20th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100125701 | Multi-Level Non-Volatile Memory Device, Memory System Including the Same, and Method of Operating the Same - Methods of programming nonvolatile memory devices include programming a plurality of nonvolatile multi-state memory cells in the non-volatile memory device with state-converted data derived from non-state-converted data. This state-converted data may be associated with a greater number of erased states relative to the non-state-converted data, when programmed into the plurality of nonvolatile memory cells. The methods also include generating a flag having a value that indicates which ones of the plurality of nonvolatile memory cells have been programmed with data that is swapped with data in other ones of the plurality of nonvolatile memory cells. This flag may also be programmed into the nonvolatile memory device. Operations may also be performed to read the state-converted data (and flag) from the plurality of nonvolatile memory cells and then decode the state-converted data into the non-state-converted data, based on the value of the flag. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125702 | Non-Volatile Memory System and Access Method Thereof - Disclosed is a method for accessing a non-volatile memory device using a flash translation layer. The method includes receiving a write request for data from a file system and recording the data in the non-volatile memory device in response to the write request. The flash translation layer is informed whether a confirm mark for the data is recorded or not from the file system. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125703 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device is configured to access a disk by a head according to a command from a computer. The magnetic disk device includes a communication module, an information generator, and a controller. The communication module receives a command from the computer. The information generator generates first information indicating the access situation of the disk based on the command received by the communication module. The controller controls the driving speed of at least one of the head and the disk based on the first information generated by the information generator. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125704 | STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND STORAGE SYSTEM - Provided is a storage control apparatus, including a Central Processing Unit, a channel interface device, a disk interface device, and an input/output control device. In the storage control apparatus, a main memory device is configured by a battery-backed-up volatile memory that can maintain the nonvolatility of data for a predetermined period of time after the power supply is turned off. By the battery-backed-up main memory device and a memory device of the input/output control device, a memory address space is formed to make it serve as a cache device of the storage control apparatus, and staging and destaging processes are executed between the cache device and the disk drive unit. In such a storage control apparatus being coupled to a host computer and a storage device to control data input/output to/from the storage device, memory devices therein can be used with a good efficiency, and data input/output control can be performed with high reliability and swiftness. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125705 | USING DELETE NOTIFICATIONS TO FREE RELATED STORAGE RESOURCES - A storage stack delete notification can be received at a storage stack filter. The delete notification can indicate deletion of primary data in a primary storage region. Secondary data that is taking up storage resources managed by the storage stack filter can be identified. The secondary data can be associated with the primary storage region, and the storage resources can be resources other than the primary storage region. It can be determined whether it is useful to have the secondary data continue taking up the storage resources. If having the secondary data continue taking up the storage resources is not useful, then the storage resources can be freed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125706 | PROVISION OF DATA STORED IN A MEMORY CARD TO A USER DEVICE - There is provided a method for providing data stored in at least one memory card to a user device. An exemplary method comprises connecting the memory card to a host unit, which is connectable to the user device. The exemplary method also comprises determining in the host unit that added data is stored in the memory card, the added data having not been transmitted to the user device. The exemplary method additionally comprises transmitting the added data and/or information identifying the added data from the host unit to the user device, if a data connection between the user device and the host unit exists. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125707 | DEADLOCK AVOIDANCE DURING STORE-MARK ACQUISITION - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that avoids deadlock while attempting to acquire store-marks on cache lines. During operation, the system keeps track of store-mark requests that arise during execution of a thread, wherein a store-mark on a cache line indicates that one or more associated store buffer entries are waiting to be committed to the cache line. In this system, store-mark requests are processed in a pipelined manner, which allows a store-mark request to be initiated before preceding store-mark requests for the same thread complete. Next, if a store-mark request fails, within a bounded amount of time, the system removes or prevents store-marks associated with younger store-mark requests for the same thread, thereby avoiding a potential deadlock that can arise when one or more other threads attempt to store-mark the same cache lines. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125708 | Recursive Logical Partition Real Memory Map - A recursive logical partition real memory map mechanism is provided for use in address translation. The mechanism, which is provided in a data processing system, receives a first address based on an address submitted from a process of a currently active logical partition. The first address is translated into a second address using a recursive logical partition real memory (RLPRM) map data structure for the currently active logical partition. The memory is accessed using the second address. The RLPRM map data structure provides a plurality of translation table pointers, each translation table pointer pointing to a separate page table for a separate level of virtualization in the data processing system with the data processing system supporting multiple levels of virtualization. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125709 | Logical Partition Memory - A mechanism is provided, in a data processing system, for accessing memory based on an effective address submitted by a process of a partition. The mechanism may translate the effective address into a virtual address using a segment look-aside buffer. The mechanism may further translate the virtual address into a partition real address using a page table. Moreover, the mechanism may translate the partition real address into a system real address using a logical partition real memory map for the partition. The system real address may then be used to access the memory. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125710 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REWRITING MAIN MEMORY DATA - A main memory data rewriting device includes a rewrite condition analysis unit configured to analyze a rewrite condition for target data in main memory data stored in a main memory before deactivation of an information processing device, and create a first processing content to acquire environment data substituting the target data from outside of the information processing device and a second processing content to rewrite the target data to the environment data, an environment data processing unit configured to acquire the environment data according to the first processing content when the information processing device is temporarily activated at an activation time set to rewrite the target data during a deactivating period of the information processing device, and a rewrite processing unit configured to rewrite a region of a nonvolatile storage medium in which the target data is stored with the environment data according to the second processing content. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125711 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING DATA, SUCH AS TOTALING DATA, ETC. - A totaling device includes a first specification unit comprising a first storage unit for storing first dividing information and first interpolation value information, a second storage unit for storing second dividing information and second interpolation value dividing information and a third storage unit for storing information of a totaling information storage unit for storing totaling information; a second specification unit for specifying the third storage unit related to the second dividing information which coincides with second total dividing information or the third storage unit related to the second interpolation value dividing information which coincides with the second total dividing information; and a totaling unit for specifying a totaling information storage unit and storing the totaling information of the totaling target information in the totaling information storage unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125712 | DATA BACKUP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE - Systems for backing up the data of an IT system by utilizing server or storage virtualization technology to create and move logical IT infrastructures dynamically. A virtualized IT system provides a server resource pool and a storage resource pool composed from multiple physical devices either within a datacenter or a globally located plurality of datacenters. The virtual server and the storage volume provisioned from those pools will be paired to form the virtual infrastructure. In other words, the virtual infrastructure becomes a logical IT environment build with the required computing and storage resources needed in order to execute specific applications. The virtual infrastructure can also be migrated within/among datacenter sites. