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| 20080225953 | BANDWIDTH ADAPTIVE STREAM SELECTION - An apparatus and corresponding method are provided for selecting one of several alternate input streams for transmission, the method including determining bandwidth requirements for each of the alternate input streams, measuring bandwidth currently available for transmission, and selecting for transmission one of the alternate input streams that has the highest determined bandwidth requirement less than or equal to the measured bandwidth currently available for transmission. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080271102 | BIT-RATE CONSTRAINED TRICK PLAY THROUGH STREAM SWITCHING AND ADAPTIVE STREAMING - A system for bit-rate stream playout at preset speeds including a regular playout speed and other than the regular playout speed includes multiple streams encoded at a same bit-rate (R) but at a plurality of playout speeds. A selection mechanism is responsive to requests for playout speeds. The selection mechanism selects from among the plurality of streams to service a request. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080313484 | Parallel Processing of Multi-Dimensional Data With Causal Neighborhood Dependencies - A method (which can be computer implemented) for processing a plurality of adjacent rows of data units, using a plurality of parallel processors, given (i) a predetermined processing order, and (ii) a specified inter-row dependency structure, includes the steps of determining starting times for each individual one of the processors, and maintaining synchronization across the processors, while ensuring that the dependency structure is not violated. Not all the starting times are the same, and a sum of absolute differences between (i) starting times of any given processor, and (ii) that one of the processors having an earliest starting time, is minimized. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090019427 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Requirement Driven Static Analysis of Test Coverage for Web-Based, Distributed Processes - A method (which can be computer implemented) for analyzing test coverage of distributed processes includes the steps of identifying at least one of the processes that is invoked by a test case, mapping at least a portion of the test case to a plurality of specific test paths in the at least one of the processes, and identifying given ones of the test paths as possibly relevant in at least one of the processes, if the test paths are not infeasible. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090019428 | Method for Analyzing Transaction Traces to Enable Process Testing - Techniques are provided for analyzing testing coverage of one or more software modules to provide process coverage statistics. The techniques include obtaining one or more coverage measures from a test specification document, performing a trace on each of the one or more coverage measures during a test, analyzing each trace to generate a run-time service choreography model for a process, wherein the model includes each of one or more service choreography patterns occurring in the process, and using the model to provide statistical data on test coverage according to a process definition. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090100178 | Systems and Methods for Access and Control of Hardware Device Resources Using Device-Independent Access Interfaces - Systems and methods are provided that enable seamless access and control of hardware device resources through a common, device-independent interface without the need for device-specific drivers. For instance, system and methods are designed to expose capabilities/functions of hardware devices as web-based services which can be invoked to provide specific services based on the capabilities of the hardware devices. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090113289 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING TRANSFORMS - Techniques are provided for automatically creating and using a transform to generate a document in a target format. The techniques include obtaining a source document, wherein the source document is in a structured format and wherein the source document comprises structured information from a domain-specific representation, creating a transform, wherein creating the transform comprises creating a specially-tagged version of the source document in the structured format, using a target application to create an output document in a target format with one or more corresponding tags, and applying an algorithm to automatically generate a transform, and using the transform to generate a version of the source document in a target format. Techniques are also provided for generating a database of one or more transforms. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100057514 | EFFECTIVE TASK DISTRIBUTION IN COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT - A method, system and computer program product are disclosed to support the dynamic (just-in-time) task distribution in the context of globally collaborative software development. Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for distributing tasks in a collaborative software development project, where said project has a multitude of work packets. An embodiment of the invention includes generating bidding request forms, and broadcasting the bidding request forms to a multitude of distributed teams; collecting completed bidding request forms having real-time information about attributes of the distributed teams; and matching eligible teams to the work packets. This embodiment further comprise optimizing a distribution plan of the work packets; ranking results of the distribution plan to give a final distribution plan; and notifying each of the distributed teams of any work packets assigned to them. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100058197 | SUPPORTING ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL IN COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS - A method, system and computer program product is disclosed for supporting role-based access control in a collaborative environment, wherein pluralities of users work together in a collaborative process using a software system. The method comprises componentizing the software system into a multitude of software components, and limiting access to specific software components to certain users based on roles assigned to the users as defined by a run-time state of the collaborative process. The set of components that a user can access is dynamic, that set can change based on the “context” or the step where the user is in a collaborative workflow/process. Thus, in comparison with traditional access control mechanisms, an embodiment of the invention combines three different elements: a) the set of components that comprise the application is partitioned in such a way as to make componentized role-based access control feasible, b) a method for specifying inter-component dependencies to enable role-based groups, and c) enabling the modification of the access privileges based on contextual information from a collaborative process. | 03-04-2010 |
