Abstract: A method and associated systems for real-time analysis of a musical performance using analytics. A performance-analysis system receives feedback from which may be inferred an audience's reaction to the performance. This feedback may be derived from sensors embedded in instruments or microphones, from video-input devices that visually represent the audience's body language and facial expressions, and from performance ratings and natural-language comments submitted by audience members to a social-media network or performance-rating application. An analytics engine of the performance-analysis system uses methods of artificial intelligence to infer the audience's emotional state from the received feedback and to determine whether certain characteristics of the performance are undesirable. The system represents these inferences as a value of a performance index and represents the index value to the performers.

Abstract: A method is presented for installing a software application on a data processing system that may include multiple data processing entities. The software application may include multiple components for installation on one or more of the entities. The method may include providing input information for each of the components designated for installation. Each component may then be installed according to its corresponding input information, and output information corresponding to each component may be generated. This output information may be provided to one or more data processing entities identified for installation of a subsequent component. The input information corresponding to the subsequent component may be at least partially determined from this output information.

Abstract: A method and system for communicating electronic messages among clients in a network is provided. One implementation involves marking an electronic message to indicate that the message is to be routed to recipient clients identified by a user group definitions, sending the marked message from a sender client to a proxy client, parsing an incoming message at the proxy client to detect an indication that the message is to be routed to recipient clients in a user group, and routing the message from the proxy client to one or more recipients in the user group based on the user group definition.

Abstract: A method is presented for installing a software application on a data processing system that may include multiple data processing entities. The software application may include multiple components for installation on one or more of the entities. The method may include providing input information for each of the components designated for installation. Each component may then be installed according to its corresponding input information, and output information corresponding to each component may be generated. This output information may be provided to one or more data processing entities identified for installation of a subsequent component. The input information corresponding to the subsequent component may be at least partially determined from this output information.

Abstract: A solution for metering usage of at least one software product on a data processing system, the at least one software product having a plurality of available associated licenses, each license having a set of attributes. An event indicative of the use of the at least one product on the system is detected. Responsive to the detection, the best available license among said plurality of licenses is determined according to predetermined preference rules of the attributes. Metering conditions to the at least one software product are applied according to the identified best available license. A change of the best available license is detected. New metering conditions are applied to the at least one software product accordingly.

Abstract: A method and a corresponding apparatus for controlling and metering usage of software products on a computer are proposed. In a license manager software product, when several licenses are available for the same product a method for determining the best license is proposed in order to maximize the exploitation of the licenses. The solution of the invention is based on the idea that, if a choice is possible, it is preferable to use a license with a narrower scope, leaving a license with a wider applicability for future needs. According to the present invention the licenses are stored on a catalogue with an associated list of attributes indicative of usage constraints of the product. The licenses are ordered according to predetermined attributes optimization criteria, so that when a request is received, the license manager can easily find the best license, i.e. that license, suitable for the requested use, having the highest usage constraint, saving the more flexible licenses for future needs.