664 results about "Single server" patented technology

Pushing data to mobile devices can be problematic because mobile platforms may support a number push services, each of which have different cost and reliability characteristics. The problem of being able to push data to multiple different types of mobile devices from a single server is solved by a push service aggregator supporting multiple push services. Upon receiving a push request, one or more push services are selected for pushing data to a client. The selection may be based on a delivery profile included with the push request, information about the client, past performance of the push services, current status of the push services, or combinations of these. The status of the push may be tracked and monitored so as to retry in the case of non-delivery.

An application service provider system for retrieving and displaying web analytic data, or segmentation workbench, comprises a server and several client computing devices. The server includes a web analytics tool. Each of the clients preferably includes a web analytics client for communication with the server. The application service provider system is architecture allows web analytics service to be provided to users with an application service provider where the web traffic information for different users can be segregated and share a single server while communicating with different clients of different user companies. The present invention also includes a number of methods for retrieving and presenting web analytics data

A method and system is disclosed for resolving a single server bottleneck. Logically associated data is typically collocated within a single filesystem or a single block device accessible via a single storage server. A single storage server can provide a limited I / O bandwidth, which creates a problem known as “single I / O node” bottleneck. The method and system provides techniques for spreading I / O workload over multiple I / O domains, both local and remote, while at the same time increasing operational mobility and data redundancy. Both file and block level I / O access are addressed.

A system and method for processing form documents across a communications network that includes a first access device, a second access device and a form server is provided that includes the steps of receiving one or more requests from an operator of the first access device to process a form document, determining whether the operator of the first access device is authorized to process the document, receiving one or more responses including information from the first operator to complete the form, receiving one or more requests from an operator of the second access device to process the form document, determining whether the operator of the second access device is authorized process document, and receiving one or more responses from the second operator including information to complete the form. The system may determine whether the operators of the access devices have the proper credentials to access or modify a particular form document or particular section of a form document. The system may require submission of a digital signature by an operator and record the date and time the digital signature was submitted and not permit the form to be modified until an additional digital signature is submitted and an additional date and time recorded.

Execution of a restartable sub-tree of a query execution plan comprises determining whether use of parallel processes is a preferred or optimal mode of executing the sub-tree. The determination is based, at least in part, on how long it takes to restart the sub-tree using two or more parallel processes and / or how long it takes to probe the sub-tree, i.e., to fetch a row that meets one or more conditions or correlations associated with the sub-query, using the two or more parallel processes. Thus, a dynamic computational cost-based operation is described, which determines at query runtime whether to execute the restartable sub-tree using a single server process or multiple parallel server processes.

Methods and systems for out-of-application bytecode instrumentation and performance monitoring of applications, such as globally-distributed applications, decouple (1) acquiring measurements through sensor execution at applications; (2) instrumenting application bytecode with sensor bytecode and buffering and sending measurements at collector nodes; and (3) controlling instrumentation and correlating measurements at a central monitoring node. Collector nodes and applications may employ secured, high bandwidth network connections (e.g., a typical LAN connection). Collector nodes and the central monitoring node may employ non-secured, lower-bandwidth network connections (e.g., a typical WAN connection) and may use encryption and / or compression without burdening the monitored application. Multiple parallel instrumentation engines in collector nodes eliminate the possible instrumentation bottleneck presented by one centralized instrumentation engine in a single server. Moreover, decentralized buffering of monitoring event data allows management of peak measurement loads on the monitoring node.

An embodiment of a system and method for providing video on demand provides pre-scheduled multicasts of videos as well as dynamically initiated transmissions of the front portion of videos. Users may first receive a dynamically initiated front portion of a video and then be merged into a pre-scheduled multicast. Preferably, the dynamically initiated transmission is also a multicast. Preferably, multiple admission controllers and a single server coordinate the dynamically initiated transmissions for any one video. Preferably, interactive controls are supported without requiring extra server-side resources. Preferably, latency is automatically equalized between users admitted via the pre-scheduled and the dynamically initiated transmissions. Preferably, a user receiving a video via a pre-scheduled multicast does not need to change channels to finish receiving the video transmitted. Preferably, a module can model and quickly estimate expected latency given system parameters such as number and allocation of channels and expected user arrival time(s).

