Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080213367 | WATER SOLUBLE CONCENTRIC MULTI-WALL CARBON NANO TUBES - The present invention relates to water soluble carbon nano tubes (WSNT) which have been made function by functionalizing with carboxylic acid groups. The carbon nano tubes are isolated from hydrocarbon wax soot and then functionalized by oxidation treatment with an oxidizing agent. The WSNT can contain a pharmaceutical composition for release by a biological degradation agent of the WSNT for example | 09-04-2008 |
20100250294 | TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY EXPLORATION FOR SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONMENTS - Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for performing a technical feasibility exploration for a service-oriented architecture. A challenge associated with enabling a service-oriented architecture service is identified, and an impact of the challenge identified and analyzed. A potential solution of the identified challenge is identified as a function of analyzing the impact and analyzed to determine if a new challenge associated with enabling a service-oriented architecture service arises as a function of the potential solution. If determined that a new challenge arises, challenge identifying, challenge impact identifying and analyzing, potential solution identifying and the analyzing is repeated. If analyzing determines that a new challenge does not arise, a potential solution is used as an input during an implementation phase. | 09-30-2010 |
20100251207 | FRAMEWORK FOR VARIATION ORIENTED ANALYSIS FOR SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE - Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for performing variation oriented analysis across aspects of service oriented architecture modeling. A commonality or variance of a first process to a second process of an initial model plurality of processes is captured, each having an initial model process format, and also of a third process relative to a fourth process of another model plurality of processes having a different format, wherein the commonalities and variances are stored in a common repository memory device in a repository format different from the model process formats. Processes of a model plurality are then refined as a function of the stored commonalities and variances, wherein refining comprises considering any of the stored commonalities and variances. | 09-30-2010 |
20110131588 | SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE THAT CAN SENSE AND RESPOND TO CONTEXTUAL AND STATE INFORMATION - A software architecture that can sense and respond to context and state information is disclosed. The software architecture includes a semantic filter to correlate individual events in an event stream to make the event stream consistent with an ontology. Events in the event stream are substituted with higher order events, resulting in an actionable event stream containing recognizable patterns. Patterns in the actionable event stream are detected and matched with event processing policies to generate an action stream indicating actions to be taken in the real world. | 06-02-2011 |
20110191745 | RE-FACTORING, RATIONALIZING AND PRIORITIZING A SERVICE MODEL AND ASSESSING SERVICE EXPOSURE IN THE SERVICE MODEL - The method of the present invention to re-factor, rationalize, and prioritize a service model and to assess service exposure in the service model is illustrated. To be dedicated to every client's success means, in this context, to be sure we are building the right service portfolio for the client that has the highest relevance to what they do, what their objectives are, and what they aspire to achieve. Therefore, we need to periodically pause and review the service model as it stands, infant or mature, and validate its relevance from a client's perspective. This process is called rationalizing the service model (or portfolio). This review can lead to changes (called re-factoring) in the service model due to a re-prioritization. Some services will become more important, others will sink in priority. Thus, the method of the present invention is called service re-factoring and rationalization (SRR). The service model is reviewed and re-factored and the service portfolio and service hierarchy are refined, exposure decisions are made, and finally the service model and its constituent parts are rationalized based on the re-factoring and exposure decisions. Another technique called Service Litmus Tests (SLTs) is leveraged during service re-factoring and rationalization. SLTs are set of gating criteria to select and filter a set of (candidate) services from the service portfolio for exposure. A Service Exposure Assessment Toolkit (SEAT) is also presented in the present invention. SEAT is a mathematical model to facilitate making exposure decisions for services and prioritizing the services in the service model. | 08-04-2011 |
20120012522 | MAKING AND USING COMPOSITE MATERIAL CONTAINING NANOSPHERES AND DEVICES FOR WATER FILTRATION AND DEVICES CONTAING SUCH COMPOSITES - The present invention relates to the method of producing concentric carbon nanospheres from the pyrolytic combustion of a carbonaceous material such as plant material. The material can be carboxylated and then optionally metallated to produce nanospheres capable of filtering a liquid such as water. | 01-19-2012 |
20120046980 | CONSOLIDATING PROCESSES FOR MULTIPLE VARIATIONS - Harmonizing business process tasks comprehends comparing descriptors associated with each of a plurality of business process tasks in response to a process variation input and identifying tasks as a candidate task pair for consolidation. Input and output attributes of the candidate pair tasks are compared and consolidation confirmed if the compared input and output attributes are similar. Consolidating the confirmed candidate pair tasks includes merging the confirmed candidate pair into a new merged task or replacing one with the other, and an output from the consolidated candidate pair is generated as a common harmonized output for the first and second tasks. Identifying the candidate task pairs for consolidation may be a function of similarity of task descriptors, of input/output business process relationships to other candidate task pairs, and also of both. | 02-23-2012 |
