25th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 76 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130159781 | System For Compression Of Fixed Width Values In A Processor Hardware Trace - A method of tracing processor instructions includes forming a compressed trace stream with a dynamic unit width indicator and a value block. The dynamic unit width indicator includes an address/data width indicator qualified by a unit indicator. The unit value block has a width that is a function of the address/data width indicator and the unit indicator. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159782 | Application Information Specifiable by Users and Third Parties - Example systems and methods of generating and distributing user-specified application information are presented. In one example, an informational code to be generated during execution of a software application is accessed. A character string specified by a first user of the software application that is descriptive of the informational code is received. The informational code and the character string are stored in a data storage device, which stores a plurality of information codes in association with corresponding character strings for the software application. The informational code is received in response to the first information code being generated during execution of the software for a second user. The character string is retrieved from the data storage device after the execution of the application based on the informational code, and transmitted for display to the second user. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159783 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a semiconductor device including: a first memory that stores multiple instructions; a second memory that stores multiple data items; first and second buses; a microprocessor that fetches, through the first bus, an instruction at a specified address among the multiple instructions stored in the first memory, executes the instruction, and accesses the second memory through the second bus based on a result of the execution; and a trace information output unit that acquires, when a branch instruction is generated in the microprocessor, address information of the first memory specified before branching, and outputs the information as trace information. The trace information output from the trace information output unit is written into the second memory through the second bus in a period in which the microprocessor does not access the second memory during execution of the branch instruction. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159784 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING USER INTERACTIONS WITHIN A TARGET APPLICATION - A method includes executing instructions recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable storage media using at least one processor. The method includes receiving a notification of a selection of an user interface (UI) element within a UI of a target application, generating a request for an element listener instance, notifying multiple test recorder hooks of the request for the element listener instance, where each of the test recorder hooks is associated with a specific UI format having multiple different element listeners depending on a type of selected UI element, creating the element listener instance by one of the test recorder hooks based on the UI format and the selected UI element, registering, by the element listener instance, for events associated with the UI element and recording the events. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159785 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME AND CONTROL PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory stores a program for causing a memory controller to operate in at least one of first and second modes. In the first mode, for each of the blocks, the memory controller autonomously erases and writes data and reads the written data, and determines that the block or the semiconductor storage device is defective when a count of errors in the read data exceeds a correction capability or a threshold. In the second mode, when error correction of read substantial data fails, the memory controller reads the substantial data which failed in the error correction using a read level shifted from the present read level. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159786 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ASSESS SERVICEABILITY OF DEVICE - A system and method to assess a serviceability of a machine having a field replaceable unit (FRU) is provided. A controller can perform the steps of tracking performance parameters of the machine; calculating and comparing a performance index; generating requests for service of the FRU of the machine based on the performance index, the requests for service not including replacement of the FRU; detecting completion of a events to service the FRU of the machine; calculating an asset healability index representative of a trend in the performance index over time between each of the events to service the FRU; and generating a request for replacement of the FRU instead of another request to service the FRU based on a comparison of the asset healability index relative to a second predetermined threshold. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159787 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING A FAULT - Disclosed is a fault prediction system and method that uses non-fatal event data received from a terminal to make predictions concerning future fatal faults for the terminal. A complex fault pattern associated with a fault is applied to the non-fatal event data to predict the fault. A corrective action is provided for each predicted fault and historical data is used to predict a time to the predicted fault to govern the type of service response to create to prevent the fault. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159788 | OPERATION VERIFICATION SUPPORT DEVICE, OPERATION VERIFICATION SUPPORT METHOD AND OPERATION VERIFICATION SUPPORT PROGRAM - At a time of operation verification of programs associated with an update of a shared program, information about a functionality necessary to be verified on a target program of operation verification can be presented. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159789 | COMPUTER ERROR DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - An exemplary computer error detection device for detecting the warning sounds emitted by a malfunctioning computer is provided. The computer error detection device includes a storage unit, a display unit, a detection unit, and a processing unit. The storage unit includes a look-up table (LUT). The LUT includes a plurality of solution plans each corresponding to a predetermined warning sound. The display unit displays a selecting interface thereon for a user to input a basic input output system (BIOS) type or a computer model of the computer. The detection unit records a warning sound emitted from the malfunctioning computer and generates an electronic sample of the warning sound. The processing unit searches the LUT to determine a solution plan corresponding to the sample, and controls the display unit to display the determined solution plan. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159790 | FAILURE DETECTION METHOD AND FAILURE DETECTION SYSTEM - A failure detection method executed by a system having a plurality of nodes and detecting failures at an information processing device base on a plurality of types of messages output by the information processing device, the method includes collecting messages belonging to a first set, which is a part of the plurality of types, at a first node; collecting messages belonging to a second set different from the first set, which is a part of the plurality of types, at a second node; generating first failure candidate information based on messages of the type belonging to the first set, collected at the first node; generating second failure candidate information based on messages of the type belonging to the second set, collected at the second node; and detecting failure at the information processing device, based on the first failure candidate information and the second failure candidate information. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159791 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAULT DETECTION - The disclosure concerns a method implemented by a processing device. The method includes performing a first execution by the processing device of a computing function based on one or more initial parameters stored in a first memory device. The execution of the computing function generates one or more modified values of at least one of the initial parameters, wherein during the first execution the one or more initial parameters are read from the first memory device and the one or more modified values are stored in a second memory device. The method also includes performing a second execution by the processing device of the computing function based on the one or more initial parameters stored in the first memory device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159792 | FAULT DETECTION - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for monitoring and communicating power faults. In various embodiments, a first voltage and a second voltage, both associated with an adapter, are monitored. The first voltage may provide system power and the second voltage may identify a capacity of the adapter. In response to detecting a voltage change, a power failure event may be communicated. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159793 | Preventing Distribution of a Failure - Mechanisms for preventing a distribution of a failure caused by a sequence of instructions in a distributed client server environment are provided. These mechanisms comprise executing the sequence of instructions on a first client, the instructions being provided by a management control server and being indicative of maintenance actions. These mechanisms may further comprise determining by the first client a failure caused by the sequence of instructions, and generating a warning message by the first client based on the determined failure. The warning message may comprise an indicator for the sequence of instructions. In addition, these mechanisms may comprise sending the warning message for informing a second client about the sequence of instructions causing the failure in order to prevent a distribution of the failure. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159794 | Dynamic Allocation of Network Security Credentials for Alert Notification Recipients - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for dynamic allocation of network security credentials for alert notification recipients are provided. Embodiments include receiving from a managed system, by an alert management system, an alert indicating one of a failure in the managed system and a pending failure in the managed system; selecting, by the alert management system, a remote device from a plurality of remote devices registered for remote access with the alert management system; preapproving, by the alert management system, network security clearance of the selected remote device, the network security clearance for remote access to the management system via a virtual private network (VPN) interface; and transmitting to the selected remote device, by the alert management system, an alert notification that includes an internet address corresponding to the VPN interface. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159795 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, FAULT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND FAULT INFORMATION COLLECTION APPARATUS - An integrated circuit includes a fault collection section, and a plurality of modules. Each of the modules includes a fault detection section that detects a fault in the modules, a fault information generation section that generates fault information about the detected fault, a notification section that issues a fault detection notification indicating that a fault is detected to the fault collection section, and a first transmission section that transmits the fault information to the fault collection section. The fault collection section includes a specification section that specifies, based on the fault detection notification, the module from which the fault detection notification has been received first from among the modules, and an acquisition section that acquires the fault information from the module specified by the specification section. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159796 | READ BIAS MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE READ ERRORS FOR PHASE CHANGE MEMORY - Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a memory device, and more particularly to read performance of phase change memory. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159797 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING THE HEALTH OF REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICES - Disclosed are apparatus and techniques for indicating health of a memory system having a controller and nonvolatile memory array. In one embodiment, the invention pertains to a method for indicating health of a removable memory system that is removably coupled with a host device. After the memory system is coupled with a host device, a first health status is output via an external electrical or mechanical interface of the memory system. One or more health metrics of the memory system are monitored. After a first predefined limit is reached with respect to the one or more health metrics, a second health status is output via the external electrical or mechanical interface of the memory system. The first health status differs from the second health status. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159798 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A non-volatile memory device and an operating method thereof are provided. The non-volatile memory device includes a memory unit including a plurality of memory blocks and a cam block, a peripheral circuit unit configured to program memory cells included in the plurality of memory blocks and the cam block or read programmed data, and a processor configured to control the peripheral circuit unit to measure an offset voltage by memory cell group in the plurality of memory blocks to set a read voltage during a test read operation and control the peripheral circuit unit to perform a read operation by memory cell group by using a new read voltage during a read operation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159799 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR WITH INTERNAL VOTING-BASED BUILT IN SELF TEST (BIST) - A method and circuit arrangement utilize scan logic disposed on a multi-core processor integrated circuit device or chip to perform internal voting-based built in self test (BIST) of the chip. Test patterns are generated internally on the chip and communicated to the scan chains within multiple processing cores on the chip. Test results output by the scan chains are compared with one another on the chip, and majority voting is used to identify outlier test results that are indicative of a faulty processing core. A bit position in a faulty test result may be used to identify a faulty latch in a scan chain and/or a faulty functional unit in the faulty processing core, and a faulty processing core and/or a faulty functional unit may be automatically disabled in response to the testing. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159800 | Scan Compression Architecture with Bypassable Scan Chains for Low Test Mode Power - This invention permits selectively bypasses serial scan chains. Constant or low toggle data is directed to the bypassed serial scan chain, thus reducing power consumption. The number and identity of serial scan chains bypassed during a particular test can be changed dynamically dependent upon the semiconductor process variations of a particular integrated circuit. This enables an optimal test to be preformed for integrated circuits having differing semiconductor process variations. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159801 | ADAPTING SCAN ARCHITECTURES FOR LOW POWER OPERATION - Scan architectures are commonly used to test digital circuitry in integrated circuits. The present disclosure describes a method of adapting conventional scan architectures into a low power scan architecture. The low power scan architecture maintains the test time of conventional scan architectures, while requiring significantly less operational power than conventional scan architectures. The low power scan architecture is advantageous to IC/die manufacturers since it allows a larger number of circuits (such as DSP or CPU core circuits) embedded in an IC/die to be tested in parallel without consuming too much power within the IC/die. Since the low power scan architecture reduces test power consumption, it is possible to simultaneously test more die on a wafer than previously possible using conventional scan architectures. This allows wafer test times to be reduced which reduces the manufacturing cost of each die on the wafer. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159802 | TESTING OF MULTI-CLOCK DOMAINS - A system for testing multi-clock domains in an integrated circuit (IC) includes a plurality of clock sources coupled to a plurality of clock controllers. Each of the clock sources generates a fast clock associated with one of the multi-clock domains. Each of the clock controllers is configured to provide capture pulses to test one clock domain. The capture pulses provided to a clock domain are at a frequency of a fast clock associated with the clock domain. The clock controllers operate sequentially to provide the capture pulses to test the clock domains. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159803 | ASYNCHRONOUS CIRCUIT WITH AN AT-SPEED BUILT-IN SELF-TEST (BIST) ARCHITECTURE - Disclosed are embodiments of an integrated circuit that incorporates an asynchronous circuit with a built-in self-test (BIST) architecture using a handshaking protocol for at-speed testing to detect stuck-at faults. In the embodiments, a test pattern generator applies test patterns to an asynchronous circuit and an analyzer analyzes the output test data. The handshaking protocol is achieved through the use of a single pulse generator, which applies a single pulse to the test pattern generator to force switching of the test pattern request signal and, thereby to control application of the test patterns to the asynchronous circuit and subsequent switching of the test pattern acknowledge signal. Generation of this single pulse can in turn be forced by the switching of the test pattern acknowledge signal. Optionally, a time constraint can be added to the capture of the output test data to allow for detection of delay faults. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159804 | Increasing the Accuracy of Information Returned for Context Signals - The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology by which the accuracy of context-based information provided by at least one data source for received context data is increased. Correctness information received in association with usage of looked up context-based information is logged. The correctness information may be processed to increase the overall accuracy by correcting a data source, and/or by creating a blended data source that includes the most likely accurate portions (segments) from among multiple data sources as determined via the correctness information. