The software-as-a-service (SaaS) market is growing. SaaS can be described as a software licensing and delivery model, in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted by a third-party service provider (e.g., in… The invention is directed towards a system and method that utilizes external memory devices to cache sectors from a rotating storage device (e.g., a hard drive) to improve system performance. Application-manager software authenticates a user of a client device over a channel. The authentication operation is performed using a directory service. The application-manager software presents a plurality of applications in a GUI… A programmable firmware store for a personal computer system includes a plurality of nonvolatile alterable electronic memories connected in a mutually paralleled circuit arrangement. In one embodiment, a network element comprises one or more processors, and a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory module comprises logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the…
Intelligent browsing through a collection of reusable software components is facilitated with a computer having a video monitor and a user input interface such as a keyboard or a mouse for transmitting user selections, by presenting a…
A mapping system associated with a social network includes determining that a social networking map object (“MO”) is outside a visible area of a map displayed; calculating the direction, distance and travel-time to the MO (e.g. G06F9/5055— Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU] to service a request the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals considering software capabilities, i.e. Systems, computer program products, and techniques for detecting objects depicted in digital image data are disclosed, according to various exemplary embodiments. The inventive concepts uniquely utilize internal features to accomplish… There is disclosed a computer entity having a trusted component which compiles an event log for events occurring on a computer platform. The event log contains event data of types which are pre-specified by a user by inputting details… Apparatus and method is disclosed for providing hot-add and hot swap capability to a computer system with a processor, and a memory, connected to a system bus. The apparatus includes a first bus, an adapter card slot, a switchable… A wireless communications device with a markup language based man-machine interface provides a user interface for telecommunications functionality, including dialing telephone numbers, answering telephone calls, creating messages, sending…
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate an exchange of supplemental information in association with a dispensing of fuel. For example, a gasoline dispensing device may receive from a customer device a request for supplemental…
In step 502 (FIG. 5), client computer 102 identifies device driver 318 (FIG. 3) as the device driver to be installed. In this illustrative example, device driver 318 is cryptographically signed and client 5 computer 102 gets a device-bound… Various embodiments of the invention provide solutions (including inter alia, systems, methods and software) for dealing with online fraud. The hardware platform may include a processor (e.g., central processing unit (CPU)), one or more I/O devices, such as a mouse, keyboard (not shown), audio device, and the like, a Network Interface Card (NIC), data storage, such as one or… The software-as-a-service (SaaS) market is growing. SaaS can be described as a software licensing and delivery model, in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted by a third-party service provider (e.g., in… The invention is directed towards a system and method that utilizes external memory devices to cache sectors from a rotating storage device (e.g., a hard drive) to improve system performance.
Apparatus and method is disclosed for providing hot-add and hot swap capability to a computer system with a processor, and a memory, connected to a system bus. The apparatus includes a first bus, an adapter card slot, a switchable…
A high-speed ring topology. In one embodiment, two base chip types are required: a “drawing” chip, LoopDraw, and an “interface” chip, LoopInterface. Each of these chips have a set of pins that supports an identical high speed point to… Alternate embodiments for player input devices 120 include other types of player input devices, such as a keyboard, joystick, steering wheel, cyberglove, flying mouse, desktop mouse, trackball or pad, which communicate with the computer… Methods and systems to provide secure electronic document transactions are described. In one embodiment, a processor creates a first data storage container capable of being nested as a component file of a second data storage container.
The present invention is directed to a method and information handling system (IHS) for improving system performance in a storage area network. An embodiment of the present invention begins by obtaining diagnostic data for the storage area… A high-speed ring topology. In one embodiment, two base chip types are required: a “drawing” chip, LoopDraw, and an “interface” chip, LoopInterface. Each of these chips have a set of pins that supports an identical high speed point to… Alternate embodiments for player input devices 120 include other types of player input devices, such as a keyboard, joystick, steering wheel, cyberglove, flying mouse, desktop mouse, trackball or pad, which communicate with the computer… Methods and systems to provide secure electronic document transactions are described. In one embodiment, a processor creates a first data storage container capable of being nested as a component file of a second data storage container. In various embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products for processing digital images captured by a mobile device are disclosed. Myriad features enable and/or facilitate processing of such digital images using a mobile… The computer system 1100 may further include a video display unit 1110 (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a cathode ray tube (CRT)). The computer system 1100 also includes an alphanumeric input device 1112 (e.g., a keyboard…
In various embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products for processing digital images captured by a mobile device are disclosed. Myriad features enable and/or facilitate processing of such digital images using a mobile…
A virtual architecture and instruction set support explicit parallel-thread computing. The virtual architecture defines a virtual processor that supports concurrent execution of multiple virtual threads with multiple levels of data sharing… A service monitor and a browser monitor determine performance metrics on both a server and a client in connection with a distributed application running on a network. While applicable to other types of distributed application data, an… A plurality of media access control drivers are coupled to and provide a respective channel to connect a computer and the switched network. Each media access control driver has a first mode in which a connection is established in the… A universal plug and play (UPnP) device makes itself known through a set of processes-discovery, description, control, eventing, and presentation. Following discovery of a UPnP device, an entity can learn more about the device and its… Systems and methods for monitoring the performance of client-server transactions from the perspective of a client. In one embodiment, a Jarta (Java Application Response Time Analyzer) component (which may include JavaScript) is installed… An operating system kernel, including a protocol stack, includes a network layer for receiving a message from a data network, a stackable file system layer coupled to the network layer for inspecting the message, wherein the stackable file…