coupled to at least one of the plurality of proximity connectors. The semiconductor die is configured to communicate voltage-mode signals through capacitive coupling using one or more of the plurality of proximity connectors. The circuit also includes a filter with a capacitive-summing junction to equalize the signals. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110537 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FLEXIBLE AND REPEATABLE PRE-ROUTE GENERATION - Methods and systems for flexible and repeatable pre-route generation are described. In one embodiment, a routing selection is received. The routing selection is for a path between at least a first cell and a second cell. The first and second cell are associated with a functional description of an integrated circuit. A floorplan associated with the functional description is modified to create a modified floorplan. The modified floorplan has a physical design change relative to the floorplan. A pre-route is automatically generated based on receipt of the routing selection and the modified floorplan. The pre-route is added to a physical design of the chip to create a pre-routed physical design. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109985 | EVALUATING EVENT-GENERATED DATA USING APPEND-ONLY TABLES - Techniques are provided for evaluating base events, compound events, and logical update events in an event processing system. In one embodiment, the base events, compound events, and logical update events are definitions in a particular syntax language that specify conditions for evaluating input event data. In this embodiment, base event definitions are evaluated over the input event data; logical update event definitions are evaluated by determining whether the effect of any earlier event is changed by the arrival of a new event; and compound event definitions are evaluated over records representing events that have been selected by evaluating the base event definitions over the input event data. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109984 | Filtering of Custom Attributes of Computer Objects for Display - A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and system are provided for filtering of custom attributes. A custom attribute is an attribute of an object defined by a user. Once a user has defined one or more custom attributes, the user can filter a set of objects based on a criteria that includes a value for one or more custom attributes. The filtering can be dynamic so that when the set of objects is modified (such as creating a new object, deleting an existing object, or modifying an existing object), the filter is automatically updated. Furthermore, a filtering criteria can be based on the set of objects present in the system, so that any filter that is defined returns at least one object. In addition, once a filter is applied, any additional filter applied to the original filter can have a filtering criteria based on the subset of objects returned by the original filter. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109889 | Automated Topology-Based Statistics Monitoring And Performance Analysis - A computer is programmed to parse a network that interconnects databases in a distributed database system, into a number of paths, wherein each path starts in a source database that is a source of changes and ends in a destination database that uses the changes to replicate the source database. The computer identifies databases that occur within each path in the network, and queries the identified databases to obtain statistics for each path. Statistics along each path are analyzed automatically, to identify a component in each path as a candidate for further investigation. The identified component may be marked as a bottleneck e.g. if there are no other paths connected to it. Alternatively the identified component may be a source of changes for another path that has a bottleneck or that has another candidate for further investigation. The identified bottleneck is displayed to the user with recommendations for improvement. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109805 | SIMPLIFYING MIGRATION FROM ONE FINANCIAL CONSOLIDATION APPLICATION TO ANOTHER - Facilitating the migration of financial data from a first financial consolidation application (FCA) to a second FCA. According to one aspect, transactions classified according to categories in the first FCA are migrated to the second FCA associated with values of dimensions, based on a mapping between the categories and the values of the dimensions specified by a user. According to another aspect, substructures storing break up information related to the transactions in the first FCA are migrated to corresponding subset of dimensions in the second FCA, based on the mapping between the substructures and the subset of dimensions specified by a user. Accordingly to one more aspect, accounts specified according to corresponding conventions in chart logics in the first FCA are migrated to the second FCA as corresponding portions of the account hierarchy, while ensuring that the migrated accounts are computed according to the corresponding convention. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109801 | Managing Schedules In a Financial Close Management System - A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and financial close management system are provided that manage a schedule. A schedule is a core object of the financial close management system, and is an expression of a template. Managing a schedule can include creating a new schedule, modifying an existing schedule, deleting an existing schedule, duplicating an existing schedule, validating an existing schedule, creating a template from an existing schedule, setting a status of an existing schedule, and importing and exporting an existing schedule. In addition, managing a schedule can include defining task type parameters that can be set during scheduling and setting task parameters of a schedule at a schedule level rather than a task level. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109790 | INTEGRATION OF APPLICATIONS WITH A FINANCIAL CLOSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and financial close management system are provided that includes a integration framework that allows an end user to leverage services or interfaces from external applications as part of a business process, such as a financial close process, of a financial close management system. The integration framework can integrate a task that requires the user to interact with a user interface of an external application (identified as an “end user task”) with the financial close management system. The integration framework can also integrate a task that runs without any user interaction required, and that interacts with a web service of an external application (identified as a “system automated task”) with the financial close management system. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109712 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING FORECASTS - A method and system for defining and generating forecasts. The forecast system receives a forecast definition from a user, generates a forecast in accordance with the forecast definition, stores a forecast snapshot of the generated forecast, and presents to users forecast information derived from the forecast snapshots. A forecast definition specifies the participants to be included in a forecast and when to generate the forecast. At the scheduled time, the forecast system automatically generates the forecast and stores the forecast snapshot. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120102472 | EXTENDING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE SEMANTICS WHILE MAINTAINING STANDARD SYNTAX THROUGH ALIASING - A method is provided for allowing programmers to specify program execution control semantics using standard programming language syntax even when the standard language does not provide a language construct for specifying execution control. In a similar manner, the approach provides programmers the ability to extend the expressiveness of a language by introducing statements expressed in the syntax of a target programming language. A program written in a first programming language may be translated into statements of a second programming language, where the target programming language is more expressive than the first. This language-based approach preserves the standard syntax of the first programming language, allowing a program written with semantic extensions to be compiled and run according to the standard on any standards-compliant system. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102457 | Infrastructure for the Automation of the Assembly of Schema Maintenance Scripts - A method and apparatus to build a migration package. According to one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of programming elements are developed and stored in a configuration repository. The configuration repository also includes metadata used to describe each of the programming elements. Selected programming elements are placed in a set of one or more migration scripts to be stored in the migration package. The set of migration scripts may include a master configuration file and a driver file. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102269 | USING SPECULATIVE CACHE REQUESTS TO REDUCE CACHE MISS DELAYS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that uses speculative cache requests to reduce cache miss delays for a cache in a multi-level memory hierarchy. During operation, the system receives a memory reference which is directed to a cache line in the cache. Next, while determining whether the cache line is available in the cache, the system determines whether the memory reference is likely to miss in the cache, and if so, simultaneously sends a speculative request for the cache line to a lower level of the multi-level memory hierarchy. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING A WEB SERVICE ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT SCALABLE ASYNCHRONOUS CLIENTS - An asynchronous transport enables decoupling the delivery of an operation's request and response messages, from the request and response cycle of a single exchange on the transport. The response message need not be delivered as the response to the initial transport request, but can instead be delivered by the web service to a response endpoint or other location selected by the client, using a new connection originating from the service. In accordance with an embodiment, the client communicates with the web service via request messages that include a SOAP header, formatted according to an XML format, and conveyed using the HTTP. The asynchronous transport automatically deploys, for a client, an endpoint reference that will ultimately receive corresponding response messages. This allows the response to ultimately return to the client application in a manner consistent with the JAX-WS specification, without the developer having to change their original client application. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101994 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVISIONING A DATABASE OVER A WIDE AREA NETWORK - Techniques for provisioning databases for users on a wide area network such as the Internet include a first party managing one or more database systems. Second parties subscribe to database services supported by the managed database systems. The first party provides, over a network, to database applications of the second parties, access to database services to which the second parties are subscribed. The database systems may use database appliances hosting both database process(es), and non-database process(es) tailored to the needs of the database process(es). A user is therefore able to obtain database resources from an Internet Database Service Provider (IDSP) without incurring the full costs of database administrator(s), dedicated database equipment facilit(ies), or even dedicated database device(s), depending on usage. Meanwhile, the IDSP incurs minimum staffing loads because of self-service tools. Costing model and automatic billing are also described. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101993 | ON-DEVICE DATABASE SERVICE FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A database system of a mobile device that includes an on-device database service is provided. The on-device database service accepts a connection request from an application, and receives a database command from the application. The on-device database service translates the database command into a structured query language command, and transmits the structured query language command to an embedded database. After a database operation is performed by the embedded database, the on-device database service receives a result of the structured query language command that is transmitted from the embedded database, and the on-device database service transmits the result to the application. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096433 | DEPENDENCY RESOLUTION IN POLYPHASIC MODULES - Some embodiments provide a system that facilitates the development, maintenance, and execution of a software program. During operation, the system obtains a module declaration for a module to be used in the software program. Next, the system resolves one or more dependencies of the module using the module declaration and a list of available modules for the software program. Finally, the system uses the resolved dependencies to manage the software program throughout the life cycle of the software program. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096079 | GENERATING A WEB PAGE WITH IDENTIFIED SOURCES OF DATA - A system/server responds to a request for a web page from a client computer. The system determines a plurality of data elements required to generate the web page, and requests and receives the plurality of data elements. Each data element may be requested and received from a respective source. For each respective source, the system generates a source association tag that identifies the source and the corresponding data element. The system then generates the web page comprising the plurality of data elements and corresponding source association tags, and transmits the web page to the client. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093184 | STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING THE WAVELENGTHS OF LASERS VIA TEMPERATURE CONTROL - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates adjusting the wavelengths of lasers via temperature control. This system includes a chip with an active face upon which active circuitry and signal pads reside. A thermal-control mechanism provides localized thermal control of two lasers mounted upon the active face of the chip. By individually controlling the temperature of the lasers, the thermal-control mechanism controls the wavelengths emitted by each respective laser. By creating a temperature gradient that causes a temperature difference between two or more lasers, the system can cause the lasers to emit different wavelengths. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120089819 | ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS WITH UNRESOLVED DATA DEPENDENCIES - The described embodiments include a processor that determines instructions that can be issued based on unresolved data dependencies. In an issue unit in the processor, the processor keeps a record of each instruction that is directly or indirectly dependent on a base instruction. Upon determining that the base instruction has been deferred, the processor monitors instructions that are being issued from an issue queue to an execution unit for execution. Upon determining that an instruction from the record has reached a head of the issue queue, the processor immediately issues the instruction from the issue queue. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089803 | CACHE INDEX COLORING FOR VIRTUAL-ADDRESS DYNAMIC ALLOCATORS - A method for managing a memory, including obtaining a number of indices and a cache line size of a cache memory, computing a cache page size by multiplying the number of indices by the cache line size, calculating a greatest common denominator (GCD) of the cache page size and a first size class, incrementing, in response to the GCD of the cache page size and the first size class exceeding the cache line size, the first size class to generate an updated first size class, calculating a GCD of the cache page size and the updated first size class, creating, in response to the GCD of the cache page size and the updated first size class being less than the cache line size, a first superblock in the memory including a first plurality of blocks of the updated first size class, and creating a second superblock in the memory. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089486 | MANAGING PROCESS REQUESTS IN A DISTRIBUTED ORDER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM - A fulfillment workbench of a distributed order orchestration system is provided. A distributed order orchestration system can include a fulfillment workbench that provides a user interface for order fulfillment administrators, users and supervisors to monitor and manage order fulfillment processes through the distributed order orchestration system. The fulfillment workbench can receive a process request from a user to modify an ongoing order fulfillment process, where the process request includes one or more line requests, transmit the process request to one or more fulfillment systems, and provide a process request status to the user. The fulfillment workbench can provide a process request status to the user even though the process request interacts with one or more fulfillment systems, and the timing of the response to the process request may not be known. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087492 | EXECUTION UNIT FOR PERFORMING THE DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD - Described is an execution unit for performing at least part of the Data Encryption Standard that includes a Left Half input; a Key input; and a Table input, as well as a first group of transistors configured to receive the Table input, perform a table look-up, and output data. The execution unit further includes a first exclusive-or operator having two inputs and an output that is configured to receive the Left Half input and the Key input. The execution unit also includes a second exclusive-or operator having two inputs and an output that is configured to receive the data output by the first group of transistors and to receive the output of the first exclusive-or operator. The execution unit also includes a third exclusive-or operator having two inputs and an output that is configured to receive the Left Half input and the data output by the first group of transistors. