Abstract: A system and a method to prevent the use of pirate products in an elevator control are provided. The system includes at least one elevator control, an updating mechanism and a connection between the elevator control and said updating mechanism. The elevator control includes essential electronic components provided with their own ID. An authorization section, which is configured to read the IDs of the essential electronic components, includes a reference list with allowed IDs, a comparator and a switching logic configured to issue an authorization signal for the elevator control to start or prevent operation of the elevator control depending on the comparison result of the comparator. The connection between the elevator control and the updating mechanism is configured to initiate the elevator control to update the IDs of the essential electronic components in the elevator control.

Abstract: Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for designing and displaying device and platform-specific forms are provided. In embodiments, base forms are utilized and modified to create custom forms that are platform and device specific, without breaking the parent-child relationship between the base form and the custom form for any non-modified characteristics of the base form. Custom forms enhance the performance and appearance. In embodiments, interrogators are executed at runtime to specify a set of instructions that will be executed, further enhancing the performance and appearance associated with the form and the particular device displaying the form. In various embodiments of the present invention, user interfaces provide the designer visual representations of the forms as they appear on selected platforms and/or devices.

Abstract: A data processing system with data transmit capability comprising an operating system for supporting processes, such that the process are associated with one or more resources and the operating system being arranged to police the accessing by processes of resources so as to inhibit a process from accessing resources with which it is not associated. Part of this system is an interface for interfacing between each process and the operating system and a memory for storing state information for at least one process. The interface may be arranged to analyze instructions from the processes to the operating system, and upon detecting an instruction to re-initialize a process cause state information corresponding to that pre-existing state information to be stored in the memory as state information for the re-initialized process and to be associated with the resource.

Abstract: The disclosure contains descriptions of various methods and systems for accelerating the execution of a virtual prototype simulation. Acceleration may be achieved, for example, by providing two or more redundant virtual communication paths for access made by virtual models of a virtual prototype of a hardware design to provide for both accelerated access transactions and time-accurate access transactions. A model having such redundant virtual communication paths is referred to herein as a “multimode model.

Abstract: Modular co-versioning may involve the creation of multi-version libraries that may include multiple versions of a class. A multi-version library may include a base version and one or more other versions each of which may correspond to a particular, respective version of a software development kit, runtime environment or software platform, according to various embodiments. At runtime, a multi-version library may be searched in order to load a version of a class that corresponds to the version of the currently executing runtime environment. If the multi-version library does not include a version of the class corresponding to the currently executing version of the environment/platform, a version of the class corresponding to a previous version of the environment may be loaded if found in the multi-version library. Alternatively, if no other version of the class is found, a base version of the class may be loaded from the multi-version library.

Abstract: Raw machine data are captured and may be organized as events. Entity definitions representing machine entities that perform a service identify the machine data pertaining to respective entities. KPI search queries each define a KPI. Each KPI search query derives one or more values for the KPI from machine data identified in the entity definitions. The derivation may be performed on a per-entity basis and on the aggregate. The derived values may then be translated into a state value domain using per-entity thresholds, aggregate thresholds, or a combination.

Abstract: A system and methods are provided for aggregating communication connections. Multiple users connect to a system (e.g., a web-based system) that hosts an application or service for exchanging communications. Users who exchange communications among themselves may be considered “associates.” When one user who is on-line with the application sends a communication through the system for an associate, the system determines whether the associate is on-line or off-line. If the associate is off-line, the system crafts and sends toward the associate a notification regarding the communication, including an address of the communication server to which the one user is connected. When the associate's device receives the notification, the application may attempt to connect to the specified address. In this way associated users' connections will aggregate or gravitate toward the same communication server, thereby eliminating the latency and cost of exchanging users' communications between multiple communication servers.