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159805 | Error Concealment - A method and apparatus for selectively replacing damaged portions of a data stream. The method comprises analyzing the data stream to identify damaged portions therein; selecting a damaged portion for replacement; and replacing the selected damaged portion. The selected damaged portion is selected for replacement in dependence on a rate of replacement, the rate of replacement being that at which previous portions of the data stream have been replaced. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159806 | PACKET COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND PACKET COMMUNICATION METHOD - Packet communication apparatus connects plural LANs to each other, in termination of a WAN that conducts data communication using handshake communication protocol. Apparatus buffers data packets between the LANs, and transfers, as a proxy, response packets and data packets to a terminal device. The apparatus stops transmission of data packets belonging to an arbitrary packet flow when the reception of the response packets belonging to the packet flow from the WAN is ceased for a network outage detection time or more set, while transmitting data packets belonging to the arbitrary packet flow. The apparatus retransmits a first data packet whose corresponding response packet is not received, belonging to the packet flow immediately after the data packet transmission stops, and retransmits all data packets whose corresponding response packets are not received, belonging to the packet flow, when receiving the response packets from the WAN. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159807 | Method for Retransmitting Fragmented Packets - A method is provided for retransmitting fragmented packets for which a transference of retransmission credit is performed from one fragment onto the next. The method makes it possible to do away with the drawbacks of the methods existing by appreciably improving performance in terms of untransmitted packet rate and by making it possible to configure the distribution of the error probabilities for the fragments of an IP packet. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159808 | System for Communicating Data in xDSL Using Data Retransmission - Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus for transmitting data in an xDSL. In one example, the apparatus can include a transmitter configured to transmit data over the xDSL system in the form of data transmission units (DTUs), the transmitter having a physical media specific-transmission convergence (PMS-TC) communication sublayer and a retransmission unit that is implemented in the PMS-TC sublayer, the retransmission unit including a retransmission buffer configured to store transmitted DTUs and to index the transmitted DTUs using retransmit containers, each retransmit container being defined as a time slot corresponding to a respective sent DTU. A retransmit request specifies a DTU by a corresponding retransmit container and wherein the retransmission unit is configured to retransmit the specified DTU in response to the retransmit request. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159809 | Error Detection And Correction Of A Data Transmission - Error detection and correction of a data transmission, including: receiving a block of data, where the block includes a predefined number of words, with each word including a parity bit, where the block of data also an error-correcting code (ECC); determining, for each word in dependence upon the parity bit of the word, whether the word of the block includes a parity error; committing each word that does not include a parity error, if only one word of the block includes a parity error: correcting the one word that includes the parity error through use of the ECC of the block and committing the corrected word. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159810 | Error Detection And Correction Of A Data Transmission - Error detection and correction of a data transmission, including: receiving a block of data, where the block includes a predefined number of words, with each word including a parity bit, where the block of data also an error-correcting code (ECC); determining, for each word in dependence upon the parity bit of the word, whether the word of the block includes a parity error; committing each word that does not include a parity error, if only one word of the block includes a parity error: correcting the one word that includes the parity error through use of the ECC of the block and committing the corrected word. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159811 | Method of Hybrid Compression Acceleration Utilizing Special and General Purpose Processors - A novel and useful hybrid mechanism whereby hardware acceleration is combined with software such that the compression rate achieved is significantly increased while maintaining the original compression ratio (e.g., using full DHT and not SHT or an approximation). The compression acceleration mechanism is applicable to a hardware accelerator tightly coupled with the general purpose processor. The compression task is divided and parallelized between hardware and software wherein each compression task is split into two acceleration requests: a first request that performs SHT encoding using hardware acceleration and provides post-LZ frequency statistics; and a second request that performs SHT decoding and DHT encoding using the DHT generated in software. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159812 | MEMORY ARCHITECTURE FOR READ-MODIFY-WRITE OPERATIONS - According to one embodiment, a memory architecture implemented method is provided, where the memory architecture includes a logic chip and one or more memory chips on a single die, and where the method comprises: reading values of data from the one or more memory chips to the logic chip, where the one or more memory chips and the logic chip are on a single die; modifying, via the logic chip on the single die, the values of data; and writing, from the logic chip to the one or more memory chips, the modified values of data. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159813 | MEMORY CONTROLLER ECC - Memory controllers having a data buffer coupled to receive and hold data from a memory device, and an Error Correction Code (ECC) generator/checker coupled to the data buffer. The ECC generator/checker is configured to generate ECC codes for the data and to compare the generated ECC codes with ECC codes received with the data. The memory controllers are configured to permit different ECC coverage area sizes and/or different ECC code types for different portions of the memory device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159814 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TEST METHOD, AND MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory and a controller. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a firmware area capable of storing firmware used to execute either a normal mode or an autorun test mode and a user area capable of storing user data. The controller reads the firmware from the nonvolatile semiconductor memory and determines whether the firmware has been set in either the normal mode or the autorun test mode. The controller repeats erasing, writing, and reading in each block in the user area using a cell applied voltage higher than a voltage used in a normal mode, and enters a block where an error has occurred as a bad block. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159815 | ADAPTIVE COPY-BACK METHOD AND STORAGE DEVICE USING SAME - During a garbage collection process for a non-volatile memory device of a storage device, an adaptive copy-back method selectively performs either an external or an internal copy-back operation in view of certain performance conditions for a storage device. The external copy-back operation is performed when a number of error-corrected bits per unit size of read data exceeds a given threshold value, and the internal copy-back operation is performed when the number of error-corrected bits does not exceed the threshold value. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159816 | TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A transmitter apparatus wherein a simple structure is used to successfully suppress the degradation of error rate performance that otherwise would be caused by fading or the like. There are included encoding parts ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130159817 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN A MULTI-INPUT AND MULTI-OUTPUT CHANNEL DISTRIBUTING A CODE WORD BETWEEN SEVERAL MAPPING MATRICES, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for transmitting a source binary sequence, including at least one source word, in a transmission channel, The method includes the following steps, for at least one source word: error-correcting encoding the source word, outputting a code word; matrix mapping the code word, distributing bits constituting the code word within at least two mapping matrices, which are reversible and observe a criterion of uniqueness in the cancellation of a syndrome associated with the code word; and consecutively transmitting the at least two mapping matrices. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159818 | Unified Data Masking, Data Poisoning, and Data Bus Inversion Signaling - Provided herein is a method and system for providing and analyzing unified data signaling that includes setting, or analyzing a state of a single indicator signal, generating or analyzing a data pattern of a plurality of data bits, and signal, or determine, based on the state of the single indicator signal and the pattern of the plurality of data bits, that data bus inversion has been applied to the plurality of data bits or that the plurality of data bits is poisoned. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159819 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND DECODER FOR DECODING CYCLIC CODE - A method, apparatus and decoder for decoding cyclic code are proposed. The decoding method comprises: receiving a transmitted cyclic code; calculating the initial syndrome of the cyclic code; by using the initial syndrome and w prestored successive shift operators, calculating respectively w successive shift syndromes in a w-bit window of the cyclic code in parallel; and detecting/locating error in the cyclic code based on the obtained syndromes. The decoding apparatus corresponds to the above method. And the corresponding decoder is also proposed in this invention. The method, apparatus and decoder according to the invention could process the cyclic code within a window width and thus enhance decoding efficiency in parallel. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159820 | DYNAMIC ERROR HANDLING USING PARITY AND REDUNDANT ROWS - Embodiments of an invention for dynamic error correction using parity and redundant rows are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a storage structure, parity logic, an error storage space, and an error event generator. The storage structure is to store a plurality of data values. The parity logic is to detect a parity error in a data value stored in the storage structure. The error storage space is to store an indication of a detection of the parity error. The error event generator is to generate an event in response to the indication of the parity error being stored in the error storage space. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159821 | Method, System and Device for Monitoring Error Code of Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) link - A method, system and device for monitoring error code of CPRI link are disclosed. The method comprises: a CPRI link data transmitting end forming data to be transmitted into frames, outputting data, and calculating to obtain FCS of each frame; the CPRI link data transmitting end adds FCS of a former frame into FCS field of a current frame when forming frame; a CPRI link data receiving end splitting frame of received frame data to obtain FCS of the former frame carried in the current frame, calculating received frame data to obtain FCS of the current frame, caching FCS of the current frame, comparing FCS of the former frame which is carried in the current frame with cached FCS of the former frame, and judging CPRI link has error codes if the comparison result is inconsistent. Error code condition of CPRI link can be monitored without influencing normal service operation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159822 | WEB-BASED SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING AND SHARING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FOR A SOFTWARE APPLICATION - A system and technique for capturing a workflow history and video of an electronic document are disclosed. Events generated by an application while modifying an electronic document are stored on a web server as metadata. In addition, a captured digital image or frames of captured digital video that reflect the state of the document at the time the event was generated are also stored on the web server. The metadata is associated with one or more portions of the document and with the captured digital image or frames of captured digital video. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159823 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An electronic document display apparatus includes a display unit and an analysis-and-setting unit including a determination unit and a first correction unit. The display unit displays an electronic document in display layout set by the analysis-and-setting unit. If the determination unit determines that an image related to a display-range text of a display range to be displayed by the display unit is not included in the display range, the first correction unit adds an image display region where the image is displayed to the display range so as to correct the display layout in such a way that the image and at least a portion of an image text related to the image are included in the display range. The analysis-and-setting unit changes a display state of the image displayed in the image display region on the basis of a predetermined condition. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159824 | Managing Web Content on a Mobile Communication Device - Techniques for managing content on a mobile communication device include generating a first navigation structure of web content including a plurality of linked web content portions; identifying a web content navigation history of a user including one or more web content portions accessed by the user in the plurality of linked web content portions; and generating a second navigation structure of the web content, the second navigation structure including links associated with only the one or more web content portions accessed by the user, the second navigation structure displayable on a mobile communication device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159825 | SEARCH RESULTS WITH MAPS - A plurality of query responses is obtained based on a query. A corresponding selectable thumbnail map is determined for each query response, each corresponding selectable thumbnail map including a graphical geographic focus entity that is associated with the corresponding query response. A display of the query responses with the corresponding selectable thumbnail maps each displayed adjacent to its corresponding query response is initiated, in response to the query. A request for an expanded map is received based on a selection action associated with one of the corresponding selectable thumbnail maps. A display of the expanded map that includes a selectable link associated with the corresponding query response that is associated with the corresponding selectable thumbnail map that represents a compressed view of the expanded map is initiated, the expanded map displayed in a common display area with the display of the query responses with the corresponding selectable thumbnail maps. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159826 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING A LIST OF URLS - The present disclosure is directed to a method for providing a recommended list of uniform resource locators (URLs) responsive to a uniform resource locator (URL). The method may include identifying, by a server, a plurality of users that clicked on an encoded uniform resource locator (URL) link corresponding to a URL. The server may identify a plurality of encoded URL links clicked by each of the plurality of users. The server may determine a number of users who clicked on each encoded URL link of the plurality of encoded URL links and also clicked on the encoded URL link. The server may enumerate, responsive a request comprising the URL, a list of URLs and their corresponding score based on the determination, each URL of the list of URLs corresponding to one of the plurality of encoded URL links. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159827 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SUB PAGE CONTENT - An apparatus for displaying sub page content includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The apparatus communicates with a network server. The processing unit obtains a webpage from the network server and one or more sub pages linked to the webpage. The display unit displays a first window for displaying label of each sub page designating a type which is binding with each sub page. The processing unit controls the display unit to display a second window for displaying the sub page content of the label displayed on the first window which is determined to be selected according to whether operation position of user's operation performed on the first window is on the area of the label of sub page displayed. A related method is also provided. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159828 | Method and Apparatus for Building Sales Tools by Mining Data from Websites - A website mining tool is disclosed that extracts information from, for example, a company's website and presents the extracted information in a graphical user interface (GUI). In one embodiment, web pages from a website are stored in, for example, computer memory and a structure of the web pages is identified. A plurality of blocks of information is then extracted as a function of this structure and a category is assigned to each block of information. The elements in the blocks of information are then displayed, for example to a salesperson, as a function of these categories. In another embodiment, Document Object Modeling parsing is used to identify the structure of the web pages. In yet another embodiment, a support vector machine is used to categorize each block of information. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159829 | PROVIDING DATA EXPERIENCE(S) VIA DISPARATE SEMANTIC ANNOTATIONS BASED ON A RESPECTIVE USER SCENARIO - The subject disclosure relates to techniques for providing data experience(s) via disparate semantic annotations based on a respective user scenario. An annotation component can synthesize semantic information for respective data types of data set(s), associate the semantic information with the respective data types to obtain respective data annotations, and in response to receiving a query from a client, send at least a portion of the respective data annotations to the client. Further, a data aggregation component can aggregate the respective data annotations and at least a portion of the data set(s). Other embodiments relate to performing, via an application, operations utilizing a data type based on respective semantic annotations associated with the data type. Yet other embodiments relate to receiving external data annotation(s) and associating the external data annotation(s) with portion(s) of the respective data types to derive portion(s) of the respective semantic annotations. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159830 | Smart Text in Document Chat - Various features and processes related to document collaboration are disclosed. In some implementations, animations are presented when updating a local document display to reflect changes made to the document at a remote device. In some implementations, a user can selectively highlight changes made by collaborators in a document. In some implementations, a user can select an identifier associated with another user to display a portion of a document that includes the other user's cursor location. In some implementations, text in document chat sessions can be automatically converted into hyperlinks which, when selected, cause a document editor to perform an operation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159831 | CONVERTING REPORTS BETWEEN DISPARATE REPORT FORMATS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for converting reports between disparate report formats are described herein. In one aspect, a first report in a markup data schema is received. On another aspect, a second report in a banded report schema, comprising one or more bands, is created. The second report is created as a blank report. First report formatting settings of the first report are converted to second report formatting setting of the second report. Report content and report content layout from the first report are converted to the second report. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRADING USING AN EMBEDDED SPREADSHEET ENGINE AND USER INTERFACE - Systems and methods for facilitating trading and trading analyses are presented herein. Aspects of the present invention include systems and methods for receiving real-time and historic data, caching and updating the data for access by an embedded spreadsheet engine with a spreadsheet user interface, processing the data using spreadsheet logic and functions, and generating electronic trading message orders. Embodiments of the present invention also support the publishing of and subscribing to data and trading messages. Embodiments of the present invention also support backtesting analyses. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159833 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO AND WORKING WITH ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS ON A PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide access to architectural documents in a network based on-line web based system. Servers that are accessible from the Internet maintain persistent multiple architectural documents of different media types. An online user is provided, from the servers via the Internet, a set of basic virtual design tools that have persistent properties and may be copied. The virtual design tools may also be utilized to work with the architectural documents. A workspace is also provided for viewing, accessing, and modifying the architectural documents. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159834 | Smooth Scrolling with Bounded Memory Consumption - In one embodiment, in response to an event detected during presentation of a structured document in a graphical user interface of an application hosted by a device, the application renders frames and text content of the structured document by using a main processor of the device, and renders media content of the structured document within a region encompassing the graphical user interface by using a graphics processor of the device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159835 | CONTEXT GENERATION FROM ACTIVE VIEWING REGION FOR CONTEXT SENSITIVE SEARCHING - A device retrieves content and renders a user-selected portion of the retrieved content in a browser as an active content viewing region. The device scans the active content viewing region to generate a scan, and generates context from the scan of the active content viewing region. A corpus of documents is searched based on the generated context. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159836 | ANONYMOUS REPORTING SYSTEM - An anonymous reporting system for use in reporting and following up on incidents, accidents, and the like. The system may be accessed via an Internet website. A reporting individual may select a type of incident to report. In one example, the reporting individual may select a level on anonymity and some, none or all of the individual's personal identification is displayed to the organization according to the selected level. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159837 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus connected with a peripheral apparatus via a communication line includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a destination of the peripheral apparatus, and a provision unit configured to provide functions for at least one of managing and controlling the peripheral apparatus according to the destination information acquired by the acquisition unit. The provision unit is configured to refer to information indicating a function to be provided according to the destination of the peripheral apparatus and to provide a function for at least one of managing and controlling the peripheral apparatus. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159838 | SCOPING SCRIPTS IN A PAGE - A mechanism on a server divides a page of content into sections defined by dividers, and renders the page stream with dividers to a browser. The browser reads the web page with dividers, and partitions the DOM for the page to create partitions in the DOM according to the sections in the page. Partitioning the DOM allows scripts in each partition to be scoped according to defined access rights for each partition. In this manner, a script in one DOM partition cannot access information in another DOM partition unless the access rights for the partition that contains the script allow it. By scoping scripts to appropriate DOM partitions, potential hacker attacks may be prevented. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159839 | SEMANTIC COMPRESSION OF CASCADING STYLE SHEETS - Embodiments relate to semantic compression of cascading style sheets. Starting with a markup page having markup elements and a reference to a cascading style sheet, based on the reference to the cascading style sheet, the cascading style sheet is retrieved. The cascading style sheet has a plurality of style rules. The cascading style sheet is applied to the markup page to identify one or more of the style rules to be modified or omitted (e.g., rules that are redundant with respect to the markup page or inapplicable to the markup page). A compressed cascading style sheet is generated by excluding the identified rules from the compressed cascading style sheet or modifying the identified rules. The compressed cascading style sheet can then be applied to the markup sheet with similar effect as the uncompressed cascading style sheet. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159840 | DOCUMENT TEMPLATE DYNAMIC TOKEN POPULATION - A dynamic token system is described herein that allows the insertion of dynamic content into document templates that execute logic at run time to determine content to use to replace the token. A dynamic token is a generic mechanism to add content to a document body. Authors can implement a uniform defined interface, and reference a class containing custom software logic as a token in the document template. When a parser reaches that token, it invokes the dynamic token implementation, which has access to the entire payload and has the appropriate context to act accordingly. Each token can perform a very specific action, augment the payload if necessary, and output the desired information. This mechanism allows administrators to fulfill numerous requirements that are otherwise extremely complicated if not impossible. Thus, the system provides manageable, extensible document templates that can be applied to a wider variety of situations. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159841 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A display control device includes an acquiring unit that acquires a display request of display information including a display item with respect to a device; a first storage unit that stores therein a minimum item size that is a minimum value of an item size of the display item displayed on a display screen on which the display information is to be displayed; an item size determination unit that sets, based on a screen size of the display screen, an item size of the display item when displayed on the display screen, to an item size that is equal to or larger than the minimum item size; and a display information generating unit that generates the display information including the display item having the set item size. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159842 | DISPLAY PLACEHOLDERS FOR RICH MEDIA CONTENT - Methods, systems, devices, and programming structures for providing temporary substitute placeholder content for rich media content in data sets downloaded to wireless communications devices. The substitute placeholder content may be logically related to the rich content for which it substitutes, and may be displayed in the same relative size and location as the rich content ultimately to be displayed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159843 | Methods, Apparatuses, Systems, and Computer Readable Media for Copying Contents from a Layout File - Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for processing content information in an online environment. The method may comprise receiving a request for a copying operation to copy displayed contents in a selected area of a display page. The request may include area information associated with the selected area and page identification information associated with the display page. The method may also comprise obtaining a layout page in a layout file stored on a server based on the received page identification information, the layout page corresponding to the display page. The method may further comprise searching contents corresponding to the displayed contents in the obtained layout page based on the area information and sending the contents to a client for performing the copying operation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159844 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TEMPORARY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A control unit of a personal computer (PC) | 2013-06-20 |
