Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for performing a method for presenting multimedia data are disclosed. The method includes but is not limited to detecting insertion of a portable storage device into a first end user device; automatically launching transfer of multimedia data and Meta data describing the multimedia data from the first end user device to the portable storage device; transferring the multimedia data from the first end user device to the portable storage device; detecting insertion of the portable storage device into a second end user device; automatically launching transfer of multimedia data and Meta data describing the multimedia data from the portable storage device to the second end user device; and transferring the multimedia data from the portable storage device to the second end user device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for packing received Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) frames in buffers for transmission to a host system memory. SAS frames are received from another SAS device and stored in a frame buffer memory. User data in the received frames has appended SCSI Data Integrity Fields (DIF information) to enhance reliability. Features and aspects hereof use the DIF information to validate the user data and then strip the DIF information to densely pack the validated user data in a DMA staging buffer for transmission to a host's system buffer memory using DMA features of the SAS device. The DMA circuit is programmed and started when the staging buffer is filled to at least a threshold amount of data to thereby improve efficacy of the DMA transfer performance. Other criteria may also be employed to determine when to start the DMA circuit.

Abstract: Automated management of shared I/O resources involves use of a policy engine for implementing I/O scheduling group I/O policies. The I/O policies are used for determining whether corresponding I/O requests should be issued to a shared storage system immediately or should be delayed via corresponding policy-based queues. In the context of database systems, a database administrator can specify policies regarding how I/O resources should be used and the database system itself enforces the policies, rather than requiring the database administrator enforce the I/O usage of the database and of the individual users.

Abstract: In computer-implemented methods to validate process models, the models carry semantic information that is related to the process steps, including pre-conditions that indicate whether a step would be executable under certain conditions and post-conditions relating to results from executing a step. Steps are related as predecessor/successor so that a post-condition of the predecessor step can be the pre-condition of a successor step. During model validation, variables are exchanged and propagated between the step conditions. Instead of validating the model for potentially all initial values of variables and conditions, the system identifies portions of the model that can be validated separately for a reduced set of initial states.

Abstract: A host device can download a firmware update to a peripheral device having previously enumerated with the host device. The host device can perform link training with the peripheral device in response to a re-enumeration indication received from the peripheral device. The link training can include switching a Link Training and Status State Machine (LTSSM) in the host device from an active state (U0) to an RX.Detect state and synchronizing with the peripheral device in the RX.Detect state. The host device can re-enumerate with the peripheral device utilizing the firmware update after the host device completes link training with the peripheral device.

Abstract: Using metamodels during context-sensitive analyzes of reusable components of computer software applications, including identifying entry and exit paths into and from a reusable component within a metamodel of a computer application development environment, determining during a static analysis of a computer software application that navigation will proceeds along a path corresponding in the metamodel to such an entry or exit path, retaining, if an entry path, an identifier of an invoking node along the path within the computer software application, and, if an exit path, for each terminal node along each of a plurality of paths from the reusable component within the computer software application, comparing an identifier of an invoking node preceding the terminal node with the retained invoking node identifier, and determining, if the invoking node identifiers match, that the path among the plurality of paths is a correct path for a current context of the static analysis.

Abstract: A SAS expander or initiator places PHYs in a wide port into a persistent reduced power state by signaling to the connected SAS device that the SAS expander or initiator intends to route data traffic through other PHYs in the wide port. The SAS expander or initiator and connected SAS device agree to disuse certain PHYs so that the PHYs enter a reduced power state according to SAS standards.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include executing a business application on a server device, the business application executing a service based on a base plurality of inputs, accessing a first service variant based on the service, generating a first plurality of input fields based on the first service variant, the first plurality of input fields corresponding to a first plurality of inputs, the first plurality of inputs being a sub-set of the base plurality of inputs, and executing the service based on the first plurality of inputs that is input using the first plurality of input fields.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for identifying device ports of a data card in a Linux system are provided, the method comprises: acquiring information of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device; recording device information that is related to the USB device to be identified in said information; acquiring port information of each port of said USB device to be identified according to the device information of the said USB device to be identified; identifying attributes of said ports according to the information of each port. By acquiring the device information and the port information, the Attention (AT) port and the Modem port could be identified correctly according to the feature that the AT port and the Modem port could send and receive AT commands as well as the preset order attribute of the AT port and the Modem port, thus identifying the attributes of each port of the device accurately.

