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Techniques for discovery and management of applications in a computing environment of an organization are disclosed. A security management system discovers use of applications within a computing environment to manage access to applications for minimizing security threats and risks in a computing environment of the organization. The security management system can obtain network data about network traffic to identify unique applications. The security management system can perform analysis and correlation, including use of one or more data sources, to determine information about an application. The system can compute a measure of security for an application (“an application risk score”) and a user (“a user risk score”). The score may be analyzed to determine a threat of security posed by the application based on use of the application. The security system can perform one or more instructions to configure access permitted by an application, whether access is denied or restricted.

A wireless communication system is provided that has at least three nodes arranged in a multi-hop ultra wide band (UWB) communication network such that communications from a first node destined for a third node pass through a second node. Each of the devices in the system includes a radio and a media access control (“MAC”) module that is configured to establish multi-hop UWB wireless communications between the three or more wireless communication devices that enables high bandwidth applications such as Voice Over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”); multiplayer gaming; Wireless High Definition Television; and Internet Protocol Television (“IPTV”) among others. The MAC module is configured to avoid bandwidth reservation conflicts so that network performance does not degrade as the number of hops or the number of nodes in the wireless communication system increases. The MAC also facilitates utilization of multiple channels to maximize the available spectrum and is further configured to dynamically switch between channels to maximize throughput and meet or exceed quality of service (“QoS”) requirements such that QoS is guaranteed and network resources are efficiently utilized.

Techniques for extending the capabilities of computing environments and/or systems are disclosed. A scalable and dynamic external computing resource can be used in order to effectively extend the internal computing capabilities of a computing environment or system. The scalable and dynamic external computing resource can provide computing resources that far exceed the internal computing resources, and provide the services as needed, and in a dynamic manner at execution time. As a result, a computing device may function with relatively limited and/or reduced computing resources (e.g., processing power, memory) but have the ability to effectively provide as much computing services as may be needed, and provide the services when needed, on demand, and dynamically during the execution time.

The present invention relates to software and a method of use for implementing workflows and managing engagements and staff. More particularly, the present invention relates to a software module tracking data of staff, engagements and workflows and a method of using such data in the management of staff and assignment of tasks. Information concerning employees is input into a database by the manager and the employees, and is tracked therein. The information concerning an employee includes an employee's availability, ability and experience. Workflow/Task information is input into the database when either a client makes a request for service of the business, or a workflow/task internal to the business is needed to be performed. Task information includes the nature of the work and deadlines. Task information is compared to the employee information. A list is automatically generated naming the employees best suited to the mandate of the task. The manager then chooses a name from the top of the list and assigns the task to that employee.

The invention provides an off-the-shelf product solution to target the specific needs of commercial users with naturally parallel applications. A top-level, public API provides a simple “compute server” or “task farm” model that dramatically accelerates integration and deployment. A number of described and claimed adaptive scheduling and caching techniques provide for efficient resource and/or network utilization of intermittently-available and interruptible computing resource in distributed computing systems.

A closed-loop vision system is disclosed that utilizes a concept known as Dynamically Reconfigurable Vision (DRV), which is adaptive image sensing driven by a computer or human operator's response to changing scenery. The system reduces the amount of irrelevant video information sensed and thus achieves more effective bandwidth and computational resource utilization, as compared to traditional vision systems. One or more reconfigurable photodetector arrays sensitive to either visible, infrared or ultraviolet radiation are present in the DRV system. These photodetector arrays feature on-chip means for spatial and temporal data reduction implemented through multiple independently controllable, time-correlated, frequently overlapping windows on the photodetector array that may be programmed according to their size, location, resolution, integration time, and frame rate. All photodetector array windows are dynamically reconfigurable in real time on a frame-by-frame basis. Furthermore, a DRV system is constructed in a client-server architecture in which a vision processor client passes window request command messages to the reconfigurable photodetector array server, which in turn delivers the requested video back to the client processor. The ability to simultaneously reconfigure, integrate, process, and readout multiple photodetector array video windows is an important characteristic of the DRV system.

An access point (AP) and a communication system are provided. The access point comprises at least but not limited to a transceiver, a network connection unit, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured for the following steps. The AP receives channel access requests of the user equipments (UEs) from the UEs. Next, the AP transmits a channel request data according to QoS requirements of plurality of channel access requests of the UEs to the server. Afterward, the AP receives resource allocation information associated with the channel request data from the server, wherein the resource allocation information comprises an allocated result of physical channels and transmission power configurations. Subsequently, the AP allocates the physical channels to the UEs according to the QoS requirements of the channel access requests of the UEs and the resource allocation information.

Applications and other server resources in a computer center are dynamically reprovisioned in response to power consumption and heat dissipation loads. Power consumption and temperature of each of a plurality of data center components which comprise the computer center are monitored. Based on the monitored power consumption and temperature, one or more applications from one or more data center components are relocated to other data center components of the computer center as needed to change power consumption and heat dissipation loads within the computer center. Also, based on the monitored power consumption and temperature, one or more applications running on one or more data center components of the computer center may be rescheduled as needed to change power consumption and heat dissipation loads within the computer center. Cooling devices within the computer center may also be controlled as needed to change heat dissipation loads within the computer center.

