Abstract: To provide collaborative business intelligence in an enterprise, an analytics platform is provided to receive an event associated with the enterprise and to perform analysis in response to the event. A virtual collaboration platform is provided to enable plural users to interact with each other and to use resources of the analytics platform.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for on-the-fly alteration of apparent playback rate for content sent to a client based on a request from the client to alter the playback speed of the content. The system and method can use existing, open protocols and the media files served are playable by standard media playback clients. The method includes receiving a request for media content from a client, including instructions for adjusting the number of frames of the requested content to affect an apparent change in the playback speed of the content. The adjustment to the frames may include inserting frames, removing frames, and/or inserting markers to trigger the client device to duplicate frames.

Abstract: Configuration parameter name-value pairs are obtained for each of a plurality of component instances in a deployed software solution. A candidate set of configuration dependencies between different ones of the plurality of component instances in the deployed software solution is identified, based on the configuration parameter name-value pairs. The candidate set of configuration dependencies includes true dependencies and false dependencies. The candidate set of configuration dependencies is rank-ordered to obtain a rank-ordered list, such that a probability of the true dependencies getting a higher rank is greater than a probability of the false dependencies getting a higher rank.

Abstract: Techniques for co-relating at least one of a functional design and at least one implementation artifact of a solution with at least one infrastructure component of a target deployment environment for the solution are provided. The techniques include obtaining at least one of a functional design and at least one implementation artifact of a solution, obtaining at least one infrastructure component of a target deployment environment for the solution, and co-relating at least one of a functional design and at least one implementation artifact of a solution with at least one infrastructure component of a target deployment environment for the solution, wherein co-relating comprises discovering at least one system level dependency among the at least one of a functional design and at least one implementation artifact and the at least one infrastructure component.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing targeted video promotional material includes transmitting a promotional item for display on a video terminal, determining whether the promotional item was skipped, and updating a profile corresponding to the promotional item or a viewer of the promotional item based on whether or not the promotional item was skipped.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for obtaining a font for a document includes determining each glyph of a font that is specified in contents of an electronic document, the determination identifying a subset of multiple glyphs included in the font, the subset determined on a first device that does not have the font stored thereon. The method includes generating on the first device a request to a second device based on the determination, the request identifying the subset to the second device. The method includes receiving, at the first device, information sent from the second device in response to the request and defining the subset of the multiple glyphs, the information not defining a remainder of the multiple glyphs other than the subset. The method includes generating on the first device a presentation of the electronic document using the received information, the presentation including the subset of the multiple glyphs.

Abstract: An indication of a problem in at least one component of a computing system is obtained. A relevant change set associated with a directed dependency graph is analyzed. The computing system is configured to proactively overcome a root cause of the problem. The relevant change set includes a list of past changes to the computing system which are potentially relevant to the problem. The directed dependency graph includes dependency information regarding given components of the computing system invoked by transactions in the computing system. The analyzing includes identifying at least one of the past changes to the computing system that is the root cause of the problem.

Abstract: A request for video advertisements is received and video advertisements that can be provided in response to the request are identified. Performance features associated with the video advertisements are identified and are provided as input to a video advertisement performance model trained to estimate a play through rate for each of the video advertisements. The video advertisements are ranked based on the estimated play through rates for the video advertisements provided by the video advertisement performance model, and one or more video advertisements are provided in response to the request according to the ranking of the video advertisements.

Abstract: A method and system for reducing processing overhead during execution of a code block in a high efficiency compilation framework. The method identifies second code blocks within the code block and separates them out from the first code block during compilation. Further, during compilation, the system converts the second code blocks to kernel program modules, in a form recognizable by the system kernel. The compilation is followed by execution of the first code block, with the compiled object code of the first code block being executed in user mode and the kernel program modules being executed in kernel mode.

Abstract: A problem determination system and method reduces the time and effort required by system administrators to trouble shot transaction processing difficulties in a large distributed I/T environment by monitoring system component performance and computing operational performance threshold limits based on dependency graphs for the system. Using this data, a prioritized list of suspect components for the I/T system is generated.

