02nd week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180011630 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are provided. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit to output a first area thereon, the first area including a function icon, and a controller to detect setting information related to the function icon, on the basis of a touch degree of a first touch input applied to the function icon, wherein the controller applies the detected setting information to a setting of at least one application corresponding to at least one icon included in a second area, different from the first area, when a second touch input succeeding the first touch input is to applied to the second area. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011631 | FLOATING SOFT TRIGGER FOR TOUCH DISPLAYS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device ( | 2018-01-11 |
20180011632 | DATA MANAGEMENT IN MULTIPLY-WRITEABLE FLASH MEMORIES - According to the present disclosure is provided a device and method for mapping management in a flash memory based on partitioning the memory to a main address space and a substitute space, each partition comprising locations in the memory that are denoted by at least three statues according to which locations are mapped from the main space to the substitute space while responsively modifying the statuses. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011633 | SOLID STATE DRIVE DEVICES AND STORAGE SYSTEMS HAVING THE SAME - A solid state drive (SSD) device includes a first nonvolatile memory package, a second nonvolatile memory package, and a controller. The first nonvolatile memory package includes a first buffer chip and a plurality of first nonvolatile memory chips. The second nonvolatile memory package includes a plurality of second nonvolatile memory chips. The controller controls the first nonvolatile memory package and the second nonvolatile memory package. The first buffer chip communicates a first address signal and a first data with the controller, and selectively communicates the first data with one of the plurality of first nonvolatile memory chips and the plurality of second nonvolatile memory chips based on the first address signal. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011634 | SELECTIVE WRITE CONTROL - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for selective write control in accordance with the present description. In one aspect, a write operation which is associated with a read operation, may be selectively discarded if write operations have been disabled and if the write operation is directed to update a designated write operation acceptance area such as metadata associated with the target data set, for example. As a result, the read operation may be permitted to proceed and will not fail because the associated write operation was discarded rather than attempting to commit the write operation to the designated write operation acceptance area, thereby avoiding an error condition for a storage unit such as a volume, in which write operations have been disabled. Accordingly, applications which seek to perform read operations may be permitted to access data stored on such a volume. Other aspects are described. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011635 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory device according to the present disclosure includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of planes; a command processing unit configured to generate an internal command to be executed by at feast one plane among the plurality of planes on the basis of external commands received from an external controller; a status register configured to store status information of the external commands by a tag included in the external command according to results of performing the internal command. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACCESSING A MEMORY - An information processing apparatus includes a memory, a processor, and a memory control circuit configured to execute receiving first data from the processor, receive a request that requires to restrict a change in write order of a plurality of pieces of data including the first data to the first memory, determine whether a storing process of the first data into a buffer is executed, transmit a notification to the processor when the storing process of the first data into the buffer is executed, receive second data included in the plurality of pieces of data transmitted from the processor based on the notification, store the second data into the buffer, execute a first writing process of writing the first data stored in the buffer to the memory, and execute a second writing process of writing the second data stored in the buffer to the memory after the first writing process. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011637 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA STORAGE METHOD - A data storage device utilized for storing a plurality of data includes a memory and a controller. The memory includes a plurality of blocks, and each of the blocks includes a plurality of physical pages. The controller is coupled to the memory. When the data storage device is initiated, or when the data size read by a host is greater than a threshold value, the controller inspects the status of the data stored by the physical pages of the memory. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011638 | MEMORY RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a memory resource optimization method and apparatus, relate to the computer field, solve a problem that existing multi-level memory resources affect each other, and optimize an existing single partitioning mechanism. A specific solution is: obtaining performance data of each program in a working set by using a page coloring technology, obtaining a category of each program in light of a memory access frequency, selecting, according to the category of each program, a page coloring-based partitioning policy corresponding to the working set, and writing the page coloring-based partitioning policy to an operating system kernel, to complete corresponding page coloring-based partitioning processing. The present invention is used to eliminate or reduce mutual interference of processes or threads on a memory resource in light of a feature of the working set, thereby improving overall performance of a computer. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011639 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR TRANSPARENTLY INSERTING A VIRTUAL STORAGE LAYER IN A FIBRE CHANNEL BASED STORAGE AREA NETWORK WHILE MAINTAINING CONTINUOUS INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATIONS - A method of transparently inserting a virtual storage layer into a Fibre channel based storage area network (SAN) while maintaining continuous I/O operations is provided. A device is inserted between a host entity and a first storage device. The device identifies a plurality of first paths between the host entity and the first storage device, and defines a plurality of second paths by defining, for each first path among the plurality of first paths, a corresponding second path between the host entity and a second storage device. The device determines, for each of the plurality of first paths, a respective first state. The device establishes, for each of the second paths among the plurality of second paths, a second state based on the first state of the corresponding first path. The device redirects, to the second storage device, communications directed from the host entity to the first storage device, via the plurality of second paths. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011640 | STORAGE SYSTEM, STORAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A storage system includes a first storage apparatus including a first storage portion and a second storage portion, a second storage apparatus including a third storage portion and a fourth storage portion, and a storage management apparatus including a processor configured to control the first storage apparatus in an active state and control the second storage apparatus in a standby state, cause the first storage apparatus to execute first data relocation processing, cause the second storage apparatus to execute second data relocation processing, cause the first storage apparatus to suspend the first data relocation processing and cause the second storage apparatus to continue the second data relocation processing, switch the first storage apparatus from the active state to the standby state and switch the second storage apparatus from the standby state to the active state, and cause the first storage apparatus to resume the first data relocation processing. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011641 | MITIGATING GC EFFECT IN A RAID CONFIGURATION - A system and method for managing garbage collection in Solid State Drives (SSDs) in a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) configuration, using a RAID controller is described. A control logic can control read and write requests for the SSDs in the RAID configuration. A selection logic can select an SSD for garbage collection. Setup logic can instruct the selected SSD to enter a garbage collection setup phase. An execute logic can instruct the selected SSD to enter and exit the garbage collection execute phase. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011642 | STORAGE UNIT - A storage unit according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a storage controller and a plurality of storage devices. Each storage device has nonvolatile semiconductor memories serving as storage media. The controller of each storage device diagnoses the state of degradation of the nonvolatile semiconductor memories, and if one of the nonvolatile semiconductor memories is expected to be nearing end of life, then the controller copies the data stored in that degraded nonvolatile semiconductor memory to another nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and then performs shutdown processing for the degraded nonvolatile semiconductor memory, as well as storage capacity reduction processing. