International Business Machines Corporation

Tango Health, Inc.

Michael R McNally

Brian Jay Vetter

John William Sweitzer

Stuart L Jarriel

Carey L Jung

David B Kumhyr

David James Hetherington

Metin Feridun

Stephen Thomas Cochran

William Meyer Smith

Duncan P Van Dusen

Mark C Adams

Christopher T Praisner

Melissa LoBiondo

Systems and methods are disclosed for automated identification and processing of qualifying expenses for tax-advantaged accounts and automated initiation of related account transactions for automated management of those tax-advantaged accounts. In part, the disclosed embodiments: identify expenditures which are eligible for tax-advantaged payment, withdrawal or reimbursement from a limited-purpose tax-advantaged account; store records with relevant details of expenditures to demonstrate eligibility for favorable tax treatment; calculate the amount of and executing contributions to limited-purpose tax-advantaged accounts as a function of account holder preferences, statutory limits and prospective or prior qualifying expenditures from other accounts; identifying withdrawals from limited-purpose tax-advantaged accounts which do not qualify for the tax advantage and restoring those monies to the account or offsetting them against amounts otherwise reimbursable from the account; and automatically reimbursing the account holder from his limited-purpose tax-advantaged account as a function of account holder preferences, information about qualifying expenditures made from another account or contributions to the account.

Systems for automated identification and processing of qualifying expenses for tax-advantaged accounts and automated initiation of related account transactions

A method for limiting access of each of a plurality of operators having assigned activities in an overall workflow distribution, to computer resources needed to respectively complete each activity through a computer controlled interactive display interface. A workflow distribution process with a plurality of users or participants at a plurality of computer controlled display stations. At the workflow management source, an implementation for respectively assigning activities to each of a plurality of operators and for designating for each of the activities, at least one computer resource necessary to respectively complete each of the activities. A set of elements, each representing a designated computer resource accessible to a user to carry out an assigned activity is displayed. An implementation for determining the completion of each of the assigned activities, and for removing from the display the elements representing the designated computer resources when an activity is completed.

Workflow distribution process granting to operators with assigned activities access to needed computer resources and withdrawing such access upon the completion of the assigned activity

A method for limiting access to the proprietary resources of an outsourcer or distributor to the participants/operators having assigned outsourced activities requiring such resources. Access is limited only to the assigned activity execution and prevented from misuse of the resources for unauthorized purposes. Reliable tracking of the lent out resources is provided and access is terminated simply when the associated activity has been completed. An implementation is provided for assigning performable activities to a user or operator together with interactively displaying in association with each activity, the computer resources needed to carry out the respective activity in combination with means, responsive to said assigning means, for granting to said operator through this interactive display, access to the computer resources needed to carry out said assigned performable activity only during the carrying out of said activity, whereby the displayed resource is removed from the display and, thus, becomes inaccessible upon the completion of the activity.

SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING DATA PROCESSING ACTIVITIES TO USERS THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY INTERFACE DYNAMICALLY GRANTING ACCESS ONLY DURING ACTIVITY TO NORMALLY INACCESSIBLE RESOURCES NEEDED FOR ACTIVITY

A method of monitoring in a distributed computer network having a management server servicing a set of managed computers. The method begins by deploying a management infrastructure across a given subset of the managed computers, the management infrastructure comprising a runtime environment installed at a given managed computer. At the given managed computer, the routine executes a monitoring agent in the runtime environment to determine whether a given threshold has been exceeded. Then, a given action is taken if the given threshold has been exceeded. The monitoring agent is executed upon receipt of an external event or as a result of an internal timer. Execution of the monitoring agent involves taking a measurement, comparing the measurement against the given threshold, and then taking some corrective action if possible.

System, method and computer program product for monitoring in a distributed computing environment

A large distributed enterprise includes computing resources including a management server servicing a plurality of endpoint machines. A management infrastructure include a runtime engine is deployed on given endpoint machines. In response to a task deployment request at an administrative server, discovery agents may be launched into the computer network. When a software agent arrives at a given machine that supports the runtime engine, the agent is executed to determine whether the endpoint is a candidate for a particular task deployment.

