26th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 79 |
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20140181611 | System and Method for Mitigating Burst Noise in a Communications System - A system, method and computer program product is provided for mitigating the effects of burst noise on packets transmitted in a communications system. A transmitting device applies an outer code, which may include, for example, a block code, an exclusive OR (XOR) code, or a repetition code, to one or more packets prior to adaptation of the packets for transmission over the physical (PHY) layer of the communications system, wherein the PHY layer adaptation may include FEC encoding of individual packets. The outer coded packets are then separately transmitted over a channel of the communications system. A receiving device receives the outer coded packets, performs PHY level demodulation and optional FEC decoding of the packets, and then applies outer code decoding to the outer coded packets in order to restore packets that were erased during transmission due to burst noise or other impairments on the channel. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181612 | LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK DECODER - A method and system for decoding low density parity check (“LDPC”) codes. An LDPC decoder includes an R select unit, a Q message first-in first-out (“FIFO”) memory, and a cyclic shifter. The R select unit provides an R message by selecting from a plurality of possible R message values. The Q message memory stores a Q message until an R message is generated by a CNU, the Q message and the R message are combined to provide a P message. The cyclic shifter shifts the P message. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181613 | MEMORY CONTROLLER METHOD AND SYSTEM COMPENSATING FOR MEMORY CELL DATA LOSSES - A computer system includes a memory controller coupled to a memory module containing several DRAMs. The memory module also includes a non-volatile memory storing row addresses identifying rows containing DRAM memory cells that are likely to lose data during normal refresh of the memory cells. Upon power-up, the data from the non-volatile memory are transferred to a comparator in the memory controller. The comparator compares the row addresses to row addresses from a refresh shadow counter that identify the rows in the DRAMs being refreshed. When a row of memory cells is being refreshed that is located one-half of the rows away from a row that is likely to loose data, the memory controller causes the row that is likely to loose data to be refreshed. The memory controller also includes error checking circuitry for identifying the rows of memory cells that are likely to lose data during refresh. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181614 | Techniques for Error Correction of Encoded Data - Examples are disclosed for techniques for error correction of encoded data. In some examples, error correction code (ECC) information for the ECC encoded data may be received that indicates the ECC encoded data includes one or more errors. A determination may be made as to whether the ECC encoded data includes a single error, two errors or more than two errors. If the ECC encoded data includes a single error, an error location of the error may be identified. If the ECC encoded data includes two errors, first and second error locations may be identified. If the ECC encoded data includes more than two errors, separate error locations may be identified for the more than two errors. The single error, the two errors or the more than two errors may be corrected and the ECC encoded data may then be decoded. Other examples are described and claimed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181615 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO ERROR CORRECTION INFORMATION - Techniques and mechanisms to facilitate data error detection by a memory controller. In an embodiment, the memory controller calculates, for each of a plurality of data blocks, a respective result based on a first metadata value and data of that data block, where the first metadata value describes a characteristic which is common to each of the plurality of data blocks. With each such calculated result, the memory controller further performs a respective error detection analysis, wherein such analysis is based on a retrieved error correction code for a corresponding one of the plurality of data blocks. In another embodiment, a single version of the metadata value is stored by the memory controller, where the single version of the metadata value is made available to facilitate error detection for any of the plurality of data blocks. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181616 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE FEC ENCODING PROFILES - Systems and methods for FEC encoding, for example for 10GEPON are provided. For the upstream or downstream, multiple FEC encoding and decoding profiles are implemented that include various levels of FEC encoding. Then, for a given ONU, a selection between these FEC encoding profiles is made. The OLT can instruct the ONU which FEC encoding profile to use for upstream, and which FEC decoding profile to use for downstream. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181617 | MANAGEMENT OF NON-VALID DECISION PATTERNS OF A SOFT READ RETRY OPERATION - An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate an output signal in response to (i) a value retrieved from a look-up table, and (ii) an index signal. The second circuit may be configured to generate the index signal in response to a plurality of page signals. The apparatus may manage decision patterns during a soft retry. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181618 | ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Embodiments of apparatus and methods for error detection and correction are described. A codeword may have a data portion and associated check bits. In embodiments, one or more error detection modules may be configured to detect a plurality of error types in the codeword. One or more error correction modules coupled with the one or more error detection modules may be further configured to correct errors of the plurality of error types once they are detected by the one or more error detection modules. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181619 | DATA DISTRIBUTION UTILIZING UNIQUE READ PARAMETERS IN A DISPERSED STORAGE SYSTEM - A method begins by storing, in response to storage requests, a single encoded copy of broadcast data as a plurality of sets of encoded data slices. The broadcast data is encoded in accordance with an error coding dispersal storage function to produce the plurality of sets of encoded data slices. The method continues by receiving a playback requests for the broadcast data. The method continues for each of the plurality of playback requests by retrieving, based on the error coding dispersal storage function, a unique combination of encoded data slices and sending the unique combination of encoded data slices to a requesting entity corresponding to one of the playback requests. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181620 | System and Method for Using Solid State Storage Systems as a Cache for the Storage of Temporary Data - A method of storing data includes a storage device controller that receives a storage access operation to store data on at least one non-volatile storage device having a plurality of individually accessible blocks. In response to receiving the storage access operation to store data, the controller initiates a first program cycle to store the data as temporary data within one or more of the blocks. The program cycle has an associated first set of parameters for storage of temporary data. In response to a pre-determined period of time for the storage of temporary data being exceeded or a pre-determined capacity for temporary data has been exceeded, the controller initiates a second program cycle to store the temporary data as persistent data within one or more of the blocks. The second program cycle has an associated second set of parameters for storage of persistent data. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181621 | METHOD OF ARRANGING DATA IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY AND A MEMORY CONTROL SYSTEM THEREOF - A method of arranging data in a non-volatile memory and an associated memory control system are disclosed. A data area is divided into a plurality of valid data divisions, each having a link header followed by associated data and error correction code (ECC). At least one linking parameter is set in each said link header, and at least one obsolete data division including a bad column or columns is set, each said obsolete data division being flexible in size. Valid data divisions are linked and the obsolete data divisions are skipped, when accessing the non-volatile memory, according to the at least one linking parameter. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181622 | Variable Rate Coding for Forward and Reverse Link - A technique for encoding a signal used in a digital communication system in which individual traffic channel data rates may be adapted to specific channel conditions. In particular, a forward error correction coding rate is adapted for individual channels while at the same time maintaining a fixed block size independent of the FEC coding rate. This allows the system data rate to adapt to the channel conditions experienced by a specific user. Thus, users experiencing good communication conditions with low multipath distortion may be allocated higher capacity, whereas users with significant multipath distortion may make use of lower rate (higher levels of coding) error codes to maintain high quality. Messages are sent from a transmitter to a receiver to inform the receiver of the coding rate implemented at any given point in time. These parameters may be adjusted independent of transmitted power level through the expedient of ensuring that size of a transmitted frame remains constant, while permitting the ability to change FEC coding rates and FEC block sizes. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181623 | METHOD FOR ENCODING INFORMATION OBJECT AND ENCODER USING THE SAME - A method and apparatus are provided for encoding an information object. The method includes storing the information object in a buffer; generating a sampling set including bits selected from the buffer according to a predetermined rule and bits randomly selected from the buffer; generating control channel data including information on the sampling set; and modulating the sampling set and the control channel data. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181624 | Majority-Tabular Post Processing of Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity-Check Codes - A method for finding a valid codeword based on a near codeword trapping in a low-density parity-check decoding process includes identifying trapping set configurations and applying corrections to produce trapping sets with a limited number of invalid checks. Trapping set configurations are corrected in order to produce a trapping set in a table of trapping sets, the table associating each corrected trapping set with a valid codeword. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181625 | READ CHANNEL DATA SIGNAL DETECTION WITH REDUCED-STATE TRELLIS - An apparatus comprises read channel circuitry and signal processing circuitry associated with the read channel circuitry. The signal processing circuitry is configured to determine a first set of soft outputs, hard decisions and reliability indicators for a read channel data signal, to determine a second set of soft outputs, hard decisions and reliability indicators based at least in part on the first set of soft outputs, hard decisions and reliability indicators, and to perform an iterative decoding process to decode the read channel data signal based at least in part on the second set of soft outputs, hard decisions and reliability indicators. The first set of soft outputs, hard decisions and reliability indicators are used to determine a reduced-state trellis for determining the second set of soft outputs, hard decisions and reliability indicators. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181626 | SYNCHRONISING SCREENSHOTS IN DOCUMENTATION WITH PRODUCT FUNCTIONALITY - Systems, methods, and computer program product synchronize screenshots in documentation with product functionality. Documentation source relating to a product includes placeholders where screenshots of user interface views of the product are to be located. A placeholder includes a description or pointer to a description of how to generate the user interface view of the product associated with the screenshot. A new version of the documentation may be generated. The documentation source including placeholders is read. Placeholders in the documentation are used to generate a user interface view. The user interface view is captured as a screenshot. The screenshot is inserted in the new version of the documentation at the location of the placeholder used to generate the screenshot. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181627 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT STYLE MATRIX - A method and system for rendering electronic document objects is provided in which a style matrix holds potential attribute values, and attribute references are used to address values in the style matrix. A mix of attribute references and actual attribute values may be used so make some attributes theme- and application-specific, and others theme- and application-independent. Further, a method for rendering a gallery of potential styles is provided. Additionally, a method for associating a style matrix with an electronic document application is provided. Finally, a computer-readable medium for storing a computer-interpretable data structure that identifies a matrix of style attribute types and style attribute values is provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181628 | DISPLAYING ROTATED TEXT INSIDE A TABLE CELL - Approaches are disclosed for displaying rotated character strings within cells of tables. In particular embodiments, the display of the rotated character string is handled such that the character string does not extend beyond the edges of the cell. Further, in certain implementations, the character string may be displayed as wrapped and rotated text within the cell, wherein each line of the wrapped character string does not extend beyond the edges of the cell. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181629 | AUTOMATED SCREEN CAPTURES - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for automatically creating screen captures of a user interface. In an implementation, a method may include identifying a portion of a user interface display associated with a page object. The method may also include creating a screen capture image including the portion of the user interface display associated with the page object. The method may further include associating the screen capture image with a documentation record for the page object. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING ANNOTATIONS TO AN IMAGE - A method comprising the steps of:
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20140181631 | ADMINISTRATION OF WEB PAGE - Administration of a Web page is contemplated. The contemplated administration may be used to facilitate identifying state of a Web page at a first device from a remotely located second device, optionally independently of a Web server that downloads the Web page to the device. The contemplated administration may be used to facilitate changing state of Web page as provided through the first device from the remotely located second device, optionally independent of the Web server that downloads the Web page to the device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181632 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A PORTAL THEME - A system and method for generating a web portal theme. A content of an existing webpage can be analyzed and a webpage markup language (e.g., Hypertext Markup Language) source can be interrogated to gather information regarding appearance of the portal (e.g., images, fonts, colors, and Cascading Style Sheets) utilizing a toolbar associated with the webpage. A new page can be generated based on the information and the page can be presented to an administrator. The page can be modified based on the information and ranked based on usage. The page can also be customized and applied to the portal by the administrator. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR METADATA DIRECTED DYNAMIC AND PERSONAL DATA CURATION - In some embodiments, methods and devices for generation and playback of metadata directed dynamic and personal data curation of content are described. In at least one embodiment, an embodiment is intended to ensure presentations using Web or remote content remain fresh, using current content and can transcend cultural, geographical or demographic barriers to be relevant and effectively communicate intent. Dynamic story elements within a presentation are correlated with metadata tags having information about the process used to find or grab the content and may include criteria for replacing content to be more contextually relevant to a reader's experience, geographic location, demographic or other context. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181634 | Selectively Replacing Displayed Content Items Based on User Interaction - Systems, methods performed by data processing apparatus and computer storage media encoded with computer programs for receiving feedback from a client device at which a presentation page of content items is displayed, the received feedback relating to an affirmative act performed by the user, determining, based at least in part on the received feedback, whether the user is likely to perform a predetermined action relative to one or more of the content items, based on a result of the determining, selectively identifying one or more replacement content items and transmitting the one or more identified replacement content items to the client device for display in the presentation page in place of one or more of the plurality of content items. