International Business Machines Corporation

Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Right Chance Inc.

Randal Lee Bertram

David Frederick Champion

Gregory Richard Hintermeister

Mark Edward Molander

Peter James Brittenham

Margherita LaFauci

Frederick Scott Hunter Krauss

Geraint M North

Gregory Joseph McKnight

Paul Brian Tippett

Alejandro M Ortiz

Kerry Alan Ortega

John David Swansey

Steven Gene Halverson

James Lee Combs

John P Wright

Edward N Fink

David M S Niedergeses

Edward Barnes Boden

Thomas John Sluchak

Karen Ruth Kluttz

Keith D Cramer

David Phillip Johnson

Brian Owen Wood

Anthony F Pioli

Jeffrey Vernon Ford

Niraj D Patel

Jonathan James Hurd

Thomas Kimber Worthington

John B Diamond

Aaron D Sahlin

Glenn E Welman

Dawn Ashley Comfort

John S Bragiel

Anthony D Mora

Nicole X Xie

Larry A Black

Aaron Roger Cox

William Joseph Piazza

Antonio Abbondanzio

William Edward Atherton

Jeffery J Van Heuklon

James Franklin Macon, Jr

Dwayne T Crump

Andrew James Streit

Ravi Shankarnarayan Adapathya

David Andrew Sawin

Alan Joseph Happ

Anthony Wayne Erwin

Walter Cade Metz

Suzanne Marie Thompson

Renier Rodriguez Morales

Pedro C Rodriguez

Ryan P Randolph

Hai Feng Yao

Mathew James Brozowski

Lisa Salcedo Eichorn

Bridget Marie Meyer

James C Cook

Randal H Cecil

Rodney P Springhetti

Jerry T Kozel

Janet Anne Brewer

Mary Elizabeth Hartman

William Thomas Oldfield

Mark Samuel Freeman

Frederick Scott Krauss

Andrew Ehrenzeller

Gerald Joseph Capaci

David Fredrick Champion

In one embodiment, a method for using a key to recreate a state of a visual control element includes retrieving a key from memory. The key represents a state of a visual control element to be output to a dynamically-generated web page. The method also includes parsing the key to obtain a plurality of key-value pairs representing parameters of a uniform resource locator (URL) which is used to recreate the visual control element. Also, the method includes outputting the visual control element to the dynamically-generated web page using the URL according to the state obtained from the key.

Persisting the state of visual control elements in uniform resource locator (URL)-generated web pages

A data handling system includes a managing resource that manages one or more managed resources. The managed resource inherits tags of its managing resource(s). A user of the data handling system may apply tags to a managing resource via a management console. The tags may be applied via a user interface and utilized to organize the managed and managing resources. The tags may be typeless in that the user may assign any type of meaning to any tag. Tags assigned to the managing resource are applied or inherited to the resources it manages. The pattern of inheritance repeats through 'n' generations as managed resources, themselves, can be managing resources.

Tag inheritance

Method to display the status of tags applied to objects in a cloud computing environment, by comparing an attribute of an object to a criterion of a tag applied to the object, wherein the object is part of the cloud computing environment, and outputting for display a graphical representation of the tag, wherein the graphical representation comprises a text of the tag and an indication of a result of the comparison.

Enabling a tag to show status

A first data visualization based on first and second sets of data items is provided on a first dashboard. A second data visualization based on third and fourth sets of data items is provided on a second dashboard. Each data item of the first and third sets has at least a first tag. Each data item of the second and fourth sets does not have the first tag. A selection of the first tag is received. In response to the selection, a third data visualization based on the first set of data items and not based on the second set of data items is provided in place of the first data visualization and a fourth data visualization based on the third set of data items and not based on the fourth set of data items is provided in place of the second data visualization.

Linking tag selections across multiple dashboards

Methods to tag objects in a cloud computing environment, by tagging an object with a first tag, of a plurality of tags, wherein each of the plurality of tags specifies a respective criterion for objects tagged by each tag, and upon determining that the object not satisfy the criterion of the first tag, performing an action associated with the first tag to modify the object to meet the criterion of the first tag.

Performing actions on objects as a result of applying tags to the objects

Systems, methods, and computer program products to tag objects in a cloud computing environment, by tagging an object with a first tag, of a plurality of tags, wherein each of the plurality of tags specifies a respective criterion for objects tagged by each tag, and upon determining that the object not satisfy the criterion of the first tag, performing an action associated with the first tag to modify the object to meet the criterion of the first tag.

A computer implemented method for managing a widget is disclosed. The widget can include a drop-down menu. The method can include opening the drop-down menu having a set of items corresponding with a set of data. The method can also include updating the set of items dynamically in the opened drop-down menu in response to a change in the set of data. The method can also include processing a selected item from the updated set of items in the opened drop-down menu.

Managing a drop-down menu having a set of items corresponding with a set of data

In one embodiment, a system for conditionally refreshing workarea user interfaces (UIs) includes logic adapted to receive a request to refresh one or more workarea UIs, wherein the one or more workarea UIs are provided within a document object model (DOM), logic adapted to determine whether to reload the DOM or to refresh the one or more workarea UIs within the DOM without reloading the DOM; logic adapted to reload the DOM when it is determined to reload the DOM; and logic adapted to refresh the one or more workarea UIs without reloading the DOM when it is determined to refresh the one or more workarea UIs. Other systems, methods, and computer program products for conditionally refreshing workarea UIs are described according to more embodiments.

Conditionally reload workarea user interfaces using a flag indicator to balance performance and stability of web applications

A manager amongst numerous devices that serves as a manager or monitors another managed device. The managing device may queries the managed device to determine the functionality provided by, or requirements of, one or more managed device UIs. The managed device returns the functionality provided by or requirements of the managed device UI(s) to the managing device which, in turn, saves the information in a master UI function table. The managing device returns one or more UI modules to the managed device that are appropriate as based upon the received UI functionality or UI requirement information. The managing device may further assemble one or more UI modules that are appropriate as based upon the received UI functionality or UI requirement information and provide the assembled UI module to a user of the managing device.

User interface module sharing

System, method, and computer program product to display the status of tags applied to objects in a cloud computing environment, by comparing an attribute of an object to a criterion of a tag applied to the object, wherein the object is part of the cloud computing environment, and outputting for display a graphical representation of the tag, wherein the graphical representation comprises a text of the tag and an indication of a result of the comparison.

A resource manager is tasked with monitoring and managing information technology (IT) resources in a virtual environment. The IT resources are assigned tags that correspond to conditions that alert the resource manager when to begin actively managing the IT resource. The resource manager may monitor events occurring in the virtual environment that have conditions that match the predefined tags. When such an event occurs, the resource manager identifies an appropriate resource by searching a data store that includes the tags and the corresponding resource. The resource manager then begins to actively manage the resource and assigns the resource to a workload. By tagging the resources, the resource manager does not need to actively manage all of the IT resource in the virtual environment. Furthermore, the tags permit the resource manager to automatically select which resources to actively manage without receiving instructions from a system administrator.

Managing information technology resources using metadata tags

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Randal Lee Bertram