48th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 69 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100306606 | COMPACTOR INDEPENDENT DIRECT DIAGNOSIS OF TEST HARDWARE - Methods, apparatus, and systems for performing fault diagnosis are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, a failure log is received comprising entries indicative of compressed test responses to chain patterns and compressed test responses to scan patterns. A faulty scan chain in the circuit-under-test is identified based at least in part on one or more of the entries indicative of the compressed test responses to chain patterns. One or more faulty scan cell candidates in the faulty scan chain are identified based at least in part on one or more of the entries indicative of the compressed test responses to scan patterns. The one or more identified scan cell candidates can be reported. Computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform any of the disclosed methods are also provided. Likewise, computer-readable media storing lists of fault candidates identified by any of the disclosed methods are also provided. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306607 | Semiconductor integrated circuit and method of testing the same - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a plurality of scan flip-flops configured to form a scan chain in a scan test; and a plurality of clock gating circuits connected between a clock input and corresponding portions of the plurality of scan flip-flops, respectively. The plurality of clock gating circuits are connected in serial to form a chain and gating setting data is inputted in serial through the chain connection. Each of the plurality of clock gating circuits controls a connection between the clock input and a corresponding portion of the plurality of scan flip-flops based on the gating setting data. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306608 | Circuit States - Systems and methods for deriving a net equation representing a net state of an analog circuit net, wherein the net equation is derived from at least one other net state, determining a truthfulness of the net equation, reporting the truthfulness. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306609 | Low Power Decompression Of Test Cubes - Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems used to generate test patterns for testing integrated circuits. Embodiments of the disclosed technology can be used to provide a low power test scheme and can be integrated with a variety of compression hardware architectures (e.g., an embedded deterministic test (“EDT”) environment). Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology can reduce the switching rates, and thus the power dissipation, in scan chains with no hardware modification. Other embodiments use specialized decompression hardware and compression techniques to achieve low power testing. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306610 | CONCEALMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, CONCEALMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONCEALMENT PROCESSING PROGRAM - A cipher processing device includes: a MAC loss detecting/estimating section which estimates the radio bearer of the lost protocol data unit and a data amount of the lost protocol data unit out of protocol data units produced by division according to the logical channel information included in a packet combining data unit received by a base station of a mobile communication system; an RLC loss detecting/estimating section which detects occurrence of loss in the protocol data units when the protocol data units are put together into a service data unit, and estimates a lost amount of the protocol data units when the protocol data units are put together into the service data unit according to the estimated data amount; and a correction section which corrects a frame number of the service data unit based on the estimated data amount estimated by the detecting/estimating section. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306611 | Wireless Subscriber Managing Storage of HARQ Packets - Apparatuses of wireless subscribers that manage storage of HARQ packets are disclosed. One embodiment of a wireless subscriber includes receiver circuitry for wirelessly receiving HARQ packets. CRC processing circuitry checks an error status of the received HARQ packets. A HARQ memory controller divides the HARQ packets into HARQ sub-packets for storage in HARQ memory. The HARQ memory controller records storage locations and a storage order of each of the HARQ sub-packets. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306612 | APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING SINGLE BIT INSERTION OR DELETION IN A DATA PAYLOAD WITH A CHECKSUM CORRECTOR - This application discloses a message format including a data payload of N bits and a corrector component encoding a checksum to correct the checksum of single bit slipping noise, where the checksum is the sum of each data payload bit by its position modulo N+1. The corrector component may encode a second checksum derived from the checksum that may also be included in the message and so on. Apparatus embodiments may include a transmitter generating a transmitted message of this format and/or a receiver using a received message that may be corrupted from the transmitted message through bit slipping in the form of bit insertion or bit deletion. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306613 | METHOD OF MULTIUSER PRECODING AND SCHEDULING AND BASE STATION FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method of multiuser precoding and scheduling, comprising: feeding channel state information (CSI) and statistic properties of CSI error back to a base station (BS) from a user equipment (UE); generating multiuser precoding matrix and scheduling scheme by the BS, according to the feedback CSI and the statistic properties of CSI error; and performing multiuser precoding and scheduling on user data by using the generated multiuser precoding matrix and scheduling scheme. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306614 | METHOD OF ERROR CONTROL - A method of error control in a wireless access system is disclosed. More particularly, a method of error control using a random liner coding method is disclosed. A method of error control in a wireless access system comprises receiving code blocks generated as data blocks included in a data block set are randomly linear-coded; decoding a predetermined number of code blocks to a first data block set, wherein the predetermined number of code blocks are selected from the code blocks; replacing one or more code blocks among the predetermined number of code blocks with code blocks other than the predetermined number of code blocks selected from the code blocks and decoding them to a second data block set; and comparing the first data block set with the second data block set. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306615 | Receiving Apparatus, Receiving Method and Program, and Receiving System - Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus, including: a decoding section configured to receive and decode an low density parity check code; and a decoding control section configured to control a frequency of the decoding on the basis of conditional information that is an index indicative of a communication condition that influences power consumption in the decoding section. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306616 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus, including: a decoding section configured to receive and decode a low density parity check code; and a speed control section configured to control a speed of the decoding on the basis of a reception interval of the low density parity check code. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306617 | DECODER DEVICE, DECODING METHOD AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a decoder device includes a decoder configured to decode a to-be-decoded sequence by performing an iterative decoding process and to perform a parity check of a decoding result using a check matrix, a detector configured to detect that the to-be-decoded sequence is a non-code word based on a parity check result for each row of the check matrix by the decoder, and a controller configured to control the decoder according to a detection result of the detector. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306618 | TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING BROADCASTING SIGNAL IN TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM - A transmitting system, a receiving system, and a method of processing broadcast signals are disclosed. Herein, the transmitting system includes an RS frame encoder, a block processor, a group formatter, and a trellis encoding module. The RS frame encoder performs error correction encoding on an RS frame payload including mobile service data so as to form an RS frame, divides the RS frame into a plurality of portions, and outputs the divided RS frame portions. The block processor performs one of ½-rate encoding and ¼-rate encoding on each bit of the mobile service data included in each portion. The group formatter maps a portion including symbols of the ¼-rate encoded mobile service data and symbols of the ½-rate encoded mobile service data to a corresponding region of a data group. And, the trellis encoding module performs trellis encoding on the symbols of the ¼-rate encoded mobile service data and the symbols of the ½-rate encoded mobile service data of the data group. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306619 | CONTROLLER AND DATA ACCESS METHOD FOR FLASH MEMORIES - The invention provides a controller. In one embodiment, the controller is coupled to a flash memory and a host, and comprises a selective mapper and an error correction code encoder. The selective mapper receives first source data, processes the first source data according to a plurality of pseudo random sequences to obtain a plurality of first mapped data segments, calculates a plurality of cross correlation values between prior data and the first mapped data segments, selects an optimal mapped data segment from the first mapped data segments according to the cross correlation values, and generates output mapped data according to the optimal mapped data segment. The error correction code encoder encodes a first error correction code to be stored in the flash memory according to the output mapped data. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306620 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR ERROR DETECTION AND ERROR CORRECTION - A data processing device and a method for error detection and error correction. The data processing device includes an error detection arrangement and an error correction arrangement. The error detection arrangement is able to detect correctable error and uncorrectable error in the data stored in a memory cell of the memory. The error detection arrangement then determines the neighboring memory cells or memory cells that are physically adjacent to the memory cell for which the correctable error was detected and generates a signal indicating a fault depending on the correctable errors detected in the neighboring physically adjacent memory cells. If a signal indicating a fault is not generated, then an error correction arrangement is used to correct the correctable error detected by the error detection arrangement. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306621 | ENCODING AND DECODING DATA - The invention provides a method, device and system for encoding and decoding data. The method includes receiving information including data units, storing the data units into a memory and encoding the data units by performing a plurality of store and exclusive-or operations on the data units resulting in encoded symbols S | 2010-12-02 |
20100306622 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD - A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory configured to store data, a first buffer configured to temporarily store data from the nonvolatile memory, a correction circuit configured to correct an error of data from the first buffer, a second buffer configured to temporarily store data from the correction circuit, a bus configured to receive data from the second buffer, a command sequence unit configured to issue a command for data transfer between modules, the modules including the first buffer, the correction circuit and the second buffer, and a command decode unit configured to decode the command and to generate a control signal for controlling the data transfer. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306623 | Error Correction Devices and Correction Methods - An error correction device is provided. When an error of an incorrect data group stored in a memory is detected, a memory controller of the error correction device executes a burst read, burst write or burst read-modify-write (RMW) operations to the memory instead of the conventional single read-modify-write (RMW) operation, thereby reducing the occupied bandwidth of the memory. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306624 | RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING METHOD, RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A recording and/or reproducing method, a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and a computer readable recording medium storing a program for performing the method. A recording unit block in which invalid data is partially padded is written on an information storage medium along with padding information indicating that the invalid data is included in the recording unit block. The padding information is useful in determining whether the recording unit block includes the padding data. Accordingly, unnecessary retrial processes of a drive system are reduced such that the performance of the drive system is improved and error correction capability is enhanced. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306625 | TRANSMISSION ERROR DISSIMULATION IN A DIGITAL SIGNAL WITH COMPLEXITY DISTRIBUTION - The present invention relates to a method of transmission error concealment in a digital signal split up into a plurality of successive frames associated with different time intervals in which, on reception, the signal might comprise erased frames and valid frames and in order to replace at least the first erased frame (N) after a valid frame, at least two steps are performed, a first step (E | 2010-12-02 |
20100306626 | METHODS OF DATA HANDLING - Methods of data handling include receiving data having a previously-generated error correction code and generating one or more error correction codes for the data, with each error correction code corresponding to the data having one or more particular bits of the data in differing data states. Such methods further include comparing the generated one or more error correction codes to the previously-generated error correction code, and if a particular one of the generated one or more error correction codes matches the previously-generated error correction code, transmitting the data having its one or more particular bits in the data states corresponding to that particular one of the generated one or more error correction codes. Methods of data handling may further include prioritizing the error correction in response to at least locations of known bad or questionable bits of the data. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306627 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus including a reception device configured to receive a code sequence coded in LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) and punctured at least partially as a target to be decoded; and an LDPC decoding device configured to perform a punctured matrix transform process including a first and a second process on an original parity check matrix noted to have punctured bits or symbols and used in the LDPC coding. The LDPC decoding device further performs the first process to carry out Galois field addition operations on those rows of the original parity check matrix to set the non-zero elements to zero. The LDPC decoding device further performs the second process to delete the columns rid of the non-zero elements. The LDPC decoding device uses the matrix resulting from the process as the parity check matrix for performing an LDPC decoding process on the code sequence. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306628 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESOURCE SHARING IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT - A transceiver is designed to share memory and processing power amongst a plurality of transmitter and/or receiver latency paths, in a communications transceiver that carries or supports multiple applications. For example, the transmitter and/or receiver latency paths of the transceiver can share an interleaver/deinterleaver memory. This allocation can be done based on the data rate, latency, BER, impulse noise protection requirements of the application, data or information being transported over each latency path, or in general any parameter associated with the communications system. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306629 | PROCESSING OF BIT ERRORS IN A DIGITAL AUDIO BIT FRAME - The invention relates to a method of processing bit errors in a bit frame emanating from a digital audio coder, comprising a step of receiving a current bit frame liable to comprise bit errors. According to the invention, the bit frame comprises sensitive bits to be protected which are catalogued in at least one category according to the type of parameter that they code and the method furthermore comprises the steps of receiving protection bits, of reading the sensitive bits received in the current bit frame, the number of sensitive bits being lower than the number of bits of the bit frame, of detecting bit errors as a function of said protection bits received and of said sensitive bits received and in the event of detecting at least one erroneous bit in said bit frame, of modifying the current bit frame before decoding, as a function of the category in which the erroneous bit is catalogued. The invention also pertains to a device implementing the method according to the invention as well as to a decoder and a coding/decoding system comprising such a device. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306630 | SYSTEM FOR SENDING SIGNALS BETWEEN MODULES - A system for transmission of signals between modules wherein, for example, it is possible to transmit reliably, between modules, information relating to, for example, the actuation of safety devices. A transmission module for transmitting a pulse signal of a specific period, which indicates the existence of information, generates, in time division, pulse signals by a plurality of signal generating units that are provided in parallel, and then combines these pulse signals into a single time series pulse signal. Then an attempt is made to output this pulse signal towards a receiving-side module through a relay for controlling the output, and the signals appearing at a normally-open terminal and at a normally-closed terminal of the relay are monitored to determine whether or not there is a failure, where the generation of the pulse signal is stopped when a failure is detected. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306631 | MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A memory controller includes first and second interface controllers configured to exchange data with external devices, and an internal block connected between the first and second interface controllers. The first and second interface controllers exchange data received from the external devices and at least one parity bit corresponding to the received data through the internal block. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306632 | ERROR DETECTION USING PARITY COMPENSATION IN BINARY CODED DECIMAL AND DENSELY PACKED DECIMAL CONVERSIONS - Error detection using parity compensation in binary coded decimal (BCD) and densely packed decimal (DPD) conversions, including a computer program product having a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes receiving formatted decimal data in a first format, the formatted decimal data consisting of a DPD format data or a BCD format data. One or more first parity bits are generated by converting the received data into a second format of the formatted decimal data, and by determining the parity of the data in the second format. One or more second parity bits are generated directly from the received data. An error flag is set to indicate an error in the data in the second format in response to the first parity bits not being equal to the second parity bits. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306633 | PARITY DATA ENCODER FOR SERIAL COMMUNICATION - A prepended parity data encoder is loaded with sets of data and constant data, which are used for parity calculation. A shift circuit shifts each of the plural sets of data and the constant data, one bit at a time in parallel. When the constant data is output from the shift circuit, a parity generator dynamically generates prepended parity data based on the constant data and the plural sets of data. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306634 | CRC PROTECTION OF DATA STORED IN XOR BUFFER - An XOR unit is provided in a hard disk controller for calculating an XOR of two operands stored in a buffer memory. The XOR unit includes an XOR calculator for calculating the XOR of the operands and a CRC of the XOR resulting from the calculation. An XOR buffer is also included in the XOR unit for storing the XOR result and the CRC of the XOR result, and a CRC calculator for calculating a CRC of the XOR result stored in the XOR buffer. The CRC calculated by the CRC calculator is compared with the CRC of the XOR result stored in the CRC buffer to determine whether the XOR result has been corrupted in the XOR buffer. The XOR result stored in the XOR buffer is determined to be corrupted if the CRC calculated by the CRC calculator and the CRC stored in the XOR buffer do not match. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306635 | Method for Verifying Correct Encryption Key Utilization - A method for sending encrypted data in response to a request for an I/O operation. The method includes the steps of requesting a data encryption key, the request including one or more identifiers unique to the I/O operation; receiving a data encryption key attached with a first key use fingerprint, independently generating a second key use fingerprint in response to the one or more identifiers; comparing the first and the second key use fingerprints; and if the first key use fingerprint matches the second key use fingerprint, using the data encryption key to encrypt the data to be sent. In one embodiment, the one or more identifiers include at least one of a target identifier, a LUN identifier, and a LBA range identifier. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306636 | Framework for providing visual context to www hyperlinks - A method and a system for presenting Internet information to a user including providing to a user a visual image of a web page containing at least one hyperlink, and at least partially concurrently providing a visual image of another web page of at least one web site which is represented by the at least one hyperlink. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306637 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED CELL DESIGN IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A system for designing cells in a document production environment may include a computing device and a computer-readable medium in communication with the computing device. The computer-readable medium may include one or more programming instructions for identifying a plurality of jobs associated with the document production environment. Each job may include one or more functions. The computer-readable medium may include one or more programming instructions for generating a representation for each unique job, creating one or more workflows, assigning the workflow to one of a plurality of cells, determining whether one or more of the cells is complex, and splitting at least one workflow within a complex cell. Each cell may include one or more devices. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306638 | OBJECT TEMPLATES FOR DATA-DRIVEN APPLICATIONS - An object template system is described herein that allows an administrator of an IT management application to define templates that provide a streamlined mechanism for pre-populating IT objects with common values based on business logic and processes. The object template system addresses manipulation of objects both as part of a user interactive session as well as in programmatic workflows, while also allowing for referencing of existing objects to assume integrity of data. A metadata-driven schema allows for portable definitions of simple and complex extensible objects. The system validates these definitions against the extensible types that define the objects to ensure structural integrity. Users can then apply these definitions at runtime to both create and/or update simple and complex management objects. Thus, the object template system allows an administrator to define controlled processes for creating and modifying management objects within a flexible IT management application. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306639 | COMPUTER-BASED DATA OPTIMIZATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS - In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method facilitates optimization analysis and sensitivity analysis of a data model and comprises a computer receiving first data identifying a value function, a plurality of parameters for the value function, and one or more specific parameter values for one or more of the parameters; the computer storing a data model based on the value function and the specific parameter values; the computer determining which parameters of the data model are capable of taking variable values; the computer receiving second data identifying one or more selected parameters; the computer receiving third data specifying a value selection approach for each of the selected parameters; the computer determining a plurality of result values by substituting, based on the value selection approach, a plurality of input values for each of the selected parameters and evaluating the value function using the selected parameters and the substituted values; the computer generating and causing displaying a table of the result values. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FORMATTED DEVICE REPORTS FROM STORED HIERARCHICAL DEVICE DATA - The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating formatted device reports from stored hierarchical device data. Electronic template data including a text data portion and a plurality of placeholder tags is received, wherein each placeholder tag includes data corresponding to a path in an associated, hierarchical data source corresponding to device characteristics of an associated multifunction peripheral device. Updated device data for the associated multifunction peripheral device is received into the hierarchical data source. Device data corresponding to each placeholder tag is retrieved and merged data into positions of the electronic template data in accordance with each corresponding placeholder tag so as to generate a formatted device report therefrom. A formatted device report is communicated to an associated administrator of the multifunction peripheral device. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306641 | CONSTRUCTING LINEAR REPRESENTATION OF A CONTENT BASED NETWORK - Described herein are systems and methods for constructing linear representations of content based networks. The methods comprise receiving a sub-network of a content based network comprising a plurality of fragments connected by one or more links, calculating fragment weight for at least some of the plurality of fragments, calculating link weight for at least one of the one or more links, creating a hierarchical structure from the sub-network, based on at least some of the calculated fragment weights and at least some of the calculated link weights, and converting the hierarchical structure to a linear representation. The linear representation may be augmented by additional overview information such as table of contents and index, which may be automatically generated. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306642 | CO-BROWSING (JAVA) SCRIPTED HTML DOCUMENTS - A method for collaboratively browsing the content of a dynamic electronic document innetwork comprising a first ( | 2010-12-02 |
