公开(公告)号：US20060136490A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-22

申请号：US11016210

申请日：2004-12-17

申请人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  Craig Lawton ,  Christopher Peters ,  P.G. Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

发明人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  Craig Lawton ,  Christopher Peters ,  P.G. Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06

摘要： Workflows for execution by an autonomic provision management system to yield near clones and replacement systems for a set of targeted computing solutions are provided by determining a common denominator set of workflow steps among the workflows for the targeted computing systems, including workflows to morph a near clone to a specific targeted solution when executed a provisioning management system. Common portions of workflows are identified and archived as workflow templates for re-use in development of new workflows, thus virtualizing the process of subsequent workflow design which use the templates. Multi-level criteria-based searching is provided to workflow designers for finding and re-using existing workflows and workflow templates according to degree of matching common steps, quickest implementation, highest available, or other criteria.

摘要翻译： 通过确定针对目标计算系统的工作流程中的工作流步骤的公分母集来提供由自动供应管理系统执行的用于为一组目标计算解决方案产生近临近克隆和替换系统的工作流程，包括用于变形近似克隆的工作流程 在执行配置管理系统时，到具体的目标解决方案。 将工作流的公共部分识别并存档为工作流模板，以便在开发新工作流程中重新使用，从而虚拟化使用模板的后续工作流设计过程。 根据匹配常见步骤的程度，最快的实现，最高可用性或其他标准，为工作流设计人员提供了基于多级标准的搜索，用于查找和重新使用现有工作流程和工作流模板。

公开(公告)号：US20060190775A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-24

申请号：US11060606

申请日：2005-02-17

申请人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  Craig Lawton ,  Christopher Peters ,  P.G. Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

发明人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  Craig Lawton ,  Christopher Peters ,  P.G. Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2028 ,  G06F11/2025 ,  G06F2201/85 ,  H04L41/0816

摘要： Near clones for a set of targeted computing systems are provided by determining a highest common denominator set of components among the computing systems, producing a pseudo-clone configuration definition, and realizing one or more pseudo-clone computing systems as partially configured backups for the targeted computing systems. Upon a planned failover, actual failure, or quarantine action on a targeted computing system, a difference configuration is determined to complete the provisioning of the pseudo-clone system to serve as a replacement system for the failed or quarantined system. Failure predictions can be used to implement the pseudo-clone just prior to an expected first failure of any of the targeted systems. The system can also interface to an on-demand provisioning management system to effect automated workflows to realize pseudo-clones and replacement systems automatically, as needed.

摘要翻译： 通过确定计算系统中组件的最高公分母集，产生伪克隆配置定义，并实现一个或多个伪克隆计算系统作为目标计算系统的部分配置的备份来提供一组目标计算系统的近克隆 计算系统。 在目标计算系统上进行计划的故障切换，实际故障或隔离操作时，确定差异配置以完成伪克隆系统的供应，以用作故障或隔离系统的替换系统。 故障预测可用于在任何目标系统的预期首次故障之前实施伪克隆。 该系统还可以连接到按需配置管理系统，以实现自动化工作流程，以根据需要自动实现伪克隆和替换系统。

公开(公告)号：US20060178953A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-10

申请号：US11016235

申请日：2004-12-17

申请人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  Craig Lawton ,  Christopher Peters ,  P.G. Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

发明人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  Craig Lawton ,  Christopher Peters ,  P.G. Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q10/063

摘要： A system for establishing and maintaining inventories of computing environment assets comprising one or more custom collector interfaces that detect movement of assets from one environment to another, and an inventory scanner which modifies inventories for each environment based on monitored asset movements. The present invention is of especial benefit to autonomic and on-demand computing architectures.