Abstract: Various user interface components and features can be tested and simulated with the unified framework module, and the full application user experience can be tested, experienced and evaluated. This can assist the design process of an application in providing the ability to test and explore different user interface components. During this process the user components can be simulated to provide the user experience so it can be determined whether the user components are organized properly and the prototype can be validated before the full blown application is launched. Also user interface features can be further modified or added based on the user feedback. The unified framework module can be configured to package a program in a form that is suitable for any targeted device and/or channel to make deployment across various devices and channels more efficient and cost effective.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to pre-OS (pre Operating System) image rewriting to provide cross-architecture support, security introspection, and/or performance optimization are described. In an embodiment, logic rewrites a non-native firmware interface driver into a native firmware interface driver in response to a determination that sufficient space is available in an integrity cache storage device to store the native firmware interface driver. The logic rewrites the non-native firmware interface driver into the native firmware interface driver by performing one or more of its operations during operating system runtime. Other embodiments are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A system and method for rendering a graphical setup display. A computer system comprises a first non-volatile storage device and a second non-volatile storage device. The first non-volatile storage device comprises a Basic Input/Output System (“BIOS”). The BIOS further comprises a BIOS graphical setup engine. The second non-volatile storage device comprises a setup image file containing a non-critical graphical setup image. The BIOS graphical setup engine selectively renders a basic graphical setup display omitting the non-critical image by using a set of pre-defined parameters stored in the first non-volatile storage device in place of the non-critical image if the non-critical image is not available, and renders an enhanced graphical setup display comprising the non-critical image contained in the setup image file stored in the second non-volatile storage device if the non-critical image is available.

Abstract: An I/O device operating according to a native computer architecture is accessed by a primary computer system operating according to a primary computer architecture. An application program of the primary computer system requests an I/O operation to access the I/O device. To facilitate this access, an application program interface formed of primary instructions for execution by the primary processor processes the I/O operation to provide an I/O request and to receive an interrupt in response to completion of the access. A thread is formed of primary instructions for execution by the primary processor for receiving the interrupt from the application program interface. A subsystem operates in response to the I/O request to access the I/O device and to provide the interrupt.

Abstract: A storage module and method for configuring command attributes are provided. In one embodiment, a storage module is provided comprising a controller having hardware function blocks and further comprising a memory storing associations between command codes and command attributes for the hardware function blocks. The storage module receives a command that includes a command code and determines if the command code is stored in the memory. If the command code is stored in the memory, the storage module configures the hardware function blocks using the command attributes associated with command code and processes the command with the configured hardware function blocks. The associations are configurable after the storage module has been manufactured. This allows new or different associations to be defined after the storage module has been manufactured.

Abstract: A method and system authenticate a transaction between a user and a payment system. The information of the transaction is transmitted through a secure communications from the user to the payment system, and the authentication message is sent from a payment system to the user via an authentication system. The authentication message is sent from the authentication system from one of multiplicity of addresses to the user, and the response to the message is received in that address. Additional security is achieved when the reply addresses are selected randomly.

Abstract: Technologies for monitoring system API calls include a computing device with hardware virtualization support. The computing device establishes a default memory view and a security memory view to define physical memory maps and permissions. The computing device executes an application in the default memory view and executes a default inline hook in response to a call to an API function. The default inline hook switches to the security memory view using hardware support without causing a virtual machine exit. The security inline hook calls a security callback function to validate the API function call in the security memory view. Hook-skipping attacks may be prevented by padding the default inline hook with no-operation instructions, by designating memory pages of the API function as non-executable in the default memory view, or by designating memory pages of the application as non-executable in the security memory view. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: In a computing system including an application executing on top of a virtualization control layer, wherein the virtualization control layer maps portions of a virtual memory to portions of a physical memory, a method for managing memory including: identifying, by the application, a range of virtual memory whose probability of being replicated in the virtual memory exceeds a given threshold; obtaining, by the application, at least one memory address corresponding to the range of virtual memory; and passing, from the application to the virtualization control layer, an identifier for the range of virtual memory and the memory address corresponding to the range of virtual memory, wherein the identifier is useable by the virtualization control layer to identify similar ranges within the virtual memory.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments that facilitate remote emulation of computing devices. A model of a computing device and an application that is executable in the computing device are identified. The application is executed in a hosted environment. A video signal of the application is encoded into a media stream. A user interface is encoded for rendering in a client. The user interface includes a graphical representation of the model of the computing device. A screen of the graphical representation of the model of the computing device is configured to render at least a portion of the video signal from the media stream.