Abstract: Using metamodels during context-sensitive analyses of reusable components of computer software applications, including identifying entry and exit paths into and from a reusable component within a metamodel of a computer application development environment, determining during a static analysis of a computer software application that navigation will proceeds along a path corresponding in the metamodel to such an entry or exit path, retaining, if an entry path, an identifier of an invoking node along the path within the computer software application, and, if an exit path, for each terminal node along each of a plurality of paths from the reusable component within the computer software application, comparing an identifier of an invoking node preceding the terminal node with the retained invoking node identifier, and determining, if the invoking node identifiers match, that the path among the plurality of paths is a correct path for a current context of the static analysis.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an input/output (I/O) interface and a plurality of memory elements comprising a non-volatile memory portion for storing a default firmware and a working memory portion having a firmware area. The device also includes a controller coupled to the I/O interface and the memory elements, where the controller is configured for operating the memory elements, according to the firmware area, and for monitoring the I/O interface. In the device, the controller is also configured for loading the default firmware into the firmware area when the controller is enabled and for granting access to the firmware area for loading an alternate firmware if a bypass code is detected at the I/O interface.

Abstract: A universal quick port switching method and an associated apparatus are provided. An apparatus for universally and quickly detecting port switching includes a plurality of resistors for receiving a plurality of ground signals from a plurality of receiving ports, respectively; a divided-voltage detecting circuit coupled to the resistors, for generating a predictable divided voltage; and an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the divided-voltage detecting circuit, for generating a digital output according to the predictable divided voltage. The detecting apparatus determines whether the receiving ports are active or not according to the digital output.

Abstract: Files on a secondary storage are accessed using alternative IO subroutines that buffer IO requests made by a user and mimic the IO subroutines provided by an operating system. The buffer used by the alternative IO subroutines is maintained by the user and not the operating system. User applications are not recompiled or relinked when using the alternative subroutines because the library that provides these subroutines intercepts requests for buffered IO made by user applications to the operating system's IO subroutines and replaces the requests with calls to the alternative IO subroutines that utilize the buffer maintained by the user.

Abstract: A method to issue a statesave command from a host system to attached storage is provided. The attached storage is monitored for a predetermined threshold time to identify an inaccessible device. Upon expiration of the predetermined threshold time, the statesave command is issued from a device driver of the host system to the attached storage.

Abstract: System and method for recording and displaying data associated with a program executing a program. Data associated with the program is displayed in a first instance of a graphical user interface (GUI) element. The data are saved one or more times during or after execution of the program in response to input, including saving information regarding the GUI element. The saved data are then displayed in a second instance of the GUI element in response to user input invoking display of the saved data, based on the saved information regarding the GUI element.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a system and a method of processing keystrokes entered on an electronic device. The method comprises: monitoring for activation of two or more keys on the keyboard; evaluating whether the activation of those keys occurs within a set window of time; evaluating locations of those keys. After these evaluations, if the keystroke conflict is determined to not have been produced, then characters for those keys are generated in order of their activations. If the keystroke conflict is determined to have been produced, then the method arbitrates between those keys to select a key utilizing a dictionary to automatically determine the key to be selected. In the dictionary, its entries are related to each of those keys combined with any previously entered keystrokes. The method then processes the selected key to generate on a display one character, which is associated with the selected key.

Abstract: Transferring data between devices utilizing state data. The devices may include a writer device and a reader device, each coupled to a common bus. A host device may create a transfer session between the devices. Each of the host device, the writer device, and the reader device may maintain state data of the transfer session. The host device may notify at least one of the reader device or the writer device of a state change from a disabled state to an enabled state. After enabling, data may be transferred directly between the writer device and the reader device without involving the host device. Finally, the host device may notify at least one of the reader device or the writer device of a state change from the enabled state to the disabled state. After disabling, the direct transfer of data between the writer device and the reader device may be stopped.

Abstract: A blade server apparatus including a plurality of server modules, a backplane for mounting the plurality of server modules thereon, and an SMP coupling device having wiring lines to SMP couple the plurality of server modules. Each of the server modules has one or more processors controlled by firmware and a module manager for managing its own server module, the module manager has an ID determiner for informing each processor of a processor ID, each processor has a processing unit and an SMP virtual connecting unit for instructing ones of wiring lines of the SMP coupling device through which a packet received from the processing unit is to be transmitted, and an ID converter for converting the processor ID and informing it to the SMP virtual connecting unit is provided within the firmware.

Abstract: A method for vectorization of a block of code is provided. The method comprises receiving a first block of code as input; and converting the first block of code into at least a second block of code and a third block of code. The first block of code accesses a first set of memory addresses that are potentially misaligned. The second block of code performs conditional leaping address incrementation to selectively access a first subset of the first set of memory addresses. The third block of code accesses a second subset of the first set of memory addresses starting from an aligned memory address, simultaneously accessing multiple memory addresses at a time. No memory address belongs to both the first subset and the second subset of memory addresses.

Abstract: A computer system is used to create an application. An application is created using an authoring environment. The application is converted into a master application template by creating an application representation and creating associated metadata that define at least one allowable modification that may be made to the application representation. The master application template may be certified. A child application template is derived from the master application template by deleting at least one allowable modification of the master application template, or by deleting, adding, or modifying at least one constraint to at least one allowable modification of the master application template, where the effect of the deletion, addition, or modification is to reduce the scope of the allowable modification to the child application template source code. The child application template is used to create an application.