| 6625636 |
Job protection within a distributed processing system having subsystem downtime |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A job scheduler module for a distributed processing system is provided with capability to protect jobs from planned or unplanned subsystem downtimes. The approach includes determining a downtime for a... |
| 6625635 |
Deterministic and preemptive thread scheduling and its use in debugging multithreaded applications |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A computer system which permits deterministic and preemptive scheduling of threads in a software application. In one embodiment, a scheduler is utilized to schedule the threads in a queue. Once the threads... |
| 6625508 |
Dynamically varying policy driven print engine |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A scheduler for a machine includes a monitor and a selector. The monitor is used to detect an operation of the machine, the operation of the machine being at least one of a machine state, a machine performance... |
| 6624818 |
Method and apparatus for shared microcode in a multi-thread computation engine |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A method and apparatus for supporting shared microcode in a multi-thread computation engine is presented. Each of a plurality of thread controllers controls a thread of a plurality of threads that are... |
| 6622259 |
Non-disruptive migration of coordinator services in a distributed computer system |
| Sep-16-2003 |
This invention allows a related set of coordinator services to migrate from one node to another without disrupting applications on any of the nodes in the system. Unlike other methods, this invention allows... |
| 6622156 |
Method and system for transferring job between computers |
| Sep-16-2003 |
In a job transferring method of sending a request from a first computer to a second computer so as to cause the second computer to register and execute a job, the request is created so that it can include... |
| 6622155 |
Distributed monitor concurrency control |
| Sep-16-2003 |
A system and method is disclosed for synchronizing threads of execution within a distributed computing environment. Threads of execution within a computer spawn additional threads of execution on separate... |
| 6615316 |
Using hardware counters to estimate cache warmth for process/thread schedulers |
| Sep-2-2003 |
A method and computer system for estimating cache warmth for thread schedulers in a processor of a multiprocessor system. A mathematical model based upon a Markov Model of queuing theory is used to determine... |
| 6615274 |
Computer network control systems and methods |
| Sep-2-2003 |
A method of effectuating control actions in a computer network including a server running a Distribution Manager program, a database and a hierarchy of repeaters and endpoints. A selected control action... |
| 6611906 |
Self-organizing hardware processing entities that cooperate to execute requests |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A hardware-based linked list queues memory transactions in a memory controller. The memory controller includes a plurality of memory controller agents. Each agent has a head flag, a tail flag, and a next... |
| 6611858 |
Garbage collection method for time-constrained distributed applications |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A method for executing distributed processes on garbage collecting virtual machines. More particularly, garbage collection is delivered as a function of certain timing variables such as the time until... |
| 6609098 |
Pricing graph representation for sets of pricing solutions for travel planning system |
| Aug-19-2003 |
An airline travel planning system is described. The system includes a server computer executing a server process including a search process to search for set of pricing solutions in accordance with at... |
| 6606164 |
Technique for controlling the execution of an action in a low layer system by a high layer system |
| Aug-12-2003 |
In a network system in which a request of executing a process is sent from the higher level system to the lower level system, a time period of not executing a requested job is assured in the lower level... |
| 6604122 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating a data processing request performed by distributed processes |
| Aug-5-2003 |
A database processing request is performed by distributed processes. Each of the distributed processes involved in the task performs some data processing function and includes process identifying information... |
| 6601153 |
Method and apparatus for increasing computer performance through asynchronous memory block initialization |
| Jul-29-2003 |
A system and method for increasing processing performance in a computer system by asynchronously performing system activities that do not conflict with normal instruction processing, during inactive memory... |
| 6601083 |
Multitasking data processing system and method of controlling allocation of a shared resource |
| Jul-29-2003 |
A multitasking data processing system having a plurality of tasks and a shared resource and a method of controlling allocation of shared resources within a multitasking data processing system are disclosed.... |
| 6598140 |
Memory controller having separate agents that process memory transactions in parallel |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A memory controller has separate memory controller agents that process memory transactions in parallel. A memory controller in accordance with the present invention includes a plurality of memory controller... |
