933 results about "Computer management" patented technology

A system including a computerized shopping cart that includes a closed mechanical cart (1) which interconnects/disconnects to units for the insertion/storage of products upon manual command managed by a shopping computer aimed at managing shopping problems and controlling all electronic functions, i.e. automatic system for optically scanning (7) bar codes (UPC/EAN standard), one for checking (8) the correctness of the customer's operations, one emitting the intelligent multimedia commercial message, one for the wireless exchange of data with the outside, for use in supermarkets. The system provides shopping info (8) (list of products on sale, location, price, other), or of the product being purchased (price, whether it is on sale, partial groceries bill), or already purchased (list of purchased items) or to be purchased (remaining shopping list), guided by appropriate interactive messages (acoustic, visual.

An object of this invention is to facilitate the workload management of a virtual server by an administrator in environment that a plurality of virtual computers configuring a single or a plurality of task systems are distributed among a plurality of physical computers. To achieve the object, there is provided a computer management method based upon a computer management method in a computer system having a plurality of physical computers, a plurality of virtual computers operated in the physical computer and a management computer connected to the physical computer via a network and characterized in that specification for performance allocated every group is accepted, the performance of the physical computers is acquired and the performance of the specified group is allocated to the virtual computers included in the group based upon the acquired performance of the physical computers.

A host console and method for use with an electronic card table is disclosed. The electronic card table has plurality of electronic player interaction areas located around a periphery of the table and a game computer. The game computer administers the electronic card table and is coupled to the plurality of electronic player interaction areas. The host console is connected to the game computer. The host console includes a host display, a host interface, and a host controller. The host controller is coupled to the host display and the host interface and allows the host to display information related to the card game and to pause and/or stop the game, to reserve seats at a table and to penalize players.

The present invention provides an intelligent, modular multimedia computer management system for coupling a series of remote computers to one or more user workstations to allow each user workstation to selectively access and control one or more remote computers. The computer management system incorporates a centralized switching system that receives keyboard, cursor control device, audio, and auxiliary peripheral device signals from the user workstation and transmits and applies the signals to the remote computer in the same manner as if the keyboard, cursor control device, audio input source, or auxiliary peripheral device of the user workstation were directly coupled to the remote computer. Also, the user workstation receives audio signals and auxiliary peripheral device signals from the remote computer. In addition, the multimedia computer management system transmits video signals from the remote computer over an extended range for display on the video monitor of the user workstation.

A computer system models human memory by deriving associations between objects, events, and the context of the computer user or users. These associations can be dynamically generated, changing depending on the behavior of the user and context. Examples of areas in which this system can be used include time management (e.g., a calendar that presents time-based groupings of objects), people management (e.g., use analysis of user communications to rank importance of people to the user, groupings, and associations between people/groups and other objects such as documents, email), and general computer management (e.g., use analysis of user behavior to identify important objects and objects that are related to a current focus and context of the computer user).

An Internet-based system and method is set forth for managing a number of uninterruptible power supply systems. The system includes an uninterruptible power supply manager computer coupled to a number of user computers via a computer network. The manager computer is further coupled to the number of uninterruptible power supply systems via the computer network. The manager computer can communicate with the number of uninterruptible power supply systems to obtain inventory and/or status information related to each of the uninterruptible power supply systems. The inventory and/or status information is contained in a database defined on the manager computer. An inventory engine, which is included in the computer manager, can configure and arrange the inventory and/or status information into a number of reports.

The present invention discloses a remote network management system for coupling a series of remote serial devices, servers, and computers to one or more user workstations allowing for selective access of the remote devices. The remote serial devices, servers, and computers are all connected to a remote management unit which interfaces the user workstations to the remote devices. The power supply of each remote device is also connected to the remote management unit through a controllable power supply. The video from the remote networking equipment is digitized and optimized by an LCD controller located within the remote management unit before it is compressed for transmission. An option menu containing a menu of all the remote devices allows a user to select and operate any of the remote devices. The option menu is also utilizes to selectively control the power to the remote serial devices, servers, and computers.

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to computer-management tools and utilities that allow computer users to save and restore current application-level runtime states of computational environments created by users on computer systems. Certain embodiments of the present invention are particularly directed to time-and-memory efficient state-saving and state-restoring tools and utilities that allow a user to save snapshots of the user's application-level runtime environment, to manage and review stored snapshots, and to subsequently restore the application-level runtime state of a computer system from a previously saved snapshot.

