Patents Assigned to International Business
  • PREDICTING SUCCESS OF A PROPOSED PROJECT
    Publication number: 20120290359
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product predicts a success of a currently proposed project. Responsive answers to a survey questionnaire for a currently proposed project are received and used to create a predicted success score for the currently proposed project, based on a pattern of responsive answers to a predetermined combination of questions from the survey questionnaire. The predicted success score for the currently proposed project is compared with and matched to actual success scores from prior projects. If the percentage of prior projects that retained their success scores through completion exceeds a predetermined accuracy threshold, then the currently proposed project is approved for implementation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: JIMMIE C. GRAHAM, KRISHNA C. RATAKONDA, ROSE M. WILLIAMS
  • CONTROL OF FLATBAND VOLTAGES AND THRESHOLD VOLTAGES IN HIGH-K METAL GATE STACKS AND STRUCTURES FOR CMOS DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120286338
    Abstract: A high-k metal gate stack and structures for CMOS devices and a method for forming the devices. The gate stack includes a high-k dielectric having a high dielectric constant greater than approximately 3.9, a germanium (Ge) material layer interfacing with the high-k dielectric, and a conductive electrode layer disposed above the high-k dielectric or the Ge material layer. The gate stack optimizes a shift of the flatband voltage or the threshold voltage to obtain high performance in p-FET devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hemanth Jagannathan, Takashi Ando, Vijay Narayanan
  • ECHOCARDIOGRAM VIEW CLASSIFICATION USING EDGE FILTERED SCALE-INVARIANT MOTION FEATURES
    Publication number: 20120288171
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for echocardiogram view classification is provided. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises: obtaining a plurality of video images of a subject; aligning the plurality images; using the aligned images to generate a motion magnitude image; filtering the motion magnitude image using an edge map on image intensity; detecting features on the motion magnitude image, retaining only those features which lie in the neighborhood of intensity edges; encoding the remaining features by generating, x, y image coordinates, a motion magnitude histogram in a window around the feature point, and a histogram of intensity values near the feature point; and using the encoded features to classify the video images of the subject into a predetermined classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David James Beymer, Ritwik Kailash Kumar, Tanveer Fathima Syeda-Mahmood, Fei Wang
  • NANOSCALE CHEMICAL TEMPLATING WITH OXYGEN REACTIVE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20120286235
    Abstract: A method of fabricating templated semiconductor nanowires on a surface of a semiconductor substrate for use in semiconductor device applications is provided. The method includes controlling the spatial placement of the semiconductor nanowires by using an oxygen reactive seed material. The present invention also provides semiconductor structures including semiconductor nanowires. In yet another embodiment, patterning of a compound semiconductor substrate or other like substrate which is capable of forming a compound semiconductor alloy with an oxygen reactive element during a subsequent annealing step is provided. This embodiment provides a patterned substrate that can be used in various applications including, for example, in semiconductor device manufacturing, optoelectronic device manufacturing and solar cell device manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maha M. Khayyat, Devendra K. Sadana, Brent A. Wacaser
  • Workload Partitioning Procedure For Null Message-Based PDES
    Publication number: 20120290283
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes applying a first partition to a plurality of LPs, wherein a particular LP is assigned to a first set of LPs. A second partition is applied to the LPs, wherein the particular LP is assigned to an LP set different from the first set. For both the first and second partitions, lookahead values and transit times are determined for each of the LPs and related links. For the first partition, a first system progression rate is computed using a specified function with the lookahead values and transit times determined for the first partition. For the second partition, a second system progression rate is computed using the specified function with the lookahead values and transit times determined for the second partition. The first and second system progression rates are compared to determine which is the lowest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Hong Li, Alfred J. Park, Eugen Schenfeld
  • OPERATING VIRTUAL SWITCHES IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120291029
    Abstract: A technique for operating a virtual switch includes determining network connection requirements for virtual machines controlled by a virtual machine monitor. Resources available, for processing data traffic of the virtual machines, are also determined. Finally, based on the network connection requirements and the resources available, a port of a virtual switch is selected to operate as a virtual Ethernet bridge or a virtual Ethernet port aggregator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: JAYAKRISHNA KIDAMBI, AMITABHA BISWAS, JOHN BUSWELL, DORIT ROND
  • Routing Workloads Based on Relative Queue Lengths of Dispatchers
    Publication number: 20120291044
    Abstract: Mechanisms for distributing workload items to a plurality of dispatchers are provided. Each dispatcher is associated with a different computing system of a plurality of computing systems and workload items comprise workload items of a plurality of different workload types. A capacity value for each combination of workload type and computing system is obtained. For each combination of workload type and computing system, a queue length of a dispatcher associated with the corresponding computing system is obtained. For each combination of workload type and computing system, a dispatcher's relative share of incoming workloads is computed based on the queue length for the dispatcher associated with the computing system. In addition, incoming workload items are routed to a dispatcher, in the plurality of dispatchers, based on the calculated dispatcher's relative share for the dispatcher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Meik Neubauer, Verena Schlinkmann, Robert Vaupel
