14th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140095948 | MEMORY TESTING IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a method of memory testing in a data processing system, in response to receiving a request for a hardware memory test during boot process of the data processing system, a controller accesses a stored past memory test result. The past memory test result includes at least a first number of test loops used in a past memory test, an identification of a first test pattern, and an error that occurred in the past memory test. The controller adjusts a second number of test loops and a second test pattern to be used in the hardware memory test according to the past memory test result. The controller then performs the hardware memory test according to the adjusted second number of test loops and the second test pattern. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095949 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING A FAULT OF AMEMORY USING INTERIM TIME AFTER EXECUTION OF AN APPLICATION - An area of a memory has a diagnosis area and a non diagnosis area, with the diagnosis area divided into a plurality of Row areas which do not overlap each other, and each of the Row areas is divided into a plurality of Cell areas which do not overlap each other. A memory fault diagnostic method has a diagnostic step in a Row area to diagnose between Cell areas with respect to all the combinations of a set of Cell areas in the Row area, and a diagnostic step between Row areas to diagnose between Row areas with respect to all the combinations of a set of Row areas in the diagnosis area. A Row area size is determined to be a size in which a time of the diagnosis in a Row area becomes equal to a time of the diagnosis between Row areas. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095950 | SELECTABLE JTAG OR TRACE ACCESS WITH DATA STORE AND OUTPUT - An address and command port interface selectively enables JTAG TAP domain operations and Trace domain operations within an IC. The port carries TMS and TDI input and TDO output on a single pin and receives a clock signal on a separate pin. The addressable two pin interface loads and updates instructions and data to the TAP domain within the IC. The instruction or data update operations in multiple ICs occur simultaneously. A process transmits data from an addressed target device to a controller using data frames, each data frame comprising a header bit and data bits. The logic level of the header bit is used to start, continue, and stop the data transmission to the controller. A data and clock signal interface between a controller and multiple target devices provides for each target device to be individually addressed and commanded to perform a JTAG or Trace operation. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095951 | PATH-BASED CROSSTALK FAULT TEST SCANNING IN BUILT-IN SELF-TESTING - A path-based crosstalk fault model is used in conjunction with a built-in self-test (BIST) and software capability for automatic test pattern generation. The solution allows for test patterns to be generated that maximize switching activity as well as inductive and capacitive crosstalk. The path based fault model targets the accumulative effect of crosstalk along a particular net (“victim” path), as compared with the discrete nets used in conventional fault models. The BIST solution allows for full controllability of the target paths and any associated aggressors. The BIST combined with automatic test pattern generation software enables defect detection and silicon validation of delay defects on long parallel nets. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095952 | ADAPTING SCAN ARCHITECTURES FOR LOW POWER OPERATION - Scan architectures are commonly used to test digital circuitry in integrated circuits. The present disclosure describes a method of adapting conventional scan architectures into a low power scan architecture. The low power scan architecture maintains the test time of conventional scan architectures, while requiring significantly less operational power than conventional scan architectures. The low power scan architecture is advantageous to IC/die manufacturers since it allows a larger number of circuits (such as DSP or CPU core circuits) embedded in an IC/die to be tested in parallel without consuming too much power within the IC/die. Since the low power scan architecture reduces test power consumption, it is possible to simultaneously test more die on a wafer than previously possible using conventional scan architectures. This allows wafer test times to be reduced which reduces the manufacturing cost of each die on the wafer. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095953 | Techniques for Resilient Communication - Techniques for resilient communication. A data path stores data to be transmitted over a link to a receiving node. An output stage is coupled between the data path and the link. The output stage includes double sampling mechanisms to preserve a copy of data transmitted over the link to the receiving node. Error detection circuitry is coupled with the output stage to detect transient timing errors in the data path or output stage. The error detection circuitry causes the output stage to send the copy of the data transmitted over the link in response to detecting an error. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095954 | MODIFIED TARGETED SYMBOL FLIPPING FOR NON-BINARY LDPC CODES - A LDPC decoder includes a processor for targeted symbol flipping of suspicious bits in a LDPC codeword with unsatisfied checks. All combinations of check indices and variable indices are compiled and correlated into a pool of targeted symbol flipping candidates and returned along with symbol indices to a process that uses such symbol indices to identify symbols to flip in order to break a trapping set. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095955 | Efficient Way to Construct LDPC Code by Comparing Error Events Using a Voting Based Method - A method for ordering trapping sets to find one or more dominant trapping sets includes analyzing a trapping set and a random set of codewords to generate a distance value for each trapping set, and ordering the trapping sets by the distance value. Distance values may be determined for each trapping set by tracking a vote count wherein a correct decode at a certain noise level produces a “right” vote and an incorrect decode at a certain noise level produces a “left” vote. A certain threshold number of “left” votes terminates processing at that noise level. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095956 | ENDURANCE AWARE ERROR-CORRECTING CODE (ECC) PROTECTION FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES - Embodiments of the invention relate to endurance-aware ECC protection for memories (e.g., phase change memories). According to one embodiment, a method includes calculating first metadata for data bits and second metadata for ECC bits which protect the data bits and the first metadata. Embodiments can include one or more first metadata bits (for the data bits), and one or more second metadata bits (for the ECC bits). An additional level of ECC protection protects the second metadata. In one embodiment, the wear-reduction modifications applied to the data bits and the ECC bits are different, and can be tailored to the behavior of the bits. According to one embodiment, the endurance-aware ECC protection described herein reduces wear due to accesses to memories while addressing the complications wear-reduction mechanisms introduce to error detection and correction systems. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095957 | DATA SHARING METHOD, TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER AND DATA SHARING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a transmitter includes a signal dividing unit, a syndrome sending unit, a syndrome receiving unit and a decoding unit. The signal dividing unit divides an original signal into a first signal and a second signal based on a common dividing policy. The syndrome sending unit sends the first syndrome message calculated based on the first signal through a clear channel. The syndrome receiving unit receives a second syndrome message through the clear channel. The decoding unit decodes the second signal by using the second syndrome message to restore a fourth signal, the fourth signal being corresponding to the second signal received by a receiver through a noisy channel. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095958 | Techniques Associated with Error Correction for Encoded Data - Examples are disclosed for techniques associated with error correction for 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 either a single error or more than one error. If the ECC encoded data includes a single error, an error location of the error is identified. If the ECC encoded data includes more than one error, separate error locations may be identified for the more than one error. The single error or the more than one error may be corrected and the ECC encoded data may then be decoded. Other examples are described and claimed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095959 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR RECONFIGURING AN ARRAY OF STORAGE ELEMENTS - Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for reconfiguring an array of storage elements. A storage element error module is configured to determine that one or more storage elements in an array of storage elements are in error. An array of storage elements stores a first ECC block and first parity data generated from the first ECC block. A data reconfiguration module is configured to generate a second ECC block comprising at least a portion of data of a first ECC block. A new configuration storage module is configured to store a second ECC block and associated second parity data on fewer storage elements than a number of storage elements in an array. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095960 | FULLY PARALLEL ENCODING METHOD AND FULLY PARALLEL DECODING METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory system, a fully parallel encoding method, and a fully parallel decoding method are disclosed. The encoding method utilizes a plurality of minimal polynomials that constitute a generator polynomial to derive a plurality of roots from the minimal polynomials. A first encoding matrix derived according to the roots of the minimal polynomials is subsequently decomposed to derive a second encoding matrix, in which partial elements of the second encoding matrix are common in those of a parity check matrix of the decoder, such that the encoder and the decoder can efficiently share the same hardware. In addition, the decoding method defines a new error locator polynomial and utilizes a cubic matrix operation to respectively combine the equations, which reduces the hardware required by the fully parallel architecture. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095961 | LAYERED DECODER ENHANCEMENT FOR RETAINED SECTOR REPROCESSING - A system is described for recovering data from a number of sectors, such as the sectors of a hard disk drive (HDD) disk platter, and so forth. The system receives data from the sectors via a read channel and uses a layered data decoder to recover data from the sectors. A memory is coupled with the processor and configured to retain data received from one or more of the sectors, e.g., in retained sector reprocessing (RSR) embodiments. The system is configured to update messages in different circulant layers of the data decoder's parity-check matrix. The system uses one message update order in a processing iteration, and different message update orders in subsequent reprocessing iterations. In some embodiments, layer reordering is used for RSR. In some embodiments, circulant reordering is used for RSR. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095962 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An operating method of a semiconductor device may comprise monitoring error handling information for a data read from a semiconductor memory device; and generating a refresh request for one or more memory cells of the semiconductor memory device according to the error handling information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095963 | PATTERN-DEPENDENT SHORT MEDIA DEFECT DETECTION - Systems and methods for computing sign disagreement between Le and La signals may implement one or more operations including, but not limited to: receiving an extrinsic log likelihood ratio (LLR) value; incrementing a sign-disagreement counter according to a sign disagreement between the extrinsic LLR value and an a priori LLR value; providing a value of the sign-disagreement counter to a binary short media defect (SMD) detector. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095964 | MESSAGE LINKS - A system is described that includes a web link evaluation process for identifying a web link included in a message and selecting content from a website associated with the web link. The selected content may be presented to a user in a format that permits the user to consider whether the link may be safely clicked on. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095965 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TERMINAL CONTROL - The present disclosure discloses methods and devices for terminal control. The method comprises: sending a request from a first terminal to a server to obtain information about a multimedia application currently running on a second terminal, the information comprising application identification and one or more playback attributes of the multimedia application; displaying on the first terminal the information about the multimedia application currently running on the second terminal; generating by the first terminal one or more new playback attributes of the currently running multimedia application, and sending from the first terminal to the second terminal via the server a synchronization control request comprising the one or more new playback attributes, thereby allowing the second terminal to control the multimedia playback of the multimedia application based on the one or more new playback attributes in the synchronization control request. The present disclosure can allow one to use one terminal in the Internet to control the multimedia playback on another terminal. This can accomplish the combination of hardware advantages of both terminals and can increase the efficiency of playback control. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095966 | ACCESS TO NETWORK CONTENT - A method and system for improving access to network content are described. Aspects of the disclosure minimize the delay between a navigation event and a network response by prerendering the next navigation event. For example, the method and system may predict a likely next navigation event during web browsing to preemptively request content from the network before the user selects the corresponding link on a web page. The prediction operation may identify correlations between metadata associated with a navigation history. The metadata may include the relationship of the selected navigation events to a web page. By making predictions using link page relationships links may be accurately predicted in circumstances where two links share common relationships to their source page but different destination addresses. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095967 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for displaying information are provided. When a terminal receives a request for starting a browser, the terminal obtains quick links and web applications that are cached in local database of the terminal and displays the obtained quick links by combinations of webpage icons and webpage titles in a middle screen display interface of a start page of the browser for the requester. When receiving a request for switching display interfaces of the start page of the browser, the terminal displays a search box in the start page of the browser or the obtained web applications by combinations of application icons and application titles in the start page of the browser. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095968 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC FORM CREATION AND DOCUMENT ASSEMBLY - A computer-based method of creating a document assembly source document using a document creation application comprises providing one or more selection interface components within the document creation application, each selection interface component being operable by an author to create a variable content element within a current document. The author is able to select one of the selection interface components, and is then presented with one or more input components into which values of variable content configuration information are entered. Document assembly source control elements are then automatically created, corresponding with the variable content element and the variable control configuration information, and then associated with the current document. The document assembly source elements are adapted for generation of a document assembly content form which comprises separate data model and presentation sections. Simplified creation of source documents enables non-programmers, and other users without in-depth technical knowledge, to author their own document assembly source documents. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095969 | Method of Referencing and Citing Scientific Papers - The number of citations in scientific papers referencing an individual scientist plays a key role in their professional life and in scientific communities. Today's exponentially growing number of scientific publications makes it nearly impossible for authors to reflect all papers that may deserve citations. Often, authors learn about a paper they would have cited only after their work is published, and the situation cannot be corrected. We have invented a method which allows authors to appropriately reference the work of others by enabling the addition of citations to papers which have already been published. This method is implemented via the Internet system and contains one or more of the following elements: Post-Publication Citation List, Citations Under Discussion List, Non-Citators List, and a system enabling dialog between parties. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095970 | CONFIGURABLE TEMPLATES FOR SELF-SERVICE SUPPLIER REGISTRATION - Embodiments of the present invention include a configurable template definition which improves the self-service supplier registration and update process by providing a tailored request to match the needs for the particular type of supplier and collect all the relevant information from them. According to one embodiment, a template page can be made available where the administrator can specify which attributes or attribute groups can be applicable for each type of supplier when registering or updating their data. Profile questions can be selected from the master list and associated to the template. The registration process can then be coded to hide or show individual attributes or groups of attributes and individual profile questions based on the selection in the related template. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095971 | Method for Form Filling an Address on a Mobile Computing Device based on Zip Code Lookup - A system for creating image and or text-based projects from a computing appliance includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to a processor, a data repository, and a non-transitory physical medium. Software running from the non-transitory physical medium provides a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and a computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating an active data session between the computing appliance and a data server, a third function for storing a database of zip codes with the relevant cities and states on the user-operated computing appliance, a fourth function for detecting when a user enters a zip code onto a form field, a fifth function for looking up the entered zip code, and a sixth function for retrieving the associated city and state information and auto-populating the text fields associated with the zip code. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095972 | COMPRESSING TREE DIAGRAMS - A system and method for adjusting a displayed visualization, such as a tree diagram. An example method includes providing a first mechanism for facilitating adjusting spacing between plural leaf nodes of a visualization by a first factor and providing a signal indicative of the first factor in response thereto; and employing a second mechanism to display an updated visualization in response to the signal, wherein spacing between leaf nodes of the updated visualization is adjusted relative to the initial visualization based on the signal, such that a region defined by a group of leaf nodes, whose spacing therebetween has been adjusted, is shrunk or enlarged based on the first factor. In an illustrative embodiment, the example method further includes adjusting the spacing between leaf nodes so that leaf nodes overlap each other. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095973 | MECHANISM FOR PARTIAL DOCUMENT RESTORE - Method and apparatus for managing versions of a portion of a document on a computing system are described. Multiple versions of an object in the document are maintained on the computing system. A graphical representation of at least two versions of the object is displayed on a display to a user of the computing system. A previous version of the object is selected from the at least two versions of the object through an input device, and the object in the document is restored to the selected previous version. The object is a portion of the document less than the entirety of the document. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095974 | SECURE HTML JAVASCRIPT CODE SNIPPET USAGE IN APPLICATION INTEGRATION - A method to secure html JavaScript code snippet usage in application integration may include serving a webpage accessible at a first domain to a user device. The webpage may include content hosted at the first domain a container for isolated execution of at least one mashup application. The at least one mashup application may be executed on a second domain. A request may be received at the first domain to render a mashup application. The mashup application may include code to display a combination of both business object data and third-party web service data. In response to the request, the mashup application may be transmitted from the first domain to the second domain. The mashup application may be served from the second domain in the container portion of the webpage of the first domain. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095975 | MULTIPLE ASPECT-RATIO DESIGN - The instant application discloses, among other things, techniques to allow publications suitable for varying aspect ratios and resolutions to be designed and stored, with an appropriate design selected at the time the publication is displayed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095976 | Social Context for Content from Systems External to a Social Networking System - A social networking system provides an instruction that a third-party system may include in a web page or other content. The instruction includes information identifying content presented by the web page or other content specified by the third-party system. The information identifying the content presented by the web page is communicated to the social networking system. Based on the information identifying the content, the social networking system determines a social context for a viewer of the web page. The social context may be selected to optimize for a particular conversion event. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095977 | WEBPAGE SKIN REPLACEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MOBILE TERMINAL - This invention provides a skin replacement method for a webpage content area displayed in a mobile terminal browser, including: parsing each element of webpage content received, determining whether a self-defined extension property exists in an element for indicating skin style information of the element. The self-defined extension property is predefined by a browser client and provided for a web server, and a value of the self-defined extension property represents index information of the skin style information of the element in a skin style library of the browser client; when the self-defined extension property exists, based on the index information, searching the skin style information corresponding to the index information in the skin style library; and rendering the element based on found skin style information. This method can directly and seamlessly integrate skin effect of the browser client into the webpage content displayed in the browser, providing better use experience. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095978 | MASH-UP AUTHORING DEVICE USING TEMPLATES AND METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a mash-up authoring device using templates and a method thereof. The mash-up authoring device that creates a mash-up using a plurality of blocks includes a template generating unit configured to generate a template including at least a first block among the plurality of blocks and provide the template by category, a mash-up authoring unit configured to provide an authoring space that allows a user to perform a mash-up authoring action of replacing the first block with a second block among the plurality of blocks, adding the second block to the template, and deleting the first block, and a block recommending unit configured to automatically recommend a third block corresponding to the first block based on parameters of the first block corresponding to the authoring action. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCREENCAST CREATION AND ABRIDGING BASED ON USER WEB BROWSING - A computer-implemented method and system are provided for sharing web pages. The method includes: executing one or more programs stored in a memory of the computer system for generating a representation of a web page that is displayed in a window of a web browser in a user interface of the client computer system; recording the web page over a period of time, the recording including web page changes resulting from input events; recording each input event along with a time stamp associated with the event and associating the time stamp with the event, wherein the recording of the web page, input events, and time stamps are placed in a screencast file; extracting from the screencast file portions related to selected time stamps of the recorded input events; and assembling the portions to generate a combined web page recording. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095980 | Method and system for displaying and operating multi-layers item list in browsers with supporting of concurrent multiple_users - Supporting end-user to view and operate computing resources through multi-layered item list (“hierarchical list”) has been implemented on native window based computer user work environment of a modern operating system for long time. One example of such use is Windows Explore of MS Windows. The present invention has implemented web based hierarchical list used for access to resources in a computing system, for example access to a centrally controlled distributed scalable virtual machine (CCDSVM) in all kind of network environment. The implementation of the web based hierarchical list is accomplished by creating the hierarchical list in memory to mirror an actual resource structure, where the mirrored hierarchical list is sent to end-user device to cause the end-user device executes a web browser to display the hierarchical list to allow the user via the displayed hierarchical list access to the actual resources in the resource structure. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095981 | DYNAMIC CONTEXT-BASED CONTENT GENERATION - A system and method for providing context-appropriate information in a computer-user interaction. A method includes receiving, by a data processing system, a request object from a user in a user session, the request object associated with data requested by the user. The method includes initializing dynamic context data according to the request object and dynamically creating customized content based on the user, the user session, and a page flow of the user in the user session. The method includes sending the customized content to be displayed to the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095982 | Systems, Servers, and Methods for Managing Websites - Systems, servers, and methods for managing websites. Some embodiments provide methods which include, according to a user selection of a website skin, activating the selected skin. The skin comprises at least one structural box further comprising structural code for the website. The method also includes receiving a request (for instance a call to a hook) to serve the website. Further, the method includes, responsive to the request, outputting (by echoing PHP code if desired) the structural code with style related code applied thereto according to a reference between the box and a style package (which comprises the stylistic code). The outputting can occur in an order associated with the boxes. In some situations, another skin can be activated. Moreover, a change (or, perhaps, an edit) can be made to another skin and displayed without affecting the website. Moreover, another skin can be selected and associated with the website. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIEWING electronic COMMERCE-RELATED DOCUMENTS - The present invention includes a method of providing users with formatted access to XML and similar documents received from trading partners using a general purpose viewer or browser. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095984 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device includes: an external file replacement unit which detects, from structured data displayed on a screen, an external file name of an external file which the structured data quotes, and replaces the external file name by a file name of a file having smaller volume of data than the external file; a structured data conversion unit which converts the structured data and the file, which is quoted by the structured data and has smaller volume of data than the external file, into intermediate data having a different data format from the structured data; and an intermediate data conversion unit which converts the intermediate data into data after conversion having a different data format from the structured data and the intermediate data, detects the file name of the file from the data after conversion, and restores the file name to the external file name. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095985 | ARRANGING DIGITAL RECEIPT ITEMS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for arranging digital receipt items at a mobile device. A customer's digital receipts are stored at a mobile device. Receipt items are accessed from one or more stored digital receipts. Each receipt item includes item information for a purchased item. The plurality of receipt items are displayed in a first display arrangement at a display of the mobile device. A user request is received to change the first display arrangement. The user request includes arrangement criteria indicating how the plurality of receipt items is to be rearranged for display. In response to the user request, a second display arrangement is formed in accordance with the arrangement criteria. The plurality of receipt items are displayed in the second display arrangement at the display. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095986 | Baseline Alignment - The instant application discloses, among other things, techniques to allow baseline alignment. Aligning baselines across columns may improve readability and aesthetics. Baseline alignment may include having lines of body text, images, titles, or other elements have a common lower horizontal guideline. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095987 | Panoptic Visualization Document Access Control - A panoptic visualization system includes an enforcer and a layout engine coupled thereto. The enforcer is configured to identify a restricted document component of a panoptic visualization document collection having a plurality of document components each of which includes respective media content and has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component. The associated metadata for the document components may further include information identifying links between the respective document components. The layout engine is configured to generate a layout of panoptically-arranged visual representations of the document components according to the document components and associated metadata. For the restricted document component, the layout engine is configured to generate the layout according to the associated metadata for the restricted document component, but the generated layout includes a visual representation of the restriction in place of the restricted document component. And the layout engine is configured to communicate the layout. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095988 | CREATING AND CONSUMING STREAMING E-BOOK CONTENT - A collection of resources comprising an electronic book is analyzed and a list describing the electronic book is created, wherein the list identifies the resources used in rendering pages of the electronic book. A maximum payload for each page is determined and the electronic book is modified by moving resources used in rendering various pages to other pages, such that the payload of each page does not exceed the maximum payload designated for the page. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095989 | USER-FRIENDLY DISPLAY OF DATA - A display apparatus for displaying accumulated data items includes obtaining means for obtaining a plurality of data items accumulated, classifying means for classifying the plurality of data items into N groups on the basis of predetermined criteria, display-control means for controlling an indication on a display unit such that the plurality of data are displayed in N display regions corresponding to the N groups, and accepting means for accepting a specification of one display region from among the N display regions. When the accepting means accepts a specification of one display region from among the N display regions, the classifying means classifies a plurality of data items displayed in the specified display region into a further N groups, and the display-control means controls an indication on the display unit such that the plurality of data items are displayed in the N display regions corresponding to the N groups. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095990 | GENERATING DOCUMENT CONTENT FROM APPLICATION DATA - Methods and apparatus of generating document content are disclosed. Document content is generated by identifying a location in a document at which to insert content, the location associated with a content template, generating the content in accordance with the content template and application data generated by an application, and inserting the content into the document at the location in the document. The document content generation can further include retrieving application data from the application in accordance with a data mapping that maps application output data to the application data references in the template, where generating the content comprises generating text by replacing application data references in the template with the application data in accordance with the data mapping. The document content generation can further include retrieving one or more instances of previous application data from a historical record of previous application output. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095991 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION PROGRAM - To provide a content reproduction apparatus, content reproduction method and content reproduction program that enable progress of browsing to be grasped with ease for each divided area in a single piece of content, a content reproduction apparatus that enables content to be reproduced from some midpoint is provided with a reproduction progress determination part | 2014-04-03 |
20140095992 | GROUPING WRITING REGIONS OF DIGITAL INK - A method for grouping writing regions of digital ink receives processed digital ink that comprises writing regions. A relationship can be generated between a plurality of the writing regions. A feature set can be determined that is associated with the plurality of the writing regions. The plurality of the writing regions can be grouped based on the feature set. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095993 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS,MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A medical image display apparatus determines a priority order of each of medical image data based on a display direction of a body model and an imaging direction of the medical image data. The medical image display apparatus displays each of the medical image data on the body model according to the priority order of the medical image data. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095994 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a portable device to be unlocked using a tactile user interface and a control method thereof. The portable device includes a touch sensitive display unit to sense a touch input, a tactile feedback unit to generate tactile feedback, and a control unit to control the other units. The control unit is configured to detect a first touch gesture with respect to a first region corresponding to an application on the display unit, the first touch gesture entering the first region from the outside of the first region, to generate tactile feedback indicating that the first touch gesture enters the first region, to unlock a user interface in response to the first touch gesture, to detect a second touch gesture of activating the application, the second touch gesture being input consecutively to the first touch gesture, and to execute the application in response to the second touch gesture. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095995 | SOFTWARE TRAINING SYSTEM INTERACTING WITH ONLINE ENTITIES - A non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions configured to cause a processor to send a first signal to cause a client device to display an instruction directing a user to perform a task associated with a user profile of an online entity. The code is configured to cause the processor to produce a query formatted according to an API associated with the online entity. The code is configured to cause the processor to send a second signal including the query to at least one of the client device or the online entity, and receive a third signal including a datum associated with the task. The code is configured to cause the processor to update a status of the indicated task based on the datum, and send a fourth signal to cause the client device to produce an indication associated with the status of the task. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PROGRESSION OF MULTMEDIA ASSETS ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method is provided for content presentation. In one or more implementations, at least one processor is operatively coupled to processor readable storage media. Further, at least one database provided with the processor readable storage media includes multimedia content. A first segment of the multimedia content is provided for presentation. At least a second segment and a third segment of the multimedia content are associated with the first segment of the multimedia content. User input is detected while the first segment of the multimedia is being presented, and the input is determined to be associated with the second segment of the multimedia content. The first segment ends, and the second segment is provided. Moreover, additional user input is detected while the second segment of the multimedia is being presented, and which is determined to be associated with the third segment of the multimedia content. The second segment is ended and the third segment of the multimedia content is provided for presentation. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095997 | Audio System Optimization Interface - An audio system interface is provided, as well as a method of using same, in which a visual representation of the vehicle's passenger cabin is displayed on the vehicle's touch-screen. When a user's touch registers on the visual representation of the passenger compartment, the system matches the touch with one of a plurality of pre-defined acoustic sweet spots within the passenger compartment, and then adjusts the left-right speaker balance controller and the front-rear speaker fade controller to the specific left-right speaker balance setting and the specific front-rear speaker fader setting defined by the selected acoustic sweet spot. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095998 | ADVANCED PLAYLIST CREATION - Media players and associated methods are described that may allow a user to initiate playback of content or other media assets based on information associated with content. A media player may receive information associated with content from a user selection of a song, movie, photo, or the like. Based on the information, the media player may procure other additional content to be added to a playlist. The media player may automatically add to a playlist or modify a playlist with content that matches a user's preferences for artists, albums, genres, or the like. The user may interact with the media player to determine what content is added and how a playlist should be mixed. The user may specify how much of any content procured by the media player should be present in the playlist without the need to specify each individual item that constitutes a playlist. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095999 | SEARCH AND PARENTAL CONTROL FEATURES FOR DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES - A computing device displays a sentence template that includes fixed text and one or more menu boxes. The computing device displays particular menu items associated with the menu boxes in the menu boxes in response to receiving user input to select the particular menu items. The fixed text and the particular menu items form a complete sentence in a human language. Subsequently, the computing device displays graphical elements that identify media assets that satisfy criteria indicated by the complete sentence. A user may then play back one or more of the identified media assets. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096000 | FILE EXECUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE - A file execution method and system for a portable device for expediting an execution of files is provided. A method for executing an audio file including at least one track associated with a cover image includes displaying a first cover image associated with a track that is playing and displaying a first track list on the first cover image in response to a first key input signal, the first track list listing tracks associated with the first cover image. The portable device implemented with the file execution method and system of the present invention enables a track list to be displayed together with a cover image shared by a set of tracks listed on the track list, thereby expediting execution of files. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096001 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE DATA LOGGING AND ACCESS SYSTEM - A wireless communication device data logging and access system includes a communication network coupled with one or more databases and one or more mobile wireless communication devices. Computing hardware coupled to a data memory, a wireless communication interface and to a user interface is configured to execute computer readable instructions of one or more software applications stored in the data memory to cause the wireless communication device to generate a temporal log of communications made to and from the wireless communication device for enabling a graphical timeline presentations of the communications to be provided in chronological order via the user interface in one or more channels depending upon a nature of the communications; lists and/or icon presentations on the user interface of parties responsible for the communications and a representation of their mutual association; and a news portal of content published by the parties responsible for the communications. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096002 | VIDEO CLIP EDITING SYSTEM - A video clip editing system employs a mobile communication device including computing hardware coupled to data memory, to a touch-screen graphical user interface, and to a wireless communication interface, wherein the computing hardware is operable to execute one or more software applications stored in the data memory. The software applications provide an editing environment on the user interface for editing video clips by user swiping-type instructions for generating a composite video creation, wherein a timeline for icons representative of video clips is presented as a scrollable line feature on the user interface. Icons of one or more video clips for inclusion into the timeline are presented adjacent to the timeline on the user interface, such that video clips corresponding to the icons are incorporated onto the timeline by the user employing swiping-type instructions entered at the user interface for generating the composite video creation. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096003 | Vehicle Audio System Interface - A vehicle audio system interface is provided, as well as a method of using same, in which a visual representation of the vehicle's passenger cabin is displayed on the vehicle's touch-screen. Also displayed on the touch-screen is a touch sensitive balance slide controller and a touch sensitive fade slide controller. As the user makes left-right balance selections on the balance controller, and front-rear fader selections on the fade controller, an acoustic sweet spot designator is presented on the displayed representation of the passenger cabin. The acoustic sweet spot designator, which corresponds to the pre-determined acoustic sweet spot, is based on the combination of the current left-right balance and front-rear fader settings. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096004 | BROWSER, AND VOICE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROWSER OPERATION - A voice control method and system for browser operations are described. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an inputted voice control command; the command field value found in the predetermined web page template is the template entry of the voice control command wherein the predetermined web page template includes a plurality of template entries and each of the template entries contains an element field, a command field, and an operation field; and searching an element in a current web page wherein the element corresponds to the value of the element field in the template entry such that the element executes the operation corresponding to the operation field. The present method performs the voice control according to the web page content, thus further improving the voice experience effect upon the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096005 | AUDIENCE PLATFORM - An audience platform is disclosed. In a first example case, a first question is received. A preference event associated with the first question is received. A score is determined for the first question based at least in part on the preference. In a second example case, indications of a first and second potential interviewee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential interviewees are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential interviewees based at least in part on the received preference events. A designated interviewee is selected based on the first and second scores. In a third example case, indications of a first and second potential awardee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential awardee are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential awardees based at least in part on the received preference events. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096006 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A PRESENTATION - A computer-implemented method of generating a presentation including a plurality of slides, the method comprising: storing a first slide and a second slide, each slide having one or more content elements; selecting, based on the one or more content elements of the first slide or the second slide or both, a slide transition from a set of slide transitions, each slide transition in the set of slide transitions defining how display of one slide changes to display of another slide; displaying the first slide; and, subsequently changing display of the first slide to display of the second slide in accordance with the selected slide transition. An electronic device and computer program product are also provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096007 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an image storing processor, a slide show transmitter and a comment receiver. The image storing processor receives an image from clients and stores first images including the received image. The slide show transmitter generates a slide show including second images of the first images and transmits the slide show including the second images in a first order to a first client. The comment receiver receives from the first client comments associated with images of the second images. The slide show transmitter alters the slide show such that the slide show includes the second images in a second order based on the comments and transmits the altered slide show to a second client. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096008 | METHOD OF AND CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE - A method of displaying an image on a display of a portable wireless device is described. The method comprises receiving a plurality of picture files stored according to a picture naming protocol indicating, for each picture file, a location associated with the picture file; enabling the selection of one or more categories associated with picture files to be displayed; providing, on a display, an image associated with a picture file having the selected one or more categories stored with the picture file; and enabling the user to identify the location associated with the picture file. A portable wireless device enabling the display of an image is also disclosed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096009 | Methods for Searching for Best Digital Color Options for Reproduction of Image-Based Layouts Created through an Electronic Interface - A system for creating and editing image-based projects includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI);, analyzing in at least three dimensional values, all of the colors of an asset presented in the image-based project, creating a histogram of the asset based on the analysis by the third function, blending the histogram by adding new color contributions to augment the original colors in relevancy, and storing the blended histogram with the asset. