21st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100131836 | USER-AUTHORED NOTES ON SHARED DOCUMENTS - User-authored notes on shared documents may be provided. A shared document may be stored and at least one note may be associated with the document. When a user displays the document, the associated not may be retrieved and a user interface element may be provided to allow the user to view the note. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131837 | VALIDATION FRAMEWORK - Methods and systems for validating input data are provided. Methods employed by the systems may include communicating validation configuration data to a first engine that validates input fields associated with a first communication interface, and generating, via a second engine, browser code operative to cause a browser to validate input fields of a web page associated with the browser code according to the validation configuration data, wherein input fields of the first communication interface and input fields of the web page that are related are validated according to a same set of validation configuration data. An error message may be displayed to a user of the first communication interface when an input field of the first communication interface is invalid. Error message display code may be embedded in the browser code. The error message display code may enable displaying an error message to a user viewing the web page associated with the browser code. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131838 | WEB EXTENSION MECHANISM - An an extension module to enhance the functionality of a web page. An extension point module searches a web page for an extension point and determines an extension point type for the extension point. The extension point module requests a plurality of extensions corresponding to the extension point type. The extension module provides an extension unit comprising a plurality of extensions corresponding to the extension point type. The extension point module runs each of the plurality of extensions in the extension unit on the extension point, wherein running each of the plurality of extensions on the extension point adds functionality to the web page. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131839 | AUTOMATED MARKUP LANGUAGE LAYOUT - Methods and computer programs for automatically creating a text layout in a markup language design for a product to be printed. A number of defined text elements are available for user text. The layout is based on the text elements having user text content. Text elements without text content are disregarded. Positioning of the text elements is determined based on the height of the text elements, defined text element spacing distances, and a defined positioning order. Creating a layout may include positioning design elements relative to the text elements. Font sizes and spacing distances are automatically reduced if necessary to create a suitable layout. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131840 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR PROVIDING ONE OR MORE LINKS IN AN ELECTRONIC FILE THAT IS PRESENTED TO A USER - Methods, systems, and apparatus are described for providing a link in an electronic file being presented to a user in accordance with a set of one or more preferences, each preference providing an association between one or more data patterns and a computer network resource. According to some embodiments, one or more layers may be available and/or selectively activated (e.g., by a user) for modifying electronic files. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131841 | DOCUMENT IMAGE LAYOUT APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a protrusion determination unit that determines a protrusion of print data with respect to a data arrangement area, an attribute determination unit that determines whether the attribute of the print data is text or non-text, a segmentation unit that segments text data into block data that can be arranged on at least two or more of data arrangement areas adjacent to each other when the print data is text data, and an arrangement order determination unit that determines an arrangement order of the plurality of block data after segmentation processing with respect to the plurality of data arrangement areas based on the arrangement order of text data prior to segmentation processing. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131842 | METHOD FOR SPELL-CHECKING LOCATION-BOUND WORDS WITHIN A DOCUMENT - The present invention uses spatial dictionaries (termed locationaries), for meaningfully checking and correcting the spelling of text on Geographic Information System (GIS) maps or other computer documents containing spatially, or coordinate-, bound text. Locationaries keep track of correctly spelled words and the geographic areas within which they are considered correctly spelled. In a preferred embodiment, locationaries are feature classes, ‘map layers’ of properly-spelled words or attributed features (objects). The invention selects such features from locationaries based on spatial criteria relative to the textual objects to spell-check. It then exports the attribute values to dictionaries that can be used by conventional spell checking engines. Once all errors and suggestions are found with such an engine and within user-specified criteria, a dialog is shown that contains a row per potentially-misspelled word found. From that dialog, the user can edit the word in the original textual object of the map. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131843 | Transforming Business Process Data to Generate a Virtual World Client for Human Interactions - A method of building artifacts that are used in a virtual world is provided. The method includes: parsing data of a business process; extracting at least one of input and output data from the parsed data; building a business artifact based on the at least one of input and output data; and associating the business artifact with the virtual world. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131844 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SELECT MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods to select media content are provided. A particular method includes generating a media playlist based on user preference data and generating a user interface display. The user preference data indicates proportions of each of a plurality of categories of media content to be present in the media playlist. The user interface display presents the user preference data using adjustable bars. Each bar is associated with one of the categories of media content, and a dimension of each bar is associated with the proportion of the respective category of media content included in the media playlist. The method includes receiving user input adjusting the dimension of a first bar associated with a first category of the plurality of categories of media content. The method includes adjusting the proportion of the first category of media content included in the media playlist based on the user input. