International Business Machines Corporation

Globalfoundries Inc.

Martin Andrew Ross

Craig H Stirling

Daniel J McGinnes

David Granshaw

Richard Graham Schofield

Geza Geleji

Samuel T Massey

Fiona M Crowther

Christopher J Poole

Dominic John Storey

John Hosie

Ian T Stirling

James Hewitt

Caroline Jane Thomas

Mark J Lawrence

Jack Richard William Stevenson

Jack William Donato Evans

Doina Liliana Klinger

Richard William Pilot

Elizabeth Jane Maple

Andrew S Edwards

Andrew S M Edwards

Sam T Massey

Luke James Powlett

Sam Rogers

Philip Jones

Fenghui Jiang

Paul S M Thorpe

Mark Allman

Paul S Thorpe

Benjamin A Confino

Stephanie J Strugnell

Veli Akiner

Claudia Walter

Bradley G Whitehouse

Jacqueline Clarke

Kirstin E Coppen

Robert Bruce Nicholson

Tim Dunn

Robert M Convery

Louise Suzanne Elliott

Enrico Vannini

Andrew Stephen Marcus Edwards

Thomas A Blake

Daniele M Quadrozzi

Fiona Margaret Crowther

Geleji Geza

Abdul Mumin Choudhury

Jake Amies

Jack Evans

Determining correct base container images to support custom container images is provided. A comparison between layers of a base container image corresponding to a current version of an operand and layers of a custom container image built by a user is performed using an operator. It is determined whether the user utilized a correct base container image to build the custom container image based on the comparison between the layers of the base container image corresponding to the current version of the operand and the layers of the custom container image built by the user. A runtime is generated in a cluster of host nodes to provide a service based on the custom container image in response to determining that the user utilized the correct base container image to build the custom container image.

Determining correct base images for custom images

A method, computer system, and computer program product for migrating a service (e.g. microservice) from using a first application programming interface version to using a second (e.g. newer or updated) application programming interface version. The method may include determining a difference between specifications of the first and second versions of the application programming interface. Historical usage of the first version of the application programming interface by the service may then be analyzed with respect to the difference so as to determine if the service meets the specification of the second version of the application programming interface. Responsive to determining the service meets the specification of the second version of the application programming interface difference, the service may be migrated from using the first version of the application programming interface to using the second version of the application programming interface.

Migrating a service to a version of an application programming interface

Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for building an object checklist used to predict which objects should accompany a user during an occasion. A processor may monitor observation data related to the user from an observation device. The processor may analyze the observation data to identify an object associated with the user. The processor may collect contextual data related to the identified object and the user. The processor may compare the contextual data to a usage pattern threshold related to the identified object and one or more other objects. In response to the usage pattern threshold being met, the processor may output an alert to the user. The alert may indicate that an exception to a usage pattern related to the identified object has occurred.

Automated object checklist

A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computer device, a request from an upstream service in a microservices architecture, wherein the computer device runs a downstream service in the microservices architecture and wherein the request includes metadata; modifying, by the computer device, retry logic of the downstream service; sending, by the computer device, a request to an additional downstream service; performing, by the computer device, retry attempts of the request to the additional downstream service in accordance with the modified retry logic; and sending, by the computer device, a response to the upstream service within a response time defined by the metadata.

Dynamic backoff and retry attempts based on incoming request

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for coordinating requests actioned at a scalable application is provided. The present invention may include registering metadata regarding response behavior to be applied when actioning a client request to multiple application instances. The present invention may include augmenting a client request according to the metadata to provide augmented request instances to coordinate completion on a required number of response instances from the application instances to which the augmented request instances are routed. The present invention may include coordinating a status of the client request across the application instances to terminate outstanding augmented request instances when a required number of completed instances is received.

Coordinating requests actioned at a scalable application

This invention relates to a system, method and computer program product for parsing a message against a message model, the message model including a choice block of element options and guide field for guiding the parse, the method including: parsing a message against a message model until the choice block of element options and associated guide field is located in the message model; determining element options associated with a particular guide field value located in the message, each element option having an associated frequency of occurring within a body of messages; choosing the most frequently occurring element option for the located guide field value; and further parsing the choice block of element options against the chosen element option.

