13th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 70 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140089725 | PHYSICAL MEMORY FAULT MITIGATION IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Effects of a physical memory fault are mitigated. In one example, to facilitate mitigation, memory is allocated to processing entities of a computing environment, such as applications, operating systems, or virtual machines, in a manner that minimizes impact to the computing environment in the event of a memory failure. Allocation includes using memory structure information, including, information regarding fault containment zones, to allocate memory to the processing entities. By allocating memory based on fault containment zones, a fault only affects a minimum number of processing entities. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089726 | DETERMINING WHETHER A RIGHT TO USE MEMORY MODULES IN A RELIABILITY MODE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED - Examples disclosed herein relate to determining whether a right to use memory modules in a reliability mode has been acquired. Examples include determining whether the right to use a plurality of memory modules in a reliability mode has been acquired, if a performance mode is selected for operation of the plurality of memory modules. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089727 | ESTIMATING A PERFORMANCE PARAMETER OF A JOB HAVING MAP AND REDUCE TASKS AFTER A FAILURE - A job profile includes characteristics of a job to be executed, where the characteristics of the job profile relate to map tasks and reduce tasks of the job, and where the map tasks produce intermediate results based on input data, and the reduce tasks produce an output based on the intermediate results. In response to a failure in a system, numbers of failed map tasks and reduce tasks of the job based on a time of the failure are computed, and numbers of remaining map tasks and reduce tasks are computed. A performance model is provided, and a performance parameter of the job is estimated using the performance model. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING STORAGE VOLUMES - A disk array redundancy controller ensures integrity of a mirrored or RAID storage array supporting a host system and minimizes recovery time responsive to a storage volume failure by traversing caches of recently written blocks to identify partially flushed stripes of data and recovering the inconsistent stripes on each of the storage volumes based on a master copy derived from the scan of all pre-failure caches of the storage array. The storage array employs nonvolatile caches in conjunction with solid state drive (SSD) storage volumes, allowing post-failure recovery of recently written blocks. A cache depth at least sufficient to store the largest stripe, or set of blocks, from the host ensures recovery of the entire stripe from a collective scan of the caches of all storage volumes of the storage array. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089729 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD - A storage system includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices that each includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory chips, and a storage controller configured to perform input and output of data to and from a RAID group comprised by storage areas of the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices. A nonvolatile memory device identifies a failure occurrence area that is a storage area in which a failure occurred in the plurality of nonvolatile memory chips, excludes the failure occurrence area from a storage area allocated to the RAID group, and transmits failure occurrence information that is information relating to the failure that has occurred in the nonvolatile memory device to the storage controller. When the failure occurrence information is received, the storage controller reconstructs data that had been stored in a storage area including at least the failure occurrence area of the nonvolatile memory device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089730 | STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STORAGES - A processor copies first information stored in a first storage to a backup volume. The processor stores management information when a first piece of the first information is updated to second information after the copy. The processor executes, when a failure occurs in the first storage, first restoration based on the management information and reference information stored in reference storages other than the first storage. The first restoration restores the second information to a spare storage. The processor executes second restoration based on the management information and the reference information. The second restoration restores third information to the spare storage. The processor stops the second restoration when a failure occurs in a second storage while the second restoration is being executed. The processor executes third restoration based on the first information stored in the backup volume and the management information. The third restoration restores fourth information to the spare storage. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089731 | OPERATING METHOD OF SOFTWARE FAULT-TOLERANT HANDLING SYSTEM - An exemplary embodiment provides an operating method of a software fault-tolerant handling system, and more particularly, to an operating method of a fault-tolerant handling system in which a fault recovery is easy in a fault-tolerant technology of copying with various faults which can occur in a computing device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089732 | THREAD SPARING BETWEEN CORES IN A MULTI-THREADED PROCESSOR - Embodiments relate to thread sparing between cores in a processor. An aspect includes determining that a number of recovery attempts made by a first thread on the first core has exceeded a recovery attempt threshold, and sending a request to transfer the first thread. Another aspect includes, selecting a second core from a plurality of cores to receive the first thread from the first core, wherein the second core is selected based on the second core having an idle thread. Another aspect includes transferring a last good architected state of the first thread from the first core to the second core. Another aspect includes loading the last good architected state of the first thread by the idle thread on the second core. Yet another aspect includes resuming execution of the first thread on the second core from the last good architected state of the first thread by the idle thread. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089733 | FILE RECORDING APPARATUS, FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT METHOD, FILE RECOVERY METHOD, AND CHANGER DRIVE - A file recording apparatus includes a drive and a control unit. The drive is configured to use, as a removable recording medium, a cartridge on which a non-volatile memory is mounted and in which one of a disk-shaped recording medium and a tape-shaped recording medium is stored. The control unit is configured to handle the drive as a storage device, and the control unit records a file unique number of a file in which a read error is caused in the non-volatile memory. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089734 | THREAD SPARING BETWEEN CORES IN A MULTI-THREADED PROCESSOR - Embodiments relate to thread sparing between cores in a processor. An aspect includes determining that a number of recovery attempts made by a first thread on the first core has exceeded a recovery attempt threshold, and sending a request to transfer the first thread. Another aspect includes, selecting a second core from a plurality of cores to receive the first thread from the first core, wherein the second core is selected based on the second core having an idle thread. Another aspect includes transferring a last good architected state of the first thread from the first core to the second core. Another aspect includes loading the last good architected state of the first thread by the idle thread on the second core. Yet another aspect includes resuming execution of the first thread on the second core from the last good architected state of the first thread by the idle thread. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089735 | Computer System Input/Output Management - The collection of performance data at multiple servers in a SAN and forwarding that data to a centralized server for analysis is disclosed. Remote agents and a central server application collect specific interesting negative event data to enable a picture of the operational health of the SAN to be determined. The agents are placed in servers having HBAs acting as initiators. The agents interact with the HBAs through a driver stack to collect event data. Because of the initiator function they perform, HBAs have visibility to parts of the network that other entities do not have access to, and thus are ideal locations for gathering event data. A SAN diagnostics manager then pulls the collected data from each agent so that a “picture” of the SAN can be developed. In addition to collecting initiator data, the agents also collect errors and performance data from the OS of the servers. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089736 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM, SERVER COMPUTER, DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND FAILURE PREVENTION METHOD - A distributed system according to an exemplary embodiment includes first and second servers capable of executing the same application, wherein when a failure occurs in the application in the first server, the first server generates failure information identifying a cause of the failure in the application, and the second server performs failure prevention processing which is determined based on the failure information and intended to prevent a failure in the application. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089737 | PSMI USING AT-SPEED SCAN CAPTURE - In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods, systems, mechanisms, techniques, and apparatuses for implementing and using PSMI using at-speed scan capture. For example, in one embodiment, such a system includes an input signal capture device to capture input signals input to a silicon processor under test; a scan capture device to capture a scan snapshot representing a known state of a plurality of digital elements integrated within the silicon processor under test, each having state data for the silicon processor under test; a scan read-out device to communicate the captured scan snapshot to a storage point physically external from the silicon processor under test; and a model of the silicon processor under test to replay a subset of a test sequence for the silicon processor under test based at least in part on the captured input signals and the captured scan snapshot. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089738 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SOURCE OF RUN-TIME EXECUTION FAILURE - The present disclosure relates to identifying the source of run-time execution failure and performing static analysis on the computer program without changing actual computer program code. In one embodiment, a method for performing static analysis on run-time execution failure is disclosed, comprising: identifying a point of interest in a computer program by statically analyzing the computer program, wherein the point of interest comprises one of: a variable or an expression; identifying previous assignments of the variable or the expression by performing static analysis depending on a value associated with the variable or the expression; modifying the value to a new value or modifying the expression to a new expression; modifying the computer program based upon the new value or the new expression to generate a modified computer program; and performing incremental static analysis on the modified computer program in order to identify a change in the computer program. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089739 | SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE DEVICE HAVING TESTING CIRCUIT FOR CAPACITOR - A serial advanced technology attachment dual in-line memory module device includes a capacitor to be tested, a control chip, a display device, a testing chip, and a selecting chip. Voltage pins of the testing chip and the selecting chip are connected to a power source. A testing pin of the testing chip is connected to the capacitor. A first input output (I/O) pin of the selecting chip is connected to a first I/O pin of the testing chip. A second I/O pin of the selecting chip is connected to a second I/O pin of the testing chip. A third I/O pin of the selecting chip is connected to an input pin of the control chip. A fourth I/O pin of the selecting chip is connected to an output pin of the control chip. A fifth I/O pin of the selecting chip is connected to the display device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089740 | COMPUTERISED STORAGE SYSTEM COMPRISING REPLACEABLE UNITS FOR MANAGING TESTING OF REPLACEMENT UNITS - A method for use in a computerized storage system comprising one or more replaceable units, for managing testing of one or more replacement units, where the storage system is automatically placed in a testing mode in response to a given unit being replaced and if testing fails the storage system automatically fails back to a service mode. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089741 | DATA TRANSITION TRACING APPARATUS, DATA TRANSITION TRACING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DATA TRANSITION TRACING PROGRAM - Disclosed is a data transition tracing apparatus capable of solving the problem on tracing an error for debugging. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089742 | Integration of control software with a medical device and system - A medical device for diagnosis or treatment of tissue is disclosed. The device includes an electronically-controlled tool configured for diagnosis or treatment, an electrical connector, and a computer readable memory. The electrical connector is configured for connection with an electronic control unit and configured to receive control signals, including signals concerning the operation of the tool, from the electronic control unit. The computer readable memory is accessible through the connector. The memory can include a set of programming instructions for control of the tool, and the programming instructions can be configured to be downloadable from the memory upon connection of the electrical connector with the electronic control unit. A system is also disclosed in which the electronic control unit is configured to transmit a data log from memory in the electronic control unit to the memory in the medical device upon the occurrence or detection of a predetermined event. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089743 | POWER SHUTDOWN PREDICTION FOR NON-VOLATILE STORAGE DEVICES - A method includes, in a host that stores data in a storage device, detecting an event that is indicative, statistically and not deterministically, of an imminent power shutdown in the host. A notification is sent to the storage device responsively to the detected event, so as to cause the storage device to initiate preparatory action for the imminent power shutdown. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089744 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: a storage including storage areas individually allocated to processing operations, and is configured to store therein association information in which a content of a failure occurring in one processing operation of the processing operations and at least one storage area of the storage areas are associated with each other wherein history information indicating histories of the individual processing operations is stored in the individual storage areas in response to the execution of the processing operations; and a processor coupled to the storage and configured to duplicate, in a storage area different from the storage areas, history information stored in a storage area where a failure having occurred and a matching content of a failure are associated with each other in the association information when the failure has occurred in one processing operation of the processing operations. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089745 | ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM PERFORMING READ-AHEAD OPERATION WITH VARIABLE SIZED DATA, AND RELATED METHOD OF OPERATION - A method of reading data in an electronic system comprises detecting whether a trigger signal in the electronic system is enabled, the trigger signal being selectively enabled according to at least one operating condition of the electronic system, as a consequence of detecting that the trigger signal is enabled, changing a size of read-ahead data based on the enabled trigger signal, and performing a read operation based on a read command and the changed size of the read-ahead data. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089746 | HEURISTIC FAILURE PREVENTION IN SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS) SYSTEMS - A request is received by a first computer. The first computer delegates the first request to a second computer. The second computer attempts to process the first request and identifies an imminent fault as a result of the attempt. The second computer sends a message to the first computer indicating an imminent fault as a result of the attempted processing of the first request. The first computer sends a message to a third computer indicating that a second request matching the first request should not be processed. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089747 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FIXING LOOPHOLES - The present invention discloses method and system for debugging, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions of debugging. The method includes when a loophole is detected, determining whether a network is online; if yes, fixing the loophole; otherwise, prompting a user to make the network online, and fixing the loophole when the network is online, so as to avoid debugging failure caused by a failure of patch downloading when the network is offline, thereby reducing the failure rate of debugging. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089748 | HOT-PLUGGING DEBUGGER ARCHITECTURES - Systems and techniques for hot-plugging debugger capabilities are described. A described integrated circuit device includes a processor, a first pad interface, a detector configured to detect a clock signal via the first pad interface, one or more second pad interfaces, two or more components including a debug system that is communicatively coupled with the processor, a multiplexer communicatively coupled with the one or more second pad interfaces and the two or more components, and configured to selectively interconnect the one or more second pad interfaces with a selected component of the two or more components. The multiplexer can be configured to cause the debug system to be the selected component when the clock signal is detected via the first pad interface. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089749 | APPARATUS FOR JTAG-DRIVEN REMOTE SCANNING - A scan circuit (JTAG 1149 extension) for a microprocessor utilizes transport logic and scan chains which operate at a faster clock speed than the external JTAG clock. The transport logic converts the input serial data stream (TDI) into input data packets which are sent to scan chains, and converts output data packets into an output data stream (TDO). The transport logic includes a deserializer having a sliced input buffer, and a serializer having a sliced output buffer. The scan circuit can be used for testing with boundary scan latches, or to control internal functions of the microprocessor. Local clock buffers can be used to distribute the clock signals, controlled by thold signals generated from oversampling of the external clock. The result is a JTAG scanning system which is not limited by the external JTAG clock speed, allowing multiple internal scan operations to complete within a single external JTAG cycle. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089750 | TEST COVERAGE OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH TEST VECTOR INPUT SPREADING - An apparatus and method is provided for switching input pins to scan channels to increase test coverage. In one embodiment, a scan system connects a small number of input pins to several scan channels so that the input pins may be selectively switched. The input pins may transmit independent test vectors to test a large number of test areas on a semiconductor chip. The scan system may include a switching device such as a multiplexer (MUX). | 2014-03-27 |
