公开(公告)号：US20120110585A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-03

申请号：US13225450

申请日：2011-09-04

申请人： Davide Cosentino ,  Scot MacLellan ,  Ivan Orlandi ,  Ignazio Trovato

发明人： Davide Cosentino ,  Scot MacLellan ,  Ivan Orlandi ,  Ignazio Trovato

IPC分类号： G06F9/46

CPC分类号： G06F1/206 ,  G06F9/4893 ,  Y02D10/16 ,  Y02D10/24

摘要： A method for optimizing energy consumption in a data-processing system comprising a set of data-processing units is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes indicating a set of data-processing jobs to be executed on a data-processing system during a production period. An ambient temperature expected for each data-processing unit during the production period is estimated. The method calculates an execution scheme for the data-processing jobs on the data-processing system. The execution scheme optimizes the energy consumed by the data-processing system to execute the data-processing jobs based on the ambient temperature of the data-processing units. The method then executes the data-processing jobs on the data processing system according to the execution scheme. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于优化包括一组数据处理单元的数据处理系统中的能量消耗的方法。 在一个实施例中，这样的方法包括指示在生产周期期间在数据处理系统上执行的一组数据处理作业。 估计在生产期间每个数据处理单元预期的环境温度。 该方法计算数据处理系统上的数据处理作业的执行方案。 执行方案优化数据处理系统消耗的能量，以便根据数据处理单元的环境温度执行数据处理作业。 然后该方法根据执行方案在数据处理系统上执行数据处理作业。 还公开了相应的装置和计算机程序产品。

公开(公告)号：US08776075B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-08

申请号：US13225450

申请日：2011-09-04

申请人： Davide Cosentino ,  Scot MacLellan ,  Ivan Orlandi ,  Ignazio Flavio Trovato

发明人： Davide Cosentino ,  Scot MacLellan ,  Ivan Orlandi ,  Ignazio Flavio Trovato

IPC分类号： G06F9/46 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F1/00 ,  G06F1/26 ,  G06F1/32

CPC分类号： G06F1/206 ,  G06F9/4893 ,  Y02D10/16 ,  Y02D10/24

摘要： A method for optimizing energy consumption in a data-processing system comprising a set of data-processing units is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes indicating a set of data-processing jobs to be executed on a data-processing system during a production period. An ambient temperature expected for each data-processing unit during the production period is estimated. The method calculates an execution scheme for the data-processing jobs on the data-processing system. The execution scheme optimizes the energy consumed by the data-processing system to execute the data-processing jobs based on the ambient temperature of the data-processing units. The method then executes the data-processing jobs on the data processing system according to the execution scheme. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于优化包括一组数据处理单元的数据处理系统中的能量消耗的方法。 在一个实施例中，这种方法包括指示在生产周期期间在数据处理系统上执行的一组数据处理作业。 估计在生产期间每个数据处理单元预期的环境温度。 该方法计算数据处理系统上的数据处理作业的执行方案。 执行方案优化数据处理系统消耗的能量，以便根据数据处理单元的环境温度执行数据处理作业。 然后该方法根据执行方案在数据处理系统上执行数据处理作业。 还公开了相应的装置和计算机程序产品。

公开(公告)号：US20080010642A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-10

申请号：US11768302

申请日：2007-06-26

申请人： Scot MacLellan ,  Ivan Orlandi

发明人： Scot MacLellan ,  Ivan Orlandi

IPC分类号： G06F9/46

CPC分类号： G06F9/5038 ,  G06F2209/5013 ,  G06F2209/506 ,  G06F2209/508

摘要： A solution (400) for scheduling execution of jobs is proposed. The submission of the jobs is generally controlled according to a production plan (406), which specifies a required finish time of critical jobs. In the proposed solution, a current progress of each critical job is monitored (427-430)—such as comparing a (measured) number of processor cycles dedicated to the critical job with an estimated total number thereof (required to complete the critical job, as inferred from previous executions thereof). At the same time, an expected progress of each critical job is estimated (433)—such as by the ratio between a time elapsed from an actual start time of the critical job and an allowable duration thereof (from the actual start time to the required finish time). The current progress of each critical job is then compared with its expected progress, so as to identify (436) the critical jobs that are late in their execution. Additional execution resources can then be assigned to each late critical job only when it is necessary to bring back the critical job on schedule.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种用于调度作业执行的解决方案（400）。 工作的提交通常根据生产计划（406）进行控制，该计划规定了关键工作所需的完成时间。 在提出的解决方案中，监控每个关键作业的当前进展（427 - 430），例如将专用于关键作业的（测量）处理器周期数与其估计总数进行比较（完成关键任务所需） 从之前的处决推断）。 同时，估计每个关键工作的预期进展（433），例如从关键工作的实际开始时间到其允许的持续时间（从实际开始时间到所需的时间）之间的比例 完成时间）。 然后将每个关键工作的当前进展与其预期进展进行比较，以确定（436）执行迟到的关键工作。 然后，只有在需要按时恢复关键工作时，才能将其他执行资源分配给每个后期关键工作。

