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7620953 System and method for allocating resources of a core space among a plurality of core virtual machines  
A technique for executing a segmented virtual machine (VM) is disclosed. A plurality of core VM's is implemented in a plurality of core spaces. Each core VM is associated with one of a plurality of...
7620952 Universal registration system  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for implementing universal registration in an information appliance network. The method includes providing user registration information of a...
7620950 System and method to monitor amount of usage of applications in logical partitions  
A system, method, and program product for determining an amount of usage of applications in an LPAR in a computer system and a bill for such usage. A guest operating system or other program...
7617498 Resource conflict management using predefined XML schemas  
A method and system for identifying conflicting resource claims by applications for a system having a plurality of resources. A set of schemas are predefined for the system, wherein each schema...
7613793 Method and system for providing a web service by a plurality of web domains through a single IP address  
A method and system for providing a Web service by a plurality of Web domains hosted by a computer, through a single IP address, is disclosed. A server having a unique domain name and the same IP...
7613289 Application based queuing via an H.323/SIP interface  
The present invention provides a telephony-accessed application system for providing a service, such as voicemail, in accordance with a switching interface such as in the ITU-T H.323 or IETF SIP...
7610586 Resource manager for clients in an information distribution system  
A method for processing a resource allocation request associated with an application running at a set top box, by identifying all resources required to complete the resource allocation request and...
7610584 Method, system, and product for defining and managing provisioning states for resources in provisioning data processing systems  
A method, system, and computer program product are described for managing the provisioning of resources in a data processing system. There are different types of resources. Each resource is one of...
7603672 Programmable request handling system and method  
A system and method is disclosed for prioritizing requests received from multiple requesters for presentation to a shared resource. The system includes logic that implements multiple priority...
7603671 Performance management in a virtual computing environment  
A virtual zone management framework manages one or more virtual computing zones forming a global computing zone residing on a host computer. The virtual zone manager comprises a normalization...
7603494 Home networking resource management  
In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method of configuring a computer coupled to a residential gateway. The method includes executing resource sharing software on the...
7603464 Method and system for identifying available resources in a peer-to-peer network  
A method for a peer of a peer-to-peer network to search for an available resource is provided. The method initiates with representing a request for the available resource as a request bit string....
7603357 Collaborative asset management  
Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for enabling collaborative asset management. In one implementation, a computer program product includes instructions to...
7600261 Security attributes in trusted computing systems  
A system comprising a trusted computing platform including one or more logically protected computing environments, each of which is associated with at least one service or process supported by said...
7600229 Methods and apparatus for load balancing processing of management information  
Mechanisms and techniques for processing information in a management application, such as a storage area network management application, include a load manager, a set of distributed agents that...
7596790 Allocating computing resources in a distributed environment  
In one embodiment of the present invention, a computing system includes a plurality of systems coupled in a distributed infrastructure, and a resource allocator to allocate activities of an...
7596788 Support of non-trivial scheduling policies along with topological properties  
Systems and methods for scheduling jobs in a multiprocessor machine are disclosed. The status of resources in the multiprocessor machine is periodically determined. The status indicates the...
7594233 Processing thread launching using volunteer information  
A method of and computer system for selecting a processor of a computer system on which to launch a processing thread is described. Each processor load is compared with a volunteer load of a...
7594232 Intelligent memory device for processing tasks stored in memory or for storing data in said memory  
Coordination between multiple processors presents a set of difficult problems, since most processors are not designed for multi-processing, but for multi-tasking. Additionally, CPUs are...
7594231 Apparatus and method for assuring recovery of temporary resources in a logically partitioned computer system  
A capacity manager provides temporary resources on demand in a manner that assures the temporary resources may be recovered when the specified resource-time expires. Access to minimum resource...
7594230 Web server architecture  
An improved web server design includes a kernel-based listener service that is configured by a user-mode based administrative process. When a web request is received by the listener service it is...
7594229 Predictive resource allocation in computing systems  
A system including a method employed by a dedicated processor for allocating resources to other processors with a multi-processor computing environment. The dedicated processor is dedicated only to...
7594228 Method and apparatus to perform task scheduling  
A method and apparatus to perform task scheduling are described. Tasks are assigned by receiving a request to execute a task on one of multiprocessors. The type of task is determined for the task....
7594016 Calculating numbers of servers for tiers of a multi-tiered system  
Fractional, non-integer numbers of servers are calculated for respective tiers of a multi-tiered system using a server allocation algorithm. The fractional, non-integer numbers of servers are...
7590983 System for allocating computing resources of distributed computer system with transaction manager  
In one aspect, the present invention features a system including a local computing device in communication with a distributed computing system, the local computing device configured to perform...
7590746 Systems and methods of maintaining availability of requested network resources  
The availability of requested network resources in a network of servers, each having associated network-servable resources of a specific kind is maintained. Resource data and resource-serving...