Abstract: A system and method for providing dynamic device virtualization is herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes observing a behavior of a native device driver of a device attached to a host computer, dynamically creating a virtual device driver by observing the behavior of the native device driver on a host operating system (OS) of the host computer, and providing the virtual device driver to a guest OS running on a virtualization host.

Abstract: An arrangement for verifying the completeness and compatibility of software components in an electronic control unit includes a bootloader and a CompleteCompatible verification component. The bootloader is arranged to, upon start-up of the electronic control unit, verify the completeness and compatibility of the CompleteCompatible verification component, and upon such verification being positive initiate the CompleteCompatible verification component. The CompleteCompatible verification component is arranged to, upon performance thereof, verify the completeness and compatibility of further software components in the electronic control unit.

Abstract: Data mining and logic-checking tools provided by a service to a client organization enable fractal data comparison and analysis and a logic-based data derivation. The tools are configured to interface with websites which have data that typically is 1) required and missing from a client organization's database, 2) used to validate pre-existing data in a user's database, or 3) used to derive new data for a user's database. For data acquisition, the tools interface with sources of data which, typically, do not offer an application programming interface (API) for non-human access to the data. The tools may execute routines to validate the acquired data to ensure its completeness and logical accuracy as well as enrich the data with data from other sources or data that is derived from the acquired data. The processed data is organized and transformed into specified end states and routed to appropriate recipients.

Abstract: In a computing system including an application executing on top of a virtualization control layer, wherein the virtualization control layer maps portions of a virtual memory to portions of a physical memory, an apparatus for managing memory configured to: identify, by the application, a range of virtual memory whose probability of being replicated in the virtual memory exceeds a given threshold; obtain, by the application, at least one memory address corresponding to the range of virtual memory; and pass, from the application to the virtualization control layer, an identifier for the range of virtual memory and the memory address corresponding to the range of virtual memory, wherein the identifier is useable by the virtualization control layer to identify similar ranges within the virtual memory.

Abstract: Fault isolation capabilities made available by user space can be provided for a embedded network storage system without sacrificing efficiency. By giving user space processes direct access to specific devices (e.g., network interface cards and storage adapters), processes in a user space can initiate Input/Output requests without issuing system calls (and entering kernel mode). The multiple user spaces processes can initiate requests serviced by a user space device driver by sharing a read-only address space that maps the entire physical memory one-to-one. In addition, a user space process can initiate communication with another user space process by use of transmit and receive queues similar to transmit and receiver queues used by hardware devices. And, a mechanism of ensuring that virtual addresses that work in one address space reference the same physical page in another address space is used.

Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for maintaining compatibility between applications, based on feature-set constraints are provided. A distributed computing system provides Platform as a service (PaaS) including a software framework in a service model of cloud computing. A known compatibility baseline is established for features of a first application and a second application. The known compatibility baseline inherently includes a baseline set of unenumerated features of the applications. It is determined that the first application is compatible with second application based on comparing an explicit enumeration of added features or removed features in a feature set of the applications. The added features or removed features are tracked after the baseline set of unenumerated features is defined. The determination whether the first application and the second application are compatible is communicated for processing the first application and/or the second application.

Abstract: A hardware and/or software facility for durably and securely storing data within a shared community storage network. A user may have a storage device that they intend to share with others in the network. All or a portion of the storage device is registered with the community storage network as a storage node. Once registered with the network, third party data may be stored on the storage node and remotely accessed by third parties. In addition, data stored on the storage device by the user may be stored in the shared community storage network by encrypting the data, adding redundancy, and distributing it to other storage nodes within the storage network. Data that is stored in the storage network is accessible to the user even if their storage device is inaccessible or fails.

