25th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090158094 | Method and System For Protocol Embedded Automated Test Control - A method and system of an embodiment may include designing two or more test cases for a network, creating one or more test records comprising data and configuration data for the two or more test cases, provisioning a user record on the network, running a first test case using the user record provisioned on the network, the first test case comprising, transmitting at least a first portion of the data to a network element being tested, and receiving a response from the network element based at least in part on the configuration data for the first test case contained in the data transmitted, running a second test case using the user record provisioned on the network, the second test case comprising, transmitting at least a second portion of the data to a network element being tested, and receiving a response from a network element based at least in part on configuration data for the second test case contained in the data transmitted. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158095 | Method for testing a computer device and a computer system thereof - A method performed by a software module for testing a computer device. The method first selects the computer device from a device list, and links a driver of the computer device through a program interface, in which the program interface is provided by an operating system. Next, the method sets the computer device by the driver according to a function of the computer device, and records the execution time for the computer device to perform the corresponding function. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158096 | Spatial Monitoring-Correlation Mechanism and Method for Locating an Origin of a Problem with an IPTV Network - A spatial monitoring-correlation mechanism and a method are described herein for determining an origin of a problem within an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network by using topology information about the IPTV network and at least one error notification (e.g., packet loss notification-retransmission request) that is generated by at least one component (e.g., set-top box) within the IPTV network. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158097 | Wake on LAN (WOL) test system and method thereof - The invention presents a Wake On LAN (WOL) test system and method thereof, wherein the system is applied for a client/server structure with the ILO (Integrated Lights-Out) inside server platform. The system is composed of an examiner end, an examinee end and a network domain. And through the WOL test module automates the WOL test procedure. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A RELIABLE FAULT MANAGEMENT FOR A NETWORK - A method and apparatus for providing reliable fault management for a network are disclosed. For example, a method receives one or more alarms from one or more network elements (NEs) by an element management system, and determines whether the one or more alarms need to be forwarded to a fault management platform (FMP) over a wireless data network. The method then forwards the one or more alarms over the wireless data network if it is determined that the one or more alarms need to be forwarded over the wireless data network. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158099 | Method and apparatus for runtime error handling - A method and an apparatus for receiving an error notification associated with a runtime error of a software application to generate a plurality of context attributes from a runtime state of the software application associated with an instant of time of the runtime error are described. One or more potential solutions are searched from a data storage including a solution repository based on the plurality of context attributes at substantially the same instant of time. An acceptable solution for the runtime error is determined based on the one or more potential solutions. The solution repository is updated with a new solution if the acceptable solution cannot be determined. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158100 | JITTER APPLYING CIRCUIT AND TEST APPARATUS - There is provided a jitter applying circuit that includes: a signal transmission path that transmits a signal from an input end to an output end thereof; a jitter control section that outputs, from an output terminal thereof, a jitter control voltage that is in accordance with jitter to be superposed to a signal propagating on the signal transmission path; a buffer circuit that is serially connected between the input end and the connection point on the signal transmission path; a serial resistance that is serially connected between the buffer circuit and the connection point, on the signal transmission path; and a variable capacitance diode that is provided between a connection point on the signal transmission path and the output terminal of the jitter control section, and whose capacitance changes in accordance with the jitter control voltage. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158101 | Adapting Word Line Pulse Widths in Memory Systems - Systems, circuits and methods for adapting word line (WL) pulse widths used in memory systems are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is directed to an apparatus comprising a memory system. The memory system comprises: a memory operating according to a wordline (WL) pulse with an associated WL pulse width; a built-in self-test (BIST) unit that interfaces with the memory, the BIST unit being configured to run a self-test of the internal functionality of the memory and provide a signal indicating if the memory passed or failed the self-test; and an adaptive WL control circuit that interfaces with the BIST unit and the memory, the adaptive WL control circuit being configured to adjust the WL pulse width of the memory based on the signal provided by the BIST unit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158102 | Methods, devices, and systems for experiencing reduced unequal testing degradation - One or more embodiments of the present invention reduce uneven degradation during testing by providing for a toggling signal to be applied to remaining input paths which do not receive test signals. Therefore, rather than being held in a fixed state during the burn-in process, the remaining inputs are toggled as well. Consequently, they degrade at a more similar rate as their counterpart inputs that did receive test signals. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158103 | TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - The apparatus includes a first variable delay circuit that delays a data signal from a device under test (DUT) to output a delay data signal; a second variable delay circuit that delays a clock signal to output a first delay clock signal; a first FF that acquires the delay data signal based on a reference clock; a second FF that acquires the first delay clock signal based on the clock; a first delay adjusting section that adjusts a delay amount of at least one of the first and second variable delay circuits so that the first and second FFs acquire the delay data signal and the first delay clock signal when the signals are changed; a third variable delay circuit that delays the clock signal to output a second delay clock signal; a second delay adjusting section that adjusts a delay amount of the third variable delay circuit based on the acquired first delay clock signal of which a phase is adjusted by the first delay adjusting section when the second delay clock is changed, in order to adjust a phase difference between the first and second delay clock signals to a desired phase difference; a deciding section that decides the quality of the data signal from the DUT based on a result obtained by acquiring the delay data signal when the second delay clock signal is changed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158104 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEMORY AC TIMING MEASUREMENT - A timing measurement circuit inside a memory chip delays balanced test signals for generating delayed test signals. Each of the delayed test signals is input a corresponding input pin of a memory subsystem of the memory chip. By adjusting delay amount of the delayed test signals, AC timing parameters of the memory subsystem are tested and measured. When the timing measurement circuit is in ring oscillation, a resolution thereof is measured. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158105 | IN SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS THROUGH SCAN MATRIX - A method of in system diagnostics through scan matrix, and an integrated circuit chip in which the diagnostics are performed, are disclosed. The integrated circuit chip operable in a plurality of Boundary Scan test modes in which at least a part of the circuitry in the integrated circuit chip is tested, the integrated circuit chip comprises a scan matrix controller and an instruction register. The scan matrix controller is provided for partitioning said circuitry into multiple matrices, each of the matrices having a plurality of scan elements. The instruction register is provided for holding instructions for the scan matrix controller for partitioning the chip into said multiple matrices. The scan matrix controller is further arranged to test each of said matrices according to instructions in the instruction register by applying a test signal to the tested part of the circuitry. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158106 | Position Independent Testing of Circuits - Scan distributor, collector, and controller circuitry connect to the functional inputs and outputs of core circuitry on integrated circuits to provide testing through those functional inputs and outputs. Multiplexer and demultiplexer circuits select between the scan circuitry and the functional inputs and outputs. The core circuitry can also be provided with built-in scan distributor, collector, and controller circuitry to avoid having to add it external of the core circuitry. With appropriately placed built-in scan distributor and collector circuits, connecting together the functional inputs and outputs of the core circuitry also connects together the scan distributor and collector circuitry in each core. This can provide a hierarchy of scan circuitry and reduce the need for separate test interconnects and multiplexers. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158107 | SYSTEM-ON-CHIP WITH MASTER/SLAVE DEBUG INTERFACE - A System-on-Chip (SOC) integrated circuit (IC) debugging system includes a plurality of SOC ICs connected to a shared debug bus. One of the plurality of SOC ICs is a master SOC IC having a master/slave debug interface and a user interface. The master/slave debug interface on the master SOC IC is a bidirectional debug interface operable to send and receive debug data between the SOC ICs and an external host system. The host system is connected to the at least one of the plurality of SOC ICs via the user interface. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158108 | ERROR DETECTION AND RECOVERY USING AN ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSACTION JOURNAL - Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for error detection and recovery using an asynchronous transaction journal. In an illustrative embodiment the computer implemented method receives a request message from a requester, stores the request message in the asynchronous transaction journal and determines whether a sequence number contained within the request message is equal to a predetermined number. When the sequence number is equal, the computer implemented method performs a request in the request message to obtain a result and returns the result to the requester; otherwise the computer implemented method detects an error. The computer implemented method then attempts recovery from the error; otherwise the computer implemented method notifies the requestee. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158109 | SELECTIVE HARQ COMBINING SCHEME FOR OFDM/OFDMA SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for combining retransmitted hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ) messages at different stages in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)/orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) receiver are provided. The type of HARQ combiner used for a particular channel may depend on a number of selection criteria including the modulation order of the transmission, the number of bits needed for the combined signals, and the headroom in the HARQ buffer. For some embodiments, a combination of different types of HARQ combiners may be designed into a receiver and selected on a per-channel basis. Proper selection of a HARQ combining scheme may reduce the required HARQ buffer size and may provide an increased combining gain when compared to conventional HARQ combining techniques. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158110 | FORWARD AND REVERSE SHIFTING SELECTIVE HARQ COMBINING SCHEME FOR OFDMA SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for combining retransmitted hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ) messages at different stages in an OFDM/OFDMA receiver are provided. A combination of different types of HARQ combiners may be designed into the receiver and selected on a per-channel basis. Proper selection of a HARQ combining scheme may reduce the required HARQ buffer size and may provide an increased combining gain when compared to conventional HARQ combining techniques. Furthermore, the HARQ combiner type may be dynamically selected through forward and reverse shifting between the different types of HARQ combining schemes in an effort to decrease the bit error ratio (BER) without saturating the HARQ buffer. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158111 | SELF-TIMED ERROR CORRECTING CODE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Error correcting codes (ECCs) have been proposed to be used in high frequency memory devices to detect errors in signals transmitted between a memory controller and a memory device. For high frequency memory devices, ECCs have delay characteristics of greater than one clock cycle. When the delay exceeds one clock cycle but is much less than two clock cycles, an entire second clock cycle must be added. By calculating and comparing the ECC value in a static logic circuit and a dynamic logic circuit, the logic delay is substantially reduced. In addition, the ECC value may be calculated and compared using two sets of static logic gates, where the second static logic gate is clocked by a clock signal that is delayed relative to the clock signal of the first set of logic gates. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158112 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARITY CHECK MATRIX FOR LOW COMPLEXITY AND HIGH SPEED DECODING, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODING LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODE USING THE SAME - Provided are a method for producing a parity check matrix for low complexity and high speed decoding, and an apparatus and method for coding a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code using the same. The method includes: calculating a cyclic shift value of a subblock to a matrix; and when the calculated cyclic shift values of the subblock are arrayed in the matrix, producing a parity check matrix by arraying the cyclic shift values of the subblock except ‘0 matrix’ without duplication to any one column. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158113 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING LDPC CODE USING MESSAGE PASSING ALGORITHM - Provided is an apparatus and method for encoding a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code using a message passing algorithm. The apparatus, includes: a parity calculating unit for operating a check node value on an input bit and a predetermined parity bit according to the message passing algorithm and calculating a parity bit; a parity correcting unit for correcting the calculated parity bit according to a parity check result of the calculated parity bit; and an output transform unit for combining the input bit and the corrected parity bit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158114 | ERROR-CORRECTING MULTI-STAGE CODE GENERATOR AND DECODER FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS HAVING SINGLE TRANSMITTERS OR MULTIPLE TRANSMITTERS - A communications system includes an encoder that produces a plurality of redundant symbols. For a given key, an output symbol is generated from a combined set of symbols including the input symbols and the redundant symbols. The output symbols are generally independent of each other, and an effectively unbounded number of output symbols (subject to the resolution of the key used) can be generated, if needed. The output symbols are information additive such that a received output symbol is likely to provide additional information for decoding even when many symbols are already received. The output symbols are such that a collection of received output symbols can provide probabilistic information to support error correction. A decoder calculates check symbols from the output symbols received, wherein each check symbol is associated with one or more input symbols and redundant symbols For each received output symbol, the decoder updates a running total of estimated information content and, in one or more rounds, generates a probability distribution for each input symbol over all or some of the possible values of input symbols. This process may be repeated until, for all of the input symbols, one of the many possible values is much more probable than others, or the process may be repeated a predetermined number of rounds, or other criteria is met. The updating can take into account already decoded symbols, additional output symbols and the check symbols. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158115 | Apparatus and method for decoding signal in a communication system - A method and apparatus for decoding a signal in a communication system. The method and apparatus includes receiving a punctured codeword including information bit nodes and unpunctured parity bit nodes; analyzing the unpunctured parity bit nodes, and detecting at least one first block including the unpunctured parity bit nodes among a plurality of blocks each including parity bit nodes having the same importance among all parity bit nodes; and recovering said all parity bit nodes by serial-decoding parity bit nodes included in the first block according to decoding priorities of parity bit nodes, determined by reflecting the first block in a predetermined decoding priority determining algorithm. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158116 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODES FOR SEQUENTIAL DECODING ALGORITHM - A method for generating a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code is provided. The method includes generating subsets each including a same number of check nodes, connecting each of variable nodes to the check nodes of the subsets so that the each of subsets is equal in degree or a difference in degree between the subsets becomes a maximum of 1, setting elements corresponding to check nodes connected to each of the variable nodes, to a non-zero value, and generating a parity check matrix H having rows corresponding to the check nodes and columns corresponding to the variable nodes. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158117 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LONG AND SHORT BLOCK LENGTH LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK (LDPC) CODES - An approach is provided for generating Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes. An LDPC encoder generates a LDPC code with an outer Bose Chaudhuri Hocquenghem (BCH) code. For 1/3 rate, the relevant parameters are as follows: q=120, n | 2009-06-18 |
