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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047415 | DEBUGGING OF BUSINESS FLOWS DEPLOYED IN PRODUCTION SERVERS Facilitating debugging of business flows deployed on a production server. An aspect of the present invention processes some service requests (received from a client system) in a normal mode and some other service requests in a debug mode concurrently, all according to a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110029672 | SELECTION OF A SUITABLE NODE TO HOST A VIRTUAL MACHINE IN AN ENVIRONMENT CONTAINING A LARGE NUMBER OF NODES An aspect of the present invention facilitates selecting suitable nodes to host virtual machines (VMs) in an environment containing a large number of nodes (such as a grid). In one embodiment, information indicating corresponding resources available in each machine node... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022861 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN DATA CENTERS HAVING NODES FOR HOSTING VIRTUAL MACHINES According to an aspect of the present invention, nodes for hosting of new virtual machines (VM) are selected according to approaches designed to reduce power consumption in a grid. In an embodiment, the approaches are designed to facilitate the possibility of freeing on... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100325473 | REDUCING RECOVERY TIME FOR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS IN CASE OF DISASTERS An aspect of the present invention reduces the recovery time for business organizations in case of disasters. In one embodiment, a disaster recovery system containing a primary site and a backup site (implemented as a cluster) is maintained. Application instances are ex... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100313063 | MITIGATING REDUCTION IN AVAILABILITY LEVEL DURING MAINTENANCE OF NODES IN A CLUSTER An aspect of the present invention mitigates reduction in availability level during maintenance of nodes in a cluster. In one embodiment, on receiving an indication that a maintenance activity is to be performed on the cluster, a scaling out of the cluster is first perf... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100312592 | CONFIRMING ENFORCEMENT OF BUSINESS RULES SPECIFIED IN A DATA ACCESS TIER OF A MULTI-TIER APPLICATION Confirming enforcement of business rules specified in a data access tier of a multi-tier enterprise application. In an embodiment, a testing tool programmatically identifies the attributes in the data access tier that are accessible from a set of higher/interface tiers ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100299348 | SEARCH INTERFACE FOR FINDING DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM A DATABASE SYSTEM A computer implemented approach which identifies secondary entities associated with a (primary) entity selected by a user, and enables the user to find entity instances of interest by performing a search based on the attributes of the user selected primary entity and on... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100293541 | SIMPLIFYING INSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE MODULES ON HETEROGENEOUS REMOTE SYSTEMS An installer system provided according to an aspect of the present invention facilitates easy installation of software modules in a heterogeneous computing system in which many operating systems are installed in the remote systems. In an embodiment, the installer system... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100262594 | REDUCING ACCESS TIME FOR DATA IN FILE SYSTEMS WHEN SEEK REQUESTS ARE RECEIVED AHEAD OF ACCESS REQUESTS Reducing access time for data in a file system when seek requests are received ahead of access requests. In one embodiment, an operating system providing access to the file system receives a seek request (from a user application) indicating an identifier of a file and a... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100257517 | REDUCING DOWNTIME WHEN PATCHING MULTIPLE INTER-DEPENDENT SOFTWARE COMPONENTS According to an aspect of the present invention, the dependency information of software components implementing an enterprise application, is used to minimize the down time of the components when applying patches. In an embodiment, all the software components are shut d... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100228839 | EFFICIENT ON-DEMAND PROVISIONING OF SERVERS FOR SPECIFIC SOFTWARE SETS An administrator system provided according to an aspect of the present invention facilitates efficient provisioning of servers for specific software sets. In an embodiment containing clusters of servers requiring execution of corresponding set of software, an administra... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100228764 | Offline Validation of Data in a Database System for Foreign Key Constraints An aspect of the present invention performs offline validation of data in database system for foreign key constraints. In an embodiment, a foreign key constraint defined for a database system is identified and an SQL script designed to verify whether data values stored ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100205193 | SIMPLIFYING DETERMINATION OF THE GROUPS TO WHICH USERS BELONG WHEN USING DYNAMIC GROUPS A search tool provided according to an aspect of the present invention maintains a cache data indicating which users are members of which dynamic groups. When a membership request is received requesting a set of dynamic groups to which a user belongs, the search tool ex... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100191730 | EFFICIENCY IN PROCESSING QUERIES DIRECTED TO STATIC DATA SETS Data is maintained indicating which conditions match which data items (e.g., rows) of a data set (e.g., table(s) in a database). When a query is later received, the maintained data is quickly examined to determine the matching data items, thereby enhancing the throughpu... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100115357 | Novel Architecture for a Message Bus An aspect of the present invention reduces the additional number of signal lines of a bus (180) for control signals by using a set of signal lines to transfer data bits in some durations and to transfer control signals in some other durations. In one embodiment, ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100114981 | Re-Executing Query Objects Without Affecting Transaction Data In An Application Development Framework Not Providing For Creation Of Multiple Instances Of The Same Query Object Re-executing query objects without affecting transaction data in an application development framework (ADF) not providing for creation of multiple instances of the same query object. In an embodiment, a query associated with a query object is executed to retrieve a tran... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100095289 | PATCHING OF MULTI-LEVEL DATA CONTAINERS STORING PORTIONS OF PRE-INSTALLED SOFTWARE A computing system provided according to an aspect of the present invention includes a developer system which sends a set of patches along with metadata in a package. The metadata may include hierarchical paths, with each path indicating a corresponding target (file or ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100095118 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FACILITATING SECURE ACCESS OF DATA PORTIONS TO CORRESPONDING GROUPS OF USERS Cryptographic Key Management System facilitating secure access of data portions to corresponding groups of users. In an embodiment, corresponding group key (asymmetric key pair) is provided for each group, with the private key being stored in a secure format requiring t... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100017378 | ENHANCED USE OF TAGS WHEN STORING RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION OF ENTERPRISE OBJECTS A computing system provided according to an aspect of the present invention stores tags associated with relationships specified among objects. The tags can then potentially be used to search for objects of interest. In an embodiment, a search request is received indicat... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100017362 | SIMPLIFYING ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS ACCESSED RECENTLY IN A REMOTE SYSTEM Simplifying access to documents accessed recently on a remote system. In one embodiment, the list of documents accessed by a user using a first instance of an application in a first/remote system is maintained. The list of documents is provided/displayed to the same use... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090313608 | ENABLING A BUSINESS ENTITY TO VALIDATE SUPPORT FOR SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES IN A CRM SYSTEM BEFORE MIGRATION FROM EARLIER VERSIONS An aspect of the present invention enables users (belonging to a business entity) to validate support for specific activities in a customer relationship management (CRM) system before migration from earlier versions. In one embodiment, the differences between the earlie... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090313197 | APPLICATION CUSTOMIZABLE TO ENABLE ADMINISTRATORS OF LOYALTY PROGRAMS TO CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS TO MEMBERS Application customizable to enable administrators of various reward/loyalty programs to control communications to members. In one embodiment, an administrator is enabled to configure various rules corresponding to an event with the application of the rules to a member i... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090282136 | Automatic Generation of Web Service client for Web Services Interoperability Testing Automatic generation of a client program such as Web service client source code for a client application for enabling the client application access to the Web service, for testing interoperability of the client application with the Web service. The Web service client so... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090254896 | Simplifying Bundling Of Fixes Used To Resolve Errors In Pre-Installed Software Simplifying the bundling of fixes used to resolve errors in pre-installed software. A user is first enabled to specify a list of fixes that are to be included in the bundle as a group. The availability of each of the list of fixes is then determined, with the fixes that... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090235185 | SIMPLIFYING SYNCHRONIZATION OF COPIES OF SAME DATA USED BY MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS Simplifying synchronization of copies of same data used by multiple applications, in particular, between a source application and multiple target applications. In one embodiment, a synchronization tool (provided external to the source application and the multiple target... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090228321 | Accessing an Enterprise Calendar and Scheduling Group Meetings Using a Mobile Device A method of scheduling a group meeting wherein, the request for the group meeting is received as a message from a mobile device. The received message identifies the group. The group comprises of a plurality of members and information on the group and its members is pre-... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090210360 | COMPUTING THE VALUES OF CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE OF ASSOCIATED APPLICATIONS Computing the values of configuration parameters for optimal performance of associated applications. In one embodiment, a rules data is maintained indicating a corresponding rule for each of the configuration parameters of an application sought to be optimized. Each rul... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090210339 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING OF REPAYMENT OF A LOAN The present invention relates to a method, system and computer program product for displaying a flexible schedule for repayment of a loan. The method comprises computing an effective rate of interest on the basis of a nominal rate of interest and a compounding frequency... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090198609 | FACILITATING MULTI-PHASE ELECTRONIC BID EVALUATION A computer implemented approach to facilitate multi-phase bid evaluation. In one embodiment, a digital processing system receives information packets (corresponding to bids) from different suppliers containing information elements associated with one of a sequence of ph... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090193445 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS A method and system for providing support for a Java™ based software application in a communication system. The communication system includes a support server communicating with an application server. The Java™ based software application has a plurality of instances... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090187585 | COMPARING VERY LARGE XML DATA Comparing very large XML data. In one embodiment, a first and second XML data received for comparison are stored in the form of respective multiple rows in a database. A first and second set of rows (respectively corresponding to the first and second XML data) having th... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090187530 | ENABLING USERS TO EDIT VERY LARGE XML DATA Enabling users to edit data encoded in extended markup language (XML). In one embodiment, an XML data to be edited is received and preprocessed to generate a tabular data corresponding to the XML data. The generated tabular data is stored in the form of a staging table ... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090172516 | Providing Enhanced Information When a Pointing Device Points to a Specific Area In a Graphical User Interface Providing enhanced information when a pointing device points to a specific area in a graphical user interface. In one embodiment, on receiving an indication indicating that the pointing device is pointing to a specific area on a display screen (displaying the graphical ... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090172084 | Facilitating A User Of A Client System To Continue With Submission Of Additional Requests When An Application Framework Processes Prior Requests A computing system in which a user of a client system can continue with submission of an additional request while an application framework processes prior requests. In an embodiment, when a request is received, the resource requirements for processing the request are de... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090150275 | VERIFYING WHETHER A SOFTWARE PACKAGE CALCULATING EFC USED FOR DETERMINING FEDERAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID IS IMPLEMENTED ACCORDING TO A SPECIFICATION A digital processing system verifies whether a software package designed to calculate EFC is implemented in compliance with a specification provided by the US Federal Government for a specific year. In one embodiment, a set of sample ISIRs provided by the US Federal Gov... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090125795 | Minimizing Problems in Accessing Referred Content According to an aspect of the present invention, information indicating the list of referrer documents referring to a referred document, is maintained. Thus, when the document identifier (name and directory location of the document) changes, the list of referrer documen... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090112803 | Specifying A Family Of Logics Defining Windows In Data Stream Management Systems Simplifying a user's task in specifying a family of logics, with each logic designed to potentially select different subsets of values from the same continuous data stream at the same time instant. In one embodiment, all the logics are together specified by a common use... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090112802 | Facilitating Flexible Windows In Data Stream Management Systems Facilitating flexible windows in querying continuous data streams. In one embodiment, a software code is associated with a window, wherein execution of the software code determines the values to be included in the window. On receiving a query indicating the window, the ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090083166 | Supporting Chargeable Subcontracting When Outsourcing Manufacturing Of An Assembled Unit While Supplying Components A digital processing system supporting management of purchase orders according to chargeable subcontracting model in an outsourcing organization. In one embodiment, when a user provides an order for a desired quantity of an assembly type from an external organization, t... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090083057 | Use Of Commodity Pricing Information In Making Decisions On Purchasing Of Items A computer implemented approach which simplifies the task of a user in using commodity pricing information in making decisions on purchasing of items. The user is provided a suitable interface using which the constituent commodities and the required respective quantitie... | 03/26/2009 |
