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US20080092158 Interactive content for media content access systems and methods  
In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a content delivery subsystem providing an enhanced content data stream, which includes media content from a first source and interactive...
US20080092157 System and method of restricting access to video content  
Disclosed are a system and method of restricting access to video content. In a particular embodiment, the method includes sending a request for video content to a set-top box device from a remote...
US20080092156 Systems and methods for automatically identifying a user profile  
Systems and methods for automatically recognizing a user of an interactive media guidance application are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor a plurality of users'...
US20080092155 Systems and methods for automatically identifying a user profile  
Systems and methods for automatically recognizing a user of an interactive media guidance application are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor a plurality of users'...
US20080092154 Pay program providing system and television broadcast reception apparatus  
A pay program providing system has: a television broadcast reception apparatus receiving video data of a pay program and address data for accessing a predetermined communication server, and...
US20080092153 System and process for forming a durable image on an optical disk  
A process for durably protecting an image applied to a digital information disk includes providing an optical disk including an image disposed on a surface of the optical disk, and inkjet printing...
US20080092152 DISK CARRIER DEVICE AND DISK DRIVE  
A disk carrier device for carrying an optical disk having a plate in the center, which plate is capable of being attracted by a magnetic force, is disclosed. The disclosed disk carrier device...
US20080092151 Method and apparatus for handling dynamically linked function calls with respect to program code conversion  
A technique is provided for handling dynamically linked subject function calls arranged pass subject control flow to an intermediate control structure such as a procedure linkage table, then to...
US20080092150 DATA PLATFORM WEB SERVICES APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE  
A system and method for implementing functions customized for a branded company are disclosed. A data platform includes a function database which initially receives, and stores, a standardized...
US20080092149 Modular architecture for a device interface component  
An interface component, which is operable to allow one or more application programs to interact with device functions and corresponding method, that is stored in computer readable medium includes...
US20080092148 Apparatus and Method for Splitting Endpoint Address Translation Cache Management Responsibilities Between a Device Driver and Device Driver Services  
An apparatus and method for splitting responsibilities for communicating with an endpoint between a device driver and device driver services are provided. With the apparatus and method, the device...
US20080092147 Method for Determining Deadlocks in Secondary Processes  
Disclosed is a method for determining deadlocks in secondary processes for a system model that is described in an object-oriented manner. The method includes the following: a) all active objects of...
US20080092146 COMPUTING MACHINE  
An architecture for a scalable computing machine built using configurable processing elements, such as FPGAs, is provided. The machine can enable implementation of large scale computing...
US20080092145 Secure operating system switching  
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for secure operating system switching. In one embodiment, the method comprises identifying a second operating system of a plurality of operating systems...
US20080092144 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM  
Management statuses of devices are set. A management information group set by the set management statuses is classified into management information common to a plurality of target devices and...
US20080092143 Storage apparatus and load balancing method  
This storage apparatus having a plurality of physical devices for balancing and retaining data sent from a host computer and parity of the data for each prescribed unit includes a load ratio...
US20080092142 SKEW EXCEPTION DETECTION  
Techniques are presented for skew exception detection within a parallel processing environment. A potential exception is detected when a highest load of a processor within the parallel processing...
US20080092141 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME-SLICED AND MULTI-THREADED DATA PROCESSING IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM  
A method for designing a time-sliced and multi-threaded architecture comprises the steps of conducting a thorough analysis of a range of applications and building a specific processor to...
US20080092140 Systems and methods for executing a computer program in a multi-processor environment  
In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for executing a computer program that performs multiple processes in a multi-processor environment. A client...
US20080092139 Extended Transactions  
Multiple atomic “component” database transactions are combined into a single extended transaction through message passing. The multiple component transactions that comprise a single extended...
US20080092138 RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A NUMA ARCHITECTURE BASED ON SEPARATE APPLICATION SPECIFIED RESOURCE AND STRENGTH PREFERENCES FOR PROCESSOR AND MEMORY RESOURCES  
An apparatus, program product and method in which application program-specified resource allocation and allocation strength preferences are used to allocate hardware resources from a computer for...
US20080092137 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PERIPHERAL CONNECTION WAKEUP IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL MACHINES  
A method and system for managing peripheral connection wakeup signaling in a processing system supporting multiple virtual machines provides a mechanism by which ownership of a peripheral having...
US20080092136 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A PREPROCESSOR TO DETERMINE DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN J2EE COMPONENTS  
A system and method for using a preprocessor to determine dependencies between J2EE components. The preprocessor can analyze a running J2EE application, and look at the deployment descriptor...
US20080092135 Customizable Frequency Converter  
A frequency converter ( 100 ) comprises a processor ( 102 ), memory ( 104 ) and basic software ( 106 ) in the memory, the execution of which software implements the basic functionality of the...
US20080092134 Method and Process for Using Common Preinstallation Environment for Heterogeneous Operating Systems  
A system and method is disclosed for the uniform installation of one or more of a plurality of heterogeneous operating systems (operating systems) on a predetermined information handling system. A...