20090158118 | CONFIGURABLE REED-SOLOMON DECODER BASED ON MODIFIED FORNEY SYNDROMES - A method of configurable decoding is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) receiving a variable value in a configuration signal, (B) calculating a plurality of first syndromes corresponding to a particular codeword of a plurality of codewords received in an input signal, the particular codeword having a plurality of information symbols and a plurality of parity symbols coded such that up to a fixed value of a plurality of errors in the particular codeword are correctable, the fixed value being greater than the variable value, (C) transforming the first syndromes into a plurality of second syndromes such that no greater than the variable value of the errors in the particular codeword are correctable and (D) generating an intermediate signal carrying the second syndromes. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158119 | PARITY ERROR CORRECTION FOR BAND-LIMITED DIGITAL SIGNALS - An error correction method corrects and replaces erroneous digital signal samples (having N companded bits) in a receiver after ascertaining by parity check that a sample is erroneous. The method chooses M MSBs where M is less than or equal to N, and produces M test samples, each of the M test samples being obtained by inverting a single bit from the M bits, keeping other bits unaltered. Each test sample is expanded and passed through a selected low pass filter (e.g., 15 kHz) to obtain a filtered output and a differential value between the test sample and its filtered output. The test sample producing the least differential value is chosen to replace the erroneous signal sample. The technique is especially applicable in NICAM demodulators receiving 14 bit sample signals (at 32 kHz) companded to (N) 10 bits from which (M) 6 MSB parity encoded bits are chosen for producing test samples. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158120 | HIERARCHICAL CRC SCHEME - A hierarchical cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is provided that enables CRC appending and detection. A message that includes a first message portion and a second message portion is transmitted to two or more receivers. The receivers are not aware of the first message portion. One of the receivers can be aware of the second message portion of the message. Each portion of the message can be encoded with a CRC in order to provide protection. The receiver that is aware of the second message portion is provided a higher level of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) protection than the receivers that are not aware of the second message portions. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158121 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECODING LDPC CODE BASED ON PROTOTYPE PARITY CHECK MATRIXES - Provided is an apparatus and method for decoding a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code based on prototype parity check matrixes. The apparatus, includes: a parity check matrix selecting means for determining multiple prototype parity check matrixes according to a sub-matrix size and a parallelization figure for processing the parity check matrix; a bit input means for receiving a log likelihood probability value for input bit according to the sub-matrix size and the parallelization figure; a check matrix process means for sequentially performing a partial parallel process on the parity check matrix based on the received log likelihood probability value and the determined multiple prototype parity check matrixes; and a bit process means for determining a bit level based on the partial-parallel processed parity check matrix value and recovering the input bit according to the sub-matrix size and the parallelization figure. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158122 | FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION OF AN ERROR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT COMMAND PROTOCOL - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for the forward error correction coding of an error acknowledgement command protocol. In some embodiments, a host sends commands to a memory device and monitors an error signal to determine whether the memory device received the commands without error. In some embodiments, if the host detects an error then it provides forward error correction code for an error acknowledge command. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158123 | ERROR CORRECTION SCHEME FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - Error correcting systems, methods, and devices for non-volatile memory are disclosed. In one embodiment, a non-volatile memory device comprises a data area for storing data, an error correcting code generation section for generating an error correcting code in response to receipt of a code generation command, and an error correcting code area for storing the error correcting code. The non-volatile memory device further comprises a detector circuit for detecting the generating of the error correcting code, and a read section for correcting the data stored in the data area based on the error correcting code upon the detecting of the generation of the error correcting code by the detector circuit, where the code generation command is forwarded by a memory controller when the data are is filled with the data beyond a threshold level | 2009-06-18 |
20090158124 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND DATA STORAGE METHOD - In the ordinary operation mode, a data storage apparatus writes data into a first flash memory, while writing ECC data, which is used for correcting the data written in the first flash memory, into a second flash memory. When there is no remaining storage space in the first flash memory, the data storage apparatus deletes existing ECC data previously written in the second flash memory and writes ordinary data into the second flash memory. This arrangement enhances the reliability of data and enables effective use of the original storage space in the system of data storage with multiple storage areas. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158125 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - A recording/reproducing apparatus includes an encoding section, a decoding section, and a first judging section. The encoding section is configured to encode data that is to be recorded onto a recording medium into an LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code. The decoding section is configured to decode the LDPC code read out from the recording medium. The judging section is configured to judge a block with a recording error based on one of a block error flag and an iterative decoding count output from the decoding section. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158126 | EFFICIENT INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN ANALOG MEMORY CELL ARRAYS - A method includes storing data in a group of analog memory cells by writing first storage values to the cells. After storing the data, second storage values are read from the cells using one or more first read thresholds. Third storage values that potentially cause cross-coupling interference in the second storage values are identified, and the third storage values are processed, to identify a subset of the second storage values as severely-interfered values. Fourth storage values are selectively re-read from the cells holding the severely-interfered values using one or more second read thresholds, different from the first read thresholds. The cross-coupling interference in the severely-interfered storage values is canceled using the re-read fourth storage values. The second storage values, including the severely-interfered values in which the cross-coupling interference has been canceled, are processed so as to reconstruct the data stored in the cell group. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158127 | DECODING APPARATUS AND DECODING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a decoding apparatus that performs soft-decision decoding on a linear block code, the apparatus including a hard-decision decoder configured to perform hard-decision decoding on a received word using a hard-decision decoding algorithm; and a soft-decision decoder configured to perform, using a soft-decision algorithm, soft-decision decoding merely on a received word for which the hard-decision decoder has failed in the hard-decision decoding. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158128 | DECODING DEVICE, DECODING METHOD, RECEIVING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM REPRODUCING DEVICE - A decoding device for a linear code on a ring R, the decoding device including: a plurality of storage media; and a processing section; wherein the processing section uses a part of reliability of all symbols at a previous time to update reliability of each symbol in a process of iterative decoding for increasing the reliability of each symbol, and further retains a part used to update retained reliability information and a part unused to update the retained reliability information on two separate storage media. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158129 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING CHANNEL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK CODES - A method for encoding a channel in a communication system using a Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) code. The method includes generating a plurality of column groups by grouping (categorizing) columns corresponding to an information word in a parity-check matrix of the LDPC code, and ordering the column groups; determining a range of an information word desired to be obtained by performing shortening; based on the determined range of the information word, performing column group-by-column group shortening on the column groups in order according to a predetermined shortening pattern; and LDPC encoding the shortened information word. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158130 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TURBO ENCODING AND DECODING - A method and apparatus for turbo encoding and method and apparatus for turbo decoding are disclosed, by which encoding and decoding speeds of turbo codes and performance thereof can be enhanced. In performing turbo encoding on inputted information bits by a unit of an information frame including a predetermined number of bits, the present invention includes dividing the information frame into at least two information sub-blocks, encoding each of the at least two information sub-blocks independently, rearranging information bits configuring the information frame by interleaving the information frame, dividing the rearranged information frame into at least two information sub-blocks, and encoding each of the at least two information sub-blocks independently. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158131 | VITERBI DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A Viterbi decoding apparatus receives a plurality of block data in time order, and transmits a block data group including the plurality of block data. Then, the Viterbi decoding apparatus applies a Viterbi decoding algorithm to the block data group and outputs some block data of the block data group. In this way, it is possible to provide a Viterbi decoding apparatus that can operate at a high speed and improve a data transmission rate. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158132 | Determining a message residue - In one aspect, circuitry to determine a modular remainder with respect to a polynomial of a message comprised of a series of segment. In another aspect, circuitry to access at least a portion of a first number having a first endian format, determine a second number based on a bit reflection and shift of a third number having an endian format opposite to that of the first endian format, and perform a polynomial multiplication of the first number and the at least a portion of the first number. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158133 | METHOD OF REPLACING CONTENT - A computer-implemented method of controlling content includes receiving an input from the user and monitoring content in an application program or content exchanged between the application program and an operating system residing at the user's computer system. The method includes determining whether monitored content corresponds to a predetermined advertisement. If the monitored content corresponds to the predetermined advertisement, the predetermined advertisement is replaced with another predetermined advertisement based on the user input. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158134 | Method and apparatus for form adaptation - A method and an apparatus for retrieving a form template including one or more rendering attributes for rendering one or more partitions of a form are described. Whether the partitions of the form can be rendered in compliance with style constraints is determined according to the rendering attributes. An updated form template is generated such that at least one of the rendering attributes is updated. Partitions of the form can be rendered based on the updated template in compliance with the style constraints. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158135 | Context Control - A context control interface may include a context name field that is arranged and configured to identify a working context, one or more attribute name fields that are configured to identify one or more attributes that define the working context and one or more attribute value fields that are arranged and configured to correspond to the attribute name fields and to define one or more values for the attribute name fields. The attribute name fields and the corresponding attribute value fields may be mapped to a first set of fields in a first application and may be mapped to second set of fields in a second application and the attributes and the values populate the first set of fields and the second set of fields such that the working context is persistent across the first application and the second application, where the first application differs from the second application. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158136 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIDEO MESSAGING - Methods and systems for managing messaging are described. In an illustrative embodiment, widget code is transmitted from a server to a user terminal, wherein the widget code, when executed is configured to display a playlist. A message management system receives from the widget a user request to transmit at least one selected video from the video playlist to a recipient and user text to be transmitted to the recipient in conjunction with the selected video. The transmission of the video message and the user text to the recipient is initiated. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158137 | Prioritized Incremental Asynchronous Machine Translation of Structured Documents - Techniques for translating and presenting text in a structured document are provided. A structured document including text to be translated is received. At least one portion of the text to be translated is translated into at least one representation of translated text of a specific language. The translation is carried out in accordance with a prioritization schedule. Further, the representation of translated text is provided by at least first and second servers, the first server independently providing the representation of translated text of a first quality and the second server independently providing the representation of translated text of a second quality, the first quality being different than the second quality. As the text is translated, the representation of translated text is presented immediately when available. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158138 | IDENTIFICATION OF CONTENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - In some embodiments, a method includes receiving an electronic document that comprises a plurality of sections. The method includes marking the plurality of sections as a content section or a non-content section using an attribute of the sections that includes at least one of a width of the section, a density of the plurality of hyperlinks in the section, a size of a font of text in the section and whether a title of the electronic document overlaps with text in the section. The method also includes storing the marking of the plurality of sections of the electronic document in a machine-readable medium. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158139 | Methods And Systems For Generating A Markup-Language-Based Resource From A Media Spreadsheet - Methods and systems are described for generating a markup-language-based resource from an electronic media spreadsheet. An exemplary method includes receiving first and second cell information for first and second cells of an electronic media spreadsheet to produce as first and second cell outputs first and second media streams, respectively, via the electronic media spreadsheet, where the second cell information includes an expression dependent on the first cell output for producing the second media stream. The method also includes generating a markup-language-based resource having first and second markup language representations of the first and second cells, respectively, and generating directions compatible with the markup-language-based resource representing the expression of the second cell. The generated directions are configured for processing by a web browser with the markup language-based resource to produce a presentable representation of the second media stream via the web browser. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158140 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SECURE THE DISPLAY OF ADVERTISEMENTS ON WEB BROWSERS - A method and system to secure the display of advertisements on web browsers. A method according to an embodiment includes: interpreting a markup file in a virtual machine, converting displayable elements of the markup file to one or a plurality of images and constructing a modified markup file comprising the at least one image file and a scripting language code adapted to cause a user terminal upon which it is executed to transmit coordinate information defining the position of a user-controlled cursor and action information defining a clicking action. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158141 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SECURE THE DISPLAY OF A PARTICULAR ELEMENT OF A MARKUP FILE - A method and system to secure the display of a particular element of a markup file, interpreting a markup file comprising displayable elements, converting the displayable elements of the markup file to at least one image and constructing a modified markup file including the at least one image and a scripting language code adapted to encode links and input fields associated to the image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158142 | NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM - Generally described, the present invention is directed to a network operating system that provides more effective ways of leveraging the connectivity of computer networks. In one embodiment, an XML virtual machine is implemented that accepts high-level application code written in an XML programming language as input. Functionality is provided to interpret or translate the application code written in an XML programming language into code that is suitable for execution across computer platforms. Moreover, the XML virtual machine supports the Model View Controller (MVC) design paradigm that facilitates true data abstraction from applications to a common data model. Multi-instance applications, with each instance potentially supporting multiple views, may be created and executed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158143 | INSTANTANEOUS SYMBOL LOOKUP - A computer program assists in the completion of text input provided by a user. For example, the computer program may maintain a list of n-tuples (where n>1), each of which includes n text strings. For example, each n-tuple may include a stock ticker symbol and the name of a company having that stock ticker symbol. As the user types each character, the program determines whether the text typed by the user so far matches any of the text strings in the n-tuples. The program provides the user with an indication of whether any matches have been found, such as by displaying a list of the n-tuples having text matching the text typed by the user so far. The program then allows the user to select one of the matching n-tuples. The program uses text (such as a stock ticker symbol) from the user's selection to complete the text input. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158144 | TEXT INPUT SYSTEM FOR A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF - Overlapping areas of a touch interface of a mobile electronic device are associated with letters such that each area is associated with only one letter. The location of a user's touch on the touch interface is detected. Based on the location, more than one letter may be identified. If more than one letter is identified, predictive text software is used to determine which of the identified letters the user intended to select. The touch interface may be a touchscreen or one or more touchpads. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158145 | GRAPHICAL INDICATION OF SIGNED CONTENT - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program code readily identifies authenticated content within webpage having user customizable content. A request to display a wiki page is received. Responsive to receiving the request, a wiki markup file with a wiki signature block is identified. The wiki markup file contains signed content and unsigned content. The signature block identifies the signed content within the wiki markup file. Signed content is verified and an edited wiki page is generated from the signed content and the unsigned content. Signed content is visibly distinguished from the unsigned content. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158146 | RESIZING TAG REPRESENTATIONS OR TAG GROUP REPRESENTATIONS TO CONTROL RELATIVE IMPORTANCE - A method and system are provided for enabling a user to control or adjust importance levels assigned to tags by manipulating corresponding tag representations or a tag group representation displayed to the user. In one embodiment, tag representations for a number of tags are displayed to a user. The tags are generally any criterion used to describe or classify digital content. In one embodiment, the user is enabled to resize, or otherwise manipulate, the tag representations to thereby adjust the importance level of the corresponding tags. In another embodiment, tags are classified into at least one tag group. A tag group representation corresponding to the tag group is displayed to the user. The user is then enabled to resize, or otherwise manipulate, the tag group representation to thereby adjust an importance level of each of the tags in the tag group. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158147 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRESENTING MEDIA DATA - Systems and methods of presenting media data are provided. A particular method includes receiving a first event message associated with the media data from a media engine presenting media data via a graphical user interface (GUI). The method also includes executing an instruction in response to the first event message. The instruction modifies an in-memory representation associated with the GUI in which the media data is being presented. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158148 | Automatically provisioning a WWAN device - Network connection information is requested by a wireless wide area network device via the internet. Such information may include configuration information, data roaming partner information, and/or cost information regarding roaming partner connection and/or a subscriber plan related to the wireless wide area network. To retrieve the information, the wireless device sends a request to a redirection server, which in turn provides an internet address for a provisioning server, or instructs a provisioning server to provide the network configuration information to the wireless device. A user and/or the wireless device may use the network connection information when deciding whether and/or how to connect to the network. A network provider may use methods disclosed herein to efficiently update wireless devices that subscribe to the network. The network provider may provide selected network connection information based on information regarding the wireless device, such as the user identification. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158149 | MENU CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A menu control system and method that to control functions of a digital device are provided. The menu control system includes a detection unit which detects a first sub-contact area and a second sub-contact area within a contact area, the contact area generating a signal through contact with an object if the object is dragged from the first sub-contact area to the second sub-contact area, and an execution unit which executes a function mapped to a combination of the detected first sub-contact area and second sub-contact area. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158150 | RULES-BASED PROFILE SWITCHING IN METAVERSE APPLICATIONS - A method is disclosed for providing gameplay in a metaverse application in which players interact with each other and a virtual world by controlling characters that are represented using avatars specified by avatar profiles. The method comprises providing a player with an ability to specify and maintain more than one avatar profile for a character controlled by the player; and allowing an avatar representation of the character to be switched between the more than one avatar profile during gameplay. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158151 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING PRESENCE VISUALIZATIONS OF AVATORS AS PERSISTABLE VIRTUAL CONTACT OBJECTS - Computer method and apparatus represent users by respective avatars in a subject virtual environment. The invention system displays the avatars in the virtual environment, and for each avatar, displays in proximity to the avatar, a respective trail of virtual contact objects. The respective trail of virtual contact objects is associated with the user represented by the avatar and serves as a visual indication of presence and activeness (level of activity) of the user in the subject virtual environment. Each virtual contact object in the respective trail stores and provides user contact data of the user and is persistable upon end-user command. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTEXT SENSITIVE HELP FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating context sensitive help for a graphical user interface. Display data corresponding to a plurality of indicia is first generated on an associated display, each indicia corresponding to a functionality of an associated information processing device. Selection data is then received corresponding to a selected indicia from those displayed. A touch down signal is then received corresponding to a tactile exertion of positive physical pressure. Duration data representing the duration of the exerted positive physical pressure is then received. A display of data associated with the functionality of the information processing device is subsequently triggered in accordance with the selected indicia corresponding to the received selection data and the received duration data. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158153 | Method, system, and computer program product for generating a front end graphical user interface for a plurality of text based commands - A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed for generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for a plurality of text based commands, in which environment mapping definitions may link generic GUI components with predefined command structures. The plurality of text based commands may be command-line interface (CLI) commands. The environment mapping definitions may be applied to a command specification defining characteristics of the plurality of text based commands in a standard format in order to build a GUI from generic GUI components. The command specification may be generated by providing an interpretation reference defining CLI conventions and parsing a command description to extract the command specification with reference to the interpretation reference. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158154 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF PLAYING DATA THEREIN - A mobile terminal includes a user input unit for receiving user inputs, a display unit for displaying information, an audio output module for outputting an audio signal, and a controller for processing a user input to select at least a first specific position in multimedia data, controlling the display unit to display multimedia information related to the selected at least a first specific position and sorting the multimedia information with respect to at least a second specific position in the multimedia data. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158155 | PLAYLIST GENERATION, DELIVERY AND NAVIGATION - Automatic and assisted playlist generation is accomplished by collecting data from users of a world-wide music information system. Attributes of the recordings listened to by users are extracted from data collected when the users access the music information system. The attributes are correlated with other attributes in the system to verify data accuracy. Users can specify a set of attributes of their music collection for automatic generation of a playlist. The playlist can then be further edited, even on devices with a limited display and a few buttons designed for playback of recordings, by re-mapping the functions of the buttons for playlist generation. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158156 | Online programming of operator interface panel - An operator interface panel with means for editing video pages in the panel when the panel is online. This allows a user to work directly with the panel for adding or deleting new video pages, making modifications to the pages by adding or deleting objects, or by making changes to the objects on the pages. The result is time saving for development of video pages. In addition, machine start-up time and diagnosis time is saved because of online programming capability in the panels. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158157 | PREVIEWING RECORDED PROGRAMS USING THUMBNAILS - A method and system are disclosed for selecting representative information from a video clip to aid in identifying the video clip. The video clip may be a recorded television program and the representative information may be thumbnails determined to a high degree of certainty to include identifying content from the television program. When a user accesses a list of recorded video clips, the identifying information for each clip may be presented to the user to further assist the user in identifying the recorded video clip. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158158 | SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING AND TRANSMITTING MESSAGES - A system for scheduling and transmitting messages is disclosed. The system stores a plurality of audio files in an audio database, generates a schedule of queued messages via the plurality of audio files, transmits the queued messages based on the schedule, and reconfigures the schedule based on a user interaction delivering the queued messages in accordance with the reconfigured schedule. A scheduled plurality of messages can be transmitted in a clear and professional manner. Additionally, “ad hoc” messages can be incorporated into the schedule without significantly disrupting the other messages. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158159 | METHOD FOR VISUAL DEPICTION OF AUDIENCES FOR VIEWING ITEMS IN BLOGS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC REPOSITORIES - Audiences for viewing items in one or more electronic repositories including a blog are visually depicted. Input from a user is received for creating different types of items for viewing in the blog. The different types of items include private items, items that are internal for an organization, and public items. Input is also received from the user for selecting audiences for viewing the different types of items in the blog. Items for viewing on the blog are selected from among the created items, and the selected items are displayed on the blog for viewing by the selected audiences. Each selected item is displayed with a visual cue that is distinct for each type of item. The visual cue indicates the selected audience for viewing the item. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158160 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AVATAR MODIFICATIONS IN ANOTHER USER'S AVATAR - A method and apparatus that implements avatar modifications to another user's avatar from a first mobile communication device is disclosed. The method may include selecting an avatar modification to relating to a user of a second mobile communication device based on input from a user, and sending a signal to initiate transmission of selected avatar modification to at least one of the second mobile communication device, an avatar management server, and a plurality of mobile communication devices wherein the user's avatar modification may be viewed by other mobile communication device users. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158161 | COLLABORATIVE SEARCH IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - In a first embodiment, first information regarding an object in a virtual world is received from a virtual world client. The first information is stored in a database. Second information regarding the object is received from a second virtual world client. The second information is then also stored in the database. In a second embodiment, a request is received from a virtual world client. Then a database is searched based on the request and based on tags corresponding to virtual world objects, wherein the tags are stored in the database, wherein the searching returns one or more tagged virtual world objects. Then the one or more tagged virtual world objects are sent to the virtual world client. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158162 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system is for displaying a degree of popularity of a plurality of selection objects like an electronic program guide displaying system, for example, and includes a plurality of user terminals. Each of the plurality of user terminals is connected to a server via a network, for example. Each user terminal displays a plurality of program information in a matrix manner, and accepts an operation to select desired program information. The server calculates a degree of popularity of each program information on the basis of the results of the selections by the respective user terminals, and transmits the degree of popularity to each user terminal. On the side of the user terminal, a display manner of each program information is changed on the basis of the degree of popularity. For example, the degree of popularity is calculated so as to be classified into plurality of levels, and as a display manner of each program information, the color density and the height are changed depending on the level of the degree of popularity. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158163 | System and method to facilitate social browsing - A social browsing system for operation with a source client system operated by a first user and a target client system operated by a second user—wherein each of the source client system and the target client system comprise a browser executing thereon. The social browsing system may comprise a social browsing infrastructure system and a local component for installation on each of the source client system and the target client system. The local component may comprise source functions and target functions. The source functions may be adapted to: i) render a redirect control in association with an instance of the browser; ii) in response to user activation of the redirect control, obtain a location URL from the web browser; and iii) generate a redirect invite to the social browsing infrastructure system. The social browsing infrastructure system may be adapted to, in response to receiving the redirect invite: i) identify the target client system operated by the second user; ii) generate an inbound redirect invite to the target client system; and iii) identify an advertisement placement. The advertisement placement may be related to at least one of: i) web content at the location URL; and ii) behavioral data related to the second user. The infrastructure system may be further adapted to provide the advertisement placement to the target client system. The target functions may be adapted to, in response to receipt of the inbound redirect invite; i) initiate a connection to the location URL for rendering of the web content; and ii) render the advertisement placement in association with the web content. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158164 | MANAGING ICON INTEGRITY - Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, an apparatus in the form of a data processing system and a computer program product for managing icon integrity. In one illustrative embodiment, the computer implemented method comprises receiving a notification for a selected icon and determining whether a set of properties exists for the selected icon. Responsive to determining the existence and verification of the authenticity of the set of properties, the computer implemented method analyzes the set of properties to determine permission and authentication and responsive to determining the permission and authentication, allows execution of an executable function associated with the icon. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158165 | Web Interface for Providing System-Status On-Demand - An Internet web application interfaces to a machine to give users information about the status of the machine. The information on the status of the machine is constantly changing. This design only dynamically builds a web page when the page is requested for viewing. Once built, the page is retained so that the next time it is requested, if the information it contains has not changed, the page can be served without having to be rebuilt. If the information has changed, the design will not update the page until the page has been requested. In addition, the page is only built in the human language requested. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158166 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATIC REARRANGEMENT OF MODULES BASED ON USER INTERACTION - A method, system, and computer program product for rearranging a plurality of modules displayed on a content aggregated webpage is presented. In an exemplary manner, the method includes monitoring one or more of a plurality of user interactions associated with one or more of a plurality of modules. A rank value is assigned to a particular one of the plurality of modules, whereby rank value assignment is based on the one or more of the plurality of user interactions. Based on the rank value that is assigned to the particular one of the plurality of modules, the particular module is automatically displayed at a particular position on the content aggregated webpage. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158167 | SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING MENU OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for customizing a menu of an electronic device is disclosed. First, various menu options are selected. Frequency of use values of the selected menu options is recorded and values thereof archived for a predetermined time. The amount of the menu options displayed corresponding to the frequency is prioritized. Sizes of the menu options according to the frequency are set. The priority of the menu options based on frequency of use is displayed. The displayed menu options are dynamically reorganized according to the records when the predetermined period of time has expired or the records of the selected menu options exceed a predetermined value. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158168 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING IDLE SCREEN - An apparatus and a method for configuring an idle screen, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for analyzing functions of a terminal according to a user's environmental state, and configuring an idle screen in accordance with the analysis. According to the apparatus and method, when a change in a current environmental state is sensed while performing the selected terminal function, the terminal determines an environmental state information item corresponding to a changed environmental state, and updates the selected terminal function in a terminal function item corresponding to the determined environmental state information item. When there is a request for displaying an idle screen, the terminal determines a current environmental state item corresponding to the currently environmental state, extracts one or more terminal functions corresponding to the determined environmental state information item, and configures the idle screen using the extracted terminal functions. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158169 | MESSAGE BOARD AGGREGATOR - Web content representing a first message is displayed in a window of a computer program. The first message is one of a plurality of messages posted to an online forum. A plurality of message summaries are displayed in the same window of the computer program, contemporaneously with the first message. The plurality of message summaries include first information derived from the first message and second information derived from a second message in the plurality of messages. The web content representing the first message may, for example, be displayed in a first frame of the window and the information derived from the first message may be displayed in a second frame of the same window. The online forum may, for example, be a web-based financial message board. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158170 | AUTOMATIC PROFILE-BASED AVATAR GENERATION - A system, method and device for providing an avatar for interaction in a virtual environment. A user provides a user identifier and a user profile not associated with an avatar is retrieved based on the user identifier. Avatar characteristics are determined based on the retrieved user profile. The virtual environment is rendered with an avatar based on the determined avatar characteristics. The retrieved user profile may include at least one of a default profile, an advertiser supplied profile, a profile associated with a given user and a profile associated with the virtual environment. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158171 | COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SPONTANEOUS ICEBREAKING ACTIVITIES IN A SHARED SYNCHRONOUS ONLINE ENVIRONMENT USING SOCIAL DATA - A computer method and system familiarizes users in a group in shared synchronous environments. As part of operation of a given shared synchronous online environment, the invention generates an icebreaking activity for a group of users. The generated ice breaking activity has content from at least one data source external to the given online environment. The content may be mined user profiles, images and other user information from other data sources that users provide information to. The invention allows free form conversation among the group of users during participation in the generated ice-breaking activity. Such participation by the users in the generated ice-breaking activity and free form conversation among the users enable users to become familiar with each other's human persona. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158172 | System for making recommendations - Systems and methods that permit an Internet user to make recommendations to other user-chosen Internet users. Users of the system described must register and obtain access to an access-controlled participant object. In a preferred embodiment the recommendation may be accompanied by a category designation, to help the automated cataloging of recommendations, and by comments. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158173 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC CALENDAR - The following describes a system and methods that provide integrated web-based graphic user interface to manage communications for a variety of WEB-accessible mobile devices, computers, and other consumer electronic devices. The user interface provides a dynamic calendar. The dynamic calendar has the ability to focus the calendar, adjust the size of the calendar, and determine availability of other system users. In addition, the system may automatically organize events scheduled on the calendar. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158174 | Method and Apparatus for a Computer Simulated Environment - This invention relates to a computer simulated environment, such as a virtual world, and to the identification of a user entering the virtual world and user context in the virtual world model. An output of the virtual world model may be rendered using objects in the virtual world model. Previous versions of the rendered objects may then be located in associated user memory and specified differences between the rendered objects and the previous versions of the objects may be identified. A layer of the identified differences may then be rendered on the rendered output of the virtual world model. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158175 | COMMUNICATION SUPPORT METHOD, SYSTEM, AND SERVER DEVICE - A method for supporting communication among avatars representing users in a virtual world shared by a plurality of users' client terminals and a server connected with each other through a network. The method includes the steps of: accumulating statistical information, which includes (i) a combination of a component of a message transmitted by one or more avatars and avatar motion matching the component, and (ii) a degree of usage of the combination; generating a keyword group from the components of a message transmitted by the one or more avatars in response to the transmission of the message; searching through the statistical information; obtaining one or more avatar motion candidates; and presenting the candidates to the user of the avatar. A system for supporting communication among avatars and a communication support server device in a virtual world are also provided. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158176 | SHARING OF CONTENT AND HOP DISTANCE OVER A SOCIAL NETWORK - A method, system, and apparatus are directed to sharing information over a network. A drag-and-drop of a selection of a portion of content may be received at a sharing area. A sharing message may be generated based on a type of the portion. If the type of the portion indicates storage, the sharing message may comprise a hyperlink to a storage. The sharing message may be useable for providing the portion on at least one client device associated with at least one of a plurality of members of a social network. Sharing over the network of the portion between an originating sharing member and the plurality of members of the social network may be enabled. The portion may be shared for a customizable project. A hop distance may be provided for the shared portion. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158177 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DATA ENTRY DISPLAY - The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating a data entry display. Data entry template data is first retrieved from an associated data storage. Next, a data entry template is generated on an associated display in accordance with the retrieved template data, with the template having at least one data entry field adapted to receive user-specified information. Each data entry field is then designated as an active field. A prompt is generated on the associated display relating to content associated with each active field, and an animation is generated on an area associated with each active field. User-specified information is then received into each active field. Each active field is then updated such that user-specified information is displayed on the associated display. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158178 | GRAPHICALLY NAVIGATING TREE STRUCTURES - Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, an apparatus and a computer program product for graphically navigating tree structures. In one illustrative embodiment, the computer implemented method comprises creating an outliner view of a tree view comprising the entire tree structure and determining whether an object has been selected from the tree view to create a selected object. The computer implemented method further, responsive to a determination that the object was selected, displays the entire tree view and further displays the selected object only, in a legible form, in the outliner view. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158179 | CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION USING COGNITIVE SCIENCES DATABASE - Computer implemented methods and systems facilitate development and distribution of content for presentation on a display or a multiplicity of networked displays, the content including content elements. The content elements may include graphics, text, video clips, still images, audio clips or web pages. The development of the content is facilitated using a database comprising design rules based on principles of cognitive and vision sciences. The database may include design rules based on visual attention, memory, and/or text recognition, for example. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STYLING AN EMBEDDED WIDGET - An inline-customizable widget receives an indication from a user that he would like to customize the widget, offers the user various customization options, and ultimately provides the user with a customized widget (per the user's settings) to be embedded in a web page of the user's choice, as facilitated by the widget itself; every step in the customization process takes place within the widget itself and the user need not edit any widget code or visit any web page separate from the web page in which the widget is originally found. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158181 | USER INTERFACE METHOD AND APPARATUS TO NAVIGATE A DOCUMENT FILE - A method is provided to produce a visual interface to an electronic device comprising: displaying a first region of a document superimposed with a context map within a display window; displaying a position marker within the context map at a first position relative to the context map; wherein the context map has dimensions that are substantially proportionate to dimensions of the document; wherein the first region of the document is disposed at a first position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the first position of the position marker relative to the context map; displaying a change of the position marker from the first position to a second position within the context map; and displaying in response to the change of the position marker to the second position, a second region of the document is displayed that is disposed at a second position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the second position of the position marker relative to the context map. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158182 | Greeting Card System and Method - A greeting card system and method are provided that allows a user to place images on each side of a greeting card. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158183 | Story Flow System and Method - A story flow system and method are provided that allows a user to upload and organize a set of content into an album. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158184 | REACTIVE AVATARS - Avatars are used to graphically represent users in a communications session, and the avatars are capable of being animated. An indication of an animation of one of the avatars is received. Another avatar that represents another of the users is animated in response to, and based on, the animation of the avatar in the same communications session. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158185 | Adaptive map layer visibility control - The instant application provides a method and related system that adaptively turns layers on and off based upon a visibility value extracted from a respective layer or related database. Map data is first portioned by a grid and the visibility value for a layer is computed for each grid element. For a given map view, the visibility value of all grid elements within the view is used to compute an overall average visibility value for the layer in the current map view. The layer is then activated based upon the average visibility value as compared to a table of optimal scales. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158186 | DRAG AND DROP GLADS - Graphical advertisements or Glads are provided for presentation by a graphical user interface by a system service provider. The system stores user data in a user database based on user interaction with the user graphical interface. The system also stores a database of the Glads. Glads are identified based on the user data and a graphical representation associated with the Glad is provided to the graphical user interface for presentation in a first area of the graphical user interface. An indication of a user moving the graphical representation from the first area of the interface to a second area of the interface is received by the system, and an association of the glad with the user is stored based on the location of the second area within the graphical user interface. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158187 | COMPLEX OPERATION EXECUTION TOOL - A method is presented for executing complex operations. The method may include providing basic packages that include execution instructions for at least partially executing a complex operation. Each basic package may also include combination instructions for combining the execution instructions with execution instructions of another basic package. Several basic packages may be selected. The complex operation may then be executed according to the execution instructions and the combination instructions associated with the selected basic packages. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158188 | CONFIGURABLE WALL MODULE SYSTEM - A configurable wall module having selectable home screens, custom menu navigation, and incorporating functional design. The display utilizes fixed segments. menu navigation and configuration which may be facilitated with soft keys having indicative labels associated with them. The parameters may be accessed from categories by soft keys via two-level menu navigation. Certain parameter value and setpoint entries may be effected with up/down keys. Module configuration may be performed by a user. To provide such user capability, the module may be programmed and configured by an installer with a software configuration tool used in connection with the building automation system associated with the module. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158189 | PREDICTIVE MONITORING DASHBOARD - A device receives information associated with a job implemented in a network, calculates a statistic based on the information associated with the job, calculates a score for the statistic, calculates health check information based on the information associated with the job, receives information associated with an executing job, and provides for display the calculated statistic, the statistic score, the calculated health check information, and a snapshot of the information associated with the executing job. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158190 | COMPUTING APPARATUS INCLUDING A PERSONAL WEB AND APPLICATION ASSISTANT - A computing device is configured to include a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for a personal Web and application assistant program. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158191 | VIRTUAL KEYPAD FOR TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY - A method for changing a transparency level of a virtual keypad on a display, comprising the steps of: activating a pointing device on the display; and dragging the pointing device along the display for a predetermined distance; whereby said dragging step causes the transparency level of the virtual keypad on the display to change. The keypad can be arranged to include a stacked intuitive layout for keys, where the left side of a qwerty keyboard is placed over the right side of a qwerty keyboard to created a stacked virtual keyboard. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158192 | Dynamic Folding of Listed Items for Display - A list folding process dynamically groups items of a list into logically related visual folds to reduce the number of items to be displayed in a window of a computer screen. The process determines attributes of the items to be displayed and dynamically groups items together into a special group called a visual fold based on the attributes. The rules for folding items based on attributes can be defined by a particular user so that each view of the items may be different among users. As the attributes of each item change, the display of the items and visual folds may be automatically adjusted to reflect the current proper grouping. The folding process therefore allows a user to view the maximum amount of information in available display area of a computer screen window. | 2009-06-18 |
20090158193 | Layer For Accessing User Interface Elements - A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user's screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user can interact with any or all of the widgets, and can configure the dashboard by adding, deleting, moving, or configuring individual widgets as desired. When the user wishes to return to the normal user interface he or she was working with, the user issues a command causing the dashboard to be dismissed. Once the dashboard has been dismissed, the previous user interface state is restored, allowing the user to resume normal interactions with the operating system. | 2009-06-18 |