Month of January 2009

Queries to search engines are answered with generic results based on the search algorithms of the search engine. A user wants results based on their particular needs. To customize query results, Linux tracks user queries and search engine results, and monitors how a user responds to these results (the results that are...

Several processes or TCBs may need to destage metadata tracks synchronously. Destage operation is costly. When there are several synchronous updates to metadata tracks they may result in a lot of destage operations of the metadata tracks impacting performance. This invention tries to reduce synchronous updates to...

Subsystem diagnostic data collection and retention is required to debug customer defects. Often there may be multiple error exceptions in sequence with each one triggering a separate diagnostic data collection. Typically subsystems have enough storage space to store multiple diagnostic data images so that the entire...

This publication describes an automated process for upgrading software and data files from cloud computing without querying a database and on an as-needed basis. This keeps all software and data files (such as printer drivers) at the most recent versions without the user having to perform a manual update.

This article deals with a method for providing a customizable and flexible way to manage translation in electronic message communication.

The present publication discloses an installation and deployment scenarios visual generator which offers a visual deployment plan based on a series of simple questions and answers (questionnaire). From these, a deployment diagram with customized installation information system by system is generated and available...

The article deals with a method for providing a flexible and dynamic mechanism for authorization.

Web based gadgets are small web applications and perform specific tasks like a map gadget shows map of a particular location. We can wrap these gadgets in portlet and place them on portal page. But this way these gadgets only shows a preconfigured information. e.g. map gadget shows a map of a configured location....

This publication describes a method to store user’s customization information for different modes (like edit/edit_defaults/configure), hence providing different level of customization of a gadget and also provides access control mechanism for a gadget consumed by WebSphere Portal. User sets his/her preferences for...