Abstract: Methods are presented for caching I/O data in a solid state drive (SSD) locally attached to a host computer supporting the running of a virtual machine (VM). Portions of the SSD are allocated as cache storage for VMs running on the host computer. A mapping relationship is maintained between unique identifiers for VMs running on the host computer and one or more process identifiers (PIDs) associated with processes running in the host computer that correspond to each of the VM's execution on the host computer. When an I/O request is received, a PID associated with I/O request is determined and a unique identifier for the VM is extracted from the mapping relationship based on the determined PID. A portion of the SSD corresponding to the unique identifier of the VM that is used as a cache for the VM can then be accessed in order to handle the I/O request.

Abstract: Branch instructions are managed in an emulation environment that is executing a program. A plurality of slots in a Polymorphic Inline Cache is populated. A plurality of entries is populated in a branch target buffer residing within an emulated environment in which the program is executing. When an indirect branch instruction associated with the program is encountered, a target address associated with the instruction is identified from the indirect branch instruction. At least one address in each of the slots of the Polymorphic Inline Cache is compared to the target address associated with the indirect branch instruction. If none of the addresses in the slots of the Polymorphic Inline Cache matches the target address associated with the indirect branch instruction, the branch target buffer is searched to identify one of the entries in the branch target buffer that is associated with the target address of the indirect branch instruction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for automatic verification of automatically generated standalone code intended for execution on a target computing platform against its original design simulated in a simulation environment. The present invention also applies to execution comparisons between two implementations, such as two simulations, one simulation and one standalone code implementation, or two standalone code implementations. Block diagrams can be used to create a comparison model that compares two implementations. The comparison of different implementations can be performed at a block level, a subsystem level, a model level, or multi-model level. The present invention allows automatic comparison once a user supplies the intermediate outputs and/or signals that the user wants to compare and monitor. Reports can be generated to show the statistics of the comparison results.

Abstract: An apparatus and other embodiments associated with solid-state drive command grouping are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a hardware memory configured to store a plurality of commands that are to be executed on a solid-state drive. The apparatus also includes organization logic implemented with at least hardware and configured to arrange at least two commands of the plurality of commands into a command pack based, at least in part, on one or more attributes of the at least two commands.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing and maintaining a network device are disclosed. A process performed by a router, for example, is able to generate configuration data in accordance with network configuration of the router and store the data in a memory. A converter generates human-readable representation of requested status in accordance with configuration data. For example, command line interface (“CLI”) show output is generated by the converter for displaying system status. In one embodiment, a second converter is used to convert the configuration data to markup language configuration output such as extensible markup language (“XML”) based CLI output. A script, in one aspect, is able to run test cases to verify network configuration in light of the markup language configuration output.

Abstract: A response map descriptively modeling the textual format of a test response of a system verification test is created without a priori understanding of the format of the given response. Such response map is applied to the test response or other similar test responses that share the same format. More specifically, a method of identifying and extracting one or more formats of textual data included in test responses from system verification testing of a system under test is provided, by receiving a first test response including first textual data in one or more formats, generating a response map descriptively modeling the first test response without a priori information of the one or more formats, and applying the response map to a second test response to identify and extract second textual data from the second test response. The second textual data is also in the one or more formats.

Abstract: A system and method for synchronous and asynchronous monitoring of network resources is provided. In an example system, an asynchronous monitoring engine is in communication with the network resources and receives asynchronous data from a portion of the network resources. The asynchronous data is collected at an application layer or at an end-user application layer. A synchronous monitoring engine is also in communication with the network resources and accesses synchronous data in the application layer in response to receiving a request from the asynchronous monitoring engine. The system further identifies an anomaly corresponding to the asynchronous characteristic and the synchronous characteristic.

Abstract: A system and method for protecting data from external threats includes a computer system having a plurality of input/output units, a key device that is removably mated with one of the input/output units, a processor, a local memory, a primary bulk storage device, a secondary bulk storage device, a first communication unit and a second communication unit. A method includes performing software and hardware verification of a first and second user password, and selectively engaging each of the bulk storage devices and communication units when the system is in one of a protected mode and an open mode.