Abstract: A configuration model for an existing software solution, which is distributed over a plurality of existing machines, is discovered. The model includes a plurality of configuration items, which in turn include a plurality of independent attributes and a plurality of dependent attributes, with the plurality of dependent attributes being derivable from the plurality of independent attributes based on a plurality of constraints. The configuration model is stored in a repository, together with disk images, resource configuration details, and logical names of pertinent ones of the existing machines. Specifications of new values of the independent attributes are obtained, and new values of the dependent attributes are computed from the new values of the independent attributes, based on executing the constraints on the configuration model.

Abstract: A computer implemented method is provided for optimizing at the time of compiling a program that employs a message-passing interface (MPI). The method includes: detecting an MPI application source file; identifying a non-blocking communication within the MPI application source file; and overlapping independent computation concurrently with the non-blocking communication. A system is also provided.

Abstract: For each thread of a computer program to be executed on a multiple-processor computer system, an affinity identifier is associated to the thread by the computer program. The affinity identifiers of the threads denote how closely related the threads are. For each thread, a processor of the multiple-processor computer system on which the thread is to be executed is selected based on the affinity identifiers of the threads, by an operating system being executed on the multiple-processor computer system and in relation to which the computer programs are to be executed. Each thread is then executed by the processor selected for the thread.

Abstract: A method for determining wind turbine location within a wind power plant based on at least one design criteria. A wind turbine layout including at least one wind turbine location is prepared and site conditions at each wind turbine location are determined. One or more plant design metrics are evaluated in response to the site conditions. The plant design metrics are analyzed in response to the site conditions. The method further includes applying constraints to the wind turbine layout and comparing the plant design metrics to the design criteria and constraints. Thereafter, the wind turbine locations are selectively adjusted within the layout in response to the comparing step until a stop criteria is reached.

Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture are disclosed for registering and deregistering memory pages in a computer system. The method comprises the steps of hoisting register and deregister calls in a given routine where temporal locality is present to overlap computation and communication; using software pipelined registration and deregistration where spatial locality is observed; and using intra-procedural and inter-procedural analysis by a compiler of the computer system to deregister dynamically allocated buffers. The preferred embodiment of the invention is based on an optimizing compiler. The compiler is used to extract information such as addresses of buffers which are being reused repeatedly (temporal locality), preferably in a loop. The compiler may also find information about spatial locality, such as arrays whose indexes are used in a well-defined manner in a series of messages, for example, array pages being accessed in a pre-defined pattern in a loop.

Abstract: A computer implemented method is provided for optimizing at the time of compiling a program that employs a message-passing interface (MPI). The method includes: detecting an MPI application source file; identifying a non-blocking communication within the MPI application source file; and overlapping independent computation concurrently with the non-blocking communication. A system is also provided.

Abstract: As part of a user interface for controlling the display of subtitles including closed captioning, a viewer is presented with a menu of alternate screen positions for the subtitles from which the viewer can select a preferred position.

Abstract: A television system presents the user with a list of recently viewed objects as a History list that meets one of a set of History list criteria. The History list is maintained as an ordered stack list with a limited number of entries, the order being an order in which the most recently met rule appears at the top of the list. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Abstract: An RFID system includes a pair of guide tracks located on opposite boundaries of at least one zone. A channel is movably attached to the guide tracks and is configured to move along the guide tracks through the at least one zone. A mobile RFID reader is movably attached to the channel and the mobile RFID reader is paused at a plurality of read points to scan for RFID tags located. The read points are determined by an arrangement of a plurality of hexagonal areas which are grouped together to create a combined area, where the combined area is aligned with the predefined area to define locations of the plurality of hexagonal areas, and where substantially central locations of each hexagonal area represent the plurality of read points.

Abstract: Techniques for facilitating a real-time virtual interaction between two or more users are provided. The techniques include extracting a dynamically changing context from two or more users, wherein the context comprises at least one of user-provided information and one or more items related to at least one of current activity and past activity of the two or more users, analyzing the context from each user to create a classification for each user, comparing the classification for each user with a classification for each additional user, wherein comparing comprises ordering each user in terms of closeness to each additional user, and using the ordering of each user in terms of closeness to each additional user to facilitate a real-time virtual interaction between two or more users. Techniques are also provided for generating a database of one or more user classifications.