Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Consumer Dynamics LLC

Eric Louis Zager

Jun Ma

David C James

Jeroen E Van Eesteren

Leyu Feng

Huajun Luo

David P Castler

Billy Wayne Shatto

Miho Urabe

Yanfeng Cui

Migrating services and clients from a legacy topology to a new topology. A method includes receiving user input selecting a first client managed by a first configuration management system to migrate to a second configuration management system. Dependencies of the first client are determined, including determining services on which the first client depends to function in a topology. The dependencies of the first client including services and their data on which the first client depends to function in a topology are migrated to a second configuration management system or an administrator is alerted to the dependencies of the first client including services and their data on which the first client depends to function in a topology.

Live migration method for large-scale IT management systems

A system and apparatus for collecting response data. A response unit is provided having a dial, keypad, and a biconditional response mechanism. The response unit operates in two modes, a dial mode and a keypad mode. Mode is determined by the power supplied to the response unit. If the power supply supplies a first voltage, the response unit will be in one mode, and if the power supply supplies a second voltage, the response unit will be in a second mode. In dial mode, the keypad is inactive. The response unit sources a voltage along a continuum based on the positioning of the dial. The biconditional response mechanism may also be active and when activated, causes the response unit to source an analog voltage outside the dial's continuum. In keypad mode, the dial is inactive, and each key of the keypad is associated with a unique voltage within a voltage range such that pressing a key causes the associated voltage to be sourced by the response unit. Regardless of the mode, the response unit sources an analog voltage reflecting user response. That voltage is converted to a digital voltage by an analog to digital (A/D) converter. The A/D converter is controlled by a response collection driver operating on a host computer. The driver directs the A/D to sample the data from the response unit, receives the digital value and manipulates the data to provide meaningful market research information.

System for collecting audience response data

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Eric Louis Zager