20100306643 | Methods and Systems for Processing Document Object Models (DOM) to Process Video Content - Methods and systems for processing document object models (DOM) and to process video content are provided. Information content that is represented by a DOM and that includes a scripting language associated with the information content is received and original content of the DOM is preserved after execution of the scripting language. Further, video content is adapted for client devices. The scripting language associated with the information content can be sent to client device along with a modified DOM and processed video content. Pre-processing of the scripting language occurs to identify nodes related to video, and to maintain all other original nodes, for example. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306644 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A WEB SITE USING A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEBSITE - A technique for generating a web site in accordance with received data entry by: determining at least one characteristic of at least one web site dimension of the web site based on the data entry; generating a multi-dimensional description of the web site based on the determined characteristics; retrieving web site data according to the generated multi-dimensional description of the web site; and generating the web site based upon the generated multi-dimensional description of the web site and the retrieved web site data. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306645 | GUIDED NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE FOR PRINT PROOFING - A guided natural language interface, a method for guiding a user in specifying a color problem with a document image, and a set of templates for use in the interface and method are provided. The interface includes computer readable memory which stores a set of issue description templates, each template being configured for guiding a user in formulating a problem statement characterizing, in natural language, a problem related to color identified in an input document. A natural rendering engine receives information input by a user and/or information input from an associated problem detector, and instantiates one of the templates in response thereto. The natural language rendering engine is configured for presenting the problem statement to the user as it is refined and communicating information based on the refined problem statement to an associated problem corrector. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306646 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There is disclosed an image processing apparatus to preview an image to be printed, the image processing apparatus including: an input section to receive an instruction to preview a next image; and a control section to specify an image to be previewed next based on the instruction input through the input section, wherein the control section detects a page for which a print setting content is different from a print setting content for the page of a currently-previewed image among a plurality of pages included in print data to determine the image to be previewed next according to a detected result. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306647 | FORCE-FEEDBACK WITHIN TELEPRESENCE - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates replicating a telepresence session with a real world physical meeting. A telepresence session can be initiated within a communication framework that includes two or more virtually represented users that communicate therein. A trigger component can monitor the telepresence session in real time to identify a participant interaction with an object, wherein the object is at least one of a real world physical object or a virtually represented object within the telepresence session. A feedback component can implement a force feedback to at least one participant within the telepresence session based upon the identified participant interaction with the object, wherein the force feedback is employed via a device associated with at least one participant. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306648 | VARIABLE RATE SCROLLBAR - Embodiments of a variable rate scrollbar are described. In various embodiments, media items, such as email messages, text messages, digital photos, or song selections are grouped by a page, a day, a week, or a month that corresponds to a date associated with a media item. A list of the media items is displayed from one of the groups, and the media items that are displayed are selectable from the list. A variable rate scrollbar is displayed and configured for selection to navigate the media items at variable rates according to the groups of the media items. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306649 | VIRTUAL INKING USING GESTURE RECOGNITION - A virtual inking device is created in response to a touch input device detecting a user's inking gesture. For example, when a user places one of their hands in a pen gesture (i.e. by connecting the index finger with the thumb while holding the other fingers near the palm), the user may perform inking operations. When the user changes the pen gesture to an erase gesture (i.e. making a first) then the virtual pen may become a virtual eraser. Other inking gestures may also be utilized. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306650 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE IN TOUCH DEVICE - A user interface apparatus includes a position identification unit to identify a first position where a first touch is generated on a display screen; a priority assignment unit to respectively assign priorities to menu items displayed on the display screen; and a menu item movement unit to move the menu items to the first position as a destination according to the assigned priorities and in response to the first touch. A user interface method in a touch device includes identifying a first position where a first touch is generated on a display screen, respectively assigning priorities to menu items displayed on the display screen, and moving the menu items to the first position according to the assigned priorities in response to receiving the first touch. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306651 | METHOD FOR CREATING, EXPORTING, SHARING, AND INSTALLING GRAPHICS FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS - Systems, apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for creating, exporting, sharing, and installing graphics functional blocks are described herein. In one embodiment, a selection is received from a graphical user interface (GUI) for one or more patches of multiple linked patches representing a graphics composition. In response to the selection, a dependency analysis is performed to determine one or more related patches that have a dependency relationship with the selected patches. Based on the dependency analysis, source code associated with the selected patches and the related patches is extracted without extracting source code of unselected and unrelated patches. Thereafter, the selected patches, the related patches, and the extracted source code are exported into a composition file to be shared with another user. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306652 | PRE-FETCHING ITEMS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE BASED ON AVATAR COMMUNICATIONS - The present invention pre-fetches objects, textures and scripts (collectively referred to herein as items) through analysis of the communications of an avatar. Furthermore, if an object, texture or script is not pre-fetched upon arrival to a region the virtual universe's object, texture and script download system is augmented to prioritize objects the user may be interested in based on the avatar's communications and previously stated priorities. The present invention may improve user experience of virtual world by prioritizing the download and caching of objects, textures, and scripts that are likely to interest the user. Such a prioritization enhances the user experience by reducing wait times for the rendering of objects of interest. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306653 | NETWORK-BASED MULTIMEDIA PLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A network-based multimedia play method is provided for playing a number of programs. The method includes the following steps. First, a source code of a multimedia webpage is obtained. Next, the source code of the webpage is parsed to obtain a number of program titles and a number of corresponding program website addresses. Then, at least one corresponding file link is obtained according to each program website address, wherein each file link is an access link of a multimedia file. Afterwards, a play list is generated according to each program title and the at least one corresponding file link of each program title. Then, the programs are played according to the play list, wherein each program corresponds to at least one multimedia files over a network. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306654 | Navigation and Playback of Multimedia Programs Arranged in Collections - Methods and systems for the navigation and playback of multimedia programs arranged in collections. In typical embodiments, a first set of user controls allow the user to select a collection and a second set of user controls allow the user to select a multimedia program by navigating a sequence of multimedia programs within the selected collection. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306655 | Avatar Integrated Shared Media Experience - A method and system are disclosed in which a group of people are able to replicate the physical world experience of going with a group of friends to pick a movie, watch the movie together, and provide commentary on the movie itself in the virtual world on a virtual couch while each user is sitting in different physical locations. Additionally, the virtual representation of the destination that the group of people are watching the movie together in can be themed to allow users to watch movies in different locations pivoting on special events or by the users choice. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306656 | Digital media asset management - This invention comprises a system and a method for managing a plurality of video assets via code executing in a processor. The system and method include a user interface, a controller configured to receive metadata associated with the plurality of video assets through the user interface, a database communicatively coupled to the controller in order to store the metadata, a sequence generator communicatively coupled to the database to generate a playlist from the metadata, a generator module communicatively coupled to the sequence generator module, wherein the generator module is configured to generate a uniform resource locator address (URL) that points to a playlist comprising related video assets and a communications module for providing the URL to a remote machine. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306657 | Audio-Enhanced User Interface for Browsing - Embodiments of the present invention pertain to, but are not limited to, browsing a displayed listing of stored audio content such as music in a music player, PC, or portable electronic device, including MP3 players and mobile phones. Various embodiments of the present invention recognize that to improve the user's browsing experience, the user's selections from the listing should be accompanied by audio effects specifically configured to facilitate the corresponding content navigation. For example, the effects could be that as the currently selected item in the listing changes, an excerpt of the music track (or of a member of the group of music tracks) in the new item (i.e., “new currently-selected” item) in the listing is played with 3D audio effects such that the position from which the music track appears to be playing is in symphony with the new item's movement on the user interface. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306658 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND URL MANAGING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A portable terminal allows a bookmark to be shared among a plurality of browsers without using a dedicated managing program. A mobile telephone | 2010-12-02 |
20100306659 | PROGRESSIVELY DISCOVERING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES - Tools and techniques related to progressively discovering and integrating services are provided. These tools may receive electronic communications addressed to users of communications platform software. In turn, these tools may analyze the electronic communications, and generate upsells for presentation to the users. These upsells may relate to updating profile records associated with the users. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306660 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WEB USER'S AUTHENTICATION STATUS IN A DISTRIBUTED SINGLE LOGIN NETWORK - The invention provides a system and method for automatically displaying a user's logged-in status across an Internet based network of affiliated Web sites via a visual indicator such as a toolbar to help the user to be certain about his logged-in status when he stays with one or switches from one to another affiliated Web site. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306661 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR RECORDING CHANGES IN VISUAL STIMULI OBSERVED THROUGH BROWSER-BASED INTERFACES - The invention provides methods and devices that address problems encountered when attempting to accurately reconstruct visual stimuli being displayed to a user as they interact with online-content, typically through a browser interface. In one embodiment, the invention provides for the browser to maintain a record of selected technical parameters and relevant data that may impact the manner in which online-content is being displayed to the user, taking into consideration the current context in which the browser is being operated. In another embodiment, the invention is a device for recording events as reported from a browser interface. The events are recorded in a selected format and syntax to form a primary index of events and related outcomes which comprise the user's interface experience. In operation, the devices detect events as detected at the browser interface. Next, the devices identify, categorize, and filter detected events as to their relevance to the visual stimuli being presented to the user. The devices then assign a unique identifier, preferably in the form of an alphanumeric string, to each relevant event. Furthermore, the devices record selected events into a log (along with their categorization), a unique identifier, and the time in which the event occurred. Yet another embodiment are devices that record changes in parameters that may impact the visual stimuli. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306662 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER BASED COMMUNICATION CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT - An audio communication system including a communication server with an operator interface coupled to a network and one or more audio communication terminal clients coupled to the network. The communication server is advantageously implemented in a PC based system connected to a network. The network may include the internet. In operation the server may monitor the network for a client connection request issued by one of the audio communication terminal clients. A TCP/IP network connection is established between the communication server and a client after said communication server receives a client connection request. Once the connection is established the server displays an indication of client connection request through operator interface. Alternatively an indication of the client connection request may be presented to the operator. The operator then controls the server based on inputs to the user/operator interface. The operator may respond to the remote client either by speaking, by playing a pre-recorded message or by transferring the connection and/or connection request to another communication server. The system may be have a fault tolerant feature whereby the audio communication terminal clients attempt to connect with and alternate communication server if the initial server is not available. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306663 | Sequential Clicked Link Display Mechanism - Provided is a method to facilitate screen navigation in conjunction with a web browser. Specifically, a navigation history documenter and display module (NHDD) is employed in conjunction with a web browser to enhance the functionality of the browser. Using static links, categorical-hierarchical web sites, search engines or any combination of the three, a user freely navigates through multiple web sites and particular locations within web sites. The NHDD maintains a record of the navigation path. In conjunction with the specific sites and materials included in the navigation path, the NHDD maintain a record corresponding to the relations among the points along the path. In response to a user input, the NHDD displays navigation history information related to the order in which the points along a navigation path were traversed. In one embodiment, the information is displayed as sequentially order markers overlaid on a web page. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306664 | AUTOMATED CONTENT SUBMISSION TO A SHARE SITE - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for remotely submitting content to a website without navigating to the website are provided. The website is a content-sharing website that accepts public content submissions and makes the content available to multiple users. Initially, a client application may download remote-content-submission instructions from the website. Subsequently, the client application may follow the instructions to format a remote content submission and communicate it to the website. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306665 | INTELLIGENT BACKWARD RESOURCE NAVIGATION - A system for navigating among resources includes a target detection module detecting whether a first resource has been branched from to two other different resources and a backward navigation module operable to detect selection of a backward navigation button and cause navigation to the first resource. A method includes designating a target resource accessible via a backward navigation button in a first browser session, detecting selection of the backward navigation button in a second browser session, and navigating to the target resource in the second browser session. The method can involve detecting hovering of a pointer icon over the backward navigation button and responsively presenting a thumbnail of a resource associated with the backward navigation button. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306666 | HUMAN DATA MANAGEMENT - The present invention discloses methods and systems for managing data in user-centric environment. In this environment an entity is authorized to receive user data based on the relationship between the entity and a user. A user provides message data for communication to a selected entity by one or more communication channels. Based on privileges assigned to the entity, user data may be retrieved, including a contact method for the entity. In addition a communication template is retrieved based on the communication channel. By populating the template with the first data and the user data; a communication is created and transmitted to the selected entity using the communication method. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306667 | REMOTE CONTROL METHOD OF EXTERNAL DEVICES - A method of controlling a plurality of external devices is performed on a computer which is set up with a plurality of remote control processes corresponding to the plurality of the external devices, and a management process for managing the remote control processes while communicating with the remote control processes. The management process is called to display icons corresponding to the remote control processes in a display field provided by the management process. Further, the management process acts when a specified operation is applied to one of the icons on the display field for sending a screen open instruction to one of the remote control processes corresponding to the icon to which the specified operation is applied. The remote control process which receives the screen open instruction is activated to display a control screen for use in remotely controlling the corresponding external device. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306668 | ASYNCHRONOUS IDENTITY ESTABLISHMENT THROUGH A WEB-BASED APPLICATION - A determination is made as to whether a user has been logged off from the web-based application accessed through a web browser on a computer. If it is determined that the user has been logged off from the web-based application, then a new user interface is provided through the web browser. The new user interface may enable the user to enter user credentials. The user credentials are received through the new user interface. A request to validate the user based on the user credentials is transmitted. Upon transmitting the request to validate the user, an instruction to remove the new user interface is received when the user is validated. Upon receiving the instruction, a display of the web-based application is transformed by removing the new user interface. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306669 | INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE WITH MINIMIZED USER INTERFACE - A method is proposed for exchanging messages among users of computers. The method includes the steps on the computer ( | 2010-12-02 |
20100306670 | GESTURE-BASED DOCUMENT SHARING MANIPULATION - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates interacting with data associated with a telepresence session. A telepresence session can be initiated within a communication framework that includes two or more virtually represented users that communicate therein. A portion of data can be virtually represented within the telepresence session in which at least one virtually represented user interacts therewith. A detect component can monitor motions related to at least one virtually represented user to identify a gesture, the gesture involves a virtual interaction with the portion of data within the telepresence session. An interaction component can implement a manipulation to the portion of data virtually represented within the telepresence session based upon the identified gesture. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306671 | Avatar Integrated Shared Media Selection - A method and system are disclosed in which a group of people are able to replicate the physical world experience of going with a group of friends to pick a movie, watch the movie together, and provide commentary on the movie itself in the virtual world on a virtual couch while each user is sitting in different physical locations. Additionally, the virtual representation of the destination that the group of people are watching the movie together in can be themed to allow users to watch movies in different locations pivoting on special events or by the users choice. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MATCHING USERS IN MULTI-USER COMPUTER SIMULATIONS - A method for use in a computer simulation includes receiving a request from a first user to initiate a multi-user session, retrieving tag data for a second user, wherein the tag data includes tags entered by one or more users of a plurality of users including the first user, evaluating the tag data, matching the first user with the second user based on the result of the evaluating, and initiating the multi-user session with at least the first user and second user. Another method for use in a computer simulation includes establishing a multi-user computer simulation having an ability for one or more users in a plurality of users to enter tags for other users in the plurality of users, receiving tag data for the plurality of users, wherein the tag data includes tags that have been entered by the one or more users for the plurality of users, evaluating the tag data, and matching a first user in the plurality of users with one or more other users of the plurality of users based on a result of the evaluating. A computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program adapted to cause a processor based system to execute one or both of these methods. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306673 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCESSING DATA IN SIGNAGE SYSTEMS - A method is provided for displaying information at remote terminals, based on criteria established at a central terminal. At the central terminal, a set of rules is selected out of a plurality of pre-defined sets of rules for displaying the information at the respective remote terminal, and based on the selected set of rules, a virtual tokens is created, which is then forwarded to the respective remote terminal. The token is received at the remote terminal, and the identification of the corresponding set of rules is derived. Based on the identified set(s) of rules, one or more corresponding software modules operative to retrieve information originated at additional source(s) is uploaded for use at the respective remote terminal. Next, a display of information that comprises information retrieved by using the corresponding software modules is generated and presented at the remote terminal. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306674 | Presenting Information in a Conference - An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those steams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306675 | PEER-TO-PEER BASED CONTENT DELIVERY IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - The present invention permits performance adjustment in a virtual universe. In particular, the invention proposes a mixed server-based/peer-to-peer approach, in which transmission responsibilities are shifted towards peer-to-peer computing as the number of avatars within a region increases. The invention may foster fluid business transactions (e.g., sales) during times of high avatar load. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306676 | DYNAMIC COLLABORATIVE TECHNIQUES - Techniques for dynamic collaboration are provided. A main collaboration session having multiple interacting parties proceeds in a sequential and linear fashion. An element of the main collaboration session, where the element is not a last or most recent element of the main collaboration session, is acted upon and a sub communication session is initiated. The main collaboration session and the sub communication session proceed independent of one another but remained linked and can be later re-integrated with one another. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306677 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING OBJECTS IN A MARK-UP LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT - A double-click is enabled in a mark-up language environment for certain objects by capturing a first series of select and unselect actions associated with a multi-click enabled object, displaying a copy image of the multi-click enable object, and then allowing a second series of select and unselect actions to be applied to the copy image. The copy image is then deleted and the original image is left on the display. This aspect of the invention allows objects, displayed in a mark-up language environment, such as scroll buttons, increment buttons, or the like, to by-pass the double-click filter applied within such an environment. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306678 | USER INTERFACE CONTROLS INCLUDING CAPTURING USER MOOD - A method for operating at least one control in a graphical user interface that provides a user to output state of mind about current contents by selecting at least one of a multiple areas associated thereof. A change in texture is observed when a pointer is over at least one of the areas of the at least one control. The change in texture of the at least one control preferably includes a grid like cross-hatching, a diagonal hatching, a color change or any other visual indicators. A click on at least one of the areas of the control simultaneously operates the control and outputs the user's state of mind corresponding to the particular area. The method can be applicable to each of a navigational control, video transport control, web browser control, hyperlink, software application and computer operating system. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306679 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SAVING INTERNET BOOKMARK AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM USING THE METHOD - A method and a system for saving an Internet bookmark and a computer-readable medium using the method are provided. In the present method, a web page is first connected to. Then, an image of a particular area in the web page is captured and served as a representative image of an Internet bookmark of the web page. Next, the representative image is associated with a web address of the web page. Thereafter, the representative image and the web address are saved. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306680 | FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGNING PHYSICS-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A graphics development framework for designing physics-based graphical user interfaces is described herein. According to one embodiment, visually linkable patches are displayed in a first window of a graphics development framework, where the patches represent a graphics composition which when rendered, animate a physical movement of a graphics object of the physics-based GUI. A feedback patch is displayed to visually provide a feedback from an output of the composition to an input of the composition, such that a subsequent physical movement of the graphics object is determined based on a previous physical movement of the graphics object, without requiring a user to program source code of the displayed patches. A result of rendering is instantly displayed in a second window of the graphics development framework, simulating the physical movement of the graphical object. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306681 | CREATION AND MODIFICATION OF VALID FUNCTIONAL DESIGN LAYOUTS - A software application can capture product parameters and attributes in order to allow a non-expert user to create a valid functional system layout in a design space. To enable accurate layouts, the software application can automatically apply all applicable components, connectors, rules, attributes, codes, and behaviors to each component/design element in the design space. The intelligent, object-oriented software can apply rules and behaviors automatically, not only providing an accurate, valid layout, but also optimizing the layout. The intelligent, object-oriented software can recognize required changes effected by a user-driven change, and automatically resolve the layout design. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING FLOATING DESKTOP REPRESENTATION OF EXTRACTED MODEL OBJECT - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating a floating desktop representation of an extracted model object. Aspects relate to object-based modeling using modeling objects that can be extracted from spreadsheet cells, database entries, or other sources. A modeling client can host modeling logic and an application programming interface (API) to create, access, manipulate, and import/export modeling objects used in modeling applications, such as engineering, medical, financial, and other modeling platforms. In aspects, the source data can be accepted into the modeling client from consumer or business-level applications, whose cell, database, or other data content can be extracted and encapsulated in object-oriented format, such as extensible markup language (XML) format. An icon or other desktop representation can be generated to present the extracted model object for selection and use in the local environment of the modeling client. The extracted model object can also be exchanged with other applications or platforms. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306683 | USER INTERFACE BEHAVIORS FOR INPUT DEVICE WITH INDIVIDUALLY CONTROLLED ILLUMINATED INPUT ELEMENTS - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that provide user interface behaviors for input devices with individually controlled illuminated input elements. Some embodiments may include receiving a request for input device lighting from a program, determining illumination information for light sources coupled to input elements of an input device based on the request, and dynamically controlling illumination of the light sources based on the illumination information. The illumination information may include brightness, color, and/or duration. The input device may constitute a keyboard with individually controlled illuminated keys. In some embodiments, the illumination may present information related to the program, functionality of input elements, and/or notifications. The request for input device lighting from the program may be based on input selections received from the input device such as illuminating keys on a keyboard that are possible next letters in a word being typed or keys associated with a pressed command key. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306684 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF OUT-OF-BOUND IMAGE SELECTION - This is directed to differentiating between portions of a selection area that are within the boundary of displayed information and portions of the selection area that are beyond the boundary of the displayed information. In some embodiments, the graphical representation of the selection area can change based on the position of the selection area relative to the boundary of the displayed information. In particular, the representation of portions or regions of the selection area that are within the boundary of the displayed information can be different than the representation of the portions or regions of the selection area that extend beyond the boundary of the displayed information. For example, the electronic device can provide different fills in each of the regions, or different line patterns around the peripheries of each of the selection area regions. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306685 | USER MOVEMENT FEEDBACK VIA ON-SCREEN AVATARS - The following discloses using avatars to provide feedback to users of a gesture-based computing environment about one or more features of the gesture-based computing environment. Gesture-based computing environments may not, in some circumstances, use a physical controller that associates a player with the computing environment. Accordingly, a player may not be provided with a player number. Thus rights and features typically associated with a particular controller may not be available to a user of a gesture-based system. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306686 | METHOD FOR REPRESENTING A USER, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method of representing a user. According to the invention, the method includes a step of configuring at least one means for representing said user taking account of at least one representation parameter derived from at least one geographical location information item obtained from a terminal in the possession of said user. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVATAR MANAGEMENT - The present invention provides a system for avatar management, including at least one client and a server, the client is adapted to assemble an avatar according to operation of a user, generate avatar information corresponding to the avatar, transmit the avatar information to the server via a network requesting the server to update the avatar of the user; the server is adapted to parse the avatar information to obtain the corresponding avatar, generate a snapshot based on the avatar, store and manage the avatar information and corresponding snapshot; the server further informs at least one client to update the avatar of the user; and the at least one client updates the avatar of the user according to the snapshot. The present invention also provides a method for avatar management. The present invention can save bandwidth of the server, speed snapshot generation, improve security and accuracy of snapshot generation, and increase system efficiency. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306688 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR - An image display device and an operation method thereof are provided. An object may be displayed on a display. A display characteristic of the object may be changed when no input for the object is received for a predetermined period of time. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306689 | USER EQUIPMENT, STORAGE MEDIUM, SERVICE CENTER AND METHOD - The invention relates to user equipment (UE | 2010-12-02 |
