20th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120124413 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK ELEMENT SERVICE RECOVERY - A method and system for network element recovery are provided. In one form, frontend servers intelligently proxy error or unavailability messages returned by backend servers and simulate frontend server failure. In at least one form, the frontend server also includes intelligence or logic to determine that directing the client to recover service to an alternate system or site would assure better service availability, reliability, and/or quality-of-experience for the client. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124414 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATH SELECTION IN A NETWORK - Method and system for handling error events on a current path for processing an I/O request for reading information from and writing information to a storage space is provided. A system is able to communicate with the storage space via more than one path. If the current path reports an error event, then an alternate path quality is determined to ascertain whether the alternate path will generate an error similar to the current path. The alternate path quality is determined based on a plurality of factors which are assigned certain weights. The weights are determined based on a likely contribution of each factor to a repetition of the error reported by the current path. If the alternate path quality is equal to or exceeds a programmable threshold value, then the alternate path is selected. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124415 | MEMORY MIRRORING WITH MEMORY COMPRESSION - Systems and methods to manage memory are provided. A particular method may include storing data in a primary memory that is in communication with a processor and storing in a mirrored data in a mirrored memory. The mirrored data may be compressed, and the mirrored memory may be in communication with the processor. A failure condition associated with the data of the primary memory may be detected. In response to the detected failure condition, the mirrored data in the mirrored memory may be accessed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124416 | DMI REDUNDANCY IN MULTIPLE PROCESSOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS - In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, a method and apparatus are disclosed that includes aspects of monitoring a first processor of a computer by a monitoring module for a first processor instability; determining if the first processor is stable based on the monitored first processor instability; routing operational priority to a second processor of the computer through a multiplexer module if the first processor is determined not to be stable, wherein a first interface of the first processor and a second interface of the second processor are in communication with the multiplexer module and wherein the first processor and the second processor are in communication by a processor interconnect; and operating the computer using the second processor. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124417 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING MICOM CODE THEREOF - A display apparatus and a method for updating a micom code thereof are provided. According to the display apparatus, if an error occurs while a CPU is updating a micom code, a micom may drive the CPU using a system code. Accordingly, even if an error occurs in the process of updating the micom code, the display apparatus may be restored automatically without a jig apparatus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124418 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A NETWORKED POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SECURITY AND LIFE SAFETY APPLICATIONS - An apparatus includes a data manager and interface logic with a plurality of interface ports including at least one network interface port. The data manager and interface logic is operative to obtain digital and analog data, via the plurality of interface ports, from a plurality of digital and analog device types, where the data includes device operating parameters and alert condition notifications related to device faults or potential device failure. The data manager and interface logic is also operative to write and email a report conforming to a plurality of configurable report settings in response to occurrence of a device alert condition or a specified reporting interval, obtain updates to the device operating parameters from a remote device over the at least one network interface port, and provide the updates to corresponding devices over the plurality of interface ports. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124419 | NETWORKED RECOVERY SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for networked recovery system is described herein. In one embodiment, a process is provided to obtain a type of recovery selected by a user. A non-volatile partition of a storage volume containing a recovery disk image is accessed. The recovery disk image does not include an installation package. If the obtained type of recovery is a predetermined type of recovery, a network connection is established using the recovery disk image and data is downloaded over the network connection for the obtained type of recovery. The obtained type of recovery of the system is performed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124420 | RESET METHOD AND MONITORING APPARATUS - A reset method performs a software reset in a state in which data in a volatile memory is retained, when an abnormality is generated in a monitoring apparatus. Hardware of the monitoring apparatus may include a function to perform a hardware reset in a state in which the data in the volatile memory is retained, but the software reset is performed with respect to the hardware that does not include such a hardware reset function. The volatile memory may store control information for controlling a host computer monitored by the monitoring apparatus, in addition to data including fault check materials to be retained when the fault is generated. The monitoring apparatus may read the fault information from the hardware to judge whether an abnormal value is reached. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124421 | Error management within a data processing system - A data processing system | 2012-05-17 |
20120124422 | DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE FOR IDENTIFYING PERFORMANCE ISSUES IN EVENT TRACES - A description language and a tool for identifying, analyzing and addressing performance issues in event traces. With this language, a behavior descriptor may be defined to describe a simple behavior within a performance trace, by specifying values for a relatively small number of attributes. Even a relatively unsophisticated user can define behavior descriptors, but complex behaviors may be defined based on interactions between multiple behavior descriptors. A trace analysis tool may use a library of behavior descriptors to identify performance issues in performance traces by matching behavior descriptors to the performance trace. This analysis may be used in any number of ways, including reporting to a user detected performance issues reflected in a set of performance traces, filtering a set of performance traces to remove those performance traces corresponding to known performance issues or prioritizing efforts to resolve performance issues. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124423 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EFFICIENT ON-PRODUCT CLOCK GENERATION FOR DOMAINS COMPATIBLE WITH COMPRESSION - A method and system for providing on-product clocks for domains compatible with compression is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a base signal received from automated test equipment has a frequency for testing a plurality of clock domains and programming instruction for first and second clock domains of a plurality of clock domains. First and second clock signals are generated from the base clock signal based on the programming instruction. A first delay for the first clock signal and a second delay for the second clock signal are determined from the programming instruction. A test sequence is provided to test a first clock domain and a second clock domain. The test sequence comprises the first clock signal delayed by the first delay and the second clock signal delayed by the second delay. The first clock drives the first clock domain and the second clock derives the second clock domain. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124424 | ENHANCED DEBUG/TEST CAPABILITY TO A CORE RESET PROCESS - A method and apparatus to improve the efficiency of debugging a processor is provided. Also provided is a computer readable storage device encoded with data for adapting a manufacturing facility to create an apparatus. The method includes receiving a first test data, which identifies a state of a state machine, wherein the state machine performs reset and initialization operations for a processor. The method also includes halting the state machine in the state identified by the first test data upon reaching the state. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124425 | Method and Apparatus Useful In Manufacturing Test Case Operations - The incorporation of a simulation mode into existing manufacturing code test cases that communicate with a service processor. While in simulation mode, the test cases are able to run independently of system hardware or network connection. Test case code paths are exercised through the modification of simulated output, without change to the original code. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124426 | DEBUGGING IN A CLUSTER PROCESSING NETWORK - A technology is described for debugging in a cluster processing network. A scheduler can dispatch a process that is part of the cluster job for execution. Further, a compute node can be used to execute the process dispatched by the scheduler to the compute node. A debugger can be activated in response to an unhandled suspension event in the process on the compute node. In addition, the debugger can send notification messages regarding the unhandled suspension event. A job monitor can receive a notification from the debugger that an unhandled suspension event has occurred. The notification can be displayed to a user via the job monitor. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124427 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ERROR CONTROL IN AN OVERALL SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE INSTALLATIONS - A method for error control in an overall system having multiple installations, the installations communicating with one another via a data transmission system having a predefined transmission bandwidth, at least one installation component of each installation transmitting a predefined piece of information in a defined time slot of the transmission bandwidth of the data transmission system. In order to be able to perform an anticipatory machine diagnosis of the overall system, information concerning an error diagnosis of the installation components of each installation is transmitted via the predefined transmission bandwidth of the data transmission system, at least one installation component of each installation to be monitored for errors transmitting its error diagnosis data via an unassigned time slot within the transmission bandwidth of the data transmission system to a central evaluation unit which receives the error diagnosis data of all installation components of the installations to be monitored via the data transmission system. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124428 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING SOFTWARE ON PROGRAMMABLE DEVICES - A system and method for evaluating programmable device systems captures, categorizes, indexes, manipulates and stores generated embedded trace generated information in an enterprise database. Use cases may be executed on an ETM enabled processor, ETM trace data may be captured, and captured trace data may be manipulated and stored in the enterprise database. The data collected from numerous use cases over multiple executions may be used to generate a differential comparison. The differential comparison may be used to interpret and predict bottlenecks, bugs and irregularities within the programmable device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124429 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACING MEMORY ACCESS INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for tracing memory access information of a user program while ensuring a normal operation of the user program. An access permission about a memory region may be set to trace the memory access information. An instruction of the user program encounters a page fault according to the set access permission. If the page fault occurs, memory access information is stored based on the page fault, and apparatus executes an instruction causing the page fault while in a supervisor mode. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124430 | Mechanism to Prevent Escaped Associations in Multi-Association RPC Based Protocols - Consistent with embodiments of the present invention, a method may be provided comprising sending a first bind request with an association group ID of zero. A first association group with a first association group ID may then be created. The first association group ID may be switched to a second association group ID in an acknowledgement message. A second bind request may then be sent with the second association group ID. The second association group ID may be switched to the first association group ID in the second bind request after the bind request has been sent. After receiving the second bind request, it may be determined whether the association group ID in the second bind request is the same as the first association group ID. A failure message may be sent if the association group ID in the second bind request is not the same as the first association group ID. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124431 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLIENT RECOVERY STRATEGY IN A REDUNDANT SERVER CONFIGURATION - A method and system for client recovery strategy to maximize service availability for redundant configurations is provided. The technique includes adaptively adjusting timing parameter(s), detecting failures based on adaptively-adjusted timing parameter(s), and switching over to a redundant server. The timing parameter(s) include a maximum number of retries, response timers, and keepalive messages. Switching over to alternate servers engaged in warm sessions with the client may also be implemented to improve performance. The method and system allow for improved recovery time and suitable shaping of traffic to redundant servers. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHASE ERROR REDUCTION IN QUANTUM SYSTEMS - One embodiment of the invention includes a quantum system. The system includes a superconducting qubit that is controlled by a control parameter to manipulate a photon for performing quantum operations. The system also includes a quantum resonator system coupled to the superconducting qubit and which includes a first resonator and a second resonator having approximately equal resonator frequencies. The quantum resonator system can represent a first quantum logic state based on a first physical quantum state of the first and second resonators with respect to storage of the photon and a second quantum logic state based on a second physical quantum state of the first and second resonators with respect to storage of the photon. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124433 | Feedback Scan Isolation and Scan Bypass Architecture - A feedback scan isolation and bypass architecture apparatus and method. The apparatus includes core logic, and input and output multiplexers. The input multiplexer selectively provides a functional input or the core output to the core input based on a test signal. The output multiplexer selectively provides the core output or the input multiplexer output to a functional output based on the test signal. When the test signal indicates core feedback testing, the output multiplexer outputs the core output and the input multiplexer feeds back the core output to the core input. When the test signal indicates bypass testing, the input multiplexer outputs the functional input and the output multiplexer outputs the functional input bypassing the core logic. Logic can block the feedback or bypass signals when there are timing issues. Logic can modify the number of feedback or bypass signals when the number of functional inputs and outputs are different. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124434 | CONFIGURABLE MUX-D SCAN FLIP-FLOP DESIGN - A method, computer program storage device and apparatus are provided for flexible observability during a scan. In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided. The method includes providing a selector load input to at least a portion of a scan chain, selecting an observe-only scan mode for the at least a portion of the scan chain based at least upon the selector load input, and providing a data input to a storage element in the scan chain based at least upon the observe-only scan mode. The apparatus includes a first scan chain multiplexor comprising a selector input, a first input terminal, a second input terminal and an output terminal. The apparatus also includes a first scan chain storage element comprising an input terminal and an output terminal, where the input terminal of the first scan chain storage element is communicatively coupled to the output terminal of the first scan chain multiplexor. The apparatus further recites that the output terminal of the first scan chain storage element is communicatively coupled to the first input terminal of the first scan chain multiplexor. The computer program storage device adapts a manufacturing facility to create the apparatus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124435 | AVOIDING BIST AND MBIST INTRUSION LOGIC IN CRITICAL TIMING PATHS - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are presented that remove BIST intrusion logic from critical timing paths of a microcircuit design without significant impact on testing. In one embodiment, BIST data is multiplexed with scan test data and serially clocked in through scan test cells for BIST testing. In another embodiment, BIST data is injected into the feedback path of one or more data latches. In a third embodiment, BIST data is injected into the result data path of a multi-cycle ALU within an execution unit. In each embodiment, BIST circuitry is eliminated from critical timing paths. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124436 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE PERFORMING PARALLEL TEST OPERATION - A semiconductor memory device includes: first test circuits each of which operates in a first test mode in which the first test circuit receives a plurality of comparison result signals each indicating a comparison result of storage contents of a plurality of memory cells included in a memory cell array in parallel and generates a first output signal by converting the comparison result signals into serial signals or a second test mode in which the first test circuit generates a second output signal by compressing the data amount of the plurality of comparison result signals. Each of the first test circuits outputs the first and second output signals to a common bus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124437 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING A SCAN CHAIN AND TESTING METHOD FOR A CHIP - An IC having a scan chain and a testing method for a chip, comprising a first interface group, a second interface group and a scan data selector. The first interface group and the second interface group each comprise at least two input/output (I/O) interfaces which can be packaged as external pins of the IC. The I/O interfaces of the first interface group are connected to input terminals of the scan data selector in one-to-one correspondence, and an output terminal of the scan data selector is connected to a scan data input terminal of the scan chain. A scan data output terminal of the scan chain is connected to the I/O interfaces of the second interface group. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124438 | SERIAL I/O USING JTAG TCK AND TMS SIGNALS - The present disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus of using the JTAG TAP's TMS and TCK terminals as a general purpose serial Input/Output (I/O) bus. According to the present disclosure, the TAP's TMS terminal is used as a clock signal and the TCK terminal is used as a bidirectional data signal to allow serial communication to occur between; (1) an IC and an external controller, (2) between a first and second IC, or (3) between a first and second core circuit within an IC. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124439 | Wrapper Cell for Hierarchical System on Chip Testing - Wrapper cells for simultaneous testing of parent functional elements and child functional elements in a hierarchical SoC (System on Chip) provide a substantially reduced integrated circuit footprint by eliminating a multiplexer and providing simpler interconnections. Identical wrapper cells may be used for input and output data lines reducing the cost of the cell library. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124440 | LBIST DIAGNOSTIC SCHEME - A method and apparatus to improve the efficiency of debugging a processor is provided. Also provided is a computer readable storage device encoded with data for adapting a manufacturing facility to create an apparatus. The method includes executing a first test pattern from a plurality of test patterns of a logic built-in self test (LBIST). The method further includes generating a first value based on the first test pattern. The method also further includes comparing the first value to a second value, and terminating the LBIST in response to determining that the first value does not equal the second value. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124441 | EMBEDDED TESTING MODULE AND TESTING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an embedded testing module and testing method thereof which encodes one or more test commands to reduce the storage space required by a testing memory. In addition, most functions of automatic test equipment can be replaced by the present invention, in which, through the testing memory according to the present invention, if errors are found during testing, the error information will be transmitted to the external automatic test equipment and the error information can be optionally recorded in a memory. A test operator can get detailed descriptions from the error information stored in the memory, so the test operator can save time for subsequent debugging and tracking operations concerning the errors. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124442 | STORAGE DEVICE FAILURE MANAGEMENT - Techniques involving failure management of storage devices are described. One representative technique includes encoding data to enable it to be stored in a storage block that includes at least one storage failure. The data is encoded such that it traverses the storage failures when stored in the storage block. When it is determined that a storage access request has requested the data stored in a storage block having such failures, the data is decoded to restore it to its original form. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124443 | AD-HOC MULTIMEDIA GROUP COMMUNICATION TERMINAL ROBUST TO PACKET LOSS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an ad-hoc multimedia group communication terminal which is robust to packet loss and includes a multimedia transmitter. The media transmitter includes a reception status monitoring module, an error recovery level/traffic adjustment module, a bit stream division and error recovery data generation module, and a media data packet generation module. The reception status monitoring module recognizes packet reception status information relevant to the reception side terminals based on control packets from each of the reception side terminals. The error recovery level/traffic adjustment module adjusts the error recovery level and the amount of traffic of the media data packets. The bit stream division and error recovery data generation module generates error recovery data to be transmitted to the reception side terminals based on the error recovery level. The media data packet generation module generates the media data packets and error recovery data packets. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124444 | Sleep Clock Error Recovery Scheme - A wireless device includes a functional unit, a wireless transceiver, an antenna and a clock. The wireless transceiver and antenna are coupled to the functional unit. The clock is coupled to the functional unit and the wireless transceiver. The clock is generates a clock signal. The wireless device is coupled wirelessly to a wireless slave device. The functional unit is configured to determine an amount of time since a last keep alive transmission with the slave device has occurred based on the clock. The functional unit determines a number of keep alive transmissions to transmit to the slave device, and appropriate transmission times for the keep alive transmissions relative to a next scheduled keep alive transmission time, based on the determined amount of time since the last keep alive transmission. The functional unit begins successive transmission of the keep alive transmissions to the slave device per the transmission times. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124445 | MULTIPLE DEVICE APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Data digits and correction digits are received in each of a number of integrated circuit (IC) devices. Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate to check the data digits for error in each IC device according to an algorithm associated with the IC device, the algorithm being different for each IC device. Each IC device will act in response to the data digits if no error is detected in the data digits. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA READ OF A SYNCHRONOUS SERIAL INTERFACE NAND - A method and system is disclosed for operating a NAND memory device. The NAND memory device is operated by transmitting serial peripheral interface signals from a host to a NAND memory device, whereby the signals are communicated to a NAND memory in the NAND memory device without modifying the signals into a standard NAND memory format. Similarly, a method and system is disclosed for receiving signals from the NAND memory device without modifying the signals from a standard NAND format into a serial format. The system also incorporates error detection and correction techniques to detect and correct errors in data stored in the NAND memory device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR MANAGEMENT - To derive a Hamming code to manage data errors a set of at least four parity bit positions is selected for parity bits which will protect a set of data bits (where each data bit has a data bit position in the data bit set). A syndrome is determined for each data bit position. This involves selecting a unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. The unique sub-set shares at least one parity bit position with at least one other unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. A parity bit value may then be calculated for each parity bit position based on the determined syndromes. The header of a packet may be provided with a word which defines the length of the packet and an error management code generated utilizing this word so that errors in the word may be detected and, possibly, corrected. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124448 | MEMORY SUBSYSTEM HAVING A FIRST PORTION TO STORE DATA WITH ERROR CORRECTION CODE INFORMATION AND A SECOND PORTION TO STORE DATA WITHOUT ERROR CORRECTION CODE INFORMATION - A system comprising a memory subsystem having at least one memory device, and a memory controller to control access of the memory subsystem, wherein the memory controller is configured to store data with error correction code (ECC) information in a first portion of the memory subsystem, and to store data without ECC information in a second portion of the memory subsystem. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM CONCURRENT READ AND WRITE MEMORY OPERATIONS - Subject matter disclosed herein relates to read and write processes of a memory device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124450 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING ERROR CORRECTION CAPABILITY, AND ASSOCIATED MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROLLER THEREOF - A method for enhancing error correction capability of a controller of a memory device without need to increase a basic error correction bit count of an Error Correction Code (ECC) engine includes: according to an error correction magnification factor, respectively obtaining a plurality of portions of data, where the portions are partial data to be encoded/decoded; and regarding the portions that are the partial data to be encoded/decoded, respectively performing encoding/decoding corresponding to the error correction magnification factor, in order to generate encoded/decoded data corresponding to a predetermined error correction bit count, where a ratio of the predetermined error correction bit count to the basic error correction bit count is equal to the error correction magnification factor. An associated memory device and the controller thereof are further provided. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124451 | OPTIMIZING THE SIZE OF MEMORY DEVICES USED FOR ERROR CORRECTION CODE STORAGE - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for optimizing the size of memory devices used for error correction code storage. An apparatus (such as a memory module) may include a number of memory devices to store data and a memory device to store error correction (ECC) bits. In some embodiments, the memory devices to store data may have a density of N and the memory device to store ECC bits has a density of ½ N. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124452 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING ERROR TOLERANT ROBUST SIMPLEX WIRELESS DATA FOR SYSTEMS EMPLOYING TIME CORRELATED DATA TRANSFER - Systems and methods of providing error tolerant robust simplex wireless data for systems employing time correlated data transfer are provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises: sensors that produce samples of time correlated data; and a node coupled to the sensors by a wireless link. The link comprises a primary stream for simplex transmission of data packets, and a secondary stream for simplex transmission of delayed data packets, the delayed data packets a delayed retransmission of the time correlated data. When the node receives a first data packet from a first sensor via the primary stream, the data receiving node check validity. When the first data packet is corrupted, the node validity checks a second data packet received via the secondary stream. When both packets contain corrupted data, the node builds a reconstructed plurality of sequential time correlated data samples based on non-corrupted data samples from within the data packets. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124453 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A PARAMETERIZED INTERLEAVER DESIGN PROCESS - A parameterized interleaver design process is provided, which optimizes the design for interleavers of any size, and can be completely specified using only a few design parameters. According to the parameterized interleaver design process an interleaver π(i) of a length N is generated. A number of subpermutation masks are defined, and a first intermediate interleaver permutation is partitioned into a number of subgroups, wherein the number of subgroups corresponds with the number of subpermutation masks. Each of the subgroups of the first intermediate interleaver permutation is partitioned into a number of further subgroups, and each of the subpermutation masks is applied to each of the further subgroups of a corresponding subgroup of the first intermediate interleaver permutation, resulting in a corresponding portion of a second intermediate interleaver permutation. The resulting interleaver π(i) is generated based at least in part on the first and second intermediate interleaver permutations. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124454 | Systems and Methods for ADC Sample Based Timing Recovery - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for data processing. For example, a data processing circuit is discussed that includes an analog to digital converter circuit operable to receive a data input and to provide corresponding digital samples, and a digital filter circuit operable to receive the digital samples and to provide a filtered output. A data detector circuit is operable to perform a data detection process on the filtered output to yield a detected output, and a phase detector circuit operable to calculate an error feedback value based at least in part on the detected output and the digital samples. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124455 | CODING APPARATUS, CODING METHOD, DECODING APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD, PROGRAM AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a coding apparatus, including: a calculation section adapted to calculate, based on information of a transmission object, a linear code to be used for error detection of the information; a production section adapted to produce coded data including a plurality of sets of the information and the linear code calculated by the calculation section; and a transmission section adapted to transmit the coded data to a reception apparatus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124456 | AUDIENCE-BASED PRESENTATION AND CUSTOMIZATION OF CONTENT - A system and method are disclosed for delivering content customized to the specific user or users interacting with the system. The system includes one or more modules for recognizing an identity of a user. These modules may include for example a gesture recognition engine, a facial recognition engine, a body language recognition engine and a voice recognition engine. The user may also be carrying a mobile device such as a smart phone which identifies the user. One or more of these modules may cooperate to identify a user, and then customize the user's content based on the user's identity. In particular, the system receives user preferences indicating the content a user wishes to receive and the conditions under which it is to be received. Based on the user preferences and recognition of a user identity and/or other traits, the system presents content customized for a particular user. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124457 | PRESENTATION PROGRESS AS CONTEXT FOR PRESENTER AND AUDIENCE - A presentation tool that includes visual progression graphics which represents progress of a presentation. The presentation tool automatically creates and presents the progression graphics for viewing by the presenter and the audience. As the presentation progresses, animation can be applied to the progression graphics to track the progress through the presentation materials. An option is also provided to hide the progression graphics. The progression graphics can also be utilized to navigate across the presentation materials. Thus, the presenter can select portions of the progression graphics as a means to navigation or jump between sections of the materials. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124458 | Social networking website & web-based system for collecting & presenting real-time user generated information on parties & events. - This invention is a social networking website & web-based system that allows users to post ‘party reports’—detailed, real-time information about current ongoing parties and events that they know of; allows users to comment and upload pictures & videos on the posted information in real-time; and presents this information in an organized fashion—by city, school or location, by date & time, or by both. The system also contains algorithms used to determine the top or best party cities, schools or locations based on predetermined formulas & user posted information. The website also allows users to connect with other registered users on the website and define them as their ‘peeps’ as well as create ‘crews’, which are close-knit groups of people that they usually party to go out with. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124459 | Predictive Cursor Interaction - Embodiments include providing multiple discernible indicia that provide an indication of behaviors associated with selection of a particular link. The multiple discernible indicia may include visually-discernible graphical icons configured to be displayed as a pictorial image that visually represents a behavior associated with selection of the particular link. The visually-discernible graphical icons may include a first icon that, when selected, causes a default behavior associated with the link selection to occur, and a second icon that, when selected, causes an alternative behavior associated with the link selection to occur. Also, responsive to receiving a user-provided modifier, the first or second icon may be replaced with a third icon that visually represents a different alternative behavior to occur that is different than both the default and alternative behaviors. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124460 | System and Method for Allocating, Scheduling, Tracking and Reporting Usage of Training Assets and Facilities - A system and method for scheduling, managing and reporting usage of two or more training facilities by two or more grade levels xl of instruction with two or more classifications of instruction defining typical student experience and hours including user defined multi-criteria queries, using a computer and a spreadsheet with single cell data entry and specified formulas to generate particular scheduling, tracking and reporting of facilities scheduled and educational hours' completed with infinite levels of classification. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124461 | TECHNIQUES TO ANNOTATE STREET VIEW IMAGES WITH CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION - Techniques to annotate street level images with contextual information are described. A map application may comprise a street level component that when executed by a processor is operative to generate annotated street view images of a location. The street level component may comprise a street view component operative to generate a street view image from multiple street level images, the street view image having one or more objects located within the street view image. The street level component may further comprise a metadata component communicatively coupled to the street view component, the metadata component operative to generate a horizontal metadata panel having object metadata positioned in approximate vertical alignment with a corresponding object in the street view image, and combine the horizontal metadata panel with the street view image to form an annotated street view image. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124462 | Web Application Optimization - A method of optimizing a web page includes selecting an original web application code. A server-side executable associated with the original web application code is identified, and an object used in the server-side executable is identified. An evaluation is made of how the server-side executable uses the object. Then a determination is made as to whether substitute instructions, which provide functionality similar to that of the object, provides all of the functionality of the object that is used by the server-side executable. If so, then the original web application code is modified to use the substitute instructions. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124463 | Method and System for Distribution of Content - Embodiments of methods and systems for incorporating user generated content into a web page are disclosed. In particular, embodiments of such systems and methods may incorporate user generated content into a web page such that the user generated content can be consumed by indexers associated with search engines in association with that web page. Additionally, embodiments may also provide a mechanism by which user generated content may be received and included in a web page when that web page is rendered. Using embodiments as disclosed herein user generated content may be exposed to a search engine indexer in a web page while still providing a mechanism for incorporating the freshest user generated content in such a web page. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124464 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING CASCADING STYLE SHEET RULES - Provided are an apparatus and method for extracting cascading style sheet (CSS) rules. The apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate an identification list that includes identification symbols that correspond to one or more selectors, for each document object model (DOM) node. The apparatus also includes a rule extraction unit configured to select a target DOM node and extract one or more CSS rules that are applicable to the target DOM node based on identification symbols that are included in an identification list that corresponds to the target DOM node. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124465 | HIGH FIDELITY CONVERSION OF DOCUMENTS - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for high fidelity conversion of a document to a less rich format. A bounding area can be identified in the document that comprises an unsupported element, and/or a blending of elements that is not supported in the less rich format. The bounding area that comprises the unsupported element(s) can be rasterized, by creating an image and identifying raster data for the image. Those elements in the document that are outside the bounding area are not rasterized, and their vector data-based format is retained in the converted document. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124466 | COMBINATION CREATIVE ADVERTISEMENT TARGETING SYSTEM - A system and method for serving ad creatives to a user includes steps of: monitoring open conversation windows of a client during a login session, wherein each open conversation window is a conversation between the client and a correspondent; receiving client state information associated with each open conversation window; sending the client state information to client state information store; responsive to initiation of a new client session, retrieving the client state information; dynamically computing a template for a combination ad creative customized for each open conversation window associated with the new client session; generating the combination ad creative from the template; and serving the combination ad creative to the client. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124467 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS FOR A TEXT ELEMENT - A method to automatically generate descriptive headings for each paragraph in a document analyzes each paragraph for keywords, identifies the clause in the paragraph that is most likely to contain the key ideas in the paragraph using the keywords previously identified. The subject predicate and object are extracted from the clause, and a heading is generated using the extracted subject, predicate, and object. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124468 | Electronic Apparatus Having a Touch-Controlled Interface and Method of Displaying Figures Related to Files within a certain Time Period - An electronic apparatus having a touch-controlled interface includes a display unit, a touch-controlled unit, and a display interface. The touch-controlled unit is provided on the display unit, while the display interface is arranged on the display unit for showing figures related to files. When the touch-controlled unit is touched, a signal is generated to make the display interface respond. Further, the display interface shows a time scroll bar, and a user may touch different points of the time scroll bar to define a time period, and thus the display interface is made to show the figures of target files accessed in the time period. Furthermore, a display method includes steps of displaying the figures of files via the display interface, touching the time scroll bar on the display interface to define the time period, and displaying the figures of target files accessed in the time period via the display interface. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124469 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating a List of Identifiers - An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a portion of a list of identifiers. The list of identifiers are associated with: a first number of first content items associated with a first language, and a second number of second content items associated with a second language. The device concurrently displays a character selection element that includes: a first sub-element associated with the first content items and having a first size, and a second sub-element associated with the second content items and having a second size, the first size relative to the second size being based on the first number relative to the second number. In response to detecting an input on the second sub-element, the device displays a portion of the list of identifiers with identifiers associated with second content items. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124470 | AUDIO DISPLAY SYSTEM - An audio display system includes a pointing device configured to address locations within an interaction field, a sound system adapted to communicate with the pointing device, and—an object mapping unit adapted to communicate with the sound system. The object mapping unit is configured to generate a map identifying locations within the interaction field that correspond to a representation of an object to be displayed such that the interaction field is segmented into an exterior region and an interior region of the representation of the object. The sound system is configured to provide an object-locating sound when the pointing device addresses a location in the exterior region so as to guide a user to further address the interaction field at least one of closer to or further away from the interior region of the object. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124471 | Virtual tour, display and commerce - A virtual tour and display begins with an initial view of a start location. The user navigates by clicking on navigational arrows located on the various spaces, such as halls or galleries or store areas, in each case initiating an animated movie which either turns the user within the same space or goes to a different location within the same space or by moving to a different space. A user can move to a gallery, which displays thumbnail images, such as a pictures on a wall, or clothing on a wall or rack or other items to be viewed. The user can select one of the thumbnail images, such as a picture to be viewed and have a full screen view of the selected image or hear an audio clip about the selected image, or other options. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE FEEDBACK FOR MOUSE GESTURES - The invention is directed to a method, computer system, and computer program for providing a user feedback regarding available mouse gestures. Each of the mouse gestures comprises a predetermined sequence of one or more mouse movements, and corresponds to a predetermined action or command. After the gesture is initiated, the feedback is provided to the user when a predetermined timer expires since the user initiated the gesture or the last mouse movement. This allows for feedback to be provided to users who get lost mid-gesture, without providing unnecessary feedback to a more experienced user who is able to quickly perform the gesture. The feedback can instruct the user as to each available gesture, along with the corresponding action or command. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MUSIC USING MUSIC VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE - A music playing system using a music visualization technique includes: a music information extraction unit for extracting one or more pieces of music information regarding basic characteristics, meta-characteristics and emotional characteristics of music, the music including music being played at present, music selected for playing, and music selected for visualization; and a display control unit that provides a user interface window for visualizing the extracted music information and controls the user interface window, wherein the user interface window includes a visualization configuration panel having a setup function for selecting the music information to be extracted. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124474 | USER PRESENTATION SETTINGS FOR MULTIPLE MEDIA USER INTERFACES - Embodiments provide methods and apparatus for simultaneous presentation of multiple media user interfaces (UIs) based on user presentation settings. In some embodiments, a user may select presentation settings for a specific combination of at least two media UIs. The presentation settings may be stored and then retrieved and used when the specific combination of the at least two media UIs are later selected to be presented simultaneously. In some embodiments, presentation settings for a media UI comprise video and/or audio settings. Video settings may include position and size of a window presenting the media UI. Audio settings may include audio volume setting of the media UI. In some embodiments, each media UI in the combination of at least two media UIs may present a different type of media content (e.g., television content, Internet content, personal content, etc.). | 2012-05-17 |