20140089751 | TEST COVERAGE OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH TEST VECTOR INPUT SPREADING - An apparatus and method is provided for switching input pins to scan channels to increase test coverage. In one embodiment, a scan system connects a small number of input pins to several scan channels so that the input pins may be selectively switched. The input pins may transmit independent test vectors to test a large number of test areas on a semiconductor chip. The scan system may include a switching device such as a multiplexer (MUX). | 2014-03-27 |
20140089752 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATION OF INPUT/OUTPUT BUFFER CIRCUITRY - Techniques and mechanisms for evaluating I/O buffer circuits. In an embodiment, test rounds are performed for a device including the I/O buffer circuits, each of the test rounds comprising a respective loop-back test for each of the I/O buffer circuits. Each of the test rounds corresponds to a different respective delay between a transmit clock signal and a receive clock signal. In another embodiment, a first test round indicates a failure condition for at least one I/O buffer circuit and a second test round indicates the failure condition for each of the I/O buffer circuits. Evaluation of the I/O buffer circuits determines whether the device satisfies a test condition, where the determining is based on a difference between the delay corresponding to the first test round and the delay corresponding to the second test round. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089753 | PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT THAT GENERATES PANEL TEST PATTERN AND PANEL TEST METHOD THEREOF - A panel driving circuit that produces a panel test pattern and a method of testing a panel are provided. The driving circuit includes a pattern generation unit and a selection unit. The pattern generation unit responds to a system clock and produces pattern test data and pattern test signals. The selection unit responds to a test signal and selects and outputs either (a) the pattern test data and the pattern test signals that are outputted from the pattern generation unit, or (b) the pattern test data and pattern test signals that are directly applied from the outside. The driving circuit and the method of the panel test generates the panel test data, the horizontal synchronizing signal, the vertical synchronizing signal, and the data activating signal within the driving circuit using a system clock so that the testing of the panel can be carried out without using a separate test device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089754 | SOFT MESSAGE-PASSING DECODER WITH EFFICIENT MESSAGE COMPUTATION - A method includes, in a decoder of an Error Correction Code (ECC), maintaining only aggregated information regarding a set of messages, a function of which is to be reported from a first node to a second node of the decoder. The function of the set is determined and reported using the aggregated information. After reporting the function, one of the messages in the set is replaced with a new message. The aggregated information is updated to reflect the set having the new message, and the function of the set having the new message is determined and reported using the updated aggregated information. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089755 | RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR HIGH SPEED MEMORY - PARITY PROTECTION ON COMMAND/ADDRESS AND ECC PROTECTION ON DATA - Method and apparatus to efficiently detect/correct memory errors. A command and an address associated with a data transaction may be received. Parity information associated with the command/address may be received. In response to detecting a parity error, a data array of a memory device may be locked. An indicator indicating the parity error may be sent. A first portion of a memory page to store data may be reserved. A second portion of the memory page to store error correction codes associated with the data may be reserved. The second portion's size may equal or exceed the error correction code capacity needed for the maximum possible data stored in the first portion. A cache line of data may be stored in the first portion. An error correction code associated with the cache line of data may be stored in the second portion. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089756 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD AND RECEIVING METHOD - A communication apparatus that performs receiving processing of data transmitted at timings of a predetermined interval, the communication apparatus includes: a transmitting unit configured to transmit a signal indicating that data is successfully received when the data transmitted at M | 2014-03-27 |
20140089757 | LDPC Decoder With Fractional Local Iterations - The present inventions are related to systems and methods for an LDPC decoder with fractional local iterations that may be used in a data processing system with an LDPC decoder and data detector to better balance processing times in the LDPC decoder and data detector. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089758 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING DATA FAULTS - Techniques and mechanisms for handling data faults in a memory system which includes multiple integrated circuit (IC) dies, each die including a respective one of multiple memory arrays. In an embodiment, control logic monitors for a die failure of the multiple dies, and further monitors for a request to perform error correction for the multiple memory arrays. Each of the multiple memory arrays may store a respective vertical error correction code specific to data of that memory array. Another IC die may store a Bose, Ray-Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem (BCH) code of a horizontal codeword which spans the multiple memory arrays. In another embodiment, the BCH code is available to decode logic for data recovery operations in response to a die failure, where the BCH code is further available to the decode logic for error correction operations when all of the memory arrays are operative. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089759 | Error Correction Circuit for Data Communication Providing Parallelizable Linear Programming Decoding - An error detection/correction system provides an electronic circuit detecting and correcting transmission errors using linear programming. Linear programming techniques are made practical for real-time error correction and decoding by dividing the linear programming problem into independent parallelizable problems so that separate independent portions of the electronic circuit may simultaneously address solutions related to individual bits and/or parity rules. Linear programming is believed to avoid error floors inherent in conventional belief propagation error detection and correction techniques providing a decoding system suitable for high reliability applications. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089760 | STORAGE OF CODEWORD PORTIONS - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe device, methods, computer-readable media and system configurations for dividing error correcting code (“ECC”) codewords into portions and storing the portions among multiple die of non-volatile memory (“NVM”). For example, a device may include memory including a first die and a second die, and a memory controller configured to store a first portion of a codeword for use with an error correcting code in a first segment of the first die and to store a second portion of the codeword in a first segment of the second die. In various embodiments, the first segment of the second die may be offset from the first segment of the first die. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089761 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ERROR CORRECTION INFORMATION - A memory controller to detect for an unintentional access to an incorrect location of a memory device and to provide error detection for data retrieved from an intended location of the memory device. In an embodiment, the memory controller services a read request, including retrieving data and an error correction code from a memory location. In another embodiment, the retrieved error correction code is evaluated, based on a combination of the retrieved data and an address identifier of the read request, to determine whether the address identifier of the read request corresponds to the memory location from which the data and error correction code were retrieved. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089762 | Techniques Associated with a Read and Write Window Budget for a Two Level Memory System - Examples are disclosed for techniques associated with a read and write window budget for a two level memory (2LM) system. In some examples, a read and write window budget may be established for the 2LM system that includes a first level memory and a second level memory. The established read and write window budget may include a combination of a first set of memory addresses and a second set of memory addresses of the second level of memory. The first set of memory addresses may be associated with non-volatile memory cells having wider cell threshold voltage distributions compared to cell threshold voltage distributions for non-volatile memory cells associated with the second set of memory addresses. According to some examples, the established read and write window budget may part of a strategy to meet both a completion time threshold for a given amount of memory and an acceptable error rate threshold for the given amount of memory when fulfilling read or write requests to the second level memory. Other examples are described and claimed. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089763 | FLASH MEMORY AND ACCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A flash memory and an accessing method thereof are provided. The accessing method includes steps of receiving a plurality of contiguous accessing commands, sequentially selecting a plurality of word lines corresponding to the accessing commands, and accessing a plurality of memory cells on each of the word lines according to the accessing commands sequentially. Here, any two of the contiguously selected word lines do not neighbor with each other. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089764 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF STATE CONFIDENCE DATA RETRIEVED FROM A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY ARRAY - An apparatus may comprise a controller to retrieve data from a non-volatile memory, and an error correction module operable on the controller to read a memory cell of the non-volatile memory at a first set of sense conditions comprising a multiplicity of sense conditions. The error correction module may be further operable to set a first set of bits in an encoded output, the first set of bits comprising a logical state bit to indicate a logical state of the memory cell and one or more additional bits in the encoded output to indicate accuracy of the logical state bit based upon results of the read at the first set of sense conditions, the first set of sense conditions comprising a greater number than that of the first set of bits. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089765 | ERROR ESTIMATION MODULE AND ESTIMATION METHOD THEREOF FOR FLASH MEMORY - The present invention relates to the field of data storage, and more particularly to an estimation technology in an error correction process of a flash memory. The present invention provides an error estimation module and an error estimation method thereof for a flash memory. The estimation module mainly includes a timer, a quantification index table, a storage page table, and an error index table. The error estimation method of a flash memory includes: creating rewriting and programming error a priori data, and estimating an error rate of the flash memory by using special physical signals in a flash memory device to provide proper error estimation for an error correction algorithm of the flash memory. The present invention is applicable to a solid-state hard disk controller, a flash memory controller, and the like, where the flash memory device is used as a storage medium, so that the reliability of the flash memory device is improved. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089766 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK (LDPC) ENCODING - Provided is a low density parity check (LDPC) encoding apparatus and method that may store M registers each including N bits, obtain N×M parity bits by performing a partial parallel operation an N×M number of times with respect to the M registers, and mutually invert subsequent N parity bits periodically, based on previous parity bits for each Nth parity bit of the N×M parity bits, respectively. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089767 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATION OF A TIE-BREAKING METRIC IN A LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK DATA ENCODING SYSTEM - The present invention includes generating a tie-breaking metric via a comparative tie-breaking metric training process, monitoring an output of a channel detector in order to identify a tie condition between a first log-likelihood ratio (LLR) value and a second LLR value of a symbol, and upon identifying a tie condition between the first LLR value and the second LLR value of the symbol, applying the generated tie-breaking metric to the symbol in order to assign a hard decision to the symbol. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089768 | ERROR LOCATION SEARCH CIRCUIT, AND ERROR CHECK AND CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is an error check and correction (ECC) circuit which includes a Chien search unit configured to determine whether there is an error in a data string. The Chien search unit includes a circuit configured to calculate a first bit string by multiplying a plurality of elements of Galois Field GF(2 | 2014-03-27 |
20140089769 | CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY CONTINUOUS ERROR DETECTION WITH INTERLEAVE PARITY - Aspects of the disclosure pertain to a system and method for promoting improved error detection efficiency in a Content-Addressable Memory (CAM). The system and method provide CAM continuous error detection with interleave parity. The system continuously monitors for changes in cell contents and, when (e.g., as soon as) a soft error occurs, the error detection output bit for that entry will change, causing an error flag at chip level. The system can then immediately stop compare operations and rewrite the failing entry. Separate read operations are not needed to check for errors, thereby decreasing overall dynamic power usage and increasing possible search frequency for the system. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089770 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ACCESS NETWORK SYSTEM FOR SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING - A method and an apparatus for speech signal processing are provided. The method includes: receiving an encoded speech signal sent by a user equipment, where the encoded speech signal includes a first substream, a second substream, and a third substream, and the first substream is attached with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC); performing decoding processing on the first substream, the second substream, and the third substream by adopting a decoding algorithm, where a decoding algorithm that is based on an auxiliary decision of the CRC is adopted to perform decoding processing on the first substream; and sending decoding results of the first substream, the second substream, and the third substream to a base station controller, where the decoding result of the first substream includes a decoded bit stream and a CRC result. Decoding performance of the first substream is improved, and users' higher requirements for the speech quality are met. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089771 | Strategies for Annotating Digital Maps - A strategy is described for annotating a digital map. According to one exemplary aspect, the user can link a single uploaded object to multiple locations within a map (or maps) without requiring separate uploading and storing operations such that a single instance of the object is simultaneously linked to each of the multiple locations. Further aspects are also described. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089772 | Automatically Creating Tables of Content for Web Pages - A table of contents may be automatically created for a web page. This table of contents may then be used by the visually impaired to navigate the web page via the table of contents. A user may selectively navigate the web page or the table of contents. The user can access items on the web page by selecting an item in the table of contents. Thus in some embodiments, instead of selectively opening portions of the web page and incurring the time penalty associated therewith, the user can simply move through entries in the table of contents until the user finds the information that is actually desired. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089773 | Panoptic Visualization Document Differencing - A system includes a differencing engine and a layout engine of the differencing engine or coupled to the differencing engine. The differencing engine is configured to direct comparison of two or more document components each of which includes respective media content, and each of which has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component. The layout engine is configured to generate a layout of a panoptically-arranged visual representation of the document components or a comparison thereof according to a layout model, and according to the associated metadata. And the differencing engine is configured to communicate the layout. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089774 | Row Heights in Electronic Documents - A computer-implemented method for managing row height in an electronic document includes receiving, at a computing device, a request to display a portion of a document that defines a plurality of rows of content and that is represented by a document model; determining heights of the plurality of rows and saving information about the determined heights in a cache that correlates rows to the height information; and using the document model and the cache to generate a view of the document model having the determined row heights. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089775 | Synchronizing Book Annotations With Social Networks - Annotated electronic book (ebook) content is provided at a client device. A request for an annotation is received from the client device. The request identifies an ebook and a portion of the ebook for which the annotation is requested. A corresponding post on a social network that contains content for the annotation that also corresponds to the identified portion of the ebook is identified. The content contained by the identified post is transmitted to the client device, with the client device being adapted to display the content contained by the identified post in association with the portion of the ebook for which the annotation was requested. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089776 | Strategies for Annotating Digital Maps - A strategy is described for annotating a digital map. According to one exemplary aspect, the user can instruct map processing functionality (MPF) to automatically extract objects from a data source (such as an RSS data source) and annotate the map with the objects based on relative locations associated with the objects. Further aspects are also described. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089777 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING AND SHARING INFORMATION CHANNELS AND CONTENT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA - A data processing system and method delivers an open profile personalization system based on profile data structures that contain one or more interest nodes or channels. The channels can be created or subscribed to by the user, provided by social media friends of the user, and/or suggested by editors of the system. The interest nodes include respective sets of targets and qualifiers, where the targets and qualifiers comprise types of attributes to be used in the filtering of information files for delivery as a result set for the interest nodes. Targets and qualifiers are applied to the types of attributes and available information files to produce a filtered set. Web pages showing personalized results include tools based on content analysis to assist the user in creation and editing of the open profile. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089778 | Progressive Image Rendering Utilizing Data URI Enhancements - Architectures and techniques for providing an initial portion of media content of a network site to a user equipment. One technique includes embedding an initial portion of the media content within hypertext markup language (HTML) for displaying a page of the network site. A uniform resource identifier (URI) is embedded within the HTML for displaying the page of the network site that includes the media content, where the URI indicates a location of the media content. The HTML including the initial portion of the media content and the URI is provided to the user equipment for displaying the page of the network site that includes the media content on the user equipment. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089779 | Electronic Book Generation Method of Composite Layer and Hypertext Markup Language and Reading Program - An electronic book generation method of a composite layer and a hypertext markup language includes the steps of (a) judging whether a trigger event which is predetermined to be input is existed or not; (b) acquiring a predetermined file of a layer or a hypertext markup language in accordance with a comparison table when the trigger event which is predetermined to be input is happened; and (c) acquiring a container corresponding to a format of the predetermined file so as to load the predetermined file in the container and add with a page. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089780 | Customizing Content Delivery From A Brand Page To A User In A Social Networking Environment - A social networking system user's interaction with a brand page may be tailored to match the user's interests. Content providers or page administrators of a brand page associate keywords with content posted to the brand page. A keyword may define a characteristic of a social networking system user to receive the content or may describe a characteristic of the content. The keywords are compared to a user profile of a user requesting the brand page and content posted to the brand page is selected for presentation to the user based on the user profile and the keywords. For example, content is presented to a user having a characteristic defined by criteria keyword. The selected content posted to the brand page is presented to the user requesting the brand page. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089781 | COLOR-BASED DESIGNS - In general techniques include receiving a first query for a product, receiving an input that comprises a collection of colors, determining, based at least in part on the input, one or more candidate color palettes, presenting the one or more candidate color palettes on a web site, receiving a selection that specifies one of the candidate color palettes as a selected color palette, and providing, on the web site, a list of products based at least in part on the first query and the selected color palette. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089782 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3-TIER TAG CONTAINER ARCHITECTURE - The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for 3-tier tag container architecture. A browser may execute, responsive to loading a web page, a tag container in the web page. The tag container may include a configuration component, a template component and a rules component for managing a plurality of tags. The template component may provide a template for dynamically generating the tags during page loading. The tag container may apply the configuration component to assign a value to at least one parameter of a configuration of a tag. The tag may comprise an instance of the template. The template may include parameters with values specifying the configuration of an instance of a tag created from the template. The tag container may apply the rules component to modify a property of the tag. The property may determine a loading behavior of the tag on the web page. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A VISUAL BROWSER TO A VOICE BROWSER - A method and apparatus for concurrently accessing network-based electronic content in a Voice Browser and a Visual Browser can include retrieving a network-based document formatted for display in the Visual Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Voice Browser specifying electronic content formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser. The Voice Browser can retrieve and audibly present the specified electronic content concurrently with the Visual Browser visually presenting the network-based document. The method can include retrieving a network-based document formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Visual Browser specifying electronic content formatted for visual presentation in the Visual Browser. The Visual Browser can retrieve and visually present the specified electronic content concurrently with the Voice Browser audibly presenting the network-based document. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089784 | PAGE DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PAGE DATA GENERATION METHOD - A nested relationship acquisition part ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140089785 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF OUTPUTTING CONTENT OF INTEREST - A method can output content of interest of a structured electronic document from a computer or distributed computer system having a processor and memory. The method includes loading a common expression and a data structure definition into memory, the common expression identifying a content element in a first structured electronic document, the data structure definition defined according to the common expression; creating in memory an instance of a data structure defined by the data structure definition; applying with the processor the common expression to a second structured electronic document to extract a content element from the second structured electronic document; storing the extracted content element in the instance of the data structure; and populating a template structured electronic document using the instance of the data structure to produce an output structured electronic document. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089786 | Automated Processor For Web Content To Mobile-Optimized Content Transformation - A system, method, and apparatus for dynamically and automatically transforming desktop web content into a mobile-optimized version for consumption by a variety of mobile devices. The system is delivered as SaaS (Software as a Service) platform on a hosting server. Input may be provide by a user who interacts with the system by simply entering a website address, or may be provided in an automated way using a software programming interface method. The system creates the mobile-optimized version that can optionally be cached and served to mobile devices. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089787 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - Provided are a device and a method which facilitate continued focusing of a used on specific content information by increasing the opportunities for said content information to appear (be exposed) even in case that said specific content information has been moved off the display screen by scrolling. At least one set of copy content information is generated which is a copy of focus content information identified from content information contained in a content list displayed on the display screen of a terminal device. Then, said generated copy content information is inserted at any insertion position in the sequence of the content list, and said inserted copy content information is displayed on the display screen in response to operations in which the user scrolls the display content on the display screen. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE A DOMAIN SPLIT DISPLAY - In various example embodiments, systems and methods for a domain split display are provided. A first request call directed to a first domain is received. In response, first served content including content retrieved based on the first domain is transmitted to a client device. The first served content is used by the client device to generate a parent page comprising a content iframe, which is associated with a second domain. A second request call directed to a second domain is received and second served content is transmitted to the client device. The second served content includes content retrieved from the second domain. The second served content causes a data receiver iframe associated with the first domain and an event receiver iframe associated with the second domain to be displayed within the content iframe. User-generated content for display in the data receiver iframe is then transmitted. The user-generated content is retrieved from the second domain, whereby the second domain is different from the first domain. The data receiver iframe may communicate a size required to display the user-generated content to the event receiver iframe, which in turn, communicates the size to the parent page. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089789 | Electronic Document Modification - Electronic document design methods and computer programs allowing a user to separately control and modify layout and the design components of an electronic document. A number of possible document layouts and possible document designs are stored. A document is based on the combination of one of the stored layouts and one of the stored designs. While the user is viewing the electronic document, controls are available to the user allowing the user to view and select among alternate layouts and designs for that document. Color schemes and font schemes for the document may also be separated controlled. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089790 | FONT PROCESSING METHOD FOR MAINTAINING E-DOCUMENT LAYOUT - The present invention relates to a font processing technique for maintaining e-document layout. More particularly, the present invention relates to a font processing technique for a user terminal (e.g., smart phone, smart pad, digital set-top box) displaying or printing an e-document (e.g., word file, presentation file) to approximately maintain original layout of the e-document even though lacking of original font of the e-document. According to the present invention, when a user terminal displays or prints an e-document, the original layout of the e-document is maintained even though the user terminal fails to install original fonts. Therefore, the meaning of the e-document is exactly shown as intended by the author. Further, the visibility and legibility of the e-document is highly enhanced. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089791 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A setting item for specifying a setting detail to be set is displayed on a setting screen for making a setting about contents. A content item representing the content is displayed on a content screen for displaying the content. An object touching the setting item on the setting screen is given a tactile sensation according to the touched setting item. The object touching the content item on the content screen is given the same tactile sensation as that given when the setting item for specifying the setting detail set for the touched contents is touched. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089792 | CUSTOMIZING HAPTIC EFFECTS ON AN END USER DEVICE - Systems, methods, and associated software are described herein for enabling a regular user of an end user device, such as a cellular telephone, to customize parameters associated with haptic effects applied to the user by the end user device. In one implementation, among several, a method described herein includes enabling a user of an end user device to access software adapted to design or modify haptic effects of the end user device. The method further includes enabling the user to open a haptic track file and enter or modify parameters associated with the haptic effects of the opened haptic track file. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089793 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes an operation unit that receives a user operation, input assistance means used when a user inputs information to the operation unit and that can change a user's sensory perception, and a control unit that, in response to an operation performed by a user using the input assistance means, guides a user operation to a prescribed operation by changing a sensory perception given to the user by the input assistance means. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089794 | ONLINE BINDERS - Technology is disclosed for organizing, managing and sharing data files as pages of an online binder (“the technology”). In various embodiments, the technology stores multiple data files received in multiple formats from multiple sources as pages of the online binder. The pages of the online binder are of a common format. The common format allows the pages, that is, the data files corresponding to the pages, to be accessed using a variety of devices regardless of a platform of the devices. The online binder is platform agnostic. The technology provides tools to create notes for the pages of the online binder. The notes can include text annotations, drawings, or audio visual annotations, including a recording of the user actions as presented on the device of the user. The technology provides a collaboration service for sharing the online binder with multiple users asynchronously or in real-time. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089795 | GENERATING A USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus provide the ability to generate a graphical user interface. Two user interface groups are defined that both contain two or more user interface (UI) components that are used to perform operations in an image processing application. The two groups are displayed (in panels having panel dimensions) on a first display device having a first aspect ratio. Each UI component has a corresponding size that it is displayed in and spacing between the UI components has a defined spacing size. The two groups are displayed on a second display device having a second different aspect ratio. The second aspect ratio is such that both panels cannot be completely displayed in the panel dimensions. First UI components are displayed in a first panel while the second panel is displayed with a portion obscured by the first panel. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089796 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR AUTHORING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - An electronic apparatus, a method for authorizing multimedia content thereof, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing therein a program to execute the method are provided. The method for generating multimedia content of the electronic apparatus includes displaying a page screen of electronic book content comprising text and video, receiving a user command to generate a multimedia object in synchronization with the video, and displaying a multimedia object generating window which is movable and size-adjustable within the page screen, and generating the multimedia object in synchronization with the video in response to the user command through the multimedia object generating window and storing the multimedia object in synchronization with the video. As a result, the user is able to author electronic book content comprising interactive multimedia therein. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089797 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EVENT DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION - A computer system and method for generating event distribution information using an audio file and controlling events corresponding to the user inputs based on the event distribution information. The computer-implemented method includes: extracting a predefined number of event-triggering times from event distribution information, wherein the event distribution information is associated with an audio file currently played on the computer and the event-triggering times are arranged in a sequential order; determining a current play time for the audio file; and controlling event locations corresponding to user inputs on the display of the computer based on a comparison of the current play time and the extracted event-triggering times. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089798 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CROWD SOURCED TAGGING OF MULTIMEDIA - The invention relates to deploying a synchronization index and associated multimedia, for manipulations to the synchronization index, for navigation between the synchronization index and associated multimedia, and for synchronous playback of the multimedia and associated text, using a computing device. The system may use multimedia with a synchronized text transcription, or a synchronization index, on a computing device for viewing and manipulating the multimedia, using the synchronized text transcription. The computing device may be used to navigate the multimedia, annotate the text transcription, achieve synchronous play of the multimedia, and communicate to another computer manipulations performed on the text or multimedia. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089799 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONTROL FOR MULTIMEDIA SEEKING - The invention relates to multimedia seek sequence using a synchronization index and a mobile computing device. A mobile computing device displays text from a synchronization index. The synchronization index comprises respective times within multimedia corresponding to a word or range of words. A user may perform a gesture performed on a portion of screen of the mobile computing device corresponding to a word, or a range of words, from the synchronization index. The mobile computing device performs a timecode lookup, using the synchronization index, and in response to the gesture performed to select a word or range of words, the timecode lookup functions to associate a time within multimedia to the selected word or range of words. Multimedia is then delivered beginning at that time, or the user is provided instructions for the delivery of multimedia, to a receiving device. The multimedia delivered corresponds to the word or range of words selected by the gesture of the user. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089800 | MULTIMEDIA COMMENT SYSTEM AND MULTIMEDIA COMMENT METHOD - A multimedia comment system and a multimedia comment method are disclosed herein. The multimedia comment system includes a video unit and a comment unit. The video unit can provide a video content for a client device. The comment unit can make the client device render a multimedia comment interface related to the video content, in which the multimedia comment interface has a multimedia comment button. When a commentator selects the multimedia comment button, the comment unit allows the commentator to perform operation of a multimedia comment on the video content. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089801 | TIMESTAMPED COMMENTARY SYSTEM FOR VIDEO CONTENT - A video commentary system receives video content items from users in a community. Such video content items are presented to viewers in the community. The system presents submission controls through which the viewers can submit feedback related to specific time points within that presentation. The controls can be used to submit textual, video, or audio comments. The controls can include labeled buttons that viewers can activate to submit categorized comments. Each submission is associated with a timestamp corresponding to the current video frame. The user interface includes regions that display, in real-time, the submissions received from the viewers. Submissions can indicate their timestamps. A bar graph indicates, by category and by time interval, quantities of categorized comments that have been received relating to various time intervals in the presentation. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089802 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR SWITCHING VIDEO PLAYING CONTENT - The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus and a mobile terminal for switching video playing content, and relates to the technical field of the mobile communication terminal and can solve the problem that the switching of the video playing content is relatively cumbersome when full-screen playing the video. The method comprises: playing current video content in a full-screen mode; displaying, after having received a trigger whereby a user switches video playing content, a current video playing list in a full-screen playing interface while keeping full-screen playing the current video content, video content being comprised in the current video playing list; and terminating, when the user selects the video content in the current video playing list, playing the current video content, and full-screen playing the video content selected by the user. The present invention is applied to switch the video playing content in the case of full-screen playing the video. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089803 | SEEK TECHNIQUES FOR CONTENT PLAYBACK - Improved seek techniques for content playback are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a content management module, and the content management module may be operable by the processor circuit to determine a seek destination comprising an event within a content item, identify a time index value corresponding to the event, and initiate playback of the content item at the time index value. In this manner, improved seek results may be realized that allow users to seek to specific events or points of interest within consumed content. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089804 | INTERACTIVE CREATION OF A MOVIE - A system for creating an animated and/or non-animated movie includes a database and a movie editor. The database stores at least one script and at least one modifiable, animated and/or non-animated clip. The movie editor receives and stores user input with which to build an modifiable movie following one of the at least one script and formed of selected ones of the clips using the user input, enables the user to update any of the user input, plays the modifiable movie with the updated user input, and creates a playlist from the at least one script, the clips and at least one the user input. The system also includes a genre changer generating a new playlist for the modifiable movie by selecting clips from the database belonging to a new genre using the existing user input and to providing the modifiable movie in the new genre to the movie editor. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089805 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user's convenience. The present invention includes saving a first memo sheet including at least one memo object and at least one audio memo object for the first memo sheet, displaying the first memo sheet to be displayed on a touchscreen, and when a prescribed memo object is selected from the at least one memo object displayed on the first memo sheet, controlling an audio memo object corresponding to the selected memo object to be outputted via an audio output unit. Accordingly, a voice memo content and other memo contents can be efficiently recorded and read. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089806 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCED CONTENT SEEK - Techniques for enhanced content seek are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a content management module, and the content management module may be operative on the processor circuit to receive an instruction to initiate a seek presentation mode for a content item, determine content description information for the content item, and generate seek presentation information comprising the content description information. In this manner, an improved seek presentation may be realized that provides descriptive information regarding portions of content as a seek is being performed through those portions of content, such that a user may be better able to identify a point at which a desired location within the content has been reached. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089807 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING DIAMETER TRAFFIC ESTIMATOR - The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing a Diameter traffic estimator. According to one exemplary system, a user interface is configured to receive user input regarding a number of subscribers and subscriber network activity types. A Diameter traffic estimator is configured to estimate an indication of Diameter traffic volume based on the number of subscribers and the subscriber network activity type. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089808 | METHOD OF CONTEXTUALLY DETERMINING MISSING COMPONENTS OF AN INCOMPLETE UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR - A technique and apparatus for connecting a terminal to a host server on the Internet in response to an incomplete uniform resource locator (URL). The present method and apparatus receives an incomplete URL from the user, e.g., just a host name. The present method and apparatus contextually determines the remaining or missing components of the incomplete URL as a function of the host server received from the user. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089809 | FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATED STORAGE PROCESSES AND FLEXIBLE WORKFLOW - Methods and systems for providing a framework for automated storage processes and flexible workflow are disclosed. The framework provides a user workflow design tool to create and/or customize workflow automation processes without needing to write software code. Additionally, the workflow design tool provides a mechanism that allows the workflow to make decisions, such as selecting storage resources. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089810 | Real Time Visualization of Network Information - A user equipment (UE) comprising a display, a visual input configured to capture motion or stop photography as visual data, a receiver configured to receive network data associated with a network element (NE) from a server, and a processor coupled to the display, visual input, and receiver and configured to receive visual data from the visual input, receive the network data from the server via the receiver, overlay the network data on the visual data to create composite image, and transmit the composite image to the display. Also disclosed is a network comprising a server configured to store network data in memory, wherein the network data comprises the physical location of a plurality of NEs in the network, receive field of view data from a UE, wherein the field of view data defines the field of view of a visual input of the UE, and transmit to the UE a network data response message comprising the network data for each NE physically located in the UE visual input's field of view. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089811 | Method of Providing Street View Data of a Real Estate Property - Video drive-by data provides a street level view of a neighborhood surrounding a selected geographic location. A video and data server farm incorporates a video storage server that stores video image files containing video drive-by data corresponding to a geographic location, a database server that processes a data query received from a user over the Internet corresponding to a geographic location of interest, and an image processing server. In operation, the database server identifies video image files stored in the video storage server that correspond to the geographic location of interest contained in the data query and transfers the video image files over a pre-processing network to the image processing server. The image processing server converts the video drive-by data to post-processed video data corresponding to a desired image format and transfers the post-processed video data via a post-processing network to the Internet in response to the query. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089812 | SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A system includes: an information processing apparatus including a first memory and a first processor coupled to the first memory and configured to: output first information representing a first display area of a first image which is set as a first operation target in accordance with a first operation; and a terminal apparatus including a second memory and a second processor coupled to the second memory and configured to: accept the first operation input by a user, extract first image data of the first image from a second image displayed on a screen of the terminal apparatus, based on the first information, and store the first image data in the second memory. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089813 | RANKING OF USER FEEDBACK BASED ON USER INPUT DEVICE TRACKING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for obtaining first position information of a first user interaction with a multimedia content item that is presented at a first time to the first user in a presentation area on a first computer device; obtaining, in response to obtaining the first position information, second position information of a second user interaction with the multimedia content item that was presented at a second time to a second user in a presentation area on a second computer device, the second time occurring before the first time; calculating a correlation score that is indicative of the relatedness of the second user interaction to the first user interaction; and in response to the correlation score meeting a threshold value, providing a first data set provided by the second user and associated with the first user interaction to the first user. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089814 | METHOD FOR POSTING MICROBLOG TOPIC AND TERMINAL - Described is a method for posting a microblog topic. The method includes: receiving a trigger for an operation of a topic; acquiring a preset default topic; displaying the preset default topic in an input box of a microblog; receiving content to be posted; receiving a trigger for an operation of a post; determining whether a topic currently displayed in the input box of the microblog is the preset default topic; and posting the content to be posted with the preset default topic if the topic currently displayed in the input box of the microblog is determined as the preset default topic. The method is capable of increasing the user's participation in discussing the topic. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089815 | Sharing Content-Synchronized Ratings - Systems, methods and devices described herein enable sharing content-synchronized ratings, related to media content playing on a first device, using one or more second devices. For example, while a television program is playing on a television, a tablet computer acquires and sends content information derived from the video stream to a server. The server identifies the television program by matching the content information to a fingerprint. Then the server system generates a set of instructions, a time-marker, and one or more content-synchronized ratings collected from other user devices. The set of instructions includes instructions for synchronizing to the time-marker, enabling sharing of one or more content-synchronized ratings, and displaying content-synchronized ratings from other users. The set of instructions and content are sent to the tablet computer for execution and display. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089816 | DISPLAYING SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM ENTITY INFORMATION VIA A TIMELINE INTERFACE - A social networking system displays information about a user via a timeline included in a profile page. Narrative data about a user stored in a social networking system, including data about the user and social network activities related to the user is accessed. Timeline units summarizing information about the user are generated from the narrative data. When a viewing user requests a profile page, timeline units are displayed based information related to the viewing user and interactions with the profile page by other users connected to the viewing user. Users that administer the profile page are presented with additional information when viewing the profile page, allowing the administering users to modify appearance of the timeline or to identify actions for an administering user to take to increase interaction with the profile page. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089817 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE CREATION AND MODIFICATION OF GEOMETRIC MODELS - Distributed systems and methods for allowing multiple users at separate workstations to collaboratively create and modify a geometric model of an object. According to embodiments, a system includes program code to generate the geometric model of an object at a first workstation and to store a first data representing the geometric model. The system also includes program code to transmit a duplicate copy and modification commands to a second workstation. The system also includes program code to receive a modified duplicate copy of the first data from the second workstation and to combine the first data and the modified duplicate copy of the first data to generate a modified geometric model of the object. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING USERS TO OTHER USERS AND OBJECTS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A method, system, and computer program product provide the ability connect/associate a first entity to a second entity on a social network. A first entity is provided with access to the social network. A representation of the second entity is displayed. In association with the second entity, a visual indication of a connectivity status between the first entity and the second entity is provided. The visual indication dynamically changes as the connectivity status changes. Further, the visual indication reflects a first one-way connection status from the first entity to the second entity, and a second one-way connection status from the second entity to the first entity. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089819 | HOVER CARD - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product display information about selected content in a social network. Multiple icons representative of content are displayed. Via input from a user, an item of the content is selected by selecting one of the multiple icons. In response to the selecting, a tooltip is displayed. The tooltip includes relevant information about the selected item and affinity data that provides a probability of similar interests between the user and the selected item. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089820 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD IN A COMPUTER-ENABLED ENVIRONMENT FOR ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING SEPARATE REPUTATIONS FOR A USER AND HIS AVATAR - A system and a method in a computer-enabled environment are provided. The method includes the following steps: determining a user reputation of a user designator in response to a user rank of the user designator and an avatar rank of each of at least one avatar designator which is associated with the user designator; and determining an avatar reputation of that avatar designator in response to the avatar rank of that avatar designator and the user rank of the user designator, wherein the user designator corresponds to a real world user, the avatar designator corresponds to a user function in a visualized world of the computer-enabled environment, and each of the at least one avatar designator is manipulatable by the real world user. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089821 | On-Demand Multi-Screen Computing - Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are for on-demand multi-screen computing. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a method for multi-screen computing includes establishing a multi-screen computing session, establishing communication with a primary computing device and an auxiliary device to be included in the multi-screen computing session, creating a web container for the auxiliary device, and propagating the web container to the auxiliary device for presentation on a display of the auxiliary device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089822 | TASK-CENTERED CONTEXT MANAGEMENT - A method, system, and computer program product for interaction management systems. The method commences upon receiving a first incoming communication pertaining to a first task, and launching a first task-centered context user interface being initially populated with a first screen device selected in response to the type of incoming communication (e.g., a phone call icon, etc.). An agent interacts with the client by responding to the incoming communication. Then, the method receives a second incoming communication pertaining to the same first task; and populates the first task-centered context user interface with a second screen device appropriate for the second incoming communication (e.g., a chat UI, etc.). Additional new incoming events are routed to its corresponding task-centered context (or a new task-centered context is created). Thus, upon receiving a third incoming communication pertaining to a second task (different from the first task), the method launches a second task-centered context user interface. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089823 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYED CONTENT TRANSFER BETWEEN SCREENS - The present invention is applicable to the field of multi-screen display technologies. The method includes: detecting a sliding track of a user on the primary screen display device, where the sliding track includes a sliding direction, and an initial position and a real-time position of sliding; determining, according to the initial position and the real-time position of the sliding, a display area of a screen of the secondary screen display device after the sliding by using the sliding direction as a reference direction; tailoring currently displayed content of the primary screen display device according to the display area, to obtain tailored content; and sending the tailored content and the display area to the secondary screen display device, so that the secondary screen display device displays the tailored content on the display area. | 2014-03-27 |
20140089824 | Systems And Methods For Dynamically Altering A User Interface Based On User Interface Actions - A plurality of user interface (UI) actions from a particular user is detected via a user interface of the application. The plurality of UI actions is analyzed to determine a usage pattern for the particular user. A modification to the user interface is determined based on the determined usage pattern. The determined modification in the user interface is implemented to customize the user interface of the application for the particular user. The determined modification may be stored in a user profile for subsequent use. | 2014-03-27 |