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011643 | AUTOMATED STORAGE TARGET SELECTION FOR DATA BACKUP - In one embodiment, automated storage target selection includes automatically selecting a storage node of a plurality of candidate storage nodes as a function of a plurality of selection criteria. Further, a backup data object is transmitted to the selected storage node. In one embodiment, selecting a storage node includes retrieving stored user-defined parameters for selection criteria for selecting a storage node, retrieving storage node-defined parameters for selection criteria, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters, and selecting a storage node as a function of the comparing. In another aspect of the present description, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters includes broadening a first user-defined parameter to a second user-defined parameter broader than the first user-defined parameter if no candidate storage nodes have a storage node-defined parameter within the first user-defined parameter. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011644 | VALIDATING VIRTUAL HOST BUS ADAPTER FABRIC ZONING IN A STORAGE AREA NETWORK - An aspect of validating vHBA fabric zoning in a SAN includes receiving, by a computer processor, a request for data corresponding to zones in a storage area network to which an initiator in a host system computer has access; instantiating, by the computer processor, a virtual host bus adapter interface on the host system computer; and transmitting, via the virtual host bus adapter interface, the request to a fabric controller in the storage area network. An aspect also includes receiving a current active zone set from the fabric controller; parsing the current active zone set for the initiator; identifying, from the parsing, each of the zones in the current active zone set to which the initiator is indicated; and displaying the identified zones via the computer processor. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011645 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, MEMORY SYSTEM AND REPAIR METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor apparatus may include a fuse cell array, an address generation circuit, a control circuit, and a command generation circuit. The fuse cell array may store a fail address. The address generation circuit may generate a copy address according to test information containing the fail address. The control circuit may control a repair operation including enabling a copy start signal according to the test information and storing the fail address in the fuse cell array according to a copy done signal. The command io generation circuit may generate an address and a plurality of commands for a data copy operation according to the copy start signal and enable the copy done signal when the data copy operation is completed. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011646 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA STORAGE METHOD FOR DETECTING CURRENTLY-USED LOGICAL PAGES - A data storage device utilized for storing a plurality of data includes a memory and a controller. The memory includes a plurality of blocks, and each of the blocks includes a plurality of physical pages. The controller is coupled to the memory and maps the logical pages to the physical pages of the memory. When the controller detects that a first logical page of the logical pages is a currently-used logical page, it detects whether or not the second logical page which belongs to the last logical page of the first logical page is a currently-used logical page in order to find what is truly the last currently-used logical page. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011647 | DATA PROTECTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for logically organizing data for storage and recovery on a data storage medium using a multi-level format are described. Embodiments include systems and methods for protecting data stored on a data storage medium so that the data may be recovered without errors. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011648 | Data Storage Device and Data Maintenance Method - The present invention provides a data storage device including a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory has a plurality of single-level-cell units and a plurality of triple-level cell units. The controller performs a first predetermined number of read processes on a second predetermined number of specific single-level-cell units to program data stored in the second predetermined number of specific single-level-cell units into a specific triple-level cell unit of the triple-level cell units and determines whether any of the second predetermined number of specific single-level-cell units has not been read successfully by any of the read processes when the specific triple-level cell unit cannot be read successfully. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011649 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, when a storage status of a first storage unit is recognized as a protected state, a control unit writes data to a second storage unit. When a read target address is recorded in a data migration log area, the control unit reads data from the second storage unit. When the read target address is not recorded in the data migration log area, the control unit reads data from the first storage unit. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011650 | DIFFERENTIATING OPEN AND ABANDONED TRANSACTIONS IN A SHARED STORAGE ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for enhancing storage recollection in a shared storage system by enabling the recollection procedure to differentiate between open and abandoned transaction. An example method comprises: detecting, by a processing device, a transaction marker of a storage system, the transaction marker being stored on shared storage and indicating a modification of the shared storage is incomplete; determining, in view of a locking data structure on the shared storage, whether the transaction marker is associated with an abandoned modification; in response to the transaction marker being associated with an abandoned modification, releasing a portion of the shared storage associated with the abandoned modification; and destroying the transaction marker. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011651 | RESTRICTED ADDRESS TRANSLATION TO PROTECT AGAINST DEVICE-TLB VULNERABILITIES - An apparatus includes an extended capability register and an input/output (I/O) memory management circuitry. The I/O memory management circuitry is to receive, from an I/O device, an address translation request referencing a guest virtual address associated with a guest virtual address space of a virtual machine. The I/O memory management circuitry may translate the guest virtual address to a guest physical address associated with a guest physical address space of the virtual machine, and, responsive to determining that a value stored by the extended capability register indicates a restrict-translation-request-response (RTRR) mode, transmit, to the I/O device, a translation response having the guest physical address. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011652 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing apparatus includes a memory, a processor, and a setting processor. The memory has plural memory areas, and the plural memory areas include registered memory areas that are registered to be used, and unregistered memory areas that are not registered to be used. The processor stores input data in a corresponding memory area among the plural memory areas. In response to an instruction to perform a setting process related to a function which uses a memory area, the setting processor executes a setting process including registering a memory area selected from among the unregistered memory areas to use the selected memory area for the function or including presenting the selected memory area to a user as a candidate for the memory area used by the function. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011653 | CUSTOM COMMAND FILE FOR EFFICIENT MEMORY UPDATE - Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the updating of memory at a device based upon a custom command file. In embodiments, update or configuration codes or data may be delivered to a device within a download package, and the download package may include a command file. The command file may identify one or more operations that are to be carried out on the memory of the device, and each respective one of the one or more operations may be associated with a subset or portion of the memory of the device. The device may identify the one or more operations and the one or more associated memory areas from the command file, and the device may carry out the one or more operations on only those areas of the device memory that are identified from the command file as being associated with the operations. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011654 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE THAT MONITORS OPERATION OF STORAGE - An information processing device including: a processor configured to collect information on a connected expansion device; and a controller configured to receive the information on the expansion device from the processor, to determine, with respect to a type of an expansion device, whether the expansion device is a specific device that is connected to a storage, and to perform, when the expansion device has been determined to be the specific device, monitoring processing of monitoring an operation of the storage based on information on the storage that is obtained from the specific device. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011655 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DEFINING OBJECT MEMORY FORMAT IN MEMORY AND STORE FOR OBJECT INTERACTIONS, MANIPULATION, AND EXCHANGE IN DISTRIBUTED NETWORK DEVICES - Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to defining a data store format for storing state information related to border-gateway protocol (BGP) routing information base (RIB) entries, BGP Neighbor Tables, intermediate system-intermediate system (IS-IS) adjacencies, Link-State Databases, Interface information, Chassis information, etc in a binary format. A brick data store (BDS) system can define tables, table properties, objects and attributes for an application in the system using configuration files expressed in Java Script Object Notation (JSON). The data format can be uniform across inter-process communication, file and in-memory representation. