16th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100100759 | ELECTRONIC TIMER SYSTEM, TIME CONTROL AND GENERATION OF TIMING SIGNALS - An electronic timer system includes a counter-based time generator ( | 2010-04-22 |
20100100760 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND BOOT CONTROL METHOD - When a primary computer is taken over to a secondary computer in a redundancy configuration computer system where booting is performed via a storage area network (SAN), a management server delivers an information collecting/setting program to the secondary computer before the user's operating system of the secondary computer is started. This program assigns a unique ID (World Wide Name), assigned to the fibre channel port of the primary computer, to the fibre channel port of the secondary computer to allow a software image to be taken over from the primary computer to the secondary computer. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100761 | MAINTAINING A PRIMARY TIME SERVER AS THE CURRENT TIME SERVER IN RESPONSE TO FAILURE OF TIME CODE RECEIVERS OF THE PRIMARY TIME SERVER - A primary time server of a Coordinated Timing Network remains as current time server, even if time code information of the primary time server is unavailable. The primary time server receives the necessary or desired timing information from a secondary time server and uses that information to maintain time synchronization within the Coordinated Timing Network. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100762 | BACKUP POWER SOURCE USED IN INDICATING THAT SERVER MAY LEAVE NETWORK - A server of a network of servers determines that its power source is failing. In response, the server communicates to one or more other servers of this network that it is leaving the network. This communication is powered by another power source. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100763 | FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER HAVING CONFIGURING UNIT FOR ERROR CORRECTION CODE (ECC) CAPABILITY AND METHOD THEREOF - A flash memory controller having a configuring unit of error correction code (ECC) capability and method thereof are described. The flash memory controller includes a control unit, a buffer, an ECC module, and a configuring unit. The flash memory has a data area for storing the data content and a first spare area for storing a first ECC value corresponding to the data content. The ECC module utilizes the data content for generating a second ECC value and comparing the second ECC value with the first ECC value to determine whether the data content comprises a plurality of errors based on the compared result of the first ECC value and the second ECC value. The configuring unit computes the amount of the errors if the data content has the errors to determine whether the amount of the errors exceeds a predetermined threshold. If the amount of the errors exceeds the predetermined threshold, the configuring unit configures the data area of the flash memory via the control unit for assigning a portion of the data area to be a second spare area, and the storage capacity of the first spare area and the second spare area is associated with the ECC capability to allow the ECC module to correct the errors. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100764 | REDUNDANCY INFORMATION FOR ADJUSTING THRESHOLD FOR COMPONENT FAILURE IN A MULTI-LAYER SYSTEM - A first unit and a second unit are provided in a multi-layer computing system, wherein the first unit is at a higher layer than the second unit in the multi-layer computing system, and wherein the first unit is a higher level unit and the second unit is a lower level unit. The higher level unit sends to the lower level unit, information to adjust a threshold for failure of components coupled to the lower level unit, wherein the higher level unit has more information on a degree of redundancy in the multi-layer computing system than the lower level unit. The lower level unit adjusts the threshold for the failure of the components, by using the information sent from the higher level unit. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100765 | ESTIMATING DATA AVAILABILITY ON MANAGED STORAGE DEVICES - This disclosure describes methods, systems and software that can be used to calculate the estimated mean time to data loss for a particular configuration of a disk group. For example, a system can be used to evaluate a plurality of configurations, and/or to select (and/or allow a user to select) an optimal configuration of the disk group, based, in some cases, on the relative estimated mean times to data loss of the various configurations. This can allow, if desired, the configuration of the disk group to minimize the likelihood of data loss in the disk group. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100766 | TEST APPARATUS - A test apparatus for testing a portable communication unit. The test apparatus comprises a test unit adapted to supply test input data to the portable communication unit and retrieve test output data at least from the portable communication unit in accordance with a test schedule. The test apparatus further comprises a wireless interface unit adapted to provide a communication link between the test apparatus and a server located remotely from the test apparatus. The test unit is adapted to retrieve, from the server, at least part of the test input data. Moreover, the test unit is adapted to forward, to the server, at least part of the test output data. A method of testing the portable communication unit is also disclosed. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100767 | AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTING REMOTE NETWORK EQUIPMENT THROUGH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for designing a test network in an integrated application, and configuring remote network devices through a network design application to test a network design. One embodiment of the present claimed subject matter is provided as a system for automatically configuring remote network devices to simulate a network connection. The system includes a plurality of computing devices which are physically coupled to one or more network devices, wherein the network devices are automatically configured to comprise a test network corresponding to a remote test network topology design. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100768 | NETWORK FAILURE DETECTING SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT AGENT, SURVEILLANCE SERVER, AND NETWORK FAILURE DETECTING METHOD - Measurement agents in a network failure detecting system each configure a group together with other measurement agents that receive a service from the same provision server, and form a link to create a tree structure with a predetermined measurement agent in the group at its top. The measurement agent then receives measurement results from the other measurement agents in the group, and narrows down candidates of a failure location based on the received measurement results. The measurement agent transmits the narrowed candidates of the failure location to a surveillance server or one of the other measurement agents. The surveillance server then receives the transmitted candidates of the failure location, and specifies the failure location based on the received candidates of the failure location. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100769 | POWER ON SELF TEST DEVICE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM APPLYING THE SAME - A power on self test (POST) device and a computer system applying the same are disclosed, wherein the POST device comprises a micro controller and a displaying unit. The micro controller is embedded on a motherboard of the computer system for receiving a plurality of POST codes generated by the computer system during a booting procedure and transforming the POST codes into a displaying signal. The displaying unit which is capable for receiving and showing the displaying signal is connected to the micro controller through a flexible line. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100770 | SOFTWARE DEBUGGER FOR PACKETS IN A NETWORK ON A CHIP - A breakpoint packet is dispatched to a Network On A Chip (NOC). The breakpoint packet instructs one or more specified nodes on the NOC to place the specified nodes, or a core or hardware thread within a specified node, to execute in “single step” mode, in order to enable a debugging of a work packet that is dispatched to the specific node. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100771 | SETUP VERIFICATION FOR AN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION SYSTEM - A compensation system receives a plurality of setup parameters. The compensation system tests the setup parameters through a verification. The verification generates an error output if the setup parameters will lead to undesirable results when operating the compensation system. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100772 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING COMPATIBILITY OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT WITH A SOFTWARE PRODUCT - System and method for verifying compatibility of computer equipment with a software product. A system and method are provided to verify compatibility of computer equipment with software. This verification can include gathering information about configurations of the computer equipment, and creating at least one file based on the information. The file or files coordinate testing of the computer equipment. The testing produces results that can be stored and analyzed or evaluated. The results can be contained in a file or a plurality of files. The results provide a description of the configurations in addition to an indication of whether the testing has produced any failures. The configuration descriptions or parts thereof can be stored in a configuration database that can be used to apply credit against future testing of computer equipment so that future testing needs can be reduced. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100773 | INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE WITH CONFIGURATION, FAULT ISOLATION AND REDUNDANT FAULT ASSIST FUNCTIONALITY - A process control system is provided having a plurality of I/O devices in communication using a bus. A primary redundant I/O device and a secondary redundant I/O device are coupled to the bus, where the secondary redundant I/O device is programmed to detect a primary redundant I/O device fault. The secondary redundant I/O device, upon detecting the primary redundant I/O device fault, publishes a primary redundant I/O device fault message on the bus. The controller may deactivate the primary redundant I/O device and activate the secondary redundant I/O device responsive to the primary redundant I/O device fault message. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100774 | AUTOMATIC SOFTWARE FAULT DIAGNOSIS BY EXPLOITING APPLICATION SIGNATURES - A method monitors non-faulty application traces of a computer application with the runtime environment during fault-free activities to create non-faulty runtime signatures for the computer application. Once obtained, the method stores the non-faulty runtime signatures. The method then detects a faulty application trace of the computer application and compares the faulty application trace with the non-faulty runtime signatures by comparing a call graph of the faulty application trace with call graphs of non-faulty application traces of the application signatures to identify differences between the two (e.g., fault attributes). Then the invention outputs the fault attributes to allow the user to identify a fault cause. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100775 | Filtering Redundant Events Based On A Statistical Correlation Between Events - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for filtering redundant fault events from an event stream generated by devices on a network based on a statistical correlation between fault events are provided. Event history data is collected from the fault events generated by devices on the network over a period of time. Statistical correlations are computed between each distinct pair of fault events in the event history data. Based on the statistical correlations, a list of redundant fault events and associated significant events is identified. The list of redundant events and associated significant events is utilized to filter the redundant fault events from the event stream generated by the devices on the network. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100776 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, FAILURE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH FAILURE PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - An information processing apparatus includes partitioning mode information retaining section, hardware resource management information retaining section, failure notifying section, operation mode detecting section, shared hardware resource judging section, common failure report creating section for creating, if operation in the partitioning mode is detected and a hardware resource in which the failure occurrence has been detected is judged to be a shared resource, a common failure report on the basis of the detection of failure occurrence output by the notifying sections of physical partitions that share the shared hardware resource. That can avoid excessive report of a failure occurred even at a shared hardware resource, making it possible to grasp the accurate number of failure occurrence and to manufacture in a low cost. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100777 | MESSAGE HANDLING IN A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE - A service call to a backend system is initiated by a user interface in a service-oriented architecture. Thereafter, a service answer is received from the backend system encapsulating a backend error object. The backend error object is mapped to a front end error object. A front end error message can later be presented to a user in the user interface that is derived from the front end error object. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE MONITORING WITH INTEGRATED TROUBLESHOOTING - A method, system, and network providing hardware and software inventorying, monitoring and support for a network of interconnected information technology devices. A user downloads and installs a local network monitoring software program from an online source onto a host computer system. The local network monitoring software system initiates an inventory of all information technology devices associated with said local network of information technology devices. Also, the local network monitoring software determines the operational status of the information technology devices and the status of software programs installed on the information technology devices. The results of the inventory and status determinations are presented to the host computer system. The presented information permits the user of said host computer system to initiate maintenance and support actions for the information technology devices in response to the operational status and status of software programs using the local network monitoring software. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100779 | Data processing apparatus - A data processing apparatus includes a memory, an error detection circuit, a timing adjustment circuit and a terminal. The error detection circuit detects an error based on an output of the memory to output an error detection signal. The timing adjustment circuit enlarges a pulse width of a pulse signal which is generated at first after a start of a predetermined operation among pulse signals included in the error detection signal. The terminal outputs an output of the timing adjustment circuit when a test for the memory is performed. It is possible to report an occurrence of an error reliably without increasing the number of output terminals, test patterns or test time. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100780 | HIGH SPEED INTERCONNECT CIRCUIT TEST METHOD AND APPARATUS - A Propagation Test instruction, a Decay Test instruction and a Cycle Test instruction provide testing of DC and AC interconnect circuits between circuits including JTAG boundary scan cells. A few additions to the Test Access Port circuitry, including gating producing a Capture Test Strobe (CTS) signal, and the boundary scan cells are required to implement the additional instructions. The instructions are extensions of the conventional JTAG operating structure. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100781 | Fully X-Tolerant, Very High Scan Compression Scan Test Systems And Techniques - Scan testing and scan compression are key to realizing cost reduction and shipped quality. New defect types in ever more complex designs require increased compression. However, increased density of unknown (X) values reduces effective compression. A scan compression method can achieve very high compression and full coverage for any density of unknown values. The described techniques can be fully integrated in the design-for-test (DFT) and automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) flows. Results from using these techniques on industrial designs demonstrate consistent and predictable advantages over other methods. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100782 | PARALLEL SCAN DISTRIBUTORS AND COLLECTORS AND PROCESS OF TESTING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - An integrated circuit ( | 2010-04-22 |
20100100783 | PARALLEL SCAN DISTRIBUTORS AND COLLECTORS AND PROCESS OF TESTING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - An integrated circuit ( | 2010-04-22 |
20100100784 | PARALLEL SCAN DISTRIBUTORS AND COLLECTORS AND PROCESS OF TESTING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - An integrated circuit ( | 2010-04-22 |
20100100785 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH JTAG PORT, TAP LINKING MODULE, AND OFF-CHIP TAP INTERFACE PORT - An IC includes an IEEE 1149.1 standard test access port (TAP) interface and an additional Off-Chip TAP interface. The Off-Chip TAP interface connects to the TAP of another IC. The Off Chip TAP interface can be selected by a TAP Linking Module on the IC. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100786 | SERIAL TEST MODE OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) - A methodology to perform testing of integrated circuits (IC) wherein a reduced number of Input/Output (IO) pins may used to load testing patterns and capture test results from test structures after an IC has been installed in its intended application is provided. This methodology utilizes a software engine that receives and translates a parallel test pattern into serial data patterns operable to be provided on the reduced number of I/O pins. A serial process loader then loads the serial data patterns to the test structures within the IC. The IC receives the serial patterns and in turn translates them into parallel test patterns in order to apply the test patterns to the appropriate test structures. The results are captured and then translated into a serial format for communication from the IC to a test unit for analysis. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100787 | TRANSMISSION DATA GENERATING APPARATUS AND RECEIVER - This invention proposes a transmission data generating apparatus for use in a transmitter of a communication system, which transmission data generating apparatus comprises a redundancy data obtaining unit for obtaining redundancy data of information data which was transmitted to a receiver and was not received successfully by the receiver; a new data obtaining unit, for extracting new data, which has not been transmitted to the receiver; and a combination unit, for combining the redundancy data and the new data to form a transmission data to be subsequently transmitted to the receiver. This invention enhances the success rate of decoding the new data in primarily transmitted data and retransmitted data, and enhances system throughput. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100788 | Programmable quasi-cyclic low-density parity check (QC LDPC) encoder for read channel - The present invention is a programmable QC LDPC encoder for encoding user data. The encoder may be configurable for implementation with a read channel. The encoder may include a plurality of barrel shifter circuits. The barrel shifter circuits are configured for generating a plurality of parity bits based on interleaved user bits received by the encoder. The barrel shifter circuits are further configured for outputting the parity bits. The encoder may further include an encoder interleaver memory. The encoder interleaver memory may be communicatively coupled with the barrel shifter circuits and may receive the parity bits output from the barrel shifter circuits. The encoder interleaver may be configured for interleaving the parity bits. Further, the encoder may be configured for outputting the interleaved parity bits to a multiplexer. The barrel shifter circuits may generate the plurality of parity bits via an encoding algorithm: p=u*G | 2010-04-22 |
20100100789 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN A MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) SYSTEM - A method for data transmission in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system. The method for data transmission includes receiving multiple input data streams and performing low density parity check (LDPC) encoding of the input data streams utilising a parity check matrix. The parity check matrix comprises a plurality of sub-parity check matrices for encoding respective associated ones of the input data streams and performing space time encoding for transmitting the LDPC encoded input data streams over a plurality of antennas. The performing of the LDPC encoding of the input data streams includes generating one or more connection matrices, each connection matrix for injecting information of one of the input data streams into the encoding of another one of the input data streams. Each connection matrix is a zero matrix if a lowest parity check protection level based on the sub-parity check matrix for the one of the input data streams is equal to or lower than an assigned parity check protection level for the one input data stream, and a non zero matrix otherwise. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100790 | ENCODING OF LDPC CODES - A method and apparatus are disclosed that include encoding a codeword using a systematic low density parity check matrix using an encoder, the low density parity check matrix comprising a first sub-matrix associated with information symbols, a second sub-matrix having a block triangular structure associated with a first subset of parity check symbols and a third sub-matrix that is invertible and associated with a second subset of parity check symbols, the encoding performed over the second sub-matrix before the third sub-matrix. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100791 | System and method for low complexity raptor codes for multimedia broadcast/multicast service - A system and method for encoding symbols in a wireless communication is provided. The system and method includes a transmitter configured to encode data transmissions. The transmitter includes a raptor encoder configured to perform a coding operation. The raptor encoder generates intermediate symbols without using a half-code such that the intermediate symbols consist of precoded symbols and parity symbols. Thereafter, the intermediate symbols are encoded using a Luby Transform to produce and output encoded symbols. The transmitter further is configured to transmit one or more of the source symbols, parity symbols or encoded symbols. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100792 | Single-stage decoder for raptor codes - A system and method for recovering erased symbols in a wireless communication is provided. The system and method includes a receiver configured to receive encoded data transmissions. The receiver includes a single stage decoder configured to perform a decoding operation. The single stage decoder also is configured to determine a symbol erasure rate, the symbol erasure rate defined by a number of erased symbols. The single stage decoder further is configured to generate a recovery matrix based on the symbol erasure rate and invert the recovery matrix. Thereafter, the single stage decoder recovers the erased symbols based on a function of the inverted recovery matrix. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100793 | DIGITAL TELEVISION SYSTEMS EMPLOYING CONCATENATED CONVOLUTIONAL CODED DATA - In iterative-diversity (ID) transmission systems for signals with concatenated convolutional coding (CCC), paired iterative diversity signals each have ½ the code rate of the 8VSB DTV signals prescribed by the 1995 ATSC Digital Television Broadcast Standard. Known serial concatenated convolutional coding (SCCC) or novel parallel concatenated convolutional coding (PCCC) is used in such system. Pairs of CCC signals code data bits and ones' complemented data bits respectively, using similar coding algorithms. Receivers for this transmission system use respective turbo decoders for turbo decoding the earlier-transmitted and later-transmitted CCC signals. Turbo decoding of the earlier-transmitted portions of iterative diversity signals is delayed to be contemporaneous with turbo decoding of the later-transmitted portions of iterative diversity signals. This facilitates the turbo decoders exchanging information concerning confidence levels of data bits during the turbo decoding procedures. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100794 | Method and controller for data access in a flash memory - A method for controlling access to data in a Flash is provided, including steps as follows: outputting at least one main data block to a buffer area of the Flash continuously, the buffer area of the Flash being adapted to buffer data to be inputted to a storage area of the Flash; generating and buffering checksum data for each main data block while outputting the at least one main data block; and outputting the buffered checksum data of the at least one main data block to the buffer area of the Flash. Another method for controlling access to data in the Flash, apparatuses corresponding to the methods and methods for controlling data access by a controller are also provided. The efficiency of data access in the Flash is raised. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100795 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Forward Error Correction in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed Communication Network - According to some embodiments of the disclosed method and apparatus, systems and methods are provided that utilize extra payload capacity present in a symbol pad of a PHY payload to decrease the coding rate of an FEC coding scheme without increasing the symbol rate or decreasing the PHY rate of a corresponding data transmission. If a symbol pad length that would result from encoding a MAC frame using a default coding scheme would be at least as great as a parity length of the default coding scheme, and a new coding scheme maintaining the same parity length but having a reduced information bit length may be determined and used to encode the MAC frame. Owing the reduced information bit length, the new coding scheme has a reduced coding rate, but maintains the same number of OFDM symbols as the default coding scheme. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100796 | ERROR DETECTING CODE FOR MULTI-CHARACTER, MULTI-LANE, MULTI-LEVEL PHYSICAL TRANSMISSION - A system (e.g., Fibre Channel Error Detecting Code (FC-EDC)) that maps the “standard” Hamming codes onto the bits of a 33-bit control block is provided. The system employs a “rotation” of the check positions in a two-dimensional parity-check matrix for the FC-EDC. The specification discloses a computer-implemented program to test further modifications and permutations of the “standard” distance-4 parity-check matrix to yield an FC-EDC with enhanced error-detecting properties, designed to detect the most likely errors in the known physical environment. By using a parity-check matrix with the “rotation” property, certain error-detecting properties of the parity-check matrix are ensured, and the computation time for searching for a matrix with enhanced error-detecting properties becomes much shorter. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100797 | DUAL MODE ERROR CORRECTION CODE (ECC) APPARATUS FOR FLASH MEMORY AND METHOD THEREOF - A dual mode error correction code (ECC) apparatus for the flash memory and method thereof are described. The dual mode error correction code (ECC) apparatus includes a syndrome detection unit, a first ECC unit, a second ECC unit, a switch module, and an interface module. The syndrome detection unit detects the data content for computing the amount of errors in the data content to determine whether the amount of the errors exceeds a pre-determined threshold value. The first ECC unit corrects the errors in the data content based on a first coding mode. The second ECC unit corrects the errors in the data content based on a second coding mode. The switch module either switches to the first ECC unit for activating the first coding mode of the first ECC unit if the amount of the errors is fewer than a pre-determined threshold value or switches to the second ECC unit for activating the second coding mode of the second ECC unit if the amount of the errors is greater than the pre-determined threshold value. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100798 | ERROR DETECTION - A method of error detection for a data packet, the method comprising the steps of: i) identifying a set of non-compliances (N), the non-compliances being illegal bit sequences according to a coding standard; ii) identifying a first subset (N+) of non-compliances that are to be treated as errors; iii) identifying a second subset (N.) of non-acceptable near-compliances; iv) decoding the data packet according to the coding standard; and v) adaptively deciding based on the first and second subsets whether to treat a detected non-compliance within the decoded data packet as an error or as an acceptable near-compliance. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100799 | FAULT DETECTION APPARATUS, FAULT DETECTION METHOD, AND FAULT DETECTION PROGRAM - A comparison unit compares polarities of a plurality of redundant input signals. A comparison-result storing unit stores a comparison result of the comparison unit for each predetermined sampling cycle. A judgment unit judges whether the redundant input signals are normal using a plurality of comparison results for a predetermined number of samplings in a time-series order from a latest comparison result among a plurality of comparison results stored in the comparison-result storing unit. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100800 | DISCOVERABILITY AND NAVIGATION OF HYPERLINKS - A user may discover and navigate among hyperlinks through the use of a keyboard. For example, a user may press a tab key to discover and navigate to a first hyperlink that is part of a hypertext document. The first hyperlink is, in response, given focus and a focus shape is drawn around the text or graphics for the hot region of the hyperlink. If the user again presses the tab key, the next hyperlink is given focus and a focus shape (i.e., an outline that surrounds the next hyperlink) is drawn around the next hyperlink. A user may also tab to a placeholder for an image in order to make a decision whether the image should be downloaded or not. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100801 | Router / switch configuration automatic generation method - A method of automating the generation of network element configurations using a single electronic document is disclosed. A plurality of input statements regarding information relating to hardware, operating system, application and locale for each network element in a network are input to the document. A truth table of permitted hardware and operating system combinations is applied to the input statements. The specific sets of input statements are assembled into configuration skeletons, and a listing is generated of all possible configuration statements for specific hardware-operating system combinations. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100802 | CONTEXTUAL REPORT ELEMENT MAPPING TO WEB SERVICE INPUT PARAMETER - Some aspects include selection of a cell of a report section, the cell associated with a data dimension and with a context of the report section, and association of the cell with an input parameter of a software service. Aspects may include identification of a contextual report specification associated with a software service and with one or more report elements, at least one of the one or more report elements being associated with an input parameter of the software service, determination of data corresponding to a plurality of the one or more report elements, generation of a script to invoke the software service and to pass contents of the at least one of the one or more report elements as the input parameter to the software service, and generation of a report output based on the data and the script. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100803 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, SPREADSHEET GENERATING APPARATUS, AND SPREADSHEET GENERATING METHOD - A computer-readable recording medium stores therein a spreadsheet generating program that causes a computer to execute acquiring information related to layout positions of items in a form; column-sorting the items in ascending order, according to column-related coordinate values of the items; determining a column width for each of the items, based on a distance to the previous item in the column-sorted items; row-sorting the items in ascending order, according to row-related coordinate values of the items; determining a row height for each of the items, based on a distance to the previous item in the row-sorted items; designating, for each of the items and from among cells having the determined column widths and the determined row heights, a cell corresponding to a layout position indicated in the acquired information; and outputting a spreadsheet related to layout of the form by a provision of the items to the designated cells. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100804 | FIELD CORRELATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A field pair as a combination of a definite field and an indefinite field is decided and a correlation value between the definite field and the indefinite field in each of the field pairs is calculated. Among the field pairs in which the correlation value is not smaller than a threshold value, indefinite fields having corresponding definite fields which belong to the same field group are made to be a new field group. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100805 | Log Note System For Digitally Recorded Audio - A system which is primarily of use for lawyers, judges, and electronic court reporters operates to correlate personal log notes with digitally recorded audio proceedings, such as courtroom proceedings. The notes may be made in conjunction with the computer actually recording the courtroom proceedings; or they may be made on personal computers separate from the computer recording the court proceedings. Identification of the proceedings is made on both the digitally recorded proceedings, as well as on the log notes; so that they are correlated. Each time a note is entered, the time at which the note• is entered is placed as a time stamp in conjunction with the note. When the log notes are synchronized with the recorded court proceedings (either at the time the proceedings begin, or at any subsequent time), reference subsequently to that note time stamp allows direct immediate access to the same running time on the court proceedings, for subsequent review of either the recorded audio or a transcription made of that audio carrying the same time references. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100806 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE IMMEDIATE PRODUCTION OF WEB SITES AND PRINT COLLATERALS - A system for the immediate production of web sites and print collaterals is provided. A server interacts with a user via a client device to gather data about the user's business, such as an associated industry sector. The server then uses this information to prompt the user for additional information and retrieve business graphics relevant to this business. After the user selects a graphics style, the server generates a plurality of business cards and other collateral print materials using the selected business graphics and styles. In addition, the server automatically produces a custom web site using the selected business graphics and styles. The web site may include a plurality of different completed pages including text that is synthesized from text entered by the user (e.g., in to a form) and automatically selected text (e.g., from a database based on industry sector). | 2010-04-22 |
20100100807 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - In a document processing apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires data described in a markup language. A processing system such as a map component, processes certain data by receiving the data. A cooperative control component extracts data to be inputted in the processing system, from the data that the acquiring unit acquires. A display control component displays a screen outputted by the processing system that has processed the data thus determined and inputted by the cooperative control component. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100808 | CREATING SEARCH ENABLED WEB PAGES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for creating search enabled Web pages. A search engine crawler requests a Web page. A Web server receives the request and constructs a Web page that includes client-side script configured to obtain a portion of content at a Web browser. The Web server inserts textual (e.g., HTML) hinting data for the client-side script into the Web page. When analyzed at the search engine, the textual hinting data provides similar analysis results to analysis results obtained from analyzing the portion of content that is to be obtained at through execution of the client-side script. Thus, the Web server can provide the search engine with information to sufficiently index the Web page even when the search engine lacks the capability to execute the client-side script. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100809 | MULTI-MODAL/MULTI-CHANNEL APPLICATION TOOL ARCHITECTURE - Services are integrated by providing a first component of a service via a first user interface over a first communications channel using a first communications mode. A second component of the service is provided via a second user interface over a second communications channel using a second communications mode. The first component of the service and the second component of the service are provided continuously in a single session using a common rule set for user interface dialog management. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100810 | DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, SERVICE-PROVIDING METHOD FOR A DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND A PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A device control system does not require changing the application in conjunction with changes in process content or changes in the type or specifications of a device. A style sheet database | 2010-04-22 |
