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| 20080244118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING BUFFERS - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product are provided for managing a plurality of buffers in a data processing system. A requester component requests a free buffer of a certain size. A buffer agent determines whether a set of free buffers, whose combined size is equal to or greater than the requested buffer size, is available from a set of donor components. If the set of free buffers is available, the buffer agent combines the free buffers into a combined free buffer of size equal to or greater than the requested size, and removes the free buffers from a free buffer list of a corresponding donor component. The buffer agent then allocates the combined free buffer to the requester component. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090074003 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSOLIDATING TCP PORTS - A system for consolidating TCP ports. In response to initiating a connection to a hidden port via a network, a TCP in TCP packet is created. Then, the TCP in TCP packet is sent to the hidden port via the network via a network visible port. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090100008 | Methodology for File Identification and Retrieval in Directories for Categorized Files - A computer implemented method, system, and computer usable program code are provided for marking objects. Responsive to an object being received, the object is stored in a directory in a file system. An indicia is associated with the object and the directory. The object is displayed using the indicia as a marked object and the directory is displayed using the indicia as a marked directory. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090106762 | Scheduling Threads In A Multiprocessor Computer - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for scheduling threads in a multiprocessor computer. Embodiments include selecting a thread in a ready queue to be dispatched to a processor and determining whether an interrupt mask flag is set in a thread control block associated with the thread. If the interrupt mask flag is set in the thread control block associated with the thread, embodiments typically include selecting a processor, setting a current processor priority register of the selected processor to least favored, and dispatching the thread from the ready queue to the selected processor. In some embodiments, setting the current processor priority register of the selected processor to least favored is carried out by storing a value associated with the highest interrupt priority in the current processor priority register. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090113239 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTRUCTION TRACE REGISTERS - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for utilizing instruction trace registers. In one embodiment, a value in a target processor register in a plurality of processor registers is updated in response to executing an instruction associated with program code. In response to updating the value in the target processor register, an address for the instruction is copied from an instruction address register into an instruction trace register associated with the target processor register. The instruction trace register holds the address of the instruction that updated the value stored in the target processor register. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090118839 | METHODOLOGY FOR SECURE APPLICATION PARTITIONING ENABLEMENT - A computer implemented methods data processing system, and computer program product for configuring a partition with needed system resources to enable an application to run and process in a secure environment. Upon receiving a command to create a short lived secure partition for a secure application, a short lived secure partition is created in the data processing system. This short lived secure partition is inaccessible by superusers or other applications. System resources comprising physical resources and virtual allocations of the physical resources are allocated to the short lived secure partition. Hardware and software components needed to run the secure application are loaded into the short lived secure partition. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090248809 | Instant Message Session Transfers - A method facilitates instant message (IM) session transfer of messages intended for an IM user to a new IM session being established by the user. Existing IM sessions may be queried for active IM sessions when the user is connecting to an instant message service. If there is an active session for the user, the IM server will request the content and sender of active messages waiting for the user, and transfer this information to the new IM session being established for the user. In this way, the user does not “miss” IM message(s) intended for him or her while going between existing, active IM sessions and new IM sessions. As used herein, session or sessions refer to IM session or IM sessions. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090254730 | Memory Pacing - A method, system, and program for managing memory page requests in a multi-processor data processing system determines a threshold value of available memory, and dynamically adjusts an allocation time to fulfill a page request if the available memory is below a threshold value. The allocation time to fulfill the page request is based upon a percentage of available memory pages once a page stealer commences a scan for pages. An allocation wait time is inversely proportionally adjusted depending upon the percentage of available memory. The allocation wait time has a duration that increases in time as the percentage of available memory decreases and decreases in time as the percentage of available memory increases. More specifically, an average time per page to allocate a page including a scan time for the scan in computing the average time is determined. Then a tunable value is applied to the average time to determine a wait time. In a preferred embodiment, user defined values are received that would control the allocation wait time before fulfilling a page request. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100017484 | E-Mail Response Time Estimation on Compose or Send - An e-mail application calculates a dynamic estimate of an e-mail response time. A recipient address module, a status module, a processing module, and a presentation module interact to generate a first and a second estimated response time. The first estimated response time is determined from sender side data. The second estimated response time is generated using recipient mailbox status data after the e-mail is received by the recipient. The second estimated response time is used to dynamically update the estimated response time displayed to the sender. | 01-21-2010 |
