| 01st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 71 |
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| 20090007014 | Center locked lists - Described is a technology by which a user can quickly locate a data item such as media content. A user may choose a pivot (filtering) category, including an aggregated “all” category, and may enter additional filtering criteria to narrow search results. Representations (e.g., images) of data items for are displayed, including a representation of one data item at a fixed (e.g., centered) selection position. Scrolling among the items is accomplished by moving representations of the data items relative to the fixed selection position. Scrolling may be substantially horizontal or vertical, and the item representation in the selection position may be highlighted relative to other item representations, such as via its relative size, opacity and/or color. Metadata also may be displayed in association with the representation of the data item at the fixed selection position. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007015 | Segment ring menu - A segment ring menu is provided that is used to easily access menu items. The segment ring menu includes a number of menus that are located equidistant from an initial mouse position from where the segment ring menu is evoked. Hovering over any of the sections of the segment ring menu displays the menu items hosted in that section. The segment ring menu layout is directed at making it easy for the user to reach any of the menu items with a small amount of mouse movement. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007016 | COMMUNICATION CHANNEL INDICATORS - A method includes providing at least one entity icon on a screen of a device, providing at least one visual indicator corresponding to a communication channel associated with the at least one entity, where the visual indicator that corresponds to an active communication channel is different from the visual indicator that corresponds to an inactive communication channel, opening a entity application by selecting an entity icon, moving the entity icon and releasing the entity icon, and opening a communication link with the selected entity by selecting the visual indicator corresponding to an active communication channel. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007017 | Portable multifunction device with animated user interface transitions - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display. The computer-implemented method includes: displaying a home menu comprising a plurality of application launch icons; detecting activation of any respective application launch icon; and, in response to detecting the activation, displaying a first animation of a transition from display of the home menu to display of an application that corresponds to the activated application launch icon. The first animation comprises expanding an image of the application. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007018 | Display Control Apparatus, Display Method, and Computer Program - A display control apparatus includes a search unit for searching for a second content linked to a first content and a display control unit for controlling display of a search history of content search performed in accordance with one of a first image and a first character, each indicating the first content, one of a second image and a second character, each indicating the second content and link information linking the first content to the second content. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007019 | Image processing device, image processing method, and computer program product - A thumbnail generating section of a server generates a plurality of thumbnail images from a registration image received through an external I/F section and stores the generated thumbnail images in an image DB. The image DB stores therein registration images received through the external I/F section and the thumbnail images generated by the thumbnail generating section. A display screen controlling section generates a display screen to be displayed by a client. The display screen controlling section controls the display screen by generating the display screen in adherence to screen control data transmitted from the client. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007020 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An image display device includes a display unit configured to display at least an image and an icon representing a predetermined setting, an operation input unit configured to perform an operation input, and a control unit configured to cause, if the icon displayed on the display unit is selected by using the operation input unit, a predetermined sub-menu used to select a setting related to the icon to be displayed on the display unit and to allow a desired setting item to be selected from the sub-menu. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007021 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC GENERATION OF FILTERS USING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method for dynamic generation of filters using a graphical user interface includes the step of describing a first clause of a filter in a first graphical user interface element. At least one of: i) a conjunctive clause of the filter in a second graphical user interface element, and ii) a disjunctive sub-clause of the first clause of the filter in the first graphical user interface element, are described. A filter is generated, responsive to the contents of the first graphical user interface element and the second graphical user interface element. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007022 | DISPLAYING MULTI-OWNERSHIP IN A TREE-MAP VISUALIZATION - A multi-ownership tree-map visualization system can include a tree-map configured to visualize a set of interrelated nodes in which at least one individual node in the set is related to at least two parent nodes in the set. The system further can include an event handler programmed to process a proximity event associated with a specific portion of the tree-map by highlighting multiple portions of the tree-map in which the portions represent a single node in the set. In this regard, the proximity event can include a mouse-over event, a mouse-click event, or a keyboard selection event, to name a few. The system yet further can include logic for displaying a call-out box for each portion of the tree-map associated with the single node in the set. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007023 | Method And System For Automatically Linking A Cursor To A Hotspot In A Hypervideo Stream - Automatically linking a cursor to a hotspot in a hypervideo stream comprising a plurality of video frames that are associated with at least one selectable hotspot include receiving a hypervideo stream of a first video frame associated with a selectable hotspot in a first activiation region of the first video frame, and determining whether a first position of a cursor is substantially within the first activiation region corresponding to the selectable hotspot. The cursor is associated with the selectable hotspot when the first position of the cursor is substantially within the first activiation region corresponding to the selectable hotspot in the first video frame. The hypervideo stream of a second video frame associated with the selectable hotspot in a second activation region different from the first activation region is received, and the cursor is automatically moved to a second position in the second video frame based on the association. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007024 | METHOD FOR OPERATING MENU OF MULTIMEDIA DISK - A method for operating a menu of a multimedia disk is provided. The method includes first selecting an item in the menu as a focus point and using a cursor controller for moving a cursor in the menu. An input event issued by the cursor controller is then translated into an input event of a key on a keyboard based on a relative position between the cursor and the focus point, so as to shift or select a target title. Consequently, a user can operate the menu of the multimedia disk in a computer system by using the cursor controller, and the convenience of operating the menu can be improved. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007025 | USER-INTERFACE FEATURES FOR COMPUTERS WITH CONTACT-SENSITIVE DISPLAYS - Embodiments described herein provide for a portable computer with a contact-sensitive display having a user-interface that is configurable through user-contact with the display. An active input area may be provided that is configurable in appearance and functionality. The contents of the active input area, its functionality, and the manner in which it is oriented, particularly with respect to a left or right handedness, are described herein. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007026 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING AN ELECTRONIC HANDHELD DEVICE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO A DISABLED PERSON - An electronic handheld device is described having an options module for providing a user with at least one option in the handheld device, each option associated with an enabling mode of operation of the handheld device. The device also includes an enabling module for implementing, in response to a particular option being selected by a user, an associated enabling mode of operation. Each enabling mode of operation makes the handheld device more accessible to a person having a corresponding disability. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007027 | TRANSLATING A USER DESIGN IN A CONFIGURABLE IC FOR DEBUGGING THE USER DESIGN - Some embodiments provide a method of monitoring the implementation of a user design in a configurable integrated circuit (IC). The method receives a user design for an IC and optimizes the user design to produce a second IC design. The optimization results in the elimination of circuit elements(s). The method defines the second IC design for the configurable IC and generates output data for the eliminated circuit element(s) to allow for monitoring the user design. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007028 | WAFER LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - For determining an optimized wafer layout, at least two wafer layouts are specified for a given wafer, each wafer layout defining the location of a plurality of die with regard to the wafer. An optimization parameter value of at least one optimization parameter is determined for each of the at least two wafer layouts. The at least one optimization parameter includes at least one of a number of exposure fields necessary for exposing the respective wafer layout and a number of die of the wafer layout. The optimized wafer layout is selected out of the at least two wafer layouts depending on the optimization parameter values. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007029 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING DRIVER - A method for designing a driver including matching stages having transistors matched to each other is disclosed, including interpreting an offset caused by a mismatched characteristic difference of a plurality of transistors using a current change in a matching stage. A size of the transistors may be determined using the results of interpreting of the offset, and the size may be adjusted until a simulated yield of the driver obtained by a simulation using measured matching information and the determined size of the transistors approximates a targeted yield. The resulting determined size may be used to fabricate the driver, to obtain a test yield of the manufactured driver. If the test yield is not the targeted yield, the measured matching information may be adjusted until the adjusted yield of the driver obtained by the simulation approximates the test yield. Therefore, the offset of the driver may be minimized, making it possible to improve output characteristics of the driver, optimize the area, improve the yield, reduce the frequency of revisions in the development of the chip, and/or shorten the period of the chip design. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007030 | DESIGN-BASED MONITORING - A method for monitoring fabrication of an integrated circuit (IC) on a semiconductor wafer includes generating a product design profile (PDP) using an electronic design automation (EDA) tool, the PDP comprising an indication of a site in a layer of the IC that is susceptible to a process fault. Upon fabricating the layer of the IC on the wafer, a process monitoring tool is applied to perform a measurement at the site in the layer responsively to the PDP. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007031 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING CACHED PARAMETERIZED CELLS - Parameterized cells are cached and provided by the plug-in to increase the speed and efficiency of an application for circuit design. This allows source design to be read-interoperable and also enables some basic write-interoperability in the source design. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007032 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUBSTRATE NOISE ANALYSIS USING SUBSTRATE TILE MODEL AND TILE GRID - A method is provided to evaluate substrate noise propagation in an integrated circuit design, the method comprising: providing a tile definition that specifies an electrical model associated with instances of the tile; mapping a plurality of respective tile instances to respective locations of the substrate; obtaining respective waveforms indicative of digital switching induced power grid fluctuations associated with the respective identified contacts; and associating a voltage with a selected tile instance of the tile grid that is indicative of substrate noise injection due to waveforms associated with contacts encompassed by the selected tile instance. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007033 | Method to transfer failure analysis-specific data between data between design houses and fab's/FA labs - A method and system for an IC design house to transfer design and layout information to a fabrication or failure analysis facility on a need-to-know basis to enable effective failure analysis while not providing unnecessary or extraneous information. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007034 | Device, System, and Method for Correction of Integrated Circuit Design - Device, system and method of correcting an integrated circuit design. For example, a method includes receiving a list of one or more root points for an active netlist that requires logic correction, wherein the root points correlate between elements of the active netlist and elements of a re-synthesized netlist that is based on a high-level correction for the integrated circuit design; automatically identifying in the active netlist a driving logic cone for at least one of the root points; and automatically identifying in the re-synthesized netlist a driving logic cone for the respectively correlated root point, including one or more corrected logic elements that correspond to the one or more identified flawed logic elements. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007035 | Accurate Parasitic Capacitance Extraction for Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuits - A system and method for extracting the parasitic contact/via capacitance in an integrated circuit are provided. Parasitic extraction using this system can lead to an improved accuracy on contact/via parasitic capacitance extraction by taking into account of the actual contact/via shape and size variation. The common feature of the various embodiments includes the step of generating a technology file, in which the contact/via capacitance in the capacitance table is derived from an effective contact/via width table. Each element of the effective contact/via width table is calibrated to have a parasitic capacitance matching to that of an actual contact/via configuration occurring in an IC. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007036 | Integrated Fin-Local Interconnect Structure - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods, systems and design structures for semiconductor devices, and more specifically to interconnecting semiconductor devices. A silicide layer may be formed on selective areas of a fin structure connecting one or more semiconductor devices or semiconductor device components. By providing silicided fin structures to locally interconnect semiconductor devices, the use of metal contacts and metal layers may be obviated, thereby allowing formation of smaller, less complex circuits. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007037 | Hybrid Fully-Silicided (FUSI)/Partially-Silicided (PASI) Structures - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods, systems and design structures for semiconductor devices and more specifically to forming partially silicided and fully silicided structures. Fabricating the partially silicided and fully silicided structures may involve creating one or more gate stacks. A polysilicon layer of a first gate stack may be exposed and a first metal layer may be deposited thereon to create a partially silicided structure. Thereafter, a polysilicon layer of a second gate stack may be exposed and a second metal layer may be deposited thereon to form a fully silicided structure. In some embodiments, the polysilicon layers of one or more gate stacks may not be exposed, and resistors may be formed with the unsilicided polysilicon layers. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007038 | HYBRID COUNTEREXAMPLE GUIDED ABSTRACTION REFINEMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for performing counterexample guided abstraction refinement by transforming a design into a functionally equivalent Control and Data Flow Graph (CDFG); performing a hybrid abstraction of the design; generating a hybrid abstract model; and checking the hybrid abstract model. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007039 | HIERARCHICAL FEATURE EXTRACTION FOR ELECTRICAL INTERACTION CALCULATIONS - A method of calculating electrical interactions of circuit elements in an integrated circuit layout without flattening the entire database that describes the layout. In one embodiment, a hierarchical database is analyzed and resistance and capacitance calculations made for a repeating pattern of elements are re-used at each instance of the repeated pattern and adjusted for local conditions. In another embodiment, a circuit layout is converted into a number of tiles, wherein the resistance and capacitance calculations made for the circuit elements in the center and a boundary region of the tiles are computed separately and combined. Environmental information that affects electrical interaction between circuit elements in different levels of hierarchy is calculated at a lower level of hierarchy so that such calculations do not need to be made for each placement of a repeated cell and so that not all interacting elements need to be promoted to the same hierarchy level to compute the electrical interactions. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007040 | APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING POST-LAYOUT TIMING CRITICAL PATHS - A critical path detecting unit for detecting critical paths for a design in which cells are placed on an integrated circuit and information concerning timing constraints. A representative-critical-path extracting unit extracts a representative critical path by having one critical path represent critical paths which share more intervals than a certain number, and which are similar to one another, out of critical paths which have been detected by the critical path detecting unit. A path-image generating unit renders the representative critical path, which has been extracted by the representative-critical-path extracting unit and reflects information concerning other critical paths, which are similar to the representative critical path, on the representative critical path. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007041 | Automatic delay adjusting method for semiconductor integrated circuit by using dummy wiring - An automatic delay adjusting method of a semiconductor integrated circuit includes placing a dummy wiring to a layout data and connecting the dummy wiring to a target wiring between a first cell and a second cell which is a timing violation occurs for the target wiring in the layout data. The dummy wiring connection includes replacing the dummy wiring with a dummy wiring cell having first and second pins corresponding to both ends of the dummy wiring, cutting the target wiring to generate first and second target wirings, connecting the first and second target wirings to the first and second pins, respectively, and replacing the dummy wiring cell with the dummy wiring to provide a wiring that is connected with the dummy wiring to the cut target wiring. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007042 | VIRTUAL DATA REPRESENTATION THROUGH SELECTIVE BIDIRECTIONAL TRANSLATION - A computer-aided circuit design application has a virtual node feature and a design tool. The virtual node feature is adapted to access design specification information in a first data format and to represent the accessed design specification information as a virtual data node object within a list of node objects in a second data format. The design tool is operable on the list of node objects and the virtual data node object. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007043 | Managing Integrated Circuit Stress Using Dummy Diffusion Regions - Roughly described, methods and systems for improving integrated circuit layouts and fabrication processes in order to better account for stress effects. Dummy features can be added to a layout either in order to improve uniformity, or to relax known undesirable stress, or to introduce known desirable stress. The dummy features can include dummy diffusion regions added to relax stress, and dummy trenches added either to relax or enhance stress. A trench can relax stress by filling it with a stress-neutral material or a tensile strained material. A trench can increase stress by filling it with a compressive strained material. Preferably dummy diffusion regions and stress relaxation trenches are disposed longitudinally to at least the channel regions of N-channel transistors, and transversely to at least the channel regions of both N-channel and P-channel transistors. Preferably stress enhancement trenches are disposed longitudinally to at least the channel regions of P-channel transistors. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007044 | Design support method and apparatus, and computer product - A design support apparatus includes an extracting unit that extracts a first cell from among plural cells in a target circuit; a detecting unit that detects a second cell arranged adjacent to the first cell; and a setting unit that sets a delay value of the first cell according to an arrangement pattern of the second cell. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007045 | METHOD OF DESIGNING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Aiming at providing a method of designing a semiconductor device capable of producing a semiconductor device which expresses performances adapted to required performances, the present invention sets a plurality of suites of device parameters, containing parameters relevant to transistor characteristics (transistor parameters) and parameters relevant to interconnect characteristics (interconnect parameters) corresponded to the transistor characteristics, for a single CMOS generation, selecting, out of the plurality of suites, a suite matched to performances required for a semiconductor to be designed, and designing the semiconductor device. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007046 | Layout Method for Vertical Power Transistors Having a Variable Channel Width - The invention relates to a simulation and/or layout process for vertical power transistors as DMOS or IGBT with variable channel width and variable gate drain capacity which can be drawn and/or designed by the designer with the respectively desired parameters of channel width and gate drain capacity and the parameters of volume resistance and circuit speed, which are correlated therewith, and whose electrical parameters can be described as a function of the geometrical gate electrode design. Here, both discrete and integrated vertical transistors may be concerned. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007047 | Design Structure for a Phase Locked Loop with Stabilized Dynamic Response - A design structure for a hybrid phase locked loop (PLL) circuit that obtains stabilized dynamic response and independent adjustment of damping factor and loop bandwidth is provided. The hybrid PLL circuit of the illustrative embodiments includes the resistance/capacitance (RC) filter elements of a conventional RC PLL and the feed-forward path from the output of the phase frequency detector to the voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). The hybrid PLL essentially enhances the performance of the conventional feed-forward PLL by providing the RC filter whose components can be weighted to provide a dynamic response that is significantly less sensitive to parameter variation and which allows loop bandwidth optimization without sacrificing damping. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007048 | DESIGN STRUCTURE FOR A COMPUTER MEMORY SYSTEM WITH A SHARED MEMORY MODULE JUNCTION CONNECTOR - A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a memory module system and DIMM connector is provided. A DIMM connector includes a plurality of DIMM sockets for receiving a corresponding plurality of DIMMs in a radially oriented, angularly spaced orientation. The DIMM sockets are connected in parallel at a memory module junction so that socket terminals of each DIMM socket are joined to the same relative terminal of all the other DIMM sockets along electronic pathways of substantially equal length. A memory controller selectively communicates with the DIMMs via the DIMM junction. By virtue of the improved topology, impedance within the DIMM connector may be better matched to minimize reflections and improve signal quality. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007049 | AUTOMATIC TRACE DESIGN METHOD - An automatic trace design method comprises: a tentative passing point setting step of setting, on a virtual plane corresponding to a substrate surface, tentative passing points through which a trace subject to route determination should pass; a triangle setting step of setting triangles, each of which is formed by one of the tentative passing points and two points on either side of such tentative passing point among a starting point, an end point and the other of the tentative passing points; and a determination step of determining points in the neighborhood of respective obstacles that are located inside the respective triangles mentioned above and most adjacent to the respective tentative passing points as final passing points through which the trace subject to route determination should pass, wherein the route that passes through the final passing points is determined as the optimal route of the trace subject to route determination. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007050 | System for designing re-programmable digital hardware platforms - A digital design system and method are provided for re-programmable hardware platforms, such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and other re-programmable system designs. The design system and method bridge the gap between what has previously been a development and prototyping platform used during the design phase of an electronic design system (EDS) project, and commercially viable re-programmable product platforms to replace non-programmable platforms, such as discrete processors and ASICs. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007051 | SELECTABLE DEVICE OPTIONS FOR CHARACTERIZING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A system, method and program product that allows multiple devices to be placed between pads such that a Back End Of Line (BEOL) mask change can be used to select different device options. A system is disclosed for implementing a testsite for characterizing devices in an integrated circuit technology, and includes: a system for designing a plurality of device options for a set of chip pads; a system for designing a pseudo wiring layout for each of the plurality of device options; a system for selecting one of the device options; a system for mapping the pseudo wiring layout for a selected device option to a predetermined design level; and a system for outputting a configured mask design at the predetermined design level having a wiring layout mapped for the selected device option. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007052 | Method for Verifying Pattern of Semiconductor Device - Provided is a method for verifying a pattern of a semiconductor device. In the method, a designed layout of target patterns is provided, and transferring the designed layout on a wafer to form wafer patterns. Wafer patterns image contour is obtain. The image contour for wafer patterns on the designed layout are matched, After edge differences between the designed layout and the wafer patterns image contour are extracted, a checking layout for detecting wafer pattern defects is obtain by adding the edge differences on the designed layout. Defects on the checking layout is identified to verify the patterns in view of processes before fabrication of a photomask. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007053 | Method of Manufacturing Mask for Semiconductor Device - A method of manufacturing a mask for a semiconductor device includes checking layout data for a mask in the semiconductor device and correcting any errors in the layout data that violate the design rule, filling small jogs in the layout data, performing optical proximity correction on the jog-filled layout data, and generating a mask pattern using the jog-filled layout data subjected to the optical proximity correction. By this process, it is possible to simplify the layout database to be subjected to optical proximity correction and minimize any errors that may cause unnecessary optical proximity correction (OPC) issues. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007054 | DESKTOP APPLICATION FACTORY AND APPLICATION TEMPLATES - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for producing computer desktop applications, such as widgets, are described. A desktop application factory includes an interface and a desktop application generator. The interface enables an application developer to select a desktop application template, and to provide configuration information for the selected desktop application template. The desktop application generator is configured to generate a desktop application by configuring the selected desktop application template according to the provided configuration information. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007055 | Method For Controlling a Device and Machine Module Arrangement as Well as an Engineering System and Runtime System For Implementing the Method - There is described an engineering systems and generating projects. The projects are used by runtime systems for the control of device and machine modular arrangements. The projects are not completely unmodifiable, instead an individualization layer is provided: particular data input possibilities for base data used by the runtime system are provided with an attribute, which gives whether the data entry in the project shall be unmodifiable or whether said entry may be optionally modifiable by the runtime system. A change is correspondingly optionally carried out with the runtime system. The actual core of the project, however does not need to be re-programmed such that a reversion to the engineering system is not necessary. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007056 | Process extension wizard for coherent multi-dimensional business process models - This disclosure relates to methods, systems, and software for processing a coherent multi-dimensional business process model. The software includes computer-readable instructions embodied on media to identify a coherent multi-dimensional business process model based on at least a portion of a first model for a business process and at least a portion of a second model for the business process. The software then parses the multi-dimensional business process model to identify at least one extension point, each extension point operable to interface a disparate business tool with the business process. The software is further operable to present an extension wizard to a client for a particular one of the identified extension points. It can create entities and extensions in various modeling environments and development environments. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007057 | Object model for transactional memory - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing an object model for transactional memory. The object model for transactional memory allows transactional semantics to be separated from program flow. Memory transaction objects created using the object model can live beyond the instantiating execution scope, which allows additional details about the memory transaction to be provided and controlled. Transactional memory can be supported even from languages that do not directly expose transactional memory constructs. This is made possible by defining the object model in one or more base class libraries and allowing the language that does not support transactional memory directly to use transactional memory through the object model. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007058 | Methods and apparatus for automation of register maps - In one aspect, a software application for facilitating design of a register specification is provided. The application comprises an interface adapted to receive input from a user indicating information about at least one register in the register specification, the interface generating register information based on the received input, a translator coupled to the interface to receive the register information and adapted to convert the register information to an internal representation, and at least one filter adapted to transform the internal representation into at least one respective output format. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007059 | Computer Method and Apparatus for Improving Programming Modeling With Lightweight Stereotypes - Computer method and apparatus provides lightweight stereotypes in a programming model. An alternative to applied profiles is disclosed. A keyword list or list of strings is recorded as an annotation to a model element. The keywords are indicative of applied stereotypes of the model element, where the stereotypes are empty or are used as labels. The list of strings effectively augments the collection of applied stereotypes of the model element. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007060 | UTILIZATION OF WEIGHTS AND VISUALIZATION OF CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS IN UNIFIED MODELING - A system, method and program product for displaying unified model (UM) data in a UM visualization. A system is provided that includes: a weighting system for assigning weights to UM elements; a clustering system for clustering UM elements into categories; and a visualization system for displaying clustered and weighted UM elements within a conceptual framework. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007061 | META-MODEL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENTERPRISE PORTAL - According to some embodiments, meta-model information associated with an enterprise portal is defined. The meta-model information may then be consumed (e.g., by a design tool) when not in communication with an executing enterprise portal server. According to some embodiments, the meta-model information includes UML class diagram definitions associated with the enterprise portal. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007062 | Design-time rules mechanism for modeling systems - According to some embodiments, a visual design tool associated with a generic modeling framework may be selected, and a set of design-time functions used in the visual design tool may be identified. A set of design-time rules may be created (e.g., by a rule creator), each rule corresponding to an identified design-time function. In addition, parameters may be defined for each rule in terms of entities of a language of the generic modeling framework. A set of basic rule cases may then be defined for each rule to specify rule logic, and an extension mechanism may be provided to enable the defined set of basic rule cases to be extended outside the generic modeling framework. According to some embodiments, the set of rules and associated basic rule cases may be interpreted at run-time by the modeling framework. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZED WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT - A system may identify a workflow associated with a graphical model and execute the workflow in a number of stages. The system may display a number of components of the graphical model and identify which of the displayed components are associated with or affected by execution of a current one of the stages of the workflow. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007064 | Size vector sharing in code generated for variable-sized signals - A method and apparatus to generate code to represent a graphical model formed of multiple graphical modeling components and at least one variable-sized signal is presented. Each variable-sized signal is represented using a size-vector in the generated code. The generated code is optimized by representing multiple variable-sized signals with the same size-vector such that at least two variable-sized signals share a size-vector in the generated code. The size of the variable-sized signal is capable of changing during the execution of the graphical model. The method and apparatus also identifies the owners of the variable-sized signals. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007065 | LOGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE - The present invention provides a computer-implemented method to generate a logging dictionary for a compilation of a source code that has a logging statement and associated source code static data, comprising: selecting part of the source code that includes the logging statement; determining source code static data associated with the logging statement; generating a combined data element from the associated source code static data; correlating the combined data element with the logging statement; wherein if the combined data element does not occur in the logging dictionary correlated to said logging statement; assigning a log index value to the combined data element; and adding the log index value, correlated to the logging statement, to the log dictionary. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007066 | Refactoring monolithic applications into dynamically reconfigurable applications - A Dynamically Reconfigurable Applications Mutable Architecture (DRAMA) greatly reduces time, cost, and other resource expenditures associated with customizing a legacy application so that application features can be activated, deactivated, and even altered without requiring the user to reprogram or reinstall the application. A software developer may use DRAMA to deliver DRAs that enable users to switch between configurations during run-time by specifying the application features the user needs. DRAMA provides a lightweight and efficient approach to rapidly build DRAs from legacy applications, verify the validity of a user requested combination of features, and reconfigures DRAs during run-time. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007067 | COMPOSITE PORTAL APPLICATION - The invention relates to a method of providing a composite portal application for a portal server application environment. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the method comprises:
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| 20090007068 | Accessing Non-Public Code - Non-public software constructs within a portion of code may be made accessible by analyzing the code, locating non-public items such as classes, objects, data structures, methods, interfaces, arrays, and other items, and creating a public call for the item in an executable code. In some instances, a call may reference one or more non-public items and such a call may be a static call created at the same time as the function, or may be a dynamically created at runtime. The calls may handle non-public arrays within calls, generic calls, as well as calls using a non-public interface. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007069 | Integrating loosely coupled tools using contracts and references - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing an integration framework that enables tools to be integrated. The integration framework enables tools participating in the framework to be encapsulated in a manner that hides their implementations, thereby preventing them from taking deep dependencies on each other. The integration framework also enables the tools participating in the framework to carry formal type definitions called service and data contracts that describe the public behaviors they offer. The integration framework also provides support for migrating integration logic from tools into pluggable commands to further reduce coupling between the tools. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007070 | Efficient retry for transactional memory - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for implementing retrying transactions in a transactional memory system. The system allows a transaction to execute a retry operation. The system registers for waits on every read in a read set of the retrying transaction. The retrying transaction waits for notification that something in the read set has changed. A transaction knows if notification is required in one of two ways. If the transactional memory word contained a waiters bit during write lock acquisition, then during release the transactional memory word is looked up in an object waiters map, and waiting transactions are signaled. If a writing transaction finds a global count of waiting transactions to be greater than zero after releasing write locks, a transaction waiters map is used to determine which waiting transactions need to be signaled. In each case, the write lock is released using a normal store operation. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007071 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO AUTOMATE THE TESTING OF A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method is disclosed to automate the testing of a graphical user interface. The method supplies a computing device comprising a code base, wherein a graphical user interface (“GUI”) is generated when that code base is executed, and wherein that GUI comprises a plurality of interactable graphical objects. The method color codes in the code base each of the plurality of interactable graphical objects, and then executes the code base. The method selects one of the color-coded interactable graphical objects as a test object. Using the color of the selected interactable graphical object, the method locates and activates that test object, and ascertains if an expected result was observed after activating the color-coded test object. If an expected result is not observed after activating the test object, the method generates an error message. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007072 | Test framework for automating multi-step and multi-machine electronic calendaring application test cases - A test framework for automating multi-user, multi-step and/or multi-machine test cases for electronic calendaring application objects is provided. Test cases may be automated where coordination between a number of machines is required to test electronic calendaring application user scenarios. In addition, automation of multifold interaction between two electronic calendaring application users is provided. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007073 | SERVICE TESTING METHOD AND SERVICE TESTING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a service testing method and system using a surrogate. The service testing method comprises steps of: generating, according to service description of a service to be simulated, a service-specific surrogate for said service to be simulated; deploying the generated service-specific surrogate onto a runtime system; specifying a test case by referring to the generated service-specific surrogate, wherein said test case comprises test configuration; and setting, according to the test configuration, a configuration option of the deployed surrogate on the runtime system. In the service testing method and system according to the present invention, parameters of the surrogate are dynamically configured without necessity of rewriting and deployment, thereby reducing the burden of designing and generating Mock objects. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE TESTING - In general, in one aspect, a method for distributed testing includes providing a testing framework for the distributed testing of software to a number of clients at least some of which have a different operating environment than other of the clients, transmitting to each testing framework a component for testing, receiving client environment data and testing results from each testing framework, storing the testing results and environment data in a database; and reporting the results of running the tests on the clients. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007075 | Method and System for Tracing Profiling Information Using Per Thread Metric Variables with Reused Kernel Threads - A method and system for tracing profiling information using per thread metric variables with reused kernel threads is disclosed. In one embodiment kernel thread level metrics are stored by the operating system kernel. A profiler request metric information for the operating system kernel in response to an event. After the kernel thread level metrics are read by the operating system for a profiler, their values are reset to zero by the operating system kernel. The profiler then applies the metric values to base metric values to appropriate Java threads that are stored in nodes in a tree structure base on the type of event and whether or not the kernel thread has been reused. In another embodiment non-zero values of thread level metrics are entered on a liked list. In response to a request from a profiler, the operating system kernel reads each kernel thread's entry in the linked list and zeros each entry. The profiler can then update the intermediate full tree snapshots of profiling information with the collection of non-zero metric variables. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007076 | Synchronizing Triggering of Multiple Hardware Trace Facilities Using an Existing System Bus - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed in a data processing system for synchronizing the triggering of multiple hardware trace facilities using an existing bus. The multiple hardware trace facilities include a first hardware trace facility and a second hardware trace facility. The data processing system includes a first processor that includes the first hardware trace facility and first processing units that are coupled together utilizing the system bus, and a second processor that includes the second hardware trace facility and second processing units that are coupled together utilizing the system bus. Information is transmitted among the first and second processing units utilizing the system bus when the processors are in a normal, non-tracing mode, where the information is formatted according to a standard system bus protocol. Trigger events are transmitted to the hardware trace facilities utilizing the same standard system bus, where the trigger events are also formatted according to the standard system bus protocol. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007077 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING TEST CASES FOR BINARY CODE - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically generating test cases for binary code. Embodiments of the present invention can automatically generate test inputs for systematically covering program execution paths within binary code. By monitoring program execution of the binary code on existing or random test cases, branch predicates on execution paths can be dynamically inferred. These inferred branch predicates can then be used to drive the program along previously unexplored execution paths, enabling the learning of further execution paths. Embodiments of the invention can be used in combination with other analysis and testing techniques to provide better test coverage and expose program errors. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007078 | Computer-Implemented Systems And Methods For Software Application Testing - Computer-implemented systems and methods for testing one or more software applications. For example, a system and method can be configured to perform a comparison between test data results and benchmark test data in order to determine test result differences between the received test data results and the retrieved benchmark test data. Testing criteria is applied to the determined test result differences in order to identify test deviations from the benchmark test data. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007079 | CALLING AN ENTITY OF A GRAPHICAL MODEL WITH A NON-GRAPHICAL ENTITY AND CALLING A NON-GRAPHICAL ENTITY OF A GRAPHICAL MODEL WITH A GRAPHICAL ENTITY - The present invention provides a graphical model in a computing environment, where the graphical model includes at least a caller entity. A call command associated with the caller entity is executed, where the call command includes at least a partial name of the callee entity. The at least one callee entity may be identified based on the partial name of the at least one callee entity provided in the call command. The at least one callee entity may then be called. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN ALTERNATIVE CHARACTER STRING - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for determining an alternative character string, in response to an invalid character string being received by a consumer application, wherein the invalid character string is derived from the selection of a series of keyboard keys in combination with a modifier key and wherein each key is associated with at least one glyph. An apparatus in accordance with an embodiment includes: a converter component for converting each glyph of the invalid character string into a first format; a converter component for parsing each of the converted first formats into a second format; an alternatives engine for determining from each of the second formats a third format which can be derived from a combination of a selection of the key and an alternative modifier key; and a converter component for converting each of the determined third formats into their associated glyphs for compiling into a list of alternative character strings. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007081 | System and Method of Generating Applications for Mobile Devices - A system and method for transforming a reference application written for a reference mobile device into a target application for a target mobile device is disclosed. The system includes: a) transforms and metadata associated with each transform, where the transform includes instructions to modify a portion of the reference application and the metadata includes at least one of device-specific information and application-specific information; b) a plug-in containing links to a selected portion of the transforms, where the selected portion of the transforms is selected using the metadata; and c) a transformation engine which communicates with the with the plug-in to execute the instructions in each of the transforms in the selected portion. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007082 | Method for the Translation of a Subprogram by an Interpreter in a Control Device - The invention relates to a method for the translation of a sub-programme ( | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007083 | TECHNIQUES FOR PARSING ELECTRONIC FILES - Techniques for parsing electronic files are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for parsing electronic files comprising an input module operable to read one or more electronic files, a syntax element store, associated with one or more syntax elements, a mutation module operable to mutate one or more of the one or more syntax elements and parse the one or more electronic files read from the input module, and an output module operable to create one or more normalized electronic files from the one or more parsed electronic files. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007084 | MODEL DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING ASPECT INTEGRATION TOOL - The present invention discloses a software development tool that includes a model development interface, an aspect design tool, and a model transformation engine. The model development interface can permit a developer to graphically design at least one software model. The aspect design tool for the model development interface can be configured to permit a user to specify at least one aspect to be applied to a model of the model development interface. The model transformation engine can transform a model of the model development interface having at least one aspect defined via the aspect design tool into automatically generated aspect code integrated with base language code. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007085 | ARCHITECTURE FOR GENERATING INTERMEDIATE REPRESENTATIONS FOR PROGRAM CODE CONVERSION - An improved architecture for a program code conversion apparatus and method for generating intermediate representations for program code conversion. The program code conversion apparatus determines which types of IR nodes to generate in an intermediate representation (IR) of subject code ( | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007086 | Compiler Optimization - Provides effective use of architecture-specific instructions. There is provided a compiler including: a target partial program detecting unit for detecting, from among a partial programs of the program to be optimized, a partial program including instructions corresponding to all instructions included in the pattern to be replaced as a partial program to be optimized; an instruction sequence transforming unit for transforming, in the partial program to be optimized, instructions other than those instructions corresponding to instructions included in the pattern to be replaced and those instructions having execution dependencies different from the pattern to be replaced, so that dependencies between instructions included in the partial program to be optimized match the pattern to be replaced; an instruction sequence replacing unit for replacing the partial program to be optimized transformed by the instruction sequence transforming unit with a target instruction sequence determined in accordance with the pattern to be replaced. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007087 | PROGRAM ANALYZING METHOD, PROGRAM ANALYZING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM ANALYZING PROGRAM - A dependent element group which is invertibly contractible is found by using program analysis information including a plurality of dependent elements representing dependent relationships of statement and control, the statement and the control being included in a program. Next, a program dependence graph in which dependent elements are made to be contracted is generated by contracting the found dependent element group. The number of vertices and the number of edges of the program dependence graph are reduced by the contraction of the dependent elements, so that a program dependence graph with a rough granularity can be generated. As a result, a calculation amount (calculation time) necessary for optimization processing such as parallel processing of the program can be reduced. That is, by generating the contracted program dependence graph having invertibility, it is possible to realize the analysis and optimization of large-scale software in a realistic time. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007088 | SYSTEM FOR THE DISCOVERY AND PROVISIONING OF ARTIFACTS AND COMPOSITES - The present invention relates to software development in a networked environment, and in particular to method and system for automatically assisted generation of composite applications ( | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007089 | Method and Apparatus to Enable Dynamically Activated Firmware Updates - Dynamic updating of firmware in a processing system without performing a system reset may be accomplished by allocating memory space for updated firmware in a dynamic random access memory of the processing system during the system initialization process for the processing system; receiving the updated firmware during runtime of the processing system; validating the updated firmware; storing the updated firmware into the allocated memory space when the updated firmware is validated; and setting a pointer variable indicating the start of a portion of the firmware to point to the start of the updated firmware stored in the allocated memory space. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007090 | SOFTWARE UPDATING METHOD AND PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A software updating method for updating software stored as compressed code in a nonvolatile memory provided in a portable terminal on the basis of differential data via wireless communication includes the steps of providing a file system area having a fault-tolerant property; decompressing, at the execution of software updating, the compressed code of the software and loading the decompressed code into a random-access memory; updating the software in the random-access memory on the basis of the differential data; compressing the updated software; and storing a backup of a compressed updated code sequence corresponding to a compressed updated portion of the compressed updated software in the file system area and then writing the compressed updated code sequence corresponding to the compressed updated portion of the compressed updated software back to the nonvolatile memory. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007091 | Techniques for automatic software provisioning - Techniques to perform automatic software provisioning are described. An apparatus may comprise a provisioning database, a client provisioning module and a network interface. The provisioning server may be operative to store software update packages for different packet telephony devices. The client provisioning module may be operative to automatically provision packet telephony devices in response to provisioning requests from the packet telephony devices. For example, the client provisioning module may receive device configuration information for a packet telephony device, and retrieve a software update package from the provisioning database based on the device configuration information. The network interface may send the software update package to the packet telephony device on behalf of the client provisioning module. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007092 | Flashed based data aggregation and exchange - A system and method for affecting global change to application instance windows or applications at a client side device are disclosed herein. New and/or substitute feature, content, and/or functionality can be provided to application instance windows or applications that use flash player technology. The implementation of the new feature, content, and/or functionality may be toggled on/off by the user or it may be automatically provided to the user. The implementation affects no permanent change to the application instance windows or applications. Rather it drives user customization, improves user experience, and provides a way to potentially generate revenue. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007093 | Dynamic correction of component manifests - Described is processing a manifest associated with a software component (such as for installation purposes) to determine whether the manifest has errors, and if so, providing a corrected manifest. To process the manifest, an identifier associated with the manifest is used to consult a correction data store to determine whether the manifest is known to require correction. The identifier may be generated via a hash (e.g., of the manifest contents) if one is not appropriately associated with the manifest. If the manifest is known to require correction, a corrected manifest is used, such as from a substitute corrected manifest, or a set of deltas that modify the manifest into the corrected manifest. The substitute manifest or deltas may be in the data store or obtained via a link. A corrected manifest may also be provided by evaluating the manifest for rule violations, and fixing any rule violations that are found. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007094 | Loosely coupled product install and configuration - A method, system and program are provided for managing the installation and configuration of a software product by using a proxy service to loosely couple the installation and/or configuration of constituent modules within the installation/configuration flow of the software product. The proxy service invokes the installation/configuration processing of an existing software component, thereby reducing the complexity associated with installing new component installation processes every time a component is to be supported, especially where the software products and new component(s) do not share the same installation/configuration platforms. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007095 | EXTENSIBLE DATA DRIVEN DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods that facilitate deployment of server applications via employing a deployment system that declaratively defines deployment actions. Such system is extensible to enable user customization, and includes a deployment document that declaratively defines deployment terms. The deployment document can further describe what the tasks accomplish, and also what tasks are to be forwarded to the task handler at execution time. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007096 | Secure Software Deployments - Techniques for secure software deployments are described. In one implementation, a software package is published to an installation portion of a networked environment and stored. Similarly, an applicability rule (or policy) associated with the software package is published to the installation portion and stored. During a periodic synchronization between a host device and the installation portion, the applicability rule is communicated, and a determination is made whether the host device is intended to receive the software package based on the applicability rule communicated during the periodic synchronization. If the applicability rule is satisfied, the software package is installed on the host device. In a further implementation, the software package may be installed on the host device via a communication channel that is normally designated for non-routine communications, such as security packet updates and other administrative functions. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007097 | Product install and configuration providing choice of new installation and re-use of existing installation - A method, system and program are provided for managing the installation and configuration of a software product by using a proxy service to loosely couple the installation and/or configuration of constituent modules within the installation/configuration flow of the software product. The proxy service invokes the installation/configuration processing of an existing software component, thereby reducing the complexity associated with installing new component installation processes every time a component is to be supported, especially where the software products and new component(s) do not share the same installation/configuration platforms. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007098 | Distributed Asset Management System and Method - The present invention provides a method and system for managing remote applications running on devices that acquire, process and store data locally in order to integrate said data with heterogeneous enterprise information systems and business processes. The | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007099 | MIGRATING A VIRTUAL MACHINE COUPLED TO A PHYSICAL DEVICE - A virtual machine with a directly assigned network device and supported on a host may be migrated to other host without loss of network connectivity. Such migration is enabled by bonding a physical network interface driver (NIC) and a virtual NIC driver of the host. A virtual machine monitor of the host may determine whether the virtual machine is to be migrated to the other host. The virtual machine monitor may allow hot-plug removal of the network device. However, the virtual machine may still maintain network connectivity through the virtual NIC. The virtual machine may be migrated to the other host. After migration, the virtual machine may continue to maintain the network connectivity either through the virtual NIC driver or bond with a physical NIC driver of the network device coupled to the other host. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007100 | Suspending a Running Operating System to Enable Security Scanning - Techniques described herein enable virtualizing a processor into one or more virtual machines and suspending an operating system of one of the virtual machines from outside of the operating system environment. Once suspended, these techniques capture a snapshot of the virtual machine to determine a presence of malware. This snapshot may also be used to determine whether an unauthorized change has occurred within contents of the virtual machine. Remedial action may occur responsive to determining a presence of malware or an unauthorized change. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007101 | OPTIMAL POLICIES FOR LOAD BALANCING FOR DISTRIBUTED AND STRATEGIC AGENTS (MORE TECHNICALLY, OPTIMAL COORDINATION MECHANISMS FOR MACHINE SCHEDULING) - Providing for scheduling tasks in a distributed system based on an inefficiency of each task on a particular machine as compared with available networked machines is described herein. By way of example, a distribution component can receive a plurality of tasks at a machine assigned by at least one independent agent. In addition, an ordering component can schedule each task on a machine as a function of non-decreasing inefficiency. Such a policy can be implemented locally at the machine, minimizing inter-device communication, while only marginally increasing completion time for the set of tasks. In such a manner, the subject disclosure provides for load balancing of distributed systems in a manner that utilizes fewer resources than conventional approaches. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007102 | Dynamically Computing Reputation Scores for Objects - Tools and techniques for dynamically computing reputation scores for objects are described herein. The tools may provide machine-readable storage media containing machine-readable instructions for receiving requests to dynamically compute reputation scores for the objects, for instantiating protected virtual environments in which to execute the objects, and for computing the reputation score based on how the object behaves when executing within the virtual environment. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007103 | INJECTING VIRTUALIZATION EVENTS IN A LAYERED VIRTUALIZATION ARCHITECTURE - Embodiments of apparatuses, methods, and systems for injecting virtualization events in a layered virtualization architecture are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes virtual machine entry logic, recognition logic, and evaluation logic. The virtual machine entry logic is to initiate a transfer of control of the apparatus from a host to a guest running on a virtual machine. The recognition logic is to recognize a request from the host to inject a virtualization event into the virtual machine. The evaluation logic is to identify an intervening monitor to handle the virtualization event. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007104 | PARTITIONED SCHEME FOR TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE SUPPORT - The subject mater herein relates to processing of sensitive data and, more particularly, to a partitioned scheme for trusted platform module support. Various embodiments provide systems, methods, and software that instantiate one or more emulated trusted platform modules in respective sequestered processor cores. In some embodiments, a trusted platform module in instantiated in a processor core, sequestered for the trusted platform module, for each operating system or virtual machine operating on a computing device. The operating system may then communicate with the appropriate trusted platform module over a secure communication channel, such as an interpartition bridge. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007105 | Updating Offline Virtual Machines or VM Images - Methods and systems for updating a virtual machine image. The virtual machine image may be stored as a collection of one or more virtual hard disk files. The virtual machine image is rendered to file-system data. Rendering the virtual machine image to file-system data may comprise mounting the virtual machine image's virtual hard disk drives. An analysis engine is invoked to scan the exposed file-system data to determine the update status of software constructs of the virtual machine image and data indicative of the scanning may be stored. The virtual machine image may be updated while inactive or may be deployed and activated in a protected environment for updating. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007106 | Virtual Machine Smart Migration - Migration mechanisms are disclosed herein that smartly transfer data among virtual machines, minimizing the down time of migration of such machines but maximizing the consistent state of data stored thereon. Specifically, data can be classified into three types: low volatility data (such as hard disk data), high volatility data (such a random access memory data), and immutable data (such as read only data). This data can be migrated from a source virtual machine to a target virtual machine by sending the immutable data along with the low volatility data first—before the source virtual machine has stopped itself for the migration process. Then, after the source virtual machine has stopped, high volatility data and (again) low volatility data can be sent from the source to the target. In this latter case, only differences between the low volatility data may be sent (or alternatively, new low volatility data may be sent). | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007107 | Leveraging transactional memory hardware to accelerate virtualization emulation - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for using transactional memory hardware to accelerate virtualization or emulation. One or more central processing units are provided with transactional memory hardware that is operable to accelerate virtualization. The transactional memory hardware has a facility to maintain private state, a facility to render memory accesses from other central processing units visible to software, and support for atomic commit of the private state. The transactional memory hardware can be used, for example, to facilitate emulation of precise exception semantics. The private state is operable to enable an emulated state to remain inconsistent with an architectural state and only synchronized on certain boundaries. An optimized sequence of instructions is executed using chunk-accurate simulation to try and achieve a same end effect. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007108 | Arrangements for hardware and software resource monitoring - In one embodiment a method for accounting processing resources expended on an activity is disclosed. The method can include determining a task to be performed by a domain, where the task can utilize at least one hardware resource and at least one software resource. The method can monitor and correlate events that are only visible as hardware events with events that are only visible as software events. In one embodiment, this capability is applied to virtual machine configurations on platform power-managed systems to provided correlated platform performance state characteristics on virtual machine, workload or thread level. The method can also combine an output metric of the hardware monitor with an output metric of the software monitor to provide an accounting of resources utilized by the task. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007109 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING PROCESSES IN GOS BY VMM - The present invention provides a method apparatus for recognizing a process in a guest operation system by a virtual machine monitor, and the method comprises: step | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007110 | INTERRUPT PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for interrupt processing includes setting a buffer for buffering data packets received by a front-end or back-end of the virtual machine and setting a timer for timing data buffering time; determining, after receiving the data packets from the front-end or the back-end, whether the received data packets are interacting data packets and determining whether to enable or postpone the timer, and buffering the received data packets by the buffer and enabling the timer in the case that the data packets are not the interacting data packets; and sending the buffered data packets through a virtual machine manager to the back-end or the front-end of the virtual machine for processing in the case that the buffer reaches a maximum capacity limit or the timer reaches a predetermined time. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007111 | LOGGING AND REPLAYING INPUT/OUTPUT EVENTS FOR A VIRTUAL MACHINE - Methods for logging and replaying input/output (I/O) events for a virtual machine (VM). The I/O events may be asynchronous or synchronous. In particular, one embodiment is a computer-implemented method for logging input/output (I/O) events for a virtual machine, the method including: executing the virtual machine from a checkpoint; and logging external events, including I/O events; wherein logging an I/O event comprises logging the event, and then, logging I/O data relating to the I/O event. | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007112 | Method for controlling a virtual machine and a virtual machine system - A next-generation OS with a virtualization feature is executed as a user program on a first virtual processor by selecting, in response to a cause of a call for a host VMM, one of a guest status area ( | 2009-01-01 |
| 20090007113 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING THE EXECUTION OF A PROCESS - A method and computer program product for defining a plurality of tags, each of which is associated with a discrete process executable on activity content. At least one of the plurality of tags is associated with a piece of content within an activity, thus defining one or more associated tags. | 2009-01-01 |
