Abstract: A method and a system for establishing a communication session between a first communication device in a main communication network and a second communication device in a local communication network comprising a wireless network, the second communication device being located in the vicinity of a mobile device, the first communication device contacting an external phone number, wherein the external phone number is assigned to a unique identifier of the mobile device. The method comprises (i) the mobile device sending the unique identifier detectable on the wireless network; (ii) providing the unique identifier of the mobile device) and a local communication identifier to a service provider adapter; (iii) determining the location of the mobile device, associating the mobile device to the second communication device in dependence of its location.

Abstract: Dynamically assigning network addresses provided by a server in a network to virtual network adapters in virtual machines, in which a reassignment of the assigned network addresses due to suspending virtual machines is prevented. Network addresses of the virtual machines in the network are logged. Network addresses are combined with information about suspending and/or resuming virtual machines by a control instance. Information about the network addresses of suspended virtual machines for its virtual network adapters with dynamically assigned network addresses is sent to the server.

Abstract: A method of securely deleting data from a data storage device is described. The method includes the steps of receiving a secure delete command to securely delete a file. A data block of the file to securely delete is identified. A pointer to the data block is stored in a deletion buffer. It is then determined whether the secure delete command has a highest priority over other data storage device commands. In response to the secure delete command having the highest priority, the secure delete command to the data block is performed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a data processing system including at least two disk emulators operating in parallel. Each of the at least two disk emulators emulates a disk subsystem and is associated with a respective file in a file system for any data stored on a physical disk. The data processing system further includes a de-duplicator for de-duplicating the data stored in the respective files associated with the at least two disk emulators. The de-duplicator operates in parallel to the disk emulators and is associated with an additional disk emulator emulating an additional disk subsystem. The additional disk emulator is associated with an additional file in a file system configured to store data shared between the respective disk subsystems emulated by the at least two disk emulators.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to controlling configuration of a computer system comprising one or more exchangeable components. The exchangeable components comprising identification means to store an identifier. A pair of a private key and a public key are generated for each accepted manufacturer of the exchangeable components and a pair of a private key and a public key for the computer system; assigning an identifier for each exchangeable component available for attachment to the system; receiving configuration data comprising a list of encrypted identity records comprising identifiers of the components together with signatures over the data generated with the private key of the respective component manufacturer for each component expected to be attached to the system; and receiving a configuration record. The configuration data of the expected components from the received configuration record is compared with the configuration data of the components attached to the system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a shaped sheet metal part including the following steps, continuous feeding of a sheet metal band unwound from a coil to a jet cutter, concurrent cutting, by means of the jet cutter, of a blank out of the sheet metal band as it moves at a constant speed, the time required to produce the blank defining a cycle, picking up the blank by means of a first transfer device operating in time with the cycle, transferring the blank by means of a first transfer device to a shaping system operating in time with the cycle, and shaping the blank into a shaped sheet metal part by means of the shaping system.

Abstract: Stateful network connections between a first virtual machine and at least a second virtual machine are preserved during a suspend and resume cycle. The virtual machines are interconnected by a network. A control instance is provided to manage a routing of network traffic of the virtual machines to the network. In case of a suspend operation, the control instance tracks network addresses of each virtual machine, whereas in case of a resume operation, the control instance sets up a router for each virtual machine and requests new network addresses for each router. The control instance configures a network address translation on the router assigned to each virtual machine to map the new network addresses to the network addresses used before suspending the virtual machines.

Abstract: A method for de-duplicating updates in virtual machines (VMs) is provided that may be executed on a host computer using a hypervisor. Client VMs are derived from a base image, and the method includes: creating a temporary virtual machine, updating the temporary virtual machine, identifying modified blocks of the updated temporary virtual machine, and identifying files associated with the modified blocks. Moreover, the method includes determining block identifiers of matching files of a VM corresponding to identified files of the updated temporary VM, moving block content of blocks relating to the determined block identifiers from its initial location to a free location within the client VM if the block content and the matching files are not identical in the client virtual machine and the temporary VM, and de-duplicating content within the client VM, generating a complete bootable image, and replacing the base image by the temporary VM.

Abstract: A method is provided for suspending and resuming virtual machines in a network in dependence of network activity. The method includes providing a virtual machine manager. The virtual machine manager monitors network traffic of the virtual machines on a network bridge in a network layer using data packet analysis to detect dedicated network protocol traffic. More particularly, the monitoring of network traffic of the virtual machines may include: logging network addresses of the virtual machines of the network; combining logged network addresses with information about suspending or resuming virtual machines based on filtering rules being provided for such combination; and sending information about the network addresses of active and suspended virtual machines for virtual network adapters assigned to the virtual machines to the virtual machine manager.