20120066145 | Automating A Governance Process Of Reviewing Service Artifacts In A Governed SOA - Modeling the governance process of reviewing service artifacts associated with a service in the SOA and generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, one or more automation modules, each automation module including a module of computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, supports performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process, where the modeled governance process includes preparing one or more service artifacts associated with the service for review, submitting the service artifacts for review, and reviewing the service artifacts. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066146 | Automating A Governance Process Of Investigating Service Reuse In A Governed SOA - Modeling a governance process of investigating service reuse in a governed SOA and generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, one or more automation modules, each automation module including a module of computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, supports performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process, where the modeled governance process includes receiving a specification of service requirements, interpreting the service requirements against a registry of deployed services including determining whether a deployed service meets the service requirements, and if a deployed service meets the requirements, initiating a subscription to the deployed service. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066147 | Automating A Governance Process Of Optimizing A Portfolio Of Services In A Governed SOA - Modeling a governance process of optimizing a portfolio of services in a governed SOA and generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, one or more automation modules, each automation module including a module of computer program instructions that supports performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process, where the modeled governance process includes determining whether a collection of service artifacts matches one or more service artifacts stored in a service registry; if no service artifacts stored in the service registry match the collection of service artifacts, initiating creation of a service in accordance with the collection of service artifacts; if one or more service artifacts stored in the service registry match the collection of service artifacts: selecting, in dependence upon predefined action selection criteria, a service administration action to perform; obtaining approval of the selected service administration action; and initiating the selected service administration action. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066663 | Modeling A Governance Process Of Establishing A Subscription To A Deployed Service In A Governed SOA - Modeling a governance process of establishing a subscription to a deployed service in a governed Service Oriented Architecture (‘SOA’) and generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, one or more automation modules, each automation module comprising a module of computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, supports performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process, where the modeled governance process includes collecting available service artifacts associated with a deployed service; determining whether the deployed service meets predefined functional requirements; if the deployed service meets the predefined functional requirements, determining whether the deployed service meets predefined non-functional requirements if the deployed service meets the predefined non-functional requirements, creating a subscription request; requesting approval of the subscription request; and if approval is received, creating a subscription to the deployed service. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066671 | Automating A Governance Process Of Creating A New Version Of A Service In A Governed SOA - Modeling a governance process of creating a new version of a service in a governed SOA and generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, automation modules that include modules of computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, support performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process and where the modeled governance process includes reviewing requested updates to a deployed service; determining, in dependence upon the requested updates and a specification of a present version of the deployed service, whether a new version of the deployed service is required; if a new version of the deployed service is required, determining whether the present version of the deployed service will be subsumed by the new version; and if the present version of the deployed service will be subsumed by the new version, retiring the present version of the deployed service. | 03-15-2012 |
20120304069 | Method and Apparatus for Representing and Configuring Flexible and Extensible Presentation Patterns - Techniques are provided for representing and configuring flexible and extensible presentation patterns based on fine-grained architectural building blocks (ABBs). The techniques include defining ABBs, modeling the ABBs in a uniform manner, and creating at least one template using the ABBs, wherein the at least one template includes at least one of pre-configured static characteristics and user-specified service characteristics. In an embodiment of the invention, an exemplary method for designing and managing fine-grained ABBs can include identifying ABBs to compose an architecture for facilitating presentation and interaction between consumers and other elements in a solution, analyzing the ABBs to monitor computing resources used by individual ABBs, selecting a number of running instances of the ABBs based on (i) requests of a pertinent entity and (ii) available resources, and managing life-cycles of ABBs. | 11-29-2012 |
20130060945 | IDENTIFYING SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED CAPABILITIES IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - In general, embodiments of the present invention classify cloud computing environments based on the abstraction layers that the cloud computing environments span and by combining the re-usable capabilities/logical components from these layers. In a typical embodiment, input (e.g., a set of requirements, a set of preferences, a set of costs parameters, and/or a request for feedback) pertaining to a set of services available in the networked computing environment is received from a requester via a network node. Based on the input, a set of capabilities and a corresponding set of logical components of the networked computing environment are identified. Thereafter, a set of providers capable of providing at least one of the set of services is identified and ranked. The set of logical components is then configured to provide the set of services according to the input, and made available to the requester. | 03-07-2013 |