| 6598067 |
Application server framework |
| Jul-22-2003 |
An application server framework is integrated with a three-tiered computer system including an application server. The application server framework includes a job scheduler, a connection controller, a... |
| 6594683 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product for locking interrelated data structures in a multi-threaded computing environment |
| Jul-15-2003 |
Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed that improve the performance of multi-threaded computer applications that use objects (within an object collection) which require exclusive... |
| 6594682 |
Client-side system for scheduling delivery of web content and locally managing the web content |
| Jul-15-2003 |
A client-based system has a scheduling subsystem to schedule a time to obtain the Web content from the server. When the client reaches the scheduled time, the scheduling subsystem generates an event notification... |
| 6591287 |
Method to increase the efficiency of job sequencing from sequential storage |
| Jul-8-2003 |
A method and apparatus for scheduling jobs having a staging time and a processing time are described. In one method, the jobs are divided into subsets based on a predetermined criteria such as depending... |
| 6587894 |
Apparatus for detecting data collision on data bus for out-of-order memory accesses with access execution time based in part on characterization data specific to memory |
| Jul-1-2003 |
According to the present invention, a system for reordering commands to achieve an optimal command sequence based on a target response restriction is disclosed. A data queue coupled to a command queue... |
| 6584489 |
Method and system for scheduling the use of a computer system resource using a resource planner and a resource provider |
| Jun-24-2003 |
A method and system for scheduling the use of a computer system resource using a resource planner and a resource provider are provided. In a preferred embodiment, a resource is scheduled for use by a plurality... |
| 6584487 |
Method, system, and apparatus for managing tasks |
| Jun-24-2003 |
A method, system, and apparatus for loading and managing tasks within a process instance on a computer system. The present embodiment novelly distinguishes groups of threads as a task and manages the execution... |
| 6581118 |
Apparatus and method for determining bus use right |
| Jun-17-2003 |
In order to efficiently utilize a bus system, when a new job occurs, the preferences assigned to jobs is determined in accordance with the volumes of the data remaining for unprocessed jobs, and the job... |
| 6578065 |
Multi-threaded processing system and method for scheduling the execution of threads based on data received from a cache memory |
| Jun-10-2003 |
A system and method for controlling the scheduling of threads in a multi-thread processor system. The multi-thread processor system has a multi-thread processor, a main memory, a cache memory, and a thread... |
| 6578064 |
Distributed computing system |
| Jun-10-2003 |
A distributed computing system --,--; having a plurality of computers that differ from each other in terms of performance, load, and type, uniformly manages local priority schemes adapted in the respective... |
| 6577601 |
Masked proportional routing |
| Jun-10-2003 |
Distributed approach for determining a path connecting adjacent network nodes, for probabilistically or deterministically transporting an entity, with entity characteristic .mu. from a source node to a... |
| 6574718 |
Excessive spin detection and avoidance for systems using a least recently used page replacement algorithm |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A system and method for eliminating excessive spin conditions on systems implementing a LRU algorithm. This is achieved by limiting the amount of time a LRU task is allowed to run in any one invocation.... |
| 6574230 |
Scheduling technique for delayed queue service |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A scheduling apparatus, that can be used within a supertrunking capable Internet Protocol (IP) Forwarding (IPF) node, allows for efficient scheduling of packets for servicing after the packets are sorted... |
| 6572284 |
Queue management for photo minilabs |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A photo minilab includes a computer or other device for estimating processing times of jobs accepted by the minilab. |
| 6571391 |
System and method for scheduling on-demand broadcasts for heterogeneous workloads |
| May-27-2003 |
In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a broadcast server system computes a feasible stretch value for use in scheduling job requests. A stretch value provides an indication of the delay experienced... |
| 6567840 |
Task scheduling and message passing |
| May-20-2003 |
Methods for modeling real-time periodic and aperiodic task scheduling and message passing within multitask systems. The methods utilize undelayed and single sample delayed message connections among software... |
| 6567838 |
Method, system and program for executing a predicted operation in a computer system after a predetermined period elapses since a user activity |
| May-20-2003 |