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181635 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING A RESIDUAL ERROR IMAGE - Systems and methods described herein enable a residual error image to be added and rendered in an existing HTML canvas using native primitives. A current image and a residual error image containing pixel value differences between the current image and an updated image are received. A positive residual error image and a negative error image are generated from the residual error image. The positive residual error image is added to the current image to generate a partially updated image, and the partially updated image is xored to generate an inverse image. The negative residual error image is added to the inverse image to generate an updated inverse image, and xoring the inverse image to revert the inverse image to generate the updated image. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181636 | Detection and Repositioning of Pop-up Dialogs - An embodiment of the invention provides a method where a file is displayed on a display screen of a mobile device; and, a pop-up is identified outside of the visible area on the display screen of the mobile device. The identification of the pop-up includes detecting a document object model change in the file, the presence of one or more non-active elements in the file, and/or a change in luminance in an area outside of the visible area on the display screen. A controller moves the pop-up to the visible area on the display screen, or the visible area on the display screen is moved to the pop-up. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181637 | SUMMARY VIEW OF A PROFILE - Systems and methods for providing a summary view in a profile are provided. In some aspects, a first set of content items is received. The first set of content items is associated with a profile of a subject member. An interest score is determined for at least a portion of content items in the first set of content items. The interest score for a specific content item is not based on a time when the specific content item was posted. A subset of the first set of content items is determined. The subset includes content items having the interest score within an interest score range. Indicia of the subset are provided for display. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181638 | Detection and Repositioning of Pop-up Dialogs - An embodiment of the invention provides a method where a file is displayed on a display screen of a mobile device; and, a pop-up is identified outside of the visible area on the display screen of the mobile device. The identification of the pop-up includes detecting a document object model change in the file, the presence of one or more non-active elements in the file, and/or a change in luminance in an area outside of the visible area on the display screen. A controller moves the pop-up to the visible area on the display screen, or the visible area on the display screen is moved to the pop-up. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181639 | ADMINISTRATION OF WEB PAGE - Manipulation of a Web page displayed through a first device as a function of user interaction with a second device is contemplated. The manipulation may include operating the second device as a touchscreen or other gesture-based controllable device and automatically providing corresponding navigation within the Web page as a function of interactions registered through the second device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181640 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STRUCTURING DOCUMENT CONTENTS - A method for structuring document contents includes: generating a first instantiating rule corresponding to a first document based upon a first schema file with a style, which is a preset style, and a first XML file with a rule, which is a first structuring rule, in the first document; obtaining a first list of tags corresponding to structured first contents in the first document based upon a first tag structure tree of the first contents; obtaining M texts matching the first instantiating rule from discrete contents corresponding to the first list of tags, wherein the discrete contents are unstructured contents excluded from the structured first contents; determining N tags which can match the structured first contents among M tags corresponding to the M texts; and structuring N texts corresponding to the N tags based upon the N tags to obtain a second tag structure tree. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181641 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR LOADING WEB PAGES - In a method for loading web pages, a time interval of how often data is retrieved from a database is set. When a user accesses a web page from a web server, one screen of data of the web page is retrieved from the database and displayed on a display device. Then one screen of remaining data of the web page is retrieved from the database every time interval until all of the remaining data has been retrieved, and all of the retrieved data is stored in a file. A next screen of data of the web page is loaded from the file and displayed on the display device until all of the data in the file has been loaded, in response that a vertical scroll bar displayed on the web page reaches a preset position. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181642 | DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING WEB FEEDS - A system for dynamically defining a web feed includes a memory unit adapted to store web feed data and to generate a web feed of selected web content. The system includes an input processor to receive a user input defining one or more remote websites and to retrieve remote web content from the one or more remote websites. A user interface is provided to display a set of identified elements from the remote web content in a display area of a primary website and a selection processor receives a user selection identifying one or more selected elements of the remote web content. An equivalency engine calculates equivalency classes including subsets of the identified elements determined to be structurally similar to the selected elements. A web feed is generated and displayed to the user on the primary website that includes at least the selected elements and one or more of the subsets of the identified elements determined to be structurally similar to the selected elements. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181643 | GENERATING FINANCIAL DATA DOCUMENTS USING TEMPLATES - A computing system is disclosed including a computer processor configured to receive a selection of a template and identify a data field in the template. The data field indicates financial data to fill in the data field. The computer processor is configured to retrieve the financial data for the data field from stored financial data and generate a document according to the selected template. The generated document has the financial data within the data field. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181644 | PREVIEWING PROMINENT FEATURES OF REMOTE DOCUMENTS - A document previewing system includes a display device including a user interface and a document previewing engine coupled to the display device. The document previewing engine is configured to download an outline of a document including outline features and filler content in between the outline features. The filler content replaces secondary content of the document. The document previewing engine is further configured to display the outline on the display device, and download the secondary content corresponding to an outline feature in response to a user navigating to the outline feature and the outline feature displaying on the display device for a period of time. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181645 | SEMANTIC SEARCHING USING ZOOM OPERATIONS - Computer storage media, computerized methods, and systems for semantically navigating between content using zoom operations, as well as other user-initiated operations, are provided. The zoom operations include an open-pinch gesture (zoom in) and a closed-pinch gesture (zoom out) physically applied to a touch-screen display of a client device, where the touch-screen display presents a document with original content. When one or more of the zoom operations have been detected as being performed upon a targeted portion of the original content, new content that is relevant to the targeted content is retrieved, as opposed to simply expanding or contracting the original content within a display area of the touch-screen display. The document is transitioned to a view with representations of the new content organized according to a format, where the format is dictated by a type of the one or more zoom operations being performed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181646 | DYNAMIC LAYOUT SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONTENT - Embodiments of the present invention build content summaries and summary clusters, which are collections of content summaries arranged in a visually appealing way. Individual content summaries may include a picture, a headline, a snippet, a publication date, a source, a byline, a headline, and other descriptors. Exemplary content includes articles, videos, slideshows, and advertisements. In addition, dynamic content presentations may also be generated by embodiments of the present invention. A content presentation arranges text, images and other content into a cohesive presentation that may be several pages long. The dynamic content presentation allows content text and images to be presented on displays having a variety of different resolutions. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181647 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELINEATING AND ACCESSING MULTI-TAGGED LITERATURE - The present invention provides a way of parsing into tagged segments of texts and therefrom accessing multi-tagged literature. Multi-tagged literature comprises multiple narrative threads that may each occur simultaneously within a narrative or historical timeline, thereby allowing the reader to switch back and forth between various aspects of a text and optionally follow separate threads. In certain versions, the invented system includes an editing interface and a reader software. The editing interface allows for the manipulation of both imported text, newly input and/or newly authored text, and enables a user to populate a file with the text in combination with functional software code. The reader software directs the ebook display device to both render the text and allow the user to traverse the text in a variety of ways as directed by input to the ebook display device of commands and selections. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181648 | DISPLAYING INFORMATION HAVING HEADERS OR LABELS ON A DISPLAY DEVICE DISPLAY PANE - Computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and systems implementing techniques for displaying labels included in a body of content are presented. Part of a portion of a body of content is displayed in a display area. The body of content includes a label for the portion, and the label has a normal position adjacent to and not overlapping the portion in the body of content. The label is displayed in the display area in the normal position if doing so places the label fully within the display area. The label is displayed at a separate location only if displaying the label in the normal position does not place the label fully within the display area and only while any non-trivial part of the portion is displayed in the display area | 2014-06-26 |
20140181649 | METHOD OF MANAGING ARRAYS OF DOCUMENTS - The present application provides a method and an information organizing system thereof for discriminating axes of documents on a display, the method comprising displaying, at a first time about an time-of-axis-display timeline substantially aligned with a depth of view of the display, a first axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a first chronological order thereof; and displaying, at a second time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, chronologically following the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline at which the first axis of documents was displayed, a second axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a second chronological order thereof, the second axis of documents being displayed at the second time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view with which the first axis of documents is displayed at the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, whereby the first axis of documents and second axis of documents are concurrently displayed about the time-of-axis-display timeline in such a way as to graphically indicate to a viewer of the display that the first axis of documents was displayed chronologically before the second axis of documents is displayed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181650 | Self-configuring user interface - The purpose of this invention is to provide computer or smartphone users with a self-adapting user interface and shortcuts to most frequently used actions (visual or audio). | 2014-06-26 |
20140181651 | USER SPECIFIC HELP - A help module provides help content to a user by determining an application for which help should be presented. In one embodiment, the user requests help for a particular application and the help module determines the application for which help should be presented based on the received request. Alternatively, the help module selects an application from a pre-determined list of applications as the application for which help should be presented. The help module retrieves user data for the determined application and generates help content that includes at least part of the retrieved user data. The generated help is then transmitted by the help module for presentation to the user. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181652 | Contextual and Personalized Help - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by one or more computing devices, a help query from a user of a social-networking system. The computing devices identify help content responsive to the help query based at least in part on a state of an account of the user on the social-networking system and activity by the user on the social-networking system. The computing devices send the help content for presentation to the user. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181653 | CONTENT PRESENTATION WITH ENHANCED USER EXPERIENCE - Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with content consumption are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a decoder, a user interface engine, and a presentation engine. The decoder may be configured to receive and decode a streaming of the content. The user interface engine may be configured to receive user commands. The presentation engine may be configured to present the content as the content is decoded from the stream, in response to received user commands. Further, the decoder, the user interface engine, the presentation engine, and/or combination/sub-combination thereof, may be arranged to adapt the presentation to enhance user experience during response to a first of the user commands, where the adaption is in addition to a nominal response to the first user command. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181654 | Playback Queue Control via a Playlist on a Mobile Device - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181655 | Moving a Playback Queue to a New Zone - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181656 | Playlist Modification - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181657 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND AUDIO CONTROLLING METHOD FOR PORTABLE DEVICE - A portable device communicating with an electronic device to receive audio dedicated to one display which is one of a number of simultaneous displays on the electronic device comprises a communicating module, a selection module, and an audio outputting module. The electronic device provides a number of displays in different parts of a screen, each with an associated audio, and transmits one associated audio to the portable device. The communicating module allows the portable device to communicate with the electronic device. The selection module selects one display as the preferred display according to an operation of user and controls the electronic device to transmit the audio associated with the preferred display to portable device. The audio outputting module outputs the associated audio of the selected display on the portable device. An audio controlling method applied to the portable device is also provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181658 | Controlling and Displaying Zones in a Multi-Zone System - A multimedia controller for controlling and displaying zones in a multi-zone system is provided. In one example the controller is configured to provide a user interface for a plurality of zones, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones includes at least one player in a local area network. The controller is also configured to accept via the user interface, an input to display a list of the zones in the local area network, and to identify, for each zone of the plurality of zones, a state associated with each zone of the plurality of zones. The controller is also configured to display the list of the zones, wherein the list of the zones identifies each zone of the plurality of zones, and wherein the list of zones is ordered at least according to the state associated with each respective zone of the plurality of zones. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181659 | Accessing Last-Browsed Information in a Media Playback System - Embodiments are discussed for providing an indication of information previously accessed, or “browsed,” by a user on a control device of a media playback system, irrespective of a prior graphical display on the control device. The embodiments may involve causing a graphical display to provide a visual indication of a selectable region, receiving selection data that indicates a selection of the selectable region, irrespective of a prior graphical display and in response to receiving the selection data, identifying browse data that was most-recently accessed by the control device, where the browse data includes an indication of one or more playable media items, and causing the graphical display to provide a visual indication of the one or more playable media items indicated by the identified browse data. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181660 | DIGITAL MEDIA ALBUM CREATOR - A computerized method is provided that includes (a) receiving from the user a selection of one of a plurality of templates for the digital media album; (b) receiving from the user a subset of media album components; (c) in response to a user input, compiling an interim multimedia album using the selected template, the subset of media album components, and default data for each media album component not included in the subset of media album components, and thereafter displaying to the user the interim multimedia album; (d) receiving from the user additions to the subset of the media album components, and repeating step (c) with the subset including said additions; (e) receiving from the user further additions to the subset of the media album components until all of said media album components are received; and (f) compiling the created multimedia album using the selected template and said media album components. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181661 | USER INTERFACE TO ENABLE USERS TO SCROLL THROUGH A LARGE LIST OF ITEMS - Techniques pertaining to efficient scrolling are disclosed. One of the features of the efficient scrolling is the enablement of a search right at an appropriate item in a large list of items, thus avoiding going through the long list and wandering back and forth around a desired item. According to one embodiment, an indexing display is used. The indexing display includes a list of indexes, each corresponding to a group of items that sharing one or more common characteristics (e.g., a character or a kind). The indexing display is allowed first to be scrolled for a desired index. Once the desired index is confirmed, searching for a desired item in the large list starts at an item indexed by the desired index. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181662 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTI-LANGUAGE MENUS - A method for generating multi-language menus comprises grouping language-dependent menu resource files on a storage medium, and selecting only those menu resource files from a group that are labeled with an indication that matches the preferred menu language of the respective player. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181663 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTI-LANGUAGE MENUS - A method for generating multi-language menus comprises grouping language-dependent menu resource files on a storage medium, and selecting only those menu resource files from a group that are labeled with an indication that matches the preferred menu language of the respective player. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181664 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPOSING A MENU - Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181665 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPOSING A MENU - Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181666 | DIGITAL MEDIA EDITING - A computer-implemented method involving an object-based editing environment for defining a digital video as a linear arrangement of discrete media objects, each digital media object electronically stored as a digital file. The method includes displaying a graphical representation of a first digital media object within the editing environment; displaying one or more user interface icons associated with the digital media object; displaying a first menu in response to receiving a first user input; receiving second user input associated with the first menu and identifying a second digital media object; displaying a graphical representation of the second digital media object within the editing environment; and generating a digital video comprising the first digital media object and the second digital media object. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181667 | Metadata Assisted Trick Mode Intervention Method And System - A method and apparatus are described including accepting metadata, identifying segments of multimedia content that are for viewing, storing the identified segments of multimedia content, detecting trick mode playback initiation, determining if a starting point of the trick mode playback is prior to a next identified segment, determining a play-out time for the metadata if the first determination is positive, determining a corresponding time to start play-out of the metadata, playing back the metadata starting immediately if the first determination is negative or at the determined corresponding time, displaying a dialog box with a query, accepting input from a user in response to the query, playing back of one of the stored identified segments of multimedia content responsive to the accepted input at a normal mode speed and reverting to trick mode playback upon completion of the playing back of the one of the stored identified segment of multimedia content. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181668 | VISUAL SUMMARIZATION OF VIDEO FOR QUICK UNDERSTANDING - The types and locations of particular types of content in a video are visually summarized in a way that facilitates understanding by a viewer. A method may include determining one or more semantic segments of the video. In addition, the method may include determining one or more emotion objects for at least one of the semantic segments. Further, the method may include generating a user interface on a display screen. The user interface may include one window, and in another embodiment, the user interface may include two windows. Moreover, the method may include displaying first indicia of the emotion object in a first window. The horizontal extent of the first window corresponds with the temporal length of the video and the first indicia are displayed at a location corresponding with the temporal appearance of the emotion object in the video. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181669 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a first tilt angle between the electronic device and a reference plane, and controlling the electronic device to perform an operating according to the first tilt angle. The operation is associated with a user interface operation or an audio/video playback operation. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181670 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing video information - Recorded video information is managed by annotation markers. The recorded video information is annotated with at least one marker and the annotated video information is saved in an electronically searchable file. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181671 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR MANIPULATING A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS USING A SINGLE GESTURE OR MOTION - A system, method and computer-accessible medium for modifying a parameter which can receive a single input associated with at least two different points in space, determine a modification factor based on the single input, and modify the parameter(s) having at least two components based on the modification factor. The modification factor can be determined by an angle created by a line or a vector between a start point and an end point and either the x-axis or the y-axis. The input can be generated by a user making a gesture on a screen using a finger, or by a mouse, stylus, track pad, or other motion sensor. The parameter can be a Red/Green/Blue parameter or a sound equalizer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181672 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present disclosure discloses an information processing method and an electronic apparatus, for solving a technical problem that when a user inputs a voice instruction different from the fixed voice instruction due to incapability of remembering the fixed voice instruction, the electronic devices cannot respond or will mistakenly respond. The method including determining a current application corresponding to a current application interface on the display unit as a first application, the current application interface being a first application interface to which the first application corresponds; obtaining M input objects on the first application interface, M being an integer equal to or larger than one; processing the M input objects to obtain M pieces of prompt information of M character phrases corresponding to the M input objects, the M pieces of prompt information being capable of being displayed on the display unit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181673 | AIDING PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRMENTS - A device may receive information identifying a type of impairment, and provide, based on the type of impairment, a user interface. The user interface may allow a user to specify a command and an action that is to be performed, by an application, based on detecting the command. The action may relate to the type of impairment. The device may further receive configuration information via the user interface, where the configuration information identifies the command and the action. The device may configure the application based on the configuration information, detect, using the application, the command, and perform, using the application, the action based on detecting the command. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181674 | MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION EDITOR FOR A SMALL-DISPLAY COMMUNICATION TERMINAL OR COMPUTING DEVICE - A method by which a multimedia presentation editor for use on a (typically handheld) communication or computing terminal ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140181675 | CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM AND APPLICATION PROVISION METHOD - In a cloud computing system having a plurality of computational resources that are connected via a network, a table display section | 2014-06-26 |
