International Business Machines Corporation

Intel Corporation

Matthew Hammer

Viktors Berstis

James Harvey Kaufman

Robert Glenn Deen

John Daniel Sieron Bethencourt

Kevin Blake Damm

Tobin Jon Lehman

Mohan Rajagopalan

Anwar Ghuloum

Toby Lehman

A method for concurrent management of adaptive programs is disclosed wherein changes in a set of modifiable references are initially identified. A list of uses of the changed references is next computed using records made in structures of the references. The list is next inserted into an elimination queue. Comparison is next made of each of the uses to the other uses to determine independence or dependence thereon. Determined dependent uses are eliminated and the preceding steps are repeated for all determined independent uses until all dependencies have been eliminated.

Concurrent management of adaptive programs

The disclosed massive multi-player on-line gaming environment and method eliminate the coordination and synchronization problems between servers by assigning each game user to a specific client proxy server for game duration and utilizing a space information distribution center to indicate client specific changes in game space. Such configuration eliminates the need to use 'grey' areas around partitioning boundaries and servers having to 'own' client objects thereby improving massive multi-player on-line gaming scalability.

Handling of players and objects in massive multi-player on-line games

A method and system for balancing server work load for cellular phone client-proxy applications in an environment where the clients change position within a given geographic area is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of mapping, monitoring, automatically re-mapping the system when required, updating a map address book, and updating a client address book. The system has a mapping system and a communication system connected to a plurality of servers, proxy servers and applications by an internal network. The proxy servers are connected to a plurality of clients by the Internet. If a threshold is exceeded, the monitoring program sends a message to a mapping program. Upon receipt of the message, the mapping program uses a rules engine to calculate a new map graph to remove load from an overloaded server (or servers) and to adjust communication requirements for data by reconfiguring partitions.

Distributing and geographically load balancing location aware communication device client-proxy applications

Method for distributing and geographically load balancing location aware communication device client-proxy applications

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Matthew Hammer