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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8099734 | Portable system and method for soft reset of computer devices The subject application is directed to a portable system and method for soft reset of computer devices. Upon detection of a portable data device via an associated media interface, data communication is commenced between a computer device and the detected portable da... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099735 | Method and system for module initialization A method for initializing a module that includes identifying a module for initialization and performing a plurality of processing phases on the module and all modules in a dependency graph of the module. Performing the processing phases includes, for each module, ex... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095936 | Remotely controlling and viewing of software applications In some embodiments, a method includes receiving an input for a software application that is executing on a controlled device. The method also includes transmitting, over a network, an identification of an event for the software application, that is a result of the ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091090 | Method for providing scratch registers for use by a virtual-machine monitor In one embodiment of the present invention, a virtual-machine monitor detects entry and exit from guest-operating system code, storing the values of a set of high-order floating point registers in memory on entry, and restoring the values of the set of high-order fl... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079037 | Generic, multi-instance method and GUI detection system for tracking and monitoring computer applications Presented is a system and method for monitoring events derived from a computer target application presentation layer including the steps of providing, independent of recompiling the target application's source code, a script running at a level within the target appl... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8079036 | Method and system for structured DMA transactions Disclosed is a structured model for developing DMA code and for performing DMA transactions. This model of structured DMA transactions provides a framework with default behaviors. Developers need only provide a minimal amount of configuration information and can the... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074228 | Systems and methods for providing mockup business objects Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for a mockup business object. The mockup business object implemented within a computer framework including other business objects. In one exemplary embodiment, the method may include generating... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074227 | Utilizing a first managed process to host at least a second managed process A system and method for utilizing a first managed process to host at least a second managed process is disclosed. The technology initially provides a first managed process. The first managed process hosting at least a second managed process. An unmanaged process is ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069448 | Computer interface controller for peripheral devices Provided is a computer interface controller for peripheral devices, comprising a computer interface control unit, a central control unit, a driver program memory, a virtual optical disc drive control unit, a data transmission unit and a data interruption unit. The c... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060886 | XML scripting of SOAP commands A computer-implemented method processes a simple object access protocol (SOAP) command. The method includes interpreting an XML script to perform a function contained in the XML script, the XML script containing the SOAP command, parsing the SOAP command from the XM... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051427 | Method of establishing a logical state of an instance using non-deterministic operation results stored in a result log There is provided a method of establishing a logical state of an instance of a program. The method includes executing a first session. The program includes multiple sequences. Each sequence includes alternating deterministic operations and requests for non-determini... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046771 | Generating and using constraints associated with software related products A computer implemented method and apparatus is provided for generating and using constraints that are associated with software programs or other software entities intended for use in a specified data processing system or environment. One embodiment is directed to a ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042117 | Operating system switching control device and computer system In a computer system according to the present invention, a switch-source OS controller unit includes: a OS switch request receiver unit configured to receive an OS switch request for requesting that the switch-destination OS in a suspend status becomes the OS in the... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8028296 | Providing a wrapper around native synchronization objects A facility for managing a synchronization mechanism that supports initialization, acquisition, release, and deletion operations is described. When a thread seeks to perform the acquisition operation, the facility permits performance of the acquisition operation only... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8028297 | Nonstop program system and a method of continuously running programs by switching between program sides A nonstop program system includes program sides each including programs accomplishing the required function of the system and a dedicated variable area storing variables used for executing the program. Those programs are independent of each other and have the same c... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020170 | Information processing apparatus, method of operating it, and computer readable information recording medium A display part receives an input from a user and display a message to the user, a constraint processing part processes constraints among functions of a printer based on the input which the display part has received, and generates constraint information, and a messag... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8001550 | Object identifier readers that are configured to automatically send and/or store data read from an object identifier Object identifier readers that are configured to automatically send and/or store data read from an object identifier are disclosed. An exemplary object identifier reader includes a communication port for communicating with a host computing device. The object identif... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7954107 | Method and system for integrating the existing web-based system The present invention provides a service-oriented system comprises: a service inlet for receiving a service request containing an input data set submitted by a user; a service proxy interface formed by integrating an existing web-based application, for transforming ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950017 | Apparatus and method for forwarding messages between two applications An apparatus and method of communicating messages between a first application and a second application establishes a path between the first application and the second application. At least one channel is defined within the path, where each of the at least one channe... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7926063 | Paradigm in multimedia services creation methodology, and new service creation and service execution environments The present invention discloses a new paradigm in Multimedia Services Creation Methodology, and new Service Creation and Service Execution Environments, based on this methodology. A service designer can access the Service Creation Environment via a Web based Graphic... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913261 | Application-specific information-processing method, system, and apparatus An information-processing method for application-specific processing of messages. A message is received. Whether the message is in a selected application format is ascertained. If not, the message is routed to a next location. If so, the message is routed to a selec... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908607 | Efficient marshalling between soap and business-process messages A business process adapter converts a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) message into a business process message. A body path and a node encoding type are defined for the business process adapter. And, when the SOAP message is received, the business process adapto... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904910 | Cluster system and method for operating cluster nodes In one embodiment, a cluster system comprises a plurality of cluster nodes for executing a plurality of applications, and a management process for controlling the plurality of cluster nodes, wherein the management process is operable to identify a first application ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904911 | Management of multiple network devices using unsigned java applets Remote management of a plurality of network devices is described wherein each device is managed with its own unsigned Java™ applet. Unsigned applets launched from different devices operate within the same shared environment of a webpage. Furthermore, a transmittin... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7865900 | Systems and methods for providing mockup business objects Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for a mockup business object. The mockup business object implemented within a computer framework including other business objects. In one exemplary embodiment, the method may include generating... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861248 | Method and apparatus of adaptive integration activity management for business application integration An adaptive integration activity management framework for on demand business process integration provides a mechanism to enable easy integration of legacy and new applications. The framework minimizes the effort need to integrate a new application into an existing b... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849467 | Handling a signal at an application context that employs a remote kernel service To handle a signal received at an application context that employs a remote kernel service implemented in a server context different from the application context, the remote kernel service receives from the application context a first signal. Using a signal action v... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7823159 | Intelligent memory device clock distribution architecture A computing system that includes one or more processing elements, a memory connected to a host processor and a multitask controller, where the multitask controller includes a scheduler unit, a data flow unit, an executive unit, and a resource manager unit. The proce... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814497 | Computer application interface to radio-frequency identification data An interface to radio-frequency identification (RFID) data provides RFID data in response to an event cycle specification received from an application. The interface is configured to receive the event cycle specification that identifies one or more RFID sources. The... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7814498 | Loading application resources Described is a technology by which application-related resources are differentiated from other types of resources via a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with each resource. Application-related resources may include a resource embedded in the application ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7797707 | System and method for attributing to a corresponding virtual machine CPU usage of a domain in which a shared resource's device driver resides According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises observing communication from a virtual machine (VM) to a domain in which a device driver for a shared resource resides. The method further comprises determining, based on the observed communication, CPU utiliz... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793300 | System and method for abstracting state transitions without requiring client knowledge A system and method employ a client-server architecture that abstracts from the client the states of objects and transitions between the states. As a result, the server maintains objects, along with associated states, and state transitions that are provided to clien... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784058 | Computing system having user mode critical system elements as shared libraries A computing system and architecture is provided that affects and extends services exported through application libraries. The system has an operating system having an operating system kernel having OS critical system elements (OSCSEs) for running in kernel mode; and... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7770178 | Process suspension through process model design Various implementations are disclosed for designing a process model that includes a task, the task associated with a potential suspension, e.g., in response to an error or other exception. At least one suspension task may be provided in parallel with the task to for... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7752631 | Device and method for a graphical user interface To enable the adaptation of display units, e.g. of a medical device, to different color display capabilities, an individual library of individual user interface components is used. The individual library of individual user interface components is derived from a gene... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748007 | Computer system for detecting object updates A computer system is used to run one or more programs. It includes a memory having at least a first heap and a second heap in which objects are stored, with a first object being stored on the first heap. A write barrier is provided for detecting that said the first ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7735090 | On demand software contract modification and termination in running component assemblies A method, apparatus and article of manufacture to dynamically modify, terminate, or replace software components and connections (i.e., contracts) between components in a running assembly. Information about the component and contracts between components in a running ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7716674 | Streaming server administration protocol Network server information has traditionally been obtained through the use of operating systems functions and calls. By adding URL protocol code to the network server, such data may be obtained by use of a URL. In the URL, path information for the container in the s... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712106 | System and methods for generating and managing filter strings in a filter graph A method comprising generating a source chain for use in a development project, generating an identifier which is uniquely assigned to the source chain, and caching the source chain when it is not currently required in the development project. As execution of the de... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7703104 | Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for enrolling conferees for expeditied access to conferencing services Systems, methods, and computer-readable media of enrolling conferees to receive conferencing services. Methods to achieve the foregoing can comprise: receiving a request from the conference call host to enroll in conferencing services; receiving data representing a ... | 04/20/2010 |