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011656 | SUPPORTING DATA COMPRESSION USING MATCH SCORING - A processing system is provided that includes a memory for storing an input bit stream and a processing logic, operatively coupled to the memory, to generate a first score based on: a first set of matching data related to a match between a first bit subsequence and a candidate bit subsequence within the input bit stream, and a first distance of the candidate bit subsequence from the first set of matching data. A second score is generated based on a second set of matching data related to a match between a second bit subsequence and the candidate bit subsequence, and a second distance of the candidate bit subsequence from the second set of matching data. A code to replace the first or second bit subsequence in an output bit stream is identified. Selection of the one of the bit subsequences to replace is based on a comparison of the scores. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011657 | USE OF PREDEFINED BLOCK POINTERS TO REDUCE DUPLICATE STORAGE OF CERTAIN DATA IN A STORAGE SUBSYSTEM OF A STORAGE SERVER - A method and system for eliminating the redundant allocation and deallocation of special data on disk, wherein the redundant allocation and deallocation of special data on disk is eliminated by providing an innovate technique for specially allocating special data of a storage system. Specially allocated data is data that is pre-allocated on disk and stored in memory of the storage system. “Special data” may include any pre-decided data, one or more portions of data that exceed a pre-defined sharing threshold, and/or one or more portions of data that have been identified by a user as special. For example, in some embodiments, a zero-filled data block is specially allocated by a storage system. As another example, in some embodiments, a data block whose contents correspond to a particular type document header is specially allocated. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011658 | WRITE ORDER PRESERVING DATA STREAM CONSUMPTION - A system, a method, and a computer program product for scalable processes for write-order preserving data stream consumption. A data partition in a plurality of data partitions of data stream is selected based on a request received from a client processing node. The plurality of data partitions are distributed among a plurality of broker nodes in a distributed messaging system. A broker node in the plurality of broker nodes hosting the selected data partition is identified. The identified broker node provides the selected data partition to the client processing node for performing at least one function. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011659 | AUTOMATED MIGRATION OF FILE RECALLED BY SPECIFIC APPLICATION - In a hierarchical storage memory (HSM), a file recalled by a specific application is migrated as soon as possible after completion of the application process. Specifically, the effective UID of a specific process is preregistered on an HSM client. After a recall operation is performed on a certain file from the user ID, when there is no access from the UID to the file for a given length of time, the file is migrated. This prevents files premigrated by access from any application other than the specific one from being handled in the same way, resolving a disadvantageous problem caused when these (premigrated) files are not desired to be migrated preferentially. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011660 | WRITE TRACKING FOR MEMORIES - In various examples, device comprises a memory and a memory controller. The memory controller comprises a write tracking buffer. The memory controller to: receive a write request bound for the memory, store an entry associated with the write request in the write tracking buffer, and determine an access pattern of the memory. The access pattern indicates a high or a low write bandwidth of the memory. The memory controller to execute the write request bound for the memory based on the determined memory access pattern, complete execution of the write request, and responsive to completing execution of the write request, free the entry associated with the write request from the write tracking buffer. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011661 | DATA LOCALITY IN A HYPERCONVERGED COMPUTING SYSTEM - Some examples describe data locality solutions for a hyperconverged computing system. In an example, a data request may be received at a Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) node amongst a plurality of VSA nodes in a hyperconverged computing system. A determination may be made whether a remapped logical block address (LBA) associated with the data request is included on a first mapping layer on the VSA node. In response to a determination that the remapped LBA associated with the data request is present on the first mapping layer of the VSA node, the remapped LBA may be used to resolve the data request. In response to a determination that the remapped LBA associated with another data request is not present on the first mapping layer of the VSA node, a second mapping layer on the VSA node may be used to resolve the other data request. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011662 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEMORY - Writing time is shortened even in a memory writing time for each access unit is not constant. A writing time prediction information holding unit holds writing time prediction information for predicting the writing time in a plurality of memory modules for each of a plurality of memory modules. A request selecting unit preferentially selects a write request of which longer writing time is predicted out of a plurality of write requests requiring writing in each of a plurality of memory modules on the basis of the writing time prediction information. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011663 | SOLID STATE DRIVE - A memory stores data, a memory interface circuit reads the data from the memory, and an arithmetic circuit performs a prescribed arithmetic operation on the data. A host interface circuit outputs an arithmetic request to the arithmetic circuit, and also outputs a reading instruction to the memory via the memory interface circuit, upon receipt of an arithmetic instruction from a host device. The host interface circuit receives, from the arithmetic circuit, an arithmetic result of the prescribed arithmetic operation performed on the data read from the memory via the memory interface circuit, and outputs the arithmetic result to the host device. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011664 | Flushless Transactional Layer - Writing data to storage utilizing a diverged thread for asynchronous write operations is provided. On a first thread, an analysis engine analyzes and identifies changed information to write to storage and an I/O manager copies the writes into buffers and places the buffers into a queue, while on a second thread, a flushless transactional layer (FTL) drive executes the writes to storage. By allowing the analysis to continue and enqueue writes on a first thread while the writes are written to storage on a second thread, the CPU and I/O of the system are utilized in parallel. Accordingly, efficiency of the computing device is improved. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011665 | DETECTION DEVICE FOR PROHIBITED RELATIONSHIP AMONG SETTING VALUES - A terminal device as a prohibited relationship detection device detects presence or absence of a prohibited relationship, when change of a setting value related to a job condition is received, based on a PJL (Printer Job Language) index table to classify a plurality of configuration items of which input of setting values is received on the terminal device into a plurality of resolve tables, a plurality of resolve PJL tables showing relationship between setting values of which input is received on the terminal device and the PJL values which indicate the setting values of which input is received on the terminal device in the PJL, and an inter resolve PJL table prohibition table which shows a combination of setting values having a prohibited relationship, of which input is received on the terminal device. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011666 | IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE PRINTING METHOD, AND PAYMENT MACHINE - An image printing system includes a plurality of image printing apparatuses each configured to accept a print order and print the image data, a payment machine performing a billing process, and a ticketing machine. If payment at the payment machine is selected, the image printing apparatus issues a first ticket and transmits order details to the payment machine. If payment at a counter is selected, the image printing apparatus | 2018-01-11 |
20180011667 | SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION APPARATUS FOR PRINTING OVER AIR OR FOR PRINTING OVER A NETWORK - Information apparatus and application software supporting printing over air or network are herein disclosed and enabled. The information apparatus may include one or more software components that include (1) a discovery component to discover a supported printer in a local area network (LAN) and to receive device information related to the printer (e.g., capability, language or format supported, identification) from the printer, and (2) a printing component to generate or obtain print data based on the device information received and to transmit the print data to the discovered printer. After establishing the connection to the LAN, application software (e.g., Internet browser, email, photos, documents) in the information apparatus may print digital content by using the discovery component to discover the printer in the LAN, and may use the printing component to obtain and transmit print data in a form that is acceptable to the printer for printing the digital content. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011668 | PRINTING VIA PRINTING DEVICE-INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTIONS - The present disclosure provides a method for printing via printing device-independent instructions. A rendered print job is received from a printer driver. A value of an attribute of the rendered print job is obtained. Determination regarding whether the value of the attribute of the rendered print job corresponds to one of a plurality of values acceptable by a printing device for the attribute is made. In response to a determination that the value is acceptable, the rendered print job is sent directly to the printing device. In response to a determination that the value is not acceptable, the rendered print job is re-rendered with a value acceptable by the printing device for the attribute, and the re-rendered print job is sent to the printing device. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011669 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for coupling to an imaging apparatus that generates a captured image covering substantially a 360-degree field of view and for transmitting an output image to an image forming apparatus includes a setting unit configured to select a type of a polyhedron that is to be constructed by folding a development printed on a medium according to the output image, a converter configured to convert coordinates in the captured image into coordinates in the development that is to be printed on the medium and folded to construct the polyhedron, such that a zenith in the captured image is printed at a topmost point of the polyhedron constructed by folding the development printed on the medium, and an image generator configured to generate the output image based on the converted coordinates. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011670 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING CRIME DETERRENT EFFECTS - A process for displaying crime deterrent effects includes first receiving patrol route information indicating a patrol route taken by a law enforcement patrol and determining a type of the law enforcement patrol. Subsequently, a deterrent effect parameter associated with the law enforcement patrol is determined as a function of the determined type of the law enforcement patrol. Finally, an electronic display is caused to display a cartographic map of a geographic area at least partially including the patrol route taken by the law enforcement patrol and, along the patrol route taken, to display a deterrent effect indicator having a radius, width, size, and/or fade time that varies as a function of the type of the determined deterrent effect parameter. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011671 | SERVER, ITEM PROVIDING SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - Provided is a technique with which it is possible to intuitively notify a user that the user has acquired an item or a right to acquire the item. A server ( | 2018-01-11 |
20180011672 | VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE DISPLAY PROGRAM - According to a vehicle display system, a mobile terminal apparatus includes: a primary-screen-view display section that displays an output screen-view generated with execution of an application on the mobile terminal apparatus as a primary screen-view; a conversion section that converts the primary screen-view into a secondary screen-view complying with a vehicle apparatus; a manipulation layer generation section that generates a manipulation layer to manipulate the application; a state layer generation section that generates a state layer indicating a state of the mobile terminal apparatus; and a transmission section that transmits the secondary screen-view, the manipulation layer, and the state layer to the vehicle apparatus. The vehicle apparatus includes a secondary-screen-view display section that displays the manipulation layer and the state layer on the vehicle apparatus itself together with the secondary screen-view. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011673 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and method for controlling the same, and a display device and method for controlling the same are disclosed. The present invention provides a mobile terminal including a sensing unit, a wireless communication unit for communicating with a display device, a display unit, and a control unit, wherein when detecting that the mobile terminal satisfies a first location condition of a display unit of the display device, the control unit receives, from the display device, a signal corresponding to a first content executed in the display device. Moreover, the invention provides a display device including a sensing unit, a wireless communication unit for communicating with a mobile terminal, a display unit, and a control unit, wherein when the control unit detects that the mobile terminal satisfies a first location condition while running a first content, the control unit transmits information corresponding to the running first content to the mobile terminal. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011674 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a mobile terminal having a plurality of display areas and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a main body having a front surface, a side surface, and a rear surface, a display disposed on the front surface and extending from the front surface to the side surface, a wireless communication unit wirelessly communicating with an external device, and a controller receiving identification information of the external device in response to recognition of the external device, and controlling information output on the touch screen on the basis of the received identification information, wherein, on the basis of the identification information of the external device. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011675 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY ILLUMINATION - According to an example, a system for electronic display illumination comprises a display, a sensor communicatively coupled to the display to detect a user and a user eye gaze, and a processing resource communicatively coupled to the sensor. In some examples, the processing resource may determine an active screen area and an inactive screen area of the display based on the user eye gaze; instruct a display controller to adjust a display value of the inactive screen area; and transmit active screen area data to a secondary display. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011676 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING PLURALITY OF DISPLAYS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to various examples of the present invention, an electronic device for controlling a plurality of displays can comprise: a first display for displaying a first screen; a second display for displaying a second screen; and a control unit for determining attributes of the first screen and the second screen, for determining whether to display, on a display that does not enter into an idle mode, a screen displayed on a display that enters into the idle mode in correspondence to the entry into the idle mode of either the first display or the second display, and for controlling the first display or the second display such that the first screen or the second screen is displayed thereon. In addition, various other examples are possible. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011677 | LED DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an LED display device. The LED display device divides each of LED modules into a plurality of unit blocks. In each of the unit blocks, a display controller transmits image data to be processed in parallel to the corresponding data driver at the same time, and transmits logic signals to the corresponding gate driver, thereby driving the corresponding data driver and then turning on the corresponding LEDs. Therefore, the speed processing the image data of each unit block can be improved, to enhance the visual refresh rate. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011678 | SELECTIVE SHARING FOR COLLABORATIVE APPLICATION USAGE - The present disclosure describes systems, methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for selective sharing during collaborative application usage. The selective sharing system is configured for selectively sharing UI elements in a UI running on a first digital data processor. The system includes a server digital data processor configured to receive, from the first digital data processor, a collection of UI elements. The collection of UI elements may be identified based on at least one of: on one or more markup attributes corresponding to the UI elements, a content position of the UI elements, a UI definition, historical data about the UI running on the first digital data processor, and historical data about a UI running on a second digital data processor. The server digital data processor is configured to transmit, to the second digital data processor, the collection of UI elements. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011679 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display processing apparatus connected to a plurality of information processing terminals through a network, displays first image data received from a first information processing terminal of the information processing terminals on a display in a full-screen display mode in response to a switching request, transmits response information that includes non-display information indicating non-display of image data to a second information processing terminal other than the first information processing terminal in the full-screen display mode, and receives an update request from the second information processing terminal in response to the response information, the update request not including second image data to be transmitted from the second information processing terminal and including predetermined information having a data amount smaller than a data amount of the second image data. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011680 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH MESSAGE INTERCHANGE MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: detecting a message overlap between a current audio message and a message delivery timeframe of a contemporaneous audio message; determining an audio message interchange between the current audio message and a contemporaneous audio message based on a message waveform of the current audio message, a remaining message duration of the current audio message, or a combination thereof; and delivering the current audio message and the contemporaneous audio message based on the audio message interchange. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011681 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing method includes defining a virtual space for immersing a user wearing a head mounted display (HMD). The virtual space includes a viewpoint of the user, a sound collecting object separated from the viewpoint of the user, and a sound source object. The method includes processing sound data based on a relative positional relationship between the sound collecting object and the sound source object. The method includes instructing a sound outputting unit to output a sound based on the processed sound data. The method includes determining whether or not the viewpoint of the user is moved without synchronization with the movement of the HMD. In response to a determination that the viewpoint of the user is moved without synchronization with movement of the HMD, moving the sound collecting object so that the distance between the moved viewpoint of the user and the sound collecting object is decreased. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011682 | VARIABLE COMPUTING ENGINE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA BASED UPON USER BIOMETRICS - A system and method for implementing interactive media content is provided. Interactive media content is received for communication to a user through at least wireless earpieces. User biometrics are measured utilizing the wireless earpieces. A user condition associated with the user biometrics is determined. Branching patterns of the interactive media content are modified in response to the user condition. The interactive content may be a game or story. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011683 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND TERMINAL THEREOF - The present application discloses a data processing method and a terminal thereof. The method includes: obtaining, in real time, target audio data from an on-line source; processing the target audio data using a first audio data processing approach and playing the processed target audio data at the terminal; while playing the processed target audio data: obtaining an audio data processing approach transition instruction, the audio data processing approach transition instruction including a second audio data processing approach and a real-time window of switching from the first audio data processing approach to the second audio data processing approach; in response to the audio data processing approach transition instruction, processing the target audio data received in the real-time window using the first audio data processing approach and the second audio data processing approach separately; and determining output audio data to be played at the terminal during the real-time window. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011684 | Audio Apparatus - An audio apparatus includes: a receiver which receives audio data transmitted by a broadcast method from an external apparatus; a sound emitter which performs sound emission of the audio data received by the receiver; a generator which generates sound emission control information relating to sound emission of other apparatus which can receive the audio data; and a transmitter which transmits the sound emission control information generated by the generator to the other apparatus. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011685 | VOICE COMMAND-DRIVEN DATABASE - A voice command-driven system and computer-implemented method are disclosed for selecting a data item in a list of text-based data items stored in a database using a simple affirmative voice command input without utilizing a connection to a network. The text-based data items in the list are converted to speech using an embedded text-to-speech engine and an audio output of a first converted data item is provided. A listening state is entered into for a predefined pause time to await receipt of the simple affirmative voice command input. If the simple affirmative voice command input is received during the predefined pause time, the first converted data item is selected for processing. If the simple affirmative voice command input is not received during the predefined pause time, an audio output of a next converted data item in the list is provided. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011686 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING PRESET FUNCTION IN WEARABLE ELECTRONIC TERMINAL - A method and device for activating a preset function in a wearable electronic terminal are disclosed. The method comprises: setting a quick activation command corresponding to a preset function of the wearable electronic terminal in the electronic terminal, so that the quick activation command responds to the touching operation of predetermined type by the user on the touch screen of the electronic terminal; when the electronic terminal is in a working state, detecting a touching event received by the touch screen and confirming that a touching operation of predetermined type happened; and invoking the quick activation command corresponding to the touching operation of predetermined type so as to activate the corresponding preset function. The technical solutions of the present disclosure can quickly activate the preset function simply by touching operations of predetermined type on the touch screen of the electronic terminal. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011687 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - Operability of head-mounted display systems is enhanced by incorporating the following: a microphone which receives an utterance input by a person and outputs voice information; a character string generation unit which generates an uttered character string by converting the voice information into a character string; a specific utterance information storage unit which stores specific utterance information that associates at least one program to be started or stopped and/or at least one operating mode to be started or stopped, with specific utterances for starting or stopping each of the programs and/or operating modes; a specific utterance extraction unit which extracts a specific utterance included in the uttered character string with reference to the specific utterance information, and generates an extracted specific utterance signal indicating the extraction result; and a control unit which starts or stops a program or an operating mode with reference to the extracted specific utterance signal. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011688 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED USER INTERFACE - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for a voice-centric virtual or soft keyboard (or keypad). Unlike other keyboards, embodiments of the present disclosure prioritize the voice keyboard, meanwhile providing users with a quick and uniform navigation to other keyboards (e.g., alphabet, punctuations, symbols, emoji's, etc.). In addition, in embodiments, common actions, such as delete and return are also easily accessible. In embodiments, the keyboard is also configurable to allow a user to organize buttons according to their desired use and layout. Embodiments of such a keyboard provide a voice-centric, seamless, and powerful interface experience for users. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011689 | RELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS UTILIZING BIOFEEDBACK INFORMATION - First sensor data may be acquired from a first galvanic skin response sensor monitoring a first user. Second sensor data may be acquired from a second galvanic skin response sensor monitoring a second user. At least one programmable processor may generate a compatibility score between the first user and the second user. The generating may include executing a compatibility algorithm to generate the compatibility score based at least on a comparison of at least one type of response contained in the first sensor data and the second sensor data. A client device may generate an electronic indication of the compatibility score. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011690 | FLASH OPTIMIZED COLUMNAR DATA LAYOUT AND DATA ACCESS ALGORITHMS FOR BIG DATA QUERY ENGINES - A technique relates to flash-optimized data layout of a dataset for queries. Selection columns are stored in flash memory according to a selection optimized layout, where the selection optimized layout is configured to optimize predicate matching and data skipping. The selection optimized layout, for each selection column, is formed by storing a selection column dictionary filled with unique data values in a given selection column, where the unique data values are stored in sorted order in the selection column dictionary. Row position designations are stored corresponding to each row position that the unique data values are present within the given selection column, without duplicating storage of any of the unique data values that occur more than once in the given selection column. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011691 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION APPARATUS, RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A random number acquiring unit | 2018-01-11 |
20180011692 | STOCHASTIC PROCESSING - A system, method, and device for stochastically processing data. There is an architect module operating on a processor configured to manage and control stochastic processing of data, a non-deterministic data pool module configured to provide a stream of non-deterministic values that are not derived from a function, a plurality of functionally equivalent data processing modules each configured to stochastically process data as called upon by the architect module, a data feed configured to feed a data set desired to be stochastically processed, and a structure memory module including a memory storage device and configured to provide sufficient information for the architect module to duplicate a predefined processing architecture and to record a utilized processing architecture. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011693 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ELIMINATE PARTIAL-REDUNDANT VECTOR LOADS - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to eliminate partial-redundant vector load operations. An example apparatus includes a node grouper to associate a vector operation with a node group, a candidate verifier to perform a dependencies test on a subset of the node group, and identify a subset of the node group as a candidate when the subset satisfies the dependencies test, and a code optimizer to determine replacement code based on a characteristic of the candidate in the node group and compare an estimated cost associated with executing the replacement code to a threshold. The example apparatus also includes a code generator to generate machine code using the replacement code when the estimated cost of executing the replacement code satisfies the threshold. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011694 | FIELD PROGRAMMABLE BLOCK SYSTEM DELIVERING CONTEXT-AWARE SERVICES IN RESOURCE-CHALLENGED ENVIRONMENTS - The programmable communication system supports communication between both user devices message broker server(s) using a processor-based programmable modular block device implementing an execution engine and programmed to communicate with other processors through a message broker server using a predefined communication protocol. The block device includes a device port for coupling to sensor(s) and actuator(s), and a communication port to communicate with other processors using said predefined communication protocol. An editor program discovers and acquires information about the block device and about other devices in communication with the block device directly or via a message broker. The editor generates and downloads to the block device a rules-based program based on the acquired information. The block device uses the execution engine to execute the program and thereby obtain information through the ports and provide information and control signals. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011695 | DYNAMICALLY CHANGING INPUT DATA STREAMS PROCESSED BY DATA STREAM LANGUAGE PROGRAMS - An instrumentation analysis system processes data streams by executing instructions specified using a data stream language program. The data stream language allows users to specify a search condition using a find block for identifying the set of data streams processed by the data stream language program. The set of identified data streams may change dynamically. The data stream language allows users to group data streams into sets of data streams based on distinct values of one or more metadata attributes associated with the input data streams. The data stream language allows users to specify a threshold block for determining whether data values of input data streams are outside boundaries specified using low/high thresholds. The elements of the set of data streams input to the threshold block can dynamically change. The low/high threshold values can be specified as data streams and can dynamically change. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011696 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR SCALABLE TRANSLATION CACHING FOR BINARY TRANSLATION SYSTEMS - Technologies for binary translation include a computing device that allocates a translation cache shared by all threads associated with a corresponding execution domain. The computing device assigns a thread to an execution domain, translates original binary code of the thread to generate translated binary code, and installs the translated binary code into the corresponding translation cache for execution. The computing device may allocate a global region cache, generate region metadata associated with the original binary code of a thread, and store the region metadata in the global region cache. The original binary code may be translated using the region metadata. The computing device may allocate a global prototype cache, translate the original binary code of a thread to generate prototype code, and install the prototype code in the global prototype cache. The prototype code may be a non-executable version of the translated binary code. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011697 | REUSABLE DEPLOYMENT PLANS AND DEPENDENCIES THEREOF - Reusability of deployment plans and dependencies thereof. A method defines contracts as between multiple deployment plans, the contracts representing dependencies between them; defines wait task(s) in a first set of the deployment plans, a wait task being associated with a contract and completion of the wait task and progression of a deployment plan in which the wait task is defined being dependent on satisfaction of the contract; defines signal task(s) in a second set of the deployment plans, satisfaction of the contract being based on status of signal task(s); selects a collection of deployment plans for concurrent execution, at least one contract of the contracts representing at least one dependency between the collection; and manages the concurrent execution of the collection. Managing controls progression of the execution by enforcing the at least one contract, which enforces the at least one dependency between the collection in the execution of the collection. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011698 | Automated Configuration and Installation of Virtualized Solutions - An installation system for a multiple device, multiple application solution may include options for installing and configuring one or more of the devices as virtual machines. The installation system may start from bare hardware, install a virtual machine host, and configure one or more devices as virtual machines. The installation system may provide a set of predefined configurations from which an administrator may choose, and some embodiments may provide various algorithms or optimization routines to select an appropriate configuration based on intended uses or other factors. The configurations may be customized to create one or more documents that may be consumed during the installation process to automate many configuration settings. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011699 | MECHANISMS FOR PERFORMING SWITCH UPGRADES USING REMOTE CONTAINERS - Mechanisms for switch upgrades using remote containers. An example system can export, to a server, a state of software processes associated with a first software container at the system. The system can generate a lightweight software container configured to forward traffic associated with the first software container to a second software container at the server, generated based on the state. The system can perform a switchover between the first software container and lightweight software container. The switchover can enable the lightweight software container to forward, to the second container, traffic associated with the first software container. The system can generate a fourth software container based on a snapshot of the second software container, and perform another switchover between the lightweight software container and fourth software container. The switchover can include enabling the fourth software container to handle traffic associated with the first software container, and disabling the lightweight software container. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011700 | PRIORITIZATION OF SOFTWARE PATCHES - Various embodiments of systems, computer program products, and methods for prioritizing software patches are described herein. In an aspect, the software patches are retrieved by querying software repositories. Further, code changes associated with the software patches are determined. One or more instances of bug fix patterns are identified in determined code changes. The software patches are classified based on the identified bug fix patterns. Priorities of the software patches corresponding to the identified instances of the bug fix patterns are determined based on the classification and a pre-defined policy. Upon determining priorities, the software patches are installed based on the priorities. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011701 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPLACING AN APPLICATION INTERFACE OF AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE THEREWITH - A method for replacing an application interface of an electronic cigarette includes the steps of receiving a mode switching request after starting up a system, and displaying a network configuration interface based on the received mode switching request; acquiring a network address of a server when the electronic cigarette is connected to a network, and accessing the server based on the acquired network address of the server automatically; sending a request for downloading interface information to the server, and receiving the interface information from the server based on the request for downloading interface information; and replacing the application interface of the electronic cigarette with the interface information when receiving a request for replacing the application interface of the electronic cigarette. A device for replacing an application interface of an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette are also disclosed. With the method, the device and the electronic cigarette, the application interface of the electronic cigarette can be personalized when required. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011702 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: generate first information including configuration information and/or interface information of a first program of an old version based on code of the first program of the old version, and generate second information including configuration information and/or interface information of the first program of a new version based on code of the first program of the new version; and generate information on compatibility between the first program of the old version and the first program of the new version based on whether there is a difference between the first information and the second information generated by the processor. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011703 | METHOD FOR UPDATING A PLURALITY OF VEHICLES AND ASSEMBLY FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF RAILWAY VEHICLES AND AN ASSOCIATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method for applying a plurality of vehicles each including an onboard server and at least two apparatuses, an onboard server and each of the apparatuses storing initial data, each onboard server being connected to the apparatuses mounted in the same vehicle with a local network. The method includes the steps of transferring modified data, through an extended radiofrequency communication network, from a server on the ground towards the onboard servers, when the modified data have been stored in memory in each onboard server, emitting via the extended network, an updating command, and transmitting modified data to at least one apparatus through the corresponding local network, the modified data replacing, in said apparatus, the initial data. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011704 | DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM FOR MULTI-WIRELESS TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES - The disclosure is directed at a method and apparatus for product development. Many companies are trying to enter markets with new wireless products or by adding wireless connectivity to their existing products. Some of these companies develop the need to build customized hardware that meets specific requirements depending on the application. The system and method of the disclosure provides quicker hardware development cycles to create opportunities to bring products to market faster. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011705 | MELDING OF MEDIATION FLOW SERVICE COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE (SCA) COMPONENTS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for melding mediation and adaptation modules of a service component architecture (SCA) system. A method for melding mediation and adaptation modules of an SCA system can include selecting each of a mediation module and an adaptation module in an integrated development tool executing in memory by a processor of a computer and loading respectively different descriptor files for each of the mediation module and the adaptation module. The method further can include combining descriptors from the different descriptor files into a single descriptor file for a melded module. Finally, the method can include modifying names and wiring descriptors in the single descriptor file for the melded module to account for a combination of the mediation component and the adaptation component in the melded component. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011706 | MACHINE-BASED INSTRUCTION EDITING - Computer software development has produced many advances within computer science and in most aspects of modern society. Even with modern quality control, bug finding, and other code checking applications, computer software is often less than ideal. A developer may write code that is functionally accurate but lacks security, documentation, speed, storage, reusability, or other element that may make a segment of software code less than ideal. Identifying equivalent code and, when found, replacing it with a vetted equivalent promotes the deployment of software that is more robust, secure, usable and reusable, and/or satisfies performance or other objectives. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011707 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING STREAMING ENGINE WITH READ AND READ/ADVANCE OPERAND CODING - A streaming engine employed in a digital signal processor specified a fixed data stream. Once started the data stream is read only and cannot be written. Once fetched the data stream is stored in a first-in-first-out buffer for presentation to functional units in the fixed order. Data use by the functional unit is controlled using the input operand fields of the corresponding instruction. A read only operand coding supplies the data an input of the functional unit. A read/advance operand coding supplies the data and also advances the stream to the next sequential data elements. The read only operand coding permits reuse of data without requiring a register of the register file for temporary storage. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011708 | TECHNIQUES FOR METADATA PROCESSING - Techniques are described for metadata processing that can be used to encode an arbitrary number of security policies for code running on a processor. Metadata may be added to every word in the system and a metadata processing unit may be used that works in parallel with data flow to enforce an arbitrary set of policies. In one aspect, the metadata may be characterized as unbounded and software programmable to be applicable to a wide range of metadata processing policies. Techniques and policies have a wide range of uses including, for example, safety, security, and synchronization. Additionally, described are aspects and techniques in connection with metadata processing in an embodiment based on the RISC-V architecture. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011709 | STREAM REFERENCE REGISTER WITH DOUBLE VECTOR AND DUAL SINGLE VECTOR OPERATING MODES - A streaming engine employed in a digital signal processor specifies a fixed read only data stream. Once fetched the data stream is stored in two head registers for presentation to functional units in the fixed order. Data use by the functional unit is preferably controlled using the input operand fields of the corresponding instruction. A first read only operand coding supplies data from the first head register. A first read/advance operand coding supplies data from the first head register and also advances the stream to the next sequential data elements. Corresponding second read only operand coding and second read/advance operand coding operate similarly with the second head register. A third read only operand coding supplies double width data from both head registers. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011710 | Computing System and controller thereof - Computing system and controller thereof are disclosed for ensuring the correct logical relationship between multiple instructions during their parallel execution. The computing system comprises: a plurality of functional modules each performing a respective function in response to an instruction for the given functional module; and a controller for determining whether or not to send an instruction to a corresponding functional module according to dependency relationship between the plurality of instructions. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011711 | APPARATUS TO OPTIMIZE GPU THREAD SHARED LOCAL MEMORY ACCESS - One embodiment provides for a graphics processor comprising first logic coupled with a first execution unit, the first logic to receive a first single instruction multiple data (SIMD) message from the first execution unit; second logic coupled with a second execution unit, the second logic to receive a second SIMD message from the second execution unit; and third logic coupled with a bank of shared local memory (SLM), the third logic to receive a first request to access the bank of SLM from the first logic, a second request to access the bank of SLM from the second logic, and in a single access cycle, schedule a read access to a read port for the first request and a write access to a write port for the second request. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011712 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a specifying unit and an output unit. The specifying unit specifies, in a case where multiple pieces of first and second information have been accumulated, each piece of first information indicating a document and an order of processes of a certain operation performed on the document and a corresponding piece of second information indicating a result of the certain operation in terms of multiple items, either of the multiple items on the basis of an operation performed by a user. The output unit outputs a piece of first information corresponding to a piece of second information for which the result of the certain operation meets a condition in terms of the specified item among the multiple pieces of first and second information. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011713 | BIOS CONTROL METHOD FOR PCI-E LANE - A BIOS control method for PCI-E lanes includes the following steps. A BIOS obtains information of whether a first expansion card and a second expansion card are respectively inserted in a first PCI-E slot and a second PCI-E slot, and if the second expansion card is inserted in the second PCI-E slot, then the BIOS instructs a CPU to reverse the order of PCI-E lanes electrically connected between the CPU and the second PCI-E slot. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011714 | GRACEFUL SHUTDOWN WITH ASYNCHRONOUS DRAM REFRESH OF NON-VOLATILE DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE - A graceful shutdown of a computer system is initiated by sending a command to an asynchronous dynamic random access memory refresh (ADR) trigger device to assert an ADR trigger. Responsive to the command, the ADR trigger device asserts the ADR trigger to initiate an ADR of a non-volatile dual in-line memory module (NVDIMM) of the computer system. In response to the ADR trigger being asserted by the ADR trigger device, an ADR of the NVDIMM is performed before completing the graceful shutdown of the computer. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING DRIVER INSTALL FILES WHEN ENABLING A USB DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for enabling implementation of a secondary function of a universal serial bus (USB) device on a computer that the USB device is communicating with, wherein an operating system of the computer does not have a required driver which needs to be mapped to the USB device to enable implementation of the secondary function. The system involves a USB device which has the required driver for implementing the secondary function stored therein. The required driver can be supplied to the computer from the USB device using a control which selects the secondary function of the USB device. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011716 | CHIPSET RECONFIGURATION BASED ON DEVICE DETECTION - Example implementations relate to chipset reconfiguration based on device detection. For example, a method includes detecting, by a computing system, that a storage device is connected to an input/output (I/O) interface of the computing system, and reconfiguring a chipset of the computing system based on the detected storage device. The method also includes performing a power cycle on chipset standby power to trigger a chipset configuration reload. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011717 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR COMPONENT MOUNTING LINE - A CPU box of each mounting machine module obtains MAC addresses of communication devices of both an internal device and a base by communicating with the communication devices of both the internal device and the base after the power is turned on, compares the obtained MAC address of the internal device side and the obtained MAC address of the base side, with storage data of the MAC addresses of both the internal device side and the base side read from a non-volatile storage medium of the CPU box, obtains management data of the mounting machine module stored in association with the MAC address of the internal device side from the non-volatile storage medium of a management computer in a case where the MAC address of the internal device side does not match the storage data, and obtains the management data of the mounting machine module stored in association with the MAC address of the base side from the non-volatile storage medium of the management computer in a case where the MAC address of the base side does not match the storage data. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011718 | RE-ENUMERATION OF USB 3.0 COMPATIBLE DEVICES - A host device can download a firmware update to a peripheral device having previously enumerated with the host device. The host device can perform link training with the peripheral device in response to a re-enumeration indication received from the peripheral device. The link training can include switching a Link Training and Status State Machine (LTSSM) in the host device from an active state (U0) to an RX.Detect state and synchronizing with the peripheral device in the RX.Detect state. The host device can re-enumerate with the peripheral device utilizing the firmware update after the host device completes link training with the peripheral device. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011719 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONCURRENT GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TRANSITIONS - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a first user interaction associated with a first transition in a graphical user interface. The first transition is executed in the graphical user interface. A second user interaction associated with a second transition in the graphical user interface is received during the executing the first transition. The second transition is executed in the graphical user interface during the executing the first transition. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011720 | EMBEDDING NON-BLOCKING HELP COMPONENTS IN A DISPLAY PAGE USING DISCOVERY DRAWER FEATURE CUES - A method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium to provide trigger-sensitive application help content to a user using a digital application. The method commences upon receiving an input application user interface, the input application user interface being encoded for display within a digital application context (e.g. on a computer screen or on a mobile device). Then, recoding the input application user interface to produce an output application user interface comprising one or more expandable screen devices added to the input application user interface. The user's progress (or lack thereof) is detected based on the user's interaction with the output application user interface page (e.g. on a computer screen or on a mobile device). At least one aspect of the method includes executing or otherwise interacting with a display protocol, the display protocol comprising detecting a trigger event, and revealing the expandable screen device to display an expanded screen device. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011721 | GENERATION OF AN INSTRUCTION GUIDE BASED ON A CURRENT HARDWARE CONFIGURATION OF A SYSTEM - Information identifying a current hardware configuration of a system may be received. Furthermore, information of a new hardware component that has not been installed may be received. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided with an option to install the new hardware component with the system. In response to a selection from the GUI of the option to install the new hardware component with the system, a plurality of actions to install the new hardware component with the current hardware configuration of the system may be determined. A guide may be generated based on the determined plurality of actions. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011722 | USER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A REPROCESSING APPARATUS - A user assistance system of a reprocessing apparatus for cleaning and disinfecting at least one surgical instrument arranged in a cleaning basket, the user assistance system including: at least one electronically controlled display device; and a controller coupled with the at least one electronically controlled display device, the at least one electronically controlled display device being integrated in a loading station and being configured for arranging the cleaning basket on one side of the display device during the loading of the cleaning basket, the controller being configured to control the display device such that image information is displayed in an actual size and position which indicates a predetermined arrangement within the cleaning basket of the surgical instrument that is to be reprocessed. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011723 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPOUND APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION - A method for running an application via an operating system executing on a computing device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method involves subjecting an API call to a complimentary application virtualization layer, after the API call is subjected to the complimentary application virtualization layer, subjecting the API call to a primary application virtualization layer, and after the API call has been subjected to the complimentary application virtualization layer and to the primary application virtualization layer, forwarding the API call to the operating system for processing in the kernel-space. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011724 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING CONTROL PROGRAM - A server apparatus provides a social networking service (SNS). The server apparatus stores a specific relation between a terminal apparatus and a printer that are allowed for communication using the SNS. The server apparatus stores relations between one or more icons and commands each corresponding to a respective one of the icons and including an image forming condition and an image forming instruction. Upon receiving a selected icon having been selected on the terminal apparatus, information indicating a selected printer having been selected on the terminal apparatus out of printers in specific relations with the terminal apparatus, and a piece of image data from the terminal apparatus, the server apparatus transmits a command corresponding to the selected icon and the piece of image data to the selected printer. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011725 | Policy-Based Hypervisor Configuration Management - Methods and apparatus to manage configuration of policy-based hypervisors are disclosed. An example method includes generating, by executing an instruction with a processor, a specification for a target configuration of a host based on a policy-based profile, the policy-based profile describing a source configuration of a source host at a virtualization software level; applying, by executing an instruction with the processor, the specification to the target configuration; and in response to an update to the policy-based profile, updating, by executing an instruction with the processor, the target configuration to place the host in compliance with the updated policy-based profile. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011726 | COLLECTION OF GUEST STATUS - The present disclosure provides new and innovative methods and systems for guest status collection in a virtual environment. An example method includes accessing a hypervisor media library and booting an information collection guest from the hypervisor media library. The method may also include exposing the information collection guest to a memory of a virtual machine, detecting a first guest status of the virtual machine, generating an information message based on the first guest status, and sending the information message to a message display agent. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011727 | VIRTUALIZATION SYSTEM, SERVER, TERMINAL, VIRTUALIZATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - [Problem] To enable a user to control a virtualization system without wasting resources. [Solution] A virtualization system containing an operation unit, an operation reporting unit, a message processing unit, and an operation processing unit. The operation unit outputs a signal on the basis of a user operation. The operation reporting unit transmits to a network an operation message generated by appending, to first operation information indicating the content of the operation corresponding to that signal, a header addressed to a server providing virtual machines. The message processing unit generates second operation information indicating that the operation indicated with the first operation information has been performed with respect to the virtual machine corresponding to the transmission source of that operation message. On the basis of the second operation information, the operation processing unit instructs the virtual machine corresponding to the transmission source to perform the action corresponding to that operation. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011728 | MANAGEMENT COMPUTER AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD - The management computer has a memory which stores management information and management programs, and a CPU which refers to the management information and executes the management programs; the management information includes storage management information for allowing determination as to whether the plurality of storage resources can be paired in a redundant configuration, and couplable configuration management information for determining whether the plurality of storage resources and the plurality of server resources can be connected to each other; and when the CPU deploys a virtual machine, the CPU first determines, by reference to the storage management information, storage resources to be paired in a redundant configuration, then selects, by reference to the couplable configuration management information, server resources each of which can be connected to a respective one of the storage resources that are to be paired in a redundant configuration, and pairs the selected server resources in the redundant configuration. | 2018-01-11 |
20180011729 | SHADOW COMMAND RING FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSOR VIRTUALIZATION - A shadow command ring is described for graphics processor virtualization. In one example a command batch is loaded from a virtual machine of a general purpose processor into a physical command ring of a graphics processor. A physical tail pointer register of the graphics processor is set and the command batch and the physical tail pointer are trapped at a mediator. The mediator copies the trapped command batch and the physical tail pointer in a shadow command ring and sets a virtual tail pointer. The execution of the physical command ring is monitored and if an error is determined then the physical command ring is cleared and reloaded using the shadow command ring. | 2018-01-11 |