Abstract: The invention relates to a prenatal diagnostic method for the determination of a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy in a biological sample obtained from a pregnant woman, which method comprises enrichment and quantification of selected cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid sequences showing consensus nucleosome binding regions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, devices, systems, and computer program products for simulating currency risk by analyzing and manipulating financial data stored in an in-memory database and presenting results to a user on a display. The currency risk may be simulated by manipulating the stored financial data according to a business change, a foreign currency share change, and/or a foreign currency exchange rate change. Also provided is a scenario constructor that allows for the creation, simulation, and storage of complex currency risk scenarios.

Abstract: The invention relates to a prenatal diagnostic method for the determination of a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy in a biological sample obtained from a pregnant woman, which method comprises enrichment and quantification of selected cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid sequences showing consensus nucleosome binding regions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are recognition molecules that bind with a first binding domain to the Fc epsilon receptor (Fc?eR) and with a second binding domain to the Fc gamma receptor IIB (FcyRIIB), as well as uses for such recognition molecules.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for applying a plurality of program patch sets on a plurality of computer programs. Virtual machines are prepared to be patchable, in response to a suspended computer program. Synchronized snapshots of the virtual machines are created. A plurality of binary code sections of each of the synchronized snapshots are determined. Symbol data information of each of the synchronized snapshots are analyzed, based on the program patch sets. The determined binary code sections are replaced with a set of patch data, based on the plurality of program patch sets, resulting in patched snapshots for each of the synchronized snapshots. Dependencies of the patch data are adjusted, based on the replaced plurality of binary code sections and the execution of the computer program on each of the virtual machines are resumed using the plurality of patched snapshots.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for applying a plurality of program patch sets on a plurality of computer programs. Virtual machines are prepared to be patchable, in response to a suspended computer program. Synchronized snapshots of the virtual machines are created. A plurality of binary code sections of each of the synchronized snapshots are determined. Symbol data information of each of the synchronized snapshots are analyzed, based on the program patch sets. The determined binary code sections are replaced with a set of patch data, based on the plurality of program patch sets, resulting in patched snapshots for each of the synchronized snapshots. Dependencies of the patch data are adjusted, based on the replaced plurality of binary code sections and the execution of the computer program on each of the virtual machines are resumed using the plurality of patched snapshots.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to controlling configuration of a computer system comprising one or more exchangeable components. The exchangeable components comprising identification means to store an identifier. A pair of a private key and a public key are generated for each accepted manufacturer of the exchangeable components and a pair of a private key and a public key for the computer system; assigning an identifier for each exchangeable component available for attachment to the system; receiving configuration data comprising a list of encrypted identity records comprising identifiers of the components together with signatures over the data generated with the private key of the respective component manufacturer for each component expected to be attached to the system; and receiving a configuration record. The configuration data of the expected components from the received configuration record is compared with the configuration data of the components attached to the system.

Abstract: A method of securely deleting data from a data storage device is described. The method includes the steps of receiving a secure delete command to securely delete a file. A data block of the file to securely delete is identified. A pointer to the data block is stored in a deletion buffer. It is then determined whether the secure delete command has a highest priority over other data storage device commands. In response to the secure delete command having the highest priority, the secure delete command to the data block is performed.

Abstract: Suspending multiple virtual machines executed simultaneously a hypervisor a data processing system, including: sending, by a control instance, a request to the hypervisor to suspend virtual machines at a given future first point in time; the hypervisor determining if its virtual machines can be suspended at the first point in time, and, if the suspending is possible, returning a suspend handle to the control instance and storing the suspend handle, otherwise returning an invalid handle; when receiving a suspend handle from the hypervisor in return to the request to suspend virtual machines, the control instance sending a suspend command to the hypervisor, wherein the respective suspend handle is provided to the corresponding hypervisor; the hypervisor determining if the received suspend handle is equal to its stored handle and, if yes, suspending its virtual machines at the first point in time.

Abstract: Suspending multiple virtual machines executed simultaneously a hypervisor a data processing system, including: sending, by a control instance, a request to the hypervisor to suspend virtual machines at a given future first point in time; the hypervisor determining if its virtual machines can be suspended at the first point in time, and, if the suspending is possible, returning a suspend handle to the control instance and storing the suspend handle, otherwise returning an invalid handle; when receiving a suspend handle from the hypervisor in return to the request to suspend virtual machines, the control instance sending a suspend command to the hypervisor, wherein the respective suspend handle is provided to the corresponding hypervisor; the hypervisor determining if the received suspend handle is equal to its stored handle and, if yes, suspending its virtual machines at the first point in time.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to controlling configuration of a computer system comprising one or more exchangeable components. The exchangeable components comprising identification means to store an identifier. A pair of a private key and a public key are generated for each accepted manufacturer of the exchangeable components and a pair of a private key and a public key for the computer system; assigning an identifier for each exchangeable component available for attachment to the system; receiving configuration data comprising a list of encrypted identity records comprising identifiers of the components together with signatures over the data generated with the private key of the respective component manufacturer for each component expected to be attached to the system; and receiving a configuration record. The configuration data of the expected components from the received configuration record is compared with the configuration data of the components attached to the system.