20130080996 | SOFTWARE COMPONENT PLACEMENT ON EXECUTION PLATFORMS - A method, system, and computer program product for improving software component placement on software execution platforms are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A computer determines whether a code corresponding to the software component includes business process logic. The computer determines a granularity level of the code. The granularity level of the code is a categorization of the code according to whether a number of external references in the code exceed a threshold value. The computer, responsive to determining the granularity level of the code, recommends placement of a first portion of the code on a first platform in the set of software execution platforms. | 03-28-2013 |
20130091078 | Method And Apparatus To Determine Rules Implementation Decision - A technique and associated mechanism that guides the user through a set of questions relating to operation rules used in the design of Service Oriented Architecture Systems (SOAs). The questions are related to key aspects of a solution—security, maintenance frequency, usage demand/performance and complexity. Preferably, the questions are yes-or-no questions. Based on the answers provided, an appropriate path will be selected categorize into an appropriate category. The category of the rule will require, or at least suggest, the SOA component into which the rule will be implemented when it is implemented by the SOA designer. the technique is technology specific agnostic and helps in selecting an appropriate tool/platform in a standard and consistent manner. | 04-11-2013 |
20130180913 | WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM USING HYBRID NANO CARBON, SILVER, IRON AND ALUMINIUM OXIDE - The present invention relates to a filter for filtering water comprising carbon nanospheres from the pyrolytic combustion of a carbonaceous material such as plant material which are activated with silver nitrate, activated alumina and/or ferrous oxide. | 07-18-2013 |
20140089911 | RATIONALIZING FUNCTIONS TO IDENTIFY RE-USABLE SERVICES - A method of dynamically offering upgraded services in a network comprising functions, the method comprising a computer performing the steps of: applying a similar functionality analysis on the functions of a network; retrieving the plurality of functions stored by the similar functionality analysis from the repository, and creating a pivot table; categorizing the functions within the pivot table; filtering the pivot table by a functional area of the pivot table; recreating the pivot table based on the functional area; and differentiating the exposable functions within the pivot table from non-exposable functions by attributes of the functions. | 03-27-2014 |
20140257915 | AUTOMATING A GOVERNANCE PROCESS OF OPTIMIZING A PORTFOLIO OF SERVICES IN A GOVERNED SOA - Modeling a governance process of optimizing a portfolio of services in a governed SOA and generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, one or more automation modules, each automation module including a module of computer program instructions that supports performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process, where the modeled governance process includes determining whether a collection of service artifacts matches one or more service artifacts stored in a service registry; if no service artifacts stored in the service registry match the collection of service artifacts, initiating creation of a service in accordance with the collection of service artifacts; if one or more service artifacts stored in the service registry match the collection of service artifacts: selecting, in dependence upon predefined action selection criteria, a service administration action to perform; obtaining approval of the selected service administration action; and initiating the selected service administration action. | 09-11-2014 |
20140304677 | RE-FACTORING, RATIONALIZING AND PRIORITIZING A SERVICE MODEL AND ASSESSING SERVICE EXPOSURE IN THE SERVICE MODEL - Provided herein are approaches to re-factor, rationalize, and prioritize a service model, and to assess service exposure in the service model. At least one approach provides: determining a granularity of one or more services of the service model; re-factoring and refining a service portfolio and a hierarchy of the service model; adapting a Service Litmus Test (SLT) and service exposure scope to the service model; applying Service Litmus Tests (SLTs) to the service model; and verifying, with each affected stakeholder associated with the service model, that the service model achieves business and technical needs based on the results of the SLTs, which include tests to make exposure decisions, including whether to expose the service or not expose the service, wherein the service represent business capabilities and are placed in the hierarchy of the service model which represents the granularity. | 10-09-2014 |
20140324512 | AUTOMATED BUSINESS FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS AND ADAPTIVE TRANSACTION INTEGRATION - A method, system, and computer program product for creating a business service flow using automated business function implementation analysis and adaptive transaction integration are provided. An implementation of a business service is analyzed to identify a set of transactions used. A set of relationships between transactions is identified, a relationship relates a subset of transactions according to a condition. A set of generic flows is created using a subset of transactions from the set of transactions. A set of adaptive flows is created using a subset of the set of generic flows and a subset of relationships from the set of relationships, an adaptive flow in the set of adaptive flows provides the business service as was provided by the implementation, and the adaptive flow includes program code for responding to the condition by invoking a related transaction based on a relationship used in the adaptive flow. | 10-30-2014 |