International Business Machines Corporation

Sean Thomas Brownlow

John Ronald Oberly, Iii

John Edward Petri

Gregory Michael Nordstrom

Michael T Kalmbach

Kevin James Wendzel

Nathan Glenn Faiman

Charles Scott Graham

Kyle Alan Lucke

Travis James Pizel

Timothy Joseph Torzewski

Brian John Cragun

Steven Mark Thurber

Bryan Mark Logan

Andrew T Koch

John Thomas O'Quin, Ii

Adam Charles Lange-Pearson

James Arthur Lindeman

Jeffrey F Eisterhold

Method, computer program product, and system for identifying, responsive to a request for a network resource, at least one peer device, wherein the request is made by a first device on a mobile network, the at least one peer device on a local network with the first device, the local network different than the mobile network; partitioning, based on at least one content element of the requested network resource, the request into a plurality of subrequests, each subrequest specifying to retrieve one or more content elements of the requested network resource; assigning each subrequest to one of the peer devices and the first device, wherein each peer device and the first device retrieves the content elements specified by the subrequest assigned to the respective device, wherein each peer device transmits the retrieved portion of the network resource to the first device over the local network.

Method for improving mobile network performance via ad-hoc peer-to-peer request partitioning

Techniques are described for outputting web page components, or gadgets, on a web page or other graphical user interface. A gadget automatically conforms to particular styles based on the styles of the other gadgets and of controlling relationships to the other gadgets that are determined from page analysis and other policies.

Autonomous gadget management system

Embodiments of the invention generally manage dynamically depicting interactions in a virtual world. Embodiments of the invention may receive one or more content restrictions associated with a first user of a virtual world, and may analyze the activity history of a second user in the virtual world. Embodiments of the invention may then determine what, if any, interactions should be permitted between the first user and the second user in the virtual world.

Dynamically depicting interactions in a virtual world based on varied user rights

Techniques are disclosed for serving a webpage based on a zoom level. The techniques include requesting, by a client device, contents of a webpage. The request may include indications of a zoom level and a viewable area of the webpage as shown on a display of the client device. A server system may determine that the zoom level indicated in the request is less than a threshold value and identify content items within the viewable area which meet predefined criteria for being considered expensive. Further, the server system may serve a modified webpage which includes replacement items in lieu of the expensive content items.

Resource-adaptive content delivery on client devices

A computer implemented method may include identifying allocations for each virtual function of a plurality of virtual functions that are provided via an input/output adapter. The computer implemented method may further include determining a range associated with each group of a plurality of groups based on the identified allocations. The computer implemented method may also include associating each virtual function with a group of the plurality of groups based on the range associated with the group. Where at least one group of the plurality of groups is empty, and where one or more groups of the plurality of groups has two or more virtual functions associated with the one or more groups, the computer implemented method may include distributing the two or more virtual functions to the at least one empty group. The computer implemented method may further include transferring the plurality of virtual functions from each group to a corresponding category at the input/output adapter.

Managing virtual functions of an input/output adapter

A computer-implemented method may include assigning an address translation table to a peripheral component interconnect host bridge and determining that an input/output adapter accessible to the peripheral component interconnect host bridge is configured as a virtualized adapter to provide a plurality of virtual functions to a plurality of logical partitions. In response to determining that the input/output adapter is configured as the virtualized adapter, the address translation table may be subdivided to enable the plurality of virtual functions to access the memory of at least one logical partition of the plurality of logical partitions.

Address translation table to enable access to virtualized functions

Method, system, and computer program product for performing an operation for automatic electronic book augmentation. The operation presents an electronic book via a display screen of an electronic device, and identifies user preferences. The operation then determines a current reading position of a user within the electronic book. The operation then identifies, based on the user's current reading position, a context within the electronic book. The operation then identifies, based on the context and the user preferences, sensory effects to enhance the user's experience. The operation then outputs the sensory effects.

Automatic eBook reader augmentation

Techniques are disclosed for evaluating an application to determine a processing environment suited for executing the application. A request may be received to execute the application. If execution data identified for the application do not satisfy a first set of criteria, the application is deployed for execution on a first processing environment. If the execution data satisfy the first set of criteria, the application is deployed for execution partially in time on a second processing environment, based on the execution data. The second processing environment provides a higher capability than the first processing environment in terms of at least one resource type.

Application deployment in heterogeneous environments

A method of assigning resources to an input/output adapter having multiple ports may include determining a first port of the input/output adapter that includes a first bandwidth availability. A first number of resources assigned to the first port may be modified. The method may further include comparing a total count of resources assigned the ports to a maximum number of resources, where the total count includes the modified first number of resources. At least a portion of the modified first number of resources to the first port may be allocated to the first port.

Allocating resources to virtual functions

A method of configuring system memory may include determining a plurality of memory regions supportable on an input/output adapter. The input/output adapter may include a physical function. A memory region of the plurality of memory regions may be allocated to the physical function when an address of the physical function is unknown. The method may further include determining the address of the physical function and associating the address of the physical function with the memory region.

Allocating addressable memory regions to an adapter

An apparatus, program product and method dynamically bind Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) resources shared by a plurality of clients to an interrupt facility in an MSI-capable computer. In addition, management of such bindings may be implemented using a platform independent interrupt manager capable of managing multiple MSI bindings between MSI resources to an interrupt facility, and interfaced with an underlying hardware platform of a computer through platform-specific encapsulation program code.

Message signaled interrupt management for a computer input/output fabric incorporating platform independent interrupt manager

A computer-implemented method may include selecting a first virtual function that is hosted by a hardware input/output adapter and identifying a first logical partition that is associated with the first virtual function. The computer-implemented method may include retrieving first data corresponding to the first virtual function from a table in response to determining that the first logical partition has initiated a shutdown operation. The computer-implemented method may also include creating a first reset virtual function structure that includes at least a portion of the first data. The computer-implemented method may include sending the first reset virtual function structure to a dispatchable hypervisor.

Resetting a virtual function that is hosted by an input/output adapter

Error handling is simplified for a self-virtualizing IO resource that utilizes a physical function adjunct partition for a physical function in the self-virtualizing IO resource to coordinate error recovery for the self-virtualizing IO resource, by restarting each virtual function adjunct partition associated with that physical function to avoid the need to coordinate error recovery within the logical partitions to which such virtual function adjunct partitions are assigned.

Enhanced error handling for self-virtualizing input/output device in logically-partitioned data processing system

A computer implemented method includes receiving a request to access a configuration space that is associated with a virtual function. The request may include a configuration space address and a root complex identifier. The computer implemented method may include identifying a root complex based on the root complex identifier. The computer implemented method may also include selecting a slot that is associated with the root complex. The slot may be capable of coupling a hardware input/output adapter to the root complex. The computer implemented method may further include determining whether the configuration space address is associated with the selected slot. The computer implemented method may include accessing the configuration space using an access mechanism in response to determining that the configuration space address is associated with the selected slot.

Accessing a configuration space of a virtual function

In response to detecting a PCI host bridge (PHB), a first address translation table may be allocated in a first portion of a memory. The first address translation table may be associated with the PHB. If an input/output adapter accessible to the PHB is configured as a virtualized adapter, a first table manager may be assigned to manage the first address translation table. The first address translation table may be configured for an initial number of virtual functions. If a requested number of virtual functions is greater than the initial number of virtual functions, additional virtual functions may be configured. A second address translation table may be allocated in a second portion of the memory. The second portion of the memory may be non-contiguous with reference to the first portion of the memory. Entries may be created in the second address translation table for the additional virtual functions.

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Sean Thomas Brownlow