International Business Machines Corporation

Paul P Giangarra

Martin G Keen

Scott Lee Winters

Victor Povar

James W Arendt

William J Tracey, Ii

John Handy Bosma

Jeffrey A Grantz

Khoa D Huynh

Theodore C Waldron, Iii

Ravindranath Kasinath Manikundalam

John G Tyler

James Lynn Taylor

Steven M Zanoni

James Michael Phelan

Michael S Kogan

Brigitte D Anschuetz

Donald Robert Padgett

Dean C Oakes

Embodiments for capturing a micro-weather report by a UAS deployment by one or more processors are described. Micro-weather conditions at a selected location and altitude may be determined utilizing one or more sensor devices associated with the UAS. The collected micro-weather conditions data may be stored in a repository. A micro-weather report may be generated for the selected location and altitude according to the collected micro-weather conditions data stored in the repository.

Micro-weather report capture by unmanned aerial system (UAS) deployment

A voice command interface in a data processing system and method are implemented to allow a user to speak a name of a link identified by Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format to receive a desired web page from a communication network, such as the Internet. During operation of the data processing system and method for implementing the voice command interface, a client computer accesses a current web page using a server. When a new web page is accessed, a central processing unit in the data processing system provides control signals to a speech recognition unit to clear a vocabulary list currently stored within the speech recognition unit. Subsequently, the central processing unit commences to parse the HTML source code corresponding to the accessed web page. The central processing unit then determines whether the accessed web page has any links therein. If the web page does have links, the central processing unit detects those links during a parsing operation and enables the speech recognition unit to stored the text displayed to an external user which corresponds to the link in a special vocabulary list of the speech recognition unit. A user is then able to provide a voice command to access the link by speaking the text stored within the special vocabulary list. Upon speaking that text, the central processing unit accesses a web page corresponding to the link identified by the text.

Data processing system and method for navigating a network using a voice

The invention provides a system and method of enhancing efficiency in a data processing system having a processor, a memory, and a multitasking operating system for managing the processor and the memory. A normal and an expedited scheduling path are provided for scheduling tasks on the processor. The tasks are each assigned a priority for execution on the processor. A queue is provided for the placement of tasks ready for execution. Upon entry into the ready-to-run queue, the execution priority of the new task is compared to the execution priority of the executing task. Responsive to the new task holding a higher execution priority or to absence of an executing task, the expedited scheduling path is invoked. Otherwise the normal scheduling path is invoked.

System and method for optimizing dispatch latency of tasks in a data

Lazy loading of executable library objects reduces operating system overhead and memory commitment requirements by postponing object loading until object references are expected. Initial task loading allocates only the main executable and library objects referenced by that executable. Secondary referenced objects are not allocated. Object references cause page faults for allocated but not loaded pages. Page fault handling causes loading and fixup of executable objects. Page fault handling also determines the next level of object references and allocates memory for the next object level. Shared memory systems allow sharing of executable objects until explicitly referenced. Once referenced, memory fault causes copying and fixup to referencing task memory area.

System and method for lazy loading of shared libraries

A data processing system is operable in a multitasking mode to include at least one process having a plurality of threads. Exception management is done on a per thread basis, as opposed to a per process basis. Further, when a process termination exception occurs, each thread is accessed to execute any process termination exception handler associated with the thread.

Per thread exception management for multitasking multithreaded operating

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