  • EFFICIENT SOFTWARE-BASED PRIVATE VLAN SOLUTION FOR DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL SWITCHES
    Publication number: 20120287936
    Abstract: Packet processing logic of a host system's virtualization manager detects packets on the ingress or the egress path to/from a virtual port having three bitmap arrays for processing packets within a virtual local area network (VLAN). The logic checks the VLAN identifier (VID) of the packet to determine, based on an offset position within the corresponding bitmap array, whether the port supports the VLAN. Both the ingress array offset position and egress array offset positions correspond to the value of the VID, and are set within the specific bitmap array during configuration of the VLAN on the port. When the VLAN is supported by the port, the logic enables the packet to be processed by the port. Otherwise, the logic discards the packet. A strip bitmap array indicates when a packet's VID should be removed prior to forwarding the packet on the egress of a port (or destination port).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amitabha Biswas, John Buswell, Dayavanti G. Kamath, Jayakrishna Kidambi, Vijoy Pandey, Dorit Rond
  • DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF CALENDAR ENTRIES
    Publication number: 20120290956
    Abstract: Displaying multiple calendar entries includes dividing the calendar entries into multiple different priority levels in a computerized calendaring system implemented by at least one processor; displaying at least some of the calendar entries in each priority level in a separate strip associated with that priority level in a user interface of the computerized calendaring system; and advancing a position of each displayed calendar entry in each strip with the computerized calendaring system to reflect the passage of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Morgan Lance, Deborah E. Maher
  • CHANGING THE LOCATION OF A BUFFER BAY IN A NETLIST
    Publication number: 20120290995
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a buffer bay is represented with a moveable object that has a location within a unit in a netlist. The location of the moveable object that represents the buffer bay is changed to a new location in the netlist if changing the location improves placement within the unit. In an embodiment, a net weight of a net that connects the moveable object to an artificial pin is considered in determining whether to change the location to the new location. In an embodiment a bounding area that encompasses the location is considered in determining whether to change the location to the new location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew R. Ellavsky, Sean T. Evans, Timothy D. Helvey, Phillip P. Normand, Jason L. Van Vreede, Bradley C. White
  • Presenting energy consumption information in an integrated development environment tool
    Patent number: 8312441
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for presenting energy consumption information in an IDE tool. In one embodiment, the IDE tool may be configured to determine energy requirements associated with specific elements of the source code, and to present graphical indications of energy requirements along with those code elements. Such energy requirements may be determined by matching code elements to a stored data structure describing energy requirements for executing various code elements. The stored data may be based on predefined standards, and/or may be based on historical measurements of energy consumption during prior instances of executing code elements on a target computer system. Additionally, developers may specify priority for compiling portions of source code, according to desired energy requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Barsness, David L. Darrington, Amanda Peters, John M. Santosuosso
  • Facilitating transport mode input/output operations between a channel subsystem and input/output devices
    Patent number: 8312176
    Abstract: A computer program product is provided for performing: sending, by a channel subsystem, a process login (PRLI) request message to the control unit that indicates whether the channel subsystem supports bi-directional data transfer; receiving a PRLI response message from the control unit that indicates whether the control unit supports bi-directional data transfer; gathering a plurality of commands, at least one which specifies an input data transfer and at least one specifying an output data transfer; sending at least one output data message to the control unit including output data to be transferred to the control unit, the output data message associated with the at least one of the plurality of commands specifying an output data transfer; and receiving at least one input message from the control unit including input data to be stored in a main storage of the host computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott M. Carlson, Daniel F. Casper, John R. Flanagan, Roger G. Hathorn, Matthew J. Kalos, Louis W. Ricci, Dale F. Riedy, Harry M. Yudenfriend
  • Multi-segments modeling bond wire interconnects with 2D simulations in high speed, high density wire bond packages
    Patent number: 8312404
    Abstract: A method for modeling bond wires in an IC package for predicting noise effects generated by electromagnetic coupling in complex bond wire configurations. A look-up table of equivalent LC circuit models for the bond wires is generated that accurately predicts the effects of the bond wire circuitry of a signal transmission system. Switch and mirror techniques are applied to reduce the bond wire configurations necessary to simulate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Haitian Hu, Timothy W. Budell, Charles S. Chiu, Eric Tremble
  • Performing human client verification over a voice interface
    Patent number: 8311190