A Redundancy Group includes one or more functionally equivalent resources, and is employed in the dynamic reconfiguration of resources. This enables a business application associated with the resources to be actively managed during runtime.

A system and method for controlling computer resources on an interconnected system via an extensible and dynamic rule set. The extensible and dynamic rule set is capable of both monitoring and modifying the condition and operation of the interconnected system. An editor provides the ability to create, delete or modify the individual rules within the extensible and dynamic rules set. An engine is used to trigger individual rules. A rule may be created, deleted, modified or compiled without the recompilation of the engine. Such rules are triggered when conditions specified in the rule are found to exist on the interconnected system. When such conditions exist, the rule is triggered and the operation of the interconnected system is modified as specified in the rule.

The invention provides a network online examination management information system and relates to a computer management system. The system is provided with a student examination unit, a system administrator unit and a teacher test paper management unit under a B/S (browser/ server) network architecture, wherein the student examination unit realizes online test paper finishing, test score query and personal password modification operation; the system administrator unit realizes teacher information maintenance, student information maintenance, test question bank maintenance and online examination management operation; and the teacher test paper management unit comprises a subject manager module and a course teacher module, wherein the subject manager module can carry out test question adding, test question deleting and test question modification operation, and the course teacher module can carry out test paper organization, generated test paper checking, test paper evaluation and scored or unscored test paper checking. According to the system, examination cost is reduced; the problem of workload of examination work is solved; paper-free examination is realized; the problems of examination cheating and test paper revealing do not exist; and answer safety and examination fairness are ensured.

An integrated computer management apparatus allowing a networked administrator to manage a computer via multiple connection types and protocols. A preferred embodiment of the device has a network connection for the administrative users, coupled via an internal Ethernet switch and a processor to keyboard-video-mouse, serial, and Ethernet computer connections. Depending on hardware characteristics, operational status, OS, and administrator preferences any of these may be used to provide remote computer system management functions. Software running on the processor can provide direct logical connection between the remote administrator and a management port; may serve web pages graphically interpreting data gleaned from one or more of the connections; can provide protocol translation or proxy services; or locally execute an intelligent management agent. The device can be physically small enough to be supported by its connecting cables, and receives power from the attached computer.

A host console and method for use with an electronic card table is disclosed. The electronic card table has plurality of electronic player interaction areas located around a periphery of the table and a game computer. The game computer administers the electronic card table and is coupled to the plurality of electronic player interaction areas. The host console is connected to the game computer. The host console includes a host display, a host interface, and a host controller. The host controller is coupled to the host display and the host interface and allows the host to replay a previous hand of an electronic card game.

A method of managing a print job from a computer includes the steps of transmitting print job information to a printer, storing the print job information in a storage device separate from the printer, prompting a user to enter identification information at the computer, which is separate from the printer, and comparing the identification information with information stored in the storage device. The method can also include the steps of validating the identification information, displaying the print job information at the computer, editing the print job information at the computer, updating the storage device with edited print job information, and transmitting to the printer the edited print job information. The method can be implemented using a remote manager residing on a computer connected to the printer via a network. A computer program product, and a graphical user interface for managing a document server print job are also disclosed.

A Computer Managed Learning System (CMLS) and process are provided by which an information database is produced by formatting the information to be learned into units; inputting the units of information into a computer system; storing the units of information in discrete locations on a storage media; and, assigning to each unit an Importance Rank, a provisional Individualized Difficulty Rank (IDR), a provisional Individualized Urgency Rank (IUR), a provisional Population Difficulty Rank (PDR) and a provisional Population Urgency Rank (PUR), which are also stored in discrete locations on storage media. When a student accesses the database, the student may elect to filter the units by specifying subject matter and/or ranges for IDR, Importance-rank and IUR, or combinations or permutations thereof. The system selects the appropriate units from the database according to the filtering criteria input by the student. The selected units are sorted into random order by the system and then displayed in that order by an output device. The student responds to the information displayed, a determination is made as to whether the student's response was satisfactory, and the system re-calculates the IDR, PDR, IUR and PUR values of the unit according to whether or not the student's response was satisfactory. The new IDR, PDR, IUR and PUR values are stored in their respective locations on the storage media to be used for subsequent filtering and tagging procedures, and the process is repeated as necessary until the required level of learning has been achieved.