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125713 | DATA BACKUP SYSTEM AND DATA BACKUP METHOD THEREOF - A data backup method is applicable to a cell phone with a data to be backed up stored therein. In the method, a timing instruction is first received to calculate a predetermined time period. Then, it is determined uninterruptedly whether the predetermined time period has elapsed. When the predetermined time period has elapsed, the data to be backed up is stored in a storage device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125714 | DELETE NOTIFICATIONS FOR AN ENTIRE STORAGE VOLUME - A delete notification can be received at a storage stack filter in a storage stack. It can be determined whether the delete notification applies to an entire storage volume. If the delete notification does not apply to the entire storage volume, a first set of actions can be taken with the storage stack filter in response to the delete notification. If the delete notification does apply to the entire storage volume, a second set of actions can be taken with the storage stack filter in response to the delete notification. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125715 | Storage System and Operation Method Thereof - To efficiently assign storage resources to storage areas in a well-balanced manner in terms of performance and capacity, provided is a storage system in which, for a storage apparatus including a disk array group providing a logical volume to be assigned to an application, a storage management unit holds the throughput, response time, and storage capacity of the array group; receives performance density being a ratio between a throughput and a storage capacity, and a requirement on a storage capacity required for the logical volume; and assigns the throughput to the logical volume on the basis of the received performance density and the capacity requirement with the throughput of the array group set as an upper limit, and assigns, to the logical volume, a storage area determined on the basis of the assigned throughput and the received capacity requirement. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125716 | RESISTANCE VARIABLE MEMORY DEVICE - A resistance variable memory device includes a resistance variable memory cell array, a data register that prefetches read data of the resistance variable memory cell array, a data output unit that receives the prefetched read data from the data register and outputs the received data, and a page mode setting unit that sets one of a first page mode and a second page mode as a page mode. In the first page mode, the data output unit sequentially reads the read data prefetched in the data register as page addresses are sequentially received, and in the second page mode, the data output unit sequentially reads the read data prefetched in the data register after a start page address among a plurality of page addresses has been received | 2010-05-20 |
20100125717 | Synchronization Controller For Multiple Multi-Threaded Processors - A gated-storage system including multiple control interfaces, each control interface operatively connected externally to respective multithreaded processors. The multithreaded processors each have a thread context running an active thread so that multiple thread contexts are running on the multithreaded processors. A memory is connected to a system-level inter-thread communications unit and shared between the multithreaded processors. The thread contexts request access to the memory by communicating multiple access requests over the control interfaces. The access requests are from any of the thread contexts within any of the multithreaded processors. A single request storage is shared by the multithreaded processors. A controller stores the access requests in the single request storage within a single clock cycle. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125718 | PARALLEL ANALYSIS OF TIME SERIES DATA - In one aspect, a method of processing time-ordered multi-element data uses a set of computational nodes. In some examples, hundreds or thousands of nodes are used. A set of portions of the data are accepted, for example, from a MD simulation system. Each portion of the data is associated with a corresponding computational node in the plurality of computational nodes, and each portion representing a distinct range of time. Instructions for processing the data are accepted. These instructions include one or more instruction specifying a set of times, a set of elements, an analysis function, and an aggregation function. The accepted data is redistributed from within the portions at each computational node to multiple computational nodes in the plurality of computational nodes, such that data for any element of the specified set of elements is localized to a particular computational node. At each computational node, the trajectory analysis function is applied to the data for each node localized at that computational node. The results of the applying the analysis function are aggregated at each of the computational nodes, including applying the aggregation function to the results. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125719 | Instruction Target History Based Register Address Indexing - A circuit arrangement and method support instruction target history based register address indexing, whereby register addresses to be used by an instruction are decoded using a target history table of previous target register addresses, and an index into the target history table supplied by an index value in the instruction. An instruction may include at least one index value that identifies a previously used register address. During execution of the instruction, the index is retrieved from the instruction, and then a register address is retrieved from the target history table using the index. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125720 | INSTRUCTION MODE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An instruction mode identification apparatus includes a program counter and a processor. The program counter stores an instruction address, which comprises a plurality of bits for indicating an address of an instruction currently executed or to be executed. At least one of the plurality of bits is a redundant bit. The processor identifies an instruction mode according to the redundant bit. The instruction mode represents an execution mode of the current instruction. An instruction mode identification method is also disclosed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125721 | System and Method for Determining and/or Reducing Costs Associated with Utilizing Objects - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes receiving, in near real time, data associated with a utilization of one or more objects. The method further includes comparing the data associated with the utilization of the one or more objects with one or more rules associated with the utilization of the one or more objects. The method further includes determining, in near real time, a cost associated with the utilization of the one or more objects based at least on the comparison. The method further includes providing, in near real time, an indication of the cost associated with the utilization of the one or more objects. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125722 | Multithreaded Processing Unit With Thread Pair Context Caching - A circuit arrangement and method utilize thread pair context caching, where a pair of hardware threads in a multithreaded processor, which are each capable of executing a process, are effectively paired together, at least temporarily, to perform context switching operations such as context save and/or load operations in advance of context switches performed in one or more of such paired hardware threads. By doing so, the overall latency of a context switch, where both the context for a process being switched from must be saved, and the context for the process being switched to must be loaded, may be reduced. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125723 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ENABLE FAST PLATFORM RESTART - A method and system to perform a fast reset or restart of a platform by minimizing the hardware initialization of IO devices in the platform during a restart of the platform. The basic input/output system (BIOS) of the platform traps any software initiated reset request (SIRR) or warm reset. The BIOS restores the input/output (IO) devices coupled with the platform to their previous hardware state to avoid the full platform initialization when the SIRR is trapped. The restart of the platform can be performed in a fast manner as the full platform initialization is minimized. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125724 | COMPUTER DEVICE HAVING INITIALIZATION SETTING FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING INITIALIZATION SETTING FOR COMPUTER - A computer device having an initialization setting function and a method for making an initialization setting for a computer are provided. The computer device includes a BIOS, a button which generates a pressing frequency or a pressing time when it is pressed and a main body interface unit connected to the button or the BIOS to transmit signals. The main body interface unit generates a corresponding operation instruction according to the pressing frequency or the pressing time and makes the BIOS execute the operation instruction. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125725 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING KEYBOARD LAYOUT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF SPELLING SUGGESTIONS AND TO RECOGNIZE A KEYBOARD MAPPING MISMATCH BETWEEN A SERVER AND A REMOTE USER - A method, system and computer program product for keyboard layout detection resulting in improving the quality of the spelling suggestions, and in another aspect, recognizing a keyboard mapping mismatch between a computer and a given remote user based on a defined finite dictionary. There is no extra Application Programming Interfaces (API) required to pass information between the text editor and a spellchecking engine in order to perform keyboard layout detection. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125726 | THIN CLIENT HOST WAKEUP METHOD AND THIN CLIENT HOST - A thin client host wakeup method to switch a thin client host from a sleep mode back to an active mode, wherein the thin client host wakeup method comprises the steps of: receiving a wake on LAN packet to generate a wakeup interrupt; determining, a storing module of the thin client host having a sleep flag; generating a trigger signal to the power module to activate the power module; electrically connecting the power module to a power switch; and retrieving a former system status and switching the thin client host from the sleep mode back to the active mode according to the former system status. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125727 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONFIGURING SOFTWARE IN SDR TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring software in a software-based wireless terminal when a new wireless communication service is to be carried out is provided. The method of reconfiguring software at a software defined radio (SDR) terminal including one or more reconfigurable elements, includes: indentifying program installation time and program startup time with respect to the respective reconfigurable elements, selecting a reconfigurable element from the one or more reconfigurable elements based on the program installation time and the program startup time, and placing a program on the selected reconfigurable element. Accordingly, time for installing a new wireless communication service can be reduced in the SDR mobile communication terminal. Thus, convenience can be provided to a user. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125728 | METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING ONE WAY HASH FUNCTIONS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A cryptographic system for encrypting a data stream to be transported over a network by using a one way hash function constructed according to Merkle-Damgard construction includes a plurality of Davies-Mayer structure modules. A Davies-Mayer module modifies two variables A and B according to at least four words by no more than three Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) block cipher rounds. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - A system and method of performing electronic transactions between a server computer and a client computer. The method implements a communication protocol with encrypted data transmission and mutual authentication between a server and a hardware device via a network, performs a decryption of encrypted server responses, forwards the decrypted server responses from the hardware device to the client computer, displays the decrypted server responses on a client display, receives requests to be sent from the client computer to the server, parses the client requests for predefined transaction information by the hardware device, encrypts and forwards client requests, displays the predefined transaction information upon detection, forwards and encrypts the client request containing the predefined transaction information to the server if a user confirmation is received, and cancels the transaction if no user confirmation is received. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125730 | BLOCK-LEVEL DATA STORAGE SECURITY SYSTEM - A secure storage appliance is disclosed, along with methods of storing and reading data in a secure storage network. The secure storage appliance is configured to present to a client a virtual disk, the virtual disk mapped to the plurality of physical storage devices. The secure storage appliance is capable of executing program instructions configured to generate a plurality of secondary blocks of data by performing splitting and encrypting operations on a block of data received from the client for storage on the virtual disk and reconstitute the block of data from at least a portion of the plurality of secondary blocks of data stored in shares on corresponding physical storage devices in response to a request from the client. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125731 | METHOD FOR SECURELY MERGING MULTIPLE NODES HAVING TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULES - Method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for operating a plurality of computer nodes while maintaining trust. A primary computer node and at least one secondary computer node are connected into a cluster, wherein each of the clustered computer nodes includes a trusted platform module (TPM) that is accessible to software and includes security status information about the respective computer node. Each clustered computer node is then merged into a single node with only the TPM of the primary computer node being accessible to software. The TPM of the primary computer node is updated to include the security status information of each TPM in the cluster. Preferably, the step of merging is controlled by power on self test (POST) basic input output system (BIOS) code associated with a boot processor in the primary node. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125732 | HOME NODE-B APPARATUS AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS - A Home Node B or Home evolved Node B (HN(e)B) apparatus and methods are disclosed. The HN(e)B includes a Trusted Environment (TrE) and interfaces including unprotected interfaces, cryptographically protected interfaces, and hardware protected interfaces. The H(e)NB includes security/authentication protocols for communication between the H(e)NB and external network elements, including a Security Gateway (SGW). | 2010-05-20 |
20100125733 | DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM, CHANNEL SETTING METHOD AND MESSAGE STRUCTURE FOR 2-WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TERMINAL AND AUTHENTICATION SERVER IN THE DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM - Provided are a Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS), and a channel setting method and a message format for a 2-way communication between a terminal and an authentication server in the DCAS. The DCAS may include: a verification unit to verify an electronic signature and an integrity with respect to a message received from the authentication server; an extraction unit to extract network access information of the authentication server from the message in which the electronic signature and the integrity are verified; and a channel setting unit to set a communication channel with the authentication server based on the extracted network access information. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125734 | ENCRYPTED IMAGE WITH MATRYOSHKA STRUCTURE AND MUTUAL AGREEMENT AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an encrypted image with a matryoshka structure and a mutual agreement authentication system and method using the same. The encrypted image with a matryoshka structure is used in authentication in an authentication system having a plurality of layers and comprises: a first encrypted image which can be opened by only a server of any one layer of the authentication system; and a second encrypted image which can be opened by only a server of another layer distinguished from the any one layer, wherein any one sealed encrypted image of the first and second encrypted images is embedded and sealed in the other encrypted image. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125735 | Method and System for Establishing a User-Friendly Data Transfer Service Application Executing Within a Heterogeneous Distributed Service Application Execution Environment - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for data transfer between electronic, hand-held devices, including cell phones, and computer systems, including servers and PCs, as well as component methods and systems of these data-transfer methods and systems. Component methods and systems of the present invention include secure links between various devices, enhancements to electronic hand-held devices that enable service applications to run continuously or intermittently on the devices, deployment of dynamically created service applications to electronic, hand-held devices, and various additional component methods and systems that facilitate the above-mentioned component methods and systems. One embodiment of the present invention is a robust, efficient, secure, and user-friendly method and system for transferring data between cell phones and personal computers. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125736 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING CONTENTS WITH REMOVABLE STORAGE - Disclosed is a content sharing method and system using an external memory. A method for transmitting encrypted contents to an external memory device list includes receiving a device list and public keys for devices, encrypting a domain key by using a public key to generate at least one device domain key, and transmitting the device domain key to the external memory. The method for performing encrypted contents further includes checking a public key of a device, extracting a device domain key corresponding to a public key checked by at least one device domain key stored in an external memory, decoding the extracted device domain key, decoding the encrypted contents by using the decoded device domain key, and performing the decoded encrypted contents. According to the present invention, since a single piece of contents stored in an external memory is reproducible by a plurality of devices, the existing problem of repeatedly settling the single piece of contents is solved and external memory resources are efficiently used. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125737 | PAYMENT TRANSACTION PROCESSING USING OUT OF BAND AUTHENTICATION - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for increasing the security of electronic payment transactions, such as eCommerce transactions conducted over the Internet. A transaction approval or authorization mechanism uses an out of band process to provide authentication or identification data that has previously been registered by a user and associated with the user's payment device or account. The out of band authentication data may be provided in response to a message sent to a user's mobile phone, where the message is generated in response to entering the user's phone number into a form that is provided when the user engages in an electronic payment transaction using a desktop computer. The data may include a digital signature and associated digital certificate that is used to authenticate the user. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125738 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING INFORMATION - A system for transferring information that includes a collection module configured to authenticate a user identifier if the user identifier is unique in the system, the user identifier being related to identity of the user, generate an encrypted object based on at least the user identifier and at least one webpage identifier in accordance with an algorithm, each of the at least one webpage identifiers being related to the identity of one of at least one webpages of the user, retrieve the encrypted object from one of the at least one webpages based on one of the at least one webpage identifiers, identify the integrity of the retrieved encrypted object, a management module configured to generate at least one information card based on the at least one webpage identifier in accordance with predetermined rules, a memory module configured to store at least one of the said user identifiers, the at least one webpage identifier and the at least one information card, and a dispatch module configured to dispatch the at least one information card. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125739 | SECURE CONFIGURATION OF PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE - A cryptographic system ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100125740 | SYSTEM FOR SECURING MULTITHREADED SERVER APPLICATIONS - A system for securing multithreaded server applications addresses the need for improved application performance. The system implements offloading, batching, and scheduling mechanisms for executing multithreaded applications more efficiently. The system significantly reduces overhead associated with the cooperation of the central processing unit with a graphics processing unit, which may handle, for example, cryptographic processing for threads executing on the central processing unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125741 | OPTICAL DISC EMULATOR - A system and method that maps an emulated optical disc file structure to a secure region of a data storage device, and translates cryptographic challenges received from a media player licensed under a digital rights management specification into firmware command sets of the data storage device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125742 | Proxy Device for Managing Power Supply for Server Unit - A proxy device has: an address management portion for sending an alternative IP address and an alternative MAC address not used within a network to a server unit when a sleep invocation notification is received from the server unit; a virtual interface creation portion for creating a virtual interface having a server IP address and a server MAC address, which were used by the server unit before the notification is sent; a broadcasting portion for broadcasting a packet indicating that a location of the server IP address and the server MAC address has shifted into the proxy device to the network; a server wakeup processing portion sending a restoration notice to the server unit if the virtual interface receives data destined for the server IP address; and a virtual interface deleting portion for deleting the virtual interface if the server unit indicates restoration from the sleep mode. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125743 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION DURING OFF OF COMPUTER MOTHERBOARD - The present invention discloses an electronic device for reducing power consumption during power off of computer motherboard. When the computer motherboard is at S5 soft off state of ACPI, it will make the computer motherboard enter like G3 mechanical off state of ACPI. The electronic device will cut off a portion of electric components consuming stand-by power on the computer motherboard, and only supply the stand-by power to the electronic device itself. Only after the user pressed the power button, the electronic device will connect the stand-by power to the computer motherboard. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125744 | Method and system for providing presence service - A system is configured to provide a presence service with reduction of resource and energy waste. The presence service method includes receiving, at a presence server, a message requesting suspension of delivery of presence information of presentities subscribed by a watcher, the suspension request message being transmitted by the watcher of which a sleep mode condition is satisfied; receiving a changed part of the presence information from one of the presentities; retaining the changed part of the presence information; receiving a message requesting restart of the delivery of presence information from the watcher; and sending the changed part of the presence information to the watcher in response to the restart request message. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125745 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CUSTOMER IMPACTING FAILURE RATE IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method and system for measuring a customer impacting failure rate in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method collects a plurality of customer impacting network failure events, where the plurality of customer impacting network failure events comprises both hardware failure events and software failure events associated with a particular type of router or switch, or a particular type of component of the router or the switch. The method computes a Mean Time Between Outage (MTBO) metric from the plurality of customer impacting network failure events and compares the MTBO metric with a MTBO goal metric, wherein the MTBO goal metric is calculated in accordance with a predicted Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) metric. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125746 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING RELIABILITY PARAMETERS OF A TECHNICAL INSTALLATION - A method calculating reliability parameters of a technical installation is provided. The reliability parameters are calculated using a modified Markov minimum cut method in which probabilities of a plurality of components failing on account of a common cause and the property of a component or subassembly with self-diagnosis are concomitantly included in the calculation of the reliability parameters. The input parameters for the calculation model are determined from messages and/or subsystems in the technical installation or from the overall installation. The failure and repair rates calculated may be used to predict the reliability, availability, maintainability and safety of the technical installation. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125747 | Hardware Recovery Responsive to Concurrent Maintenance - Disclosed is a computer implemented method, data processing system, and apparatus to respond to detection of a hardware interface error on a system bus, for example, during a concurrent maintenance operation. The service processor may receive an error on the system bus. The error identifies at least one field replaceable unit and may inhibit the suppression of clock signal to the field replaceable unit. The service processor adds an identifier of the field replaceable unit to an eligible Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) list. The service processor recursively adds at least one field replaceable unit that the field replaceable unit depends upon. The service processor suppresses the clock signal to the field replaceable unit. The service processor inhibits tagging the field replaceable unit as unusable for next initial program load. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125748 | REMOTE DATA ACCESS DEVICE AND REMOTE DATA ACCESS METHOD - A remote data access device and a remote data access method are provided. The remote data access device comprises: a storing module, a first controller and a second controller. The first controller comprises a first odd and a first even access queue. The second controller comprises a second odd and a second even access queue. The first and the second controller have the same MAC and IP addresses. The first and the second odd access queues receive the same odd remote access requests and the first and the second even access queues receive the same even remote access requests, the first controller performs a data access operation on the storing module according to the odd remote access requests in the first odd access queue and the second controller perform a data access operation on the storing module according to the even remote access requests in the second even access queue. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125749 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, FAILURE DIAGNOSIS METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A first confirmation unit performs a first confirmation of confirming presence of a connection to a correspondent node in a first communication layer, presence of a connection to a correspondent node in a second communication layer, and presence of a connection to a correspondent node in a third communication layer. A locating unit locates a failure point in communication based on a result of the first confirmation. An output unit outputs a result of the location. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125750 | PROGRAMMABLE ERROR ACTIONS FOR A CACHE IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data processing system and method of operation has a processor coupled to a cache. Cache control circuitry is coupled to the cache and performs error detection. A user programmable error action control register stores a control value for selecting a type of error action to be taken when a cache error is detected. A first value of the control value permits handling of a cache error that is transparent to the processor, and a second value permits handling of the cache error by taking an exception that is visible to the processor. Various alternate actions to a detected error, including error correction or cache line invalidation, may be taken in response to other values of the control value. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125751 | System and method for recovering solid state drive data - A method for recovering solid state drive (SSD) data may comprise: detecting a failed SSD comprising one or more data blocks; receiving a request to write data to the one or more data blocks of the failed SSD; writing the data to one or more data blocks of an operational drive; and rebuilding the failed SSD from the failed SSD and the one or more data blocks of the operational drive. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125752 | SYSTEM FOR AUTO-OPERATING BACKUP FIRMWARE AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for auto-operating backup firmware I disclosed, which includes a baseboard management controller, a first BIOS ROM, a second BIOS ROM, and an inverter. The baseboard management controller has an I/O pin. The first BIOS ROM is electrically connected to the I/O pin of the baseboard management controller. The inverter is electrically connected to the I/O pin, and the second BIOS ROM is electrically connected to the inverter. A method for auto-operating backup firmware is also disclosed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125753 | PREDICTIVE DIAGNOSTICS AND FAULT MANAGEMENT - The present application discloses a preventative, diagnostic maintenance system designed for gaming systems. Sensor and software monitor, accumulate, store and share information for efficient maintenance of the gaming systems. Diagnostic and prognostic tests are run and results prioritized wherein minor and intermittent problems that indicate potential future problems are stored. When a technician visit is prescribed, the system will present via a GUI a visualization of the status of gamed devices, and, forearm the technician with the high and low priority information regarding the high priority problems along with the low priority problems for all the game devices at the same site. The technician will be able to bring the specific tools, programs and parts to service the high and the low priority problems of all the game devices. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125754 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING A BIG STRUCTURE IN A 64K OPERATING ENVIRONMENT - A method for accessing a big structure in a 64 k operating environment is disclosed. The method includes changing the big structure into plural sub structures; arranging a big memory space by a power on self test (POST) memory manager; and allocating the sub structures to the big memory space. Wherein a length of each sub structure is shorter than 64k | 2010-05-20 |
20100125755 | Method to identify performance and capacity bottlenecks of complex systems - Systems and methods are described that analyze complex systems and identify potential performance bottlenecks that may affect capacity and response time. The bottlenecks are identified to resolve problems originating at a specific subsystem(s). | 2010-05-20 |
20100125756 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING OBJECT-ORIENTED EXCEPTION HANDLING - A system, method, and computer-readable medium having instructions thereon for executing a method for providing object-oriented content-based exception handling in business software applications are provided. An embodiment provides for handling an exception based on both the context of a process step in a process chain of a business software application, as well as the specific content of the process. An embodiment includes the use of a database to associate content information with desired responses, in order to further automate exception handling. For those exceptions which cannot be handled in an automatic fashion, then manual intervention is requested. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING ERRORS IN DOWNLOADING WEB PAGES - A system and method for correcting errors in downloading web pages provides a historic error resolving procedure and a common error resolving procedure. The historic error resolving procedure is for storing a download error and debugging solutions corresponding to the download error. The download error includes error positions and error types. The common error resolving procedure stores predefined error types and corresponding debugging solutions. If the download error of an error does not exist in the historic error resolving procedure, the common error resolving procedure is searched for the error types and corresponding debugging solutions. If the error type does not exist in the common error resolving procedure, an administrator is prompted to provide a new debugging solution to solve the error, and the new debugging solution is stored into the historic error resolving procedure. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125758 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM CHECKER - A distributed system checker may check a distributed system against events to detect bugs in the distributed system. The events may include machines crashes, network partitions, and packet losses, for example. The distributed system checker may check a distributed system that can have multiple threads and multiple processes running on multiple nodes. To obtain control over a distributed system, a distributed system checker may insert an interposition layer between a process and the operating system on each node. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125759 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING AN OPERATOR IN A REMOTE TROUBLESHOOTING CONTEXT - A system locates a user in a remote troubleshooting environment. An office device is utilized to perform at least one of a copy, a facsimile, a print, and an email. A headset facilities audio communication between the user and a remote troubleshooter. A compass is located proximate to the office device wherein the headset is placed in a predetermined location proximate to the compass to establish a datum point such that movement from the datum point is recognized as a location proximate to the office device. A remote processing component displays the location of the headset relative to the office device based on information provided by the compass. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125760 | Providing protection for a memory device - A method for monitoring the status of a memory device is disclosed. The method includes, during operation of the memory device, exercising a first portion of the memory device more than at least one other portion of the memory device in order to induce an accelerated rate of aging of the first portion. The first portion is monitored to detect at least a potential for a failure in the first portion. According to the method, in response to monitoring the first portion, at least one corrective action is performed. Apparatus and computer readable media are also disclosed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125761 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WAFER-LEVEL ADJUSTMENT OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS - A system and method for wafer level adjusting of IC chips are disclosed. The system and method for a wafer level adjustment of IC chips connect the analog circuits of the IC chip with the adjustment controller outside the semiconductor wafer via the probing region and the signal transmission region outside the IC chip, measure and adjust the performance of the IC chip by the adjustment controller, and then, only store final adjustment data in the adjustment memory of the IC chip. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the area of adjustment circuits added to an integrated circuit chip such as an RFID tag chip and adjust the performance of chips at a wafer level. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125762 | Form Validation with Table Driven Error Handling - Various embodiments provide a validation framework to validate whether data entered in a web application is valid. The framework includes a validation resource that contains a validation rule for the web application. The framework also includes a validation group web control that can generate client validation script that is useable by a client to validate whether the entered data is valid. In at least some embodiments, an event table that specifies the validation rules is used to present an error message when the entered data is not valid. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125763 | VOLUME AND FAILURE MANAGEMENT METHOD ON A NETWORK HAVING A STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is an environment that storage device configuration management can be efficiently done in a data center having a virtualization device. A SAN manager acquires configuration information from a device constituting a SAN and prepares a correspondence relationship between a host computer and a virtual volume in the SAN, and a corresponding relationship between the host computer and a real volume, depending upon the acquired information. Based on the corresponding relationship, the SAN manager outputs a correspondence relationship of between virtual and real volumes. Meanwhile, by interpreting a failure-notification message received from the devices of the SAN, detected and outputted is an influence upon an access to a real or virtual volume as to the failure. Furthermore, when a plurality of failure notifications are received from the devices connected to the SAN, a plurality of failure notifications are associatively outputted depending upon a correspondence relationship between real and virtual volumes. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125764 | ERROR RATE ESTIMATION/APPLICATION TO CODE-RATE ADAPTION - The disclosure proposes bit-error-rate (BER) and symbol-error-rate (SER) estimation techniques and its application to incremental-redundancy and rate-adaptation for modern-coded hybrid-ARQ systems. In particular, BER/SER estimators are proposed based on iterative refinement of mixture-density modeling of the bit/symbol decision metrics. For hybrid-ARQ systems, rate-adaptation functions are proposed based on BER/SER estimators for failed transmissions. Methods are disclosed for code-rate selection based on successfully decoded blocks as well as incremental parity size selection for retransmission of failed blocks Techniques disclosed here apply to forward-error-correction codes employed for digital data communication systems. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125765 | UNINITIALIZED MEMORY DETECTION USING ERROR CORRECTION CODES AND BUILT-IN SELF TEST - An apparatus having a memory module and an initialization module is disclosed. The initialization module may be configured to (i) mark a particular location in the memory module as an uninitialized location by writing a predetermined word into the particular location in response to an occurrence of an event, (ii) read a read word from an address in the memory module in response to a read cycle and (iii) generate an interrupt signal by analyzing the read word, the interrupt signal being asserted where the read word indicates that the address is the uninitialized location in the memory module. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125766 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes memories, a BIST circuit, and an analyzer. The BIST circuit includes a test controller performing the test and generating a memory selection signal selecting a memory to be tested, an address generator generating write and read addresses, a data generator generating write data and an expected output value, and a control signal generator generating a control signal. The analyzer includes a memory output selector selecting output data, a bit comparator comparing the output data with the expected output value, an error detection unit determining whether there is an error in the memory, a plurality of pass/fail flag registers capable of storing a pass/fail flag, a repair analyzer analyzing a memory error and generating a repair analysis result, a plurality of repair analysis result registers capable of storing the repair analysis result, and an output unit outputting the pass/fail flag and the repair analysis result. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125767 | METHOD FOR TESTING RELIABILITY OF SOLID-STATE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for testing a reliability of a solid-state storage medium is provided, wherein the solid-state storage medium has a plurality of blocks. First, a lifetime of each of the blocks of the solid-state storage medium is obtained. Then, an erase count of each of the blocks is obtained, and whether the erase count is greater than a predetermined erase count is determined. After that, those blocks having their erase counts greater than the predetermined erase count are accumulated to generate a problematic block number, and a test report is output. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125768 | ERROR RESILIENCE IN VIDEO COMMUNICATION BY RETRANSMISSION OF PACKETS OF DESIGNATED REFERENCE FRAMES - Techniques are provided for video communication between multiple devices. Each of a plurality of video packets is designated as being part of a required reference frame that is subsequently to be used for a repair process. A stream of video packets that includes the packets for the required reference frame is transmitted from a source device over a communication medium for reception by a plurality of destination devices. A determination is made that at least one of the plurality of destination devices did not receive at least one packet of the required reference frame, and the at least one packet is retransmitted the at least one of the plurality of destination devices. When the retransmitted packet is received at the at least one destination device, it is decoded and stored without using it for generating a picture for display at the time that the at least one packet is received. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125769 | PARITY-CHECK-CODE DECODER AND RECORDING CONTROLLER - A parity-check-code decoder includes: a verifying device that multiplies (N) bit nodes by a matrix provided with (N) columns so as to obtain a plurality of check nodes; a reliability generator that generates a reliability index for each of the bit nodes in accordance with a channel; a reliability-updating device that uses the bit nodes and the check nodes to exchange message iteratively, and following each iteration, updates (N) exchange results corresponding to the (N) columns; and a recording controller that includes a separator, a quantizing determiner and a quantizer. The separator divides the matrix into at least one column group based on the characterizing signals. The quantizing determiner determines a shift signal for each column group based on the characterizing signals. The quantizer quantizes the characterizing signals according to the shift signals for subsequent output. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125770 | DISTRIBUTED OPERATING SYSTEM MANAGEMENT - A system and method are provided for a distributed operating system manager. In one example, the method includes retrieving an internet protocol address of a boot server connected to a client computer via a network; determining whether the boot server is available via the network; transferring to the boot server a description of an operating system on the client computer; validating hardware credentials of the client computer; and determining whether to perform a remote boot process. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125771 | ERROR JUDGING CIRCUIT AND SHARED MEMORY SYSTEM - An error judging circuit includes a first EOR circuit tree that generates a check bit of a correction code by polynomial remainder calculation with respect to a polynomial expression of an original code which is protected from an error with respect to data of m bit block unit by addition in a Galois extension field GF (2 | 2010-05-20 |