Abstract: Branch instructions are managed in an emulation environment that is executing a program. A plurality of entries is populated in a branch target buffer that resides within an emulated environment in which the program is executing. Each of the entries comprises an instruction address and a target address of a branch instruction of the program. When an indirect branch instruction of the program is encountered a processor analyzes one of the entries in the branch target buffer to determine if the instruction address of the one entry is associated with a target address of the indirect branch instruction. If the instruction address of the one entry is associated with the target address of the indirect branch instruction a branch to the target address of the one entry is performed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for information storage replication are presented. In one embodiment, a namespace conversion process is performed. Node information regarding a file systems operation change is received. A changed node to pathname object conversion process is performed. An unchanged node to pathname object conversion process is performed. In one exemplary implementation, the changed node to pathname object conversion process and the unchanged node to pathname object conversion process utilize data structures that return the object indications and parent node indications. An object indication is inserted in a pathname.

Abstract: The invention is a transaction interface protocol wherein the interface protocol has a transaction identifier signal in each of the request and response channels. It is used between a target network interface unit (NIU) master and an initiator NIU slave that are directly connected through a transaction interface. The target NIU response channel uses the transaction ID signal to identify the entry in a context array associated with the corresponding request. The coupling of target NIU and initiator NIU enable the formation of an on-chip interconnect comprising multiple network-on-chip (NoCs) wherein the topology of the interconnect is simpler, smaller, faster, and has lower latency.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to performing a scan of a memory region associated with a virtual machine. The scan is performed by a hardware mechanism in response to a call. A data structure that includes information about substrings identified during the scan and a number of replications for each substring is constructed by the hardware mechanism. The data structure is stored by the hardware mechanism at a location determined by the call.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to performing a scan of a memory region associated with a virtual machine. The scan is performed by a hardware mechanism in response to a call. A data structure that includes information about substrings identified during the scan and a number of replications for each substring is constructed by the hardware mechanism. The data structure is stored by the hardware mechanism at a location determined by the call.

Abstract: A method for executing non-native instructions in a computing system having a processor configured to execute native instructions may include fetching a first non-native instruction from a plurality of non-native instructions; interpreting the first non-native instruction to generate a first instruction code; compiling the first instruction code to generate a first native instruction corresponding to the first non-native instruction; determining whether to execute the first instruction code or the generated first native instruction; and implementing a first virtual machine instruction corresponding to the first non-native instruction based, at least in part, on determining whether to execute the first instruction code or the first native instruction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to processing queries. A query operation to be performed on a table of data is translated into a series of bit level logical operations using expansion and/or saturation operations. A mask is created from the series of bit level logical operations. This mask is then simultaneously applied to multiple rows from the table of data.

Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a networked display via a client device are provided. The client device and the networked display are connected by a network. A session is initiated between the client device and the networked display, and a remote user interface is transmitted from the networked display to the client device. Interactivity with the remote user interface is detected at the client device, and input data is transmitted from the client device to the networked display based on the interactivity with the remote user interface. The input data is interpreted at the networked display so as to cause a change in a state of an application being executed by the networked display. And the remote user interface is updated based on the changed state of the application executed by the networked display.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, system, and computer program product for processing data such as a stream of tuples. Each tuple can contain one or more attributes. The method can include processing the attributes of the stream of tuples using stream operators operating on one or more computer processors and corresponding to one or more processing elements. The method can also include detecting an indicative element from a plurality of stream operators. The method can also include transmitting, in response to detecting the indicative element, a passthru command to a processing element corresponding to the indicative element. The method can also include altering, in response to receiving the passthru command at the processing element, a portion of attribute processing for the indicative element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the on-line management of energy consumption for multiprocessor systems, the method executing at least one application according to a chart of tasks, wherein the method includes, for each application: a first phase for the off-line characterization of the variation of the potential rate of parallelism of execution of the tasks as a function of time, this characterization being based on the worst-case task execution times; and a second phase for the on-line detection and exploitation of the inactivity intervals and of the potential time excesses. A DPM technique makes it possible to determine the duration of the inactivity interval during which a processor may remain inactive according to the potential rate of parallelism characterized in the worst case.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a device. The device includes a decoder, a generation circuit, a register, and a modifier. The decoder analyzes a command of a received packet. The generation circuit generates a unique device number in accordance with information in the packet. The register holds the generated unique device number. The modifier updates and outputs the packet. When a packet issued by a host is a command packet, among broadcast packets which return to the host through one or more devices, for determining the unique device number, the command packet includes parameters of an initial value and final value of device number.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to binary translator driven program state relocation. In general, a device may protect vulnerable program functions by setting them as non-executable. If an attempt is made to execute a protected program function, the program may trap to a binary translator in the device that may be configured to relocate program state from what has already been established (e.g., on a stack register). Program state may include resources (e.g., memory locations) used by the program during the course of execution. The binary translator may then translate the program into an executable form based on the relocated program state, and may be executed accordingly. Intruding code that attempts to overcome normal program execution and implement hostile operations (e.g., based the program state that is reflected in the stack register) will not function as intended since the relocated program state will cause unexpected results.