20100100811 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LAYOUT PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a simple layout generation unit configured to generate a simple layout that exemplifies layout results based on document components and a layout template used in a layout of the document components, a presentation unit configured to present the simple layout generated by the simple layout generation unit, a selection unit configured to select the simple layout according to a user operation from the simple layout presented by the presentation unit, and a layout result generation unit configured to execute the layout based on the simple layout selected by the selection unit to generate the layout result. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100812 | DOCUMENT GENERATION METHOD AND DOCUMENT GENERATION APPARATUS - A document format of an electronic document be generated is designated when a document is read to generate an electronic document of the document, and a division unit for dividing the document in the designated document format is acquired. The document is read based on the acquired division unit, and an electronic document in the designated document format is generated from data of the division unit. The generated electronic document is transmitted to a destination designated in advance. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100813 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - A document processing apparatus which corrects object data included in a document includes a document file input section configured to input a document file including metadata and object data, an object information acquisition section configured to acquire the object data from the document file, a document information acquisition section configured to acquire the metadata added to the document, a document information analysis section configured to execute, based on the obtained metadata, at least one type of process application determination to determine whether a correction is applied or not applied to the object data, an application process determination section configured to determine, based on a result of at least the one type of executed process application determination, whether the correction is applied or not applied to the object data, and a process execution section configured to execute the correction on the object data based on a determined result. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100814 | REGISTRY FOR TRADING PARTNERS USING DOCUMENTS FOR COMMERCE IN TRADING PARTNER NETWORKS - A market making node in a network routes machine readable documents to connect businesses with customers, suppliers and trading partners. The self defining electronic documents, such as XML based documents, can be easily understood amongst the partners. Definitions of these electronic business documents, called business interface definitions, are posted on the Internet, or otherwise communicated to members of the network. The business interface definitions tell potential trading partners the services the company offers and the documents to use when communicating with such services. Thus, a typical business interface definition allows a customer to place an order by submitting a purchase order or a supplier checks availability by downloading an inventory status report. Also, the registration at a market maker node of a specification of the input and output documents, coupled with interpretation information in a common business library, enables participants in a trading partner network to execute the transaction in a way which closely parallels the way in which paper based businesses operate. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100815 | EMAIL DOCUMENT PARSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A preferred example of the process flow of the inventive method ( | 2010-04-22 |
20100100816 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING TEXTUAL WIDGETS - The disclosure is directed to a method and system for accessing textual widgets. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: entering a string expression into a document; invoking a spell-checker to check a spelling of the string expression; marking the string expression as misspelled; identifying a textual widget based on the misspelling of the string expression; evaluating the misspelled string expression using the identified textual widget, the identified textual widget returning at least one result of the evaluation; displaying the at least one result of the evaluation; selecting a result of the evaluation; and replacing the string expression in the document with the selected result of the evaluation. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100817 | TEXT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - Text management software system which stores and retrieves text as paragraph size Text Fragments. Each fragment is stored in a separate record in a text store. As text is created and is to be saved to a text store, the system is adapted to break the text into paragraph size text fragments. As or before text is stored the system runs statistical comparisons between text fragments and builds a matrix of similarity between the text fragments stored in the separate records and presents these to the author for substitution. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100818 | MEDIA SERVICE PRESENTATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICE - A media service presentation method, communication system and related device are provided, in which the media service presentation method comprises: obtaining the media presentation information; presenting media services to a user according to the service presentation information. By obtaining the media service presentation information, the media services are presented to the user according to the service presentation information. In this way, the scene SVG-based description is not necessarily needed, which in turn simplifies the terminal's computing process, improving the terminal's performance, and improving user experience. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100819 | ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The disclosed embodiments relate to a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. In some aspects, a decoding method comprises receiving multimedia data which comprises a media area including a video data area and an audio data area, a media information area including a video track area and an audio track area respectively corresponding to the video data area and the audio data area, and a menu description area including description data for displaying a menu that provides an interface between a user and media data in the media area; extracting the description data from the multimedia data; endering a menu using the extracted description data; and decoding media data extracted from the media area based on the menu, wherein the media area, the media information area and the menu description area are incorporated into one file, the multimedia data further comprises usage metadata in another file, the usage metadata describes and stores a user's action on the media data in the media area, and the decoding comprises decoding the media data from the point of interruption using the usage metadata. The disclosed embodiments include a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus can construct a multi media data file including a plurality of video/audio contents and description data for a menu between a user and media data. Thus, a time taken to process and transmit the multimedia data can be reduced. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100820 | USER SPECIFIC MUSIC IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - A computer-implemented method of providing user specific music for a virtual world environment can include, responsive to an input from a user, associating an event with a music source, wherein the event involves an avatar representing the user within a virtual world executing on a virtual world server and storing, within a client of the user, an association between the event and the music source. The client can monitor a virtual world session, within which the user is represented by the avatar, for the occurrence of the event, and responsive to the client detecting the event, outputting, from the client, audio played from the music source associated with the detected event, wherein the music source is played without involvement of the virtual world server. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100821 | WINDOW DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A window detection system is disclosed. The window detection system includes a CPU, a window detection module and a voice identification module. The window detection module has a virtual assistant for receiving signals from an external voice inputting unit and to process thereby. The window detection module is connected to a preset display for synchronized detection of the present work window among a plurality of windows in the display. When the voice inputting unit receives the user's voice command, the virtual assistant of the window detection system starts to process and judges the execution command, and then matches the voice command with the signal of the present work window in the display detected by the window detection module. The voice identification module searches through the CPU to retrieve the information from an internal database of the host. Thus matching with the present work window for displaying can be easily achieved via quick operation and accordingly upgrade the identification efficiency. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100822 | Devices, Methods and Computer-Readable Media for Providing Control of Switching Between Media Presentation Screens - Devices, methods and computer-readable media for providing control of switching of an interactive session in a communications network. Content may be switched between media presentation screens. Collected data is analyzed and a location of a user within the communications network is monitored. A presentation of a first screen the user is watching may be exchanged for a presentation of a second screen selected based upon a change in the location of a monitored user and the analysis of the collected data. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100823 | Method and apparatus for generating a web-based user interface - A method and apparatus for generating a user interface comprising generating an interface information packet comprising user interface information readable by a script-based application, sending the interface information packet to a client device, and generating a user interface of the client device via a display engine in accordance with the interface information packet. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100824 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - A system comprises a processor and a display coupled to the processor. The processor causes the display to output graphical representations of workgroups based on workgroup data, and the processor accepts as input a constraint to a particular workgroup via manipulation of the particular workgroup's graphical representation. The processor also causes the display to output updated graphical representations of the workgroups based on application of the constraint to the workgroup data. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100825 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR ENABLING A USER TO ACCESS ENTERPRISE DATA ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method, system and graphical user interface for enabling a user to access enterprise data and interact with enterprise applications generating the enterprise data using a portable electronic device is disclosed. A native application for a portable electronic device enables a user of the portable electronic device to initiate or interact with one or more enterprise applications. Each of the enterprise applications is executed remotely on a system in communication with the portable electronic device, where the portable electronic device may communicate data to the remote system and display data received from the remote system. Processing resources and storage resources of the remote system may be utilized to execute the enterprise application, thereby enabling a user to initiate or interact with a computationally-intensive enterprise application using a portable electronic device. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100826 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT CUSTOMIZATION BASED ON USER PROFILE - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to present a script of content comprising one or more content items to a user online, wherein such content is not only relevant to addressing a problem raised by the user, but is also customized and tailored to the specific needs and preferences of the user based on the user's profile. Such an approach enables a personal “agent” that understands the user's specific needs and interests by maintaining a personal profile and history of the user. Based on in-depth personal knowledge and understanding, the agent is capable of identifying, retrieving, customizing, and presenting to the user a unique experience that distinguishes it from the experiences of any other users in the general public. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100827 | System and method for managing wisdom solicited from user community - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to provide one or more potential solutions to a user solicited from a community of wisdom, wherein such solutions are not only relevant to addressing a problem raised by the user, but are also customized to the specific needs and preferences of the user based on the user's profile. Such an approach enables a personalized “agent” to solicit, customize, and present the solutions from an online community that specifically address the user's problem or concern based on such in-depth personal knowledge and understanding of a personal profile of the user. In addition, the user is enabled to manage the solutions solicited by monitoring, browsing, viewing, and filtering the solutions being presented either in their original or customized forms. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING AN AVATAR - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a first computing device having a controller to present an avatar having characteristics that correlate to a user profile and that conform to operating characteristics of the first computing device, and transmit to a second computing device operational information associated with the avatar for reproducing at least in part the avatar at said second computing device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100829 | WALL MODULE CONFIGURATION TOOL - The invention is a system for selecting and previewing a configuration for a wall module before a download of the configuration to the wall module. The configuration may be selected from a set of standard applications or it may be a customized standard application. The configuration may instead be a new application. The configuration may be changed, such as screen segment selection, during a preview of it. A memory usage meter may indicate how much memory is used relative to the amount available in the wall module for the configuration. Also the system may have an autobind to a controller feature for time parameters. New application or customized standard application configurations may be saved to a library for future use. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100830 | System and Method for Coalescing Market Data at a Network Device - A client device coalesces data received from an exchange, and provides a client application such as a graphical user interface with the opportunity to process fewer, but up-to-date, data updates from an exchange when a large volume of prices becomes available. Accordingly, the trader can be assured of receiving updated information that are fed to the client applications at a rate that is cohesive with that client device's processing speed. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100831 | SUPPRESSING UNWANTED UI EXPERIENCES - Methods to allow, suppress, or reformulate a presentation of a UI element invoked by a computer program are provided. One method includes applying an administrator-configurable heuristic to determine whether to allow a native presentation of the UI element, to suppress the native presentation of the UI element, or to enable a reformulated presentation of the UI element. The method further includes one or more of suppressing and reformulating the UI element in accordance with a determination of the heuristic. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100832 | PROVIDING DEVICE DEFINED USER INTERFACE MODIFIERS TO A COMPUTER SYSTEM - In an embodiment, a computer-implemented process comprises, in a computer peripheral device that is configured to be coupled to a computer system, creating and storing one or more user interface modifiers that are defined by the device and configured to be used by the computer system to modify rendering of a user interface in the computer system; and providing the device defined user interface modifiers to the computer system. In an embodiment, the device defined user interface modifiers comprise one or more priority values for one or more features of the device; each of the one or more priority values is associated with an identifier of one of the features; and each of the priority values indicates a relative importance of the associated feature in comparison to other features. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100833 | METHOD TO CREATE AND USE AN ASPECT ORIENTED COLOR CODING ALGORITHM FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method to create an aspect oriented, color coding algorithm for a graphical user interface, wherein a graphical user interface (“GUI”) is generated when a code base is executed, and wherein the GUI comprises a plurality of interactable graphical objects, wherein the method compiles the code base, identifies in the compiled code base a first object join point, wherein the compiled code base at the first object join point creates and displays a first interactable graphical object, and determines a first address in the code base for the first object join point. The method further creates a mapping table, writes the first interactable graphical object and the first address to that mapping table, and encodes the mapping table in an aspect oriented, color coding algorithm written to a computer readable medium. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100834 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ONLINE CUSTOM DESIGN OF PRINTED OFFICE PRODUCTS - A software application that can be downloaded from a centralized server and execute within the web browser of an electronically linked computer is programmed to include a plurality of advanced editing tools to assist in the customized design of a printable office product, such as a binder, divider or the like. The software application also includes a panel selection tool that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) control for regulating on which printable surfaces of the office product a visual element in the active document is to be printed, the GUI control being in the form of a grid of uniquely patterned rows. The software application also includes an image size optimization tool for generating a warning indicator when the resolution of a resizable image element in the active document falls beneath a predefined resolution threshold of approximately 180 dpi. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100835 | VISUALIZING GEOGRAPHIC-AREA CHANGE DETECTED FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION, REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY - A method, system, and medium are provided for presenting aspects of change associated with a geographic area that has been captured by high-resolution, remotely sensed imagery. One embodiment of the method includes receiving a query directed at the geographic area that includes one or more inputs, the query seeking an identification of regions associated with the geographic area that are characterized by aspects of change based on the one or more inputs; applying the query to a dataset of geospatial information that stores imagery associated with the geographic area, wherein the dataset includes information that is sufficient to identify the regions, and wherein the imagery is derived from the high-resolution, remotely sensed imagery, which is characterized by having a resolution of three meters or less per pixel; receiving a first results set that includes a first plurality of keys and corresponding change scores, wherein, (1) each key is useable to identify a certain region, and (2) each change score indicates an amount of change in the certain region from a first state to a second state; and presenting at least a portion of the results set in a viewing application. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100836 | FACILITATING BROWSING OF RESULT SETS - A method of facilitating the browsing of a plurality of result sets by a user. The method includes displaying a plurality of queries on a computer display, each query having a corresponding result set, the plurality of queries thereby constituting a set of displayed queries, and displaying the result set of a selected displayed query in response to the user selecting the query from the set of displayed queries via a user interface procedure, while continuing to display the set of displayed queries so the user can subsequently select other queries from the set of displayed queries to thereby interleave browsing the result sets of the queries in the set of displayed queries. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100837 | CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCING METHOD, SERVER, CONTENT REPRODUCING SYSTEM, CONTENT REPRODUCING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An input section ( | 2010-04-22 |
20100100838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMATTING A CELL IN RESPONSE TO DATA STORED IN A SEPARATE LOCATION - A data cell included in a document supporting cell structured data is conditionally formatted according to data that is stored in a separate location from the document. A user is allowed to select from a drop-down menu of related data sets a particular data set for conditionally formatting the data cell. The data cell is formatted according to the data set and the condition without requiring that the data set be stored locally in the document. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100839 | Search Initiation - A computer-implemented user input method includes sensing a user manipulation of a mobile device to present a keyboard, automatically presenting, in response to the sensed manipulation, a search entry area on a display of the user device, and activating the keyboard to provide input into the search entry area. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100840 | Systems and Methods for Logo Design - Systems and methods for interactively designing a logo present a list of desired characteristics to be conveyed by the logo, and allows the user to select from among the desired characteristics, such as image and/or type of industry. A group of symbols are presented to the user based on the desired characteristic(s), and the user is allowed to select at least one of the symbols to be used in the logo. Selectable options are presented to allow the user to interactively change one or more features of the logo on a display, as well as to add text, color, position, and relative size of the text to the symbol. The symbols can be categorized in a database that is searchable according to various search criteria, categories, and sub-categories selectable by the user. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100841 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING AN IDLE SCREEN IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and system for configuring an idle screen with an extended virtual area and for displaying a variety of contents on the idle screen extended by the virtual area is described. The method includes providing an idle screen that displays at least one content, and providing a virtual area that extends the idle screen and displays contents. The method may further include checking the settings of the virtual area when the virtual area is provided, and providing, if the virtual area is set, the idle screen extended by the virtual area where contents are provided by the extended idle screen. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100842 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a mobile terminal capable of executing web browsing with consideration of a user's convenience, and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal comprises: a wireless communication unit which accesses any web page; a display module for displaying the accessed web page; and a controller for automatically displaying popup windows in a virtual space when the accessed web page has any popup windows. Popup windows can be hidden at the time of web browsing, and the hidden popup windows can be displayed according to a user's necessity. This enhances the user's convenience. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100843 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus includes: a storing unit which stores information on a standard time zone; a receiving unit which receives a broadcasting signal containing base station information; and a controller which detects the base station information from the broadcasting signal and sets the standard time zone corresponding to the base station information by referring to the storing unit. With the above configuration, it is possible to automatically set various basic items at an initial setting of the image processing apparatus. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100844 | ELECTRONIC MENU APPARATUS - An electronic menu apparatus includes, a display provided with a function of displaying a three-dimensional image to be stereoscopically viewable, a menu data storage section configured to store, for each of items included in a menu, menu data, a list display control section which displays a list of the items on the display, a selection receiving section which receives a selection input of any one item from among the respective items displayed on the list, and an image display control section which displays, on the basis of image data included in menu data of one item a selection input of which has been received by the selection receiving section, the menu data of one item being among the menu data of the respective items stored in the menu data storage section, a three-dimensional image of the one item the selection input of which has been received, on the display. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100845 | Organization and Delivery of Information Updates - Methods and systems for organizing and proactive delivery of information updates from multiple sources are disclosed. Information updates are organized under their respective information topics in an attention list, in which information topics are sorted into ordered attention groups according to their associated attention states. Within each attention group, information topics are further sorted into ordered priority groups according to their associated priority attributes. Within each priority group, information topics are further sorted by age and according to their aging attributes. The attentions states, priority attributes, and aging attributes of information topics are defined by the information delivery system or by individual users. Notifications of new information updates are delivered to a subscriber according to an information delivery schedule. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100846 | Navigation apparatus - A navigation apparatus is disclosed. The navigation apparatus includes a remote control device having a manipulation member and a force generator. The manipulation member is movable in response to user's manipulation and enables the user to point to a position on a display screen of the display device remotely. The force generator applies a force to the manipulation member against the manipulation of the manipulation member. The navigation apparatus sets content of the force based on an arrangement of an item image on the display screen, so that the force causes the pointed position to be attracted toward a fixed item image when the pointed position is located around the fixed item image, while the first force does not cause the pointed position to be attracted toward an on-map item image, which is superimposed on a map image. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100847 | IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, PROCESS AND PROGRAM, IMAGE DATA OUTPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There has been a problem of necessitating a complicated work for establishing a connection capable of intercommunication between a computer as server and a projector as client. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100848 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPECIFYING AN ITEM ORDER - An embodiment of a graphical user interface for specifying an item order includes a graphical order generator arranged in a geometric pattern. The graphical order generator may include an order input tool including a category section for displaying a plurality of inter-dependent dynamically filtered category indicators arranged in a sequential and user-modifiable hierarchy, and an option section for displaying a plurality of selectable option indicators associated with a category indicator. The category indicator may include a graphical representation of an active state or incomplete state before selection of an option indicator, and a graphical representation of a complete state after selection of the option indicator. The graphical order generator may also include a communication tool for displaying a plurality of selectable communication indicators associated with one or more past or current communication messages, and a contextual information tool for displaying one or more selectable information indicators. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100849 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for providing user interfaces are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a menu having a number of icons can be provided on a display device such that the icons are arranged around an initial cursor position, or an area that is touched by a user's finger or stylus, for example. Due to the icons being arranged around the initial cursor position, any one of the icons from the menu can be chosen with relatively small cursor movement. In certain embodiments, the menu can be divided into regions that overlap with the icons, such that cursor movement from the initial cursor position into a given region has a similar effect as movement into the corresponding icon itself (without actually moving the cursor onto the desired icon). | 2010-04-22 |
20100100850 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF APPLICATIONS - Methods and apparatus are provided to control a plurality of applications on a computer having a graphical user interface using a control application installed in addition to an operating system of the computer. An object, representing the control application and having a first sensitive area, is displayed within the graphical user interface. A first user input is received at the first sensitive area on the object. A window slides from the object and includes a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of applications while the first sensitive area continues to be displayed. A second user input is received in the window corresponding to at least one of the plurality of icons. At least one of the applications is then controlled based on the second user input. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100851 | MAPPING A REAL-WORLD OBJECT IN A PERSONAL VIRTUAL WORLD - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for mapping a real-world object to a virtual object in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for mapping a real-world object to a virtual object in a virtual world can include, generating a view to a virtual world for a participant to a virtual world and rendering an avatar for the participant in the view to the virtual world, locating a geographic position of a real-world object outside of the virtual world, mapping the located geographic position to a location in the virtual world, and displaying a counterpart representation of the real-world object in the view at the mapped location in the virtual world. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100852 | NESTABLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING, ORGANIZING, AND INTERACTING WITH VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF DATA - The present invention includes systems of, methods for, and computer implemented products that present a nestable user interface for viewing and interacting with information displayed on a computer (or computing device) display. The nestable user interface allows a user to flexibly configure and associate information sources, both local and accessed over a network, and to seek various documents to view intuitively and by immediate visual recognition. The nestable user interface is also extensible. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100853 | MOTION CONTROLLED USER INTERFACE - A graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The GUI comprises a three-dimensional virtual desktop surface. The GUI displays a view of the three-dimensional virtual desktop surface from a selected viewpoint and viewing angle and modifies at least one of the viewpoint and viewing angle based on detected head movements of a user. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100854 | GESTURE OPERATION INPUT SYSTEM - A gesture operation input system includes one or more subsystems to receive an input indicating a modifier input, receive a gesture input, wherein the gesture input indicates an action to be performed, and receive an indication that the modifier input is no longer being received. After receiving the gesture input, the gesture operation input system then determines the action to be performed using the gesture input and performs the action. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100855 | HANDHELD TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE HANDHELD TERMINAL USING TOUCH INPUT - A handheld terminal includes a coordinate recognizer to recognize a first coordinate on a screen where a touch starts and to recognize a second coordinate on the screen where the touch ends, a function identifier to identify a function corresponding to the pair of coordinates, and a function performer to perform the identified function. The first and second coordinates may respectively correspond to a service icon displayed at or near the first coordinate and a process area displayed at or near the second coordinate and associated with the identified function. A method for controlling a handheld terminal includes recognizing a first coordinate on a screen where a touch starts and a second coordinate on the screen where the touch ends, identifying a function corresponding to the first coordinate and the second coordinate, and performing the identified function. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100856 | Automated optimization of an integrated circuit layout using cost functions associated with circuit performance characteristics - An integrated circuit (IC) design system and method provide an optimization of a layout of an integrated circuit wherein an assessment is taken into account of the circuit performance characteristics and the layout of the IC design. The system and method assess associated circuit performance characteristics, each as a cost function of a local pattern of shapes in an initial circuit layout, aggregate cost functions of the associated circuit performance characteristics to derive an integral performance number associated to the initial global circuit layout, perturb the integral performance number by varying the global circuit layout, and select perturbations that optimize the performance number, so as to optimize the global circuit layout. Assessment is taken into account of the circuit performance characteristics based on the layout and the interdependence of the circuit performance characteristics for the IC design. The physical process related effects such as well proximity effect and stress/strain engineering and/or performance parameters such as the P-N transistor size ratio are taken into account to achieve optimization. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100857 | GENERIC NON-VOLATILE SERVICE LAYER - Method and apparatus for constructing and operating an integrated circuit in an electronic device. In some embodiments, a generic service layer is integrated in a three dimensional integrated circuit and tested using a testing pattern stored in a non-volatile memory. The generic service layer is reconfigured to a permanent non-testing functional component of the integrated circuit. | 2010-04-22 |
20100100858 | Systems and Methods for Certifying a Racked Computer Assembly - In some embodiments, a method for testing a chassis including one or more information handling systems is provided. The method includes receiving a chassis configuration specification that defines a set of required components for a chassis configuration, generating one or more test images based at least the received chassis configuration specification, automatically determining components of the chassis, testing the determined components of the chassis using the one or more generated test images, and reporting results from the testing to a user. | 2010-04-22 |