摘要翻译： 一种用于建立和维护计算环境资产清单的系统，包括一个或多个自动收集器接口，用于检测资产从一个环境到另一个环境的移动;以及库存扫描器，其基于监控的资产移动来修改每个环境的库存。 本发明对于自主和按需计算架构特别有利。

公开(公告)号：US20060047813A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-02

申请号：US10926585

申请日：2004-08-26

申请人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  David Bachmann ,  Uzi Hardoon ,  Craig Lawton ,  Raymond Pekowski ,  Christopher Peters ,  Puthukode Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

发明人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  David Bachmann ,  Uzi Hardoon ,  Craig Lawton ,  Raymond Pekowski ,  Christopher Peters ,  Puthukode Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L67/1008 ,  H04L67/1002 ,  H04L67/1029

摘要： A method and software for fulfilling a resource request in a data processing network includes specifying characteristics of the requested resource responsive to detecting the resource request. A set of attributes is then derived from the specified characteristics. The specified characteristics indicate broad or general properties of the needed resource while the derived attributes preferably indicate the hardware and software components of a resource ideally suited to fulfill the resource request. Attribute information associated an available resource is then evaluated against the attributes derived from the specified characteristics. An available resource is then selected, based on the evaluation, to satisfy the resource request. The attributes of the selected resource best match the attributes derived from the specified characteristics. The requested resource may be a server resource and specifying the characteristics of the requested resource may includes specifying a server type from a constrained set of server types.

摘要翻译： 用于在数据处理网络中完成资源请求的方法和软件包括响应于检测资源请求而指定所请求资源的特征。 然后从指定的特征导出一组属性。 指定的特征表示所需资源的广泛或一般属性，而派生属性优选地指示资源的硬件和软件组件理想地适于满足资源请求。 然后根据从指定特征导出的属性来评估与可用资源相关联的属性信息。 然后根据评估选择可用资源，以满足资源请求。 所选资源的属性与指定特征导出的属性最匹配。 请求的资源可以是服务器资源，并且指定所请求资源的特性可以包括从受限制的服务器类型集合指定服务器类型。

公开(公告)号：US20060056618A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-16

申请号：US10942421

申请日：2004-09-16

申请人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  David Bachmann ,  Uzi Hardoon ,  Craig Lawton ,  Raymond Pekowski ,  Christopher Peters ,  Puthukode Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

发明人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  David Bachmann ,  Uzi Hardoon ,  Craig Lawton ,  Raymond Pekowski ,  Christopher Peters ,  Puthukode Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

IPC分类号： H04K3/00

CPC分类号： H04L41/0896 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0883

摘要： Enabling automated provisioning on a data processing network includes providing the network with access to an automated provisioning controller. The controller enables a user to specify resource allocation priorities and uses the user-specified priorities, in conjunction with a resource stabilization policy, to resolve conflicting resource requests. The resource allocation priorities include priorities for demand-based resource requests and maintenance-based resource requests. The stabilization policy includes a policy for constraining allocation of a resource based on forecasted demand and a policy for constraining allocation of a resource based on a scheduled maintenance task.

公开(公告)号：US20060026254A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-02

申请号：US10902596

申请日：2004-07-29

申请人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L51/04 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04L67/24

摘要： A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for sending a user's availability information to an instant messaging (IM) partner. A user predefines areas of the user's display and associates these predefined areas, or “hotspots”, with user defined messages. If the user is not available to immediately respond to an incoming message, the user may move the IM dialog window to a “hotspot” in the display. Depending upon the user-defined message associated with the “hotspot”, the IM application generates an automated response indicating the user's availability to respond to the message, and sends the message to the IM partner. The user also may predefine and associate the user's IM status with a “hotspot”. Moving an IM dialog window into a “hotspot” automatically changes the user's status based on the associated “hotspot”. This change is communicated to only the particular IM dialog window partner while other IM partners are unaffected.

公开(公告)号：US20060106821A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10988470

申请日：2004-11-12

申请人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/604 ,  G06F21/105 ,  G06F21/121 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2117 ,  G06F2221/2141

摘要： A method, computer program product and system for determining ownership of containers. An installer program may edit stored information, such as ownership, about software component(s) it installed in a container. Upon a subsequent installer program planning to install a software component in that container, software, referred to as a “collector,” may identify the owners of the software components stored in that container. The collector may then search the rules in a rules database to determine the ownership of the container based on the ownership of the software components in the container. By mapping the software components stored in a container with their respective owners, the ownership of a container may be determined.

