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US20080178281 Method for Enabling Secure Usage of Computers Using a Mechanism Lockdown  
A computer-implemented method for selectively enabling and disabling at least one of a plurality of functions of a host operating system and for selectively enabling and disabling at least one of a...
US20080178201 SHARING A NETWORK I/O ADAPTER BETWEEN LOGICAL PARTITIONS  
An I/O adapter sharing mechanism in a logically partitioned computer system allows sharing a network I/O adapter between logical partitions in an efficient manner. A first logical partition owns...
US20080178194 Integrating Non-Compliant Providers of Dynamic Services into a Resource Management infrastructure  
A method and a corresponding system for use in a resource management infrastructure conforming to the WMI architecture are proposed. The WMI architecture includes a framework, known as CIM Object...
US20080178193 Workflow Decision Management Including Identifying User Reaction To Workflows  
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for workflow decision management. Embodiments typically include maintaining a device state history; identifying a device usage pattern...
US20080178192 AFFINITY DISPATCHING LOAD BALANCER WITH PRECISE CPU CONSUMPTION DATA  
A computer-implemented method for distributing a plurality of tasks over a plurality of processing nodes in a processor network includes the following steps: calculating a task process consumption...
US20080178191 UPDATING I/O CAPABILITY OF A LOGICALLY-PARTITIONED COMPUTER SYSTEM  
A hosting partition update mechanism allows updating I/O capability of a logically-partitioned computer system in a way that minimally affects the performance and availability of I/O in the...
US20080178186 Apparatus and Methods for Performing Computer System Maintenance and Notification Activities in an Opportunistic Manner  
The present invention concerns methods and apparatus for performing computer system maintenance and notification activities in an opportunistic manner during time periods identified by a user when...
US20080178183 Scheduling Threads In A Multi-Processor Computer  
Scheduling threads in a multi-processor computer system including establishing an interrupt threshold for a thread, where the interrupt threshold represents a maximum permissible number of...
US20080178176 Architecture For Supporting Attestation Of A Virtual Machine In A Single Step  
The presented method allows a virtual TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE (TPM) instance to map the Platform Configuration Registers (PCR) register state of a parent virtual TPM instance into its own register...
US20080178164 METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS TO ASSOCIATE AND TRANSFORM PROCESSES  
Described are a method, system and apparatus for the association of an existing process with a reference process and ontology so that the process may be manipulated to the advantage of the process...
US20080178160 Protecting code from breakpoints  
A computer system and storage medium that, in an embodiment, prohibit breakpoints from being set within a protected range. In an embodiment, a protected range may be an atomic operation...
US20080178154 DEVELOPING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS AND CAPABILITY TESTING PROCEDURES FOR TESTING CODED SOFTWARE COMPONENT  
Capability test programs are generated implementing the capability test test cases for the components, wherein component developers use the capability test programs to test components during the...
US20080178153 Maintaining Multiple Valid Concurrent Serialized Object Versions  
Maintaining Multiple Valid Concurrent Serialized Object Versions Techniques are disclosed for concurrently maintaining serialized objects that were created from more than one version of a class...
US20080178151 Method and Apparatus to Implement Adaptive Scripting Tool  
A meta-data driven adaptive scripting tool which employs a framework across clients and servers to achieve dynamic binding for user defined commands at runtime and support different scripting...
US20080178148 BUSINESS PERFORMANCE BOOKMARKS  
A performance bookmark of a dashboard view is created, e.g., in response to a triggering event. The performance bookmark includes a name, a timestamp, a reference to the visual properties of the...
US20080178147 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROFILING AND REUSING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ASSETS  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for profiling and reusing software development assets. The apparatus includes an asset repository that stores assets, and functional and performance...
US20080178146 METHOD FOR GENERATING AN EXECUTABLE WORKFLOW CODE FROM AN UNSTRUCTURED CYCLIC PROCESS MODEL  
A method for generating an executable workflow code from an unstructured cyclic process model. The method comprises the following steps. First a continuation equation system is generated from the...
US20080178129 Comparator Circuit and Method for Operating a Comparator Circuit  
A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing a design, the design structure is described. The design structure includes a comparator circuit for...
US20080178106 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR USER COMMERCIALIZATION OF MENU ITEMS  
A method, system, and computer program product is disclosed that enables a user to customize selection elements of a GUI. For example, menu entries in a GUI can be customized so that the user can...
US20080178079 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TO FACILITATE TUNING SQL STATEMENTS  
A computer program product, apparatus, method, and system for SQL tuning analysis runs an SQL advisor summary process using predetermined SQL tuning advisors on a user selected SQL statement,...
US20080178078 Differential Dynamic Content Delivery To Alternate Display Device Locations  
Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document;...
US20080178050 DATA BACKUP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING A REPLICATION OF PERMANENT DATA AND TEMPORARY DATA IN THE EVENT OF AN OPERATIONAL ERROR  
A data backup system and a method for sychronizing a replication of permanent data between primary and secondary disk subsystems and a replication of temporary data between primary and secondary...
US20080178049 Power Failure Warning in Logically Partitioned Enclosures  
A method of providing a power failure warning in a storage system includes partitioning early power off warning (EPOW) control logic of a storage enclosure to be symmetric with a power distribution...
US20080178048 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CAPTURE AND PRESERVATION OF INTERMEDIATE ERROR STATE DATA  
A multiprocessor chip system having the capability to capture and preserve intermediate machine error state data, wherein the system comprises a second level cache, wherein the second level cache...
US20080178046 FAULT-TOLERANT DYNAMIC EDITING OF GUI DISPLAY AND SOURCE CODE  
A fault-tolerant method of bottom-up editing whereby simultaneous display of the GUI view and source code view are available, and wherein real-time bottom-up editing is provided. In accordance with...