Abstract: A computer implemented method includes determining first characteristics of a first logical partition, the first characteristics including a memory footprint characteristic. The method includes assigning a first portion of a first set of physical computing resources to the first logical partition. The first set of physical computing resources includes a plurality of processors that includes a first processor having a first processor type and a second processor having a second processor type. The first portion includes the second processor. The method includes dispatching the first logical partition to execute using the first portion. The method includes creating a second logical partition that includes the second processor and assigning a second portion of the first set of physical computing resources to the second logical partition. The method includes dispatching the second logical partition to execute using the second portion.

Abstract: A data processing system includes physical computing resources that include a plurality of processors. The plurality of processors include a first processor having a first processor type and a second processor having a second processor type that is different than the first processor type. The data processing system also includes a resource manager to assign portions of the physical computing resources to be used when executing logical partitions. The resource manager is configured to assign a first portion of the physical computing resources to a logical partition, to determine characteristics of the logical partition, the characteristics including a memory footprint characteristic, to assign a second portion of the physical computing resources based on the characteristics of the logical partition, and to dispatch the logical partition to execute using the second portion of the physical computing resources.

Abstract: Server-side control of client-side quality-of-service tracking is provided. When a service is being provided to a client device, a server provides aggregation rules to a client device as part of the service. The client device executes instructions in the aggregation rules to collect QoS metrics regarding the service on the client device and to manipulate the QoS metrics to generate aggregated QoS data. The client device reports the aggregated QoS data to a server for storage and analysis.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for launching a callable function. A processing system includes a host processor, a graphics processing unit, and a driver for launching a callable function. The driver is adapted to recognize at load time of a program that a first function within the program is a callable function. The driver is further adapted to generate a second function. The second function is adapted to receive arguments and translate the arguments from a calling convention for launching a function into a calling convention for calling a callable function. The second function is further adapted to call the first function using the translated arguments. The driver is also adapted to receive from the host processor or the GPU a procedure call representing a launch of the first function and, in response, launch the second function.

Abstract: A host instrument is disclosed that is capable of supporting non-native command sets. The host instrument uses interpretation rules to translate a non-native command into one or more actions. The host instrument also uses the interpretation rules to determine the appropriate responses to be transmitted, if any. The actions and responses of the host instrument emulate those of an alternate instrument that supports the command set.

Abstract: Techniques are described for implementing one or more logical routers within a single physical routing device. These logical routers, as referred to herein, are logically isolated in the sense that they achieve operational and organizational isolation within the routing device without requiring the use of additional or redundant hardware, e.g., additional hardware-based routing controllers. The routing device may, for example, include a computing platform, and a plurality of software process executing within the computing platform, wherein the software processes operate as logical routers. The routing device may include a forwarding component shared by the logical routers to forward network packets received from a network in accordance with the forwarding tables.

Abstract: A device may emulate target instructions by executing a first set of microinstructions, and may store a base address of a table that includes a microinstruction provided in a second set of microinstructions for emulating the target instructions. The device may also locate the microinstruction based on the stored base address, and emulate one of the target instructions by executing the microinstruction.