US20080092133 Installation utility system and method  
An installation manifest defines associations of one or more application installation files with operating system installation files. An installation manager determines an installation type for a...
US20080092132 Firmware download  
Disclosed are apparatus and methodology subject matters for upgrading firmware associated with one or more metrology devices and adjunct devices. Methods are disclosed for broadcast transmission of...
US20080092131 CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE APPLICATIONS IN AN OBJECT-BASED SUPERVISORY PROCESS CONTROL AND MANUFACTURING INFORMATION SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT  
A system is disclosed for facilitating centralized management of human machine interface (HMI) components distributable across multiple nodes of the system. The system includes a centralized...
US20080092130 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM  
An information processing apparatus capable of easily extending the data item of the data used by the software of the apparatus, and the data managing method and the data managing program for the...
US20080092129 Incorporating functionality from an object file into an existing binary file  
Functionality from an object file can be incorporated into an already existing binary file. Functions from the object file can be intelligently inserted into the binary file with the guidance of...
US20080092128 Method for transparent on-line dynamic binary optimization  
A generalized on-line solution for achieving transparent binary optimization using pre-existing profiling facilities and virtual memory remapping of text regions. An optimization environment is...
US20080092127 Grid-Enabled ANT Compatible with Both Stand-Alone and Grid-Based Computing Systems  
A grid-enabled ANT system that includes ANT XML task files that can run on both grid-enabled machines or stand-alone computers is disclosed. A network file server is used to store files accessed...
US20080092126 INPUT OF PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS IN IMPERATIVE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES  
The invention relates to a programming surface for imperative, procedural languages. A further prerequisite is a graphical user interface (GUI). The programming surface for the input of program...
US20080092125 Sparse vectorization without hardware gather / scatter  
A target operation in a normalized target loop, susceptible of vectorization and which may, after compilation into a vectorized form, seek to operate on data in nonconsecutive physical memory, is...
US20080092124 Code generation for complex arithmetic reduction for architectures lacking cross data-path support  
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for compiling source code for performing a complex operation followed by a complex reduction operation. A method is...
US20080092123 Computer software test coverage analysis  
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for performing software testing. A first set of traces is compressed to form a first set of compressed traces. The first...
US20080092122 AUTOMATED PERFORMANCE MONITORING  
Performance tracking of computing systems can be provided by monitoring, determining performance states, and displaying health information. Capacity planning recommendations can be provided by...
US20080092121 PERFORMANCE VISUALIZATION INCLUDING HIERARCHICAL DISPLAY OF PERFORMANCE DATA  
Systems and methods provide a display indicating performance characteristics of a computer application. The display may include a call graph having nodes that represent subunits of the application....
US20080092120 SIZE AND EFFORT ESTIMATION IN TESTING APPLICATIONS  
Size of a software application testing project is determined, and person/hours required for the testing project is estimated. The software application is sized by counting the number of different...
US20080092119 System, method, and computer readable medium for universal software testing  
An automated software testing and validation system allows testing of a software application under test (SAUT) regardless of the dynamic nature of the SAUT. An abstracted set of hierarchal or...
US20080092118 Correlating Events Emitted By Software Components  
The present invention improves correlation of events emitted by software components during a thread of execution. Each software component invoked during the thread registers with a correlation...
US20080092117 Editor with Commands for Automatically Disabling and Enabling Program Code Portions  
A method ( 300 ) of editing program code is proposed. The program code consists of main instructions written in a high-level language. Typically, the program code further includes one or more sets...
US20080092116 Extensible automation development environment  
The present invention provides an extensible automation development environment. A full development environment in its own right, the environment, in addition to supporting its own native objects,...
US20080092115 ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SYSTEM HAVING DYNAMIC CODE GENERATION  
An enterprise software system provides dynamic code generation techniques that facilitate quick and efficient resolution of multi-dimensional data demands. The system includes an object store that...
US20080092114 Computer Program, Program Executing Device, Program Generation Processing Program, Status Display Processing Program, And The Like  
A high-reliability computer program, a program executing device, a program creating program for creating a high-reliability computer program, and a state displaying program are provided. The...
US20080092113 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO INCLUDE AN EXECUTION ENGINE  
An electronic device configuration that models a dynamical system can be produced by compiling program code written in a specialized modeling language into directed flow graph data, and then...
US20080092112 Method and Apparatus for Generating Code for an Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) Data Flow  
Methods, computer program products, and system for generating code for an extract, transform, and load (ETL) data flow are provided. In one implementation, the method includes receiving an ETL data...
US20080092111 User-defined hierarchies of user-defined classes of graphical objects in a graphical modeling environment  
The present invention allows a user to graphically define a hierarchy of user-defined, executable classes of graphical objects that can be implemented in a graphical model. The present invention...
US20080092110 Enhanced UI operations leveraging derivative visual representation  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates manipulation of three-dimensional (3D) objects displayed in a two-dimensional (2D) display. During operation, the system...
US20080092109 User-defined hierarchies of user-defined classes of graphical objects in a graphical modeling environment  
The present invention allows a user to graphically define a hierarchy of user-defined, executable classes of graphical objects that can be implemented in a graphical model. The present invention...