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for verifying incoming telephone calls to a telephone services subscriber. An incoming telephone call from a caller is received. A time variable including one or more of a current date, a day-of-week, and a time-of-day is determined. One or more challenge questions is selected from a pre-defined schedule, in response to determining the time variable. The schedule includes challenge questions for different time variables. The caller is subjected to the one or more challenge questions. At least one challenge response to one or more of the selected challenge questions is received. It is determined whether the at least one challenge response was an expected correct response. If the at least one challenge response was correct, an action is taken with respect to the incoming telephone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Barry Mark Caceres, Jessica Lynne Pamdeth
  • Dynamic control of partition memory affinity in a shared memory partition data processing system
    Patent number: 8312230
    Abstract: Dynamic control of memory affinity is provided for a shared memory logical partition within a shared memory partition data processing system having a plurality of nodes. The memory affinity control approach includes: determining one or more home node assignments for the shared memory logical partition, with each assigned home node being one node of the plurality of nodes of the system; determining a desired physical page level per node for the shared memory logical partition; and allowing the shared memory partition to run and using the home node assignment(s) and its desired physical page level(s) in the dispatching of tasks to physical processors in the nodes and in hypervisor page memory management to dynamically control memory affinity of the shared memory logical partition in the data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Z. Jacobs, David A. Larson, Wade B. Ouren, Edward C. Prosser, Kenneth C. Vossen
  • Natural ordering in a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 8312105
    Abstract: Provided is a method for displaying information such as lists of data, files and icons in a window of a graphical user interface (GUI). Unlike a typical display methodology, which arranges items in a “machine-dependent” sorting order, the disclosed technology provides a “natural” sorting order. The list, or names associated with the files or icons are incorporated into a query and the query is transmitted to a web service. The web service parses the query to determine a natural order appropriate to the material represented by the list, files, or icons rearranges the list, files or icons into the natural order and returns a response to the originator of the query. The operating system or GUI that originated the query receives the response, parses the response and displays the list, files or icons in the corresponding natural order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael N. Abernethy, Jr., Travis M. Grigsby, Jacob L. Moilanen, Nazgol Sedghi
  • Real-time CPU dispatcher affinity re-balancing
    Patent number: 8312465
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of operating a central processing unit (CPU) including a plurality of processors, is provided and includes collecting real-time statistics relating to the processors during dispatching activities, identifying give-help processors from the real-time statistics when the real-time statistics indicate that one or more of the nodes is overworked, and implementing help to be provided by the give-help processor to relieve the overworked node of a portion of the work to be distributed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard Pierce, Daniel V. Rosa, Donald W. Schmidt
  • Controlling and recovering long-lived transactions
    Patent number: 8311993
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to performing sub-transactions of a long-lived transaction (LLT) in a sequence (e.g., according to an LLT flow) and writing a log entry at the performance of each of the sub-transactions that specifies results of the sub-transaction. Some embodiments do not require generating any compensating transactions during performance of the sub-transactions. Some embodiments are further directed to detecting that an interruption occurs to the LLT and repeating, or initiating re-performance of the LLT from the beginning of the sequence following the flow of the LLT from its beginning. During the re-performance of the LLT, some embodiments are further directed to checking the log entry at each sub-transaction to determine whether the sub-transaction was performed successfully before the interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Manoj N. Kumar, Gunisha Madan, Grover H. Neuman
  • Method for storing data for retrieval and transfer
    Patent number: 8312063
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system and program for storing data for later retrieval and for transfer within a storage hierarchy. A data storage subsystem stores both individual user files and also managed files, each managed file comprising an aggregation of multiple user files. After receiving user files from a client station, the subsystem stores user files in a retrieval storage pool to facilitate file retrieval. Criteria are subsequently applied to the user files stored in the retrieval storage pool to delete low or lower priority files from the retrieval storage pool. In addition, user files are aggregated in managed files for transfer to another location within the storage hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Maxwell Cannon, Donald Paul Warren, Jr., Howard Newton Martin
  • Avoiding database related joins with specialized index structures
    Patent number: 8312050
    Abstract: Provided is a solution for storing data, the data comprising a set of tables, each table comprising a set of columns, each column comprising a set of values, each value being one or more data types. In the solution, a binary tree can be created for each of the data types. Each binary tree can comprise a set of nodes. A set of arrays can be associated with each node of the binary tree. The array associated with each node of each binary tree can correspond to one of the columns that comprises the value of the data type represented by the node of the binary tree. Each array can indicate at least one table row and column from the plurality of tables in which the value of the data type represented by the node of the binary tree occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Oliver Draese