20130159845 | 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. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159846 | PROFILING CONTENT CREATION AND RETRIEVAL IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A content management system provides a profiling mechanism that automatically tags changes made to elements in a document with applicability metadata, and uses the applicability metadata when processing a request to the repository by a user to filter the query results according to a profile for the user. A profiling mapping policy defines roles for users of the content management system. When content is requested from the repository, the profiling mechanism inserts one or more additional request parameters based on the profile of the user. The results that match both the original request and the additional request parameter(s) are returned to the user. When the user views the results, additional filtering may occur to filter individual elements from the user that do match the user's profile. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159847 | Dynamic Personal Dictionaries for Enhanced Collaboration - A mechanism is provided for utilizing a dynamic personal dictionary in enhanced collaboration. A comparison is performed for each portion of entered text of the electronic communication with text identified in the dynamic personal dictionary. Responsive to a portion of the entered text matching an entry in the dynamic personal dictionary, the portion of the entered text is marked with an identifier, the identifier indicating that the portion of the entered text has an associated context definition. The electronic communication is then sent to a set of client devices with a set of marked text portions and associated identifiers. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159848 | Dynamic Personal Dictionaries for Enhanced Collaboration - A mechanism is provided for utilizing a dynamic personal dictionary in enhanced collaboration. A comparison is performed for each portion of entered text of the electronic communication with text identified in the dynamic personal dictionary. Responsive to a portion of the entered text matching an entry in the dynamic personal dictionary, the portion of the entered text is marked with an identifier, the identifier indicating that the portion of the entered text has an associated context definition. The electronic communication is then sent to a set of client devices with a set of marked text portions and associated identifiers. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159849 | Jump to Collaborator Cursor - Various features and processes related to document collaboration are disclosed. In some implementations, animations are presented when updating a local document display to reflect changes made to the document at a remote device. In some implementations, a user can selectively highlight changes made by collaborators in a document. In some implementations, a user can select an identifier associated with another user to display a portion of a document that includes the other user's cursor location. In some implementations, text in document chat sessions can be automatically converted into hyperlinks which, when selected, cause a document editor to perform an operation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159850 | ENHANCED RAPID SERIAL VISUAL PRESENTATION SPEED-READING FOR ELECTRONIC READING DEVICES - A system and method for controlling the presentation of words on an electronic reading device to assist in speed reading. A portion of the display screen on the device is reserved for the serial presentation of the words in accordance with the speed reading method. The remainder of the screen contains the current text of the content being read, but is shaded, darkened, so as to not distract the reader. The presentation of words is momentarily paused at sentence and chapter transitions. This momentary pause allows the user to maintain perspective as to the user's location in an electronic text (e.g., a book) and enhances the reading experience and ultimately enhances the speed of the reading exercise and the retention of content. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159851 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HELP CONTENT TO USERS - The various embodiments herein disclose a method of providing help content to users for a plurality of applications installed on the user device to direct users on how to proceed with operation of a particular application. The method comprises selecting an application installed in the user device, activating a help mode function provided in a user device, checking for the help content corresponding to the selected application, connecting the user device to an central server if a help content pertaining to the selected application is not available, synchronizing the selected application with the applications in the central server and extracting the help content for the selected application from the central server to the user device. The activation of the help mode disables the plurality of applications installed in the user device and sets the user device to function under a help mode. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159852 | Systems and Methods for Adjusting Audio Attributes of Clip-Based Audio Content - Systems and methods are disclosed to adjust the loudness or another audio attribute for one or more audio clips. Intra-track audio levels can automatically be equalized, for example, to achieve a homogeneous audio level for all clips within an audio track. Information about such audio adjustments may be identified and stored as information without destructively altering the underlying clip content. For example, keyframes may define changes to a fader that will be applied at different points along a track's timeline to achieve the audio adjustments when the track is played. An audio editing application can provide a feature for automatically determining appropriate keyframes, allow manual editing of keyframes, and use keyframes to display control curves that represent graphically the time-based adjustments made to track-specific faders, play test audio output, and output combined audio, among other things. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159853 | MANAGING PLAYBACK OF SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION - A computing device may provide an interface that enables a user to playback audio content including supplemental information. The supplemental information may correspond, for example, to endnotes, footnotes, glossaries, appendices, commentary from an author, editor, or other party, or to additional supplemental information. During playback of the audio content, a user may indicate that an item of supplemental information associated with a current playback position of the audio content should be played. In some embodiments, this indication may be in response to an indication to the user that supplemental information is available. The device may then playback the supplemental information associated with the current playback position. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159854 | User Interface For A Device For Playback Of Multimedia Files - The present invention relates to a user interface for a multimedia device having means for navigating within a plurality of multimedia files and/or means for changing a playback order. According to the invention, the user interface includes means for changing the sorting order and/or playback order of the plurality of multimedia files, whereby upon changing the sorting order and/or playback order of the multimedia files the currently selected multimedia file is kept and the new sorting order and/or playback order is determined by at least one property of the currently selected multimedia file, wherein the means for changing the sorting order and/or the playback order include a button for changing the order by running through a predefined sequence of properties of the currently selected multimedia file. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159855 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a main unit operable by remote control using a remote controller, wherein the main unit includes a display section having a display screen, a main unit operation section performing input operation, and a main unit control section which performs both control operation corresponding to the operation of the main unit operation section and control operation corresponding to the operation of the remote controller, and the main unit control section displays a first guide screen for guiding the operation of the main unit operation section on the display screen as a first guide operation when detecting that the main unit operation section has been operated, and displays a second guide screen for guiding the operation of the remote controller on the display screen as a second guide operation when detecting that the remote controller has been operated. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159856 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUGMENTING A DIGITAL ON-SCREEN GRAPHIC - In an embodiment, a digital on-screen graphic may be identified within a multimedia stream for an electronic display. An augmentation overlay may be determined based on the digital on-screen graphic. The augmentation overlay may be presented on the electronic display to at least partially surround the digital on-screen graphic. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159857 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A MEDIA RENDERING UNIT - An electronic device is connected to media aggregating node, which publishes media items from external network media providers, and arranged to select a media rendering unit, comprised in local network environment, by a pointing action and further to select a media item. The electronic device sends information regarding user selected media rendering units and media items to the media aggregating node, which in turns forwards the information to the local network, via a gateway, such that user selected media is rendered on the user selected media rendering unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159858 | COLLABORATIVE MEDIA SHARING - A media party network service manages a set of media parties and a set of users of the media party service. Managing the media parties can involve instantiating new media parties according to input from the users, allowing the users to join the media parties, and tracking which users are participating in which media parties. Managing a given one of the media parties may include maintaining a queue of media items, allowing users in the media party to provide input to add media items to the queue and to provide input to skip media items in the queue. The media party service streams the given one of the media parties to client devices of the users currently in the given media party such that all of the client devices are currently displaying substantially a same part of a media item in the corresponding queue. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159859 | METHOD AND USER DEVICE FOR GENERATING OBJECT-RELATED INFORMATION - A method, performed by a user device, includes receiving a user input for selecting an object displayed on a screen of the user device while reproducing video contents, detecting position information of the selected object and reproduction time information when the object is selected on the screen and transmitting the position information and the reproduction time information to a contents information management server. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159860 | HEADS-UP-DISPLAY FOR USE IN A MEDIA MANIPULATION OPERATION - Techniques are provided, for generating a heads-up-display to assist users during performance of media manipulation operations. According to one embodiment, a transient heads-up-display is displayed during a media manipulation operation to assist the user in the media manipulation operation. The heads-up-display may, for example, depict three frames of a video clip when an audio clip is being positioned, on a timeline, relative to the video clip. The three frames that are depicted in the heads-up-display may be the frames located at the current starting position, cursor position, and ending position, of the audio clip. As the audio clip is being moved during the positioning operation, the three frames depicted in the heads-up-display change accordingly. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159861 | Adaptive Audio Feedback System and Method - Various techniques for adaptively varying audio feedback data on an electronic device are provided. In one embodiment, an audio user interface implementing certain aspects of the present disclosure may devolve or evolve the verbosity of audio feedback in response to user interface events based at least partially upon the verbosity level of audio feedback provided during previous occurrences of the user interface event. In another embodiment, an audio user interface may be configured to vary the verbosity of audio feedback associated with a navigable list of items based at least partially upon the speed at which a user navigates the list. In a further embodiment, an audio user interface may be configured to vary audio feedback verbosity based upon the contextual importance of a user interface event. Electronic devices implementing the present techniques provide an improved user experience with regard to audio user interfaces. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159862 | AUTOMATED NETWORK INVENTORY USING A USER DEVICE - A system configured to receive a request to perform a survey on a piece of equipment associated with a network; and present, for display, a user interface that allows a user, of the user device, to enter equipment information, associated with the piece of equipment, where the equipment information includes information that uniquely identifies the piece of equipment, information associated with a location of the piece of equipment, or information that identifies ownership of the piece of equipment . The system is also configured to receive, via the user interface, the equipment information; and transmit the equipment information to a server device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159863 | System and Method for Network Topology and Flow Visualization - A graphical user interface including an object representing a network device is rendered. Interface objects respectively corresponding to each internal interface of the network device are rendered within the object representing the network device. A network flow record for a network flow through the network device is acquired. The network flow record identifies ingress and egress interfaces of the network device for the network flow. Switching information for the network flow within the network device is determined based on the ingress and egress identifications. A transmission path of the network flow within the network device from the ingress interface is rendered within the object representing the network device. The transmission path is defined by the switching information identified by the network flow record. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159864 | System for Network Flow Visualization through Network Devices within Network Topology - A network device includes internal interfaces and operates to receive a network flow at an ingress interface and route the network flow within the network device. A computer in communication with the network device executes instructions for rendering a graphical user interface including an object representing the network device. The computer also renders interface objects respectively corresponding to each of the internal interfaces of the network device. The computer operates to acquire a network flow record for the network flow through the network device. The network flow record identifies the ingress interface of the network device for the network flow and identifies switching information for the network flow within the network device. The computer also renders a graphical representation of a transmission path of the network flow within the network device from the ingress interface. The transmission path is defined by the switching information identified by the network flow record. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159865 | Method and System for Real-Time Visualization of Network Flow within Network Device - A network topology is displayed in a graphical user interface on a display of a computer. The network topology includes graphical representations of multiple network devices, of internal interfaces within the multiple network devices, and of network connections between the multiple network devices. A record of a network flow within a particular network device of the multiple network devices is acquired in real time upon transmission of the network flow within the particular network device. A graphical representation of a transmission path of the network flow within the particular network device is rendered in real time on the display based on the record of the network flow. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159866 | Customized Article Type - A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of selecting a family of article types, selecting a customized article type, manufacturing an article of footwear with the customized article type and shipping the article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address. The method may further include the step of limiting the number of articles of footwear manufactured with a customized article type to ensure exclusivity for customized article types. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159867 | APPROACH FOR MANAGING PACKAGE-BASED SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS - An approach is provided for creating and managing pricing models and subscriptions for packages. As used herein, the term “package” refers to a logical entity that has one or more member applications, where each of the member applications provides one or more services. One or more pricing models may be assigned to a package and made available to subscribers and the pricing models assigned to a package may be changed. Users may subscribe to one or more packages and incur charges based upon the pricing models assigned to the packages to which the users subscribe. Embodiments include providing a graphical user interface for service providers to create and manage packages, define pricing models and to manage pricing model assignments for packages. Embodiments also include providing a graphical user interface for subscribers to view available applications and packages in a “marketplace” and to subscribe to packages and manage their subscriptions. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159868 | ACQUISITION AND PRESENTATION OF DYNAMIC MEDIA ASSET INFORMATION FOR EVENTS - Embodiments disclosed allow a user of an electronic device to obtain dynamic media asset information, such as media assets information concerning events. The obtained media asset information can be then presented via the electronic device in a convenient and efficient manner. According to one embodiment, a show time request for a media asset can be transmitted to a media server. In response to the show time request, event information for a plurality of event sites showing the requested media asset can be received. The event sites are selected based upon proximity to the location reference. The event information can include a plurality of show times for the requested media asset at at least a first one of the event sites. The plurality of show times can be presented on a graphical timeline displayed on a display of a computing device. A map image can also be presented to depict a geographic area derived from the event information for each of the plurality of event sites. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING MASS MARKET MESSAGES OVER A NETWORK OF SCREENS - A system and method for broadcasting media comprising a server. The server may provide a selection of a plurality of pre-registered digital screens located in public venues. The server may receive user input, via a user device, selecting one or more of the pre-registered digital screens. The server may receive user input, via the user device, identifying a message to be broadcast on the selected one or more screens. The server may send the message to the selected one or more screens in a queue for broadcast during a broadcast time slot. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159870 | System and Method for a Remote Console Preview of a Server - A device and a method for a remote console preview of a remote server are disclosed. A preview image corresponding to a remote console image of the remote server is displayed. The preview image is updated at a predetermined time interval. A first selection of the preview image is received, and a remote console session of the remote server is initiated in response to receiving the first selection of the preview image. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159871 | STANDALONE DATA ENTRY FOR BACKEND SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system may include reception of a user interface package at a client device, the user interface package including layout information and a data model, the layout information conforming to a user interface model of a backend service provider and the data model conforming to a business object model of the backend service provider. The layout is rendered at the client device based on the user interface model, data input to the rendered layout at the client device is received, the data is stored at the client device in conformance with the business object model, and the data is transmitted from the client device to the backend service provider. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159872 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING USER INTERFACE ACCORDING TO USER PREFERENCE - Provided are an apparatus and method for setting a user interface according to user preferences, more particularly, an apparatus and method for setting the user interface according to the user preferences, in which the user interface can be set up by reflecting the user preferences, and the set user interface is synchronized in order to be used in other devices. The apparatus includes a user-interface-configuration unit that is notified of an update and rearrangement of a predetermined user interface element by a user, a user-information-management unit that manages security information of the user that reconfigures the user interface element, and a user-interface-tree-management unit that reconfigures a predetermined user-interface tree based on the reconfigured user-interface element. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159873 | BROWSER SUPPORTING MULTIPLE USERS - A client machine initiates a browser instance of a browser. The client machine selects a first user identifying state for the browser instance prior to accessing any web pages by the browser instance, wherein the first user identifying state is associated with a first data structure set that comprises a first browser history, a first browser cache and/or a first cookie that are stored at the client machine. The client machine uses the first user identifying state in a session between the browser instance and a server. The client machine updates one or more of the first browser history, the first browser cache or the first cookie of the first data structure set based on the session without updating a second data structure set associated with a second user identifying state. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159874 | VARIABLE REFRESH RATES FOR PORTIONS OF SHARED SCREENS - Illustrative embodiments disclose setting refresh rates for different portions of a shared screen in a sharing session. A processor sets an initial refresh rate for the sharing session. The processor selects a portion of the shared screen. The processor selects a refresh rate for the selected portion of the shared screen that is different from the initial refresh rate for the sharing session. The processor refreshes the selected portion based on the selected refresh rate and a portion not selected based on the initial refresh rate. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159875 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TO FACILITATE SELECTABLE PRESENTATION POINT OF MESSAGE LIST - Techniques for navigating to a point in a presented list displayed on a display. One representative technique includes sorting a message list presented on the display based on at least one sorting criterion designated via a graphical user interface. A graphical selector control having a plurality of graphically selectable access points is presented, based on the designated sorting criterion. When a graphically selectable access point is selected, the presentation of the message list on the display device is adjusted to a position corresponding to the graphically selected access point. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159876 | SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ATTENTION-BASED, USER-INTERACTION MODES - The present invention monitors a user's activities to determine how much attention he is paying to one or more devices. Based on the information gathered about the user's current “attention profile,” a “user-interaction parameter” is set that reflects where the user's attention is focused and, ideally, how much of his attention is given to each device. Then, based on the user-interaction parameter, the user interface of at least one of the user's devices is configured to optimize the user's interactions, given the amount of attention he is currently giving to this user interface. If the user is giving the majority of his attention to the television, for example, then the user interface of a companion device can be configured to emphasize the types of interactions available to a user who is not actively watching the companion device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159877 | STEALTH MODE FOR INTERACTING WITH ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A stealth mode may be used to interact with electronic messages. A user may enter the stealth mode to interact with electronic messages without making state changes to the messages. While operating in stealth mode, operations (e.g. implicit operations such as reading a message) do not change the state of the electronic messages. Upon exiting the stealth mode, the state of the electronic messages is the same as before entering the stealth mode. According to an embodiment, explicit operations performed during stealth mode (e.g. marking a message as “read”, deleting/forwarding/replying a message, . . . ) may change the state of the message relating to the action. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MESSAGE - A method and apparatus are provided for conveniently managing messages that are received from or sent to external devices through a network by a mobile device. At least one message is displayed and selected by a user for a further operation. Attribute information of the selected message is checked in a message history database. Based on the checked attribute information, a message related to the selected message is displayed. The selected message may be a previously marked message and the related message may be an unmarked message. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159879 | Automatic Conversation Techniques - Automatic conversation techniques are described. An apparatus may comprise a computing device having an incoming message module operative to receive an incoming message, a conversation identification module communicatively coupled to the incoming message module, the conversation identification module operative to determine the incoming message is part of a conversation thread, and associate the incoming message with the conversation thread by setting a conversation identifier property of the incoming message to a conversation identifier for the conversation thread, and a conversation manager module communicatively coupled to the conversation identification module, the conversation manager module operative to determine a conversation rule is associated with the conversation thread, and apply the conversation rule to the incoming message. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130159880 | DYNAMIC SCREEN SHARING FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE - Illustrative embodiments disclose sharing an area of a computer system screen. A first computer system configures a sharing session for sharing a region of the screen with a second computer system. The first computer system assesses information on performance of the sharing session, determining from the information a minimum size of the region based on the assessment, and then selects the region to share based on the assessment and a designation by a user. | 2013-06-20 |