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| 20120137373 | Role-based Access Control over Instructions in Software Code - In one embodiment, a method determines a role for a user for access to software code. A marker associated with an instruction in the software code is determined. An access level for the user based on the marker and the role is then determined. The access level is enforced based on the instruction associated with the marker for the software code. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PROCESS BROKER AND BACKEND ADAPTER BASED PROCESS INTEGRATION - A computer-implemented method for process integration may comprise providing a business logic layer that hosts business object(s), providing process broker(s), providing adapter(s) and providing a process broker handler. Each process broker may perform process integration tasks by dynamically determining whether, when and/or how routines of the business logic layer need to be integrated with routines of a second application. Each adapter may be part of a first application and implement methods to perform communication protocol specific logic. Each adapter may also be interoperable with at least one of the process brokers and one of the business objects to transform a message exchanged between the process broker and the second application from an internal format to an external format or vice versa. The process broker handler may be operable to instantiate the process broker and to instantiate an adapter stored in association with the instantiated process broker. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137306 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PROCESS BROKER AND BACKEND ADAPTER BASED PROCESS INTEGRATION - Embodiments of the present invention may provide a local process integration component to facilitate process integration. The local process integration component may include an adapter, a process broker and a process broker handler. The process broker may collaborate with the business logic and adapter to perform business-centric integration logic. The architecture is based on is a toolkit and generator approach. For inbound communication, the adapter is responsible for control flow while the process broker handler provides generic services. For outbound communication, the process broker is responsible for control flow while the process broker handler provides generic services. The control flow orchestration is uniformed by code generation. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137297 | MODIFYING SCHEDULED EXECUTION OF OBJECT MODIFICATION METHODS ASSOCIATED WITH DATABASE OBJECTS - An original schedule module configured to receive an original schedule configured to trigger execution of a first original batch of entries including a set of object modification methods and a corresponding set of database objects before triggering execution of a second original batch of entries including a set of object modification methods and a corresponding set of database objects. An analysis module can be configured to determine logic for execution of each entry from the first original batch of entries based on the original schedule. A schedule generator can be configured to define, based on the logic for execution and based on the original schedule, a modified schedule configured to trigger parallel execution of a first modified batch of entries including less than all of the first original batch of entries, and a second modified batch of entries including less than all of the second original batch of entries. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137273 | TRACE VISUALIZATION FOR OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMS - A method is provided to produce an information structure that indicates call hierarchy relationships among calls of a trace log file and that indicates time sequence relationships among calls of the trace log file, the method comprising: producing call records that correspond to calls identified in the trace log file; creating call hierarchy indicia that indicate hierarchical relationships among calls that correspond to the call records; and creating time sequence indicia that indicate time sequence relationships among calls that correspond to the call records. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137272 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULAR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS - A tailored add-on component for a released software product having internal and released development objects. The released development objects are designed for external use, such as end-user customization. The internal development objects are designed for use within the released software product, with no access from outside components. The tailored add-on component adds a functional application that makes calls to both released and internal objects. Access to internal objects is made while maintaining stability by confining internal object calls to a single adaptation component within the add-on, while also implementing an interface for the objects of the software product that are used by the add-on. The interface includes a function to freeze objects that are in the interface, and a set of automatic test components to identify changes in the objects that are in the interface. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137271 | DECOUPLED DEVELOPMENT IN A SHARE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method of optimizing software components. The method may include receiving a software component including a layered hierarchy of structure packages, main packages, and common packages each including objects, grouping common packages into groups according to pre-determined criteria, encapsulating each group with an encapsulation package, wherein the encapsulation package is one of a structure package and a main package, allowing objects in the encapsulation package to communicate directly by bypassing common packages in the encapsulation package, and eliminating package interfaces of the common packages in the encapsulation package that are solely used for communicating with other common packages in the encapsulation package. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137268 | CONTEXT-DEPENDENT OBJECT TYPES IN AN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided to display indicia of an object type for a service within a user interface of a software development system that runs on a computer, the method comprising: obtaining runtime context information that includes an identification of a respective service and an indication of a user role; providing a plurality of corresponding object types; using context dependent rules to determine which respective object types are within scope of a service; and generating a user interface that includes respective indicia of respective object types determined to be within the scope of the service. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136869 | System and Method of Processing Information Stored in Databases - In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer implemented method of processing information stored in a data structure. The method includes continuously generating individual records and storing the individual records in a database as a plurality of records. The method further includes selecting, according to a time period, a set of the plurality of records that qualify according to the time period. The method further includes moving the set to a table in the database, wherein the table excludes the plurality of records that are not in the set. In this manner, the records may be stored in a number of parallel tables, and this process may be managed at the application level instead of at the database level. Using parallel tables instead of a single large table may offer performance improvements, for example regarding deleting (or archiving) data. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136738 | ROYALTY CALCULATION ENGINE - A plurality of invoice records are identified relating to service-based software provided by an entity to at least one customer, the service-based software including at least one software component licensed from a vendor for use by the entity. An agreement object is identified associated with a license agreement between the entity and the vendor and associated with the software component, the license agreement including a plurality of license terms. The agreement object is associated with a calculation scheme based at least in part on the license terms, the calculation scheme including a set of calculation step objects from a plurality of reusable calculation step objects. At least one software royalty value is calculated for the license agreement, the calculation of the software royalty value based at least in part on the calculation scheme and invoice data, in the invoice records, corresponding to at least the software component. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PROCESS OVERVIEW DIAGRAM - Embodiments of the present invention may provide a method for process management. The method may comprise reading information about sub-processes and their respective sub-steps of a main process and displaying a process overview diagram for the main process. The process overview diagram may display a tab for each sub-process and sub-step respectively. Each tab may include an icon indicating the status of a respective sub-process or sub-step. The tab for each sub-step may be displayed underneath and linked to the respective sub-process. The method may further comprise, responsive to a click to select a view level, expanding the tabs for sub-steps to show the person responsible for the respective sub-step, detailed contact information of the responsible person, a description of what needs to be performed and a link to send a quick reminder to the responsible person when the status for the respective sub-step is “in process”. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136687 | System and Method for CAPA Process Automation - The present disclosure involves systems, products, and methods for automatically generating a CAPA plan. One method includes operations for identifying an issue associated with a business system; identifying a set of information associated with the issue including a plurality of evaluation factors defining the issue; identifying a set of weighting values associated with the issue, each weighting values associated with a particular evaluation factor; evaluating the issue based on the plurality of evaluation factors combined with the corresponding weighting value, determining at least one root cause for the issue based on the evaluation results, identifying at least one corrective or preventive action based at least in part on the at least one determined root cause for the issue, and automatically generating the CAPA plan including the at least one determined root cause and the at least one identified corrective or preventive action associated with the issue. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136649 | Natural Language Interface - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing a natural language interface for searching a database. One process includes operations for receiving a natural language query. One or more tokens contained in the natural language query are identified. A set of sentences is generated based on the identified tokens, each sentence representing a possible logical interpretation of the natural language query and including a combination of at least one of the identified tokens. At least one sentence in the set of sentences is selected for searching a database based on the identified tokens. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120134593 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE-BASED IDENTIFICATION - The present invention may provide a method for image-based identification. The method may include providing a digital photo of an unidentified item; transmitting, over a network, the digital photo to an identification service; in response to transmitting the digital photo, receiving, over the network, item information from the identification service, wherein the item information includes textual identification information about the item; and displaying the textual identification information. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120131581 | Controlled Sharing of Information in Virtual Organizations - In one embodiment, a method for extracting data items for a task requesting a set of data items in a virtual organization including a plurality of members is provided. A set of confidentiality sub-policies associated with the set of data items and an information utility sub-policy associated with the task are retrieved. At least a portion of the set of data items for the task are retrieved based on an analysis that optimally balances confidentiality and information utility using the set of confidentiality sub-policies and the information utility sub-policy. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131561 | Model-based Programming, Configuration, and Integration of Networked Enbedded Devices - Embodiments of the invention relate to programming, configuring, and integrating networked embedded devices with other applications. Particular embodiments include an architecture having an application model layer that integrates the networked embedded devices with business application systems, by allowing the devices to be expressed as part of a business application concept. In certain embodiments, an intermediate device programming layer provides a network-centric programming abstraction, relieving the programmer of the details of low-level, node-centric programming. Finally, a self-optimizing run-time system layer adapts to the specific conditions in the deployed network embedded devices, by optimizing e.g. communication patterns and resource consumption based upon input from the higher layer(s). Embodiments may facilitate integration of networked embedded devices with the back ends of business applications, and may provide a unified extensible programming framework simplifying development of applications for network embedded devices. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131551 | Peculiar Objects - An object oriented programming environment with an improved object, referred to herein as a “peculiar object”, which among other things, facilitates the implementation of a defined transition between object types is described. A peculiar object includes a programming construct referred to herein as a selector, which maps a set of object behaviors to a set of values for a special type of attribute, referred to herein as a “peculiar attribute.” As such, as the value of a peculiar attribute changes, so too does the type or state of the peculiar object. With each transition of the object from one type or state to another, the available behaviors dynamically change. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131467 | METHOD FOR SELECTING ONE OR MORE FUNCTIONS OF AN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE - A computer-implemented method for selecting one or more functions for display is provided. The selection may be performed via an implementation guide that is a hierarchy comprising nodes. A node may represent one function. The method may comprise retrieving a first list of switches in response to selection of a function, extracting one or more switches from the first list such that the extracted switches include function switches and/or conflict switches, determining whether each of the extracted switch is an active conflict switch and, if yes, adding the active conflict switch to a second list of switches. After removing all switches from the first list or having added all of them to the second list, the method processes the second list to determine which functions can be executed on the processor without conflicts and presenting a function GUI element representing a function determined to be executable without conflicts. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131457 | CONFLICT SWITCHES FOR IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE NODE CHANGES - An enhancement implementation analysis method and system are provided. A processor may determine a node in an implementation guide hierarchy to be analyzed for conflicts. Based on the determination, a list of all switches assigned to the node in the implementation guide hierarchy may be retrieved from a data store. The list of retrieved switches may be checked by a processor to determine whether the switch is an active conflict switch. Upon a determination that the conflict switch is an inactive conflict switch, the conflict switch may be deleted from the retrieved list of all switches. If the conflict switch is determined to be an active conflict switch, the conflict switch may be added to a list of relevant switches, and the list of relevant switches may be processed to resolve conflicts, and a corresponding implementation guide may be presented. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131062 | Systems and Methods for Generating Customizing Documentation - The present disclosure involves systems, products, and methods for generating software documentation. One method includes operations for identifying a transport request containing information associated with a set of software modifications; identifying at least one view identified by the transport request, each identified view comprising a modified view of information associated with the software; accessing metadata information describing a structure for each identified view; identifying at least one database table associated with each identified view; accessing, for each identified database table, at least one database table field modified by the transport request and values associated with each of the database table fields; outputting, for each identified view, at least a portion of the set of metadata information describing the structure of the identified view; and outputting, for each identified database table associated with each identified view, at least a portion of the values associated with each database table field. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130942 | OLAP Execution Model Using Relational Operations - In one embodiment the present invention includes an OLAP execution model using relational operations. In one embodiment, the present invention includes, a method comprising receiving a first query in an online analytic processor (OLAP) executing on one or more computers, the OLAP generating and comprising a model specifying a graph defining a plurality of nodes and a plurality of tiers, each node corresponding to a different operation on data. A second query is generated by the OLAP. The second query includes a plurality of layered subqueries each corresponding to one of the nodes in the graph for specifying the different operations on data. The second query is received in a relational engine coupled to the datastore. The relational engine executes the second query, and in accordance therewith, retrieves data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130659 | Analysis of Large Data Sets Using Distributed Polynomial Interpolation - Embodiments of the present invention relate to analysis of large data sets using distributed polynomial interpolation. Particular embodiments compile such data sets from a large number of nodes. According to certain embodiments, a node gathers data for a certain time interval, and then approximates the gathered data with a polynomial. The node then sends its data in the form of the polynomial and an identification (ID), to a repository such as a database. For each node the polynomial may be queried from the database, and then the integral for the required interval calculated therefrom. Embodiments of the present invention may be particularly suited to allow real-time analytics of data collected from a large number of electrical power smart meters. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124561 | Obtaining Notes for Software Objects - A computer-implemented method for obtaining notes for software objects includes: reproducing, in a customer computer system, a problem that has been detected in the customer computer system; performing a trace while reproducing the problem, the trace identifying at least one object in the customer computer system as being involved in reproducing the problem; identifying, from among multiple notes in a notes repository, at least a first note as applying to the identified object, the identified first note configured for implementation in the customer computer system; and presenting the identified first note in the customer computer system. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124553 | STATUS MANAGEMENT FOR PHASED IMPLEMENTATION OF CONFIGURATION CHANGES - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing status management for phased implementation of configuration changes. One process includes operations for receiving a selection for a modular software solution and identifying a partial implementation of the modular software solution comprising a subset of the plurality of model entities included in the modular software solution. After the model entities in the subset are activated, a particular model entity is identified to add to the partial implementation. A temporary phase-in state is assigned to the particular model entity, the temporary phase-in state providing an indication to at least one configuration service to perform at least one pre-activation task for the particular model entity. The particular model entity is activated after the pre-activation task is completed. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124547 | DEVELOPMENT ARTIFACT SEARCHING IN AN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT - This disclosure provides various embodiments for searching one or more repositories hosting, storing, or maintaining a plurality of development artifacts. A search query for development artifacts is received through an interface of an integrated development environment, the search query identifying at least one search term. An index is used to identify a set of search results, the index identifying a plurality of development artifacts and including context data identifying, for each development artifact in the plurality of development artifacts, at least one attribute of the respective development artifact. The set of search results identify a subset of the plurality of development artifacts determined to potentially relate to the at least one search term. At least a portion of the set of search results are presented to a user, the listing including at least one development artifact in the subset of the plurality of development artifacts. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124545 | Dialog Generation - In one aspect, a method of generating a computer-based dialog process includes receiving, in a computer system, a process type for creating a process. The process type includes (i) step elements each corresponding to a user-interaction task in the process, and (ii) step groups each including one or more of the step elements, wherein the process type defines an order of the step groups. The method includes receiving executable code for the process in a configuration-time context. The executable code (i) specifies that each of the step groups is performed in one or more steps, thereby defining a granularity of the process, and (ii) assigns at least one of the step elements in each step group to each of the one or more steps, thereby defining an order of the step elements in each step group. The method includes generating a runtime implementation of the process using the executable code. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124503 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EASY CORRELATION BETWEEN MONITORED METRICS AND ALERTS - A method and system for correlating, for at least one managed system, at least one monitored computer metric and a plurality of associated alerts, comprising selecting a monitored computer metric designated by a user, selecting a time scale designated by the user; and selecting a number of alerts associated with the monitored computer metric, the alert being designated by the user. The monitored computer metric and the number of alerts are correlated over the selected time period, and a graph of the correlated monitored computer metric superimposed with a number of alerts over the selected time period is transmitted for presentation to the user. The user can select various monitored computer metrics, various alerts and various time periods. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124480 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACES - Systems and methods consistent with the invention may include receiving, over an electronic network, a contract description message including description information corresponding to a computer device being used to display the contract to a user, retrieving, by using a processor, the description information from the contract description message, comparing the description information with information stored in a template library and adaptor library to identify a generic user interface and a corresponding adaptor module, and generating a contract response message based on a result of the comparison, the response message including an instruction to generate, on the computer device, a customized user interface based on the identified generic user interface and corresponding adaptor module when the generic user interface and the corresponding adaptor module are identified. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124216 | ADDRESS GENERATION AND CLUSTER EXTENSION IN DISTRUBTED SYSTEMS USING TREE METHOD - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing a cluster of servers organized into nodes. A method of one aspect includes establishing a cluster; establishing a set of ultimate identifiers for nodes resulting from splitting in the cluster; and storing every new data object on a node that has a node identifier that identifies a subset of the set of ultimate identifiers, and providing for the object a universal identifier that combines (i) an object identifier that is unique on the node and (ii) a server identifier that is one of the ultimate identifiers in the subset. A method of another aspect includes generating for a new data object a universal identifier that has a node identifier part that uniquely identifies a node, a reserve part generated at least in part as a pseudo-random value, and an object identifier part that uniquely identifies the object in the node. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124129 | Systems and Methods for Integrating Local Systems with Cloud Computing Resources - In one embodiment the present invention includes systems and methods for integrating local systems with cloud computing resources. In one embodiment, shared security information is stored on a local system and on a cloud computer system to allow secure communications between software applications on the two systems. In another embodiment, a tunnel agent client on a local system and a tunnel agent server on a cloud computer system are used to establish a secure connection point between the two systems. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123962 | Consistency Checks For Business Process Data - A business process master data vector for a business process of an organization can include master data coordinates corresponding to a plurality of business object node fields of a plurality of business objects involved in the business process. Values of the master data coordinates can indicate whether a corresponding business object node field is mandatory for successful execution of the business process. Master data instance vectors corresponding to the plurality of business objects can be evaluated such that a master data instance vector includes instance coordinates indicating whether a corresponding business object node field contains a master data value. The business process can be analyzed using the business process master data vector and/or the master data instance vectors. Related systems, processes, and articles of manufacture are also described. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121080 | COMMUTATIVE ORDER-PRESERVING ENCRYPTION - In one general aspect, a method, including executing instructions recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable storage media using at least one processor, includes encrypting data using a commutative order-preserving encryption scheme. The commutative order-preserving encryption scheme includes a unique fixed key and a regular keyed cryptographic hash function, where the cryptographic hash function includes a domain greater than the unique fixed key. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117656 | Security Validation of Business Processes - Implementations of methods of the present disclosure include providing a process model based on the process, the process model comprising a plurality of tasks, receiving user input at a computing device, the user input specifying one or more security requirements, the user input relating each of the one or more security requirements to at least one task of the plurality of tasks, generating, using the computing device, a formal model of the process based on the process model and the one or more security requirements, the formal model being based on a specification meta-language, processing the formal model using a model checker that is executed on the computing device to determine whether violation of at least one of the one or more security requirements occurs in the process, generating an analysis result based on the processing, and displaying the analysis result on a display. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117000 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR CREDIT PORTFOLIO BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a credit portfolio model, a credit portfolio analytical result, a credit portfolio management process control, a financial instrument exposure profile analytical result, and/or a material supply and demand allocation business object. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116564 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING A DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods are provided for calculating a distribution of a quantity over receiver objects. In one implementation, a data processing system is provided that comprises application programs adapted to generate a distribution request, storage means for storing rules adapted for distribution of the quantity and storing an assignment of a sub-set of the rules to each application program, each rule having an assigned priority of execution and each sub-set of rules having an assigned identifier. The system may also comprise means for receiving the request comprising the identifier of the sub-set of rules assigned to the one of the application programs, the quantity to be distributed, and the identifiers of receiver objects, the distribution calculation means adapted to access the storage means for execution of the sub-set of rules assigned to the one of the application programs. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GENERIC OBJECT ACCESS LAYER - An object access interface is described that effectively decouples a functional layer from a user interface (UI) layer. In the context of pre-existing functional objects that are specifically tailored to a pre-existing UI, a single entry point access-interface may define generic and object-specific functions. The function may be used to collect input routed to the associated function object, compile an input set in a form similar to how the pre-existing UI provided input sets, and process the compiled input and any resulting outputs from the function object. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110519 | GRAPHICAL MANIPULATION OF DATA OBJECTS - In an embodiment, a user input defining an enclosed, graphical shape on a video display is received. A number of graphical items are identified as being included within the enclosed, graphical shape. Here, each graphical item is displayed on the video display and represents a data object that has a number of properties. A property is extracted from the number of properties that the data objects have in common based on the identification. A number of other manipulation techniques are also described. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110513 | AGGREGATING BASED ON HIERARCHY AND SCALING INPUT - According to an example embodiment, a method may include accessing, by at least one processor from at least one non-transitory computer-readable memory device, a map and a hierarchy of places included in the map. The method may also include accessing, by the at least one processor from the at least one non-transitory computer-readable memory device, quantitative information associated with places in the hierarchy. The method may also include receiving a scaling input from a user. The method may also include determining, by the at least one processor, a level in the hierarchy at which to aggregate the quantitative information, based on the scaling input. The method may also include aggregating, by the at least one processor, the quantitative information for a plurality of the places at the determined level, the aggregating including independently aggregating the quantitative information associated with places below at least two of the plurality of places at the determined level. The method may also include generating, by the at least one processor, graphical data configured to display the map. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESSAGE GROUPING - Embodiments of the present invention may provide a message handling system for displaying messages in a structured way. The message handling system may store template messages in a table of a database and generate messages using the template messages. The message handling system may further assess a display area for displaying the generated messages and determine whether all of the generated messages can be viewed on the display area without scrolling. If not, the message handling system may determine whether there are more than one type of generated messages. If there are more than one type of generated messages, the message handling system may group the messages based on message types; and display a list of messages in a plurality of message groups. Each message group may be displayed with a representative message and a link for other similar message in the message group. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110468 | Business Network GUI - A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage device includes instructions that, when executed, generate in a display device a graphical user interface comprising: a business view area with first objects representing business entities participating in a business network and second objects representing business connections between the business entities; and a connect view area with third objects representing applications participating in the business network and fourth objects representing logical interactions between the applications; wherein the graphical user interface dynamically updates the first, second, third and fourth objects with metadata that is at least in part automatically gathered in the business network. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109934 | DATABASE CALCULATION ENGINE - A select query or a data referencing a calculation scenario is received by a database server from a remote application server. The specified calculation scenario is one of a plurality of calculation scenarios and it defines a data flow model that includes one or more calculation nodes. Each calculation node defines one or more operations to execute on the database server. Thereafter, the database server instantiates the specified calculation scenario and executes the operations defined by the calculation nodes of the instantiated calculation scenario to result in a responsive data set. This data set is then provided by the database server to the application server. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109740 | Integrating Simulation And Forecasting Modes In Business Intelligence Analyses - An optimization object may include fields storing parameters used by the intelligence system during business intelligence data analysis. One of these fields may include a mode type field to selectively switch between a forecasting mode to extrapolate a value from the data and a simulation mode including an optimization module to calculate a value from the data expected to maximize a particular objective. The stored parameters may include common parameters used in both modes and unique parameters to one of the two modes. The optimization object may also include fields specifying details and other data associated with a trade promotion. The analysis mode selected in the type field made be executed on data relating to the promotion details fields of the object subject to the parameters in the corresponding parameter fields. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109708 | EVALUATING PATTERN-BASED CONSTRAINTS ON BUSINESS PROCESS MODELS - Methods and related systems for evaluating pattern-based constraints on business process models provide specifications for business process models, related structural patterns, and constraints on structural patterns so that instances of structural patterns can be identified in models and constraints on these instances can be evaluated. Model elements may include tasks that correspond to prescribed activities, events that correspond to states of the model, and gateways that control process flow between model elements. Identifying instances of structural patterns within models may include assigning classes or textual labels to model elements and then employing a search query or production rule to search over the model elements for instances of the structural patterns. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109661 | ASSOCIATIVE INFORMATION LINKING FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS - A method to create or modify a data item of a first application based on a data item of a business object of a second application or to create or modify the data item of the business object based on the data item of the first application is disclosed. The method includes detecting, using a processor, an interaction of a user of the first application with respect to the visual representation of the business object. Additionally, the method includes performing, in response to the detecting, at least one of creating or modifying the data item of the first application based on the data item of the business object of the second application and creating or modifying the data item of the business object based on the data item of the first application. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120102488 | PROFILING INPUT / OUTPUT OPERATIONS - Implementations of the present disclosure provide methods including executing a virtual machine configured to execute a plurality of applications and perform a plurality of I/O operations; storing meta information for a first I/O operation performed by the virtual machine in an I/O information holder for the virtual machine; receiving a request to begin an I/O profiling session on the virtual machine after storing the meta information; and reporting an I/O event record for a second I/O operation performed by the virtual machine using the meta information for the first I/O operation, wherein the second I/O operation is performed after beginning an I/O profiling session on the virtual machine. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102456 | System and Method of Annotating Class Models - In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method of annotating software objects. The method includes storing rules that define how to annotate a software object. The method further includes processing the software object according to the rules. The method further includes generating an annotation document based on the software object having been processed according to the rules. The method further includes generating an annotated software object based on the software object and the annotation document. As a result, annotated software objects may be generated in a dynamic, non-intrusive manner. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUSINESS FUNCTION REVERSIBILITY - Embodiments of the present invention may provide “undo” (e.g., rollback) features, along with data management simplification features, to an update package model of software suite development/evolution. New functions, which may have disruption effects for customers, may be installed into the core configuration data with inactive switches. Upon activation, a switch status may change, and a query filter may use the activated function (e.g., as associated with the switch ID). Original functions may be maintained, giving the user the ability to deactivate an activated function, and thereby reverting the system back to the prior configuration status. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUSINESS FUNCTION REVERSIBILITY - The invention may provide “undo” (e.g., rollback) features, along with data management simplification features, to an update package model of software suite development/evolution. New functions, which may have disruption effects for customers, may be installed into the core configuration data with inactive switches. Upon activation, a switch status may change, and a query filter may use the activated function (e.g., as associated with the switch ID). Original functions may be maintained, giving the user the ability to deactivate an activated function, and thereby reverting the system back to the prior configuration status. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102171 | Integration Middleware Virtualization - A computer-implemented method includes displaying virtualization level options for a business network to a user, the virtualization level options including at least: a first virtualization level option that includes externalizing interaction logic in the business network, a second virtualization level option that includes virtualizing content in the business network, and a third virtualization level option that includes virtualizing components in the business network. The method includes receiving a selection by the user of at least one of the virtualization level options. The method includes initiating a virtualization process in the business network according to the selected virtualization level option. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102031 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENTITY EXPANSION AND GROUPING - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to convert an entity to a standard form including normalized attributes, a tag reference and a feature. The entity is expanded with corresponding variants. The standard form and corresponding variants are combined to form an annotated entity in a first processing step. The entity is assigned to a group in a second processing step that accesses the annotated entity. The entity is processed in a single pass comprising the first processing step and the second processing step. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096438 | CHECKPOINT ENTRY INSERTION DURING TEST SCENARIO CREATION - A test module can be configured to initiate test scenario creation for a target application, and an interaction entry definition module can be configured to define, during the test scenario creation, a plurality of interaction entries representing a sequence of user interactions with a plurality of user interface elements of the target application. A test scenario compiler can be configured to include the plurality of interaction entries in a test scenario file representing a test scenario, and a checkpoint entry definition module can be configured to receive an indicator that a property of a user interface element from the plurality of user interface elements has been selected for verification, and configured to define a checkpoint entry configured to trigger verification of the property of the user interface element from the plurality of user interface elements based on the test scenario file during test scenario verification of the target application. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMMERSIVE PROCESS DESIGN COLLABORATION ON MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention may provide a method for presenting a design model on a computing device. The method may comprise using a computer processor to identify relationships among a plurality of model entities of the design model, to present a model view area to display a selected view of the design model on a display area of the computing device; and to present a view switch containing a plurality of view options. The plurality of view options may include a shape flow view. In the shape flow view, the model view area may display a detailed view of a model entity currently in focus and symbol(s) representing neighboring model entities in horizontal and/or vertical directions. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096178 | Load Balancing of Data Transmissions - In an embodiment, a method is provided for transmitting data. In this method, a number from a sequence of numbers is identified, and each number from the sequence is associated with a time interval. A random number is generated and it is compared with the identified number. In reference to the time interval associated with the identified number, transmission of the data to the electronic device is initiated based on the comparison. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096040 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING LARGE WRITE-ONCE TABLES IN SHADOW PAGE DATABASES - Methods and systems for managing large write-once tables are described. In some embodiments, a relational database management system includes a space allocation module that utilizes both a logical space allocation scheme, as well as a physical space allocation scheme, to allocate space in units (e.g., pages) having two different sizes—small pages and big pages. For instance, small pages are logically allocated with a conventional converter module, which manages a converter table for mapping logical pages to physical pages, while big pages are physically allocated with an object directory manager, which manages big objects comprised of big pages. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092267 | TOUCH-ENABLED CIRCLE CONTROL FOR TIME AND DATE ENTRY - In a system and a method, a selection of an input data field is detected. In response to the selection of the input data field, a user interface having an inner concentric circle and an outer concentric circle is generated. A contact point corresponding to a location of a touch gesture submitted via a touch-enabled input device within one of the inner concentric circle and the outer concentric circle is detected. An angular velocity of circular movement from the contact point around one of the concentric circles is measured. An input data value is adjusted at a granularity based on the contact point and at a rate based on the measured angular velocity of circular movement. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120089991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CONTENTION OF SHARED RESOURCES IN A RUNTIME SYSTEM - A system and computer-implemented method for determining a runtime of a thread of an application. Synchronization events for a first thread of an application executing on the computer system are received, the synchronization events including at least a first synchronization event and a second synchronization event for the first thread. A first difference between a synchronization event timestamp of the first synchronization event and the synchronization event timestamp of the second synchronization event is calculated. A second difference between an accumulated timestamp of the first synchronization event and the accumulated timestamp of the second synchronization event is calculated. A runtime of the first thread of the application is calculated as a difference between the first difference and the second difference. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089990 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING A SYNCHRONIZATION EVENT IN A RUNTIME SYSTEM OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A system and computer-implemented method for reporting a synchronization event in a runtime system of a computer system. A synchronization primitive in a runtime system of the computer system is monitored. A synchronization operation performed on the synchronization primitive by a thread in the runtime system is detected. An enumerator for the synchronization primitive is incremented when the synchronization operation satisfies predetermined criteria. A synchronization event that includes data relating to the synchronization operation performed on the synchronization primitive is reported. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089685 | Business Network Meta Model - A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer readable storage device includes a business network meta model comprising entity objects configured to generate interactive representations of a business network, including at least a business application representation and an information technology representation. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089631 | PROGRESSIVE EXPLORATION OF DATA RELATIONSHIPS - Parental dependency information for various data fields may be analyzed to create a data field hierarchy. Each of the data fields may be presented in a selectable list through an interface. Once a data field is selected, any immediate parent(s) and/or child(ren) field(s) of the active data element may be demarcated in the list according to the hierarchy. Additional data entry fields relating to the selected data field and its familial fields may also be displayed. Data in each of data fields may also be analyzed to identify fields with incomplete data. Systems and methods are provided. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089625 | INCREMENTAL CONVERSION OF DATABASE OBJECTS DURING UPGRADE OF AN ORIGINAL SYSTEM - A computer system can include a database comparator configured to identify a first database object from an original system for a complete modification based on a comparison of the first database object with a plurality of target upgrade database objects, and configured to identify a second database object from the original system for a partial modification based on a comparison of the second database object with the plurality of target upgrade database objects. A complete modification module can be configured to designate, in response to the identification of the first database object, the first database object for the complete modification based on an incremental conversion process. A partial modification module can be configured to designate the second database object for the partial modification based on the incremental conversion process when an instruction to implement the partial modification satisfies at least a portion of a modification condition. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089566 | METHOD FOR REORGANIZING OR MOVING A DATABASE TABLE - A computer system including instructions recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and readable by at least one processor may include a table generator module, a table updater module, and a data replicator module. The table generator module may be configured to cause the at least one processor to generate a target table. The table updater module may be configured to cause the at least one processor to modify data in the target table synchronously with data being modified in a source table. The data replicator module may be configured to cause the at least one processor to replicate the data contained in the source table in the target table. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089542 | Consistency Maintenance of Distributed Graph Structures - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods including retrieving a model including a plurality of objects and references between objects, receiving first user input indicating a set of first changes to the model, applying changes of the set of first changes to the model to provide a first modified model, receiving second user input indicating a set of second changes to the model, identifying a conflicting operation in the set of first changes to the set of second changes, applying one or more inverse operations to the first modified model to provide a second modified model, removing the conflicting operation from the set of first changes, defining a subset of first changes including the one or more changes after the conflicting operation, reconciling one or more changes to provide a reconciled subset of first changes, and defining an updated model. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089534 | Business Network Management - A computer-implemented method includes: receiving metadata about a business network, the metadata gathered by computer-based entities performing automated discovery of the business network; generating a business network model based on the metadata, the business network model comprising objects and associations between them, the objects representing aspects of the business network found by the automated discovery, including at least: participants, systems, relationships, applications, interfaces, middleware, process steps, and documents; and modifying the business network model based on at least one input. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120084770 | Installing Analytical Content - A computer program product is tangibly embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprises instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method including: presenting business category identifiers to a user in a computer system, each business category identifier representing one of multiple reporting content bundles for configuring a transactional application and an analytical application; receiving, in the computer system, a selection by the user of at least one of the business category identifiers; and installing in the computer system, from the selected reporting content bundle, at least one transactional content object in the transactional application, and at least one analytical content object in the analytical application. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079451 | UNIFIED PROCESS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND CONFIGURE USER INTERFACES - A unified set of user interface (UI) tools are working on the same data and metadata, complying with a set of standards and guidelines in a central repository, the tools describing layout, interaction design, data binding, code, and partner- or customer-specific adaptations. By sharing this data the level of integration between the different people involved in the development process can be highly increased, as now there can be a closed loop which provides the necessary insight into each other's work. For example, the user interface designer may create the layout, the core developer may add the code which connects to the business logic, and the partner may add the specifics on top. This process can work in any direction, e.g., even after the developer has added the code, the user interface designer can later change the layout completely independent from the core developer. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079264 | SIMPLIFIED CUSTOMIZATION SETTING VERIFICATION - A value of a configuration setting contained within a selected content unit of an application may be used as input for a configuration check algorithm to calculate a control parameter output. The algorithm may include logical operators, conditional statements, mathematical logic, and mathematical functions. The algorithm may be used to verify the correctness of the value. Different control parameter output values may be associated with different options in the automated configuration verification program. The options may include, but are not limited to, modifying an unsupported configuration setting value to a supported value, updating configuration setting values in non-selected content units, exiting the automated program and switching to a manual configuration setting change mode, and automatically updating a configuration setting value to a supported value without further intervention. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078976 | DATA ORGANIZATION TOOL AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY MANAGING A MEETING - The system, method and computer readable medium that facilitates selection of a meeting participant, and the creation of a first data structure based on the selected meeting participant. Data may be collected in response to the selection of the meeting participant. A second data structure may be generated for the collected data, and the data in the second data structure may be linked to the first data structure and the selected meeting participant. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078928 | INTEGRATED CONTENT PUBLISHING - Content objects may be incorporated as metadata in application systems in the same programming environment used to create the rest of the application. Although content objects may be included as part of the application systems, in some instances a central repository storing content object information from each application system may be used to facilitate communication and data sharing between applications. Alternatively, point-to-point communications between applications may also be supported so that applications may share content object data without relying on the central repository. Some embodiments may support both central repository communications and point-to-point communications between applications. Determinations may be made to identify the type of connectivity supported in different circumstances. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078809 | INTEGRATING SUB-PROCESSES IN BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING NOTATION PROCESSES - This disclosure provides various embodiments for modeling a first business process as a sub-process of a second business process, the first business process less than fully compatible with a particular business process management system. The first business process is compatible with a first system adapted to execute the first business process. The first business process is identified and a user input received requesting modeling of the first business process as a sub-process of the second business process. A modeled sub-process is generated including a reference to the first system, callable from the modeled sub-process, and an interface definition defining an interface between the modeled sub-process and the first system. A modeled interface between a model of the second business process and the modeled sub-process is generated defining inputs and outputs between first and second business processes. In some aspects, the modeled sub-process can be deployed in a runtime environment. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078802 | APPLYING BUSINESS PROCESSES TO COLLABORATION TOOLS - A computer implemented method for providing a business process in an online collaboration includes associating a business process model with the collaboration based on entries made by one or more participants. The business process model may include one or more business processes or process steps. The method may also include providing a graphical interface module to the collaboration participants associated with the business process, the graphical interface module configured to receive data from one or more participants of the collaboration. Data received from the participant interacting with the interface module may be processed in accordance with the process steps associated with the business process. Data received throughout the collaboration may be stored in a memory. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078611 | CONTEXT-AWARE CONVERSATIONAL USER INTERFACE - An input handler may receive natural language input associated with a command from a user through a user interface, and a language parser may parse the natural language input to determine parsed natural language input. A context monitor may receive context information associated with the user, and a context parser may parse the context information to obtain parsed context information associated with the natural language input and with the command. A command interpreter may interpret the parsed natural language input, using the parsed context information, to thereby determine the command. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120072884 | CONVERTING BUSINESS PROCESS MODELS TO COMPONENT MODELS IN A SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE DOMAIN - Process artifacts and elements in a business process model, such as a Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) compliant model, may be analyzed, converted into component model building blocks for developing applications, and enriched with technical metadata. The component model building blocks may be Service Component Architecture (SCA) Assembly Model building blocks, which may include artifacts, components, composites, and other elements. The building blocks may be structured in an output file, which may be a Simple Capabilities Description Language (SCDL) file, according to the Service Component Architecture (SCA) Assembly Model based on an order provided in the business process model. Business process model elements may be mapped to corresponding component model building blocks, such as SCA artifacts, composites, or components, through a lookup table or database. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072883 | MANAGEMENT OF INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE PROCESSES - A computer system can include an enterprise process selection module configured to receive a plurality of enterprise process definitions representing a plurality of existing enterprise processes implemented on a target system. The computer system can include a proposed solution package manager configured to select, based on the plurality of enterprise process definitions, a proposed solution package including a new enterprise process, and to define an indicator of a mandatory operational relationship between the new enterprise process and a first existing enterprise process from the plurality of existing enterprise processes, and an indicator of an optional operational relationship between the new enterprise process and a second existing enterprise process from the plurality of existing enterprise processes. Also, a solution package generator can be configured to receive an indicator that the optional operational relationship has been selected for binding to the second existing enterprise process from the plurality of existing enterprise processes. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072882 | MANAGEMENT OF VARIANTS OF AN ENTERPRISE PROCESS - A method can include receiving an indicator that an enterprise process has been selected from a plurality of enterprise processes, and receiving an enterprise process value defining at least a portion of a mandatory process step associated with a mandatory portion of the enterprise process, and an enterprise process parameter value defining at least a portion of an optional process step related to the mandatory process step. The method can include receiving an indicator that a filter from a set of filters has been selected, and defining a representation of the mandatory process step and a representation of the optional process step in response to the filter being selected. The method can also include receiving an indicator that the optional process step has been selected for binding to the mandatory portion of the enterprise process in a variant of the enterprise process. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072553 | Mass Configuring Technical Systems - A computer-implemented method for mass configuring technical systems includes receiving a call that is associated with a configuration manager and generated from a first of multiple systems. Each of the multiple systems has at least one instance of the configuration manager, and each system includes multiple technical systems configured using a corresponding instance of the configuration manager. The method includes retrieving, from the corresponding instance and in response to the call, identifiers for at least a subset of the technical systems in the first system. The method includes retrieving, from the corresponding instance and from the subset of the technical systems, configurations for the subset of the technical systems. The method includes forwarding an execute configuration communication to the corresponding instance including at least one parameter that has been changed from the retrieved configurations. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072367 | DRY-RUN DESIGN TIME ENVIRONMENT - This disclosure provides various embodiments for performing a dry-run of a business process model in a design-time environment. A start event and end event of the business process model are identified, defining a path of a flow map including a sequence of a plurality of events, including the start event, the end event, and at least one other event sequenced between the start and ends. The events in the path are stepped-through to simulate each event. An error is identified corresponding to a particular event in the path and the step-through is paused upon identifying the error. A user is then prompted for an input to at least temporarily resolve the at least one error. The stepping-through of the plurality of events is then resumed in response to a resolution input from the user. The dry run ends in response to stepping-through to the end event. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072250 | SOLUTION PACKAGES INCLUDING SEGMENTS OF A PROCESS CHAIN - In one general aspect, a computer system can include an existing process chain module configured to receive a plurality of segment definitions representing a plurality of existing segments defining an existing process chain implemented in a target system. The computer system can include a proposed process chain module configured to select, based on the plurality of segment definitions, a proposed process chain including a first proposed segment corresponding with an existing segment from the plurality of existing segments, and including a second proposed segment different from each existing segment from the plurality of existing segments. The computer system can include an operational relationship module configured to define an option for an operational relationship between the existing segment from the plurality of existing segments and the second proposed segment of the proposed process chain. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120066620 | Framework to Support Application Context and Rule Based UI-Control - Embodiments of a method and system provide a rule based user interface control for a software application. At configuration time of an installed software application, the method may provide a design-time environment for defining a rule for a UI element to be displayed in the software application. The rule may affect a value of a property of the UI element and may be persisted in a rule engine. Then at run-time, upon receiving from the software application a request to determine the value of the property, the method may retrieve the rule from the rule engine by a runtime service, evaluate the rule to determine the value for the property and set the value for the property according to the evaluated rule. The set value for the property may be returned to the software application for displaying the UI element. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066218 | SOLUTION SEARCH FOR SOFTWARE SUPPORT - A search middleware may be used to receive search requests regarding a software incident associated with a software application. The search requests may be populated with attribute values determined based on context data associated with the software application and collected in association with the software incident. The search requests may be dispatched to a subset of a plurality of solution repositories, even if the solution repositories have different interfaces and/or search technologies. The resulting solution documents retrieved from the solution repositories may be compiled for presentation on a solution search interface. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066194 | APPROXIMATE REPRESENTATION AND PROCESSING OF ARBITRARY CORRELATION STRUCTURES FOR CORRELATION HANDLING IN DATABASES - Implementations of the present disclosure include receiving user input, the user input indicating a distribution type and a correlation factor, providing the distribution type and correlation factor for identifying an approximate correlation representation (ACR) histogram from a plurality of ACR histograms based on the distribution type and the correlation factor, receiving the ACR histogram, retrieving a first distribution associated with a first uncertain value and a second distribution associated with a second uncertain value from computer-readable memory, processing the ACR histogram, the first distribution and the second distribution to generate a correlation histogram that represents a correlation between the first uncertain value and the second uncertain value, and displaying the correlation histogram on a display. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120059842 | Context-Based User Interface, Search, and Navigation - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing context-based user interfaces, searches, and navigation in business processes. One process includes operations for identifying a data field on an electronic page to be populated by a user for a business process and a data object associated with the business process. A particular data object field in the data object is selected for additional searching, and a suggested entry for populating the data field is determined based on a search for additional information associated with the business process using the particular data object field and a particular type of the data object. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120047483 | Smart Web Service Discovery - The present disclosure involves software and computer implemented methods for smart discovery of web services. One process includes operations for identifying a modeled service composition at design time in an integrated development environment (IDE), receiving a selection of an input/output of a first service included within the modeled service composition, collecting a set of information associated with the first service and the selected input/output, searching at least one service repository for a set of services associated with the selected input/output based at least in part on the collected set of information associated with the first service and the selected input/output, presenting at least a portion of the set of services responsive to the search, receiving a selection of a second service from the presented set of services, and integrating the selected second service into the modeled service composition. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047185 | COMPONENT LOAD PROCEDURE FOR SETTING UP SYSTEMS - Optional components are delivered to a software platform as a database load. A component is deployed to an application server of a first system. The component comprises at least a portion of the software to be delivered as a database load to a second system that implements the software platform. A component export tool in the first system identifies database table structures and database table entries created by the deployment of the component. The component export tool generates a load delivery package based on the identified database table structures and database table entries and then exports the load delivery package to the second system. A component load tool in the second system generates application tables based on the identified database table structures in the shipment package. The database table entries are then imported into the generated application packages in the load delivery package so that the component can be loaded into the software platform. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047145 | ATTRIBUTED SEMANTIC SEARCH - A method and system for performing a semantic search on structured data. An unstructured search query is received from a requestor. The query is evaluated within a computer to identify a best structured request based on the unstructured search query. The selected structured request is applied to a set of structured data. The result of the application of the structured request is then returned to the requestor. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047130 | UI Driven Service Composition Tool with UI Designer Feedback - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for automatically selecting at least one service for use with a modeled user interface (UI). One process includes operations for identifying a modeled UI at design time in an integrated development environment (IDE) and collecting a set of information associated with the modeled UI. At least one service repository storing a set of services is searched based at least in part on the collected set of information associated with the modeled UI. At least a portion of the set of services is presented via a graphical user interface associated with the IDE. A selection of at least one of the presented set of services is received, and an augmented version of the modeled UI is generated based on the received selection. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047048 | DELIVERY AND PRICING INFORMATION IN EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT - An exposure management system may include customizable pricing and delivery components interfacing with existing organizational systems and third party systems. The pricing component may enable an organization to enter variable pricing terms, such as customizable pricing formulas that depend on a published price averaged over time. Data used in the pricing formulas and terms may be obtained electronically from various sources. The delivery component may enable the exposure management system to measure risks associated with split or periodic deliveries. The delivery component may also interface with existing systems, such as ERP, CRM, and inventory management systems, to verify that deliveries actually occurred. Methods and devices are provided. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042364 | PASSWORD PROTECTION TECHNIQUES USING FALSE PASSWORDS - A password manager may receive a password, and a false password generator may generate at least one false password, based on the password. A false password selector may store the at least one false password together with the password. A password handler may receive a login attempt that includes the at least one false password, and an attack detector may determine that the login attempt is potentially unauthorized, based on the receipt of the at least one false password. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBJECT SIMULATION IN AN INTERMITTENTLY CONNECTED MOBILE APPLICATION - The generation and comparison of a first time stamp and a second time stamp allows for the active operation of a mobile device that is intermittently connected to a middleware system. A document is created with a first time stamp, where this document relates to a particular activity associated with one or more objects. Affected object fields are also created to include a second time stamp. The first time stamp is updated to reflect a data request object and the second time stamp reflects when the affected object is adjusted on the back-end system. Until the second time stamp is later in time than the first time stamp, indicating successful processing of the data request object, the mobile device simulates the successful processing of the data request object to reflect the adjustment in a data object value. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041988 | Selectively Upgrading Clients in a Multi-Tenant Computing System - An application server in a multi-tenant computing system is enabled access to a first set of tables and views in a database according to a first schema. The views in the first schema correspond to a table in a second schema. Thereafter, the table in the second schema is modified to add a column. Views of the modified table as defined by the second schema are generated in a third schema so that the third schema defines a second set of tables and views in the database. Subsequently, access by the application server to the second set of tables and views in the database is enabled and access by the application server to the first set of tables and views in the database is prevented. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041933 | ONLINE DATA MIGRATION - Data is recursively migrated during uptime from a first table to a second table in a first schema in a database while taking into account changes to the first table in a change table. The database has first and second application servers respectively connecting to the database using first and second schemas and running first and second versions of a software program. Downtime can be initiated to migrate the remaining entries in the change table to the second table, delete the first table, and rename the second table to have a same name as the first table prior to deletion so that during uptime the second application server connects to the second table and runs the second version of the software program. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041794 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO VALIDATE COMPONENT-BASED IMPLEMENTATIONS OF BUSINESS PROCESSES - A computer-implemented method and system to validate component-based implementation of business processes are provided. The method comprises accessing an abstract business process and a specific business process. The specific business process includes sub-steps that refine a step in the abstract business process. A refinement between the abstract business process and the specific business process is validated using a first Petri Net. Component models are accesses, where the respective component models describe an operation performed by a component corresponding to the component model. A grounding between the sub-steps and the component models is validated using a second Petri Net. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038940 | Mobile Printing Solution - A computer-implemented method and system for printing electronic documents. The method includes receiving a printing request from an application executed on the mobile device, via a socket connection conforming to a standard network communications protocol, the printing request generated from a print preview by the application. The method includes retrieving application data from the printing request. The method includes populating a print template with the retrieved application data, the print template including application data placeholders and print commands, the print commands being in a language of a printer device connected to the mobile device, wherein the retrieved application data replaces the application data placeholders. The method includes forwarding the populated print template to the printer device, the print commands instructing the printer device to print a document where the application data is presented according to the print template. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120036165 | UPGRADING COLUMN-BASED DATABASES - Techniques are described in which at least one column is added to a table in a column-based database that has a plurality of columns and table fields. A shadow-in-place upgrade of the column-based database can be performed that adds at least one new column to the database. Thereafter, access to the column-based database can be seamlessly enabled before, during, and after the upgrade through a plurality of views. The views define a subset of the fields in the database that are visible. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036162 | AUTHORIZATION CHECK OF DATABASE QUERY THROUGH MATCHING OF ACCESS RULE TO ACCESS PATH IN APPLICATION SYSTEMS - A method is provided to check user authorization to access a database, the method comprising: receiving a database query; producing an execution plan for the query; receiving an access rule applicable to a user associated with the query; determining whether the access rules permits processing of the query according to the plan; and rejecting the query in response to a determination that the access rule does not allow processing of the query according to the plan. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035886 | VISUAL PATHFINDER FOR PRODUCT STRUCTURE RECURSIONS - A system and method to identify recursion in a virtual product structure. Initially, the virtual product structure is analyzed to identify the existence of a recursion. Once a recursion is identified, a graphical representation of the virtual product structure is generated and displayed to graphically exposure the recursion. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030664 | PROCESSING OF SOFTWARE OBJECTS MOVED INTO A DROPZONE REGION OF AN APPLICATION - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing code representing instructions that when executed are configured to cause a processor to perform a process. The code can comprise code to receive, on a client side of a network, an indicator that a first software object has been moved from a first application into a dropzone region of a second application. The code can include code to receive an indicator that a second software object has been moved into the dropzone region of the second application, and code to access a plurality of dropzone conditions. The code can include code to determine that a dropzone condition from the plurality of dropzone conditions has been satisfied based on the first software object and the second software object both being moved into the dropzone region, and code to send to a server side of a network an indicator that the dropzone condition has been satisfied. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEST STRATEGY OPTIMIZATION - A test strategy optimizer for minimizing the impact of software update correctness testing is provided for software having several processes. Each process may have a criticality level associated with it and a test effort level associated with it. An update analyzer may determine what functions are modified and a dependency analyzer may determine what processes are connected to modifications, and thus require testing. User input may specify global test parameters related to test time, test completeness per criticality level, test iterations, etc. The test strategy optimizer will then take the process parameters, process dependencies, and user criteria to calculate the most efficient test procedure and provide information about the same. The test strategy optimizer may also provide adjustment tools, so users may modify parameters, based on the resulting information. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030612 | DYNAMIC PROPERTY ATTRIBUTES - A non-transitory recordable storage medium having recorded and stored thereon instructions that, when executed, may perform the actions of assigning an object as a selected object in a property window in response to a selection of the object, the object including a driven property and a driving property, reading one or more properties of the selected object, determining an instance value of the driving property using a custom property descriptor and returning a value of the driven property based on the instance value of the driving property using the custom property descriptor. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030598 | DECISION AIDING USER INTERFACES - Various embodiments include at least one of a system, method, and software providing at least one user interface allowing a user to rapidly choose an optimal item, as represented by multi-attribute data objects, among a set of comparable items. One example method embodiment includes receiving a dataset having a plurality of data objects with a plurality of data object attributes. The method further includes generating a view of the data objects within a user interface on a display device. Such a view may include a representation of at least a subset of the plurality of data objects along a first axis with data objects positioned in proximity to a first pole of the first axis relative to importance of the data objects according to data object attribute criterion. The view may also include a representation of data object attributes including at least two designated as data object attribute criterion. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030591 | LOGICAL DATA MODEL ABSTRACTION IN A PHYSICALLY DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT - A component object binds business driven services to a graphical user interface (GUI). The object includes a data model, view model and controller. The view model graphically presents, and the controller manipulates data used by the object. The controller includes an event handler that respond to events generated within the GUI and binds data used by the object to a data source which can be another component object or a remotely located source. The event handler can call a local script to calculate the value of a data element within the object. The component object can be instantiated on a client, and can be configured to communicate with a corresponding component object on a server. The client and server component objects can exchange only that data that needs to be exchanged to maintain the current state of a user interface in the client computer. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030573 | FRAMEWORK FOR AD-HOC PROCESS FLEXIBILITY - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing a unified runtime framework and graphical, process-centric user interface for ad-hoc business process flexibility. One process includes operations for providing process instances of one or more business processes in a process visualization user interface. A request to initiate an ad-hoc change of a selected process instance is received from the client, and client user interaction options for implementing the ad-hoc change are provided to the client. A selection of a particular user interaction option for implementing the ad-hoc change is received from the client, and the ad-hoc change is implemented. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030552 | ATTACHING LINKS TO EMAIL - The subject matter discloses a computerized apparatus for linking to an attached file from a text, the apparatus having a processor, the apparatus comprising a receiving module configured to receive an object comprising the text, wherein the object further comprises the attached file, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a file identification associated with the attached file, wherein the receiver is further configured to determine a representation of the file in the text; a storage device for retaining the object received by the receiving module; a linking module configured to determine a link object, wherein the link object refers to the file, wherein the link object is displayable using the representation of the file; and an applying module configured to modify the object retained in the memory, wherein the applying module is configured to insert in the text the link object determined by the linking module. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030515 | USE OF ATTRIBUTE SETS FOR TEST ENTITY IDENTIFICATION DURING SOFTWARE TESTING - An attribute collector may collect an attribute set for each test entity of a plurality of test entities associated with a software test executed in a software environment. An attribute analysis signal handler may receive an attribute analysis signal associated with a change in the software environment, and a view generator may provide an attribute-based view associated with an affected attribute set associated with the change, the attribute-based view identifying an affected test entity that is affected by the change. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030275 | PROVIDING STATUS INFORMATION FOR COMPONENTS IN A DISTRIBUTED LANDSCAPE - In a distributed landscape, different levels of data caches, such as a memory cache and prefetch tables, are provided for storing status and other information about a remote system to a client. Status information may be provided to the client from a memory cache if available and up to date. The memory cache may be updated using information stored in the one or more prefetch tables or by reading the data from the remote system(s). The prefetch tables may be updated by reading information from the remote systems. The data caches are dynamically updated to store the most up-to-date status information available. The data stored in each data cache level may be updated at predetermined intervals or upon a request by the client. Status messages for the one or more remote systems selected are displayed, providing the client with a status overview of the distributed landscape. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030223 | EXTENSIBILITY OF BUSINESS PROCESS AND APPLICATION LOGIC - A core system including different program components performing distinct tasks in a workflow sequence that are initiated through status field updates of objects in database may be modified to define a new status triggering additional processes in an action management system. Once the additional processes are completed, the status field may be changed to an original status provided by the core system to trigger a second program component in the workflow sequence. The action management system may contain user customized processes that may be modified and changed independent of the functionality provided by the core system. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030184 | DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEM UTILIZING AN EXTENDED TWO-PHASE-COMMIT PROCESS - A distributed database system is provided in which a commit coordinator ensures that transactions spanning multiple database instances are committed or rolled back consistently. The commit coordinator utilizes an extended two-phase-commit process. The extension of the two-phase-commit process enables, that if within the distributed database cohorts store redundant data for a productive operation, only one of the cohorts out of a redundancy group are required. By this, the distributed database is prepared to continue operation even during shutdown or failure of single cohorts. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030180 | ARCHIVE-SYSTEM-INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE-TYPE OBJECTS - This disclosure provides various embodiments for archiving a business object. At least one particular business object is identified for archiving. The particular business object has associated data including type data corresponding to a business object type of the at least one particular business object, structured business data, and unstructured attachment data. At least one archive-type object is created corresponding to the particular business object by enriching the unstructured attachment data with type-specific metadata including data identifying at least one attribute of the business object type. The archive-type object is archive-system-independent. The at least one archive-type object is exported to at least one archiving system for storage in at least one memory device of the archiving system. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030122 | AGILE WORKFLOW MODELING AND EXECUTION BASED ON DOCUMENT - A workflow document processing machine supports agile modeling and agile execution of a workflow that comprises tasks, one or more of which may be dynamically added, changed, or identified during execution of the workflow. The workflow document processing machine accesses a pre-process workflow document, a tactical goal data structure, and business process data resultant from execution of a task pertinent to the workflow. The workflow document processing machine modifies a document portion based on the task data structure and on the business process data. Based on the pre-process workflow document and on the modified document portion, the workflow document processing machine generates a post-process workflow document, which may be accessed as a pre-process workflow document by another machine. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027202 | ADAPTIVE AND SECURE MODULAR CONNECTION - A method and system to increase the security of messages transmitted over an otherwise unsecured network. A secure channel is established in a normal manner over the network. A demodularization module on the sender sends a demodularization method to the intended receiver over the secure channel. The sender encodes a message definition and message data separately consistent with the demodularization method. The message definition and message key is sent over the secure channel as one transmission and the message data with the message key is sent as separate transmissions over the secure channel. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023485 | Dynamic Test Scripts - A method and apparatus for generating dynamic test scripts enables the design and use of testing scripts that are independent of an application and the user interface layout of the application. The method and apparatus store a set of test data, checks and an action list independent from a test script. The test script matches the properties of the test data, checks and action list items with the properties of user interface elements in an application at run-time. The run-time matching allows for the script to be utilized for different applications as well as altered or updated versions of those applications with minimal or no changes to the testing script. This method and system are particularly relevant for the testing of applications using the user interface rather than backend utilities (APIs, services etc.). | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023484 | AUTOMATION OF TESTING FOR USER INTERFACE APPLICATIONS - A host software application implementing business processes and providing a graphical display associated with a user interface (UI) for a user in a client program executing on a client frontend device that is separate from a backend device storing metadata associated with the UI may be initiated. An automation graphical symbol may provide the user with an option to initiate a test on events of the host software application, during execution of the host software application. A request from the user may be received, to initiate a test on events of the host software application. Information may be received from the user indicating one or more selected specific events for performing the test. The test may be initiated on the selected specific events, based on a state of execution of the host software application at an initial time of the user indicating the selected specific events for performing the test. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023454 | SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT USING LINKED EVENTS - An event scheduler may schedule a first event having a first recurrence characteristic within a scheduling module, and to schedule a second event having a second recurrence characteristic within the scheduling module. A link manager may store a link between the first event and the second event within the scheduling module. A view generator may provide an event view which indicates the link in association with at least one of the first event and the second event. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023421 | MODEL FOR EXTENSIONS TO SYSTEM PROVIDING USER INTERFACE APPLICATIONS - A customized application that is declared based on an abstract class definition derived from a declared host component model associated with a host software application implementing business processes and providing a graphical display associated with a user interface (UI) for a user in a client program executing on a client frontend device storing metadata associated with the UI for the client frontend device may be initiated, the metadata including a declaration of the declared host component model and a declaration of the abstract class definition. Access to data and functionality of the host software application may be obtained via the customized application. Customized output may be provided that is different from host output provided by the host software application, the customized output generated by accessing, via the abstract class definition, the declared host component model, for accessing the same data and functionality that is accessed by the host software application. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023187 | Multi-Tenant Universal Storage Manager - In one aspect, a universal storage manager in a multi-tenant computing system receives at least one message requesting a change to a storage infrastructure of the multi-tenant computing system. Thereafter, the universal storage manager associates the requested change with one of a plurality of operations changing the storage infrastructure. Once this association is made, the universal storage manager initiates the associated operation to change the storage infrastructure. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023154 | RAPID CLIENT-SIDE COMPONENT PROCESSING BASED ON COMPONENT RELATIONSHIPS - A client database manager can cause a memory of a client device on a client side of a network to store a first component, a second component, and a relationship value representing a dependent relationship between the first component and the second component. A client processing module can cause a processor to receive, after the storing, a request to process the first component at the client device. The client database manager can send to the server side of the network a request for an update of at least one of the first component or the second component. The client processing module can cause the processor to process at the client device, before receiving a response to the request for the update from the server side of the network, at least a portion of the first component and at least a portion of the second component based on the relationship value. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023125 | OPTIMIZING SEARCH FOR INSERT-ONLY DATABASES AND WRITE-ONCE DATA STORAGE - A search of an insert-only database is performed using a search string in a non-key field to obtain a result set having both valid and invalid entries. Each entry includes a primary key field and the primary key field is subsequently scanned for entries in the result set to determine which entries are valid. Thereafter, invalid entries are removed from the result set to result in a modified result set. Such removal can be based, for example, on the timestamp of the respective entries. In some implementations, a secondary persistence is utilized. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120016999 | Context for Sharing Data Objects - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing a context service for sharing data objects among different components. One process includes operations for receiving a data object for inclusion in a hosted context storage and determining user information associated with a client with access to the data object. After the data object and the user information are stored in the hosted context storage, a request for the data object is received from the client. The data object is provided to the client based on an authentication status of the client. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PROCESS MODEL RECONFIGURATION BASED ON PROCESS EXECUTION CONTEXT - Methods and systems to dynamically reconfigure an instance of a process model based on process execution context are described. In one example, a system includes a context engine, a rules engine, and a business process engine. The context engine maintains context information related to a business process model. The context information is dynamically updated continuously. The rules engine produces decisions based on information from the context engine. The rules engine evaluates decision points within an instance of the business process model using a relevant context obtained from the context engine. The rule engine also receives changes in context dynamically from the context engine, and re-evaluates decision points based on the context changes. The business process engine executes the instance of the business process model and can dynamically alter the instance during execution based on decisions generated by the rules engine. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016802 | AUTOMATIC EVENT MANAGEMENT FOR REGULATION COMPLIANCE - In one embodiment, a method includes determining a plurality of event types where each event type associated with event metadata. An event is received and an event type in the plurality of event types for the received event is determined. The method determines event metadata for the determined event type and event data from the event based on the event metadata. A rule associated with the event type is determined where the rule includes a criterion based on a regulatory compliance issue. A computing device evaluates the event data with the criterion to determine if the event is non-compliant or compliant with the regulatory compliance issue. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011515 | Resource Consumption Template Processing Model - In one embodiment, a method determines a task to execute in a computer processing system. A resource consumption template from a plurality of resource consumption templates is determined for the task. The plurality of resource consumption templates have different priorities. A computer processing system determines resources for the task based on the determined resource consumption template. Also, the computer processing system processes the task using the allocated resources. The processing of the task is prioritized based on the priority of the resource consumption template. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011389 | SELECTIVELY INCREASING THROUGHPUT OF A CPU CORE - In a computing system having a multi-core central processing unit (CPU) having at least two cores, it is determined that a task to be scheduled meets clock acceleration criteria such as requiring a number of threads less than or equal to a pre-defined threshold and/or having tasks that will run above a pre-determined amount of time. Thereafter, a clock speed of a first core of the CPU is increased and a clock speed of a second core of the CPU is decreased. Once the clock speeds have been adjusted, the task is scheduled to be executed by the first core. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011190 | BROKERED CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE - A cloud broker receives a request for processing resources from one of a plurality of cloud management infrastructures (each of which correspond to one of a plurality of clouds). The cloud broker selectively enables access to the clouds associated with each cloud management infrastructure. The clouds each comprise segregated computing environments having at least one server for executing tasks and a data store for data persistency attached to the at least one server. The cloud management infrastructures selectively starts and stops services executed by the corresponding cloud. After receiving the request, the cloud broker identifies which of the plurality of clouds coupled to the cloud broker has processing capacity to fulfill the request. Subsequently, the cloud broker enables access to at least one of the identified clouds having capacity to fulfill the request. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011149 | Systems and Methods for Secure Access of Data - In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method comprising receiving a first query in a local computer system to access data stored on a remote computer system the local computer system. Data elements of the remote data are associated with data elements of the local data. The query is transformed into multiple queries. A second query is sent to the remote computer system to retrieve remote data. A first data result is received and stored on the local computer system and incorporated into a third query. The third query is executed against the local data and the first data result to produce a result. Sensitive data may be stored locally in a dimension table of a star schema and non-sensitive data may be stored remotely in a fact table and another dimension table of the star schema, for example. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011061 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING NET PAYMENT IN SOCIAL SERVICES - A method and system of generating net calculation documents for issuing benefits to a recipient. The method and system may include receiving gross payment documents (GPDs) each including a plurality of gross payment items (GPIs) each including a benefit amount the recipient is entitled to and deduction plan documents (DPDs) each including a plurality of deduction plan items (DPIs) each including a deduction amount from a corresponding GPI. Responsive to receiving one of an update to at least one of the GPIs and at least one new GPIs, the method and system may further include grouping all GPIs into groups based on pre-determined criteria, determining a time period that extends over all GPIs that are affected by the updated/new GPIs and need recalculation, determining net calculation units (NCUs) each unit having an identical payment frequency, dividing the NCUs into homogeneous time slices based on benefit payment dates, and for each time slice, generating a NCD including a header, a plurality of GPIs and DPIs for the time slice. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICES MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of a system, machine readable storage medium and a computer-implemented method for implementing a services management system for providing services to a recipient are disclosed. The system may include a computer application controller operating on a back end server accessible by a user application operating on a front end server. The back end server may generate a computer object in response to remote function calls performed by the user application operating on the front end server. Data in the remote function calls may contain data related to services approved for a particular recipient. The generated computer objects may be operated upon by processes executing on the back end server that calculate a gross entitlement amount of benefits for the recipient. The calculated amounts may be passed to a gross payment calculation object and a net calculation objects. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011038 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROSS PAYMENT ITEM DETERMINATION IN PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES - Disclosed are embodiments that provide a system, computer readable medium and a computer-implemented method for calculating gross payment items (GPIs) to provide monetary benefits to a recipient. The disclosed embodiment may use a computer processor of a back end of the computer system to generate an entitlement document for a benefit plan. The entitlement document may include a plurality of entitlement items, each including an entitlement amount for an entitlement period. The entitlement frequencies may be mapped to payment frequencies that each GPI has a corresponding entitlement item. Moreover, a due date for each GPI may be calculated and compared to a reference date to determine whether each GPI is due. Further, for each GPI, an existing overlapping GPI is checked and gross payment amounts are set by taking the existing overlapping GPI into account. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011037 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A SOCIAL SERVICE DEDUCTION PLAN - A method and system of generating deduction plan document for issuing benefits to a recipient. The method and system may include receiving a request from a user to generate a deduction plan document; responsive to receiving the request, creating a new deduction plan document including a header and at least one data item, the header including a category data field, the at least one data item including item category and deduction amount data fields; populating the data field of the header by displaying a first graphic user interface (GUI) page through which the user enters a value to the category data field of the header; populating the data fields of the at least one data item by displaying a second GUI page through which the user enters values to the data fields of the at least one data item; responsive to the populating the deduction plan document, simulating the deduction plan document being executed in a subsequent net calculation process; and responsive to receiving a simulation result from the net calculation process, determining whether the simulation result is satisfactory; if not, displaying a third GUI page to the user for adjusting the deduction amount; and if so, displaying a third GUI page for the user to approve and activate the deduction plan document. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010914 | Dynamic, Privacy-aware Workforce Assignment - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first activity map. A first mobile client determines first positioning information based on a first position of the first mobile client. The first mobile client generates a second activity map using the first positioning information of the first mobile client as a damping factor for activity in the first activity map. The first mobile client sends the second activity map to a balancing manager. A third activity map is received from the balancing manager. The third activity map is based on the second activity map from the first mobile client and a second activity map from a second mobile client. The second activity map from the second mobile client is generated using second positioning information for a second position of the second mobile client as the damping factor. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE HANDLING & MASS PROCESSING OF CALCULATION DOCUMENTS - Disclosed are embodiments that may provide a system, computer readable medium and a computer-implemented method for calculating gross payment items to provide monetary benefits to a recipient. The disclosed embodiments may include generating an entitlement document for a benefit plan. The entitlement document may contain data indicating the type of benefits to be provided and a plurality of entitlement items that each may include an entitlement amount for an entitlement period. The method may further include calculating due dates for the entitlement periods according to a due date rule, comparing the calculated due dates to a reference date to determine due dates are in the future; and for any entitlement period having a due date in the future, determining whether the entitlement amounts are a constant; and if true, generating a compressed gross payment item (GPI) to represent all future entitlement periods. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING COMPLEX CALCULATIONS IN SOCIAL SERVICES - Disclosed are embodiments that may provide a system, computer readable storage medium and a computer-implemented method for confirming and updating the type of benefits and an amount of service benefits to be provided to a recipient. The back end of the computer system may generate an entitlement document according to a services plan. A payment document containing data items indicating the type of benefits, the amount of services benefits to provide to the recipient, and a payment of the benefit may be generated according to the current entitlement document. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120005670 | DISTRIBUTED CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE - Availability of processing resources of client computing systems can be registered by a client virtual machine on each of the plurality of client computing systems with a cloud controller. Thereafter, the cloud controller selectively dispatches tasks to at least one of the client virtual machines based on availability of corresponding processing resources and a level of workload in at least one datacenter coupled to the cloud controller. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005190 | PERFORMING COMPLEX OPERATIONS IN A DATABASE USING A SEMANTIC LAYER - The present invention includes a database with a semantic layer for performing standard SQL and complex operations custom to one or more application. In one embodiment the present invention includes receiving a data request from an application in a database, the data request specifying standard SQL operations and custom application operations to be performed for said application. The data request is processed in a semantic layer of the database. The semantic layer processes the standard SQL operations and the custom application operations and generates a logical execution plan comprising the standard SQL operations and the custom application operations. The logical execution plan is converted into a physical execution plan, which is executed by the database to generate a data result. The data result may be sent back to the application. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110321154 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CONSTRAINTS FOR USE IN ACCESS CONTROL - In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method for generating constraints for use in an access control system. In one embodiment, roles, document types, and permissions are stored in a 3-D model, such as a matrix or table. The 3-D model is converted to 2-D models, where users are inserted for roles and documents are inserted for document types. The 3-D model and 2-D models represent access rights. Supplemental information about the access rights is added to the 2-D tables. In one embodiment, attribute exploration is used to generate supplemental information. Constraints are generated from the 2-D tables for use in controlling access rights in a computer system. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110321058 | Adaptive Demand-Driven Load Balancing - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing adaptive demand-driven load balancing for processing jobs in business applications. One process includes operations for identifying a workload for distribution among a plurality of work processes. A subset of the workload is assigned to a plurality of work processes for processing of the subset of the workload based on an application-dependent algorithm. An indication of availability is received from one of the plurality of work processes, and a new subset of the workload is assigned to the work process. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320805 | SECURE SHARING OF DATA ALONG SUPPLY CHAINS - Implementations of methods of sharing data in a supply chain, the data corresponding to an item having a tag associated therewith, include generating data corresponding to the item, generating a data reference, encrypting the data using an encryption key to provide encrypted data, transmitting the encrypted data over a network for storage in a database based on the data reference, writing the data reference and the encryption key to the tag, and transferring the item to a successor in the supply chain. Implementations include retrieving information electronically stored on the tag, the information comprising a data reference and an encryption key, transmitting a data request over a network for retrieving encrypted data from a database, the data request comprising the data reference, receiving the encrypted data from the database, and decrypting the encrypted data using the encryption key to provide decrypted data. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320521 | User Interface Communication - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive a first service request for data from a user application executing on at least one first machine and, in response to the receiving, synchronously transmit a service request identification to the user application in reply to the first service request, as well as dispatching the first service request as an additional request to an application layer executing on at least one second machine. Further activities may include notifying the user application that a second response, including the data, is available for consumption (after receiving a response to the additional request), receiving a second service request from the user application, along with the service request identification, and synchronously transmitting the second response to the user application in reply to the second service request. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110314261 | Prefetch of Attributes in Evaluating Access Control Requests - In an embodiment, a method is provided for prefetching attributes used in access control evaluation. In this method, an access control policy that comprises rules is retrieved. These rules further comprise parameters. At least one of the rules is categorized into a class from multiple classes based on at least one of the parameters. Here, the class is a grouping based on at least one of these parameters. An attribute associated with the at least one of these parameters is identified and this attribute is mapped to the class. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314233 | MULTI-CORE QUERY PROCESSING USING ASYNCHRONOUS BUFFERS - A system may include a buffer monitor configured to monitor buffer content of a buffer being used during processing of a query workflow in which write tasks of the query workflow write data to the buffer and read tasks of the query workflow read data from the buffer, the buffer having a buffer capacity. The system may include a threshold manager configured to compare the buffer content to a low threshold and to a high threshold that are defined relative to the buffer capacity, and a speed controller configured to control a number of the write tasks relative to a number of the read tasks that are currently executing the query workflow, to thereby maintain the buffer content between the low threshold and the high threshold. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313966 | ACTIVITY SCHEMES FOR SUPPORT OF KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE TASKS - An activity scheme designer may associate an activity scheme with a task of a process model that includes a plurality of tasks, the activity scheme including a directed graph of nodes in which the nodes represent knowledge actions to be performed at least partially by human users, and in which edges of the directed graph connecting the nodes are probabilistically weighted. A workflow engine may instantiate the process model for execution, including associating an instance of the task with a user of the human users, the task instance including instance-specific data associated with completing the execution. An activity scheme transformer may transform the activity scheme for the user, based on the instance-specific data, a context of the user including applications and information resources available to the user, and a personal profile of the user. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110298724 | Bridging Multi and/or Single Point Devices and Applications - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods determining a number of contact points applied to a touch-screen, executing, using one or more processors, an application function based on the number of contact points, determining that the number of contact points has decreased during execution of the application function, determining that the number of contact points is greater than zero, and continuing execution of the application function in response to determining that the number of contact points is greater than zero. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296419 | EVENT-BASED COORDINATION OF PROCESS-ORIENTED COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS - A process model specified using, for example, UML activity diagrams can be translated into an event-based model that can be executed on top of a coordination middleware. For example, a process model may be encoded as a collection of coordinating objects that interact with each other through a coordination middleware including a shared memory space. This approach is suitable for undertaking post-deployment adaptation of process-oriented composite applications. In particular, new control dependencies can be encoded by dropping new (or enabling existing) coordinating objects into the space and/or disabling existing ones. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295646 | SERVICE DELIVERY MANAGEMENT FOR BROKERED SERVICE DELIVERY OF SERVICE GROUPS - A broker consumer gateway may interface with a service consumer of a computing device consuming a service group including at least two asynchronously executing services, including receiving requests for forms, providing the forms, and receiving submitted forms. A service delivery manager may execute delivery of the service group to the service consumer. The service delivery manager may include a service coordinator that coordinates the delivery of the service group, based on a coordination model characterizing the service group in which the forms are associated with service states of the at least two services of the service group, and in which transitions between the service states are executed based on the submitted forms. The service delivery manager may include a service group manager that identifies synchronization states within the coordination model at which it is allowable for the service delivery manager to alter a group level attribute of the service group. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295645 | SERVICE DELIVERY MANAGEMENT FOR BROKERED SERVICE DELIVERY - A broker consumer gateway may interface with a service consumer of a computing device consuming at least one service of at least one service provider, including receiving requests for forms, providing the forms, and receiving submitted forms. A service delivery manager may deliver the at least one service. The service delivery manager may include a consumer session manager that creates at least one consumer session to execute at least a portion of the at least one service, a consumer instance manager that creates at least one instance of the at least one service, and a service coordinator configured to coordinate the delivery of the at least one service, based on a coordination model characterizing the at least one service in which the forms are associated with service states of the at least one service and in which transitions between the service states are executed based on the submitted forms. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110289307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECT SWITCHING OF DATA CONTENT - The invention may provide “undo” (e.g., rollback) features, along with data management simplification features, to an update package model of software suite development/evolution. New functions, which may have disruption effects for customers, may be installed into the core configuration data with inactive switches. Upon activation, a switch status may change, and a query filter may use the activated function (e.g., as associated with the switch ID). Original functions may be maintained, giving the user the ability to deactivate an activated function, and thereby reverting the system back to the prior configuration status. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110283242 | REPORT OR APPLICATION SCREEN SEARCHING - Search results may be graphically displayed on a client device as thumbnail images. A search for one or more files in the form of a search term may be received from a client device. The search may be executed based on the search term by searching one or more databases corresponding to applications associated with the client device. One or more files may be identified that satisfy the search term. Metadata associated with the identified files may be processed to generate a thumbnail image of the file based at least in part on the metadata for each of the one or more identified files. The thumbnail images of at least a subset of the identified files may be provided to and displayed on the client device. The associated files may be accessed by the client device. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110283231 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES BY INTERACTIONS WITH VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF DATASETS - This disclosure provides examples of computerized methods and software for performing analytical procedures by interacting with visual representations of datasets. In one aspect, a visualization of a first dataset is displayed in a first portion of a GUI, where that visualization is associated with a set of criteria applied to the first dataset. A visualization of a second dataset is displayed in a second portion of the GUI. A selection of at least a portion of the data from the visualization of the first dataset is received, the selection associated with at least one set of set of criteria from the first dataset. A request to apply the selection to the second dataset is received, and, based thereon, the set of criteria from the first dataset is applied to the second dataset to generate a third dataset. A visual representation of the third dataset is then displayed in the GUI. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110283188 | VALUE INTERVAL SELECTION ON MULTI-TOUCH DEVICES - This disclosure provides examples of computerized methods and software for receiving time-based interval selections on multi-touch devices. In one aspect, a time interval slider is displayed in a portion of a graphical user interface, where the time interval slider is a listing of time values in a single dimension at a first granularity level. A request is received via a multi-touch gesture to change from the first granularity level of time values to a second granularity level of time values in the time interval slider. In response, an updated set of time values at a second granularity level is displayed within the time interval slider. A selection of a first time value is received for a first endpoint in a time interval via a first touch input, and a selection of a second time value is received for a second endpoint in the time interval via a second touch input. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110283148 | GENERATING REUSABLE TEST COMPONENTS OUT OF REMOTE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE - In an aspect, the present application relates to a computer-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for (automatically) generating reusable test components to test software applications. The computer-implemented method for generating reusable test components to test software applications may comprise: accessing an object model relating to at least part of a software application; and generating at least one test component applicable to test the software application, comprising: analyzing the object model, generating a meta-description from the object model and store the meta information in at least one descriptor according to a meta model, and generating the test component and a corresponding component implementation based on the descriptor. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282914 | INTEGRATED APPLICATION SERVER AND DATA SERVER PROCESSES WITH MATCHING DATA FORMATS - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a computer-implemented method comprising storing data in an application using an application custom data type and application custom data structure. The data is stored in a database using the application custom data type and the application custom data structure. In one embodiment, a request is sent to access the data from the application to the database. The data is retrieved from the database in response to the request in the application custom data type and the application custom data structure. In one embodiment, the data is sent from the database to a shared memory in the application custom data type and the application custom data structure and the data is retrieved by the application from the shared memory in the application custom data type and the application custom data structure. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282704 | ANALYZING BUSINESS DATA FOR PLANNING APPLICATIONS - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing efficient planning through analyzing data. One process includes operations for generating a business object containing parameters and plan data of a business plan, the plan data represented by a plurality of aggregation levels. A change to a particular item in the plan data is identified, the change associated with a particular aggregation level. The change to the particular item is automatically propagated to a lowest level of granularity of the plan data, and the change to the particular item is available to each of the plurality of aggregation levels. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110276360 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a budget availability control register, a financial accounting view of work order, a funds commitment document, an insurance contract, and/or a project cost estimate business object. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110271286 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION FUNCTION CONSOLIDATION - Systems and methods that facilitate keeping or improving the current/prior level of complexity in a software package, despite enhancement package additions. To keep the current number of business functions (e.g., some software configuration or functionality), new packages may have to consolidate older ones. Consolidating business functions may include dissolving those functions into the core set of functions (e.g., those functions that are “always on”) or to merge them with other business functions (e.g., to be switched on or off as a set). Additionally, if a function is simply not used, and will never be used again, the function may be dissolved completely. Regardless, disruption to the customer should be minimized by any consolidation of functions. Systems and methods identify functions that can be automatically consolidated, and facilitate the consolidation of any remaining functions. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271278 | LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-TENANT SAAS APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for managing life-cycles of a “software as a service” (SaaS) software application. In one embodiment, a method comprises installing the SaaS software application in a system landscape on a computer server, the system landscape containing at least an application server and a database (DB) server; separating system data from customer data and storing them in different databases; creating a virtual machine (VM) image for the system landscape, the VM image to include the databases containing system data and exclude the databases containing customer data; deploying the SaaS software application to one or more computer servers by loading VMs based on the VM image; when the SaaS software application need to be upgraded to a new version, preparing a new VM image with the new version of the SaaS software application and using the new VM image. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271137 | UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR CONFIGURATION VALIDATION - A modular framework may be provided for configuration checks that enable a developer to classify and describe each check and then subsequently search for checks and integrate them with other checks. Each check may include a dependency on other checks to create a hierarchy. Additionally, multiple checks may be combined. The combination of checks may be used to check configuration of specific processes or systems. Each check unit and business configuration check may contain keywords, descriptions, and documentation to enable the checks to be subsequently searched and reused in different applications. Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture may be provided. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271107 | System and Method for Comparing Private Data - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods including accessing a first private value, generating a first intermediate value based on the first private value, receiving a second intermediate value that is based on a second private value, generating a first comparison value based on the second intermediate value, receiving over the network a second comparison value that is based on the first intermediate value, comparing the first comparison value and the second comparison value to generate a result, and displaying the result, the result indicating that the first private is greater than the second private value when the first comparison value is less than the second comparison value, and the result indicating that the first private value is less than or equal to the second private value when the first comparison value is greater than the second comparison value. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270721 | MONITORING APPLICATION INTERACTIONS WITH ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS - Networked services may interface with enterprise systems of an organization to access data in the enterprise systems. A networked service may be able to retrieve, manipulate, and store data in the enterprise systems. Once a networked service interfacing with enterprise systems has been created, developers may create apps or applications that call one or more networked services to access data in the enterprise systems. The apps may provide basic functionality, such as generating a user interface in a specific device using a specific industry standard platform for incorporating data from enterprise systems accessed by a linked service. Networked services may also contain modules for tracking calls or invocations of the service together with an identifier of an associated application and user, in addition to other data. This data may be recorded in a database and shared to compensate parties based on actual usage of the services and/or apps. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270711 | MANAGING APPLICATION INTERACTIONS WITH ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS - Networked services may interface with enterprise systems of an organization to access data in the enterprise systems. A networked service may be able to retrieve, manipulate, and store data in the enterprise systems. Once a networked service interfacing with enterprise systems has been created, developers may create apps or applications that call one or more networked services to access data in the enterprise systems. The apps may provide basic functionality, such as generating a user interface in a specific device using a specific industry standard platform for incorporating data from enterprise systems accessed by a linked service. Networked services may also contain modules for tracking calls or invocations of the service together with an identifier of an associated application and user, in addition to other data. This data may be recorded in a database and shared to compensate parties based on actual usage of the services and/or apps. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110265060 | Performance-Related Decision Support For Compositions Of Process Modeling Environments - Multiple development models of software applications utilizing different service environments may be annotated with additional information and transformed within a transformation chain into a resulting unified performance analysis model that may be used to evaluate the development models, for example, for simulations and/or analytical sensitivity analysis by utilizing different performance analysis environments. By relating elements of the development models through the transformation chain to elements of resulting unified models, the evaluation may be performed with respect to the resulting/transformed model, but provided to a user in terms of the original development models. In this way, a user of the development models may work with the more-familiar development models, utilizing multiple different performance analysis tools, without having to alter the development models directly in order to obtain the evaluation. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264487 | Embedding Planning Components In Transactional Applications - Two configurable user interface building blocks, an analytics list building block and a search building block, may interface with business planning data in both business intelligence systems and enterprise resource planning systems through an application controller to provide business planning models and applications. The search building block may include parameters to select fields from queries, filters, planning functions, and sequences to filter data included in the planning model. The analytics list building block may provide an interface for customizing components of business planning models. The application controller may ensure application integrity, execute a planning function on the data in the business planning model, and populate an interface with data. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110258617 | CALL GRAPH SIMPLIFICATION/COMPARISON AND AUTOMATIC INITIAL SUSPECTS FINDING OF PERFORMANCE DEGRADATONS - In one embodiment, a method for call graph analysis is provided. The method includes determining a plurality of nodes in a call graph. The plurality of nodes represent resource consumption of functions of a software program executed in a software system. A simplification factor is determined. A first set of nodes in the plurality of nodes is then eliminated based on exclusive values for the plurality of nodes, inclusive values for the plurality of nodes, and the simplification factor. An inclusive value for a node is a first amount of resources consumed by the node and any descendent nodes of that node. An exclusive value for the node is a second amount of resources consumed by the node. A simplified call graph is output including a second set of nodes in the plurality of nodes. The second set of nodes does not include the eliminated first set of nodes. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110252310 | Comparing Documents Having Structured Data - The present disclosure is directed to comparing a first structured data document to a second structured data document, including receiving the first and second structured data documents as first and second encrypted documents, respectively, comparing nodes of the first encrypted document to nodes of the second encrypted document, a content and a location of each of the nodes remaining confidential during the comparing, generating matched pairs of nodes based on the comparing, and storing the matched pairs in computer memory, each matched pair comprising a node of the first encrypted document and a corresponding node of the second encrypted document, determining one or more edit operations based on the matched pairs, and generating an edit script comprising the one or more edit operations, the edit script being executable to transform the first encrypted document to provide a transformed encrypted document that is isomorphic to the second encrypted document. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252137 | Systems and Methods for Dynamically Provisioning Cloud Computing Resources - In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method comprising specifying configuration information for creating one or more software servers as images on a cloud computing system, specifying a processing load threshold, and continuously monitoring a processing load on one or more software servers. If the monitored load exceeds the processing load threshold, a request to the cloud computing system may be generated to instantiate an instance of one of said images. The method further includes creating a server instance on the cloud in response to the request, distributing the processing load across the one or more servers and the server instance, and monitoring the processing load on the one or more servers and the server instance. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110251930 | DATA MANAGEMENT FOR TOP-DOWN RISK BASED AUDIT APPROACH - Particular embodiments generally relate to providing risk management. In one embodiment, a first risk is linked to an account group assertion in a data structure. A second risk is linked to a control objective in the data structure. Access to the first risk is granted through the account group's assertion. Access to the second risk is granted through the control objective. Risk management is then performed using the accessed first risk and second risk. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110246991 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO EFFECTUATE RECOVERY FOR DYNAMIC WORKFLOWS - A computer-implemented smart recovery system for dynamic workflows addresses a change to a data object during execution of an instance of a workflow by selectively re-executing workflow tasks that are affected by the change, without cancelling the instance and restarting a new instance of the workflow. A determination of whether a task is to be re-executed during the smart recovery process may include examining a re-evaluation label assigned to the task. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246470 | FAST SEARCH - Data records in one or more databases may be scanned to create a search index. The search index may include an identifier for each data record scanned, and a list of fragments of data in one or more data fields of each scanned data record. Each fragment in the list may be created by extracting a fixed number of adjoining characters from data in each data field of a corresponding data record. The list of fragments may include all fixed number of adjoining character sequences in each data field of a data record. Multiple search indexes may be included, with each search index including a different fixed number of adjoining characters in the fragment list. Systems and methods may be provided. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246404 | Method for Allocating Trip Sharing - A method and system for allocating users as trip accompanies provides for: creating a first trip prediction algorithm, collecting input parameters, predicting by the first trip prediction algorithm using the collected input parameters as input, at least one first trip, executing a matching method, the matching method comparing attributes of the predicted at least one first trip with attributes of at least one second trip, and allocating the first and the second user to each other as trip accompanies in dependence of the matching score of the first and second potential trip data object. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110238289 | Navigation device and method for predicting the destination of a trip - A navigation device and computer implemented method for predicting the destination of a trip, the method being executed by a navigation device, the method comprising the steps of: determining starting parameters, the starting parameters comprising at least the starting point, starting time and date of the trip, executing a destination prediction algorithm, the destination prediction algorithm taking the starting parameters as input and predicting a destination, wherein the destination prediction algorithm is generated by using information of a trip history; determining, upon arrival at the predicted or another destination, the actual destination. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110231592 | Mashup Infrastructure with Learning Mechanism - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing a mashup infrastructure with a learning mechanism. One process includes operations for receiving a request for connecting a first port of an application with a different port and identifying tagged parameters associated with the first port. A set of potential ports for connecting with the first port based at least in part on the tagged parameters is dynamically determined. A suggestion of potential ports for connecting with the first port, including at least a subset of potential ports selected from the set of potential ports, is presented. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110219044 | System and Method of Optimizing Performance of Schema Matching - In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method of improving performance of schema matching. The method includes storing a matching topology that maps a first data structure to a second data structure. The method further includes identifying a first portion of the matching topology that is a candidate for improvement as determined according to an incidence graph. The method further includes rewriting the first portion of the matching topology with a second portion according to the incidence graph. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110208788 | Service Integration Modeling and Execution Framework - In one embodiment, a method for integrating a service into an application is provided. The method determines an application extensibility description for an application. The application extensibility description includes a set of application extension points. The method determines a service description for a service, the service description including a set of service elements. An adaptation pattern is determined and includes a first port connected to an application extension point in the set of application extension points and a second port connected to a service element in the set of service elements. A computing device generates an integration description based on the adaptation pattern having the first port connected to the application extension point and the second port connected to the service element. The integration description allows the application to be adapted or extended with the service. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110202497 | Systems and Methods for Performing Direct Reporting Access to Transaction Databases - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a computer-implemented method comprising receiving a query and generating first and second requests. The first request is sent to an analytic data store and includes a data transfer indicator representing a time period when the data record was received in the analytic data store. The second request is sent to a transactional model proxy and includes a monotonically changing value, such as a timestamp. The transactional model proxy reads data from a transactional data store based on the value in the request. Data from the analytic and transactional data stores may be aggregated and returned in response to the query. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110173220 | GENERATING WEB SERVICES FROM BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE QUERIES - In an embodiment of the invention, analytical data may be extracted from a business intelligence (BI) system on criteria specified in metadata of a business intelligence query. Once the data is extracted from the BI system, the extracted content may be provided in the context of semantic identifiers. In an embodiment, the semantic identifiers may provide a description of the extracted content associated with the identifier. In one embodiment, the semantic identifiers may be obtained from the criteria specified in the query. In another embodiment, the semantic identifiers may be defined in and obtained from a separate enterprise service repository. In an embodiment, a proposed mapping between query elements and semantic identifiers may be suggested by a processor. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173203 | PROVIDING WEB SERVICES FROM BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE QUERIES - In an embodiment of the invention, analytical data may be extracted from a business intelligence (BI) system on criteria specified in metadata of a business intelligence query. Once the data is extracted from the BI system, the extracted content may be provided in the context of semantic identifiers. In an embodiment, the semantic identifiers may provide a description of the extracted content associated with the identifier. In one embodiment, the semantic identifiers may be obtained from the criteria specified in the query. In another embodiment, the semantic identifiers may be defined in and obtained from a separate enterprise service repository. In an embodiment, a proposed mapping between query elements and semantic identifiers may be suggested by a processor. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110166908 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RISK EVALUATION - Methods, systems and computer products are provided for risk evaluation. A computer may assign a risk to an object which has an object estimation-value. The computer may also receive a risk estimation-value for the risk. The computer may re-calculate the object estimation-value based on the risk estimation-value. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166907 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RISK EVALUATION - Methods, systems and computer products are provided for risk evaluation. A computer may assign a risk to an object which has an object estimation-value. The computer may also receive a risk estimation-value for the risk. The computer may re-calculate the object estimation-value based on the risk estimation-value. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110161424 | AUDIENCE SELECTION AND SYSTEM ANCHORING OF COLLABORATION THREADS - A social network server provides collaboration networking capability for a network system such as a business system. A user can request to tie a collaboration thread to an anchor in the system. The anchor is a primary topic, which can be selected from topics provided by the system, or entered by the user. The selectable topics are derived from within the system. Whether selected or entered, the topic is associated with the collaboration thread to allow the thread to be managed as a resource in the system. The audience for the collaboration thread is controlled by the user, where topics can be applied as filters to generate an audience. The primary topic directs audience selection, and additional audience selection can be achieved by applying boundary topics. The collaboration thread is presented only to the audience, and the audience can be dynamically altered. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161214 | ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT APPLICATION PROVIDING AVAILABILITY CONTROL CHECKS ON REVENUE BUDGETS - A budgetary control system limits revenue generating transactions that may be entered in an enterprise management system. When a new revenue posting is proposed to the system, various AVC rules are evaluated. The evaluation compares the revenue posting against predetermined budgetary limits. The AVC rules may address various nodes within a revenue postings data structure and within a revenue budget data structure and they may define a test relationship that must be maintained between them. If proposed revenue posting would violate the test relationship of an AVC rule, then the revenue posting may be rejected from the system depending upon the contents of a response field in the AVC rule. Some AVC rules mandate that a violation cause the proposed transaction to be blocked while others may generate a warning notification within the system but admit the new transaction despite the violation. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161092 | ENTITY VALIDATION FRAMEWORK - A method is provided for validating one entity, say a business or job applicant, for another entity (the requesting entity), say another business, that includes the steps of, classifying the entity type to be validated based on one or more predefined classifiers of an entity, applying one or more validation rules based on the classification for the entity type to produce a validation request, providing a validation request to one or more validation entities that perform at least a portion of the validation in accordance with the validation rules, and providing a validation outcome to the requesting entity that allows the requesting entity to assess the business or job applicant based on the validation rules and the source of the validation outcomes. Such a system and framework allows businesses to perform checks in a more structured and efficient way and allows for the sharing of validation outcomes amongst like entities. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110159916 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INTEGRATED DEVICE AND MOBILE APPLICATION CLIENT ON MOBILE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Communication between an integrated device and a mobile application client on a mobile personal communication device is performed using a command being socket based and conforming with a standard network communications protocol. The command is forwarded to an intermediate module implemented as a hardware device on the mobile personal communication device, the intermediate module configured for socket based communication according to the standard network communications protocol, the command addressed to an address assigned to a peripheral device of the mobile personal communication device. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110154433 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACCESSING DATA OBJECTS IN A DYNAMIC LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT - An embodiment includes a computer-implemented method of managing access control policies on a computer system having two high-level programming language environments. The method includes managing, by the computer system, a structured language environment. The method further includes managing, by the computer system, a dynamic language environment within the structured language environment. The method further includes receiving a policy. The policy is written in a dynamic language. The method further includes storing the policy in the dynamic language environment. The method further includes converting the policy from the dynamic language environment to the structured language environment. The method further includes generating a runtime in the structured language environment that includes the policy. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154369 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE GENERIC INTEGRATION OF A USER INTERFACE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK AND A PERSISTENCY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK - A method and system for providing an integration framework to integrate a user interface framework with a persistency framework. The integration framework provides components to integrate user interface components with business objects by configuration of generic integration components instead of programming specialized integration components | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154312 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING COMPUTERIZED APPLICATIONS - The subject matter discloses a method for enabling computerized extensions, comprising receiving data concerning an extension required to a computerized application utilizing a process model, detecting an event received from the external entity and executing the computerized extension according to the event. The extension may be activated before after or during operation of the computerized application. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154301 | Multidimensional Debugger - A computer system for programming applications in a programming environment, including, a computer adapted to execute software to form a programming environment enabling creation of a software application using multiple programming languages, a multidimensional debugger installed on the computer; wherein the multidimensional debugger is made up from two or more debuggers each for use in debugging a different programming language, wherein the two or more debuggers use a common work memory to share information; and wherein the two or more debuggers use a common user interface. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154231 | User Productivity On-Demand Services - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing user productivity on-demand services. One process includes operations for determining a hosted service for use with an application at a client based on user context data associated with the application. A request for the hosted service and a reference to stored data required for the hosted service is received. The hosted service is executed, and the results are transmitted to the client. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154226 | CHIP MODEL OF AN EXTENSIBLE PLUG-IN ARCHITECTURE FOR ENTERPRISE MASHUPS - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing an extensible plug-in architecture for enterprise mashup applications. One process includes operations for receiving a chip definition associated with a chip instance to be instantiated. The new chip instance is instantiated, with the chip instance being associated with a portion of user interface (UI) content. At least one extension is determined to be associated with the chip instance based on the received chip definition. The chip instance is provided access to at least one method associated with an implementation of the at least one extension. Further, communication between the chip instance and a runtime environment through the implemented methods of the at least one extension is enabled. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154194 | OUTPUT PREVIEW FOR A USER INTERFACE - A method and system to generate a user interface for an application, the user interface including a plurality of screen items, and each screen item being rendered based on associated screen item data. An output preview is generated and includes at least one preview item representative of a corresponding one of the plurality of screen items. Each preview item in the output preview is linked to the screen item data associated with the corresponding screen item, and is rendered in the output preview based on the linked screen item data. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154096 | Business Methods Retry Optimization - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for retrying business methods at an application server after thrown exceptions. One process includes operations for invoking a business method of an enterprise bean hosted in an enterprise bean container. The operations further include determining whether retry conditions are satisfied after an exception is thrown during execution of the business method. The business method is invoked again based on a predefined retry policy when the retry conditions are satisfied. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153672 | Systems and Methods for Freezing Data - In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented for determining whether or not a data object is frozen. The method comprises accessing, by a user on a computer, a first data object of a plurality of data objects in one or more computer software applications. The plurality of data objects are assigned to a plurality of entities, where each entity specifies a category, and each of the plurality of data objects belong to a specific entity. The method determines if the first data object is frozen based on a relationship between the first entity and a second entity. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153629 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ALLOCATING DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SHARING A TRIP - A computer implemented method for allocating drivers and passengers sharing a trip, the method being executed by a trip sharing service, the method comprising:
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| 20110153627 | System and Method of Generating Reusable Distance Measures for Data Processing - In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method of analyzing data. The method includes storing, by a computer system, a column definition that includes metadata that defines a column. The method further includes generating, by the computer system, a distance measure for the column. The method further includes storing, by the computer system, the distance measure for the column as part of the metadata for the column in the column definition. In this manner, improvements may result in the areas of reuse, delegation, usability, and precalculation. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153624 | DATA MODEL ACCESS CONFIGURATION AND CUSTOMIZATION - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to publish one or more stored back end data models accessible to a user interface and a development environment; to receive a configuration context; to generate derived model attributes by filtering, according to the configuration context, back end data attributes associated with the stored back end data models; to derive a set of mapping rules based on the derived model attributes; and store the set of mapping rules to be used to direct run-time data model request transformation activity. Further activities may include receiving an end-user request from a displayed user interface, transforming the end-user request into a transformed request according to the stored set of mapping rules, and transmitting the transformed request to one of the stored back end data models. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153591 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING INFORMATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE BASED ON USAGE PATTERNS - Usage patterns of structure model are utilized to determine a personalized structure model associated with a user. The personalized structure model is constructed such that retrieval of data associated with the personalized structure model is expected to improve performance of retrieving data from the data provider. The personalized structure model may be arranged based on an order of retrieval, based on groups of structure objects that may be retrieved together or the like. The personalized structure model may be a flat structure model to further improve performance of retrieving data from the data provider. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153538 | Rule-based Processing in Different Layers - In an embodiment, a method is provided for processing rules within a layer of an application. In this method, a rule defining a condition and a functionality associated with the condition is received at runtime of the layer. This functionality is provided by the layer. Using a microprocessor, a fulfillment of the condition is identified and the functionality is executed based on this identification. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110145794 | ENTERPRISE JAVABEANS EXPLORER - A system and method to display an application server resource landscape in a hierarchical view and invoke an Enterprise JavaBeans business method with a complex object as an argument. In one embodiment, the hierarchical view permits user input to initialize attribute values for simple and complex arguments. A graphical user interface presents invoked business method execution results. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145789 | APPLICATION CONFIGURATION DEPLOYMENT MONITOR - Various embodiments include at least one of systems, methods, and software for monitoring application instance configurations and deployments. One such embodiment, in the form of a method includes executing, on at least one processor, an application deployment process to deploy at least one set of configuration settings stored in a memory device of an application configuration environment to an application instance in an application execution environment. The method may also include writing and storing data to a deployment log representative of application deployment process actions performed and an indicator of success of each of the performed actions. The deployment log data may then be retrieved from the data storage device and a view may be generated and presented providing a summary of actions performed and actions that were not successful. Other embodiments are described herein. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145788 | BRIDGING CODE CHANGES AND TESTING - Method and system for testing software code comprising determining code elements in software code, determining changed code elements in the software code, determining dependencies between code elements, determine dependency changes between code elements based on the determined changed code elements, determining an impact factor for the respective changed code elements based on the determined dependency changes, determine a test relevancy ranking for code tests based on the determined impact factor, selecting tests for the software code based on said test relevancy ranking, and performing the selected tests on the software code. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145735 | MODEL DRIVEN CONTENT DEVELOPMENT - According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a content creation data base, a content entry user interface generator, and a content entry interface. The content creation data base may be configured to store created content data, and at least one content creation action definition, wherein the content creation action is includes a predefined model configured to facilitate the creation of created content data within a business management system. The content entry user interface generator may be configured to generate at least a portion of a content entry user interface configured to facilitate the entry and editing of created content data. The content entry interface configured to determine if a content creation action is valid within the context of a user's operations in the content entry user interface, generate, based at least in part upon an executed content creation action, a dynamically generated user interface configured to facilitate a user's inputting of create content data, acquire user input data via the dynamically generated user interface and generate content data based upon the user input data and the content creation action definition. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145710 | FRAMEWORK TO VISUALIZE NETWORKS - A system or method to provide efficient visualization and manipulation of investigative case management (ICM) networks. An entry point into the network is defined. The system accepts a network view definition from a user. The network is filtered based on the view definition and on a filtered view is displayed to a user. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145690 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE TABLES - In a system and method for displaying hierarchically related data, a processor may display in a single display window of a display device respective representations of a plurality of hierarchically related data records in accordance with the hierarchical relationship, where each of at least two of the representations includes a respective table including a plurality of data columns, and where the display of some of the columns of the tables is in accordance with display settings set based on a determination that columns of different tables correspond to each other for alignment. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145571 | SECURITY FOR COLLABORATION SERVICES - Various embodiments, in the form of at least one of systems, methods, and software, are provided that include security solutions for use of collaboration services. Some embodiments include encrypting data to be sent to and stored by a collaboration service. These and other embodiments include capturing, within a computer application used to post data to a collaboration service, data to be sent to the collaboration service, encrypting the captured data, and returning the data in an encrypted form to the computer application for posting to the collaboration service. | 06-16-2011 |
