Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for distributing task assignments on a computer network comprising a client grid having at least one server coupled to at least one client node and a plurality of client computers coupled to the client node through a plurality of monitoring agents. Each monitoring agent collects data regarding the resources a particular client computer makes available to the grid and transmits the data to the grid server when the client computer requests a grid task. The system generates a resource probability distribution based on the historical computing resource data and employs a scheduling algorithm to distribute grid tasks to the client computers using at least the probability distribution.

Abstract: A method and system for optimizing resource usage in an information retrieval system. Meta information in query results describes data items identified by identifiers. A chunk of the identifiers and a set of meta information are loaded into a first cache and a second cache, respectively. A portion of the set of meta information is being viewed by a user. The portion describes a data item identified by an identifier included in the chunk and in a sub-chunk of identifiers that identifies data items described by the set of meta information. If a position of the identifier in the sub-chunk satisfies a first criterion, then a second set of meta information is preloaded into the second cache. If a position of the identifier in the chunk satisfies a second criterion, then a second chunk of the identifiers is preloaded into the first cache.

Abstract: The present invention leverages and modifies service-oriented architecture and concepts to provide an enterprise content management (ECM) system as a service. This allows organizations (potential customers) to be provided with a service as opposed to purchasing a software product. In the present invention, it is disclosed how to build a reusable enterprise content management ECM as an asset being a brick for business service using SOA methodology. To achieve these goals, this invention has, among other things/components: (1) abstracts the generic portion of individual ECM; (2) introduces a new unique component to allow configuring the data modeling part and workflow of each individual ECM; (3) provides a common UI for the content edit and view; and (4) provides a plug-in component for bulk content processing.

Abstract: A system and method for creating user voice profiles enables a user to create a single user voice profile that is compatible with one or more voice servers. Such a system includes a training server that receives audio information from a client associated with a user and stores the audio information and corresponding textual information. The system further includes a training server adaptor. The training server adaptor is configured to receive a voice profile format and a communication protocol corresponding to one of the plurality of voice servers, convert the audio information and corresponding textual information into a format compatible with the voice profile format and communication protocol corresponding to the one of the plurality of voice servers, and provide the converted audio information and corresponding textual information to the one of the plurality of voice servers.

Abstract: A tagging tree that defines a hierarchical output data structure and relational database query operations that retrieve the data to be included in each hierarchical section is accepted and processed. A query optimizer analyzes the tagging tree to determine database query operations that can be combined into a single query command. An outer-union query command is generated to allow efficient combination of multiple query commands, some of which are predicates to others. The tagging tree is modified to replace the database queries that were combined into the outer-union query to extract data from the results set produced by the outer-union query as opposed to submitting queries to the database manager. The optimized queries can be reused an arbitrary number of times to leverage the optimizing resources that were used in their creation.

Abstract: A framework for creating instant messaging Bots that autonomously operate within an instant messaging sessions to respond to requests from other user(s) or Bot(s). Bot operation is defined by a state machine with one or more states that are described in XML documents. These XML documents abide by the grammar of a Bot Transition Definition Language (BTDL) that is defined in an XML schema. A Bot developer creates a state transition diagram via a Graphical User Interface. The state transition diagram defines states, transitions between states, and conditions for each of those state transitions and methods to be performed upon each state transition. An XML document that conforms to BTDL format is created from the state transition definition diagram. Both stateful and stateless Bots are defined using XML documents abiding to a BTDL format. A runtime environment implements the Bots, accepts runtime inputs and generates responses.

Abstract: The invention concerns apparatus and methods that determine availability and performance of entities providing services in a distributed system using filtered service-consumer feedback. In particular, apparatus and methods of the invention filter service-consumer feedback in order to reduce the effect of circumstances unique to individual service consumers or to groups of service consumers that do not accurately reflect the actual availability or performance of service-providing entities. In this way an accurate appraisal is gained regarding the performance and availability of a service-providing entity. Reactive methods of the invention can be combined with proactive methods such as, for example, active status probing, to further improve the accuracy of data concerning the status and availability of service-providing entities.

Abstract: A system and method for creating user voice profiles enables a user to create a single user voice profile that is compatible with one or more voice servers. Such a system includes a training server that receives audio information from a client associated with a user and stores the audio information and corresponding textual information. The system further includes a training server adaptor. The training server adaptor is configured to receive a voice profile format and a communication protocol corresponding to one of the plurality of voice servers, convert the audio information and corresponding textual information into a format compatible with the voice profile format and communication protocol corresponding to the one of the plurality of voice servers, and provide the converted audio information and corresponding textual information to the one of the plurality of voice servers.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer program products for autonomic recovery of messages are provided. A computer-implemented method includes creating a temporary file for a communication session. The temporary file identifies a communication partner to the communication session and a start time of the communication session. The computer-implemented method also includes monitoring the communication session. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the computer-implemented method includes logging the time of the triggering event in the temporary file, logging the time of any messages received after the time of the triggering event, and storing the messages in the temporary file. The computer-implemented method further includes presenting the messages in response to initiation of another communication session with the communication partner.

Abstract: The system for end-to-end content publishing using XML with an object dependency graph is based on the following two design principles: First, separation of content and style: Information stored in the content management system is independent on how it is going to be presented. The presentation style is encapsulated elsewhere and can be used to customize the look and feel based on the end-user preferences as well as the delivery methods and devices. Second, reusability of information content: By encapsulating common information in fragments and subfragments and making these fragments insertable in other fragments, thereby avoid scattering and duplication of information. This enables a user to restrict the edit operations to a limited number of relevant fragments, to affect global changes. In addition, the present invention provides data consistency and data integrity in the content management.

