International Business Machines Corporation

James Blaine Engle

Kevan D Holdaway

Melissa Jorgette Garcia

Dinesh Chandra Coca

Ashaki Ayanna Ricketts

Shah Mohammad Rezaul Islam

Andrew Gary Hourselt

Nedzad Taljanovic

Jason James Graves

Ivan Ronald Olguin, Ii

John Donald Lauer

Evan Thomas Webster

Eric Galen Davis

An apparatus and methods are disclosed for requirements decomposition and management. The apparatus includes a collection module, an organization module, and a graph module. These modules carry out the steps of collecting a project task description, the project task description comprising one or more properties, generating a directed acyclic hierarchy of one or more project tasks associated with the project task description, and generating a directed acyclic hierarchical graph view of the project, wherein the directed acyclic hierarchical graph view of the project comprises one or more nodes representing the one or more project tasks, and wherein the one or more nodes are arranged to graphically illustrate a directed acyclic hierarchical relationship between the one or more project tasks.

Apparatus and methods for requirements decomposition and management

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for customizing a graphical user interface. A rendition module renders a base GUI to provide an operator with tools for managing Data Processing Devices (DPD). A tag module communicates interface tags to the base GUI. The interface tags describe added functionality for managing a specified DPD, wherein the added functionality is not supported by the base GUI and the base GUI is not configured to employ the interface tags. A translation module translates the interface tags into interpreted display code. The rendition module is further configured to render the interpreted display code with previously rendered display code for the base GUI to provide the added functionality for managing the specified DPD. The operator may manage the specified DPD with the added functionality.

Apparatus, system, and method for customizing a graphical user interface

Real-time notification is provided of an event which has occurred in a computer-related device. Upon the occurrence of an event, a record of the event is stored in a buffer, such as a Really Simple Syndication buffer, associated with the device. The buffer is updated based on indications and other events noted by a CIM agent in the device. One of a series of regular requests is received from an open browser window on a user computer, the request inquiring about any record of the event stored in the buffer. In response to the request, the record of the event is transmitted to an HTML event element in a page of the browser window whereby the record of the event is inserted into the HTML element and displayed in the browser window.

Real-time notification of device events

A storage device implements a file profiling mechanism to minimize fragmentation. A plurality of files is organized according to a high or low read/write access frequency. A plurality of unchanging file types are placed in a first grouping. A plurality of oscillating file types are placed in a second grouping adjacent to the first grouping. A plurality of the high frequency read/write access files which are growing file types are placed in a third grouping adjacent to the second grouping. A remainder of the growing file types not placed in the third grouping is defragmented. The remainder of the growing file types is then placed in a fourth grouping adjacent to the third grouping.

File profiling to minimize fragmentation

A vital product data system memory stores warranty information in vital product data relating to replaceable unit(s) of a data handling system. The data comprises a date of first use, and a device state field comprising an identifier representing one of the states: 'new', 'recertified', and, &#x201c;in-use&#x201d;. Management control, in response to newly sensing a replaceable unit, detects its device state field, and if the detected field is set to the &#x201c;new&#x201d; state, resets it to the &#x201c;in-use&#x201d; state, sets the date of first use to a current date, and stores the state field and date of first use for the replaceable unit in the memory; and if the detected field is set to the &#x201c;recertified&#x201d; state, resets the field to the &#x201c;in-use&#x201d; state, and sets the replaceable unit date of first use to the date of first use stored in the memory for the previous replaceable unit at the same location.

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Green Valley, AZ, United States of America

James Blaine Engle