Method and system for operating a computer system to execute a selected predicted operation which a user has not yet requested is described. The results of the predicted operation are stored with an uncommitted... |
| 6560631 |
Data analysis in distributed data processing system |
| May-6-2003 |
A distributed data processing system uniformly managing distributed data and program files. A resource management database associates identifiers of resource files to be used in analytical processes with... |
| 6560628 |
Apparatus, method, and recording medium for scheduling execution using time slot data |
| May-6-2003 |
A scheduling method for use with a multi-thread system which is capable of time-sharing processing a plurality of threads is provided which can avoid the drawback of priority inversion, minimize the modification... |
| 6560626 |
Thread interruption with minimal resource usage using an asynchronous procedure call |
| May-6-2003 |
A thread interruption function in a multi-threaded runtime environment places a first thread in an alertable blocked state that is interrupted by another thread upon request. The interrupting thread causes... |
| 6557048 |
Computer system implementing a system and method for ordering input/output (IO) memory operations within a coherent portion thereof |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A computer system is presented which implements a system and method for ordering input/output (I/O) memory operations. In one embodiment, the computer system includes a processing subsystem and an I/O... |
| 6553400 |
Suspend and resume processing method for suspending and resuming a plurality of states of programmed operations |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A suspend and resume processing method for suspending and resuming a plurality of hardware states of program tasks is disclosed. In the suspend operation, a key code designated by the user is recognized... |
| 6549951 |
Method and device for controlling communications with a serial bus |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A system architecture for a high speed serial bus compatible with the 1394 standard is disclosed. A transaction interface coordinates data packets received from or sent to a 1394 bus. A kernel/scheduler/dispatcher... |
| 6549936 |
Method and system for transferring a job between two computers submitted as a request containing a plurality of scripts to be executed |
| Apr-15-2003 |
In a job transferring method of sending a request from a first computer to a second computer so as to cause the second computer to register and execute a job, the request is created so that it can include... |
| 6549929 |
Intelligent scheduled recording and program reminders for recurring events |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A user interface using program scheduling information for selecting programs and determining whether to schedule an event based on the program scheduling information associated with the selected program.... |
| 6549928 |
Machine control integrating event based model with task based model |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A method of use of real time machine control software integrating both event based mode and task based components. In particular, a collection of constructs have been created that allow machine control... |
| 6542920 |
Mechanism for implementing multiple thread pools in a computer system to optimize system performance |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A mechanism is disclosed for implementing multiple thread pools in a computer system to optimize system performance. In accordance with the invention, a plurality of thread pools is initially allocated... |
| 6539440 |
Methods and apparatus for prediction of the time between two consecutive memory accesses |
| Mar-25-2003 |
According to the present invention, a method for very fast calculation of the earliest command issue time for a new command issued by a memory controller is disclosed. The memory controller includes N... |
| 6535971 |
Data processing system having plurality of processors and executing series of processings in prescribed order |
| Mar-18-2003 |
In order to provide a data processing system processing data at a high speed and having a high performance, the data processing system has the following construction. The data processing system includes... |
| 6535878 |
Method and system for providing on-line interactivity over a server-client network |
| Mar-18-2003 |
Apparatus and a method for communicating media over a network including encoding the media into a server database at a server, downloading from the server database to a client database generally only those... |
| 6529935 |
Graphics display system with unified memory architecture |
| Mar-4-2003 |
A graphics display system integrated circuit is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics display system processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input.... |
| 6529934 |
Information processing system and method for same |
| Mar-4-2003 |
A mobile agent mediates cooperation among schedulers by executing a cooperation protocol. For heuristics such as strategies and the order in which variables are decided, which are used as criteria of selecting... |
| 6529933 |
Method and apparatus for locking and unlocking a semaphore |
| Mar-4-2003 |
A data processing system that automatically changes a semaphore in response to a test and set or clear and invalidate instruction. When a device desires to either test and set or clear and invalidate a... |