US20080178039 APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ASSIGN ADDRESSES TO A PLURALITY OF INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICES  
A method to assign addresses to a plurality of data storage devices, by providing a switch and (N) data storage devices, where each of those (N) data storage devices is interconnected with said...
US20080178038 LOW COST RAID WITH SEAMLESS DISK FAILURE RECOVERY  
A storage subsystem such as an array of disk drives, method of managing disk drives in the storage subsystem and program product therefor. The storage subsystem may be a redundant array of...
US20080178035 Failback To A Primary Communications Adapter  
Methods, systems, and program products are provided for failback to a primary communications adapter. Embodiments of the present invention include receiving, in a driver for a primary...
US20080178023 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDEPENDENT PROCESSOR VOLTAGE SUPPLY  
Systems, methods and program codes are provided for selectively adjusting multi-core processor chip structure individual processor core power supply voltages through controlling individual power...
US20080178017 APPARATUS AND METHOD TO SELECTIVELY PROVIDE POWER TO ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS DISPOSED IN AN INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM  
A method is disclosed to selectively provide power to a component disposed in an information storage and retrieval system, where the method supplies a controller comprising a control portion in...
US20080177993 System, method and program product for control of sequencing of data processing by different programs  
A first piping application is defined by combining first and second stages of programming with a first sequence control program and specifying to the first sequence control program a first piping...
US20080177989 DEFINING MEMORY INDIFFERENT TRACE HANDLES  
A handle for a trace is provided that is memory indifferent. The handle is created using contents of the trace rather than memory location of the trace. This enables the trace to be easily...
US20080177981 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECREASING THE LATENCY BETWEEN INSTRUCTION CACHE AND A PIPELINE PROCESSOR  
A method and apparatus for executing instructions in a pipeline processor. The method decreases the latency between an instruction cache and a pipeline processor when bubbles occur in the...
US20080177977 AUTONOMICALLY ADJUSTING ONE OR MORE COMPUTER PROGRAM CONFIGURATION SETTINGS WHEN RESOURCES IN A LOGICAL PARTITION CHANGE  
A computer program communicates with a partition manager in the logical partition where the computer program is run. When resource allocation in the logical partition dynamically changes, the...
US20080177976 AUTONOMICALLY ADJUSTING ONE OR MORE COMPUTER PROGRAM CONFIGURATION SETTINGS WHEN RESOURCES IN A LOGICAL PARTITION CHANGE  
A computer program communicates with a partition manager in the logical partition where the computer program is run. When resource allocation in the logical partition dynamically changes, the...
US20080177961 Partial Backup and Restore with Backup Versioning  
A backup operation is performed on a source data set. The data set is segmented into a plurality of blocks. An update bit indicator is implemented for each of the plurality of blocks. The update...
US20080177960 Export of Logical Volumes By Pools  
A virtual tape server for implementing a method for exporting one or more logical volumes contained in a source physical volume pool. The method involves an activation of an export clone pool to...
US20080177958 SELECTION OF DATA MOVER FOR DATA TRANSFER  
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein a set of communication paths between a plurality of data movers and a plurality of storage devices is maintained. A request to...
US20080177955 Achieving Both Locking Fairness and Locking Performance with Spin Locks  
A method for implementing a spin lock in a system including a plurality of processing nodes, each node including at least one processor and a cache memory, the method including steps of: acquiring...
US20080177951 Design Stucture for Multi-Level Memory Architecture With Data Prioritization  
A design structure for controlling computer-readable memory includes a plurality of memory locations, a usage frequency of a data unit stored in a first memory location is determined. The data unit...
US20080177942 276-PIN BUFFERED MEMORY MODULE WITH ENHANCED FAULT TOLERANCE  
A dual inline memory module (DIMM) includes a card having a length of about 151.2 to about 151.5 millimeters, a plurality of individual local memory devices attached to the card, and a buffer...
US20080177929 SYSTEM, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR A MEMORY SUBSYSTEM COMMAND INTERFACE  
A system for implementing a memory subsystem command interface, the system including a cascaded interconnect system including one or more memory modules, a memory controller and a memory bus. The...
US20080177902 Hierarchical Enclosure Management Services  
A configuration of an array of storage devices compliant with a fibre-channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL) specification includes first and second controllers having integrated first and second SCSI...
US20080177898 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO A WIRELESS NETWORK  
Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing access to a wireless local area network are provided. A method includes establishing a communication between a first and second software...
US20080177892 METHOD FOR SERVICE ORIENTED DATA EXTRACTION TRANSFORMATION AND LOAD  
The present invention relates to a method for the configurable real time transformation of dissimilar data sources, the method further consisting of the steps of acquiring real time information...
US20080177891 Specific Method of Setting Transport-Specific Properties From Transport-Agnostic Clients  
The present invention is directed to a method and system of allowing the user-defined code to be written in such a way as to be independent on the underlying transport yet still send and receive...
US20080177883 WEB SERVER FOR MANAGING SESSION AND METHOD THEREOF  
A web server that can be flexibly changed may include storage for a session state; a reception unit for receiving the session state while associating it with a primary HTTP request, from a...
US20080177880 Methods and Apparatus for Efficiently Placing Stream Transforms Among Broker Machines Comprising an Overlay Network in a Publish-Subscribe Messaging System  
The methods and apparatus of the present invention operate in publish-subscribe messaging systems including at least publishing clients, subscribing clients and a plurality of broker machines. The...
US20080177870 SELECTING INFORMATION FOR AD HOC EXCHANGE  
A method for organizing an exchange of information between software agents includes for each of the software agents: establishing a semantic information network; receiving a trigger signal;...
US20080177866 Differential Dynamic Delivery Of Content To Users Not In Attendance At A Presentation  
Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation including a session grammar and a session structured document, the session structured document...