摘要翻译： 一种用于确定集装箱所有权的方法，计算机程序产品和系统。 安装程序可以编辑存储的信息，例如所有权，关于它安装在容器中的软件组件。 在随后的安装程序计划在该容器中安装软件组件时，被称为“收集器”的软件可以标识存储在该容器中的软件组件的所有者。 然后，收集器可以搜索规则数据库中的规则，以基于容器中的软件组件的所有权来确定容器的所有权。 通过将存储在容器中的软件组件与其各自所有者进行映射，可以确定容器的所有权。

公开(公告)号：US20060106801A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10988473

申请日：2004-11-12

申请人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  Douglas Wood

发明人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  Douglas Wood

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/6209 ,  H04L9/0894 ,  H04L2209/60

摘要： A method, computer program product and system for protecting the location of an installed middleware application. An installer program may generate a private/public key pair at build time of a middleware application. Upon the installer program installing the middleware application, the installation location of the middleware application may be encrypted using the generated private key and then discarding the private key. The encrypted installation location of the middleware application may be decrypted by a subsequent installer program upon receiving a public key from the developer of the middleware application. Since the public key was not shipped with the middleware application, an illegitimate program, such as a Trojan horse, may not be able to decrypt the installation location of the middleware application. Since the public key may only be obtained from the developer of the middleware application, only legitimate programs may be able to decrypt the location of the installed middleware application.

摘要翻译： 一种用于保护安装的中间件应用程序的位置的方法，计算机程序产品和系统。 安装程序可以在中间件应用程序的构建时生成私钥/公钥对。 在安装程序安装中间件应用程序时，中间件应用程序的安装位置可以使用生成的私钥进行加密，然后丢弃私钥。 中间件应用程序的加密安装位置可以在从中间件应用程序的开发人员接收到公钥时由后续安装程序解密。 由于公钥未随中间件应用程序一起提供，因此非法程序（如特洛伊木马）可能无法解密中间件应用程序的安装位置。 由于公钥只能从中间件应用程序的开发人员获得，所以只有合法的程序才能解密所安装的中间件应用程序的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20060031322A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-09

申请号：US10875945

申请日：2004-06-24

申请人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04L51/04

摘要： A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for allowing areas of a display to be associated with particular instant messaging users. The present invention provides a menu option to allow a user to select whether to have instant messaging dialog windows open up in the same position as the current window, or alternatively, to have the dialog windows from a specific person open up in a specified location on the display. Thus, the instant messaging software may allow window positions to be associated and “saved” with particular users. A user may create roles or add individual people to a preferences list to allow for different instant messaging window preferences for each role or person. In this manner, a user may specify areas of the display in which an instant messaging dialog window may open according to the various roles.

摘要翻译： 一种用于允许显示器的区域与特定即时消息用户相关联的方法，装置和计算机指令。 本发明提供了一种菜单选项，以允许用户选择是否在与当前窗口相同的位置上打开即时消息对话窗口，或者替代地，使来自特定人的对话窗口在指定位置上打开 显示器。 因此，即时消息软件可以允许窗口位置与特定用户相关联并“保存”。 用户可以创建角色或将个人添加到偏好列表以允许针对每个角色或个人的不同的即时消息窗口偏好。 以这种方式，用户可以根据各种角色指定即时消息对话窗口可以在其中打开的显示区域。

公开(公告)号：US20060070062A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-30

申请号：US10955254

申请日：2004-09-30

申请人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F9/445

CPC分类号： G06F8/61

摘要： A method, computer program product and system for detecting previously installed applications on a system. An installer program may invoke an application programming interface to call a software component, referred to as a “manager”, to detect previously installed applications on the system. The manager may be configured to query detection mechanisms, referred to as “collectors”, to perform their own detection techniques to detect applications installed on the system. Since each collector may perform its own unique detection technique, the collectors may be used together to detect more applications installed on the system than if the installer program attempted to detect the applications installed on the system by itself.

摘要翻译： 一种用于检测系统上先前安装的应用程序的方法，计算机程序产品和系统。 安装程序可以调用应用程序编程接口来调用被称为“管理器”的软件组件来检测系统上先前安装的应用程序。 管理器可以被配置为查询被称为“收集器”的检测机制来执行它们自己的检测技术来检测安装在系统上的应用。 由于每个收集器可以执行自己独特的检测技术，所以收集器可以一起使用以检测安装在系统上的更多应用程序，而不是安装程序尝试自己检测系统上安装的应用程序。