Message parser runtime choices

Managing an update of software modules of a layered filesystem installed for running a software application on a data processor. The management of an updated module includes: (i) contributing a back layer from a software module that likely has less stability than the updated module; and/or (ii) rebuilding a layer using a software module that likely has more stability than the updated layer.

Managing an update of a software module in a layered filesystem

Batch compression management of messages. A message being sent to a batch for transmission is intercepted. The message is assigned to a batch pool, in which multiple batch pools are provided as sub-sets of the batch. The assigning of the message to the batch pool is based on a similarity of properties of the message with other messages and determined by looking up the properties in a batch pool mapping database. The message is added to the batch pool or a new batch pool is created for the message. A batch pool of messages is compressed using a dictionary of the properties common to at least some of the messages in the batch pool. The compressed batch pools are transmitted over an input/output channel.

Batch compression management of messages

A computer-automated method, computer system and computer program for managing resources in applications. The resources are managed in groups, each group having a unique group name which is dynamically resolvable to an address specific to a particular application. The resources may be application program interfaces object instances or data sources, for example. When a resource placement request is received to place a resource in a particular application with an associated address, the resource is assigned to a group and given a unique resource identifier which combines with the group name to form a unique endpoint for the resource. Subsequently, in response to detection of a resource performance bottleneck, or in response to an external request, a resource is moved to another application by reassigning its group name to the second address, thereby moving all resources in that group to the other application.

Managing computer resources

Disclosed embodiments provide automated techniques for evaluation of a user interface of a computer application. A computer function associated with a graphical element such as an icon or button is analyzed. The resultant text that appears as a result of invoking the button is analyzed and keywords are identified to determine a function type for the function. A graphical element category is determined for the button/icon that is invoked to produce the function. The graphical element category can be determined by analyzing underlying markup code for the button. Keywords pertaining to the button may be extracted from the markup code. The keywords from the button are compared with the keywords of the resulting function and a score is generated based on the amount of common keywords. The score is used as a criterion for a recommendation about the appropriateness of the button for use with the application function.

Automated user interface analysis

Concepts for controlling interaction with a scalable application are presented. An example includes registering an interface specification to an application, wherein metadata is associated with the interface specification. The method then includes routing a request to instances of the application based on the metadata associated with the interface specification for the application, then combining one or more responses from the instances of the application to form an aggregate response based on the metadata associated with the interface specification for the application.

Controlling interaction with a scalable application

A method and related system to concurrently process a temporal message stream. The method comprises obtaining messages of a message stream, each message having an associated timestamp. The method further comprises storing each message in at least one of a plurality of queues, wherein the messages of each queue are ordered based on their timestamp such that a message with the earliest timestamp is positioned at the front of the queue. The method then comprises controlling retrieval of the target message from the front of a target queue based on a timing difference between the timestamp of the message and the timestamps of the front message of each of the other queues of the plurality of queues.

Processing of a message stream

A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a user device, a first touch gesture at a display of the user device visually displaying a virtual object; defining, by the user device, an anchor point of the virtual object visually displayed on the display based on the first touch gesture; receiving, by the user device, a second touch gesture at the display; determining, by the user device, an anchor area and a scrolling area based on the anchor point and the second touch gesture; defining, by the user device, a first layer corresponding to the anchor area and a second layer corresponding to the scrolling area; and stacking, by the user device, the first layer over the second layer.

Creating and manipulating layers on a user device using touch gestures

An integration flow is monitored to determine a processing location of a message. The integration flow includes a route, one or more nodes, and one or more secure connectors. A first message is received by the integration flow. A central processing unit serialization load is received including a serialization of the first message on a first secure connector and a deserialization of the first message on a second secure connector. A processing load of the first message running on a first node of the one or more nodes is received. A first threshold of a processing load of the first message is received. The first threshold is determined to have been reached. Based on the first threshold being reached, a processing location of the integration flow is altered such that the first message is processed on a second node of the one or more nodes.

Optimization of integration flows in cloud environments

A computer obtains an integration document comprising integration instructions that, when executed, causes two or more software applications to interact to perform an integration task. The computer determines, from the integration instructions of the integration document, task information representative of at least the integration task. The computer generates, based on the task information, a conversation databank entry for a natural language interface, wherein the conversation databank entry is usable by the natural language interface to determine whether a user desires the integration task to be performed, by processing the conversation databank entry and a natural language input provided by the user to the natural language interface.

Interface for initiating an integration task

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Martin Andrew Ross