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096010 | Methods for Motion Simulation of Digital Assets Presented in an Electronic Interface using Single Point or Multi-Point Inputs - A system for creating and editing image and or text-based projects includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to a processor and a data repository, and software running from a non-transitory physical medium and providing for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), accessing at least one asset associated with a layout of the image and or text-based project, assigning pre-specified physics properties to the asset, detecting a subsequent interaction with the asset on the layout from the perspective of at least one predetermined aspect of user input control, and applying the motion physics to the asset relative to the defined user input and assigned physics properties. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096011 | Method for Facilitating Asset Contribution to an Image and or Text-Based project created through an Electronic Interface - A system for creating image and or text-based projects includes a server having access to least one processor, a data repository, and a non-transitory physical medium. Software running from the medium provides a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and the user-operated computing appliance, a second function for initiating an active data session with the user, a third function for provisioning a software mechanism to the computing appliance for facilitating upload of images to an image library associated with the project, a fourth function for detecting when the user is uploading images to the project, and a fifth function for notifying the user of the software mechanism and prompting the user to redistribute the software mechanism to interfaces operated by or otherwise controlled by friends and family of the user for the purpose of inviting them to add assets to the project. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096012 | Methods for Prioritizing Activation of Grid-Based or Object-based Snap Guides for Snapping Digital Graphics to Grids in a Layout in an Electronic Interface - A system for creating and editing image and or text-based projects includes a server connected to a network and having access a processor and a data repository, and software running from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), establishing a layout grid and defining gridlines as snap-to targets, establishing snap guides for specified assets to be placed on a canvass in an image and or text-based project, and establishing a distance threshold representing the distance between an asset and a gridline before snapping occurs, selectively de-activating or deleting gridlines for snap-to functionality with certain assets based on breach of an asset population threshold. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096013 | Methods for Ensuring Adequate Image Resolution for Printing for Images of Higher Quality that Fail Upload to an Image-Based Project created in an Electronic Interface - A system for creating and editing image and or text-based projects includes a server and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for reducing the size of a rendered project layout by a pre-specified factor of multiplication, a fourth function for overlaying the layout with a mask containing modifications to mimic higher-resolution, visual print output, and a fifth function for displaying the masked layout for the end device or devices. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096014 | METHOD FOR ENABLING DYNAMIC CLIENT USER INTERFACES ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS FROM A COMMON SERVER APPLICATION VIA METADATA - A system and method for facilitating modifying a client user interface display screen via a server and accompanying server-side software. An example method includes employing a client device to receive metadata from a server, wherein the metadata includes a description of one or more User Interface (UI) elements to be displayed on the client device; and using an application running on the client device to employ the metadata to display one or more platform-specific user interface features based on a platform on which the application is running. In general, example embodiments described herein include software and accompanying methods for enabling generation of dynamic native client user interfaces on multiple different client platforms based on common metadata definitions (or code for generating the metadata definitions) delivered to the different client platforms. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096015 | Online Image and Text-Based Project Creation, Editing, and Order Fulfillment Service - A project network service includes a server connected to the network, the server having access to least one processor and at least one data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance, a second function registering at least one individual to use the service, a third function initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users through a graphics user interface (GUI), a fourth function accepting data input and asset contributions from the one or more users, a fifth function recording and applying the input, a sixth function facilitating a transaction for at least one project created through the GUI, and a seventh function orchestrating and managing production and delivery of the project to the one or more users. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096016 | Methods for Mitigating Coordinated Movement of a Digital Image Displayed in an Electonic Interface as a Fractal Image - A system includes a server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects through a graphics user interface (GUI), facilitating division of an image into a fractal image components for presentation on editable canvas in the GUI using more than one photo slot to present the fractal image components, coordinating the positions of the fractal views together, and translating the positional data resulting from the movement of a fractal image component in one photo slot to all of the other photo slots hosting the fractal image presentation. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096017 | Methods for Dynamic Selection and Unification of Style and Photo Effects Across Multiple Photos Presented in a Theme-Based Template on an Electronic Interface - A system for working with image and or text-based projects includes a server, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for tagging project pages and or individual photo slots on those pages with one or more specific photo effects based on context of the project and or based on the most popular stylistic effects learned by the system, and a fourth function for applying the photo effects listed in the tags. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096018 | Methods for Recognizing Digital Images of Persons known to a Customer Creating an Image-Based Project through an Electronic Interface - A system includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to a processor, a data repository, and software executing from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a connection to a computing appliance, initiating and maintaining a data session with a user through a graphics user interface (GUI), training a facial recognition system to navigate to an online photo-enabled and to store a facial recognition pattern of at least one photo accessible therethrough, and to collect and store the associated descriptive metadata, associating a name tag from the photo metadata to the facial recognition pattern of the photo, detecting a photo uploaded into the image-based project by the user through the GUI, attempting to match the one or more photos to one or more photos processed by the fourth function, and the one or more photos that significantly match a pre-stored facial recognition pattern. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096019 | Method For Filling In Form Fields On A Mobile Computing Device - A system for creating image and or text-based projects on a computing appliance having a space-constrained display includes a server, the server having access to least one processor, a data repository, and a non-transitory physical medium. Software running from the non-transitory physical medium provides a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one mobile computing device, a second function for initiating an active data session between a user involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for displaying a field of a multi-field form for text input on the display of the mobile computing appliance, a fourth function for detecting that the field of the multi-field form displayed by the third function is populated, and a fifth function for displaying a next field on the mobile computing device for text input. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096020 | Method for Tracking Theme-Based Digital Assets for Clients engaged in Image-Based Project Creation through an Electronic Interface - A system rendering theme-based digital assets used in creating and editing image and or text-based projects searchable through a graphics user interface (GUI) includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing, a first function for tagging each template with multiple tag words relative to template content and function, a second function for forming tag groups from the template tags, a third function for providing a search engine for searching for templates using one or a grouping of the tag words as search input. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096021 | Method for Generating a Common Mosaic Design for the Covers of Photo Projects created through an Electronic Interface - A system for creating image and or text-based projects includes a server, the server having access to a processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a connection between the server and at least one mobile computing device connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for providing an image container to visually display images selected by a user to add to a project, a fourth function for enabling view of image properties and selection order of the contained images, and a fifth function for enabling digital manipulation of the images while in the image container. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096022 | Method for Making Relevant Content Proposals based on Information Gleaned from an Image-Based Project Created in an Electronic Interface - A system for creating image and or text-based projects includes a server, the server having access to a processor, a data repository, and a non-transitory physical medium. Software running from the non-transitory physical medium provides a first function for establishing a server connection between the server and a computing appliance, a second function for initiating and maintaining a data session with a user, a third function for gathering information in a project, a fourth function for analyzing the information gathered and developing a list of keywords, a fifth function for searching one or more data sources for images and other assets using one or more of the primary keywords developed by the fourth function, and a sixth function for dynamically presenting one or more digital assets found in the search to the one or more users working on the project. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096023 | LINK CLOUDS AND USER/COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DYNAMIC INTERLINKING OF RESOURCES - A network-based communication and information discovery solution that pertains to network-accessible resources and the use of interlinks among resources. In one embodiment, dynamic interlinking of resources is proposed, wherein the resources reside in a web-based system and are accessible via web-clients. The resources can be representable by an administrator in a graph-like structure interlinking the resources with each other and thus defining a navigation model. An extended navigation model can be implemented by a user-generated, individual or collaborative interlinking functionality. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096024 | DYNAMIC CONFIGURABLE MENU USING SELF-DESCRIBING APPLICATIONS - A menu application provides an integrated interface for launching multiple mobile applications from a dynamically configurable menu. Each of the mobile applications is associated with a servlet that provides the application's menu data to the menu application. The servlet may query design-time data and application run-time data to generate the menu data for the application. Additionally, the set of applications included by the menu application in a menu list may be based on a user authorization level, such that the menu list only includes applications that the user is authorized to access. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096025 | INTEGRATED EXPERIENCE FOR APPLICATIONS WITHIN A MOBILE APPLICATION - A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096026 | Methods for Establishing Simulated Force Dynamics Between Two or More Digital Assets Displayed in an Electronic Interface - A system includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to a processor and a data repository and software running from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects through a graphics user interface (GUI), detecting interactive boundaries between items in a collection of items placed on an editable canvas, detecting, upon movement of at least one of the items, the intersection of one or more of the interactive boundaries, and implementing physics assigned to the items upon confirmation of intersection of the interactive boundaries. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096027 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZING A GUI OPERATION AMONG MACHINES USING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - Synchronizing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) operation includes receiving operation information of the GUI operation performed on a first machine. The operation information includes object information and action information. The object information is in a first language and indicates a GUI object to which the GUI operation is directed. The action information indicates an action performed by the GUI operation on the GUI object. The object information in the first language is converted to object information in a second language. A GUI object in a GUI displayed on a second machine is identified according to the object information in the second language. The action indicated by the action information is performed on the identified GUI object. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096028 | MOBILE INFORMATION SERVICES - Building a data template for a mobile computing device. An aggregate usage profile correlates past usage of services by a mobile computing device that is associated with a user identifier with past usage of the services by other computing devices that are also associated with the user identifier. Presence information concerning a current presence of the mobile computing device includes a physical location and/or a temporal state. Portions of information, which are relevant to the current presence of the mobile computing device, are identified based on the aggregate usage profile. The portions of information include data from the services that is identified as being data that the user will want to access given the current presence of the mobile computing device. A data template, which is configured to present the portions of information at the mobile computing device, is built and pushed to the mobile computing device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096029 | Method for Dynamic Bundling of Graphics Editing Tools presented to Clients engaged in Image-Based Project Creation through an Electronic Interface - A system for creating image and or text-based projects includes a server, the server having access to a processor, a data repository, and a non-transitory physical medium. Software running from the non-transitory physical medium provides a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for detecting user-execution of a project template, a fourth function for analyzing the exact nature and state of the template and any content associated therewith, a fifth function for assembling a customized editing interface according to needs determined by the analysis of the fourth function, and a sixth function for presenting the customized interface to the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096030 | CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONTROL APPARATUS, SERVER, CONTROLLED APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - A smartphone includes: an image display section for displaying images in such a manner as to be selectable by a user, each of the images being associated with (i) specifying information for specifying a cleaning robot and (ii) instruction information for instructing the cleaning robot to execute a predetermined process; and a process instruction section for transmitting, in a case where the user selects at least one of the images thus displayed, image information (2) indicative of said at least one of the images to a server, so as to cause the cleaning robot specified by specifying information associated with said at least one of the images to execute a predetermined process that is instructed by instruction information associated with said at least one of the images. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096031 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display system is provided. The image display system includes a data server configured to store image data, a display terminal configured to display an image based on image data obtained from the data server and configured to receive additional information from an operator to be added to the image, and an information sharing unit configured to store specification information and the additional information, the specification information specifying additional image data added on the image with the additional information. The information sharing unit is configured to store additional information and specification information inputted at a plurality of display terminals, and, when the image data obtained from the data server coincides with the additional image data, the display terminal is configured to display the image and the additional information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096032 | CENTRALIZED MEDIA HANDLING - A system is described that includes a media management application for automatically scanning messages in a message inbox and new messages that are sent from or received by the message inbox to identify content, such as pictures, songs, etc., for tagging each message based on content attributes, and for storing the messages and content in a “shoebox” relative to the content attributes. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096033 | ENHANCEMENTS TO UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AND MESSAGING SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a system and method of handling a plurality of communications between parties. Novel approaches to the presentation, storage and creation of both real-time and “store and forward” interactions are presented. These make it easier for a user of the system to read and understand what is being communicated, by whom and to whom. This extends beyond the presentation of a single message to sets of related messages. By combining recording of real-time interactions with the presentation and handling of inherently “store and forward” mechanisms, users find it easier to mix and match communication methods optimally for the task at hand. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096034 | ENHANCEMENTS TO UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AND MESSAGING SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a system and method of handling a plurality of communications between parties. Novel approaches to the presentation, storage and creation of both real-time and “store and forward” interactions are presented. These make it easier for a user of the system to read and understand what is being communicated, by whom and to whom. This extends beyond the presentation of a single message to sets of related messages. By combining recording of real-time interactions with the presentation and handling of inherently “store and forward” mechanisms, users find it easier to mix and match communication methods optimally for the task at hand. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-DOMAIN PROBLEM SOLVING ON THE WEB - A system and method for problem solving in multiple domains on the web is provided. Two facets of preference are applied regardless of domain: first, criteria selected by the user which indicates which elements relate to the user, and second, level of importance to the user. For each decision aid that the user saves to his/her member account, a series of methods applied thereto assist the user in making decisions through intelligent agent expertise, as well as through related eCommerce, social networking, guided content search and delivery of context-rich content. Relevancy of results is also calculated. Depending on characteristics inherent in a particular domain, one of two primary methods is employed. The Multi-Product method uses ontology and a neural network engine to reveal the subset of relevant results based on any combination of user inputs, implicitly and explicitly derived. The Single-Product method maps inputs to results using sub-category analysis of fit and then applies user-centric filters and discounting rules to return meaningful coaching and relevancy of results. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096036 | TRANSPORTING AVATARS AND MEETING MATERIALS INTO VIRTUAL REALITY MEETING ROOMS - Methods and systems are provided for a virtual reality environment rendering module to provide a virtual reality environment meeting within an enterprise. Moreover, the virtual reality environment rendering module provides meeting participants with automatic placement of an avatar and meeting materials into the virtual reality environment meeting based on collaborative augmentation from a scheduling server. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096037 | Methods for Dynamic Prioritization of Graphical Digital Assets for Presentation in an Electronic Interface - A system for working with image and or text-based projects includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects through a graphics user interface (GUI), assessing and recording the usage statistics of digital assets used by the overall client base, monitoring and recording the navigation behaviors, usage patterns, and content contributions of all or individual ones of users operating through the at least one GUI or visiting the service domain, and gathering and prioritizing the digital assets for presentation according to analysis of data recorded by the third function. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096038 | Method for Editing Font Size for Font Arranged in a Layout on an Electronic Interface using Real Time Visual Input - A system for working with image and or text-based projects includes a server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for linking a multi-part text resizing tool to one or more user-input actions on one or more text-based assets added to or pre-existing on a page layout, and a fourth function for retrieving and presenting the text-resizing tool in the GUI upon detection of one of the user-input actions. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096039 | Method for Preserving Layer Position of a Graphical Digital Asset for Consistent Presentation Between Multiple Pages in an Electronic Interface - A system for working with image and or text-based projects includes a server having access to a processor and a data repository, and software running from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a client-server connection with a computing appliance, initiating and maintaining an active data session between users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects, taking a snapshot of items arranged on a multi-layer canvas comprising at least one page, looking up the positional data, including depth, associated with the snapshot data of any one of the group of items included in the snapshot resulting from execution of the third function, and preserving the original depth position of any of the items included in the snapshot resulting from execution of the third function upon movement of the item or items between pages or from a two page span to a single page. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096040 | Method for Providing Colorable Assets for Project Inclusion - A system for creating and editing image and or text-based projects includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for assigning colorable regions to system designed assets, a fourth function for storing those assets for service, and a fifth function for serving those assets to at least one user during the active data session. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096041 | Method for Managing Photos Selected for Addition to an Image-Based Project Created through an Electronic Interface - A system for creating image and or text-based projects includes a server, the server having access to a processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one user-operated mobile computing device connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for providing an image container to visually display images selected by a user to add to a project, a fourth function for enabling view of image properties and selection order of the contained images, and a fifth function for enabling digital manipulation of the images while in the image container. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND STORING A COLLECTION OF INTERACTIVE BROWSERS WITHIN A NAVIGATION PLANE - A system allowing for the creation of a multitude of interactive browsers within a single navigation container, each browser being capable of displaying a remote or local document in keeping with the behavior of internet browsers known in the art. If the container becomes larger than the computer system's display area can accommodate, the user may use scrolling, scaling, zooming or other navigation methods to adjust the visible area of the container so as to view each browser. In a further embodiment, the system allows for storage of the browsers as a collection such that the layout of browsers and documents loaded therein could be recreated in another session. In a further embodiment, the collection would be sharable with other persons or computers. In another embodiment, the collection would allow for personalized data, such as title and notes, to be appended. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096043 | ACTION PERFORMED INDICATORS FOR MENU ITEMS - In various embodiments, one or more visual elements are introduced with menu item that indicate that action on this item has already been performed at least once. In various aspects, a distinctive icon can be placed with a menu item to indicate that a search field has been previously added to a search form, that a column has been added to a report, or that existing data or queries under construction have been modified by the action on an indicated item. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096044 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH CONTENT PRESENTATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An electronic system includes: a control unit configured to select media based on a context factor for a media mix; and a display interface, coupled to the control unit, configured to display an adornment with the media mix on a device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096045 | ALARM CLUSTERING MECHANISM - A method is disclosed. The method includes identifying locations of one or more points of interest, identifying an area of interest on a map displayed on a display device, identifying points of interest within the area of interest, selecting a level of detail and clustering the points of interest within the level of detail based on the location of the points of interest relative proximity to other points of interest. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096046 | COMPOSITE APPLICATION FRAMEWORK - Various arrangements for managing a layout within a composite application is presented. A selection of a first application widget may be received. A selection of a second application widget may also be received. The content of the first and second application widget may be based at least in part on content of the selected record within the database interface presented as part of the composite application. A definition of a display layout configuration may be received which defines display sizes and display positions of the first application widget, the second application widget, and the database interface for simultaneous presentation. The first application widget, the second application widget, and the database interface may be arranged in accordance with the display layout configuration. The composite application may be presented having the first application widget, the second application widget, and the database interface arranged according to the display layout configuration. | 2014-04-03 |
20140096047 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF EXECUTING APPLICATION, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes a storage unit which stores a plurality of applications, a management unit which manages a list of applications that have been already selected from among the plurality of applications stored in the storage unit, a user interface which applies transparency to a shortcut region which includes an icon corresponding to each application included in the list, and displays the transparent shortcut region, and a controller which, if one of the displayed icons is selected, drives an application corresponding to the selected icon. | 2014-04-03 |