20100306690 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE IN ACCORDANCE WITH USER'S INTENTION - A user interface is controlled to support a user using an image processing apparatus which can perform a task, for example, for storing image data obtained by a scanner in a memory or printing the image by a printer. In a display apparatus which can display a user interface including operation items, a user's intention is estimated, and an operation by the user for specifying a task is supported. For example, statuses of an image input unit and an image accept unit relating to execution of the task are monitored, and display forms of the operation items are varied in accordance with results of the monitoring. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306691 | User Interface for Visual Cooperation Between Text Input and Display Device - A user-interface system for entering an alphanumeric string or alphanumeric clusters for identifying information content is presented. The user-interface system has presentation logic for displaying an image of a virtual user alphanumeric interface on a presentation device. The virtual user alphanumeric interface includes an image of an overloaded keypad that has a two dimensional configuration of alphanumeric clusters. Each cluster corresponds to a set of alphanumeric characters. The user-interface system also has cluster selection logic for receiving user actions from an input device (e.g., five-button interface) to provide visual cues to help the user select an alphanumeric cluster and to cause the selected alphanumeric cluster or character from a cluster to be displayed in a display field of the virtual user alphanumeric interface. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306692 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF A HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE - A human-machine interface system for an industrial automation environment is provided. The human-machine interface system includes a communication interface configured to receive machine data from an aggregation server, a user interface configured to display graphical data to a user, and a processor coupled to the communication interface and the user interface. The processor is configured to process the machine data to produce first graphical data including a first human-machine interface including one or more tabs, transmit the first graphical data to the user interface for display, and detect a pointer indicating an interest over one of the one or more tabs. The processor is also configured to process the machine data to produce second graphical data including the first human-machine interface including an open drawer corresponding to the one of the one or more tabs, and transmit the second graphical data to the user interface for display. The drawer includes a thumbnail graphic of a second human-machine interface. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306693 | METHOD FOR UNLOCKING SCREEN-LOCKED STATE OF TOUCH SCREEN, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A method for unlocking a screen-locked state of a touch screen, and an electronic device and a recording medium using the same are disclosed. In the present method, during a screen-locked state, an unlocking area of a touch screen of the mobile device is divided into a first touch area and a second touch area by a separate line. Next, the touch screen is used to detect a touch operation of a user. If it is determined that the touch operation is started from the first touch area and ended in the second touch area, the screen of the mobile device is to be unlocked. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306694 | INLINE VARIABLE RANGE AND TARGET SELECTOR SLIDER CONTROL - According to one embodiment, a method comprises generating a slider having end values and receiving designation of a range between the end values, or including no more than one of the end values, using controls on the slider. Also, the method includes receiving designation of a subrange within the designated range using the controls on the slider and updating the slider control in response to the receiving steps. In addition, the method includes outputting a digital signal to a graphical display device for graphically depicting the controls of the slider at ends of the range and subrange. Also presented in other embodiments are a computer program product and a system operable to output a slider. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306695 | Graphics Stack System and Method - A system and method are provided for drawing graphics, such as to display a user interface on a display of a mobile device. A graphics stack is used to store pre-computed coordinate values to improve performance for drawing graphics, such as to display a user interface on a display of a mobile device. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306696 | DYNAMIC NETWORK BROWSER - A system and method of browsing digital content, and is related to companion applications filed simultaneously, all of which are part and parcel of a method for browsing digital content and composing digital media and data, via dynamic interaction of tiled images, external video, audio, text, and multimedia resources to create smoother and faster response time to user request, managed by a level of detail system which expands the ability of the user to create, manipulate, and interact with digital content and media via an application hosted in a browser or running on a desktop application which enhances user ability to dynamically position and zoom into and out of views within a larger canvas. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306697 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PANNING AND ZOOMING AN IMAGE ON A DISPLAY OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Method and arrangement for panning and zooming a displayed image on a display screen of a handheld electronic device | 2010-12-02 |
20100306698 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING NOTE FLAGS - A method and system for customizing note flags allows a user to change the look or “feel” of a note flag. A user can be provided with several options in order to create note flags that are visually distinguishable from one another. In this way, the note flags can be used to visually distinguish a first note or first set of notes from a second note or second set of notes. The method and system can also link note flags with a particular action or operation within a document editing module or with action or an operation in another application program relative to a document editing module. In other words, a note flag can initiate an operation in another application program or within the document editing module (or both) when a particular note flag is selected by a user. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306699 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GESTURE-BASED REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for controlling a gesture-based remote control system ( | 2010-12-02 |
20100306700 | Electronic Land and Sea Map System - The invention relates to an electronic land or sea map system, comprising: an electronic memory of at least two land or sea maps; an imaging device for displaying at least one of the land or sea maps from the memory; selection means for entering a selection of the land or sea map to be displayed from the memory; a storage for recording along a route at least one type of data from the group at least comprising: routes traveled; routes to be traveled; and maps used; and readout means co-acting with the storage during use. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306701 | Creation, Previsualization, Communication, and Documentation of Choreographed Movement - A method for documenting choreographed motion. A music track may be stored on a storage device coupled to a computing device. A plurality of dance counts may be associated with the music track. Text notes may be associated with at least some of the dance counts. Respective time stamps may be associated with the dance counts and text notes. The computing device may play the music track while synchronously displaying the text notes based on the associated time stamps. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306702 | Radial Menus - Some embodiments of the invention provide several novel techniques for manipulating radial menus in graphical user interfaces of an application. In some embodiments, radial menus include multiple selectable items arranged about an internal location (e.g., a center of the radial menu). The novel radial menu techniques of some embodiments include (i) non-uniform spacing of menu items, (ii) the use of shading or highlighting within a region associated with an item to indicate the present selectability of the item, and (iii) the use of radial gestures for opening sub-menus and the subsequent display of the sub-menu. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306703 | METHOD, DEVICE, MODULE, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AN INPUT INTERFACE - A method for accessing services in an apparatus that includes a multidetector is disclosed. A corresponding device, module and apparatus are also disclosed. Further, a computer program product for implementing the method is disclosed. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306704 | User Interface Widget For Selecting A Point Or Range - A technique for selecting and/or displaying an exact point or a range is provided wherein a slider widget comprising a thumb with a left edge and a right edge lying in proximity to the left and right edges of the thumb is provided such that a user may utilize the widget to display an exact point or a range. | 2010-12-02 |
20100306705 | LOCKSCREEN DISPLAY - A method may include placing a device in a lockscreen mode and outputting information associated with a program to a touch screen display while the device is in the lockscreen mode. The method may also include allowing a user to interact with the program via the touch screen display while the device is in the lockscreen mode. | 2010-12-02 |