20120124475 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH AN INTERNET SITE - A system and method for enabling a user to interact with a social networking structure for an internet website on a video device connected to a network enabled host device is provided. The present disclosure provides for accessing an internet site in response to a user input, the user input initiated while outputting a program to a display, retrieving content from the internet site based on at least one characteristic associated with the program, and outputting the retrieved content in an overlay or user interface on the display simultaneous with the program. The user interface provides the ability to access multiple profiles for determining whose content or message to display, and also includes a rotating carousel message display system, with a current message surrounded above and below by a previous message and a next message in the display queue in a different size or font. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124476 | Method for Interacting with a Multimedia Presentation Served by an Interactive Response Unit - A system for interacting with a multimedia presentation includes one or more machine-readable codes embedded in a plurality of sequential frames or in individual slides of a multimedia presentation, the frames or slides defining at least one interactive portion of a larger multimedia presentation, a touch-screen driver extension resident on a digital medium and transferable over a network to the digital medium of a touch-screen operated multi-media device, the extension enabling interpretation at the multimedia-enabled interactive response unit of touch-screen taps input during play of the multimedia presentation, and a set of machine instructions resident on a digital medium coupled to or accessible to a multimedia-enabled interactive response system, the machine instructions executable by physical interaction with the one or more of the machine-readable codes in the multimedia presentation to serve one or more additional multimedia presentations to the touch-screen multimedia device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124477 | Alerting users to personalized information - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method for alerting users to personalized information. An exemplary method comprises storing information relating to a subscription to an alert type from a content provider. An alert of the alert type may be received from the content provider and added to a queue. Alerts may be prioritized relative to other alerts within the queue and then rendered from the queue in order of priority to a user. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124478 | Metadata Browser - A metadata browse system supports the capture of metadata from multiple sources and formats, its conversion to a standard format, the linking of concepts from disconnected namespaces, discovery of hidden information, and the display of this data. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124479 | Method And System For Tagging Content - Systems and methods for tagging digital content are provided. In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving and storing personal data of a first user of an internet-based social network. The personal data of the first user can include one or more digital images or other digital content that the first user is willing to share with other users of the social network. Accordingly, a request from a second user of the internet-based social network can be received to view some of the digital content of the first user. A viewer image can be used to tag the digital content of the first user allowing the owner of the digital content to quick determine the viewers. The viewer image can be a personal profile picture, an image, an icon, an avatar (two-dimensional or three-dimensional), or other on-screen representation that includes a visual indicator of the second user. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124480 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACES - Systems and methods consistent with the invention may include receiving, over an electronic network, a contract description message including description information corresponding to a computer device being used to display the contract to a user, retrieving, by using a processor, the description information from the contract description message, comparing the description information with information stored in a template library and adaptor library to identify a generic user interface and a corresponding adaptor module, and generating a contract response message based on a result of the comparison, the response message including an instruction to generate, on the computer device, a customized user interface based on the identified generic user interface and corresponding adaptor module when the generic user interface and the corresponding adaptor module are identified. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124481 | INTERACTING WITH A DEVICE - A method for communicating with a device including configuring a sensor to detect the device and a user interacting with the device through at least one gesture, identifying the device with a computing machine, and initiating a file transfer between the device and the computing machine in response to identifying the device and at least one of the gesture. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124482 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING AND ENCOURAGING PERSONAL DREAM ACHIEVEMENT - Methods and systems are provided for use in monitoring and encouraging the attainment of personal dreams. Users can publish dreams and action steps to online social networks and receive comments related thereto. Third-party users can write suggestions in connection with the dreams or action steps to help the user achieve the dreams. Anonymous feeds regarding the dreams and related actions can be sent to target sites as a function of user identity. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124483 | Multi Mode Message Reply Interface - A messaging system that organizes and presents messages to users of the messaging system. The messaging system includes a mailbox module that receives messages and generates conversation threads from the messages. Messages received from different electronic message channels may be aggregated into a common conversation thread. The conversation threads are also organized in a message interface and then presented to a user of the messaging system. The messaging system may include a social networking system that stores social information about users, which can be used to organize the conversation threads. Other features include a multi mode message interface, and a method for adding contextual information to messages. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124484 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATION IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT - A system for collaboration in project development includes a central server including a collaboration controller configured to support a virtual whiteboard and two or more remote servers located in different locations and coupled to the central server. The two or more remote servers are configured to receive user information from one or more input devices during an information gathering session, to provide the user information to the central server, to receive information from the central server and to provide the information received from the central server to the one or more input devices. The central server is further configured to prevent the virtual whiteboard from being displayed on the one or more input devices during the information gathering session. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124485 | EMBEDDING TOOLS IN A COLLABORATION WINDOW - A computer implemented method, system and/or computer program product automatically extends a collaboration window. An initiation of an interactive teleconference, which utilizes a collaboration window that is displayed on two communication devices, is detected. The topic of the interactive teleconference is determined by a starting context of the interactive teleconference. The topic is associated with a related application that provides supporting information for the interactive teleconference. This supporting information and/or associated application(s) are then displayed on one or both of the two communication devices. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124486 | LINKING USERS INTO LIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING INTERACTIONS BASED ON THE USERS' ACTIONS RELATIVE TO SIMILAR CONTENT - A system and method that uses interne content and/or content metadata as a means to establish social networks. Examples include linking internet users, searchers, viewers and/or listeners of the same and/or similar internet content to each other via a platform that enables any of the following in n-dimensional environments: social networking, communications, sharing, e-commerce, advertising, search, hosting and registry services, push and pull applications, anonymous communications, and rich presence. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124487 | ISSUING BEHAVIORAL AND CONTEXTUAL NOTIFICATIONS - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method for issuing behavioral and contextual notifications in browser toolbars. An exemplary method comprises discovering usage behaviors and usage context. A trigger event may be defined based on the usage behaviors or the usage context. The trigger may be stored in an application. Information is rendered related to the usage behavior or usage context when the trigger event occurs. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124488 | Network Client Optimization - A method of rendering an optimized web page or other resource includes requesting a resource and receiving a response including a user interface control declaration and a data array containing properties for the user interface control. The data array is parsed to produce a first property value, and a property of the user interface control is modified to correspond to the first property value. Alternatively, the response may not include a user interface control declaration, but a user interface control may be instantiated having a property that corresponds to the first property value. The property value may have been determined dynamically based at least in part on information provided with the request. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124489 | Implement Method, Operation Method, and System for No Installing Data Card Driver - An implementation method, an operation method and a system of a data card driver free installation are provided. The implementation method includes following steps. Device side software of a data card is taken as a compound device with a HID function interface. The device side software of the data card maps all of other function interface data of the data card into the HID function interface, and takes the HID function interface as a channel so as to interact data with a PC side. An operating system of the computer automatically obtains and runs green software built in a storage area of said data card. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124490 | FULL-SCREEN ANNUNCIATOR - A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of desktops on single and multiple screens are disclosed. Selected desktops and/or running applications are displayed on dual screen displays. Desktops and applications can be shifted between screens by user gestures, and/or moved off of the screens and therefore hidden. Hidden desktops and screens can be re-displayed by other gestures. The desktops and applications are arranged in a window stack that represents a logical order of the desktops and applications providing a user with an intuitive ability to manage multiple applications/desktops running simultaneously. User gestures rearrange the order of the applications and desktops in the window stack. One embodiment provides an annunciator display or window extending across both screens in a dual screen configuration of the device. The annunciator window provides alerts, notifications, and statuses of the device in an increased area thereby enhancing viewability of information in the window. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124491 | SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTIPLE DISPLAY SCREENS - An example system includes a first display screen and a touch-sensitive, second display screen physically separate from the first display screen. A processor is configured to generate respective images for both the first and second display screens. The processor is further configured to interchange images on the first and second display screens in response to a gesture supplied to the touch-sensitive, second display screen. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124492 | Display and Resolution of Incompatible Layout Constraints - User interface layout is defined using constraints on the position and size of visual elements. Constraints may be explicit and/or implicit. Interactive design code helps designers create constraints without conflict or redundancy. The design code determines whether a proposed layout constraint is incompatible with established constraints, receives a designer's selection of an incompatible constraint, and displays user interface elements in previews of alternate layouts having different constraints. A designer can interactively explore possible resolutions of constraint incompatibilities as soon as the constraints are detectable. The design code animates a transition between possible layouts, highlights the incompatible constraints, and hides the compatible constraints. A subset of constraints may be shown, such as only the recently added constraints and closely related constraints. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124493 | RENDERING DYNAMIC CONTENTS WITH STATIC FILE BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FORM CONTROL - The invention provides a method for rendering dynamic web contents with static file based graphical user interface (GUI) form control The method includes the steps of trapping an event which requires to draw or redraw an image in a file based GUI image control in a current local environment; initiating a WebCrawler function with parameters derived from the current local environment to retrieve data from the web; generating a locally accessible file with web content in a format interpretable by the file based GUI image control; and having the file based GUI image control render the web content contained in the locally accessible file. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124494 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TYPING AND MAPPING SYSTEM - A graphical user interface (GUI) type model helps application designers create error free graphical user interface applications (GAPs). The GUI type model provides a reference set of GUI element types. The application designer assigns a selected GUI element type to each GUI element in a GAP design. The GUI element types help ensure consistent and proper treatment of the GUI element types at every stage in the development of the application, from initial planning and design, to compilation and execution. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT RELATIONSHIP IDENTIFICATION IN A USER INTERFACE - A computer-implemented method is provided for identifying an undifferentiated object ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120124496 | GEOGRAPHIC VOLUME ANALYTICS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The GEOGRAPHIC VOLUME ANALYTICS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“GVA”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via GVA components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the GVA obtains a merchant identifier of a merchant, and aggregates data records of purchase transactions of users with the merchant. The GVA parses the aggregated data records to extract location identifying information of the users when engaging in the purchase transactions with the merchant. Based on the extracted location identifying information and the aggregated data records, the GVA generates a calculation of volume of transactions against geographical locations. Also, the GVA generates a graphical representation of the calculation of volume of transactions against geographical locations. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124497 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA VIRTUALIZATION AND DISPLAY - A method of data virtualization and display, the method comprising providing a first data set; providing a first view container for displaying data items therein and associating the first view container with the first data set; loading the first data set with selected data items obtained from a first master data collection; and automatically displaying the selected data items in the first view container. An apparatus for data virtualization and display, the apparatus comprising a first master data collection comprising a number of data items; a first data set configured to be loaded with selected data items from the first master data collection; and a first view container configured to display data items therein, the first view container being associated with the first data set such that the selected data items loaded in the first data set are automatically displayed by the first view container. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124498 | System and Method for Simultaneous Display of Multiple Information Sources - A computerized method of presenting information from a variety of sources on a display device. Specifically the present invention describes a graphical user interface for organizing the simultaneous display of information from a multitude of information sources. In particular, the present invention comprises a graphical user interface which organizes content from a variety of information sources into a grid of tiles, each of which can refresh its content independently of the others. The grid functionality manages the refresh rates of the multiple information sources. The present invention is intended to operate in a platform independent manner. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124499 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH WIDGETS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING WIDGETS - An electronic device which includes a widget management module, a processor, a source acquiring module, and a display. The widget management module adds a new window and new viewable symbols or representations (views) inside the new window. The processor counts a number of existing windows and a number of existing views in each of the existing windows, calculates a new window identification code for the new window according to the number of existing window and the number of existing views in each of the existing windows, and calculates a new view identification code for each of the new views according to the new window identification code. The source acquiring module acquires sources and data from the sources based on each of the new view identification code and associates the source information with new view corresponding to the new view identification code, leading to the display of the new views. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124500 | USE OF DISCRETE INPUT TO CONTROL CONTROLLABLE DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method includes determining focus on a focus item associated with a controllable item. The focus item is displayed on an interface used to automatically control the controllable item. A controllable attribute is determined for controlling the controllable item. The controllable attribute is controllable by a first input device using incremental inputs. The method outputs an interface control on the interface for the controllable attribute. The interface control is configured to receive a discrete value from a second input device where the second input device is configured to transmit the discrete value. The discrete value is received from the second input device and the method causes automatic control of the controllable item to adjust the controllable attribute of the controllable item from a current value to the discrete value based on receiving the discrete value. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124501 | DISPLAY OF CONTROLLABLE ATTRIBUTES FOR A CONTROLLABLE ITEM BASED ON CONTEXT - In one embodiment, a method includes determining focus on a focus item associated with a controllable item. The focus item is displayed on an interface that includes a plurality of display positions. A context for the controllable item based on the focus being on the focus item and a set of controllable attributes associated with the controllable item are determined. The method dynamically determines an order of the set of controllable attributes based on the context. The context is used to prioritize the set of controllable attributes in the order. The set of controllable attributes is displayed in the order in at least a portion of the plurality of display positions. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124502 | FILE MANAGEMENT USER INTERFACE - File management user interface techniques are described. In one or more implementations, properties of a file are displayed in a user interface by a computing device. In response to selection of a particular one of the properties in the user interface, one or more representations of one or more other files that include a corresponding value of the particular property are displayed, respectively, of the file. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124503 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EASY CORRELATION BETWEEN MONITORED METRICS AND ALERTS - A method and system for correlating, for at least one managed system, at least one monitored computer metric and a plurality of associated alerts, comprising selecting a monitored computer metric designated by a user, selecting a time scale designated by the user; and selecting a number of alerts associated with the monitored computer metric, the alert being designated by the user. The monitored computer metric and the number of alerts are correlated over the selected time period, and a graph of the correlated monitored computer metric superimposed with a number of alerts over the selected time period is transmitted for presentation to the user. The user can select various monitored computer metrics, various alerts and various time periods. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124504 | DEBUGGING IN A MULTI-PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT - Technology is described for debugging in a multi-processor environment. An example system can include a plurality of process icons representing processes executing on compute nodes. A plurality of relationship arc icons between the process icons can represent messages being sent between source processes and destination processes on the compute nodes. A tabular display control can have rows to display attributes for relationship arc icons representing the messages being sent. In addition, a grouping module can be used to identify groups of messages that are related and to highlight relationship arc icons which are part of a group. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124505 | RIFFLER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRONIC READING DEVICE - Methods and a system for an electronic device to allow for riffling through pages of a document. A fore edge view of page edges is displayed in a user display of the device and enables pages to be turned to while skipping other pages via inputs received at the user display. The user display has a touch screen interface that senses touch on display. Motion is also detected and when the device is tilted or moved a motion sensed causes the fore edge view to be displayed. Inputs sensed by the touch screen interface cause the fore edge view to be displayed and also allow pages or section of the document to be held concurrently while pages are riffled to in the document. The held pages are easily returned to at will. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124506 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM APPLICATIONS - A user interface configured to display a first set of subject data in a first image workspace on the at least one display. The user interface is further configured to provide for user selection of at least one of a plurality of subject data related to a plurality of image workspaces, attach user comments to and save user comments with the user-selected subject data in the first user-selectable tab after input of user comments, electronically mail the user-selected subject data to one or more designated recipients directly from a first user-selectable tab after input of instructions to electronically mail the user-selected subject data, and automatically open a second image workspace related to the user-selected subject data after user selection of a return link in the first user-selectable tab. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124507 | ELECTRONIC BACKUP OF APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods are provided for storing and restoring digital data. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving, while a current view of an application is displayed in a user interface, a first user input requesting that a history view associated with the current view of the application be displayed, retrieve data associated with the history view, determining a presentation format for the data, and displaying the history view in response to the first user input in accordance with the presentation format, the history view including data associated with at least a first visual representation of an earlier version of the current view of the application. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124508 | Method And System For A Personal Network - Systems and methods for asynchronous communications within an information sharing platform are provided. Traditional social network models use bi-directional friendship or unidirectional following. In contrast to these models, embodiments of the present invention provide for a unidirectional sharing friendship model. The unidirectional friendship model allows people to share information through a path of communications with a set of recipients selected by the sharer. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124509 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a configuration that allows for a cursor or other object that has moved outside the display section to be displayed as a virtual object and observed. A cursor or object lying in an area outside the area of the display section of a PC or other device is displayed as a virtual object. For example, the display of goggles worn by the user displays a display device such as a PC and the area outside the display device. The three-dimensional position of the cursor or object that has probably moved in response to user operation is calculated, after which the cursor or object is displayed as a virtual object at the calculated position. Further, object information for the object specified by the cursor is acquired and presented. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124510 | GRAPHICS ITEMS THAT EXTEND OUTSIDE A BACKGROUND PERIMETER - Described herein are methods and systems that allow a user to reposition or size a graphics item or background such that a portion of the graphics item resides outside the background. This permits tailored operating spaces based on user preference and allowable conditions, which are particularly useful with display devices having a large display area. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124511 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, TABLE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes a touch panel that detects a first user input, a communication unit that communicates with a portable terminal which detects a second user input, a data obtaining unit that obtains content data including an operable object, a display output unit that outputs a content image which displays the object, and a control unit that controls an operation of the object displayed in the content image, wherein the control unit executes a first operation of the object if the first user input is detected by the touch panel, and executes a second operation of the object if the second user input is received from the portable terminal by the communication unit. | 2012-05-17 |
20120124512 | UNLOCKING A TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - A method for unlocking a touch screen device includes providing a touch screen device in an idle mode. An area or region displayed on a screen of the device in the idle mode is contacted or activated to reveal at least one application icon associated with an active/unlocked state of the device. The region is moved, expanded or dragged to an edge of the device to change a state of the device to an active/unlocked mode and activate the revealed application. | 2012-05-17 |