公开(公告)号：US08576234B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-05

申请号：US12896271

申请日：2010-10-01

申请人： Scot MacLellan ,  Ivan Orlandi

发明人： Scot MacLellan ,  Ivan Orlandi

IPC分类号： G06T13/00

CPC分类号： G06T13/80

摘要： A method and system for simulating an animation effect during the display of a digitally encoded picture, including the steps of: storing a plurality of predetermined animation effects; identifying at least one selected portion of the picture by means of a main subject identification algorithm; selecting at least one of the predetermined animation effects; modifying the display of the picture according to the selected at least one predetermined animation effect, so that the at least one selected portion of the picture is emphasized.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在数字编码图像的显示期间模拟动画效果的方法和系统，包括以下步骤：存储多个预定的动画效果; 通过主题识别算法识别图片的至少一个选定部分; 选择所述预定动画效果中的至少一个; 根据所选择的至少一个预定动画效果修改图像的显示，使得图片的至少一个所选部分被强调。

公开(公告)号：US20080089495A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-17

申请号：US11870713

申请日：2007-10-11

申请人： Scot MacLellan ,  Ivan Orlandi

发明人： Scot MacLellan ,  Ivan Orlandi

IPC分类号： H04M11/00 ,  G10L15/04

CPC分类号： H04M3/4938 ,  G06F16/248

摘要： A method, system and computer product for accessing, by means of a telephone, a database containing data arranged in at least one table including a plurality of table entries, each table entry including a plurality of information elements. The invention retrieves identifiers of the information elements from the table. Each of the retrieved identifiers of the information elements are associated with a choice key, wherein the choice keys are adapted to be input by a user through a telephone. The invention presents, through the telephone, the identifiers of the information elements together with the respective choice keys to a user. Once a choice key input by the user is received through the telephone, the invention retrieves data from the table using the input choice key, wherein said retrieved data includes the content of the information element in at least one table entry whose identifier corresponds to the input choice key. The retrieved data is presented to the user through the telephone.

摘要翻译： 一种用于通过电话访问包含布置在包括多个表条目的至少一个表中的数据的数据库的方法，系统和计算机产品，每个表条目包括多个信息元素。 本发明从表中检索信息元素的标识符。 每个检索到的信息元素的标识符与选择键相关联，其中选择键适于由用户通过电话输入。 本发明通过电话将信息元素的标识符与相应的选择键一起呈现给用户。 一旦通过电话接收到用户输入的选择键，本发明使用输入选择键从表中检索数据，其中所述检索的数据包括标识符对应于输入的至少一个表条目中的信息元素的内容 选择键 通过电话将检索的数据呈现给用户。

公开(公告)号：US08621472B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-31

申请号：US12917549

申请日：2010-11-02

申请人： Giuseppe Longobardi ,  Scot MacLellan

发明人： Giuseppe Longobardi ,  Scot MacLellan

IPC分类号： G06F9/46

CPC分类号： G06F9/5094 ,  G06F9/5033 ,  Y02D10/22

摘要： A scheduler is provided, which takes into account the location of the data to be accessed by a set of jobs. Once all the dependencies and the scheduling constraints of the plan are respected, the scheduler optimizes the order of the remaining jobs to be run, also considering the location of the data to be accessed. Several jobs needing an access to a dataset on a specific disk may be grouped together so that the grouped jobs are executed in succession, e.g., to prevent activating and deactivating the storage device several times, thus improving the power consumption and also avoiding input output performances degradation.

摘要翻译： 提供了调度器，其考虑了一组作业要访问的数据的位置。 一旦遵守计划的所有依赖性和调度约束，调度程序就会优化要运行的剩余作业的顺序，同时考虑要访问的数据的位置。 需要访问特定磁盘上的数据集的几个作业可以被分组在一起，使得分组的作业被连续地执行，例如以防止多次激活和停用存储设备，从而提高功耗并且还避免输入输出性能 降解。

公开(公告)号：US08479152B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-02

申请号：US12910378

申请日：2010-10-22

申请人： Giuseppe Ciano ,  Scot MacLellan ,  Antonio Perrone

发明人： Giuseppe Ciano ,  Scot MacLellan ,  Antonio Perrone

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F8/10 ,  G06F11/3672

摘要： Modeling non-functional requirements (NFRs) in a computer programming environment. In one aspect, this further comprises: identifying use case (UC) artifacts having one or more NFRs; retrieving the one or more NFRs and any data associated therewith; analysing the associated data to define a test case therefor; retrieving a UC realization from a model to determine one or more possible program flows; and testing each possible program flow to select the test case which verifies the use case required, thereby modeling the NFR.

