International Business Machines Corporation

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Exelixis, Inc.

IP Cube Partners (icp) Co., Ltd.

Apple Inc.

Symphony Evolution, Inc.

Taejin Info Tech Co., Ltd

IP Cube Partners (ipc) Co., Ltd.

IP Cube Partners Co., Ltd.

Moon Jung Kim

Jonghae Kim

Daeik Daniel Kim

James Randal Moulic

Karl J Duvalsaint

Wei Xu

Eric Yee

Dikran S Meliksetian

Lev Kozakov

Robert E Trzcinski

Amy Lew Tsuhako

Jean-Olivier Plouchart

John M Nuss

Erick Wang Co

Donna Tra Le

Eric T C Yee

Choongyeun Cho

John Elbert Moore, Jr

Rajaram B Krishnamurthy

Harm Peter Hofstee

Youssef Drissi

Genady Grabarnik

Yurdaer Nezihi Doganata

Vasu Jammalamadaka

Yumi Mori

Hiroki Nakano

Shumeye Mamo

Morrison B Mac

Tong-Haing Fin

Geertjan Joordens

Larisa Shwartz

Colin Whitby-Strevens

Brijesh Tripathi

Elena S Koltun

Lynne Canne Bannen

Joerg Bussenius

Jean-Oliver Plouchart

Ping Huang

Richard C Ferri

Irwin Boutboul

S David Brown

Patrick C Kearney

Munehiro Doi

Allen H Preston

Charles Franklin Webb

Leslie W Wyman

Sheng Ma

Neel Kumar Anand

Yong Wang

Casper A Scalzi

Tsze Tsang

Roger E Hough

Kenneth D Rice

Naing N Aay

Jang-Soo Lee

Michael P Prisbylla

Charles M Blazey

Richard George Khoury

Peter H Gum

Jason Jevious Parks

Raman S Thiara

Shih Chang Chang

Wei Hsin Yao

Soobaek Jang

Paolo Sacchetto

Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari

Steven G Glassen

Nianjun Zhou

Scott P Mullins

Cheng-Ho Yu

Wonjae Choi

Daby Mousse Sow

Robert J Dugan

Byungcheol Cho

Csaba J Peto

Brent Allen Carlson

Michael Gerard Mall

Richard I Baum

Jun-Jang Jeng

Masakuni Okada

Abbas Jamshidi-Roudbari

Abigail R Kennedy

Qishan Yu

Simona Costanzo

Dan Peter Dumarot

Bhaskar Sinha

Larisa Dubenko

Jean-Claire Limun Manalo

Kenneth J Fredericks

Marc Segre

Owen Joseph Bowles

Cristiana A Zaharia

Hangu Yeo

Jeffry Kimo Curtis

Donald W McCauley

David E Stucki

Joshua M Woods

Sergey Epshteyn

Diva Sze-Ming Chan

Steven Charles Defina

The invention provides a method, system, and program product for differentially displaying an instant messaging (IM) availability to a plurality of potential interlocutors. In one embodiment, the invention includes creating a relationship chart of potential interlocutors based on an organizational chart; defining a willingness to communicate, including a temporal component; establishing an IM availability for each potential interlocutor using the relationship chart and the willingness to communicate; sending the IM availability to a server; transmitting the IM availability from the server to a potential interlocutor's computing device capable of displaying the IM availability; receiving an IM invitation from an interlocutor; and generating an alert based on the IM availability for the interlocutor.

Method, system, and program product for differentially displaying an instant messaging (IM) availability

The present invention relates to a server-processor hybrid system that comprises (among other things) a set (one or more) of front-end servers (e.g., mainframes) and a set of back-end application optimized processors. Moreover, implementations of the invention provide a server and processor hybrid system and method for distributing and managing the execution of applications at a fine-grained level via an I/O-connected hybrid system. This method allows one system to be used to manage and control the system functions, and one or more other systems to co-processor.

Server-processor hybrid system for processing data

Embodiments of the present invention provide barcode sequences in an active display for information exchange. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for communicating information between electronic devices via a barcode image sequence. In a typical embodiment, a barcode image sequence is displayed on the display screen of a first electronic device. A second electronic device reads and decodes the barcode image sequence. The second electronic device displays an acknowledgement on the display screen of the second electronic device. The acknowledgement is read by the first electronic device.

Time-varying barcode in an active display

This invention describes an apparatus, computer architecture, memory structure, memory control, and cache memory operation method for multi-core processor. A logic core bypasses immediate cache memory units with low yield or deadly performance. The core mounts (multiple) cache unit(s) that might already be in use by other logic cores. Selected cache memory units serve multiple logic cores with the same contents. The shared cache memory unit(s) serves all the mounting cores with cache search, hit, miss, and write back functions. The method recovers a logic core whose cache memory block is not operational by sharing cache memory blocks which might already engage other logic cores. The method is used to improve reliability and performance of the remaining system.