A method and apparatus for distributing protocol processing among a plurality of computing platforms. Data communications equipment such as Remote Access Devices, Communication Servers, Terminal Servers, and Dial-up Routers provide single user or large-scale multiple user communication access to various computing environments. The equipment costs and performance of such access equipment is related to the amount of CPU processing capability and memory required to support the desired number of serial communication links. It is common to use protocols that terminate in their entirely in the same processing machine. This invention encompasses methods developed to increase the cost/performance capabilities of the communication equipment that supports these serial links, primarily by means of distributing the protocol processing for higher level protocols across multiple computing platforms, including devices such as modems. Examples of such higher level protocols include PPP, SLIP and RTP.

A system of self-organizing mobile robotic agents (MRAs) in a multi-robotic system (MRS) is disclosed. MRAs cooperate, learn and interact with the environment. The system uses various AI technologies including genetic algorithms, genetic programming and evolving artificial neural networks to develop emergent dynamic behaviors. The collective behaviors of autonomous intelligent robotic agents are applied to numerous applications. The system uses hybrid control architectures. The system also develops dynamic coalitions of groups of autonomous MRAs for formation and reformation in order to perform complex tasks.

Systems and methods for detecting, reporting and repairing of damaged scripts used to obtain financial account information from financial institutions are described, along with systems and methods for improved communications to users of financial software of the status of repair efforts. The systems and methods provide for improved speed in repairing script errors. In some embodiments, the script errors may be detected and repaired before a user even notices and/or reports the script error. In addition, the systems and methods provide for automatic detection and prioritization of script errors in conjunction with enhanced response times to script errors reported by users of financial software. Benefits are provided to the user experience, as well as to the efficiency of and resources required of service providers to repair broken scripts.

A method for transmitting and receiving data over a shared access carrier network with a plurality of user devices is provided. The user devices each have a modem associated therewith and a network interface for communicating over a local network. The method begins by transmitting a query from each one of the user devices over the local network requesting remaining ones of the plurality of user devices to specify available resources pertaining to shared access carrier network connectivity capabilities of the modem associated therewith. A reply is received over the local network in response to the query from each of the remaining user devices. Based on the replies from each of the remaining user devices, at least one of the user devices is selected to serve as a master device that provides connectivity to the shared access carrier system through which the other of the plurality of user devices transmit and receive data.

A grouping based resource allocation method, a method for transmitting a signal using the same, and a grouping based resource allocation controller are disclosed. That is, the method including grouping a plurality of user equipments (UEs) to a predetermined number of groups using feedback information received from the plurality of UEs and dynamically allocating communication resources to the UEs included in the groups according to the group based feedback information and the method for transmitting the signal using the same are disclosed. In addition, a grouping based resource allocation controller including a grouping module and control module for performing the above-described method in a base station is disclosed.

An efficient method and apparatus for storing and retrieving memory ranges is disclosed. A key range that is stored or to be stored is associated with a node in the tree hierarchy encompassing the entire memory address space. All previously stored ranges are listed or otherwise associated with each node, and all possible nodes that may contain ranges that overlap the key range, regardless of starting or ending locations or range length, are found. Partitions are developed in the tree structure of the available address space and the width of the key range (w), the widths of the partitions (d), and the range of offsets in the starting location of the key range with respect to a partition (o) are used to develop a formula that finds a partition suitable for storing the key range. Hashing and dynamic tree building may be used.

A router with a server incorporated to provide services has a problem in that the server's resource cannot be allocated dynamically according to user requests. Service request packets received at a plurality of network interfaces are controlled such that the total bandwidth of the service request packets does not exceed a preset threshold. This makes it possible to process as many service requests from users as possible while limiting a server resource occupied by one service to a fixed amount. The network interfaces are notified of how much of a server resource is occupied by each service. In the case where one service consumes less than its allocated resource amount, the resultant surplus resource is made available to other services by easing the bandwidth control on other services. The above problem is thus solved.

Radio communications apparatus, radio communications system, and base station equipment that effectively utilize the network resources of both an ad-hoc network and a mobile communications network to increase the efficiency of and optimize the networks, thereby improving the communication capacity and throughput of the networks as a whole. The radio communications apparatus (UE1) employs TDD-CDMA system for communications with a base station (30) of the mobile communications network, and also employs the TDD-CDMA system, which is common to the base station, for communications with other radio communications apparatuses in the ad-hoc network, while using the same frequency band. Communications paths for communicating with the base station equipment include a first communications path for directly communicating with the base station and a second communications path for communicating with the base station equipment via another radio communications apparatus (UE2, UE3 or the like) in the ad-hoc network. The radio communications apparatus (UE1) uses one of those communications paths, which is designated by the base station equipment, to communicate with the base station equipment.