摘要翻译： 在计算机编程环境中建模非功能需求（NFR）。 一方面，这还包括：识别具有一个或多个NFR的用例（UC）伪影; 检索一个或多个NFR和与之相关联的任何数据; 分析相关数据以定义其测试用例; 从模型检索UC实现以确定一个或多个可能的程序流; 并测试每个可能的程序流程，以选择验证所需用例的测试用例，从而对NFR进行建模。

公开(公告)号：US20130151805A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-13

申请号：US13620398

申请日：2012-09-14

申请人： Jacques Fontignie ,  Scot MacLellan ,  Claudio Marinelli ,  Paolo Scotton

发明人： Jacques Fontignie ,  Scot MacLellan ,  Claudio Marinelli ,  Paolo Scotton

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0683 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/064

摘要： A solution for managing a software image being stored in a plurality of physical blocks of a storage system comprises monitoring each access to the physical blocks, calculating a predicted sequence of access to the physical blocks according to the monitored accesses, and reorganizing the physical blocks according to the predicted sequence. The monitoring may be performed as the physical blocks are accessed during the booting of virtual images on the software image.

摘要翻译： 用于管理存储在存储系统的多个物理块中的软件映像的解决方案包括监视对物理块的每个访问，根据所监视的访问来计算对物理块的访问的预测序列，以及根据所监视的访问重新组织物理块 到预测序列。 可以在软件映像引导虚拟映像期间访问物理块来执行监视。

公开(公告)号：US08363574B2

公开(公告)日：2013-01-29

申请号：US12483659

申请日：2009-06-12

申请人： Giuseppe Longobardi ,  Scot MacLellan

发明人： Giuseppe Longobardi ,  Scot MacLellan

IPC分类号： H04L12/16

CPC分类号： H04M3/56 ,  H04L12/1818 ,  H04L12/1822 ,  H04M2203/5081

摘要： Embodiments monitor the participation of remote users to conference calls even when they are connected through simple telephone, i.e. without multimedia (or Internet) connection. In particular, an embodiment enables callers to monitor an up to date list of participants without the need of using a dedicated phone or connecting through a PC and a dedicated line to a central Conference Call system. This can be highly useful in case of travelling users who are expected to join the call from different places. Embodiments may not need a complex network infrastructure or network protocol change, since the information about the participant list can be transmitted over the normal phone line using a predetermined set of signals (e.g. an acoustic signal). Both the Conference Call server and the peripheral devices may refer to the same set of signals. Embodiments may be transparent to those users who do not wish to (or cannot) use the new functionality.

摘要翻译： 即使通过简单的电话连接，即没有多媒体（或因特网）连接，实施例也监视远程用户参与电话会议。 特别地，一个实施例使得呼叫者能够监视参与者的最新列表，而不需要使用专用电话或者通过PC和专用线路连接到中央电话会议系统。 对于预计来自不同地方的电话的旅行用户来说，这是非常有用的。 实施例可能不需要复杂的网络基础设施或网络协议改变，因为关于参与者列表的信息可以使用预定的一组信号（例如，声信号）通过普通电话线传输。 会议呼叫服务器和外围设备都可以参考相同的一组信号。 对于不希望（或不能）使用新功能的用户，实施例可以是透明的。

公开(公告)号：US08183712B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-22

申请号：US12208197

申请日：2008-09-10

申请人： Scot MacLellan ,  Valeria Perticara'

发明人： Scot MacLellan ,  Valeria Perticara'

IPC分类号： H02J1/04 ,  H02J3/14

CPC分类号： H02J3/14 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  H02J2003/143 ,  Y02B70/3225 ,  Y02B70/3266 ,  Y04S20/222 ,  Y04S20/242 ,  Y10T307/438 ,  Y10T307/461 ,  Y10T307/469

摘要： A method and system for managing power consumption by electrical appliances, is provided. One implementation involves obtaining power consumption information for a use cycle of a each of multiple appliances; and automatically scheduling a time slot for an operation cycle of a selected appliance as a function of power consumption by appliance cycles scheduled in that time slot, such that an upper limit of power consumption is not exceeded by the collective power consumption for scheduled appliance cycles in the time slot.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于管理电器的功耗的方法和系统。 一个实现涉及获得多个设备中的每一个的使用周期的功耗信息; 并且根据在该时隙中调度的设备周期来自动地调度所选择的设备的操作周期的时隙作为功耗的函数，使得功率消耗的上限没有超过所设计的设备周期的集体功耗 时间段