Cache memory bypass in a multi-core processor (MCP)

This invention describes an apparatus, computer architecture, memory structure, memory control, and cache memory operation method for multi-core processor. A logic core shares requests when faced with immediate cache memory units having low yield or deadly performance. The core mounts (multiple) cache unit(s) that might already be in use by other logic cores. Selected cache memory units serve multiple logic cores with the same contents. The shared cache memory unit(s) serves all the mounting cores with cache search, hit, miss, and write back functions. The method recovers a logic core whose cache memory block is not operational by sharing cache memory blocks which might already engage other logic cores. The method is used to improve reliability and performance of the remaining system.

Cache memory sharing in a multi-core processor (MCP)

Embodiments of the present invention provide various approaches for mobile device intercommunication (e.g., digital) as well as various authentication methods. In one embodiment, the present invention provides direct line-of-sight visual digital communication between mobile devices for controlled security. In another embodiment, the present invention provides direct contact motion-based digital communication between mobile devices for controlled security. Embodiments of the present invention also provide various authentication methods. One such example relates to secure authentication code exchange with subsequent digital communications in one or more channels. In another example, human-readable information is used along machine-readable digital codes (e.g., quick response (QR) codes to verify visual codes. Still yet, embodiments of the present invention provide non-obtrusive visual codes that maintain a user's access to a mobile device screen.

Mobile device digital communication and authentication methods

Embodiments of the present invention provide time-varying barcodes in an active display for information exchange. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for communicating information between electronic devices via a barcode image sequence. In a typical embodiment, a barcode image sequence is displayed on the display screen of a first electronic device. A second electronic device reads and decodes the barcode image sequence. The second electronic device displays an acknowledgement on the display screen of the second electronic device. The acknowledgement is read by the first electronic device.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for authorizing the use of a biometric transaction card. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a biometric card having a biometric sensor to determine whether the biometric information (fingerprint) is from human skin. In a typical embodiment, the cardholder approaches a magnetic reader with the card. The user places his/her finger on the SpOsensor of the card. The sensor estimates the SpOlevel. Card authorization is based, in part, on the estimated SpOlevel.

Authorizing the use of a biometric card

The present invention provides a method, system and program product for deploying, allocating and providing backup for an autonomic sensor network ecosystem. Under the present invention, the autonomic sensor network ecosystem includes: (1) a set (e.g., one or more) of sensor networks for storing data components; (2) a set of sensor collector information gateways in communication with the sensor networks; and (3) a set of enterprise gateways and storage hubs (hereinafter enterprise gateways). Each sensor network includes a set of sensor peers and at least one super peer. The super peer manages the sensor network and communicates with the set of sensor collector information gateways. The autonomic sensor network ecosystem of the present invention is deployed and allocated in such a manner that backup and resiliency is provided.

Method, system and program product for deploying and allocating an autonomic sensor network ecosystem

A generic microprocessor architecture is provided with a set (e.g., one or more) of controlling/main processing elements (e.g., MPEs) and a set of groups of sub-processing elements (e.g., SPEs). Under this arrangement, MPEs and SPEs are organized in a way that a smaller number MPEs control the behavior of a group of SPEs using program code embodied as a set of virtualized control threads. The apparatus includes a MCP coupled to a power supply coupled with cores to provide a supply voltage to each core (or core group) and controlling-digital elements and multiple instances of sub-processing elements. In accordance with these features, virtualized control threads can traverse the physical boundaries of the MCP to control SPE(s) (e.g., logical partitions having one or more SPEs) in a different physical partition (e.g., different from the physical partition from which the virtualized control threads originated.

Virtualization across physical partitions of a multi-core processor (MCP)

In general, the present invention relates to data cache processing. Specifically, the present invention relates to a system that provides reconfigurable dynamic cache which varies the operation strategy of cache memory based on the demand from the applications originating from different external general processor cores, along with functions of a virtualized hybrid core system. The system includes receiving a data request, selecting an operational mode based on the data request and a predefined selection algorithm, and processing the data request based on the selected operational mode.

Active memory processor system

The present invention relates to memory to memory communication and storage for hybrid systems. Under the present invention, a data stream is received on a first computing device of a hybrid system. An attempt is made to store the data stream on the first computing device up to a per stream limit and a total storage limit of the first computing device. It is then determined whether to store at least a portion of the data stream on a second computing device of the hybrid system that is in communication with the first computing device. This decision is based on the per stream limit and the total storage limit of the first computing device as well as a per stream limit and a total storage limit of the second computing device. Thereafter, the at least a portion of the data stream and a control signal are communicated to the second computing device for storage.

Memory to memory communication and storage for hybrid systems

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