The invention discloses a personnel information comprehensive management system. The system comprises a personnel management module, an attendance management module, a salary and bonus distribution management module and a personnel comprehensive achievement management module. A management system is a basis of an enterprise, and execution power is guarantee for development of the enterprise. The enterprise is not in lack of the system but in lack of the execution of the system; the system is quantized by using an informationalized technical means and the execution is measured by using tracing supervision, the measuring result is related to personal interest; the system is a means for carrying out the system powerfully. Total factor management of personnel can be realized through the system; the enterprise management is both rigid and flexible and is performed well through the rigidness of computer management and the flexibility of manual management of the personnel information comprehensive management system, the national laws and regulations and the system of the enterprise are effectively implemented, the power of a manager is supervised, the personnel can work in a good management environment of the enterprise, finally healthy, harmonious and positive development of the enterprise is realized, employee benefit, the efficiency of the enterprise is increased, and the nation is stable.

A multi-media method and system performs psychological assessment of an individual for suitability for particular jobs, whereby the individual is shown and provided with discrete visual and auditory stimuli on a multi-media computer screen, so that the individual's responses can be monitored in conjunction with physiological responses received by biofeedback sensors. The computer tallies the test subject's recorded responses. Virtual work environments are optionally displayed, to enable the tested individual to simulate a real work environment. Unlike other job evaluation systems, the system evaluates a job candidate's ability to maintain task focus under pressure. It directly measures performance under pressure, rather than only inferring potential performance based upon selective input from a job candidate.

The present invention discloses an option menu for use with a computer management system. In operation, the option menu circuit combines or organizes a plurality of video signals generated by various OSD ICs to provide an option menu that is capable of various modes of operation. The option menu circuit is capable of displaying the option menu alone or in place of a portion of the video received from the selected connected computer. The option menu produced by the option menu circuit provides, inter alia, a list of computers that may be accessed by the computer management system. By utilizing a keyboard and/or cursor control device, a user may select the desired computer from the option menu.

The present invention discloses a composition method of a gantry four-dimensional automatic measurement platform for detecting photochromic performance of display screens and a gantry four-dimensional automatic measurement platform using the method. The present invention relates to the automatic measuring technology of the photochromic performance of display screens, and comprises a platform base, a gantry frame, an X-axis moving mechanism, a Y-axis moving mechanism, a Z-axis lifting mechanism, and a display screen-carrying rotating platform. By moving the mechanisms to control the circuit, the four-dimensional automatic measurement platform for detecting photochromic performance of display screens is flexibly controlled to accomplish the three-dimensional move of the photochromic measuring instrument and the accurate one-dimensional rotation of the display screen to be measured, the present invention is characterized in stable movement of the photochromic measuring instrument, small rotation radium of the display screen, novel structure, small driving power needed, small size, light weight, low cost, rapid measuring speed, high reliability and so on. The present invention can be widely applied to the photochromic automatic detecting system of LCD or LED television screen, display screen, or mobile phone screen and so on, and the present invention can precisely adjust the coordinate position of the test points and the angle of the display screen intelligently according to the detecting requirement of photochromic performance of the display screens under the computer management, and rapidly accomplish the detection of photochromic performance.

The invention belongs to the field of distributed computing, and provides a multiple application function asynchronous concurrent scheduling method, which is applied to a distributed computing management platform. The distributed computing management platform combines the time consumption characteristic and number of the computing tasks of each application function and the scale and performance information of a computer cluster node, realizes the computing operation of each application function by independently setting a proper computing operation scheduling grain size for each application function, and adds the computing operation into the scheduling sequence of the distributed computer management platform to realize the computing task asynchronous concurrent submission of the plurality of application functions, the uniform scheduling of the computing operation of the plurality of application functions and the computing result asynchronous recovery of the plurality of application functions, thereby fully utilizing the computing performance of the computer cluster and reducing computing time.

An apparatus and a method for computer management are provided. In the present invention, the baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of a plurality of baseboards are connected through a network. A broadcasting packet is sent to each BMC by switching a virtual local area network (VLAN) so as to obtain a default Internet protocol address (IP address) and a media access control address (MAC address) of each BMC and reset the IP addresses of the BMCs with particular IP addresses. Therefore, in a subsequent management function, a control instruction can be sent to each BMC directly for controlling the BMCs to execute particular functions.