A method for transferring a digital payment order from a first terminal device to a second terminal device, and for saving the payment order on a payment order server. A payment order request is sent from the first terminal device to the payment order server and, in response, the requested payment order is sent from the payment order server to the first terminal device. The payment order is thereafter transmitted from the first terminal device to the second terminal device, and the payment order is then transferred from the second terminal device to the payment order server to be honored. A message confirming the honoring of the payment order is sent to the second terminal device.

The present invention is directed to systems and methods of creating and deploying electronic forms for collecting information from a user using a browser, where the browser may be one of a plurality of browser platforms. Characteristics of forms are entered by a human designer using a form designer by using drag-and-drop operations, and stored in XML template files. The form may be previewed by the designer. When a user on the Internet (or an intranet) requests a form by a browser, the characteristics of the browser are sensed and a form appropriate for the browser is deployed to the browser by a form server. Information is then captured from the user. The form may also be saved or printed.

A distributed policy model for access control is disclosed. In an enterprise-only mode, each node within a networking environment has its resource access governed by the same enterprise-wide policy. The enterprise-wide policy is set through creation of one or more enterprise policy objects. In an integrated mode, nodes are organized in a number of arrays. Each array has an array-wide policy set through creation of an array policy object. Each array-wide policy initially inherits the enterprise-wide policy. Additional resource access and protocol use restrictions can be added to the individual array-wide policies. In an array-only mode, each array has an array-wide policy also set through creation of an array policy object, but the policy does not necessarily initially inherit an enterprise-wide policy. In a stand-alone mode, a single server has its own policy.

The invention is a centralized server-based system containing a database with relevant information regarding features, parameters, and characteristics of a particular irrigation system, which utilizes proprietary irrigation software to control a plurality of field modules, at one or more remote locations, via a network bridge adapter. An irrigation system may comprise a single server, or multiple servers that may be configured so that control of the entire system is centralized, and control of one or multiple irrigation locations may be accomplished remotely by wirelessly accessing, monitoring and controlling a location's field module matrix.

A method for assigning servers to provide multiple description bitstreams to a mobile client (in a mobile client environment) or to a fixed client (in a fixed client environment). In one embodiment, the present invention, upon receiving a request from a mobile client to have media data streamed thereto, analyzes a plurality of servers to determine a first candidate server for providing a first multiple description bitstream to the base station along a first path. The present method also determines a second candidate server for providing a second multiple description bitstream to the base station along a second path. The present method then sends a request to the first candidate server to provide the first multiple description bitstream to a mobile client through a base station along the first path, and also sends a request to the second candidate server to provide the second multiple description bitstream to the mobile client through the same base station along a second path. In another embodiment, there are two separate paths from two separate servers to two separate base stations and then from each base station there is a separate path to the mobile client. In still another embodiment, there are two paths from a single server to two separate base stations and then from each base station there is a separate path to the mobile client. In one fixed client embodiment, the present invention is able to assign a plurality of servers to provide a plurality of MD bitstreams to the fixed client.

A system that automates the creation of websites for organizations that share similar organizational structure and for which publicly accessible information is available. The system automatically populates web pages with content derived from information gathered from public sources in addition to content that is developed for each type of organization. The system also acts as a dynamic web site hosting system to deliver the web sites to the public via the Internet. The system also acts as a web site maintenance system which allows authorized users the ability to add and delete web pages, edit the content of web pages, add sections to the web site, and add other features to web pages such as calendars, blogs, forms and image galleries, all using an ordinary web browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox without the need to install additional software on a client computer. All information including web page content, user identification information, and organization information, is stored in databases and files such that a single server computer can host multiple school web sites with a single instance of software installed on the server. A web-based application named “slates” is presented as an alternative way of adding and managing editorial content on web pages.