Abstract: A system and method of converting a recursive XML document into a relational schema comprises providing a recursive XML document; parsing an external mapping script specifying a mapping from the recursive XML document to a relational table format; building a recursive shredding tree based on the external mapping script and the relational table format; and shredding the mapped recursive XML document into a relational table. The system and method further comprise detecting whether any of a XML schema and a DTD document is recursive, wherein the detecting comprises building a directed graph comprising element names; corresponding elements names as nodes in the directed graph; forming arcs from every element parent node to every element child node of the element parent node; and checking for cycles in the directed graph. The system and method further comprise identifying all recursive cursor nodes and a recursive degree corresponding to the recursive shredding tree.

Abstract: The invention provides a method, system, and program product for differentially displaying an instant messaging (IM) availability to a plurality of potential interlocutors. In one embodiment, the invention includes creating a relationship chart of potential interlocutors based on an organizational chart; defining a willingness to communicate, including a temporal component; establishing an IM availability for each potential interlocutor using the relationship chart and the willingness to communicate; sending the IM availability to a server; transmitting the IM availability from the server to a potential interlocutor's computing device capable of displaying the IM availability; receiving an IM invitation from an interlocutor; and generating an alert based on the IM availability for the interlocutor.

Abstract: A method and system that allows efficient shredding of large instances of hierarchical data structures into relational data structures. Large instances of hierarchical data structures, which are able to be larger than the random access storage of a computer used to shred them into relational data structures, are incrementally shredded into a temporary storage. When the amount of data shredded into the temporary storage reaches or exceeds a predetermined commit count, the data in the temporary storage is transferred to a relational data structure maintained by a relational database manager. A Document Type Description annotation is provided to allow the end user to specify execution order for SQL commands and to specify commit count values.

Abstract: A method and system that allows efficient shredding of large instances of hierarchical data structures into relational data structures. Large instances of hierarchical data structures, which are able to be larger than the random access storage of a computer used to shred them into relational data structures, are incrementally shredded into a temporary storage. When the amount of data shredded into the temporary storage reaches or exceeds a predetermined commit count, the data in the temporary storage is transferred to a relational data structure maintained by a relational database manager. A Document Type Description annotation is provided to allow the end user to specify execution order for SQL commands and to specify commit count values.

Abstract: The invention concerns apparatus and methods that determine availability and performance of entities providing services in a distributed system using filtered service-consumer feedback. In particular, apparatus and methods of the invention filter service-consumer feedback in order to reduce the effect of circumstances unique to individual service consumers or to groups of service consumers that do not accurately reflect the actual availability or performance of service-providing entities. In this way an accurate appraisal is gained regarding the performance and availability of a service-providing entity. Reactive methods of the invention can be combined with proactive methods such as, for example, active status probing, to further improve the accuracy of data concerning the status and availability of service-providing entities.

Abstract: A system selects a plurality of attributes common to objects being compared and defines at least one value space for each selected attribute. Each selected attribute can have a value space that is different from a value space of the same attribute associated with a different object. The system defines an ordering system for each value space including selecting whether the value space consists of non-ordered values, partially ordered values, or fully ordered values. An objective function is defined for each ordering system and the objective function maps a pair of values of a value space to a number value. The system normalizes each objective function and defines a mapping from the plurality of objective functions to a first general objective function.

Abstract: An application specific framework is generated from configuration information contained in a configuration file. The application specific framework comprises a state transformation diagram. Application specific plug-in code is generated from the configuration information for attaching application programs to the framework. External events trigger navigation of the state transformation diagram according to rules derived from user profile and user state information. Navigation of the state transformation exercises function of the attached application programs. Modification of the function of the framework is accomplished by simply modifying the configuration information as needed.

Abstract: A system and method of converting a recursive XML document into a relational schema comprises providing a recursive XML document; parsing an external mapping script specifying a mapping from the recursive XML document to a relational table format; building a recursive shredding tree based on the external mapping script and the relational table format; and shredding the mapped recursive XML document into a relational table. The system and method further comprise detecting whether any of a XML schema and a DTD document is recursive, wherein the detecting comprises building a directed graph comprising element names; corresponding elements names as nodes in the directed graph; forming arcs from every element parent node to every element child node of the element parent node; and checking for cycles in the directed graph. The system and method further comprise identifying all recursive cursor nodes and a recursive degree corresponding to the recursive shredding tree.

Abstract: A tagging tree that defines a hierarchical output data structure and relational database query operations that retrieve the data to be included in each hierarchical section is accepted and processed. A query optimizer analyzes the tagging tree to determine database query operations that can be combined into a single query command. An outer-union query command is generated to allow efficient combination of multiple query commands, some of which are predicates to others. The tagging tree is modified to replace the database queries that were combined into the outer-union query to extract data from the results set produced by the outer-union query as opposed to submitting queries to the database manager. The optimized queries can be reused an arbitrary number of times to leverage the optimizing resources that were used in their creation.

Abstract: Tagging trees are generated and used to facilitate transforming data from relational databases into hierarchical formats, such as in XML documents. Tagging trees contain both XML hierarchical structure information as well a query information that is needed to access different data sources, e.g., databases, to retrieve the information to be placed in the hierarchical structure. A designer optionally creates a mapping script that specifies the transformation from relational databases to the hierarchical format. A tagging tree is created by either parsing that mapping script or by other means. A runtime environment then processes the tagging tree by a depth first traversal. The runtime environment is able to be configured to output a hierarchical data object, such as an XML document, or pipelined to control, for example, SAX processing.