04th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140025960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERRING A TIMING-BASED GLITCH ATTACK DURING A SECURE BOOT PROCESS - Disclosed is a method for deterring a timing-based glitch attack during a secure boot process of a device having a device-specific number. In the method, the device generates a pseudorandom number specific to a particular execution of a secure boot process. The device combines the device-specific number and the pseudorandom number to generate a diversity value. The device may change a timing of at least one process step of the secure boot process based on the diversity value. Also, the device may change an order of process steps of the secure boot process based on the diversity value. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025961 | VIRTUAL MACHINE VALIDATION - A system, method, and computer program product for providing validation of the compliance of a trusted host environment with a requirement of a virtual machine (VM). The system includes: a store component for cryptographically storing configuration data associated with the trusted host environment in at least one cryptographic data structure; a send component, responsive to the store component storing the configuration data, for sending the at least one cryptographic data structure to a control component; an analyse component, responsive to the control component receiving the at least one cryptographic data structure, for analysing the at least one cryptographic data structure; a compare component, responsive to the analyse component determining the configuration data, for comparing the configuration data with the requirement; and a verify component, responsive to the compare component determining that the configuration data matches the requirement, for allowing verification of the VM. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025962 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a communication unit configured to acquire encrypted information that is encrypted with a local code from another information processing apparatus, and a control unit configured to decrypt the encrypted information to generate content and store the content into a removable medium. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025963 | DISCARDING SENSITIVE DATA FROM PERSISTENT POINT-IN-TIME IMAGE - A network storage server implements a method to discard sensitive data from a Persistent Point-In-Time Image (PPI). The server first efficiently identifies a dataset containing the sensitive data from a plurality of datasets managed by the PPI. Each of the plurality of datasets is read-only and encrypted with a first encryption key. The server then decrypts each of the plurality of datasets, except the dataset containing the sensitive data, with the first encryption key. The decrypted datasets are re-encrypted with a second encryption key, and copied to a storage structure. Afterward, the first encryption key is shredded. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025964 | MOBILE TERMINAL ENCRYPTION METHOD, HARDWARE ENCRYPTION DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention belongs to the field of mobile communications technologies and specifically discloses a mobile terminal encryption method, a hardware encryption device, and a mobile terminal, aiming to prevent a hacker from easily acquiring or tampering key data in the mobile terminal and protect the interests of a terminal manufacturer. The method in embodiments includes: performing, according to stored authentication data., authentication between the hardware encryption device and a main control chip of the mobile terminal, where the hardware encryption device stores encryption data and the authentication data; if the authentication succeeds, permitting, by the hardware encryption device, the main control chip to load the encryption data; and if the authentication fails, prohibiting, by the hardware encryption device, the main control chip from loading the encryption data. The embodiments of the present invention may be applied to a mobile terminal encryption technology and a network locking technology. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025965 | POWER DATA SWITCH COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE - A power data switch communication architecture includes a first power supply unit, a second power supply unit, a motherboard and a data communication switch unit. The first power supply unit and the second power supply unit include respectively a first power source management unit and a second power source management unit that generate respectively corresponding first and second working parameters based on operating states of the first and second power supply units. The motherboard includes a first data communication circuit connected to the first power source management unit and a second data communication circuit connected to the second power source management unit. The data communication switch unit is electrically connected to the first data communication circuit and the second data communication circuit to receive a switch signal to determine whether to set on the first data communication circuit or the second data communication circuit. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025966 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SYSTEM MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An information processing system including: a plurality of information processing apparatuses including a system board provided with an integrated circuit and a power-supply circuit that supplies electricity to the integrated circuit; and a system management apparatus that transmits a power-on instruction to the plurality of information processing apparatuses, wherein the integrated circuits of the plurality of information processing apparatuses each include a plurality of power-supply domains, and, upon receipt of the power-on instruction, the integrated circuits instruct the power-supply circuit to adjust a voltage and supply electricity sequentially to the plurality of power-supply domains. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025967 | TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING PROCESSOR POWER CONSUMPTION THROUGH DYNAMIC PROCESSOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A technique for performing power management for configurable processor resources of a processor determining whether to increase, decrease, or maintain resource units for each of the configurable processor resources based on utilization of each of the configurable processor resources. A total weighted power number for the processor is substantially maintained while resource units for each of the configurable processor resources whose utilization is above a first level is increased and resource units for each of the configurable processor resources whose utilization is below a second level is decreased. The total weighted power number corresponds to a sum of weighted power numbers for the configurable processor resources. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING DATA CENTER RESOURCES IN REAL TIME - A system for monitoring, controlling and optimizing power usage and cooling utilization within a data center infrastructure. The system may make use of a subsystem which is adapted to obtain real time information on both facility devices and information technology (IT) devices. The subsystem may be used to evaluate the real time information to provide an alert and diagnostic information with respect to at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices. The subsystem may also make use of a mechanism that provides real time control over at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices to optimize at least one of cooling utilization, power usage or performance of at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025969 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR COMPUTER - A control circuit for a motherboard with a power supply unit arranged thereon includes a processing unit. To save consumption of electrical energy, the processing unit controls a switch unit to discontinue regulating a first power to a second power in a condition where a state of the motherboard is changed from state S | 2014-01-23 |
20140025970 | CONTROL SERVER, NETWORK CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A control server selects part of nodes included in a first communication network, generates a second communication network from the selected nodes, determines a forwarding probability of a packet between a node and its next hop node in the second communication network to calculate a communication volume between at least one pair of nodes included in the second communication network with respect to a prescribed traffic using the determined forwarding probability, and calculates a link cost for at least one pair of nodes included in the second communication network based on the determined forwarding probability and the calculated communication volume, adds at least one node included in the first communication network to the second communication network so that the calculated link cost satisfies a prescribed condition, and puts nodes not included in the second communication network in a low power consumption mode. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025971 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL AND TERMINAL THEREOF - A method and device for controlling a terminal and a terminal. The method includes: checking the hardware of a terminal to obtain corresponding hardware information; and controlling the terminal according to the hardware information obtained thereby, where the hardware includes at least one of a CPU and a GPU, and the hardware information includes at least one of the voltage information and the frequency information about the hardware. The device includes: a checking module and a control module. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025972 | ADAPTIVE REAL-TIME POWER AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF MULTI-CORE PROCESSORS - An apparatus, method, and program product for optimizing core performance and power in a multi-core processor. The apparatus includes a multi-core processor coupled to a clock source providing a clock frequency to one or more cores, an independent power supply coupled to each core for providing a supply voltage to each core and a Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) circuit coupled to each core for dynamically adjusting the clock frequency provided to each core. The apparatus further includes a controller coupled to each core and being configured to collect performance data and power consumption data measured for each core and to adjust, using the PLL circuit, a supply voltage provided to a core, such that, the operational core frequency of the core is greater than a specification core frequency preset for the core and, such that, core performance and power consumption is optimized. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025973 | Adjusting Mobile Device State Based on User Intentions and/or Identity - In one embodiment, when a computing system is in a first state, a first set of inputs from one or more first sensors is detected. A first sensor value array is generated, and the first value array is fed as input to a first function generated by a first neural network. One or more first output values are calculated based on the first function, and a determination is made based on these first output values if a first action has occurred. If a first action has occurred, a second sensor value array is generated from a second set of inputs from one or more second sensors. The second sensor value array is fed as input to a second function generated by a second neural network. One or more second output values are calculated based on the second function, and the first state is exited based on these second output values. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025974 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A periodic update time is saved on an SRAM | 2014-01-23 |
20140025975 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH SENSOR HUB AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DEVICE - A mobile device with a sensor hub and sensors and a method for controlling the mobile device are provided. The method includes receiving state information regarding the mobile device, setting a sensor sampling period based on the received state information, and receiving measured values from one or more sensors according to the set, sensor sampling period. The sensor hub receives the state information regarding the mobile device, sets a sensor sampling period based on the received state information, and receives measured values from one or more sensors according to the set sensor sampling periods. The mobile device controls the sensors via the sensor hub irrespective of the operations of the main processor. The sensor hub sets a sensor sampling period based on the received state values of a mobile device. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025976 | Power Management of Networked Devices - A network-centric, power management system and method is disclosed for monitoring and controlling device nodes attached to a network. The monitoring and controlling includes collecting and processing information available on the network about the device nodes and using the collected information to manage power on the device nodes. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025977 | Power Management of Networked Devices - A network-centric, power management system and method is disclosed for monitoring and controlling device nodes attached to a network. The monitoring and controlling includes collecting and processing information available on the network about the device nodes and using the collected information to manage power on the device nodes. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025978 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT - A power supply control circuit for controlling power supply or stop of power supply is provided between a power source and a circuit block such as a processor. The power supply control circuit not only performs power supply to the circuit block or intentionally stops power supply but also is able to hold the power supply potential when the power supply is suddenly stopped, so that a loss of data in the circuit block can be prevented. By utilizing the power supply potential held by the power supply control circuit, data in the circuit block is saved in the nonvolatile memory device, so that a loss of data in the circuit block can be prevented. As described above, the power supply control circuit functions as a power gating switch and a circuit for holding the power supply potential in the case where power supply is suddenly stopped. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025979 | INTERFACE DEVICE AND INTERFACE METHOD - A command determiner does not send a master command which it has received from a master device through a first interface circuit to a slave device if it determines that the master command does not need to be relayed. In this case, a power controller sets the power mode of a second interface circuit to a low power mode, and a response controller sends, as a slave command, a substitute command corresponding to the master command, which the command determiner has received from the master device through the first interface circuit, to the master device through the first interface circuit. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025980 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system supplies power includes a single power supply unit to supply power for a number of motherboards. A number of power management chips are provided corresponding to the motherboards, to monitor a real-time power consumption of each motherboard. A microcontroller is connected to each of the motherboards through a data line, to control a total power consumption of the motherboards to control power consumption to remain within a nominal power of the power supply unit. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025981 | DUAL RAIL POWER SUPPLY SCHEME FOR MEMORIES - A dual rail memory operable at a first voltage and a second voltage includes an input circuit, an output circuit and a clock generator circuit coupled with the input circuit. The input circuit is operable to receive at least a first input signal referenced to the first voltage and to generate a second input signal referenced to the second voltage. The output circuit is operable to receive at least a first output signal referenced to the second voltage and to generate a second output signal referenced to the first voltage. The clock generator circuit is operable to receive a first clock signal referenced to the first voltage and to generate a second clock signal referenced to the second voltage, a logic state of the second clock signal being a function of a logic state of the first clock signal. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025982 | INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND CONTROL METHOD - Information processing equipment that has one or plurality of partitions further includes: a detection unit configured to detect switching of a clock unit from a first clock unit for counting a time used by an operating system in the partition to a second clock unit; a first setting unit configured to set a time obtained from the first clock unit to a third clock unit for counting a time used in the partition when switching of the clock unit is not detected, and to set a time obtained from the third clock unit to the second clock unit when switching of the clock unit is detected; and a second setting unit configured to set a time that is set to the first clock unit by the operating system to the third clock unit when time setting to the first clock unit performed by the operating system is detected. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025983 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PSEUDO FAILURE - A controller that obtains data from an object device in obedience to an obtaining request from the processor includes an error setter that sets, when a pseudo failure mode that spuriously generates a failure is active, an error associated with a failure type of a pseudo failure to be generated in the data obtained from the object device in obedience to the obtaining request; and an error processor that notifies, when detecting an error in the data under a state where the pseudo failure mode is active, the processor of the failure response corresponding to the failure type associated with the detected error. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025984 | AUTOMATING INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFLOWS AS ATOMIC TRANSACTIONS - Information Technology (IT) system configuration is managed using a set of defined flows with atomic execution properties. The instructions to execute a change to one or more infrastructure elements (a “ forward transaction”) are maintained with instructions and/or information needed to execute a corresponding “reverse” transaction that is responsible for returning the element(s) to a pre-transaction action state in the event of a configuration failure or other request originating at a high level flow. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025985 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A connection node is included in a connecting part of a plurality of rings in a ring network. The connection node includes a failure detecting unit, an optical-signal processing unit, an ODU switch, and an optical-signal processing unit. The failure detecting unit detects failure in the connecting part. The optical-signal processing unit receives data transmitted from another node on a ring to which the connection node belongs. Upon detection of the failure, the ODU switch determines whether to pass the data or return the data in reverse direction from the connection node depending on a destination to transfer the received data, and sets a transmission path of the data based on a result of the determination. The optical-signal processing unit transfers the data in accordance with the set transmission path. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025986 | Providing Replication and Fail-Over as a Network Service in Data Centers - Techniques for providing session level replication and fail-over as a network service include generating a replication rule that replicates network traffic destined for a primary server from an originating server to a network controller and installing said rule in a switch component, identifying flows from the originating server to the primary server, replicating each incoming data packet intended for the primary server to the network controller for replication and forwarding to replica servers, determining said primary server to be in a failed state based on a number of retransmissions of a packet, to selecting one of the replica servers as a fail-over target, and performing a connection level fail-over by installing a redirection flow in the switch component that redirects all packets destined to the primary server to the network controller, which forwards the packets to the replica server and forwards each response from the replica server to said originating server. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025987 | Systems, Methods and Media for Distributing Peer-to-Peer Communications - Systems and methods for distributing peer-to-peer communications are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include masking identification of two or more client nodes on a communications channel of a peer-to-peer communications network by directing peer-to-peer communications of the two or more client nodes through a proxy node, the proxy node including a disinterested client node relative to the two or more client nodes, the disinterested client node providing network resources to the peer-to-peer communications network. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025988 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY REROUTING LOGICAL CIRCUIT DATA - An example involves identifying a failure of a dedicated logical circuit connecting a host device to a remote device to communicate data that originates and terminates only at the host and remote devices. When a first logical circuit identifier of the dedicated logical circuit does not match a second logical circuit identifier of a logical failover circuit comprising an alternate communication path for communicating the data: the second logical circuit identifier is renamed to identify the logical failover circuit using the first logical circuit identifier when the logical failover circuit is a dedicated logical failover circuit to communicate only when the dedicated logical circuit fails, and the dedicated logical circuit is renamed to identify the dedicated logical circuit using the second logical circuit identifier when the logical failover circuit is to communicate regardless of failure of the dedicated logical circuit. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025989 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes a first control unit including a first memory configured to store first software, and a first controller configured to perform processing based on the first software and to update the first software in a case where an instruction to update the first software is received, and a second control unit configured to be coupled to the first control unit, the second control unit including a second memory configured to store second software that is the same as the first software, a second controller configured to perform processing based on the second software, and a first power supply circuit configured to start power supply to the second controller in a case where a failure in the first control unit is detected. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025990 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - Storage system comprises a second storage apparatus, which is coupled to multiple first storage apparatuses and is of a different type from the first storage apparatuses, and a first control device, which exists either inside or outside of the second storage apparatus. Row of stripes comprising multiple data elements obtained by segmenting a prescribed data unit, and a redundancy code for rebuilding the data elements, is distributively stored in multiple first storage apparatuses, which are more numerous than the total number of stripe data elements, which are either the data elements or redundancy code, in the row of stripes. The row of stripes is configured to enable the rebuilding of the stripe data elements even when a failure has occurred in up to a prescribed allowable number, which is two or more, of the first storage apparatuses storing the stripe data elements of the relevant row of stripes. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025991 | CORE DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR - Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to an apparatus that comprises a first core susceptible to an error condition, and a second core configured to perform a diagnostic on the first core to identify a cause of the error condition and an action to remedy the error condition in order to recover the first core. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025992 | PROVIDING A POTENTIAL SOLUTION - An example provides potential solutions for UEFI devices. The example includes scanning an information code generated by the UEFI device while the UEFI is operating according to a UEFI environment. The example further includes requesting a potential solution from a decision device. The request specifies an information code comprising resource information and one or more parameters for a current state of the UEFI environment. The example also includes presenting a representation of the potential solution. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025993 | FRAMEWORK FOR TESTING AND EVALUATING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A framework and associated systems and methods for testing mobile communication devices are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving user-action data from each of a plurality of user-action-capture devices. The user-action data received from the user-action-capture devices includes data that characterizes a plurality of user actions that were performed on the user-action-capture devices. The user-action data is consolidated into generic representations of the user actions to create a superset of generally-applicable-user-action data, and each generic representation of a user action in the superset represents two or more similar user actions. The generally-applicable-user-action data is then used to test mobile communication devices that are different than the user-action-capture devices. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAMMAR BASED TEST PLANNING - The present disclosure generally relates to the testing of a system that includes software or hardware components. In some embodiments, a testing framework generates a set of test cases for a system under test using a grammar. Each test case may perform an action, such as provide an input to the system under test, and result in an output from the system under test. The inputs and outputs are then compared to the expected results to determine whether the system under test is performing correctly. Prior to generating the set of test cases from the grammar, the testing framework processes the grammar to identify attributes of the test cases to be derived from the grammar and facilitates the modification of the grammar. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025995 | LARGE LOG FILE DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM - An information handling system (IHS) diagnostic system includes a user IHS that is coupled to a network and operable to generate a log file that is associated with a user IHS error. A distributed processing IHS is coupled to the user IHS through the network and operable to receive the log file generated by the user IHS over the network. That log file is then stored on a plurality of node IHS's in the distributed processing IHS. When a job request is received from the user IHS over the network, a job associated with the job request is performed on the log file using the plurality of node IHS's to create a job result. The job result that includes at least one cause of the user IHS error is then provided to the user IHS. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025996 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A MECHANISM OF UNTIMELY CUT-OFFS OF THE POWER SUPPLY TO A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPUTER - A method for diagnosing a mechanism of untimely cut-offs of the power supply to a motor vehicle computer ( | 2014-01-23 |
20140025997 | Test Selection - Computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and a computer program product for test selection. The computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining a test suite comprising a plurality of tests for a Software Under Test (SUT); and selecting a subset of the test suite, wherein the subset provides coverage of the SUT that correlates to a coverage by a workload of the SUT, wherein the workload defines a set of input events to the SUT thereby defining portions of the SUT that are to be invoked during execution. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025998 | CREATING A CORRELATION RULE DEFINING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EVENT TYPES - Plural clusters or occurrences of a pattern of event types are identified ( | 2014-01-23 |