In an information handling system, an application operating on an elements of a the information handling system having one or more RAID systems is used to monitor the number of client devices and other operational aspects of the system. The application is constructed and arranged to determine and implement the best cache policy for the RAID systems in order to maximize the desired operational characteristics of the information handling system. The application can operate on a single server or RAID system device, or the application can operate on a separate device to control the cache policies of one or more servers.

The invention is an irrigation field module matrix configured for wireless communication with a central control server. The central control server contains a database with relevant information regarding features, parameters, and characteristics of a particular irrigation system. This system utilizes proprietary irrigation software to control a plurality of field modules, at one or more remote locations, via a network bridge adapter. An irrigation system may comprise a single server, or multiple servers that may be configured so that control of the entire system is centralized, and control of one or multiple irrigation locations may be accomplished remotely by wirelessly accessing, monitoring and controlling a location's field module matrix.

The invention discloses a cloud computing system reliability modeling method considering a common cause fault, and belongs to the technical field of network reliability. The method comprises the steps of determining a state combination of a similar single server of a cloud computing system and performing simplification; calculating an existence probability of the simplified state combination of the similar single server by adopting a fault tree method; determining state combinations of similar servers of the cloud computing system, performing simplification, and calculating an existence probability of each state combination; enumerating state combinations of different servers of the cloud computing system, and calculating an existence probability of each state combination; and according to the state space of the cloud computing system, calculating the system reliability according to a given demand. According to the method, a common cause fault of all virtual machines running in the servers, caused by server faults, is considered, the state space modeling is adopted, and the state space is simplified, so that the problem of state space explosion during system scale increment is solved and the modeling efficiency is improved.

The invention is a centralized server-based system containing a database with relevant information regarding features, parameters, and characteristics of a particular irrigation system, which utilizes proprietary irrigation software to control a plurality of field modules, at one or more remote locations, via a network bridge adapter. An irrigation system may comprise a single server, or multiple servers that may be configured so that control of the entire system is centralized, and control of one or multiple irrigation locations may be accomplished remotely by wirelessly accessing, monitoring and controlling a location's field module matrix.

A method of operating a node of a computer network which uses a plurality of servers, by determining that one of the servers has degraded health due to software aging, assigning tasks to the other servers while reducing workload at the first server, rejuvenating the first server once its workload has terminated and, after rejuvenation, assigning tasks to the first server. The servers are clustered to provide service based on a single server address (TCP / IP). The node may include a gateway interface which receives the server requests and passes them on to a dispatcher at the node. Tasks are assigned in response to health-related messages sent by the servers and received by a workload monitor agent of the dispatcher.

A data delivery terminal (12) is connected to a delivery server (18) via a radio base station (14) and a cellular phone network (16). A user can input reservation information of content data (music data) by operating an operation panel on the data delivery terminal (12). For example, the reservation information includes a date and time of download and a title name of music data, connection information (DAP-TEL) to an access point (DAP) for a download server (20) and etc. When such the reservation information is input, the data delivery terminal (12) dials the access point in accordance with the date and time included in the reservation information. When a connection state is established, desired music data is transmitted from the download server (20) such that the music data is downloaded to a memory card attached to the data delivery terminal (12).

Novel methods, devices and systems are described for mapping a variety of Class III game outcomes to a common set of bingo patterns. Each game theme may have a different entertaining display, based upon a corresponding Class III game. Preferably, each game theme will offer game play and paytable percentages closely matching those of the original Class III game. Some implementations provide a system wherein electronic gaming machines presenting entertaining displays of various Class III game themes are linked to a single bingo server. By linking many participating electronic gaming machines to a single server, some implementations of the invention allow all of the progressive contributions to be pooled into one large progressive jackpot, thereby making the game more attractive to players.

A system which enables a plurality of wireless interface devices to be interfaced with a server. The server is configured to communicate with a plurality of wireless interface devices over a radio link. The server may be connected to wither a wired or wireless local area network (LAN).