7589719 Fast multi-pass partitioning via priority based scheduling  
Computer operations are partitioned for execution by a processor. A plurality of operations to be partitioned is received. The respective priorities for each of the plurality of operations is...
7587718 Method and apparatus for enforcing a resource-usage policy in a compute farm  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that enforces a resource-usage policy in a compute farm. During operation, the system can receive etiquette rules which include...
7587716 Asymmetrical multiprocessor system, image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus using same, and unit job processing method using asymmetrical multiprocessor  
An asymmetrical multiprocessor system includes a plurality of processors. At least the first processor and the second processor are asymmetrical to each other. The plurality of processors execute a...
7584476 Mechanism for reducing remote memory accesses to shared data in a multi-nodal computer system  
Disclosed is an apparatus, method, and program product for identifying and grouping threads that have interdependent data access needs. The preferred embodiment of the present invention utilizes...
7584475 Managing a video encoder to facilitate loading and executing another program  
A software program includes at least two performance levels. Each performance level has an associated processor utilization. Each performance level corresponds to optimization criteria, such as a...
7584473 Highly componentized system architecture with loadable virtual memory manager  
The present invention is directed to a loadable virtual memory manager, and generally to a computer operating system capable of supporting application programs running in a computer having a...
7581232 Coordinating reference counting between entities executing within separate address spaces  
Reference counting is shared between an in-process service runtime and a machine-wide service. The service maintains a global reference count, a global export count, and an exports before revoke...
7581224 Systems and methods for monitoring resource utilization and application performance  
Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring application performance. In one embodiment, the system comprises resource data including information on a plurality of resources, the resources...
7581223 Method and a system for executing operating system functions, as well as an electronic device  
A method is provided for use in a system. The system comprises at least one processor. A first operating system and a second operating system are processed in the processor. A first set of...
7580901 System and method for estimating transition costs  
A transition costing program (TCP) uses standardized activity tasks (SAT), standard activity estimates (SAE) for each SAT, a transition costing estimator (TCE) to develop full time equivalent (FTE)...
7577959 Providing on-demand capabilities using virtual machines and clustering processes  
Techniques are provided for on-demand resource allocation in a cluster having at least one initial virtual machine. It is determined that resource requirements have changed. At least one new...
7577764 Method, system, and computer program product for virtual adapter destruction on a physical adapter that supports virtual adapters  
A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system for directly destroying the resources associated with one or more virtual adapters that reside within a physical adapter...
7577686 Dynamic table configuration in a virtual machine  
A system, method, and software product provides for managing resources in a virtual machine. The system comprises a guest memory and a processor. The guest memory stores a file exception table and...
7577482 System comprising interchangeable electronic controllers and corresponding methods  
A system comprising an interchangeable electronic controller is provided with programming that allows the controller to adapt a behavior that is dependent upon the particular type of function...
7574708 Mechanism for enabling the distribution of operating system resources in a multi-node computer system  
Disclosed is an apparatus, method, and program product that enables distribution of operating system resources on a nodal basis in the same proportions as the expected system workload. The...
7574707 Install-run-remove mechanism  
A method includes requesting a computer in a network to install a first application and execute the first application, transferring one or more files to the computer, making modifications to the...
7571439 Synchronizing access to global resources  
A method, data structure, and database system for synchronizing access to a global resource by a plurality of processes executing on a computer system are disclosed. A global lock is defined for...
7571438 Method and system for resource management with independent real-time applications on a common set of machines  
A resource management mechanism is provided to ensure that real-time application programs running on a single machine or set of machines exhibit predictable behavior. The resource management...
7571342 Processor system, instruction sequence optimization device, and instruction sequence optimization program  
To reduce power consumption of a processor system including a plurality of processors without degradation of the processing ability, a flag detecting section detects an assignment control flag and...
7568199 System for matching resource request that freeing the reserved first resource and forwarding the request to second resource if predetermined time period expired  
A method for a grid application start protocol includes, in a network, responding to a request for a computational resource available for computing a task by sending a list of available...
7568198 Control of tasks in a programmable logic controller  
System and method for modifying properties of tasks on a programmable logic controller. Input specifying modification of a property of a task included in a programmable logic controller (PLC) may...
7568052 Method, system and program products for managing I/O configurations of a computing environment  
Input/output (I/O) configurations of a computing environment are managed. This management includes dynamically adjusting an I/O configuration, when it is determined that such an adjustment is...
7567359 Method and program for executing a job in a remote computer in different computer environment  
A client side physical computer into which the job is loaded issues a job execution request to a server side physical computer. The job execution request is accompanied by job execution statements...
7565657 Allocating application to group of consecutive processors in fault-tolerant deadlock-free routing path defined by routers obeying same rules for path selection  
In a multiple processor computing apparatus, directional routing restrictions and a logical channel construct permit fault tolerant, deadlock-free routing. Processor allocation can be performed by...