20140181676 | UBIQUITOUS DASHBOARD FOR CONTACT CENTER MONITORING - A system and method for providing a dashboard user interface for contact center monitoring. The dashboard user interface includes a first display widget displaying a first metric for a first contact center object according to a first display format. A processor receives user actuation of an option provided by the dashboard to add a second display widget. In response to the user actuation of the option to add, the processor displays a template for generating the second display widget. The template is configured to prompt for input of a second contact center object, a second metric to be displayed for the second contact center object, and identification of a second display format. The processor generates the second widget based on information input via the template, and displays the second widget on the dashboard. A user may move the first and second widgets as desired on the dashboard. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181677 | COST TRACKING FOR VIRTUAL CONTROL PLANES - Control planes of virtual resource providers may be customized in a secure, stable and efficient manner with virtual control planes. Control planes may be modularized. Control plane modules may be supplied with data from standardized sensors, and required to generate standardized resource configuration requests responsive to solicitations with specified response latencies. Custom control plane modules may be selected to replace or complement default control plane modules. Financial and computational costs associated with control plane modules may be tracked. Competing resource configurations may be mediated by a control plane supervisor. Such mediation may be based on control plane module reputation scores. Reputation scores may be based on customer feedback ratings and/or measured performance with respect to module goals. Mediated configuration parameter values may be based on a combination of competing configuration parameter values weighted according to reputation. Contribution of individual modules to goal achievement may be tracked and rewarded accordingly. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181678 | INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM, DEVICES AND METHODS USING THE SAME - Interactive augmented reality devices, systems, and methods are described herein. In some embodiments, the devices, systems, and methods identify objects in an environment, and correlate at least one resource with said objects. An indicator signifying the correlation between said object(s) and said at least one resource may be produced using an interface of a device, such as a display. The indicator may be operable in response to a user action to initiate a control protocol that enables at least of modification and control of the resource with the device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181679 | Analysis And Influence Of Trends In Enterprise Collaboration Feeds - Aspects of trending and trend-influencing approaches usable in content feeds of business software frameworks are described. A trending topic can be created based on a plurality of feed content items generated by a plurality of feeds across at least a subset of a customer organization using a business software architecture. The creating can include identifying an activity relating to a business process or scenario of the customer organization that underlies the feed content items. In some options, a super-user can insert artificial trends. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181680 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTACTING CONTACT PERSON - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the network communications field and disclose a method and a device for contacting a contact person, so as to increase probability of contacting the contact person successfully at a single attempt and save user time and the operator's operation resources. The method for contacting the contact person includes: obtaining a current state of the contact person on a communications platform, where the current state indicates a state of the contact person on the communications platform at current time, and the state is determined according to an operation performed by the contact person on the communications platform or a terminal bound to the communications platform; determining a contact manner of the contact person, where the contact manner corresponds to the obtained current state; and setting the determined contact manner as a preferred contact manner of the contact person. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181681 | HANDLING INFORMATION ITEMS - A method comprises receiving, via a user interface of a user terminal, an indication of a user selection of a contact identifier, identifying, from plural event information items stored in at least one memory, an event information item which is associated with the selected contact, wherein each of the plural event information items has a timestamp associated therewith, and causing a graphical chronology to be displayed on a display ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140181682 | USING CONTEXTUAL AND SPATIAL AWARENESS TO IMPROVE REMOTE DESKTOP IMAGING FIDELITY - Image data representing a desktop image for a client device that is accessing the desktop remotely is compressed according to a method that preserves image fidelity in selected non-text regions. The method, which is carried out in a remote server, includes the steps of generating image data for the remote desktop image and analyzing different regions of the remote desktop image, identifying those regions of the remote desktop image that are text regions, selecting non-text regions of the remote desktop image for lossless compression based on a spatial relationship between the non-text regions and the text regions, compressing the image data using a lossless compression protocol for a portion of the image data corresponding to the selected non-text regions, and transmitting the compressed image data to the client device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181683 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING EXTERNAL DEVICE - A method and a system for controlling an external device by authorizing a specified device to temporarily control the external device, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing the same are provided. An external device control method, which is performed by a first device authorized to control the external device, includes transmitting information regarding at least one external device to a second device while an interactive service is executed between the first device and the second device, receiving information regarding a selected external device based on the information regarding the at least one external device from the second device, and transmitting control User Interface (UI) information regarding the selected external device to the second device based on the information regarding the selected external device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181684 | MODIFYING A USER PROFILE - Modifying a user profile, including: receiving, by a content presentation module, a request for one or more elements in a user profile, wherein each element in the user profile includes information identifying attributes associated with a user; presenting, by the content presentation module, content provided by a content provider; receiving, by the content presentation module, a user request to alter the presentation of the content; receiving, by the content presentation module, updated values for the requested one or more elements in the user profile; and updating, by the content presentation module, the user profile in dependence upon the updated values for the requested one or more elements in the user profile. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181685 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SCREEN OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for configuring a screen of a mobile terminal suitable for a user are provided. The method includes displaying an interface for configuring a screen of the mobile terminal; receiving, through the displayed interface, at least one input for configuring the screen to be suitable for a user; configuring a screen of the mobile terminal corresponding to the received at least one input; and displaying the configured screen. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181686 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic device and the control method thereof provides a user interface whereby when an electronic device is connected to an external device through short-range communication, an item of the electronic device can be shared with the external device through a simple manipulation on the touchscreen. For example, a particular item displayed on the touchscreen can be easily shared with the external device through only an operation of associating an item desired to be shared with a tray bar. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181687 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Contact Information - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for processing contact information. The method includes: receiving an instant message from a peer end; determining whether the instant message includes a contact keyword related to local contact information; if the instant message includes a contact keyword related to local contact information, determining to prompt a user to send contact information corresponding to content of the instant message in the local contact information to the peer end. The method and the apparatus for processing contact information provided by the embodiments of the present invention can improve efficiency in processing contact information. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181688 | Method and System for Embedded Personalized Communication - A method and system for embedded personalized communication have been disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises providing software code to be embedded in a webpage. The webpage is loaded including the software code. A configuration file is fetched from a configuration server in response to the software code. A first instant messaging user interface is rendered on the webpage. A request is sent to a web-based instant messaging server, the request initiating an instant messaging session with a second instant messaging user interface. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181689 | Electronic Message Content and Header Restrictive Recipient Handling System and Method - An electronic messaging system and method with reduced traceability. Separate displays are provided at a recipient user device for separately displaying via the user device header information of an electronic message and message content including a media component. The display of the header information does not display the media component and the display of the message content does not display a username associated with the header information. The message content including the media component are automatically deleted after being displayed such that after the display of the message content is terminated from view, the message content including the media component is no longer available to a recipient user. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181690 | CONTEXTUAL BASED COMMUNICATION METHOD AND USER INTERFACE - The present disclosure is directed towards automatically determining a context of an communication which is to be sent to a first user ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140181691 | SHARING OF SELECTED CONTENT FOR DATA COLLECTION - Private information can be collected from a receiving computing device user via a requesting computing device sharing selected content presented on a requesting device display with the receiving device. Communication between the devices can be secure, peer-to-peer and can be established using Near Field Communication technologies. The selected content comprises data fields for which a receiving device user supplies data values. The requesting computing device can update the presented selected content based on the received receiving user input and send updated display information to the receiving device. Alternatively, the receiving device can send data fields to the requesting device as data fields are fully entered. The selected content shared with and the data values received from the mobile device can be translated into other languages. Cloud resources can be involved in the pairing and authentication of devices, the translation of data sent between devices and the communication of data between devices. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181692 | Auto-Complete with Persisted Atomically Linked Entities - Persisting atomically linked entities when utilizing an auto-complete mechanism is provided. A computing device may be utilized to receive an input in a user interface. The computing device may then display an auto-complete suggestion list in response to receiving the input in the user interface. A selection of an entity may then be received from the auto-complete suggestion list. The selected entity may then be atomically linked to program code defining an action. The atomically linked entity may then be inserted in the user interface. The atomically linked entity may then be persisted among the input received within the user interface. The input is modifiable and the atomically linked entity is unmodifiable within the user interface. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181693 | CROSS-PLATFORM CONTENT MANAGEMENT FOR ONLINE COMMUNITY ADVOCACY MANAGEMENT PLATFORM - For an online community advocacy management platform, techniques (APIs) are described for pulling comments in from the app/plug-in, and cross-pollinating the social online community (e.g., social network website “walls”) and app/plug-in content in an intelligent manner (which content, how often, etc.). | 2014-06-26 |
20140181694 | FEDERATED COMMENTING FOR DIGITAL CONTENT - Systems and methods are disclosed to share comments regarding a content item presented among via different Internet services. For example, a method for sharing comments among Internet services may include presenting a first content item to a plurality of users over the Internet via a first Internet service; receiving at the first Internet service a first comment that is related to the first content item and is received from a user through the Internet; presenting the first comment in conjunction with the first content item via the first Internet service; sending the first comment from the first Internet service to a second Internet service; receiving at the first Internet service a second comment from the second Internet service, wherein the second comment is different than the first comment; and presenting the second comment in conjunction with the first content item via the first Internet service. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181695 | CONTROLLING DELIVERY OF NOTIFICATIONS IN REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS BASED ON COMMUNICATION CHANNEL STATE - A critical notification is reliably delivered to at least one participant in a real-time communication session. A candidate delivery channel is selected, and a set of one or more communication state variables associated with the candidate delivery channel are identified. Current values associated with the communication state variables and determined, and a determination is made as to whether the current values associated with the communication state variables indicate that the notification can currently be reliably delivered using the candidate delivery channel. If the notification cannot currently be reliably delivered using the candidate delivery channel, an alternative delivery option is selected that may include using an alternative delivery channel and/or delaying delivery of the notification. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181696 | ARRANGING A CONVERSATION AMONG A PLURALITY OF PARTICIPANTS - Arrangements disclosed herein relate to arranging a conversation among a plurality of participants. At least one user input related to a conversation intended by at least one user to take place can be identified. The desired conversation can include the plurality of participants. The conversation need not pre-scheduled. Contextual information of the plurality of participants can be monitored in real time to determine whether it is presently appropriate for the conversation to take place. When the contextual information of the plurality of participants indicates that it is presently appropriate for the conversation to take place, initiation of the conversation can be attempted. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181697 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USERS OF A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SERVICE - Computer systems and methods, according to various embodiments, allow users with shared access to a shared file or folder to communicate with one another via online chat. In particular embodiments, the system is configured to facilitate a chat session among all users that have shared access to a particular file or folder in response to a particular user selecting a “chat” button (or other suitable chat initiation element) associated with the shared file or folder. After a chat session is complete, the system may archive the chat session for later viewing and use. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181698 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display configured to display a chat window and to display input conversation content in the chat window, a communication unit configured to receive direction information and distance information of one or more other users, and a controller configured to control display of an object indicating location information including at least one of direction information and distance information of the one or more other users in the chat window. Accordingly, it is possible to increase user convenience. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181699 | CONTEXTUAL BREADCRUMBS DURING NAVIGATION - A system and method of providing contextual breadcrumbs is disclosed. A current page may be caused to be displayed on a device. Contextual breadcrumbs may be caused to be displayed on the current page. The contextual breadcrumbs may comprise a simplified representation of a first different page. The first different page may be different from the current page. The simplified representation of the first different page may comprise context information regarding a function of the first different page. The context information regarding a function of the first different page may comprise a visual representation of functional options of the first different page. At least one of the contextual breadcrumbs may be configured to enable the user to act upon the functional options of the first different page from the current page. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181700 | MULTI DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MULTI DISPLAY METHOD - A multi display apparatus includes a first body including a first display, a second body including a second display, a hinge configured to rotatably connect the first body and the second body to support the first body and the second body, a sensor configured to sense a first user manipulation made in a nondecisive location of a nonstructured first screen displayed on the first display and to sense a second user manipulation made in a nondecisive location of a nonstructured second screen displayed on the second display, and a controller configured to combine the sensed first user manipulation and second user manipulation to perform an operation corresponding to a result of the combination. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181701 | Model-Based User Interface - Example systems and methods of configuring and displaying a model-based user interface are described. In one implementation, a method receives a request to configure a process model, the process model having an object type. A configuration rule associated with the object type is accessed, and a configuration instruction is received. The configuration instruction is analyzed based on the configuration rule, and if the configuration instruction is valid then the object type is modified based on the instruction. The process model is updated based on the modified object type. In another implementation, a method receives a request to display instance data of a process model, where the process model has an object type associated with the instance data. A structure rule determining placement of the instance data is accessed, and a user interface to display the instance data is generated based on the structure rule. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181702 | INTERFACING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods may replace and/or enhance green screens. A green screen may be replaced and/or enhanced by receiving green screen data, determining a modification to be applied to the green screen data, generating a user interface screen including the green screen data and the modification, and causing the user interface screen to be displayed on a display. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181703 | DYNAMICALLY GENERATED USER INTERFACE - A system and method for facilitating automatically adjusting a user interface display screen or portion thereof. An example method includes determining context information associated with data, wherein the data is maintained in accordance with a data model; generating a signal when the context information changes; and employing the signal to automatically configure one or more characteristics of a user interface architecture, resulting in an adjusted user interface architecture. The context information may include information specifying one or more attributes relating to the data model. Generating may further include analyzing the one or more attributes to determine a modification to be made to the user interface architecture and then rendering a user interface display screen based on a modified user interface architecture. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181704 | USER GENERATED VIRTUAL ROOM-BASED USER INTERFACE - In one embodiment, a technique is utilized to generate a virtual-room of a virtual room-based user interface that controls one or more devices within a physical room of a structure. A user is prompted to select one or more services provided by the one or more devices within the physical room. A plurality of images of the physical room are obtained that each share substantially a same perspective. The plurality of images include an all-off image, in which all of the one or more of the services are in an inactive state, and one or more service-specific images, in which a single service is in an active state and any other services are in the inactive state. The plurality of images are aligned to create an aligned image stack. One or more hit boxes are designated. The virtual room is generated based on the aligned image stack and the designated one or more hit boxes. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181705 | AUTOMATED SCREEN CAPTURES - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for automatically creating screen captures of a user interface. In an implementation, a method may include identifying a portion of a user interface display associated with a page object. The method may also include creating a screen capture image including the portion of the user interface display associated with the page object. The method may further include associating the screen capture image with a documentation record for the page object. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181706 | MANAGING A THEME OF A VIRTUAL SPACE BASED ON CHARACTERS MADE ACCESSIBLE RESPONSIVE TO CORRESPONDING TOKENS BEING DETECTED - Objectives, an environment, and/or a theme associated with a virtual space may be managed based on characters made accessible responsive to corresponding tokens being detected. Tokens, including a first token associated with a first character or a second token associated with a second character, may be detected based on signals received from one or more token readers. The first character may be made accessible in the virtual space responsive to the first token being detected and the second character may be made accessible in the virtual space responsive to the second token being detected. Responsive to one or both of the first token being detected or the second token being detected, a given objective associated with the virtual space may be effectuated in the virtual space, an environment of the virtual space may be modified, and/or a theme of the virtual space being modified. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181707 | Interface Management Systems and Methods - Example systems and methods of managing a user interface are described. In one implementation, a method displays a user interface for an application, the application has a plurality of fields is described. A user selection of a field of the plurality of fields is detected via a touch-sensitive screen. A user input indicating a new position of the selected field is received. The other fields affected by the new position are identified and repositioned based on the new position of the selected field. The plurality of fields has a set of data associated with them. A user activation of a field editing operation is detected. An editing command from the user is received via a touch-sensitive screen. The editing command is implemented with respect to at least one field, and the user interface is updated. The updated user interface is displayed with the set of data. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181708 | Navigating Content Hierarchies and Persisting Content Item Collections - Navigation of multiple information item hierarchies within a same application display pane or view is provided. Information items may be displayed in a customized collection of information items, for example, a “favorites” collection, that may be assembled from a variety of content sources and that may be persisted across a variety of information item views. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181709 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING INTERACTION HISTORY TO MANIPULATE CONTENT - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that provide a way for a user's interaction history with an object to be considered such that the user's preferences for consuming the object may be anticipated. A record that includes an interaction history of an object may be accessed, and a manipulation operation may be determined based at least in part on the interaction history. The manipulation operation may then be automatically applied to the object, so as to prepare the object for consumption by the user. | 2014-06-26 |
20140181710 | PROXIMITY LOCATION SYSTEM - A proximity location system (PLS) can allow for a user to interact with a user interface without touching or speaking into the interface. The system may include or be in communication with the user interface, which may be a touchscreen, for example. The system may also include or be in communication with one or more sensors that can sense an object's size, shape, speed, and/or location with respect to the user interface. From these sensed object characteristics, the system can determine the sensed object's type, feature, and/or state; and from that determination, the system can direct the interface and/or a device in communication with the interface to take an action. | 2014-06-26 |