20100125772 | ERROR CORRECTING CONTROLLER, FLASH MEMORY CHIP SYSTEM, AND ERROR CORRECTING METHOD THEREOF - An error correcting controller for connecting an old host controller having an old error correcting function with a new flash memory which requires a new error correcting function is provided. When the old host controller needs to write data into the new flash memory, the error correcting controller generates a new error correcting code according to the new error correcting function for the data. Then, when the old host controller needs to read the data from the new flash memory, the error correcting controller performs an error correcting procedure according to the new error correcting code and transmits information to the old host controller according to the result of the error correcting procedure and the old error correcting function. Accordingly, it is possible to allow the old host controller to access the new flash memory without changing the architecture of the old host controller. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125773 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A digital broadcast receiving system and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a broadcast signal having mobile service data and main service data multiplexed therein, extracting transmission parameter channel (TPC) signaling information and fast information channel (FIC) signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data, wherein the FIC signaling information includes a current/next (C/N) indicator, and wherein the TPC signaling information includes FIC version information, and detecting ensemble configuration information of a current MH frame. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125774 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - To provide a memory array for information bit that stores information bits, a memory array for check bit that stores check bits, a correction circuit that, in response to a write request, reads the information bit and the check bit corresponding to a write address from the respective memory arrays and corrects an error included in the information bit, and a mixer temporarily holding information bit corrected by the correction circuit. The mixer overwrites only a part of bytes of the held information bits with write data according to a byte mask signal. Accordingly, a capacity required for the memory array for check bit can be reduced while the byte mask function is maintained. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125775 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - A reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction unit reading a reproduced signal of the data recorded on an optical disk, a reproduced signal processing unit performing ECC decoding for the reproduced signal using a predetermined parameter value, a storage unit storing the parameter number associated with the currently set parameter value and a parameter table listing parameter values and associated parameter numbers, and a control unit controlling the reproduction unit and the reproduced signal processing unit. The control unit, when ECC decoding fails, changes the parameter values in the order of the parameter numbers and controls the reproduced signal processing unit until ECC decoding succeeds in retried reproduction processing and, when ECC decoding succeeds, stores the parameter number associated with the currently set parameter value and sets in the next retried reproduction processing the parameter value associated with the stored parameter number in the reproduced signal processing unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125776 | Multi-syndrome error correction circuit - In a particular embodiment, a forward error correction (FEC) decoder is disclosed that includes an input responsive to a communication channel to receive sampled bits from a continuous bit stream. The circuit device further includes a logic circuit to alternately provide sets of the received sampled bits from the continuous bit stream to one of a first syndrome generator and a second syndrome generator to correct errors in the sets of sampled bits to produce a decoded output related to the continuous bit stream. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125777 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A CRC CHECK - A description is given of an apparatus that includes a division unit configured to receive a data stream and to divide the received data stream into a plurality of data segments and a plurality of first CRC check units, wherein each of the first CRC units is configured to perform a CRC check of a respective one of the plurality of segments of data, and wherein the plurality of CRC checks are performed concurrently. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125778 | Data-Driven Actions For Network Forms - Systems and/or methods are described that enable a data-driven action associated with altering a data instance of a network form without altering and/or having access to the data instance. These systems and/or methods, in one embodiment, render a result of a data-driven action for a network form without transforming the network form's data instance. In another embodiment, the systems and/or methods map a data-driven action to a view-centric logical representation of the electronic form. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125779 | Matrix Tree Presentation Structures - Approaches for rendering data on a display are provided using matrix tree and matrix tree table presentation structures. A matrix table is rendered on a display. The matrix table comprises a set of columns and a set of rows. Each column is associated with a different dimension instance of a first dimension, and each row is associated with a different dimension instance of a second dimension. The intersection of each column and row is a cell. In one approach, a tree of nodes is rendered within at least one cell of the matrix table. In another approach, a tree table is rendered within at least one cell of the matrix table. The tree table comprises a tree of nodes, where each node of the tree of nodes comprises a row of data. A tree of nodes in a cell of the matrix table may be expanded or collapsed upon request. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125780 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ANNOTATION FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device with annotation function and a method thereof are provided. The method includes steps of: reading a to-be-displayed original photo; receiving touch operations on a touch screen; generating an annotation interface on the original photo in response to the touch operations, identifying an annotations corresponding to the touch operations, and displaying the annotations on the annotation interface; making the annotations overlaying on the original photo; displaying the overlaid photo; generating a parameter file which includes parameters corresponding to the annotations on the annotation interface; storing the generated parameter file; establishing a relationship between the original photo and the parameter file. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125781 | PAGE GENERATION BY KEYWORD - The dynamic creation of a web page based on frequently searched content of interest to users, which permits the creation of web pages focused on topics that will receive a high ranking by search engines, including a computer implemented method and a system for dynamically creating a computer readable web page with relevant user information, including receiving a search phrase that has been entered as a query into a search engine, parsing digital content of user generated records with a computing device to identify user generated content relating to the search phrase, aggregating the user generated content relating to the search phrase into a web page, and adding metadata to the webpage corresponding to the search phrase. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125782 | Electronic document for automatically determining a dosage for a treatment - An electronic document suitable for allowing the real-time diagnostics of various genotype-related treatments while allowing for the changing of demographic data such as a person's age, weight, etc. Various embodiments and methods of new processes include the assembly and association of genetic material samples, the preparation of microarrays with representative genetic material samples in a pattern best suited for analysis as well as manipulation, and delivery of assimilated and compiled data in the form of an electronic document for determining a dosage for a treatment. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125783 | PARTITIONING OF MARKUP LANGUAGE DOCUMENTS - A process and system for partitioning hybrid markup language documents (HMLDs) is disclosed. Content from an HMLD is copied to one or more output markup language documents (MLDs), which may be well-formed or valid MLDs. The HMLD is segmented at partition boundaries within the document, while state information is recorded in a tag stack. The state information is used to complete the output MLD, which may be sent to a software module for processing. The HMLDs and MLDs may be well-formed or valid extensible markup language (XML) documents. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125784 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING FLAGGING FOR DIFFERENTIATING VISUAL INFORMATION IN A USER INTERFACE - This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for differentiating visual information in a user interface (UI). The method may include defining criteria for multiple flag colors. The criteria may be based at least in part on a database query. The method may further include executing the database query on a plurality of data entries stored within a database in order to assign at least one of the multiple flags to each of the data entries. The color of the flag is based at least in part on data within each of the data entries meeting the criteria which defines the color of the flag. The method may further include displaying, within a UI on a display device, the data entries with the associated colored flags. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125785 | Portable Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Using Emoji Characters While in a Locked Mode - In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display includes simultaneously displaying a character input area operable to display text character input and emoji character input selected by a user, a keyboard display area, and a plurality of emoji category icons. In response to detecting a gesture on a respective emoji category icon, the method also includes simultaneously displaying: a first subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category in the keyboard display area and a plurality of subset-sequence-indicia icons for the respective emoji category. The method also includes detecting a gesture in the keyboard display area and, in response: replacing display of the first subset of emoji character keys with display of a second subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category, and updating the information provided by the subset-sequence-indicia icons. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125786 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an image display element, an instruction position detection unit for accepting an instruction operation from a user through an operation face provided to a display screen of the image display element and detecting and outputting an instruction position of the instruction operation with respect to the operation face, a storage unit for storing and holding image data of images, and a display control unit for performing a control for displaying an image in accordance with the stored and held image data on the image display element, in which when the user performs a continuous movement on the operation face, the display control unit performs a control for scrolling the display image while being reduced together with images before and after the display image in accordance with a direction of the operation determined on the basis of a detection output from the instruction position detection unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125787 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus inputs a coordinate value of a position designated on a screen which displays one or a plurality of objects, compares an input locus expressed by the input coordinate value string with a second locus, which is defined in advance as a locus used to give the instruction to execute a process for an object, and determines whether the input locus is a first locus or the second locus. When it is determined that the input locus is the first locus, the apparatus selects an object from the one or plurality of objects based on the display positions of the input locus and the object on the screen. When it is determined that the input locus is the second locus, the apparatus executes a process designated by the input locus with respect to the selected object. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125788 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device for displaying operating parameters of an agricultural machine which includes a working unit has a display unit designed such that it may display several subsections, to each of which an operating parameter is assigned, in a first operating state of the working unit, a closed main region having a central geometric focal point may be displayed, and a first subsection is limited on the side by a second subsection, in a second operating state of the working unit, the mean distance between one side of the first subsection and the central geometric focal point is changed, and an agricultural machine includes the working unit, a driver's cab, and the display device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125789 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC NAVIGATION THROUGH A PROPERTY TO A SELECTED DESTINATION - A system and method for providing navigation for visitors to casinos allows the visitors to select a game, amenity, attraction, or facility as a desired destination, and then have a route provided them to that destination. The route can be drawn on a touch screen display. As an avatar proceeds along the route, it passes landmarks that are highlighted through animation. They may grow as the avatar approaches, then shrink back as it continues beyond the landmark. This is typically repeated several times, allowing the customer to easily remember the series of landmarks, and, thus, the route to the desired destination. He can then follow the route by moving from landmark to landmark across the casino floor. A customized map with the route may also be printed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125790 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR INTERACTIVE ASSEMBLY OF A PRODUCT - A method for assembly of a product includes displaying an image of a product to be assembled on a presentation apparatus. The method includes superposing a first instruction for assembly of the product on the image of the product displayed on the presentation apparatus, and superposing a second instruction for assembly of the product on the image of the product displayed on the presentation apparatus, upon receipt of an input to the presentation apparatus that the first instruction was completed. A computer-readable recording medium having a computer program recorded thereon and a presentation apparatus for assembly of a product are also provided. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125791 | USER INTERFACE FOR A TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A User Interface or UI that generates a progressive timeline visualization of a conversation, including representations of the media contribution of each participant and tools to navigate and review the representations of the media of the conversation. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125792 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system stores a plurality of content data having different display qualities for each content in a storage unit, and detects a user operation to instruct switching of a content displayed on a display screen, and determines a switching speed of content display on the display screen based on the detected user operation, and decides a distribution for content data of each display quality to be read out to a temporary memory unit based on the determined switching speed, and reads out the content data from the storage unit to the temporary memory unit in accordance with the decided distribution. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125793 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, PROJECTOR, AND CONTROL METHOD - A display apparatus includes an image display device adapted to form an optical image, a microphone jack adapted to connect with an external microphone, and an OSD controller adapted to prepare OSD screen image data about the external microphone to supply to the image display device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125794 | PRESENTATION OF ITEMS ARRANGED IN A HIERARCHY - An aspect of the present invention provides a computer-implemented method for presenting items in a hierarchy comprising parent items and sub-items. The method comprises the steps of: identifying one or more parent items in the hierarchy, wherein all sub-items of the identified parent items possess a particular property; and presenting the hierarchy in a manner to indicate that all sub-items of the identified parent items possess the particular property. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125795 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCATENATING AUDIO/VIDEO CLIPS - A system for concatenating audio/video clips is disclosed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125796 | CONTENT PUBLISHING SYSTEM, PUBLISHING METHOD FOR A CONTENT PUBLISHING SYSTEM, AND PUBLISHING TERMINAL - A content publishing system, a publishing method for a content publishing system, and a publishing terminal provide a service that is particularly convenient for the customer. A content publishing system SY having a plurality of publishing terminals | 2010-05-20 |
20100125797 | CLIENT INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION FROM A SUPPLEMENTAL SERVER INTO A PORTAL - According to some embodiments, a client accesses enterprise portal content from an enterprise portal server. The client also accesses supplemental content directly from a supplemental server. The supplemental server may, for example, be associated with a browser-based collaboration and/or document-management platform. Moreover, the client integrates the supplemental content into the enterprise portal content on a user interface display. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125798 | TECHNIQUES FOR INFORMATION COLLABORATION - Techniques for information collaboration are presented. Information topics are defined by users within a virtual community. Comments, links to other topics, search terms used in connection with the information topic, and bookmarks are recorded in connection with each of the information topics. Security access is custom designated for: the information topic as a whole, the comments, the links, the search terms, and/or the bookmarks. The security access defines whether other second users of the virtual community are to be given access to each of the information topics and/or to each comment, link, search term and/or bookmark associated with each of those information topics. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125799 | PHYSICAL-VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT INTERFACE - Apparatus, methods, and computer-program products are disclosed for automatically interfacing a first physical environment and a second physical environment to a virtual world model where some avatar controller piloting commands are automatically issued by a virtual world client to a virtual world server responsive to the focus of the avatar controller. | 2010-05-20 |
20100125800 | System and Method for Bridging Communication Services Between Virtual Worlds and the Real World - A system includes a gateway operative to couple the system to a user. The system further includes a first infolet coupled to the gateway, and operative to couple the system to a first virtual world application, a second infolet coupled to the gateway and to the first infolet, and operative to couple the system to a real world application. The system is operable to obtain first information requested by the user from the second infolet and send the first information to the virtual world application through the first infolet. | 2010-05-20 |