20140025999 | TWO-WIRE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR HIGH-SPEED DATA AND POWER DISTRIBUTION - Various embodiments of the present invention provide a two-wire (e.g., unshielded twisted pair) bus system that is simple (e.g., no microcontroller required in slave devices), synchronous with embedded clock information, inexpensive, automotive EMC compliant, and has sufficient speed and bandwidth for a large number of slave devices/peripherals, and also provides various protocols that can be used in various communication systems such as a two-wire bus system. The two-wire bus optionally may be self-powered, i.e., the master device may provide power to the slave devices over the two-wire bus. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026000 | HIGHLY AVAILABLE SERVER SYSTEM BASED ON CLOUD COMPUTING - A highly available server system based on cloud computing comprises a central control management server, a cloud host server, a storage server and at least one application server; the central control management server is connected with at least one application server, and configured to respectively monitor at least one application server, if detecting that there exists an application server in the fault state among the at least one applications server, then the central control management server sends a first instruction message; the cloud host server is connected with the central control management server, and configured to receive the first instruction message, and call the target virtual machine image file from the storage server according to instructions of the first instruction message, and run the target virtual machine image file; the storage server is configured to store the corresponding virtual machine image file of at least one application server. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026001 | Method of Improving Data Transmission and Related Computer System - A method of improving a data transmission for a firmware in a computer system is disclosed. The method includes monitoring a time-out count, a roll-over count, and an error flag of the data transmission when the data transmission is performed via a high-speed bus; and determining whether to send an interrupt command to a BIOS according to the time-out count, the roll-over count, and the error flag. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026002 | METHODS FOR HIERARCHICALLY IDENTIFYING ROOT CAUSE ERRORS - A method associates errors by causal relationship in software systems where multiple threads share access to hardware and/or software components. Where a software object, such as a lock, is provided, a thread can place an error ID into the object if encountered while the first thread controls the object. A second thread can retrieve the error ID and associate it as a parent error for any time-out error encountered while waiting for the software object. Errors can be reported and displayed in a causal graph for determining root causes. Errors can have a severity that can facilitate the display of errors to a user. Root cause errors can be assigned the severity of the most severe of its child errors to assist a user in determining a root cause. Errors can further be displayed or masked based on the severity assigned to the errors and/or their parent or child errors. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026003 | FLASH MEMORY READ ERROR RATE REDUCTION - An apparatus having a first circuit and a second circuit is disclosed. The first circuit may be configured to (i) generate a reference voltage used by a memory circuit in a first read of a set of data and (ii) adjust the reference voltage based on a plurality of parameters to lower an error rate in a second read of the set from the memory circuit. The second circuit may be configured to update the parameters in response to an error correction applied to the set after the first read from the memory circuit. The memory circuit is generally configured to store the data in a nonvolatile condition by adjusting a plurality of threshold voltages. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026004 | Systems and Methods for Defect Scanning - The present invention is related to systems and methods for defect scanning. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026005 | MACRO AND COMMAND EXECUTION FROM MEMORY ARRAY - Methods and apparatus for executing internal operations of memory devices utilizing instructions stored in the memory array of the memory device are disclosed. Decode blocks adapted to interpret instructions and data stored in the memory device are also disclosed. Methods can be used to perform internal self-test operations of the memory device by executing test procedures stored in the memory array of the memory device performing a self-test operation. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026006 | MULTI-SITE TESTING OF COMPUTER MEMORY DEVICES AND SERIAL IO PORTS - A method and apparatus for multi-site testing of computer memory devices. An embodiment of a method of testing computer memory devices includes coupling multiple memory devices, each memory device having a serializer output and a deserializer input, wherein the serializer output of a first memory device is coupled with a deserializer input of one or more of the memory devices of the plurality of memory devices. The method further includes producing test signal patterns using a test generator of each memory device, serializing the test signal pattern at each memory device, and transmitting the serialized test pattern for testing of the memory devices, wherein testing of the memory devices includes a first test mode and a second test mode. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026007 | COMMANDED JTAG TEST ACCESS PORT OPERATIONS - The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for improving the operation of a TAP architecture in a device through the use of Command signal inputs to the TAP architecture. In response to a Command signal input, the TAP architecture can perform streamlined and uninterrupted Update, Capture and Shift operation cycles to a target circuit in the device or streamlined and uninterrupted capture and shift operation cycles to a target circuit in the device. The Command signals can be input to the TAP architecture via the devices dedicated TMS or TDI inputs or via a separate CMD input to the device. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026008 | WRITING SCHEME FOR PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL-CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY - A system for programming a phase change material-content addressable memory (PCM-CAM). The system includes a receiving unit for receiving a word to be written in the PCM-CAM. The word includes low bits represented by a low resistance state in the PCM-CAM and high bits represented by a high resistance state in the PCM-CAM. The system includes a writing unit configured to repeatedly write the low bits in memory cells of the PCM-CAM until the resistance of the memory cells are below a threshold value, and to write high bits in memory cells of the PCM-CAM only once. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026009 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND TEST SYSTEM THEREOF - An integrated circuit includes an input unit, a core processor and M output buffers, where M is a natural number greater than 1. The input unit has an output control pin, and receives an output control signal. The core processor is coupled to the input unit, and receives the output control signal to provide M output control signals. The M output buffers are coupled to the core processor, and are time-division multiplexing and enabled in response to the M output control signals, respectively, to output M output signals in M operation periods, respectively. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026010 | PARALLEL CHIEN SEARCH OVER MULTIPLE CODE WORDS - A method for decoding an ECC, in a decoder that includes at least first and second root search units, includes accepting at least first and second Error Locator Polynomials (ELPs) that have been computed over respective first and second code words of the ECC. A criterion depending on the ELPs is evaluated. One of first and second modes is selected based on the criterion. One or more first roots of the first ELP and one or more second roots of the second ELP are found using the selected mode, and the first and second code words are decoded using the first and second roots. In the first mode, the first and second root search units are combined and simultaneously find the first roots. In the second mode, the first and second root search units operate separately, and simultaneously identify the first roots and the second roots, respectively. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026011 | Memory with Dynamic Error Detection and Correction - A dynamic error correcting table can be embedded on an integrated circuit memory device. The error correcting table includes entries which are created for data when an error is detected and corrected during a read of the data. During subsequent reads, without intervening write or refresh operations, the entry in the table can be used to correct the error by merging the corrected bit with the data output from the array before it is applied to the ECC logic. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026012 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device includes an error correction code (ECG) result generation block configured to receive a decision voltage, to perform an ECC operation, and to output ECC information, and a decision voltage control block configured to control a voltage level adjustment width of the decision voltage in response to the ECC information. As described above, the semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform diverse ECC operations by controlling the voltage level adjustment width of the decision voltage VR that is used during the ECC operation, and through the diverse ECC operations, the time for performing an ECC operation may be reduced and the operation efficiency of the ECC operation may be increased. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026013 | STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND ERROR CORRECTION METHOD - A controller of a storage control apparatus creates a fixed value, which is one or higher values conforming to a prescribed data pattern, with respect to first data, which is smaller than the size of a storage area of a storage device, creates a guarantee code related to a data area comprising the first data and the fixed value, and writes the data group comprising the data area and the guarantee code to the storage area. The controller reads a data group from the storage area, and determines whether or not more errors than the number of errors correctable by the guarantee code are included in this data group. In a case where the result of this determination is affirmative, the controller determines whether or not an error exists in the fixed value inside the data group. In a case where the result of this determination is affirmative, the controller corrects the fixed value, in which there is an error, to a correct fixed value, and in a case where the number of errors included in the data group is equal to or less than the number of errors correctable by the guarantee code, uses the guarantee code to correct errors in the data group. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026014 | SOFT DECODING FOR QUANTIZIED CHANNEL - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with soft decoding for a quantized channel are described. According to one embodiment, a method includes repetitively controlling the soft decoder to attempt to decode the signal based, at least in part, on a reliability measure selected from a pre-determined collection of reliability measures. When the soft decoder fails to decode the signal, the method includes computing a new reliability measure and repetitively controlling the soft decoder to attempt to decode the signal based, at least in part, on the new reliability measure. When the soft decoder decodes the signal with the new reliability measure, the method includes adding the new reliability to the pre-determined collection of reliability measures. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026015 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK (LDPC) DECODING - A method for low density parity code decoding according to one embodiment includes sequentially processing groups of variable node (vim& values associated with a codeword using a plurality of vnode logic modules and outputting updated vnode values; storing the vnode values and updated vnode values in a vnode memory; sequentially processing groups of cnode values using a plurality of check node (cnode) logic modules and outputting updated vnode values; storing the (mode values and updated (mode values in a mode memory; and checking the codeword using the updated vnode values and the updated mode values. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026016 | MEMORY WITH SELECTIVELY WRITABLE ERROR CORRECTION CODES AND VALIDITY BITS - Memory and method for storing a plurality of memory bits. The memory has a data storage element and a processor. The data storage element has a plurality of lines, each having a plurality of segments having a plurality of data bits. A plurality of error correction codes are each associated with one of the lines. A plurality of validity bits, each being associated with one of the lines, are configured to indicate that one of the error correction codes associated with the one of the lines is valid or invalid. The processor is configured to generate one of the error correction codes for all of the data bits in the segments associated with one of the lines. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026017 | MEMORY SELECTION FOR SLICE STORAGE IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module determining that a plurality of sets of encoded data slices is to be stored in a set of storage units of a dispersed storage network (DSN) and identifying one or more devices of the DSN that will potentially issue a read request for at least some sets of encoded data slices. The method continues with the (DS) processing module determining transmission times between the one or more devices and the set of storage units and determining a storage strategy for storing the plurality of sets of encoded data slices in the set of storage units based on the transmission times and memory devices of the set of storage units such that, from set to set of encoded data slices, at least a threshold number of encoded data slices are retrievable with comparable read response times. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026018 | METHOD FOR READING DATA FROM BLOCK OF FLASH MEMORY AND ASSOCIATED MEMORY DEVICE - A method for reading data from a block of a flash memory is provided, where the block includes a plurality of pages and at least one parity page, each of the pages includes a plurality of sectors used for storing data and associated row parities, each of the sectors of the parity page is used to store a column parity. The method includes: reading data from a specific page of the pages; decoding the data of the specific page; and when a specific sector of the specific page fails to be decoded, sequentially reading all original data of the pages and the parity page, and performing error correction upon the specific sector according to at least a portion of the original data of the pages and the parity page corresponding to the specific sector. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026019 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SHARED MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SAVING MEMORY DATA - An information processing system includes a plurality of clusters and a shared memory device having a shared memory shared by computer programs that operate on the clusters. The shared memory device includes an operating system (OS) stop detecting unit and a solid state drive (SSD) control unit. The OS stop detecting unit detects stop of computer programs that operate on all the clusters allocated to a certain storage area among storage areas of the shared memory shared by the clusters during an operation of the system. The SSD control unit saves, when the OS stop detecting unit detects the stop of the computer programs that operate on all the clusters allocated to the certain storage area, data stored in the certain storage area to a nonvolatile storage area. The information processing system can reduce time required to save data stored in the shared memory device when a power failure occurs. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026020 | ADAPTIVE, SCALABLE PACKET LOSS RECOVERY - A system for transmitting data packets representing a source signal across a packet data network is provided. Additionally provided are methods and an apparatus for encoding parameters representing the source signal and also decoding these parameters. The system allows adaptation to the loss scenario of data packets transmitted across the packet data network. A redundancy encoding is generated with a bit rate continuously scalable, the bit rate being provided by a bit rate controller that uses input from the network and packet-loss rate information. The specification can be changed for each coding block. At the decoder, recovery is performed by a parameter estimator based on a dynamically generated statistical model of the effect of the quantizers. The method may be added to existing lossy source coding systems or may be used to enhance the quality of the reconstructed source signal even in scenarios without packet loss. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026021 | CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK GENERATION VIA DISTRIBUTED TIME MULTIPLEXED LINEAR FEEDBACK SHIFT REGISTERS - Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) values are efficiently calculated using an improved linear feedback shift register (LFSR) circuit. CRC value generation is separated into two sub-calculations, which are then combined to form a final CRC value. A programmable XOR engine performs logic functions via a table lookup rather than via a random logic circuit. LCRC and ECRC calculations are performed using a single shared LFSR circuit. Multiple links share the same CRC value generator. One advantage of the present invention is that CRC values are generated using smaller and fewer LFSR circuits relative to conventional circuit designs. As a result, a CRC value generator utilizing the disclosed techniques consumes less surface area of an integrated circuit and consumes less power, resulting in cooler operation. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026022 | CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK GENERATION VIA DISTRIBUTED TIME MULTIPLEXED LINEAR FEEDBACK SHIFT REGISTERS - Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) values are efficiently calculated using an improved linear feedback shift register (LFSR) circuit. CRC value generation is separated into two sub-calculations, which are then combined to form a final CRC value. A programmable XOR engine performs logic functions via a table lookup rather than via a random logic circuit. LCRC and ECRC calculations are performed using a single shared LFSR circuit. Multiple links share the same CRC value generator. One advantage of the present invention is that CRC values are generated using smaller and fewer LFSR circuits relative to conventional circuit designs. As a result, a CRC value generator utilizing the disclosed techniques consumes less surface area of an integrated circuit and consumes less power, resulting in cooler operation. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026023 | Systems and Methods for Efficient Storage of Content and Animation - One embodiment involves receiving, by a web page authoring tool, presentation information in a markup language corresponding to a static graphical object. In this embodiment, the web page authoring tool receives animation information in a data interchange format corresponding to an adjustment for the static graphical object. In this embodiment, the web page authoring tool receives a runtime engine. In this embodiment, the web page authoring tool stores the presentation information, the animation information, and the runtime engine within a web page. The runtime engine may be configured to cause a web browser displaying the web page to render an animation. The animation can be based at least in part on the presentation information and the animation information. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026024 | METHODS, SOFTWARE AND DEVICES FOR IMPROVING VISIBILITY OF USER-FILLED DATA IN AN ELECTRONIC FORM - Methods, software, and devices for processing a user-filled form are disclosed. A parsable electronic representation of the user-filled form is received. Based on parsing this electronic representation, at least one of a first or a second subset of input elements is identified. The first subset of input elements represents input fields that have received user-filled data while the second subset of input elements represents input fields that have not received user-filled data. Those text elements representing text providing descriptive context to input fields represented by the identified subset of input elements are associated with the identified subset of input elements. A graphical representation of the user-filled form is generated. In this graphical representation, text represented by text elements associated the first subset of input elements are highlighted relative to text represented by text elements associated with the second subset of input elements. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026025 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATING OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for collaborating on an electronic document over a communications network comprising: storing an image of a portion of the electronic document; communicating an instance of the document image to a client terminal for rendering by a browser interface, responsive to receiving a request from a collaborator; receiving annotation information indicative of an annotation made by the collaborator in relation to the rendered document image instance via the browser interface; and storing the annotation information. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026026 | Portal Modularization Tool - An apparatus for developing web portals comprising a portal decomposer configured to generate a plurality of modules from a web portal, a portal composer configured to generate a plurality of portal versions using a plurality of selections of the modules, wherein the selections of modules comprise a local module deployed on a host of the web portal and a remote module deployed on a second host coupled to the host of the web portal. Also disclosed is an application for decomposing and composing web portals, comprising a plurality of instructions that cause a processor to decompose a first web portal into a plurality of portal modules; and compose a second web portal that is a version of the first portal from a set of selected modules from the portal modules. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026027 | SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR CACHING XML INFORMATION SETS WITH DELAYED NODE INSTANTIATION - Certain example embodiments described herein relate to techniques for processing XML documents of potentially very large sizes. For instance, certain example embodiments parse a potentially large XML document, store the parsed data and some associated metadata in multiple independent blocks or partitions, and instantiate only the particular object model object requested by a program. By including logical references rather than physical memory addresses in such pre-parsed partitions, certain example embodiments make it possible to move the partitions through a caching storage hierarchy without necessarily having to adjust or encode memory references, thereby advantageously enabling dynamic usage of the created partitions and making it possible to cache an arbitrarily large document while consuming a limited amount of program memory. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026028 | MANAGING WEBPAGE EDITS - Managing webpage edits includes making a change to a web component of a webpage in response to an editing process and providing a contact mechanism on the webpage to communicate with at least one process member involved in the editing process. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026029 | EFFICIENT XML INTERCHANGE SCHEMA DOCUMENT ENCODING - A method of reducing the size of a simpleType element in an Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) schema document may include modifying each simpleType element in an XSD document by eliminating one or more facets from each simpleType element. The method may also include encoding the XSD document into an EXI schema document by transforming each modified simpleType element in the XSD document from an XSD simpleType element with start and end tags to an encoded EXI simpleType element expressed as a sequence of bits. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026030 | EFFICIENT XML INTERCHANGE PROFILE STREAM DECODING - A method of reducing dynamic memory usage during the decoding of an Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) stream may include parsing an EXI Profile stream to identify each element within the EXI Profile stream that is not defined by an associated XML schema. The method may also include examining the first bit after a corresponding SE event for each of the identified elements. The method may also include assigning an initial built-in element grammar with no top-level production to each element where the first bit is set to 0 or an augmented built-in element grammar with one top level production of AT(xsi:type) to each element where the first bit is set to 1. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026031 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING AND SYNCHRONIZING INFORMATION BETWEEN A CLIENT AND A SERVER - The present invention integrates applets running on a client with the application logic for applications running on a server. In the described embodiments, a hidden Applet Group Controller applet handles communication between the applets on the browser and the application logic on the server. The Applet Group Controller maintains an association with each applet that includes the keys and values of any parameters and variables for the applet. Upon the invocation of an event, the association instructs an Action Coordinator to invoke an action. The Action Coordinator obtains and transmits a list of all of the keys and their values to the server. The server invokes the appropriate application logic and transmits the keys and their values (as updated during the execution of the application logic) back to the Action Coordinator, which pushes the updated values out to the applets and the browser's display is updated. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026032 | CONDITIONAL TRANSLATION HEADER FOR TRANSLATION OF WEB DOCUMENTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for translation of web documents. The original language of document text in the web document is identified. A translation header is displayed with the web document text only if the original language is different from a user's preferred language. The translation header provides the user with an option of translating the document text or portions of the document text to the user's preferred language. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026033 | AUTOMATED APPROACH FOR EXTRACTING INTELLIGENCE, ENRICHING AND TRANSFORMING CONTENT - The present invention relates to a system and method for enriching and transforming unstructured data to obtain structured data by intelligence extraction, enrichment, categorization and hierarchy creation. The invention discloses an automated approach for transformation of unstructured documents, which involves an analysis, a transformation and a quality assessment of the input unstructured documents, to obtain the output structured documents in fewer time frames and without the need of skilled labors. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026034 | READER MODE PRESENTATION OF WEB CONTENT - Methods and apparatuses that automatically detect availability of a reader mode for article content in a web page addressed by a URL are described. Availability detection may be progressively performed such that cheap operations are performed first to reduce the need to perform more expensive ones. A retrieval status of the web page may be detected to determine when enough content has been retrieved to initiate a detection of the reader mode for the web page. A reader indicator may be presented in a user interface of a browser if the availability of the reader mode is detected. A user of the browser may be noted with an alternative presentation of the article content from the web page in addition to a presentation of the whole web page by the browser. If the reader mode of the web page is not available, no reader indicator may be present in the browser. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026035 | Method and System for Making Dynamic Graphical Web Content Searchable - There is provided a method for making a rich web application searchable, one embodiment comprising providing companion content in a format searchable by a web search engine, loading the companion content in a web browser, calling a rich web application using the companion content, loading the rich web application in the web browser, and launching a data bridge interfacing the rich web application and the companion content. The method may further comprise retrieving a data feed for the rich web application, located in the companion content. In one embodiment, a system configured to make a rich web application searchable comprises a content storage, companion content in a format searchable by a web search engine, a data feed for the rich web application included in the companion content, and a data bridge interfacing the rich web application with the companion content. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026036 | PERSONAL WORKSPACES IN A COMPUTER OPERATING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention generally comprises a computer control environment that builds on the Blackspace™ software system to provide further functionality and flexibility in directing a computer. It employs graphic inputs drawn by a user and known as gestures to replace and supplant the pop-up and pull-down menus known in the prior art. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026037 | CREATING PERSONALIZED NETWORKED DOCUMENTS - Techniques are described for creating personalized networked documents. A user request to create a web page element associated with the user and an indication of a topic to which content of the web page element is to relate is received. Content to be added to the web page element is automatically identified based on popularity of content related to the topic according to other users who share a demographic characteristic with the user. The web page element having the identified content is created. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026038 | TRANSFORMING DATA TO CREATE LAYOUTS - Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data to create layouts. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a layout generator. The computing device can be configured to receive or retrieve data that includes visual content such as an image and other content such as text. The computing device can analyze the visual content to identify a salient region and/or an invariant region within the visual content. The computing device can access designs for laying out visual content and other content based upon an identified salient region and/or invariant region. The computing device can evaluate the designs to determine if a design matches the data. The computing device can load the data into the selected design to generate the layout. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026039 | FOUNDATIONAL TOOL FOR TEMPLATE CREATION - A system for assisting in the creation of an electronic template for a page may include a computing device having a computer readable storage medium, a display device, and a processor in communication with each of the storage medium and display device, an interface module stored on the storage medium and configured for generating an user-interactive page designer on the display device, the page designer configured for designing the page, and a foundation module stored on the storage medium and configured to interact with the interface module to provide an interactive foundation tool in the page designer, wherein the foundation tool defines a plurality of regions on the page and each region is controlled by a plurality of rules executable by the processor to control the automatic spatial arrangement of a page element placed therein. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026040 | USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTATION OF A DOCUMENT - A system identifies a document and provides an excerpt page corresponding to the document. The excerpt page includes a page of the document and a set of links to sections of the document. One of the links corresponds to a section containing the page and includes text associated with the link, a next page element to permit a next page in the document to be presented, and a previous page element to permit a previous page in the document to be presented. The next page element and the previous page element are visually associated with the text associated with the link. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026041 | INTERACTING WITH A DOCUMENT AS AN APPLICATION - A document application is used to interact with a document as if the document was an application. Data from the document is automatically/manually selected to be associated with the document application. The document application displays document application pages (DAPs) that are used to interact with the document. One or more DAPs are automatically created using the selected data along with any rules associated with the data. For example, column names from selected data in the document may be used to create data entry/display fields within one or more DAPs and the rules may be used to specify how to interact with the data in the document application. The automatically created default DAPs may be customized by a user. For example, one DAP may be configured to be the starting page for the document application and another DAP may be configured to display a chart. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026042 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR TRANSFORMATION BETWEEN DISCUSSION DOCUMENTS AND ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUMS - Method for transformation between a discussion document and an online discussion forum including: dividing the discussion document into several portions, according to original headings contained in the discussion document and for each of the plurality of portions, creating a sub-forum of the online discussion forum, in a forum database, the description of which being a text of a respective heading; creating a topic for each paragraph and sub-heading of lower hierarchy; inserting a text of each paragraph into a discussion database, formatted according to rules of the online discussion forum; modifying the online discussion forum via a discussion forum software; creating a new version of the discussion document including the original headings; parsing the adapted online discussion forum starting with a first sub-forum; inserting titles of lower level sub-forums in the new version of the discussion document as sub-headings; and outputs the new version of the discussion document. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026043 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, INPUT SUPPORT METHOD, AND INPUT SUPPORT APPARATUS - A computer-readable recording medium stores an input support program that causes a computer to execute a process that includes detecting a nearby character string of one character or more included in an area within a predetermined range of a selected input area on an image displayed on a screen; searching a database correlating and storing item names indicating input items and text examples corresponding to the input items, for a text example that is correlated with an item name indicating an input item corresponding to the detected nearby character string and that corresponds to the character string, upon receiving input of a character string of one character or more to the input area; and outputting as a conversion candidate of the character string, the text example retrieved at the searching. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026044 | Method and apparatus for obtaining entity-related decision support information based on user-supplied preferences - In a portable computing device having at least one kind of input, at least one kind of output, and a data communications interface, a method and apparatus for obtaining entity-related “acceptable or unacceptable” decisions based on matching the results of internet information retrieval against user-supplied, persistent preferences are described. User-supplied preferences consist of a list of internet information resources the user wants to be examined to obtain a decision about whether or not an entity is acceptable, and of a list of criteria that an entity from said internet information resources has to meet to be found acceptable by the user. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface on the portable computing device is provided, allowing the identification of an entity. Identification of an entity automatically initiates information retrieval about the identified entity from the internet information resources of the user's preferences, automatically yielding, upon completion, a clearly discernible output in the form of a ternary “acceptable”/“unacceptable”/“undecidable” indicator on the portable computing device. The “acceptable” indicator is output if at least one criterion from the user's preferences has been met and no criterion from the user's preferences has been violated; the “unacceptable” indicator is output if at least one criterion from the user's preferences has been violated; the “undecidable” indicator is output otherwise. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORING GUIDED PROCEDURES - A software system maintains a plurality of procedures in an infrastructure. The procedures include step by step instructions relating to assisting a user of the infrastructure. The system also provides a software tool via a user interface relating to the plurality of procedures. The software tool is configured to permit a user to create a procedure, to activate the procedure, and to publish the availability of the procedure. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026046 | Portable Media Device with Audio Prompt Menu - Once an audio prompt has been stored on the portable media device, the audio prompt menu is played. Subsequently, an input from a user of the portable media device is then received in response to the audio prompt menu. A command is subsequently transmitted to a remote computer. The command requests the remote computer to perform an action based on the user's input The portable media device includes a portable media device housing containing a processor, a power source, a user interface device, communications circuitry, at least one input/output (i/o) port, and a memory. The memory includes an operating system, a media database, communication procedures for communicating with a remote computer, and instructions for performing the above described method. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026047 | ENHANCED UPNP AV MEDIA RENDERER - A system for providing various overlay information one UPnP AV media renderers. According to the present invention, indications of messages and/or other information received by a UPnP mobile telephone or other UPnP control point can be directly transmitted to a renderer and exhibited in different manners. The present invention also permits the UPnP control point to transmit an event subscription to the renderer for subsequent use. The renderer permits accept or reject the receipt of various information at the particular time. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026048 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SYNCHRONIZING INTERACTIVE CONTENT WITH MULTIMEDIA - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed for synchronizing interactive content with multimedia. A media module is configured to display a multimedia element in a media player capable of multimedia playback. A content module is configured to display one or more interactive content elements associated with the multimedia element. A synchronization module is configured to synchronize the presentation of the one or more interactive content elements with playback of the multimedia element. An input detection module is configured to detect user input in response to a user interacting with the one or more interactive content elements. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026049 | Techniques and Systems for Supporting Podcasting - Improved podcasts and techniques that facilitate their use are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can subscribe to podcasts and then automatically monitor the podcasts for updates to be downloaded. In the event that user interest in a podcast becomes inadequate, downloading of further updates can be restricted. According to another aspect, a podcast can be subscribed to through use of a portable subscription file. According to still another aspect, podcast feeds can be enhanced to include segment elements and other metadata. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026050 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR STORING, ENCODING AND UPLOADING VIDEO OR OBJECT CAPTURED FROM A WEBPAGE USING A TOOLBAR - A method and cloud server for capturing and encoding a video from a website through a toolbar are disclosed. The method of capturing the video through the toolbar may include retrieving and selecting video from the website and capturing the selected video. The method of uploading the object on the webpage through the toolbar may include analyzing object information about the object on the webpage through the toolbar, selecting and transferring the object to an upload area through the toolbar using an account. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026051 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OF THE SAME - A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal recognizes at least one object from video contents including at least one object and displays an object progress bar capable of independently controlling frames including a recognized object. Also, by manipulating the object progress bar according to a predetermined pattern, frames including an object corresponding to the object progress bar from among the whole frames of the video contents can be edited and stored more easily. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026052 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID CONTENT SWITCHING TO PROVIDE A LINEAR TV EXPERIENCE USING STREAMING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods for rapid content switching between pieces of content presented in a plurality of stations using streaming content distribution in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes processing a portion of a station manifest that includes identifiers for content stations and identifiers for pieces of content associated with content stations, selecting jump points that are associated with specific locations within pieces of content, determining a current content station, playing a portion of a current piece of content associated with the current content station, determining alternative pieces of content using the station manifest, preparing additional content for playback at each of the jump points by preparing alternative pieces of content during playback of the current content, receiving a user instruction during playback, selecting a target jump point based upon the user instruction, and commencing playback of additional content starting from the target jump point. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026053 | Systems and Methods for Performing Content Aware Video Editing - A method implemented in a video editing device comprises retrieving media content and generating a user interface comprising a graphical representation of the retrieved media content on a first timeline component. The method further comprises analyzing the retrieved media content to extract attributes associated with the media content and generating a second timeline component in the user interface. At least a portion of the extracted attributes is arranged along the second timeline component with respect to time, and each of the portion of extracted attributes is represented by a corresponding graphical representation. Furthermore, each attribute corresponds to a segment in the media content. The method further comprises retrieving, based on the displayed attributes arranged along the graphical timeline component, a selection of at least one segment of the media content. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026054 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCRIBBLE BASED EDITING - A method and a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions for: receiving a group of media entities; receiving a scribble; applying media editing commands on the group of the media entities to provide a media stream, wherein the media editing commands comprise at least one scribble-selected media editing command that is selected in response to the scribble. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026055 | Accessible Reading Mode Techniques For Electronic Devices - Techniques are disclosed for providing accessible reading modes in electronic computing devices. The user can transition between a manual reading mode and an automatic reading mode using a transition gesture. The manual reading mode may allow the user to navigate through content, share content with others, aurally sample and select content, adjust the reading rate, font, volume, or configure other reading and/or device settings. The automatic reading mode facilitates an electronic device reading automatically and continuously from a predetermined point with a selected voice font, volume, and rate, and only responds to a limited number of command gestures that may include scrolling to the next or previous sentence, paragraph, page, chapter, section or other content boundary. For each reading mode, earcons may guide the selection and/or navigation techniques, indicate content boundaries, confirm user actions or selections, or to otherwise provide an intuitive and accessible user experience. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026056 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE USER SOFTWARE INTERFACE DESIGN - An interface allows objects of a property page of a graphical user interface to be edited without requiring input by the user of software code. The interface converts user generated object edits to a form which is executable by an application program. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026057 | PROVIDING ACCESS TO A REMOTE APPLICATION VIA A WEB CLIENT - Techniques for remote application access are described. Some embodiments provide access to an application executing on a host system via a Web browser of a client device. A user operating the Web browser may request access to the application via a uniform resource identifier. A service executing on the host system receives the request and facilitates access to the application. Facilitating access may include transmitting to the Web browser image data corresponding to a window or graphical user interface generated by the application and stored on the host system. Client logic executing within the Web browser receives the image data and displays a local copy of the application window on the client device. The client logic also forwards user input events made with respect to the to the local window to the remote presentation service, which in turn forwards the events to the window/application on the host system. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026058 | Establishing System and Method for Establishing Application Program Having Capability Controlling Input and Output Interface for Mobile Computing Device - The present invention relates to an establishing system and a method for providing a user accessing an establishing platform having a user interface through a browser for establishing application program for mobile computing device and having capability controlling input and output interface for a mobile computing device, wherein the input and output interface adopts a wireless communication protocol for bi-directionally communicating with an external device, the user interface comprises a input and output interface management module configured to provide the user to define the contents for the wireless communication protocol. | 2014-01-23 |
20140026059 | Tear-Away Topology Views - Enabling users to select a subset of elements represented by a rendered topology view, and in response, a new view comprising the selected elements is automatically created. Preferred embodiments render this subset view, referred to herein as a “tear-away view”, alongside the topology view from which the elements were selected, thereby enabling the user to focus on the selected elements in context of the bigger picture. An active correlation is preferably maintained between the views, such that various updates to one view are also reflected in the other view. Preferred embodiments automatically create a new data model underlying the tear-away view, and in one aspect, this data model and/or tear-away view may be persisted. | 2014-01-23 |