In an information handling system, an application operating on an elements of a the information handling system having one or more RAID systems is used to monitor the number of client devices and other operational aspects of the system. The application is constructed and arranged to determine and implement the best cache policy for the RAID systems in order to maximize the desired operational characteristics of the information handling system. The application can operate on a single server or RAID system device, or the application can operate on a separate device to control the cache policies of one or more servers.

The invention is an irrigation field module matrix configured for wireless communication with a central control server. The central control server contains a database with relevant information regarding features, parameters, and characteristics of a particular irrigation system. This system utilizes proprietary irrigation software to control a plurality of field modules, at one or more remote locations, via a network bridge adapter. An irrigation system may comprise a single server, or multiple servers that may be configured so that control of the entire system is centralized, and control of one or multiple irrigation locations may be accomplished remotely by wirelessly accessing, monitoring and controlling a location's field module matrix.

A system is for searching a plurality of project databases, including a service including a plurality of project database servers; a multi server single server signon processor for authenticating access by a user to a plurality of the project databases; a domain catalog server including a native server, a place server and a domain catalog; the native server for receiving from the user a search request and accessing the domain catalog with respect to the search request to obtain URLs for a plurality of documents in said project databases served by project servers configured to the domain catalog to which the user is authenticated and satisfying said search request; and the place server responsive to the URLs for building an XML result tree for responding to the search request.

A configuration management system having configuration management functions accessible from an Explorer style interface including a tree view listing of objects within the configuration management system and a list view of components and relationships associated with an object selected from the tree view listing. The interface allows for configuration management functions to be invoked via drag and drop procedures alone, from specialized menus, including pull down and right click windows and pages, and from a combination of drag and drop and menus. A report generator provides for various reports based on selected object types. A web interface allows for configuration management functions to be performed across a network and allow multiple platform access to a single server.

A system for coupling a disk drive to a CPU subsystem to produce a single server unit capable of providing network or other services. Further, a plurality of such server units may be aggregated to create server farms.

Provided is a method and system for payment processing, including emailing a billing statement including an online payment hyperlink to a payer by a biller. The online payment hyperlink includes a payer personalized URL and a token uniquely identifying the payer. The online payment hyperlink is selected by the payer, who is then presented with the biller's online payment form, including pre-populated data fields. The biller's online payment form is reviewed, completed and corrected by the payer, and sent to a secure payment form server.

The invention discloses a big-data parallel computing method and system based on distributed columnar storage. Data which is most often accessed currently is stored by using the NoSQL columnar storage based on a memory, the cache optimizing function is achieved, and quick data query is achieved; a distributed cluster architecture, big data storing demands are met, and the dynamic scalability of the data storage capacity is achieved; combined with a parallel computing framework based on Spark, the data analysis and the parallel operation of a business layer are achieved, and the computing speed is increased; the real-time data visual experience of the large-screen rolling analysis is achieved by using a graph and diagram engine. In the big-data parallel computing method and system, the memory processing performance and the parallel computing advantages of a distributed cloud server are given full play, the bottlenecks of a single server and serial computing performance are overcome, the redundant data transmission between data nodes is avoided, the real-time response speed of the system is increased, and quick big-data analysis is achieved.

Development tools and a methodology for efficient development of distributed web services. A tool tracks changes in packages used to create images deployed for testing. Rather than build a complete image for each change, a current image may be created by substituting changed packages in a previously created image. Another tool allocates components of an image to a number of servers specified by a user of the tool. Such a tool simplifies integration testing of the web service by allowing a developer to initially test a web service on a single server or a small number of servers and then easily scale-up the test environment. The servers may be physical servers or may be virtual servers. Interface rules for packages that constitute the software for the web service are defined to reduce the likelihood of integration problems as the environment is scaled up.

Metadata pertaining to real data stored in at least one database (DB) are collected and managed at a single meta DB server, and metadata that match a retrieval request are extracted by search of the meta DB server. Even when a plurality of DBs and DB servers for managing DBs are present on a network, all metadata that match the retrieval request can be extracted independently of the DBs that the metadata pertain to. Hence, all data that match a retrieval request can be obtained from a single server, independently of the actual locations of the distributed DBs and DB servers.