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120084797 | TRANSACTION IN MEMORY OBJECT STORE - Techniques for rating and committing events in an event processing system are provided. Events can be rated at a rating system according to information that is stored locally on the rating system. Rated events can be stored in a database system with these rated events being utilized to, among other things, restore information that is stored locally on the rating system. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084754 | Streamlining Unit Testing Through Hot Code Swapping - Methods and systems are described for testing methods and other functions by swapping external functions for mock functions. A test case definition is entered by a programmer, which can specify the expected number of arguments and argument values of external function or method calls, the context state, the return value, and any expected error conditions. The test case definition is used by a function tester to automatically create mock functions, modify the target function so that it calls the mock functions, execute the target function with specified arguments and a test context, and then compare the results to expected results. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084750 | Method for Efficiently Managing Property Types and Constraints In a Prototype Based Dynamic Programming Language - Methods and systems for managing property types, constraints, and other property validations in prototype-based dynamic programming languages, such as the JavaScript® programming language, are presented. A property definition is created for a target class by a programmer, and a properties class is automatically generated for the target class along with get and set methods to access and validate properties in the properties class. A properties class of a parent class can be automatically determined to exist and added such that the target class properties class inherits from the parent class properties class. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084708 | PRESENTATION OF HIERARCHICAL DATA IN MULTIPLE CONSISTENT VIEWS - Hierarchical data can be consistently presented in multiple different views. One method involves extracting object information describing at least one object from a database. The object information includes hierarchical information indicating a position of the object within a hierarchy of objects and list information usable to sort of list of objects that includes the object. The method also generates a tree view and a list view for display within a hierarchical data presentation window. The tree view identifies the object, and generation of the tree view is based upon the hierarchical information. The list view identifies the at least one object, and generation of the list view is based upon the list information. The method provides the tree and list views to a display device for display within the hierarchical data presentation window. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084593 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A CURRENT TIME VALUE - A method for providing applications with a current time value includes receiving a trap for an application to access a time memory page, creating, in a memory map corresponding to the application, a mapping between an address space of the application and the time memory page in response to the trap, accessing, based on the trap, a hardware clock to obtain a time value, and updating the time memory page with the time value. The application reads the time value from the time memory page using the memory map. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084271 | REPRESENTING AND MANIPULATING RDF DATA IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Techniques for generating hash values for instances of distinct data values. In the techniques, each distinct data value is mapped to hash value generation information which describes how to generate a unique hash value for instances of the distinct data value. The hash value generation information for a distinct data value is then used to generate the hash value for an instance of the distinct data value. The hash value generation information may indicate whether a collision has occurred in generating the hash values for instances of the distinct data values and if so, how the collision is to be resolved. The techniques are employed to normalize RDF triples by generating the UIDS employed in the normalization from the triples' lexical values. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084253 | TRANSACTION IN MEMORY OBJECT STORE - Techniques for rating and committing events in an event processing system are provided. Events can be rated at a rating system according to information that is stored locally on the rating system. Rated events can be stored in a database system with these rated events being utilized to, among other things, restore information that is stored locally on the rating system. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084090 | EPROCUREMENT CHANGE REQUEST PROCESS - The present invention is directed to methods and systems for implementing a procurement change request process. The method includes receiving a request to edit a requisition order from a requestor. The requisition order has been previously completed and the requisition order includes a lines. The method further includes receiving updates to at least one of the lines, and based on the received updates, updating the at least one of the lines of the requisition order. Further, the method includes determining that the at least one of the lines has been sourced to a purchase order, in response to the at least one of the lines being sourced to the purchase order, creating a requisition change request for the at least one of the lines, and updating the purchase order with the updates to the at least one of the lines of the requisition order. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081157 | POWER-SUPPLY NOISE SUPPRESSION USING A FREQUENCY-LOCKED LOOP - An integrated circuit that includes a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) that adjusts a clock frequency of a critical path of the integrated circuit based on the variations in a power-supply voltage of the DCO and the critical path is described. This DCO may be included in a feedback control loop that includes a frequency-locked loop (FLL), and which determines an average clock frequency of the critical path based on a reference frequency. Furthermore, the DCO may have a selectable delay characteristic that specifies a delay sensitivity of the DCO as a function of the power-supply voltage, thereby approximately matching a manufactured delay characteristic of the critical path. Additionally, for variations in the power-supply voltage having frequencies greater than a resonance frequency associated with a chip package of the integrated circuit, adjustments of the clock frequency may be proportional to the variations in the power-supply voltage and the selectable delay characteristic. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING PROTECTION AGAINST RUN-AWAY SUBNET MANAGER INSTANCES IN A MIDDLEWARE MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support a middleware machine environment that includes a set of subnet manager instances, which reside on one or more nodes in the middleware machine environment and cooperate to provide a highly available subnet manager service within a subnet, wherein each said subnet manager instance is associated with a different private secure key. The subnet manager instances can negotiate with each other and elect a master subnet manager responsible for configuring and managing the middleware machine environment using the private secure key associated with the master subnet manager. The subnet can be reconfigured to be associated with a different private secure key, when a new subnet manager instance is elected as the master subnet manager. An old master subnet manager can be automatically prevented from resuming normal operations as the master subnet manager, in order to avoid undesired consequence such as a “split brain” scenario. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079415 | MULTIPLE ROW LATERAL TABLE VIEW WITH ROW SET SCROLL AND ROW HISTORY FLIP - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for presenting instances of selected records in a vertical, side-by-side arrangement. According to one embodiment, presenting a view of data from a table of a database can comprise presenting a first tabular view of the data. In this first tabular view, each of a plurality of records of the table can be presented as a row of the tabular view and each field of each record can be presented as a column. Additionally, each column can include a heading associated with and identifying the fields of the records. A selection of two or more records of the plurality of records can be received and a second tabular view of the data of the selected records can be generated. The headings and rows from the first tabular view can comprise columns of the second tabular view. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING AN APPLICATION TO ALLOW POLYMORPHIC SERIALIZATION - An application defined to allow polymorphic serialization. In one embodiment, the application comprises a plurality of page definitions or views. At least one page definition is configured to be serialized into content in a first serialization format and content in a second serialization format that is different from the first serialization. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079090 | STATEFUL SUBNET MANAGER FAILOVER IN A MIDDLEWARE MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can provide stateful subnet manager failover in a middleware machine environment. The system includes a policy daemon associated with each master subnet manager candidate in a subnet in the middleware machine environment. The policy daemon manages one or more policies for the subnet. The system also includes a transactional interface associated with the policy daemon co-located with a current master subnet manager. The transactional interface allows for updating the one or more policies using a policy update transaction. The policy daemon co-located with the master subnet manager operates to replicate the policy update transaction to one or more policy daemons co-located with the subnet managers that are master candidates associated with the master subnet manager, before committing the policy update transaction. Additionally, when the master subnet manager fails, the subnet managers operate to negotiate with each other and elect a new master subnet manager. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079009 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHOOSING RESOURCES BASED ON CONTEXT AND INHERITANCE - A method and apparatus for choosing resources based on context and inheritance. In one embodiment of the method, a computer system receives a page request from a mobile device, wherein the page request comprises data that identifies a mobile device type. In response to receiving the page request, the computer system selecting a page definition, wherein the page definition comprises one or more resource identifiers. The computer system selects a first identifier from the one or more identifiers. The computer system creates a list of keys, wherein each key of the list is distinct from the other keys in the list, and each key of the list is created as a function of the first identifier and the data or a portion thereof. The computer system accesses a memory structure that directly or indirectly maps resources to respective keys. The computer system selects a first key from the list, and compares the first key with keys in the memory structure. The computer system selects a first resource that is mapped directly or indirectly to a key in the memory structure that matches the first key. The computer system generates a reply to the request, wherein the reply comprises the first resource. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120072918 | GENERATION OF GENERIC UNIVERSAL RESOURCE INDICATORS - Various arrangements for creating and using generic universal resource indicators are presented. To create a generic universal resource indicator, one or more parameters of a universal resource indicator may be identified. An interface that permits a parameter of the one or more parameters to be selected and mapped to a variable may be presented. A selection of the parameter for mapping may be received. An indication of the variable to map to the parameter of the selection may also be received. The generic universal resource indicator having a generic parameter corresponding to the parameter of the selection may be created. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072817 | ENTERPRISE APPLICATION WORKCENTER - A first computer system displays a user interface that includes a first portion and a non-overlapping, second portion. The first portion includes a first pagelet that comprises a plurality of first active links. The first portion also includes a second pagelet that includes a plurality of second active links. One of the first active links is activated, and in response the first computer system displays a first user interface in the second area. The first user interface includes a list of first links, wherein the list of first links is displayed while the first active links and the second active links are displayed in the first and second pagelets, respectively. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072781 | PREDICTIVE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT - An incident predictor system is described herein for predicting impactful incidents in which server computer system operations fail or perform poorly. According to one embodiment of the invention, the incident prediction system trains a generalized linear model (GLM) to predict when a system health indicator will reach a level that represents an incident for the server system. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072780 | Continuous System Health Indicator For Managing Computer System Alerts - A method is provided for detecting when users are being adversely impacted by poor system performance. A system health indicator is determined that is based on the amount of work that is blocked waiting for each of a set of an external events and combined with a heuristic that is based on the number of users waiting for the work to complete. The system health indicator is compared to a threshold such that an alert is generated when the system health indicator crosses the threshold. However, the system health indicator is designed so that an alert is only generated when a significant user base is or will in the near future experience a problem with the system. Furthermore, the system health indicator is designed to vary smoothly to maintain its suitability for the application of predictive technology. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072776 | FAULT ISOLATION USING CODE PATHS - Techniques are provided for isolating faults in a software program by providing at least two code paths that are capable of performing the same operation. When a fault occurs while the one of the code paths is being used to perform an operation, data that indicates the circumstances under which the fault occurred is stored. For example, a fault-recording mechanism may store data that indicates the entities that were involved in the failed operation. Because they were involved in an operation that experienced a fault, one or more of those entities may be “quarantined”. When subsequent requests arrive to perform the operation, a check may be performed to determine whether the requested operation involves any of the quarantined entities. If the requested operation involves a quarantined entity, a different code path is used to perform the operation, rather than the code path from which the entity is quarantined. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072770 | Data Corruption Diagnostic Engine - A computer is programmed to execute a diagnostic procedure either on a pre-set schedule or asynchronously in response to an event, such as an error message, or a user command. When executed, the diagnostic procedure automatically checks for integrity of one or more portions of data in the computer, to identify any failure(s). In some embodiments, the failure(s) may be displayed to a human, after revalidation to exclude any failure that no longer exists. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072754 | METHOD FOR SYSTEM ENERGY USE MANAGEMENT OF CURRENT SHARED POWER SUPPLIES - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, where the computer readable program code is adapted to, when executed by a processor, implement a method for managing a power supply system. The method includes identifying a number of power supplies included in the power supply system, and determining a first system mode for the power supply system. The method also includes determining a first operating order for the power supplies, and assigning a first ACTIVE ON threshold to each of the power supplies to obtain a number of first ACTIVE ON thresholds. The method further includes assigning a first ACTIVE STANDBY OFF threshold to each of the power supplies to obtain a number of first ACTIVE STANDBY OFF thresholds, where the power supply system provides electrical power to at least one computer system. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072738 | REDUCING LATENCY WHEN ACTIVATING A POWER SUPPLY UNIT - A method for reducing latency using a charging module when activating a power supply unit (PSU) among a plurality of PSUs in a power supply system. The method includes: Receiving, by the PSU from a power input feed, input power; receiving, from a supply bus shared by the plurality of PSUs, a first controlled signal designating a status of the PSU as standby; disabling, in response to the first controlled signal, a switching regulator of the PSU; receiving, from a voltage rail of the supply bus, charge flowing through a resistor of the charging module to maintain a charge of an output capacitor of the switching regulator; receiving a second controlled signal designating the status of the PSU as active; enabling the switching regulator; outputting a voltage from the PSU through the charging module to the voltage rail; and charging the output capacitor using the PSU. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072627 | DYNAMIC CREATION AND DESTRUCTION OF IO RESOURCES BASED ON ACTUAL LOAD AND RESOURCE AVAILABILITY - A method for binding input/output (I/O) objects to nodes. The method includes binding an I/O object group to a NUMA node of a plurality of NUMA nodes on a system, obtaining an I/O object group size of the I/O object group, and determining an I/O object group target size based on an I/O object group aggregate load of the I/O object group. The method further includes comparing, by the NUMA I/O Framework, the I/O object group target size and the I/O object group aggregate load, determining, by the NUMA I/O Framework, that a difference between the I/O object group target size and the I/O object group aggregate load exceeds a threshold, and instructing, by the NUMA I/O Framework, an I/O Subsystem associated with the I/O object group to change the I/O object group size, wherein the I/O Subsystem changes, in response to the instruction, the I/O object group size. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072622 | USING PROCESS LOCATION TO BIND IO RESOURCES ON NUMA ARCHITECTURES - In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for binding input/output (I/O) objects to nodes. The method includes receiving a request to use an I/O device from a process, determining a resource to service the request, generating a first I/O object corresponding to the resource, wherein the first I/O object is unbound, and generating a proc object, wherein the proc object comprises a reference to the process requesting to use the I/O device. The method also includes sending the first I/O object and the proc object to a Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) I/O Framework, determining that the process is executing on a first NUMA node, selecting the first NUMA, binding the first I/O object to the first NUMA node, and servicing the request by processing, on the first NUMA node, the resource corresponding to the first I/O object. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072598 | USE OF GENERIC UNIVERSAL RESOURCE INDICATORS - Various arrangements for creating and using generic universal resource indicators are presented. To create a generic universal resource indicator, one or more parameters of a universal resource indicator may be identified. An interface that permits a parameter of the one or more parameters to be selected and mapped to a variable may be presented. A selection of the parameter for mapping may be received. An indication of the variable to map to the parameter of the selection may also be received. The generic universal resource indicator having a generic parameter corresponding to the parameter of the selection may be created. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ETHERNET OVER INFINIBAND VIRTUAL HUB SCALABILITY IN A MIDDLEWARE MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support a middleware machine environment that include one or more gateway nodes. One or more gateways that resides on the one or more gateway nodes are provided in a subnet with a plurality of host servers, wherein each host server is associated with one or more virtual network interface cards (vNICs). The middleware machine environment also include a plurality of virtual hubs (vHUB) on the one or more gateways, with each vHUB associated with one or more said vNICs. The gateways are adapted to connect with an external network, and operate to forward a multicast packet to both the external network and the plurality of host servers via the plurality of vHUBs, and prevent multicast packet traffic loops between the subnet and the external network. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING WELL DEFINED SUBNET TOPOLOGY IN A MIDDLEWARE MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support a middleware machine environment. The middleware machine environment can include a subnet manager and a plurality of fabric components, wherein each said fabric component is associated with a subnet management agent (SMA). The subnet manager maintains a topology graph that indicates how ports are connected in the subnet. The subnet manager operates to periodically reevaluate one or more states associated with each fabric component in the subnet by determining whether each SMA is responding correctly to a request. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072562 | PERFORMING PARTIAL SUBNET INITIALIZATION IN A MIDDLEWARE MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can perform subnet initialization in a middleware machine environment. In accordance with one embodiment, a plurality of management nodes in the middleware machine environment can be interconnected so that a plurality of subnet managers that are associated with the plurality of management nodes can communicate with each other using an in-band communication protocol. The plurality of subnet managers can negotiate and elect a master subnet manager, which operates to configure and manage the middleware machine environment. The master subnet manager can replicate one or more subnet initialization policies to other subnet managers in the middleware machine environment using the in-band communication protocol. The master subnet manager can then set up a plurality of client nodes in the middleware machine environment based on the one or more subnet initialization policies. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072498 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRE-RENDERING EXPECTED SYSTEM RESPONSE - A method for pre-rendering a system response. In one embodiment, the method includes a mobile device sending a first page request to a secondary system via a wireless communication link. The secondary system sends a first reply to the mobile device in response to the secondary system receiving the first page request, wherein the first reply comprises first page information and second page information. The mobile device stores the second page information in memory. The mobile device also displays a first page comprising a visual representation of the first page information. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072477 | Method and Apparatus for Polymorphic Serialization - Polymorphic serialization is disclosed. In one embodiment polymorphic serialization may include generating a first reply in response to receiving a first request from a first device, the first reply including first content in a first serialization format. The first reply is transmitted to the first device via a first communication link. A second reply may be generated in response to receiving a second request from a second device, the second reply including second content in a second serialization format. The second reply is transmitted to the second device via a second communication link. The first and second devices are distinct from each other, and the first and second serialization formats are distinct from each other. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072455 | SUPPORT FOR A PARAMETERIZED QUERY/VIEW IN COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING - The present invention includes a method for providing parameterized queries in complex event processing (CEP). The method includes providing a query template which includes one or more bind variables, providing sets of parameters corresponding to the one or more bind variables, and parsing the query template to determine positions of the one or more bind variables. The method further includes scanning the provided sets of parameters to determine which of the sets of parameters are to be bound to the one or more bind variables, binding the one or more bind variables which are determined to be bound to the sets of parameters, and substituting the bound one or more bind variables with the corresponding sets of parameters. The method further includes injecting all incarnations of the parameterized queries into the system, and one template/parameterized query is configured to run them all. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072431 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING FULFILLMENT MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the invention include a method of implementing fulfillment management. The method includes receiving order information, wherein the order information includes one or more order lines, selecting at least one of the one or more order lines, scoring the one or more selected order lines, and accessing one or more rules assigned to the one or more order lines. The method further includes based on the assigned rules, defining a priority rank of each of the one or more selected order lines, specifying fulfillment of inventory based on the priority and scoring of each of the selected one or more order lines, and assigning inventory based on the specified fulfillment. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072426 | SELF-SERVICE SOURCES FOR SECURE SEARCH - A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety of sources across an enterprise, regardless of whether any of these sources conform to a conventional user role model. The architecture further allows for security attributes to be submitted at query time, for example, in order to provide real-time secure access to enterprise resources. The user query also can be transformed to provide for dynamic querying that provides for a more current result list than can be obtained for static queries. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072425 | CUSTOMER FOCUSED KEYWORD SEARCH IN AN ENTERPRISE - A method, system, and computer readable storage medium are provided for performing a centralized search to locate information having a common context in an enterprise. Such search can be provided by defining a logical object that groups customer profile and related objects such as contacts, leads, opportunities, notes, interactions, and the like for a search in a customer context. A customer identifier can serve as a key to link the related objects. A keyword search of a logical group is also provided that allows for a single unified search across customers and related objects, or to search within a single customer and related objects. One aspect of the logical group keyword search provides for refining the search to show a subset of objects and to use filtering of object attributes. Search results indicate the customer context by highlighting the customer name in the result. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072415 | BUSINESS PROCESS VISUALIZATION - A business process visualization is described. In one embodiment, process may include searching for documents stored in memory. The search identifies first documents, wherein the first documents comprise data of respective transactions of a first business process sequence implemented by an enterprise application. A user interface (UI) is then generated that includes components corresponding to the first documents, respectively, and components that visually identify relationships between the first documents. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120071155 | Method and Apparatus for Binding Mobile Device Functionality to an Application Definition - In one embodiment, a mobile device renders a page on a screen thereof in response to the mobile device receiving a serialized page definition via a wireless communication link from a server implementing a CRM. The serialized page definition comprises first data and a first command that is bound to the first data. The mobile device is configured to implement a first function when the first command is invoked by a user. The mobile device implements the first function in response to user invocation of the first command, wherein the first function is implemented using the first data. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120071146 | PATTERN BASED ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method is disclosed in which a server generates and transmits a reply to a mobile device via a wireless communication link in response to receiving a request from a mobile device. The reply includes first pattern information and data elements retrieved from a logical data model. The mobile device renders a first page on a screen thereof in response to receiving the reply. The first page includes visual representations of the data elements, and the first page presents the visual representations in a first pattern corresponding to the first pattern information. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069730 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MANAGEMENT NETWORK INTERFACE CARD PORT FAILOVER IN A MIDDLEWARE MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support virtual network interface card (NIC) failover in a middleware machine environment. The middleware machine environment includes a local management node and a remote management node. The system provides a local NIC driver and a remote proxy instance on a local management node. The remote proxy instance can associate a machine address with a remote NIC driver on a remote management node that is connected with the local remote management node in a subnet. Furthermore, the remote proxy instance operates to direct packets to and from the remote NIC driver using the machine address. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069726 | Optical Storage Focus Servo System And Method Of Controlling Same - An optical storage focus servo system may include an optical pickup unit that includes an astigmatic focusing lens, a focusing actuator that controls a position of the lens relative to an optical media, and a plurality of detectors that detect an intensity and shape of a reflected beam from the media. The system may also include a controller that controls the focusing actuator based on the intensity and shape of the reflected beam. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068544 | AUTONOMOUS CONTROL IN CURRENT SHARE POWER SUPPLIES - A method for autonomous control by a power supply unit (PSU) among a number of current share PSUs in a power supply system. The method includes: Receiving input power from a power input feed; setting a mode of the PSU to ON; receiving a first controlled signal including a first number of IStar modes and thresholds; receiving a first activation signal activating IStar in the PSU; receiving a second controlled signal comprising a first voltage; determining that the first voltage is less than a first Active standby OFF threshold for an IStar mode of Active standby OFF; setting the IStar mode for the PSU to Active standby OFF; receiving a third controlled signal that includes a second voltage; determining that the second voltage is greater than a first Active ON threshold for an IStar mode of Active ON; and setting the IStar mode for the PSU to Active ON. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120066674 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONDITIONAL DEPLOYMENT OF APPLICATION ARTIFACTS - Techniques for conditionally deploying artifacts of a software application (e.g., a SOA application). In one set of embodiments, a deployment plan can be generated that specifies a list of artifacts to be deployed for the application. At a time of deployment, the deployment plan can be retrieved and processed by an installation module to carry out the deployment process. As part of this processing, the installation module can determine, for each artifact in the deployment plan, whether the artifact is associated with a user-defined condition. If such an association is found, the installation module can evaluate the user-defined condition and execute conditional deployment logic for the artifact based on the outcome of the evaluation. In this manner, the deployment activities to be carried out for the application can be dynamically modified at the time of deployment. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066658 | System And Method For Integrated Circuit Power And Timing Optimization - A system for selecting gates for an integrated circuit design may include at least one processing device configured to identify gates of the integrated circuit design having a slack value less than a predefined slack threshold. The at least one processing device may be further configured to, for each of the identified gates, determine (i) a number of nodes of the integrated circuit design that experience a timing slack improvement if the gate is swapped with an alternative implementation having a reduced delay or (ii) a sum of timing slack improvements experienced by nodes of the integrated circuit design if the gate is swapped with the alternative implementation having a reduced delay. The at least one processing device may still be further configured to swap the gate with the alternative implementation having the reduced delay if the determined number or sum is greater than a corresponding predetermined threshold. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066460 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SCATTER/GATHER DATA PROCESSING IN A MIDDLEWARE ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for providing scatter/gather data processing. In accordance with an embodiment, a such a system can include a cluster of one or more high performance computing systems, each including one or more processors and a high performance memory. The cluster communicates over an InfiniBand network. The system can also include a middleware environment, executing on the cluster, that includes one or more application server instances. The system can further include a plurality of muxers. Each application server instance includes at least one muxer, and each muxer is operable to collect data from a plurality of locations in the high performance memory, and transfer the data in bulk. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066459 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ZERO BUFFER COPYING IN A MIDDLEWARE ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for zero buffer copying. In accordance with an embodiment, such a system can include one or more high performance computing systems, each including one or more processors and a high performance memory. The system can further include a user space, which includes a Java virtual machine (JVM) and one or more application server instances. Additionally, the system can include a plurality of byte buffers accesible to the JVM and the one or more application server instances. When a request is received by a first application server instance data associated with the request is stored in a heap space associated with the JVM, and the JVM pins the portion of the heap space where the data is stored. The data is pushed to a first byte buffer where it is accessed by the first application server instance. A response is generated by the first application server using the data, and the response is sent by the first application server. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL MUXING BETWEEN SERVERS IN A CLUSTER - Systems and methods are provided for providing parallel muxing between servers in a cluster. One such system can include a cluster of one or more high performance computing systems, each including one or more processors and a high performance memory. The cluster communicates over an InfiniBand network. The system can also include a middleware environment, executing on the cluster, that includes one or more application server instances. The system can further include a plurality of muxers, wherein each application server instance includes at least one muxer. Each muxer can receive information from a plurality of threads to transmit to a different muxer on a different application server instance over the Infiniband network using a plurality of parallel channels. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING LAZY DESERIALIZATION OF SESSION INFORMATION IN A SERVER CLUSTER - A system and method can support in-memory session replication in a server cluster using a lazy deserialization approach. The server cluster can include a primary application server and a secondary application server. The primary application server operates to receive a request associated with a session from a client and maintains session information associated with the session. Based on the session information, the primary application server can responds to the client. The secondary application server operates to receive and maintain serialized session information from the primary application server. The secondary application server operates to update the serialized session information based on one or more session updates received from the primary application server. When the primary application server fails, the secondary application server can generate deserialized session information based on the updated serialized session information and responds to the client. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A GRIDLINK DATA SOURCE TO CONNECT AN APPLICATION SERVER WITH A CLUSTERED DATABASE - A system and method can support using a data source to connect an application server with a clustered database. The clustered database includes a plurality of database instances and is associated with a notification service. The notification service can be used by the clustered database to broadcast notifications that describe a state change in the plurality of database instances. The data source includes a connection pool, which manages a set of connections to the plurality of database instances in the clustered database. The data source operates to register with the notification service to receive notifications on the change of the clustered database, wherein the application server operates to configure and manage connection to the clustered database, adaptively according to the state change of the clustered database at run time. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066260 | System And Method For Building Decision Trees In A Database - A computer-implemented method of creating a data mining model in a database management system comprises accepting a database language statement at the database management system, the database language statement indicating a dataset and a data mining model to be created from the dataset, and creating, in the database management system, the indicated data mining model using the indicated dataset, wherein creation and application of the data mining model does not require moving data to a separate data mining engine. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060078 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC PERSONALIZATION FOR DATA DISPLAY - A method of optimizing a set of elements on a device display. The method includes positioning the set of elements on the device display, where the set of elements includes a first set of spatial indicia, and the device display further includes a first set of device characteristics. The method also includes generating a first set of workspace configuration indicia based, in part, on the first set of spatial indicia and the first set of device characteristics; and, if desired, re-positioning the set of elements on the device display, where the set of elements includes a second set of spatial indicia, and wherein the device display further includes a second set of device characteristics. The method further includes generating a second set of workspace configuration indicia based in part, on the second set of spatial indicia and the second set of device characteristics; wherein if the device display comprises the first set of device characteristics, positioning the set of elements according to the first set of workspace configuration indicia; else if, the display comprises the second set of device characteristics, positioning the set of elements according to the second set of workspace configuration indicia; else, positioning the set of elements according to a set of default workspace configuration indicia. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059929 | TECHNIQUES FOR MAINTAINING CURRENT CONTENT - Techniques, including systems and methods, for maintaining current content are described and suggested herein. In an embodiment, information from a plurality of information sources is received. Communications between the computer system and a network are monitored. Subsequent to an inability to communicate over the network, an ability to communicate over the network is detected. Responsive to detecting the ability to communicate over the network, information from one or more of the information sources is requested. The one or more information sources may be servers providing web pages. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059922 | INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - There is described herein a method and apparatus for providing a telecommunications link between a first user and a second user in a telecommunications network. A request is received from the first user to provide a telecommunications link to the second user. The system then determines from a server hosting a networked community of users in which users interact over a communications network independent of the telecommunications network whether the first user and the second user have a specified relationship in the community of users. At least one setting for the telecommunications link is specified based on whether the first user and the second user have a specified relationship in the community of users. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059792 | Techniques for the Logical Replication of High-Level Procedures - A method and system that annotates a redo log to provide information concerning the execution of a procedure at a primary database. The annotations include entry and exit markers that indicate the beginning and the end of the execution along with any arguments passed to the procedure, and whether the execution of the procedure was successful. At the standby database, these markers are used to create a logical transaction associated with the procedure. The operations performed by the procedure are grouped into individual transactions, and these individual transactions are grouped as belonging to the logical transaction. If the execution of the procedure was successful at the primary database, then the individual transactions are discarded, and the logical transaction is applied by executing the procedure at the standby database. If the execution of the procedure failed at the primary database, then the individual transactions and the logical transaction are discarded. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056327 | RAMP-STACK CHIP PACKAGE WITH STATIC BENDS - A ramp-stack chip package is described. This chip package includes a vertical stack of semiconductor dies or chips that are offset from each other in a horizontal direction, thereby defining a terrace with exposed pads. A high-bandwidth ramp component, which is positioned approximately parallel to the terrace, is electrically and mechanically coupled to the exposed pads. For example, the ramp component may be coupled to the semiconductor dies using: solder, microsprings and/or an anisotropic conducting film. Furthermore, each of the semiconductor dies includes a static bend so that an end segment of each of the semiconductor dies is parallel to the direction and is mechanically coupled to the ramp component. These end segments may facilitate high-bandwidth communication of signals between the chips and the ramp component, for example, via proximity communication. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120047506 | RESOURCE ABSTRACTION VIA ENABLER AND METADATA - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing an enabler and dependencies of the enabler. According to one embodiment, a method of managing an enabler can comprise requesting a management function via a management interface of the enabler. The management interface can provide an abstraction of one or more management functions for managing the enabler and/or dependencies of the enabler. In some cases, prior to requesting the management function metadata associated with the management interface can be read and a determination can be made as to whether the management function is available or unavailable. Requesting the management function via the management interface of the enabler can be performed in response to determining the management function is available. In response to determining the management function is unavailable, one or more alternative functions can be identified based on the metadata and the one or more alternative functions can be requested. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047493 | BREAK ON NEXT CALLED FUNCTION OR METHOD IN JAVA DEBUGGER AGENT - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for optimizing handling of breakpoints in a Java debugger agent. Embodiments provide a novel command that allows execution of the application in the debugger to stop or break at the beginning of a next called function or method (e.g., a “break on next called function” or “BNCF” command). When the BNCF command is given to the debugger, a flag may be set in the interpreter of the virtual machine to which the debugger is attached. On encountering a new method or function call, the flag is examined by the interpreter to determine whether it should stop or break in that call. If the flag is set, the interpreter will stop; otherwise the interpreter proceeds. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047486 | OPTIMIZED IMPLEMENTATION OF BREAKPOINT IN JAVA DEBUGGER AGENT - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for optimizing handling of breakpoints in a debugger agent. Embodiments generate an additional modified bytecode copy that includes location indexes associated with breakpoint requests at the breakpoint locations. The location indexes may correspond to a location in a data structure in which the breakpoint information (e.g., request identifier and associated location information) is stored. The location index identified by the additional bytecode copy for a breakpoint may then be used to directly access the appropriate location in the data structure for generating a desired reply packet. Thus, the location index may effectively allow the debugger agent to generate the reply packet without searching through a complex data structure for the relevant request information. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047158 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING QUERY OPTIMIZATION USING A HYBRID EXECUTION PLAN - An improved method, system, and computer program product is disclosed that provides a hybrid approach to optimization which allows different subsets of data accessed by a query to be optimized with different access paths and execution approaches. Transformations may be performed to re-write the query, which restructures the query in a way that facilitates the hybrid optimization process. Multiple transformations may be interleaved to produce an efficient re-written query. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047146 | VISUAL AID TO ASSIST MAKING PURCHASE BY TRACKING KEY PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS - The present invention is directed to methods and systems for assisting users in an ecommerce environment. The method includes displaying a user interface of including products. Each of the products have associated attributes. Each of the associated attributes are displayed in the user interface with an associated selection tool. The method further includes receiving one or more selections of the selection tools indicating selection of one or more of the associated attributes. The one or more selections provide a ranking of each of the selected attributes. For each of the products, the method calculates a real-time score total and displays the real-time score total within the user interface. The calculating includes determining a weighted value for each of the products based on an aggregation of each of the selected associated attributes of the product. Further, the method includes displaying a ranked list of the products based on the determined weighted values of each of the products. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120045040 | TRUE CONVERGENCE WITH END TO END IDENTITY MANAGEMENT - Described is a system of disparate telecommunications networks having managed identities, a service, such as voicemail, abstracted from the underlying access networks, and an operational support system (OSS)/business support system (BSS) coupled to the networks to manage authentication and subscription information. A single authentication/subscription manager which is common to the disparate telecommunications networks is enabled by a Service Delivery Platform (SDP) which can be open-standards based and extensible as needed. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042019 | TECHNIQUES FOR FILTERING SELECTIVE USERS IN DISTRIBUTION LISTS - Techniques, including systems and methods for distributing electronic messages, are disclosed. In an embodiment, information relating to a message thread is maintained. The information includes information identifying one or more members of a distribution list to be excluded from receiving messages in the message thread. When it has been determined to prevent distribution of the electronic message to one or more members of the distribution list, the electronic message is distributed to members of the distribution list excluding the one or more members to whom distribution is to be prevented. The distributed electronic message may identify the distribution list as an intended recipient. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041934 | SUPPORT FOR USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS IN A DATA STREAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A data stream management system (DSMS) is designed to support a new user-defined function, by creating and using at least two structures as follows. A first structure (“metadata entry”) is created in response to a command for creation of the new function, and maps a single instance of a class to the function's name. A second structure is created with creation of an operator on receipt of each new continuous query that uses the new function. The second structure (“operator specific data structure”) contains a path to the newly-created instance, which path is obtained by looking up the first structure. Additional second structures are created on receipt of additional continuous queries which use the new function, but all second structures contain the same path. All continuous queries use the same instance. Repeated use of a single instance to compile and execute multiple queries eliminates repeated instantiation of the same function. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041926 | TECHNIQUES FOR INCREASING THE USEFULNESS OF TRANSACTION LOGS - Techniques for making light-weight checkpoints in logs of streams of transactions and for extending the logs from the checkpoints. The state saved in the light weight checkpoint need only include the state of all transactions that are active at a prior point in the log and are still active at the checkpoint. A log is extended from the checkpoint by processing new transactions in the transaction stream beginning at the prior point to produce the extending log. When the checkpoint is reached, the state saved at the checkpoint is used to continue to produce the extending log. Techniques are further disclosed for selecting points in the stream of transactions at which the checkpoints may be made and for determining the distance between checkpoints. As disclosed, the log in which the checkpoints are used is a logical log made from a physical log produced by a relational database system. The logical log may be used for replication and for data mining. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120036558 | SECURE ACCESS MANAGEMENT AGAINST VOLATILE IDENTITY STORES - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to managing access to protected computer resources. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for modifying a user's ability to access a protected computer resource while the user is currently using the resource. If the privileges granted to a user for accessing the protected resource are altered, these alterations take effect in substantially real time. In an exemplary embodiment, a user data repository will initiate the process of altering the user's access privileges upon changes of data in the repository. In this way, it does not matter how or by whom the data in the repository is changed, but the change itself is sufficient to initiate a re-computation of a user's access privileges to the protected resource. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036462 | MECHANISM TO COMMUNICATE AND VISUALIZE DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF FLOWS IN SOFTWARE - In various embodiments, techniques for communicating and visualizing dependencies between a large number of flows are provided. One or more user interfaces can be generated that enable users to interact with information needed to complete each tasks in an ordered or unordered listing of tasks. In some aspects, elements of these user interfaces can including functionality enabling users to interact with each tasks, navigate to information needed to complete each task. In another aspect, one or more styles of presenting information is provided that facilitates navigation to dependency information for each task in a more useful manner. In further aspects, elements of these user interfaces can visually communicate the above functionality and dependency information as well as additional information about each tasks, such as status information, ownership information, or providing an audit trail. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036170 | DATA RATIONALIZATION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with data rationalization are described. One example method includes receiving data from a primary data repository and automatically rationalizing the data by applying rationalization rules that map one or more non-preferred data instances to a preferred data instance. Any non-preferred data instances that have not been automatically rationalized into a preferred data instance are provided to an interface for manual rationalization. Automatically and manually rationalized data is stored in a rationalized data repository. In addition, rationalization rules based on the manual rationalization are extracted for use in subsequent automatic rationalization operations. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036166 | EFFECTIVE DATING FOR TABLE OR RELATIONSHIP MODIFICATIONS - A method of application phased upgrade and phased user migration. In one embodiment, in one embodiment a first version of an application generates a first SQL insert statement, wherein the first SQL insert statement comprises a first table name, a first field name, and a first value. A second version of an application generates a second SQL insert statement, wherein the second SQL insert statement comprises the first table name, the first field name, and a second value. A database system inserts a first record into a first table in response to the database system receiving the first SQL insert statement. The database system inserts a second record into the first table via a view in response to the database system receiving the second SQL insert statement. The first record comprises distinct first and second fields corresponding to the first name and a second field name, respectively. The first field stores the first value. The second record comprises distinct first and second fields corresponding to the first and second field names, respectively. The second field of the second record stores the second value. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033685 | SERIAL LINK VOLTAGE MARGIN DETERMINATION IN MISSION MODE - This disclosure describes systems and methods for determining a voltage margin (or margin) of a serializer/deserializer (SerDes) receiver in mission mode using a SerDes receiver. This is done by time-division multiplexing a margin determination and a tap weight adaptation onto the same hardware (or software, or combination of hardware and software). In other words, some parts of a SerDes receiver (e.g., an error slicer and an adaptation module) can be used for two different tasks at different times without degrading the effectiveness or bandwidth of the receiver. Hence, the disclosed systems and methods allow a SerDes receiver to determine the SerDes margin in mission mode and without any additional hardware or circuitry on the receiver chip. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030775 | DETECTING COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS USING EMI TELEMETRIC FINGERPRINTS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that non-intrusively detects counterfeit components in a target computer system. During operation, the system collects target electromagnetic interference (EMI) signals generated by the target computer system using one or more antennas positioned in close proximity to the target computer system. The system then generates a target EMI fingerprint for the target computer system from the target EMI signals. Next, the system compares the target EMI fingerprint against a reference EMI fingerprint to determine whether the target computer system contains a counterfeit component. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030689 | BUSINESS APPLICATION INTEGRATION ADAPTERS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An Integration Adapters Management System (IAMS). In an example embodiment, the system manages adapters and connectors used to integrate software applications. The example system includes a repository of connectors, where each connectors includes one or more integration adapters. A connector generator communicates with the repository of connectors is adapted to selectively generate one or more connectors in response to detection of an event for which a corresponding connector is not found in the repository of connectors. In a more specific example embodiment, the connector generator is adapted to implement one or more generated connectors as a web service. The connector generator may be constructed in accordance with an Application Integration Architecture (AIA) integration framework. Additional tools are provided for monitoring connector runtime information and receiving and logging user feedback pertaining to connectors. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030508 | DATABASE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR AUTOMATIC FAILOVER WITH USER-LIMITED DATA LOSS - Techniques used in an automatic failover configuration having a primary database system, a standby database system, and an observer. In the automatic failover configuration, the primary database system remains available even in the absence of both the standby and the observer as long as the standby and the observer become absent sequentially. The failover configuration may use asynchronous transfer modes to transfer redo to the standby and permits automatic failover only when the observer is present and the failover will not result in data loss due to the asynchronous transfer mode beyond a specified maximum. The database systems and the observer have copies of failover configuration state and the techniques include techniques for propagating the most recent version of the state among the databases and the observer and techniques for using carefully-ordered writes to ensure that state changes are propagated in a fashion which prevents divergence. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030258 | Effective Dating for Entity Attributes and Relationships - A method for tracking modifications to tables or relationships. In one embodiment, the method includes updating a first value stored in a first field of a record in a table in response to a database system receiving a first structured query language (SQL) statement from a customer relationship management (CRM) application. A first record is inserted into a history table in response to the first SQL statement, wherein the first record comprises a foreign key field that stores a copy of the primary key of the record, a field that stores a copy of the first value after it is updated, a field that stores a name of the first field, and a first date field. The first date field stores either the date when the first SQL statement was received by the database system, the date of the day that immediately follows the date when the first SQL statement was received by the database system, or a date that was entered into a field of a user interface. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SCALABILITY OF ANALYTIC WINDOW FUNCTIONS - An improved approach is described for handling parallelization of window functions, particularly window functions that do not contain partition keys or which has low cardinality for the partition keys. The approach is highly scalable and can be used to greatly improve query processing. A two stage evaluation approach is employed to parallelize the processing of window functions. In the first stage, which is highly parallel, the majority of the computation of window function is done by all available processes. In this way, the entire computing power of the database server is utilized. The second stage, which is serial but is likely to be very short, all processes involved in first stage synchronize and complete the window function evaluation. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030202 | TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYZING DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Techniques, including systems are methods, for analyzing data from multiple sources are disclosed and suggested herein. In an embodiment, external information from one or more external information sources and internal information from one or more internal information sources is received. The received external information and internal information are stored in one or more data stores that collectively implement one or more ontologies. One or more conditions are applied to the external information and internal information in the one or more data stores to determine a conclusion and the conclusion is provided to a user. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030188 | ENTERPRISE-BASED SEARCHING OF NEW AND UPDATED DATA - A searchable staging data store is provided, which stores new and updated records during a period of entry of those records to an enterprise-accessible data store and update of a search index with information from those records. The searchable data store provides rapid access to the data during that period of entry. Embodiments provide for searching a search index for records responsive to a search query, searching the searchable staging data store for records responsive to the search query, receiving search results from both the search of the search index and the searchable staging data store, and displaying those results. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030172 | MYSQL DATABASE HETEROGENEOUS LOG BASED REPLICATION - A system and method for transferring data between different types of systems, and in particular uses log-based replication to transfer data between, e.g. a MySQL database or system, and another type of database or system. In accordance with an embodiment, the system can be used to perform a one-time or initial copy of the MySQL data from a source database system to a target database system, and/or to replicate the on-going transactions captured from a MySQL database's binary log into one or additional non-MySQL database(s) on a continuous basis, such that the two systems are synchronized for transactions of interest. In accordance with an embodiment, full or partial data changes can be extracted from the MySQL binary log, optionally transformed, skipped or augmented, output or written to a file (which in accordance with an embodiment can be implemented as a trail file, or an Oracle GoldenGate trail file), and then applied at any of one or more target systems (e.g. another MySQL database, or a non-MySQL database), thereby synchronizing the source and target systems. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME TRANSACTIONAL DATA OBFUSCATION - A system and method for providing transactional data privacy while maintaining data usability, including the use of different obfuscation functions for different data types to securely obfuscate the data, in real-time, while maintaining its statistical characteristics. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises an obfuscation process that captures data while it is being received in the form of data changes at a first or source system, selects one or more obfuscation techniques to be used with the data according to the type of data captured, and obfuscates the data, using the selected one or more obfuscation techniques, to create an obfuscated data, for use in generating a trail file containing the obfuscated data, or applying the data changes to a target or second system. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030164 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GATHERING AND USAGE OF LIVE SEARCH TRENDS - A system, method and computer readable storage medium is provided for collecting search requests from a variety of sources, analyzing those search requests in order to determine current trends in searches and other interne entries, and utilizing the search trend information to make enterprise data available to searching users through one or more access methods. One or more listening posts associated with a variety of data store sites accessible to searching users are configured to gather and perform initial filtering of the search requests to the associated sites and other entries. The search request information and other entry information is transmitted to one or more analysis servers that perform additional analysis of key words and phrases in order to categorize and score the searches and entries. Data mining techniques are then used to determine search trends of value to the enterprise performing such search trend analysis. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030160 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DECISION MAKING BASED ON SENSE AND RESPOND - According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for providing automated decision in response to one or more responses. The method includes providing, at a computer system, a user interface for receiving input from a user. The method also includes detecting a first event. The method further includes receiving a first set of attributes associated with the first event. Also, the method includes processing the first set of attributes. The method additionally includes analyzing the first set of attributes using at least pattern recognition. The method includes determining a first context for the first event based at least on the first set of attributes. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025889 | ASSESSMENT OF ON-CHIP CIRCUIT BASED ON EYE-PATTERN ASYMMETRY - During an asymmetry testing mode of an integrated circuit, the asymmetry of an on-chip I/O circuit is tested. In particular, a transmitter circuit in the integrated circuit transmits electrical signals, which are associated with a predefined data pattern, to a receiver circuit in the integrated circuit via a communication channel (such as a differential pair of signal lines). Then the integrated circuit generates an eye pattern using the received electrical signals, and determines an asymmetry of the eye pattern about a common reference level of the received electrical signals. Furthermore, the integrated circuit performs remedial action based on the determined asymmetry. For example, the integrated circuit may compare the determined asymmetry with a predefined asymmetry criterion and, if the asymmetry exceeds the predefined asymmetry criterion, may output a result of the comparison that indicates a failure of the asymmetry test. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023481 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING AN OBJECT ORIENTED SCRIPTING TOOL - An object-oriented scripting tool uses a XML file for software development and domain management. The XML file includes at least a first tag that defines a scripting class in an object-oriented scripting language. The scripting class includes at least one method, which is defined in a second tag in the XML file. A generic software development and domain management script can be encapsulated into a general scripting class, which can be extended into individual scripting class for specific software development and domain management task. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023455 | HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION CHART FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS - According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for creating and displaying a hierarchical organization chart in a mobile application is provided. The method includes obtaining information from a database. The information represents a first node, second node, and, optionally, at least one third node. The nodes are related to each other according to a hierarchy. The method also includes displaying the information representing the first, second, and third nodes, if any, in a graphical user interface of a mobile device. The graphical user interface may include, for example, a three-level row-based chart. The information representing the first node is displayed in a first level of the chart, the information representing the second node is displayed in a second level of the chart, and the information representing the at least one third node is displayed in a third level of the chart. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023367 | ACCURATE FAULT STATUS TRACKING OF VARIABLE ACCESS SENSORS - A method for accurately tracking fault status in a computer system. The method includes storing a prior state for a sensor associated with a component of the computer system and receiving a sensor reading. When the prior state indicates the sensor was unavailable or unreadable such as when the component was removed, the method includes resending or re-emitting a faulty event to the fault diagnosing module, e.g., after reinsertion of the component in the computer system while it is still faulty. The method may include, prior to the triggering of the resending of the faulty event, determining that the sensor is in a non-nominal state. The method may also include storing in the data storage a definition of a nominal state for the sensor such that the determining the sensor is in the non-nominal state includes comparing one or more sensor readings with the nominal state definition. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023306 | USING VERSIONED POINTERS TO FACILITATE REUSING MEMORY WITH A REDUCED NEED TO RECLAIM OBJECTS THROUGH GARBAGE COLLECTION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses versioned pointers to facilitate reusing memory without having to reclaim the objects solely through garbage collection. The system operates by first receiving a request to allocate an object. Next, the system obtains the object from a pool of free objects, and sets an allocated/free flag in the object to indicate that the object is allocated. The system also increments a version number in the object, and also encodes the version number into a pointer for the object. The system then returns the pointer, which includes the encoded version number. In this way, subsequent accesses to the object through the pointer can compare the version number encoded in the pointer with the version number in the object to determine whether the object has been reused since the pointer was generated. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023129 | ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION WITH REUSABLE CONTENT - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for a collaboration environment in which a number of different workspaces can use the same, reusable content. According to one embodiment, a method of providing collaboration using reusable content can comprise identifying a content item to be included in a first workspace of a plurality of workspaces of a collaboration environment. A first proxy representing the identified content item can be created. The first proxy can have a unique identifier within the first workspace. A mapping table record can be created for the first proxy that links the first proxy to the content item. Additionally, a cross-reference table record can be created for the first proxy. The cross-reference record can identify a relationship of the first proxy to another content item in the first workspace. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023116 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERSION OF JMS MESSAGE DATA INTO DATABASE TRANSACTIONS FOR APPLICATION TO MULTIPLE HETEROGENEOUS DATABASES - A system and method for performing real-time conversion of data which is present in the form of messages on JMS-compliant or other messaging systems into database transactions, which can then subsequently be applied to multiple heterogeneous databases or other systems. In accordance with an embodiment, the invention provides a means by which data can be read from messages in a messaging system, and converted to a set of database operations that are then stored as a persistent trail file (for example, as an Oracle GoldenGate trail file). The operations, as recorded in the trail file, can then be routed via a network and applied to target systems as required, for example to maintain a replicated set of information at one or more different or heterogeneous systems. The data in the message can be formatted in a variety of ways, for example, as fixed width, delimited, or XML data, and the system can be configured to convert this data as appropriate. In accordance with an embodiment, the data can be read in real-time from the messaging system, and written out as quickly as it can be consumed to the persistent trail files. In scenarios where there is no current means of integration of two systems, the invention can be used as a bridge if, for example, the source system is modified or configured to write data changes to a messaging system, and Oracle GoldenGate is used as a means of delivery to the target system. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING COMPUTER SERVERS AND NETWORK APPLIANCES - A sensor board includes at least one sensor in communication with a controller having a single board address to facilitate sensor polling by standard, product-independent modules of a circuit board for a computer server or network appliance. Miniature low-cost sensor boards can be placed in multiple locations on circuit boards without the necessity of being specified and integrated into the circuit board during the design phase to reduce or eliminate associated design risks or delays. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120011205 | CONFERENCE SERVER SIMPLIFYING MANAGEMENT OF SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS FOR PARTICIPANTS OF A MEETING IN PROGRESS - A conference server, provided according to an aspect of the present invention, identifies a participant of a meeting in progress and requests scheduling option for a subsequent meeting from the identified participant. On receiving a scheduling option from the participant, the conference server determines the possible participants (“recipients”) of the subsequent meeting and informs the recipients of the received scheduling option. In one embodiment, the conference server requests the scheduling option when a conflict between the meeting in progress and the subsequent meeting is found and sends notifications to the recipients (determines by examining the calendars of users). In another embodiment, the conference server requests the scheduling option for a follow-up meeting for the meeting in progress, and updates the calendars of the recipients (determined as the participants of the meeting in progress and any users invited). | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011096 | EFFICIENTLY UPDATING ROWS IN A DATA WAREHOUSE - An aspect of the present invention facilitates efficient updating of rows in a data warehouse. In one embodiment, a sequence of identifiers is allocated to rows of data elements received earlier, and then inserted along with the received data elements in a table according to the defined by the sequence of identifiers. On receiving data elements as updates to the rows having associated identifiers, the received data elements are sorted according to the order of the associated identifiers and updates of the rows are performed successively in the sorted order of identifiers. According to another aspect, the above features are performed when (target) fact/dimension tables in the data warehouse are sought to be updated based on transformations/computations performed on data in other (source) fact/dimension tables. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008783 | SECURE CONFIGURATION OF A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - A method for secure configuration of a sensor system involves identifying a new sensor not activated within the sensor system, the new sensor including a new sensor identifier, establishing a first transmission link between the new sensor and a sensor controller, transmitting the new sensor identifier between the sensor and the sensor controller, generating a key pair for the sensor controller, the key pair including a controller public key and a controller private key, generating a key pair for the new sensor, the key pair including a sensor public key and a sensor private key, transmitting the controller public key to the new sensor and the sensor public key to the sensor controller, and generating a pairwise key within the sensor controller and the new sensor. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007699 | APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION BY USING CAPACITIVE COUPLING TO PERFORM MAJORITY DETECTION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that reduces power consumption by using capacitive coupling to perform a majority detection operation. The system starts by driving a plurality of signals onto a plurality of driven wires. The signals are then fed from each driven wire through a corresponding coupling capacitor to a single majority detection wire. Next, the system feeds signal on the majority detection wire and a bias voltage to a differential receiver. The output of the differential receiver switches if the signal on the majority-detection wire switches relative to the bias voltage. The system then uses the output of the differential receiver to optimize the signals from the plurality of driven wires for transmission across a long signal route. Optimizing the transmission of signals reduces the power consumed by the computer system. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120005646 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DEPLOYMENT MANAGEMENT - A system, method, computer program product are shown for automatically performing deployment activities that can handle deployments for any-sized organization, even for deployments at the enterprise level. According to some approaches, modeling is performed to generate a model of the components in the computing environment. Dependency graphs can be generated for the deployment, and used to then automatically perform the deployment. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005631 | TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAY OF INFORMATION RELATED TO POLICIES - Techniques for displaying information. Policy violations are identified, based at least in part on data stored in a data store. For the policy violations, a plurality of semantic objects related to the violations are identified. Arrangements of graphical objects are displayed where the graphical objects represent the identified semantic objects and where the arrangement indicates one or more relationships between pairs of the semantic objects. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005533 | Methods And Apparatus For Cross-Host Diagnosis Of Complex Multi-Host Systems In A Time Series With Probablistic Inference - A method and apparatus are provided for performing cross-host root cause diagnosis within a complex multi-host environment. In a multi-host environment, sometimes system failures on one host may cause problems at another host within the same environment. A probabilistic model is used to represent failures that can occur within each host in the environment. The cause and effect relationships among these failures together with measurement values are used to generate a probability that each potential failure occurred in each host. When a problem is observed on one host without detecting a corresponding root cause within the same host, a cross-host failure diagnosis is performed. The probabilistic models for other hosts in the environment are used to determine the most likely cause of the failure. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005532 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING RANKED CAUSAL PATHS FOR FAULTS IN A COMPLEX MULTI-HOST SYSTEM WITH PROBABILISTIC INFERENCE IN A TIME SERIES - A method and apparatus are provided for determining that problems have occurred within a complex multi-host system and for identifying for each problem, sequences of causes and effects called a fault cause path, starting with a root cause. A probabilistic model representing the cause/effect relationships among potential system problems identifies the probability that a problem occurred in the system. Such failure probabilities may be determined based on aggregating, over a recent time interval, probability of failure values determined by the probabilistic model. Each fault cause path may have an associated probability of accuracy value reflecting the expected accuracy of the fault cause path relative to other fault cause paths. When more than one fault cause path is identified, the number and order of the fault cause paths may be ranked and displayed based on their probability of accuracy value. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005529 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING COMPENSATION WORK USING A PROCESS EXECUTION ENGINE - A system and method can support a compensation work. The system includes one or more compensation functions that use a process state to realize the compensation work associated with a forward work, wherein the compensation work is executed at a different runtime from an execution time of the forward work, and wherein the process state contains data needed to execute the compensation work. The system also includes a process execution engine that can dynamically manage process state to make the state available to the compensation functions. The process state is retrieved based on a closure data structure that holds an expression and an environment of variable bindings, in which the expression is to be evaluated. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005520 | SIMPLIFYING AUTOMATED SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE OF DATA CENTERS - An aspect of the present invention simplifies software maintenance of nodes in a data center. In one embodiment, a management system receives data specifying a set of commands to be executed on a node in the data center, and then forms a maintenance script by programmatically incorporating instructions for executing the set of commands on the node and to perform a set of management actions. The management system then executes the maintenance script to cause execution of the set of commands on the nodes, thereby performing maintenance of the node. A user/administrator of the data center needs to specify only the commands, thereby simplifying the software maintenance of data centers. According to another aspect, the maintenance scripts (formed by incorporating the commands provided by a user) are executed as part of a disaster recovery process in the data center. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005433 | RESPONSE HEADER INVALIDATION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with content invalidation are described. One example method includes providing an invalidation directive in a header of a response. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005189 | TECHNIQUES FOR RECOMMENDING ALTERNATIVE SQL EXECUTION PLANS - Techniques for automatically recommending alternative execution plans for a SQL statement. In one set of embodiments, information pertaining to one or more execution plans for a SQL statement can be retrieved from a set of plan sources. The one or more execution plans can include the current execution plan for the statement and one or more historical execution plans. Based on the retrieved information, the performance of the one or more execution plans can be compared to each other. Based on the comparison, a recommendation can be provided to a user indicating that a particular execution plan (e.g., a historical execution plan) should be used in place of the current execution plan to execute the SQL statement. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005188 | TECHNIQUES FOR RECOMMENDING PARALLEL EXECUTION OF SQL STATEMENTS - Techniques for automatically recommending parallel execution of a SQL statement. In one set of embodiments, a first determination can be made regarding whether a SQL statement can be executed in parallel. Further, a second determination can be made regarding whether executing the SQL statement in parallel is faster than executing the statement in serial by a predetermined factor. If the first determination and second determination are positive (i.e., the statement can be executed in parallel and parallel execution is faster by the predetermined factor), a recommendation can be provided indicating that the SQL statement should be executed in parallel. In some embodiments, the recommendation can include a report specifying the degree of performance improvement gained from parallel execution, additional system resources consumed by parallel execution, and other statistics pertaining to the recommended parallel execution plan. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005184 | REGULAR EXPRESSION OPTIMIZER - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with processing regular expressions are described. One example method includes analyzing a rule for a regular expression and deleting the regular expression. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110321019 | COMPILE-TIME MANAGEMENT OF POLYPHASIC MODULES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the compilation of a software program. During operation, the system uses a directory hierarchy for the software program to infer a compilation unit to be used in the software program as a member of a module. Next, the system obtains a module declaration for the module using the directory hierarchy. Finally, the system enables compilation of the software program by dynamically identifying and locating one or more dependencies of the module using the module declaration and the directory hierarchy. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110321011 | APPLICATION SERVER WITH A PROTOCOL-NEUTRAL PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR DEVELOPING TELECOMMUNICATIONS-BASED APPLICATIONS - An application server is described for development of telecommunications-based software applications. The application server provides a protocol-neutral programming model for application developers. Rather than having to account for specific protocol entry points into the server, all interactions in the server are abstracted as asynchronous events through the event broker layer. State management and concurrency are implemented as an actor-based model, where each actor owns its own segment of state and other actors wishing to update that state send asynchronous events to the owner. Thus, any communication in the various protocols can be expressed as an asynchronous event passed to, from and between the actors, who are each responsible for maintaining their own segment of state locally. This architecture allows multiple protocols to be consumed in one process, allow applications sessions to span multiple environments and protocols, and allows the programming model to be decoupled from any particular protocol entry point. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320926 | GENERATING XML SCHEMAS FOR XML DOCUMENT - The present invention is directed to implementing methods and systems for automatically defining XML document rules by generating an XML schema for a given XML document to an extent that the schema can be generated without human intervention. Further, developers working on XML technologies are benefited by this solution as it provides a simple way of generating a skeletal schema based on an XML document. The XML document based on which the schema is to be generated may be well formed and can use a namespace. Generation of the schema may include the following three phases: 1) Gathering information, 2) Parsing the XML document, and 3) Building the schema. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320884 | REQUEST BASED LOGGING - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with event logging are described. One example method includes collecting request-based event log data associated with processing a request and temporarily storing the event log data in a memory. In the event of an error, the event log data is transferred to a storage device. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320734 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MUTABLE OBJECT HANDLING - A computer-implemented method and system can support mutable object handling. The system comprises a cache space that is capable of storing one or more mutable cache objects, and one or more cached object graphs. Each said mutable cache object is reachable via one or more retrieval paths in the one or more cached object graph. The system further comprises a mutable-handling decorator that maintains an internal instance map that transparently translates between the one or more cached object graphs and the one or more mutable cache objects stored in the cache space. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320649 | WRITE AGGREGATION USING OPTIONAL I/O REQUESTS - A computer readable storage medium comprising software instructions, which when executed by a processor, perform a method, the method including obtaining a first non-optional Input/Output (I/O) request from an I/O queue, determining that a second non-optional I/O request and an optional I/O request are adjacent to the first non-optional I/O request, generating a new data payload using a first data payload from the first non-optional I/O request, a second data payload for the second non-optional I/O request, and a third data payload corresponding to the optional I/O request, wherein the third data payload is interposed between the first data payload and the second data payload, generating a new non-optional I/O request comprising the new data payload, and issuing the new non-optional I/O request to a storage pool, wherein the new data payload is written to a contiguous storage location in the storage pool. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320574 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING APPLICATION SERVER CONFIGURATION USING CONFIGURATION GROUPS - Disclosed is an approach for using a declarative model to configure domains, where the declarative model allows definition of applications and services within groups, definition of topology units in groups and a mapping between the application and service groups and topology groups. Processing of this model, embodied in XML, involves automatically changing the application server configuration to reflect the association of applications and services to the topology units, enabling the application server to deploy applications and services to servers, clusters, and other elements upon boot-up of the components. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320409 | GUARANTEED IN-FLIGHT SQL INSERT OPERATION SUPPORT DURING AN RAC DATABASE FAILOVER - The present invention is directed to methods and systems of implementing a guaranteed SQL insert operation. In one embodiment, the method may include initiating an SQL insert operation for a database, receiving an SQL exception indicating that a failover for the database has occurred, and in response to the SQL exception, caching the SQL insert operation and caching the SQL insert operation as an SQL merge operation. The method further includes determining that a primary key is associated with the SQL insert operation, and in response to determining that a primary key is associated with the SQL insert operation, executing the SQL merge operation. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320365 | PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT EXTRACTS MODIFICATIONS - A product management system receives one or modifications of a product, and separating the one or more modifications into two collections. The first collection includes one or more modifications that require approval. The second collection includes the one or more modifications. The product management system adds each modification from the first collection to a change management system, and stores each modification from the second collection that is not also in the first collection into production data. The product management system initiates a workflow for the change management system. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318534 | Low Viscosity Monomer for Patterning Optical Tape - A method for forming an optical tape for data storage from a substrate film includes a step of patterning a curable liquid composition onto a side of the substrate film. Characteristically, the curable liquid composition includes a free radical photoinitiator and a polymerizable component that includes at least one acrylate. The curable liquid composition is illuminated with actinic radiation to form a patterned imprint layer disposed over the substrate film. A multilayer data recording assembly is placed over the imprint layer. An optical tape made by the method is also provided. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318506 | Optical Tape Media Patterning Using Cationic Polymerizable Monomers - A method for forming an optical tape for data storage from a substrate film includes a step of patterning a curable liquid composition onto a side of the substrate film. Characteristically, the curable liquid composition includes a cationic photoinitiator and a polymerizable component selected from the group consisting of vinyl ethers, cyclohexene oxides, glycidyl ether epoxides, and combinations thereof. The curable liquid composition is illuminated with actinic radiation to form a patterned imprint layer disposed over the substrate film. A multilayer data recording assembly is placed over imprint layer. An optical tape made by the method is also provided. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110314329 | SHARED ERROR SEARCHING - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with shared error searching for web resource requests are described. A web resource request that includes one or more request strings is received and a error detection directive that identifies a first type of error to be located in a specified request string component is accessed. At least a portion of a first request string that corresponds to the specified request string component is searched, in a single pass, for the first type of error and other types of errors. Results with respect to the first error type are returned while occurrences of the first and other types of errors for are recorded for responding to subsequent error detection directives. Thus, a subsequent error detection directive for the other types of errors in the first request string component may be processed without re-searching the portion of the first request string already searched with respect to the first error detection directive. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314175 | CHANGING I/O TYPES FOR PROCESSING DATA REQUESTS - Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with processing network communications are described. One embodiment of a method includes processing data requests including changing an input/output (I/O) communications type for processing the data requests. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314165 | HIGH AVAILABILITY BY LETTING APPLICATION SESSION PROCESSING OCCUR INDEPENDENT OF PROTOCOL SERVERS - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing high availability in a session supporting multiple protocols. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide for high availability processing by decoupling an application session from protocol processing. That is, protocol processing can be performed at protocol nodes specific to each protocol session. The protocol nodes can then pass messages to and from a session node that performs session processing other than the protocol processing. The session of the first session node can be replicated on a second session node and, upon a failure of the first session node, control of the session can be passed to the second session node. The session can then be continued on the second session node according to a number of different models described herein. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313978 | PLAN-BASED COMPLIANCE SCORE COMPUTATION FOR COMPOSITE TARGETS/SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for plan-based compliance score computation is provided. Compliance-specific target results are stored. The compliance results include, for each target, a subset of target-specific compliance results for a rule subset of compliance rules. Each target-specific compliance result of the result subset includes a compliance value. The compliance value represents compliance to a compliance rule of the rule subset. An execution plan is generated. The execution plan generates data that measures compliance to a first compliance standard. For each target-specific compliance result, an execution plan step is generated for computing the compliance value of the respective compliance rule of the respective target. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313976 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTIAL SHADOW MIGRATION - A method for migrating files including receiving, from a client, a first FS operation request for a target FS, making a first determination that migration for a source FS is not complete and making a second determination that the first FS operation request specifies a directory and that a directory level attribute for the directory on the target FS specifies that the directory on the target FS is un-migrated. In response to the first and second determination obtaining, from the source FS, meta-data for content in the directory and creating, using the meta-data, a directory entry for a file in the directory on the target FS. The method further includes creating an on-disk space map for the file, creating an in-memory space map for the file, and servicing, after creating the on-disk space map and in-memory space map, the first FS operation request using the target FS. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310917 | MULTIPLE-WAVELENGTH LASER - In a multiple-wavelength laser source, a multiple-mode laser outputs a set of wavelengths in a range of wavelengths onto an optical waveguide, where a spacing between adjacent wavelengths in the set of wavelengths is smaller than a width of channels in an optical link. Furthermore, a set of ring-resonator filters in the multiple-wavelength laser source, which are optically coupled to the optical waveguide, output corresponding subsets of the set of wavelengths for use in the optical link based on free spectral ranges and quality factors of the set of ring-resonator filters. These subsets may include one or more groups of wavelengths, with another spacing between adjacent groups of wavelengths that is larger than the width of the given channel in the optical link. In addition, the one or more groups of wavelengths may include one or more wavelengths, with the spacing between adjacent wavelengths in the given group of wavelengths. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110307886 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIGRATING THE STATE OF A VIRTUAL CLUSTER - The administrative work needed to configure a virtual cluster is a major obstacle that limits its adoption by customers. Moreover, an organization can spend much time and effort testing a cluster configuration and would like to deploy this cluster configuration at many sites. To address these problems, the disclosed embodiments provide a mechanism that facilitates migrating a virtual cluster from a first computer system to a second computer system. During operation, the system captures the virtual cluster configuration state, including application configuration state and executables. The system then instantiates this captured state on a second computer system, thus re-creating the virtual cluster state of the first computer system on the second computer system. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307615 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTING TAGGED SESSION POOLS - An improved method, mechanism, and system for implementing, generating, and maintaining for implementing session pools is disclosed. A session in a session pool can be customized to with a specific set of affinities and attributes. Tags can be associated with the customized sessions. When a later request is made for a session having a set of desired characteristics, the tags can be used to search for and identify a session in the session pool having the requested characteristics. Also disclosed is a method, mechanism, and system for dynamic sizing of session pools. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307413 | PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF A PERSONNEL ACTION ON A WORKER - A computer-implemented method for predicting the impact of a personnel action on a worker is provided. The method includes collecting a plurality of attributes associated with each of a plurality of workers, receiving a proposed personnel action related to a worker, applying a data mining tool to the attributes and the proposed personnel action to identify an impact of the proposed personnel action, and outputting the impact of the proposed personnel action based on the result produced by the data mining tool. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307303 | DETERMINING EMPLOYEE CHARACTERISTICS USING PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS - A computer-implemented method for predicting a future characteristic of a worker is provided. The method includes collecting a plurality of attributes associated with each of a plurality of workers, applying a data mining tool to the attributes to identify a pattern between the attributes and a future characteristic of the workers, and using the identified pattern to predict the future characteristic of a worker. In one example, the future characteristic is the future performance of the employee and/or the likelihood that the worker leaves at some point in the future. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110302622 | ENTERPRISE MODEL FOR PROVISIONING FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL - Access control rules can be defined for target applications of an enterprise system independent of a runtime of the target applications. The access control rules can then normalized into decision tables. These decision tables can then be used to reconcile authorization information with the target applications via user provisioning. This process can enable comprehensive reporting and analysis of enterprise access control rules without requiring direct integration of the target applications at runtime. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302585 | Techniques for Providing Improved Affinity Scheduling in a Multiprocessor Computer System - Techniques for controlling a thread on a computerized system having multiple processors involve accessing state information of a blocked thread, and maintaining the state information of the blocked thread at current values when the state information indicates that less than a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since the blocked thread ran on the computerized system. Such techniques further involve setting the state information of the blocked thread to identify affinity for a particular processor of the multiple processors when the state information indicates that at least the predetermined amount of time has elapsed since the blocked thread ran on the computerized system. Such operation enables the system to place a cold blocked thread which shares data with another thread on the same processor of that other thread so that, when the blocked thread awakens and runs, that thread is closer to the shared data. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302554 | APPLICATION GENERATOR FOR DATA TRANSFORMATION APPLICATIONS - A utility is provided for generating applications for a variety of data conversion or handling application environments. A user can use a graphical user interface to purpose application adaptable modules to define a desired application. In one implementation, the user interface ( | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302516 | MOBILE DESIGN PATTERNS - A mobile design pattern. In an example embodiment, the design pattern includes a first user interface display screen that depicts a list of user interface controls organized in rows. Each row in the list includes a different set of one or more controls. Each different set of one or more controls is associated with a different set of functionality provided by one or more additional user interface display screens. The example design pattern further includes a second user interface display screen that is accessible via the different sets of one or more controls. The second user interface display screen includes a navigation bar, which includes one or more navigation controls and a title or header identifying a set of functionality associated with the different set of one or more controls. The second user interface display screen further includes an information-display region adapted to display data associated with the set of functionality. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302465 | MISALIGNMENT COMPENSATION FOR PROXIMITY COMMUNICATION - In a proximity communication system, transmit elements on one chip are aligned with receive elements on a second chip juxtaposed with the first chip. However, if the elements are misaligned, either statically or dynamically, the coupling between chips is degraded. The misalignment may be compensated by controllably degrading performance of the system. For example, the transmit signal strength may be increased. The bit period or the time period for biasing each bit may be increased, thereby decreasing the bandwidth. Multiple coupling elements, such as capacitors, may be ganged together, thereby decreasing the number of channels. The granularity of symbols, such as images, may be increased by decreasing the number of bits per symbol. Multiple coupling elements, such as capacitors, may be ganged together, thereby decreasing the number of channels. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302205 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR DETERMINING LIFE INTERVALS FOR A KEY IN AN INDEX - Disclosed is a mechanism, system, interface, and process to determine one or more life intervals when given a key. In addition, one or more life intervals can be determined for each key within a range of keys. This type of process is useful for auditing purposes or if it is desire to implement a query upon past versions when a key or range of keys is specified for the data for which past versions is desired. This facilitates algorithms, mechanisms, and processes to implement a query upon past versions. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302198 | SEARCHING BACKWARD TO SPEED UP QUERY - A method, computing device, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided for performing a context-aware search by finding a set of nodes that are mapped to a given text or other value and, for each node in the set of nodes, performing a reverse path lookup to determine whether the node satisfies a given context. The query processor performs the reverse path lookup for a node by traversing up a node tree away from the node, using a stored mapping from the node to a parent of the node. Using mappings from nodes to parent nodes, the node tree is traversed backwards from the node up to distant ancestor nodes through parent nodes. An optimizer instructs the query processor to perform a value-based portion of the search before a path-based portion of the search based on value distribution statistics and path distribution statistics. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302183 | TRACKING OBJECT FIELDS USING RELOCATABLE OBJECT WATCHPOINTS - A method for managing an object watchpoint during a garbage collection cycle, including identifying an object having a field, where the object is associated with an original object location, where the field is associated with an original field location, and where the object and the field are located in a memory heap of a virtual machine memory, setting, within a debugger, the object watchpoint on the original field location, where the object watchpoint is a memory trap associated with the object, determining, after a relocation of the object by a garbage collector (GC), a new object location associated with the object, determining a new field location of the field based on the new object location, and setting, within the debugger, the object watchpoint on the new field location. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302177 | SEARCH-SORT TOGGLE - A system for facilitating accessing or retrieving desired data via use of graphically displayed search/sort toggle functionality. In an example embodiment, the method includes providing a first user option to toggle between display of a search control and a sort control. Search results are displayed in response to user input provided via the search control. Note that default search results may be initially displayed. A portion of the search results may be displayed simultaneously with one or more controls associated with the first user option. In a more specific embodiment, the example method further includes displaying search results simultaneously with one or more sort controls in response to user selection of the first option when one or more search controls are initially displayed. Hence, display of search and sort controls may be toggled via the first option while any search results are simultaneously displayed along with the controls. Sort controls are adapted to enable a user to specify one or more sort criteria for sorting data, such as retrieved search results. Similarly, search controls enable specification of one or more search criteria or queries. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302154 | MANAGING SEARCHES ON MOBILE DEVICES - This disclosure pertains to solutions, including without limitation, systems, methods, and software programs, that provide the ability to quickly and efficiently search mobile devices for relevant information. An exemplary search server has the ability to communicate (either directly and/or via a host PC) with one or more mobile devices to transmit a search request. The mobile devices, in turn, have a search facility that is configured to perform a search of the contents of the device and return a set of results to the search server. These results then may be presented to a user, who can select one or more of the results. The selected search result(s) then may be downloaded from the device and presented to the user. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302136 | RECOVERABLE EXECUTION - Systems and methods for providing a one-step API that executes a series of atomic transactions in a database system. In one implementation, each atomic transaction is associated with a forward block of code that effects changes, an undo block of code that reverses the changes made by the forward block, and a state block of code that mimics successful execution of the forward block by setting internal states. In the event of a failure, the forward blocks, undo blocks, and state blocks can be used to roll forward or roll back changes as a whole. In one implementation, a one-step API for replicating data in a database is provided. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302102 | COMMUNITY RATING AND RANKING IN ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS - The present invention is directed to methods and systems which provide a comprehensive rating and ranking of products and services. Furthermore, aspects of the present invention provides a complete review of products and services, as well as rankings of semantic and non-semantic reviews, which provides a “true” reflection of a product and/or service. As such, a calculation of a product/supplier rating based on all of its social entity contexts, is performed. This takes into account factors like, author (of social entity context) credibility, non-semantic (direct) rating, semantic rating calculated from the textual content of the social entity context, the community based credibility of the social entity context, and the like. Then, the community based credibility of a given social entity context is in turn calculated. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301938 | MULTILINGUAL TAGGING OF CONTENT WITH CONDITIONAL DISPLAY OF UNILINGUAL TAGS - One or more computers are programmed to obtain an identifier of a natural language (“session language”). Additionally, the one or more computers are programmed to create and store in a computer memory, a webpage to be displayed to the user, including at least a title of a piece of content. In addition, the one or more computers automatically use the language identifier to select from among multiple tags that are expressed in multiple languages, a set of tags in the session language. One or more tags in the selected set are then stored in the web page in the computer memory, if the selected set is non-zero. If the number of tags in the selected set is zero (i.e. there exist no tags in the session language), in some embodiments a message is included in the webpage, indicating that there are no tags available. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296346 | ACTION TOOL BAR FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS - According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for dynamically providing a tool bar in a user interface is provided. The method includes determining at least one action that is commonly performed based on data displayed on a current page of a graphical user interface of a communications device, creating a tool bar comprising at least one icon representing the at least one action, associating the tool bar with the current page of the graphical user interface, and providing the tool bar to the communications device for display on the current page of the graphical user interface. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110296309 | USER INTERFACE GENERATION WITH SCORING - A system assists in user interface generation by using scoring and providing viable component options to a developer. The system receives a new user interface that comprises a plurality of components and compares the new user interface against a plurality of repository benchmark user interfaces. The system then determines a score for the new user interface and at least one of the benchmark user interfaces. The score measures a level of deviation between the new user interface and the at least one benchmark user interface. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295936 | WEB SERVER PROVIDING ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS HAVING MULTIPLE VERSIONS - A web server provided according to an aspect of the present invention provides access to different versions of a document. In an embodiment, the web server sends the last version in response to a first request, and a specific requested version in response to a second request (identifying the specific requested version). According to another aspect, the specific requested version is sent when the request includes a corresponding version identifier along with a document identifier, and the last version is sent when the request includes only the document identifier. According to one more aspect, the web server sends a web page indicating all the versions of a document in response to a request for all the versions. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295882 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMPOSITE VIEW OBJECT AND SQL BYPASS IN A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVER - Systems and methods are described for performing a SQL bypass in a business intelligence (BI) server environment. The BI server initially receives a SQL query and constructs an extensible markup language (XML) representation of the SQL query. The XML representation is sent to an application server that hosts an application developer framework (ADF). The ADF receives the XML representation of the SQL query and constructs a composite view object at runtime, to access the appropriate data. It then generates a database-specific query based on the composite view object and returns it to the BI server. The BI server replans the database-specific query and sends it to a database storing the data. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295870 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOM OR CALCULATED DATA MEMBERS IN QUERIES OF A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVER - A business intelligence (BI) server and repository are described which support a set of customized and/or calculated data members. In accordance with an embodiment, the BI server maintains a connection to a plurality of data sources which may store a set of dimension members. The data source can be relational, file storage based, multidimensional and other types. In accordance with an embodiment, the BI server can accept queries from the user that contain calculated members as a parameter. The calculated member is defined by an expression including multiple dimension members and one or more arithmetic operators. The BI server can parse and validate the query and rewrite the query for the data source. After the query is rewritten and optimized, it is executed against the data source and a set of results is received. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295837 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT FOR DATA USED WITH A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVER - A business intelligence (BI) server is described that supports data and schemas stored in multiple languages. The BI server implements a lookup table and lookup function that allows users to work with queries in different languages. When the user logs in, a session object is created for the user, which maintains the state information. A session variable specifies the language currently being used by the user. The BI server can inspect this session variable to determine the language of the user and perform the lookup translations as necessary. For example, if the language used by the session is different from the language of the base table storing the necessary information, the BI server can perform a translation by invoking a lookup function. The execution of the lookup can include performing a join operation of the base table with the lookup table to yield a translated value requested by the query. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295836 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VALUE HIERARCHIES, RAGGED HIERARCHIES AND SKIP-LEVEL HIERARCHIES IN A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVER - A business intelligence (BI) server and repository are described which support a set of hierarchical relationships among the data. The BI server receives user input specifying a set of parent-child or other ancestral relationship among a set of data in a data source. The BI server generates a set of SQL queries and executes the queries to pre-populate a set of tables which specify the parent child relationships among the data in the data source. One such table is a parent-child relationship closure table that defines the inter-member relationships among the data members. Once the tables are populated, the BI server uses the closure tables to answer queries that require knowledge of the ancestral relationships among data. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295817 | Technique For Compressing XML Indexes - A method and apparatus for XXX is provided. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295801 | FILTERING WORKLOAD FOR DATABASE REPLAY - A method and apparatus for capturing database system workload and replaying that workload in a database system is provided. According to one aspect, in order to subject a test database system to the same workload to which the production database system actually would be subjected, a database server in the production system captures and records workload that the database server receives from external entities. This captured workload is processed. Processes external to a database server in the test database system send the processed workload to that database server. As a result, the test database system is subjected to the same workload to which the production database system originally was subjected. The foregoing technique permits a database administrator to determine how the production database system will fare if the difference that is present in the test database system is introduced into the production database system. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295795 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING EXTRACT TRANSFORM AND LOAD PROCESSES IN A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVER - A business intelligence (BI) server maintains a plurality of metadata objects to support the extract, transform and load (ETL) processes. These metadata objects includes a transparent view object, which takes a joined set of source tables and represents a data shape of the joined set of source tables using a transformation, and a ETL mapping association object that maps the transformation contained in the transparent view object to a target table. The BI server can then orchestrate the movement of data from source systems into the target data warehouses in a source and target system agnostic way. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DATA WAREHOUSE METADATA EXTENSION USING AN EXTENDER - An extender associated with a data warehouse can support metadata extension for the data warehouse. The extender can create an ETL extension plan for extending the data warehouse. The ETL extension plan includes one or more ETL plan elements that indicate extensions on ETL metadata objects. The one or more ETL plan elements within the ETL extension plan can be ordered, and ETL metadata extension can be performed based on the ETL extension plan. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295793 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA FLEXIBILITY IN A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVER USING AN ADMINISTRATION TOOL - An administration tool can be used to provide data flexibility in a business intelligence (BI) server that is associated with a data warehouse. The administration tool can display one or more data objects that are adapted to be imported from an application framework into a physical model maintained on the BI server. The administration tool can further map the one or more data objects in the physical model into a logical model, also maintained on the BI server, which corresponds to at least one target table in the data warehouse. Additionally, the administration tool can publish an extension input to an extender associated with the data warehouse based on the logical model, wherein the extender operates to generate one or more metadata extensions based on the extension input. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295792 | DATA MART AUTOMATION - Systems and methods are described for automating the creation of data marts within an enterprise. Data is maintained in a plurality of data sources that include at least a relational database and a multidimensional database. The system includes a business intelligence server that provides a virtual logical semantic model to integrate all of the plurality of data sources. The user specifies a list of levels and measures on the virtual logical semantic model. The list of levels and measures can span data from multiple data sources. The user can also specify a location in the plurality of data sources that will store the aggregate matrix. Once the list of levels and measures are specified, the business intelligence server generates a multidimensional cube to store the data for the aggregate matrix and stores the multidimensional cube in the data source location. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECIFYING METADATA EXTENSION INPUT FOR EXTENDING DATA WAREHOUSE - An input extension specification can be generated, via an administration tool on a business intelligence (BI) server, for an extender associated with a data warehouse in order to extend the data warehouse. The administration tool can request for data flow information of the data warehouse from the extender. The data flow information indicates the mapping relationship between one or more source data objects and one or more target tables in the data warehouse. The administration tool further allows a user to select said one or more target tables in the data warehouse to be extended based on the data flow information, and builds the input extension specification for the extender. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295760 | BENEFITS ENROLMENT IN AN ENTERPRISE - Simplifying benefits enrollment in an organization using an enterprise software. A benefits administrator configures plan instances as groups, and the user interface for (enrolling) end users is controlled according to the configuration. The plan instances are displayed as the configured groups, while the user navigates the displayed information to select the specific plans of interest in each displayed group. In an embodiment, each group is presented as a stop in a train, such that the user is forced navigate only successive groups in the train sequence. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BALANCED SCORECARD BASED ON A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVER - A scorecard application can support business strategy management using a business intelligence (BI) server. The BI server can take inputs from different data sources. The scorecard application can define an internal data structure that holds a plurality of strategy components and one or more key performance indicators (KPIs). Then, the scorecard application can populate each said strategy component in the internal data structure based on the inputs from the different data sources, and perform one or more actions once an alert is triggered, wherein the alert is triggered when a said KPI meets one or more criteria. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291630 | MICROPROCESSOR PERFORMANCE AND POWER OPTIMIZATION THROUGH SELF CALIBRATED INDUCTIVE VOLTAGE DROOP MONITORING AND CORRECTION - Disclosed is a digital voltage regulator system and method for mitigating voltage droop in an integrated circuit. If an unacceptable voltage droop is detected, the digital voltage regulator may take action to allow the power supply voltage to recover. A digital voltage regulator in accordance with embodiments discussed herein detects voltage droop by comparing a power supply voltage measurement with a threshold voltage. The threshold voltage may be calibrated based on power supply voltage measurements taken while the integrated circuit is operating. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110289477 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN EXTENSIBLE SOFTWARE PROXY - A system and method for creating a proxy object capable of communication with an external entity, comprising specifying a proxy object definition for the proxy object wherein the proxy object definition defines a first function for communicating with the external entity, specifying at least one implementation class for the proxy object definition, wherein the at least one implementation class does not implement the first function, and wherein the at least one implementation class includes functionality to support one of: proxy object design, software compilation and software execution. | 11-24-2011 |