System, method and computer program product for discovery in a distributed computing environment

Disclosed is a system, method, and program for executing operations on a client computer transmitted from a server over a network. A server operation is received indicating actions to perform on the client. A determination is made as to whether the requested operation is permitted according to a set of rules. The requested operation is executed on the client if there is no rule that prohibits the requested operation. The server is then notified that the requested action completed or that the requested action was not executed because of at least one rule prohibiting execution of the operation.

Method, system, and program for executing operations on a client in a network environment

A directory tree is displayed and a command is detected to expand a subsection of the directory tree. It is determined whether certain criteria are met for displaying the subsection in a scrollable region within the directory tree. The subsection is presented in the scrollable region if the criteria are met, so that a greater number of members of the directory tree outside the subsection can be displayed within the graphical user interface. Some of the criteria which can be used to determine whether a scrollable subsection should be used include: whether the subsection has more than a predetermined number of members; whether all members of a root node directory of the tree can be displayed if the subsection is fully expanded; and whether the subsection is at a predetermined depth in the directory tree structure.

Directory tree user interface having scrollable subsections

A method of event correlation implemented within a distributed environment having a management server and a set of managed machines. The preferred event correlation method begins by establishing a discrete set of correlation rules. One preferred implementation of a correlation rule is a software-based state machine. Each correlation rule is adapted to recognize a given pattern of one or more events indicative of a given condition. A set of correlation rules comprise a set of efficiently-coupled state machines, each of which is optimized for a particular, low-level logical function. Then, as events are received and/or generated at the machine, the events are examined by the state machines comprising the correlator to search for the defined event patterns. If a given event pattern is recognized, a given condition sought to be monitored has occurred, and the event correlator may then be used to take a given action.

System, method and computer program product for event correlation in a distributed computing environment

A method of automated distributed resource monitoring in a large distributed computing environment, wherein a given master resource comprises a set of given computing resources. The method begins by associating a set of one or more &ldquo;cells&rdquo; with a set of given computing resources that comprise the master resource. Each cell preferably is associated with a respective one of the set of given computing resources and has a set of one or more attributes whose values collectively define a &ldquo;state&rdquo; of the cell. Whenever a change in an attribute of a given cell effects a change in that cell's state, the attribute change is propagated across each cell directly impacted by the cell state change, as well as to those observing cells that may be indirectly affected.

Method for monitoring network distributed computing resources using distributed cellular agents

A method of managing time expressions for use by applications in a distributed computer network having a management server servicing a set of managed computers. The method begins by defining a set of timers, with each timer preferably comprising an expression of logical operators with a set of one or more primitives as operands. The set of timers is stored in a hierarchical namespace associated with the management server. Preferably, the timers and primitives are stored separately in the hierarchical namespace, with the primitives indexed by name for prompt retrieval.

Distributed monitor timer service for use in a distributed computing environment

A method of deploying a &ldquo;resource model&rdquo; in a distributed computer network using a computer having graphical user interface (GUI). The resource model has a number of properties associated therewith including a set of mapping rules. To deploy the resource model, an icon representing the resource model is displayed on the interface, together with a set of distribution icons. Each distribution icon, for example, represents a set of given machines in the distributed computer network. The icon representing the resource model is then associated with a selected one of the distributed icons, preferably via a drag-and-drop protocol. When the resource model icon is dropped onto the selected distribution icon, the resource model is deployed in the network by instantiating its mapping rules at each machine in the set.

Resource model configuration and deployment in a distributed computer network

A display method operative within a display device of a data processing system connected in a distributed computing environment having nodes located across geographically-dispersed boundaries. The method begins by defining a plurality of sets of holiday objects each corresponding to a set of holidays specific to a given locale. A graphical representation of a calendar, together with a set of holiday objects, are then displayed. If the user enters a new locale, the method dynamically switches between sets of holiday objects according to the new locale entered. The new set of holiday objects preferably are displayed on the same calendar yet in a different manner from the first set to enable a user to compare the holidays of two different locales.

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Michael R McNally