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131845 | HUMAN INTERFACE OF A MEDIA PLAYING DEVICE - A method and device for selectively playing media files stored in a media playing device. The media playing device includes a first database for housing a plurality of media files, and a first and second menu. The first menu displays a plurality of media file identifiers, upon selection of one of the media file identifiers, the second menu is presented. The second menu contains a category list configured so as to present each category having a media file tagged with the selected media file identifier. The interface is operable to choose one of the categories from the category list and either play one media file, all the media files tagged with the media file identifier, or all the media files within the selected category. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131846 | METHODS, RENDERING APPLICATION, PORTABLE APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CREATING A PLAYLIST - A mobile communication apparatus includes a display and means for navigating among items displayed on the display, arranged to enable selection of a first item, in the display view, from a multitude of lists of items. Upon selection of the first item, the selected first item is associated with a playlist including at least the selected item, wherein the item or items in the playlist are arranged in sequential order. A corresponding application, apparatus, user interface, and computer program is also disclosed. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MEDIA AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MEDIA CONTENT - The invention broadly contemplates a system providing an integrated television and Internet media experience. The system provides for automatic integration of television and Internet media via identification of source input media, analysis of the identified source input media, retrieval of related Internet content, and integration of the source media and the related Internet content for display. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131848 | UNIFIED MEDIA DEVICES CONTROLLING USING PRE-DEFINED FUNCTIONAL INTERFACES - A method (and a computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions for generating a user interface on a display) are disclosed for controlling a plurality of media objects connected to a network. The method displays a subset of a group of predefined functional interfaces. A functional interface comprises one or more user menus and each user menus is associated with at least one media object. The method forwards a user request to a control server and to receive a response to the user request from the control server. A user request comprises one or more user interactions with the subset of the functional interfaces. The method further comprises updating the subset of the functional interfaces on the display screen. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISING MOVING PICTURE - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing an advertising moving picture. According to the method and apparatus, a user searches a list of moving picture clips which are created in advance and directly selects moving picture clips suitable for his (or her) product, arranges the moving picture clips, inputs caption texts to correspond to the moving picture clips, and combines the moving picture clips with background music pieces, so that his (or her) own advertising moving picture can be easily created. In addition, even in case of using the apparatus or method, a user having no advertisement idea may not easily create an advertising moving picture. Such a user can use the advertising moving pictures that are created by other users and modify some portions of the advertising moving pictures to create an advertising moving picture, so that any user can easily create the advertising moving picture. In addition, according to the method and apparatus for providing an advertising moving picture, other users who register advertising contents such as moving picture clips and background music pieces or advertising moving pictures are given some portions of fees that are paid by the user who uses the registered advertising contents or advertising moving pictures, so that various advertising contents can be uploaded and generation of advertising moving pictures can be actively promoted. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131850 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A CURSOR FOR INDICATING CONTEXT DATA IN A MAPPING APPLICATION - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for providing a cursor for indicating context data in a mapping application. An electronic device may display a map to a user via a mapping application having a cursor. A user may provide input selecting a type of context data to be represented by the cursor. The cursor may be positioned at a location on the map, and the electronic device may obtain context data based on the user input relating to the position and area proximate the position of the cursor on the map. The electronic device may then update a representation of the cursor using visual and other indicia to reflect the context data. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131851 | Machine, Program Product, And Computer-Implemented Method For Randomized Slide Show Of Files - A user specifies in a database a plurality of files for inclusion in a randomized slide show of files so that only specified files are to be displayed. The plurality of files and the database can be stored on a remote server with user access through an electronic communications network. The user can save criteria for a particular configuration, including a list of predetermined categories associated with a life of the user from which to draw files, a number of files to display, a display duration, and a number of repetitions. A set of files from the plurality of files specified for inclusion in the slide show is randomly selected, responsive to user criteria. A display device displays the randomly selected set of files in the slide show. The steps of randomly selecting and displaying the set of files in the slide show are repeated. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131852 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING DOCUMENTS TO PARTICIPANTS OF WORK-FLOW EVENTS OR TASKS - A system and method for transmitting documents from a document device, such as an MFP. The MFP accesses calendar and workflow servers to determine a list of information items. A user can select an information item for which the document is to be associated and the document device will then determine all of the associated document destinations, e.g., workspaces, email addresses, and the like, and then subsequently transmit the documents to all of the document destinations that are associated with the information item or a subset of the document destination associated with the information item as selected by the user. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131853 | DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE CROSS-SITE CUSTOM INTERFACE - The system includes a user interface module to receive a request to access a dynamic adaptive custom user interface and to generate a dynamic adaptive custom user interface. The user interface module configures the user interface with one or more application modules, where each application module utilizes a data set provided by an application server. The user interface module uses a proxy module to obtain the data set from the application server. The user interface module populates the user interface with the data set from the application server and provides the dynamic adaptive custom user interface having the data set provided by the application server. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131854 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING SERVICES IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM - Available components that make up a distributed computing system are discovered. The available components include available hardware components and available software components that operate on the available hardware components. The available components and dependencies between the available components are graphically displayed in a map of the distributed computing system. A plurality of undeployed services is also graphically displayed. A selection of one of the plurality of undeployed services and a selection of one of the available components is received. The selected undeployed service is deployed to the selected available component. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131855 | Content Display System - A content display system may be provided with a communication device and an information display device. The information display device may display contents by utilizing a browser. The communication device may store location information of summarized content information, acquire the summarized content information based on the location information of the summarized content information, display titles included in the summarized content information, allow a user to select at least one title from the titles, specify first location information of a first content corresponding to a first title selected by the user, and send a command for displaying the first content corresponding to the first location information. The information display device may receive the command, and activate the browser in accordance with a first type of command in a specific case where the browser has been closed which had been activated in accordance with an other first type of command having been sent from the communication device before receiving the first type of command. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131856 | Personalized, Online, Scientific Interface - An Internet-based personalized, online, scientific interface is described, operating from at least a proprietary web server connected to the Internet for sending display images produced at the web server from any software application to a client web browser. The interface is personalized and includes, in addition to providing a gateway to different information databases, a search function, an archiving function, a specific bookmark function, an access to uploaded abstracts, and a personalized area. The interface includes a tool for upload, creation, venue presentation, and highly interactive web delivery presentation of a scientific paper or a poster by an author, linked with an internal tool for reviewing, accepting, and grading submitted abstracts for review. Within the personalized page, the interface includes a management tool for all abstracts uploaded to the interface, a follow-up tool and a system for managing the academic currency associated with the uploaded presentations including the capacity to produce feedback report associated with comments and viewing statistics. A digital presentation system allows attendees to comment on specific slides of presentations, have live or deferred communications with the presenter, rate the presentation, and even archive part or all of the presentation in the interface for later retrieval. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131857 | SOFTWARE FOR INTEGRATED MODELING OF USER INTERFACES WITH APPLICATIONS - This disclosure provides various embodiments of software for providing a user interface (UI) model. In one aspect, the software identifies one or more components associated with a particular work center. The software then collects modeling information from the one or more components identified as being associated with the particular work center, and integrates the collected modeling information into a UI model associated with the particular work center. In some instances, the particular work center may be associated with or defined by a corresponding work center model illustrating the particular work center's UI layout, including at least a portion of components associated with the particular work center. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131858 | USER INTERFACE - A device may include a user interface configured to provide audio, video or haptic output in response to received communications. The device may also include logic to identify information associated with an availability status of a user of the device and provide an audio, video or haptic output via the user interface based on the information associated with the availability status of the user of the device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A COLLABORATION SPACE HAVING APPLICATION HOSTING CAPABILITIES - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for managing a collaboration space having application hosting capabilities. A collaboration space, such as a wiki site, can host a set of collaboration tools and resources, including, for example, content tools, communication tools, and other resources for the users of the space. The collaboration space can also incorporate a set of executable application resources, such as application programming tools to permit users to program, invoke, and execute applications directly from the wiki site or other collaboration space. The set of executable application resources can in turn be embedded or incorporated in a Web framework, for instance to permit the set of hosted applications to be served/run to remote clients as Web applications. Applications generated outside the collaboration space can in embodiments be migrated into the collaboration space and hosted and/or executed from within the collaboration space, even if not originally generated there. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131860 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING ACTIVITY PATTERNS IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for analyzing patterns and trends in online communities, and more particularly to organizing and analyzing data from community collaboration platforms and websites such as wikis, mailing lists, bug trackers, project management tools, and version control systems. At least one collaboration space can contain and store topics which can be submitted to and accessible by a plurality of users. The plurality of users can start new topics or add to existing topics within the at least one collaboration space. The at least one collaboration space can organize data within the topics according to various attributes of the data and the topics. The at least one collaboration space can send the organized data to a dashboard, which can create data organization aids to analyze the data. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131861 | Method and System for Instantly Transmitting Interactive Image - A method and a system for instantly transmitting an interactive image are disclosed. The method is applied in a low bandwidth Internet connection for sharing the interactive image instantly between a first computer and a second computer. The image includes a main image and a track mark, and the track mark is generated by any one of the two computers. The method of the present invention comprises steps of: (A) transmitting the main image from the first computer to the second computer so that the main image is displayed on both computers simultaneously; and (B) generating the track mark on the main image by one of the computers and transmitting the track mark instantly to the other computer, wherein step (B) further comprises: (B1) collecting track information of the track mark formed by a plurality of track points with a specific sampling rate; (B2) down sampling the collected track information according to a difference degree between any two adjacent track points, so as to decrease the collected track information; and (B3) compressing and transmitting the decreased track information to the other computer via the low bandwidth Internet connection. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131862 | METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY CREATING COMPLEX MULTIMEDIA OBJECTS - The invention relates to a method of creating at least one complex multimedia object intended to be reproduced in a multimedia environment. According to the invention such a method includes a step ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100131863 | INCREMENTAL COLLABORATIVE FILTERING - A method for content delivery includes obtaining responses from a first plurality of users to a second plurality of items of content that were delivered to the users over a communication network. For each item, a respective vector is created corresponding to the responses of the users to the item. Distances between the items are computed responsively to the vectors. A first item is selected for delivery to a given user based on a previous response of the given user to a second item and to a distance computed between the first and second items responsively to the vectors. Following the delivery of the first item, upon receiving a response to the first item from the given user, the distances computed between the items are updated based on the response to the first item. The updated distances are applied in selecting a further item for delivery to another user. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131864 | AVATAR PROFILE CREATION AND LINKING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD - A method for creating and linking a profile in a virtual world may include presenting an interface for creating a grouping profile for application to a user's avatar in response to the user's avatar to be transported to one of a particular virtual world location, event or activity. The grouping profile may include at least one attribute. The method may also include allowing assignment of the at least one attribute to the grouping profile and allowing definition of an application criteria. The method may further include associating the application criteria with the grouping profile, wherein the application criteria is usable to determine if the grouping profile is applicable to the user's avatar based on the one of the particular virtual world location, event and activity to which the user's avatar is to be transported. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131865 | Method and system for providing a multi-mode interactive experience - Disclosed are methods and systems for providing a multi-mode interactive experience. In one embodiment, a method comprises hosting a virtual environment corresponding to a real-life simulation environment, on a multi-mode interactive experience server, and networking the server and a venue management system configured to control events occurring in the real-life simulation environment. The networking enables a user to interact with the multi-mode interactive experience in a real-life simulation mode or in a virtual mode. The method further comprises associating a personalized version of the multi-mode interactive experience with an identification code assigned to the user, updating the personalized version of the multi-mode interactive experience according to events occurring in the real-life simulation mode and events occurring in the virtual mode of the multi-mode interactive experience, and providing the updated personalized version of the multi-mode interactive experience in one of the real-life simulation mode or the virtual mode. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131866 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEB-BASED TELECONFERENCING - A system enables web-based teleconferencing. The system uses a voice services router connected to phone devices associated with respective web browser clients. The system also uses an application server connected to the voice services router for receiving conference call events for a conference call from the voice services router and for transmitting the conference call events to a message server. The application server is furthermore connected to the web browser clients associated with the phone devices for receiving conference commands from the web browser clients and for transmitting the conference commands received from the web browser clients to the voice services router. The message server is connected to both the application server and the web browser clients to thereby act as a message broker for receiving messages from the application server for the conference call and for communicating the messages for the conference call to the web browser clients. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131867 | System and method for expert service providers to provide one on one chat advice services through unique empowered independent agents to consumers - The present invention provides techniques for managing, supporting and empowering Independent Agents to offer a method for enabling expert Service Providers to deliver, and charge for, advice to consumers, by connecting two parties in real time in an online chat. The present invention also provides the method and techniques for expert Service Providers, in turn, to provide their service through a multiplicity of Independent Agent channels without the potential for communication device conflict; thereby ensuring successful connections for consumers. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131868 | LIMITEDLY SHARING APPLICATION WINDOWS IN APPLICATION SHARING SESSIONS - In one embodiment, an application sharing session may be established between a presenter device and one or more viewer devices, and at least one application window may be generated on the presenter device that is to be shared with the one or more viewer devices. At the presenter device, a determination may be made regarding which one or more predefined areas of the application window are to be limitedly shared. Accordingly, the application window may be shared with the one or more viewer devices, while limiting sharing of the one or more predefined areas of the application window. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131869 | TECHNOLOGY FOR GENERATING SERVICE PROGRAM - A history acquisition unit acquires a history of operations with a web browser by a user and stores the history in a storage device. A search unit accesses the storage device to search a history of a first operation for inputting a parameter and a history of a second operation performed after the first operation. A generation unit generates a service program that provides services that the user has received through the operations with the web browser, and stores it in the storage device. The service program makes a computer function as: an input acceptance unit that accepts input of a new parameter instead of the parameter input through the first operation; and a processing unit that performs, in response to the new parameter, inputting the new parameter in the web page and processing associated with the second operation beforehand in this stated order with respect to the web browser. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131870 | WEBPAGE HISTORY HANDLING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A webpage history handling method and apparatus for a mobile terminal includes generating a list related to a first webpage, and when a second webpage is generated or received, the level of association between the second webpage and first webpage is examined. The second webpage is added to the list related to the first webpage or a new list related to the second webpage is created, according to the association level. In addition, when a webpage is displayed, a sub-list may be created to include those sections of the webpage attracting user's attention and is attached to the webpage. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131871 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEB BROWSING - A method and system for web browsing is provided. The method includes creating one or more browsing profiles, automatically categorizing contents based on the one or more browsing profiles. The system includes one or more remotely located electronic devices and a communication interface in electronic communication with the one or more electronic devices. Furthermore, the system includes a storage device for storing data associated with the one or more electronic devices and a processor for web browsing, and a creating unit for creating one or more browsing profiles and automatically categorizing contents based on the one or more browsing profiles. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131872 | INTERACTIVE PRODUCT CONFIGURATOR WITH AUTOMATIC SELECTIONS - A product configurator comprises a constraint network having a plurality of nodes. The configurator allows a modeler to designate that one of more nodes of a configuration are input-required nodes. During an interactive session, the configurator may receive a request for an auto-completion of the configuration. The configurator will determine if an input has been received for the input-required nodes, and prohibit the auto-completion if the input has not been received. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131873 | CLINICAL FOCUS TOOL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - Systems and methods provide integrated review and reporting of image studies including analog and/or digital images from one or more modalities/sources using clinical focus tools for both radiology and cardiology. An example clinical image viewer interface system includes an image viewer displaying analog and digital images from a plurality of modalities in a certain order. The image viewer includes a plurality of tools for review and reporting of an image study. The system also includes a tool library including a plurality of tools for image review, analysis, and reporting of an image study from multiple modalities and formats. Tools from the tool library are selectable to configure image review and reporting via the image viewer. The image viewer integrates reporting tools and reviewing tools from the tool library into a single interface for reviewing and reporting of analog and digital image studies across multiple modalities. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131874 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ACTIVE LISTENER AGENT IN A WIDGET-BASED APPLICATION - Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for providing adaptive, work-centered healthcare services via an adaptive user interface. An example adaptive user interface system includes a user interface including clinical content retrieved from a plurality of clinical information sources for graphical display to a user. The user interface facilitates user interaction with the displayed clinical content, the clinical content including applications and patient data. The example system also includes an active listener agent monitoring the clinical content and user interaction with the clinical content transparently to the user to provide additional clinical content for user interaction via the user interface based on the monitored clinical content and user input. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131875 | Action execution based on user modified hypothesis - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: presenting to a user a hypothesis identifying at least a relationship between a first event type and a second event type; receiving from the user one or more modifications to modify the hypothesis; and executing one or more actions based, at least in part, on a modified hypothesis resulting, at least in part, from the reception of the one or more modifications. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131876 | ABILITY TO CREATE A PREFERRED PROFILE FOR THE AGENT IN A CUSTOMER INTERACTION EXPERIENCE - A dynamic user interface for a method and system for creating, selecting, and adapting a virtual contact center within a virtual world. A user's interaction with the virtual world is evaluated and one or more environmental characteristics established based on the user's interaction with the virtual world. A virtual contact center having the one or more environmental characteristics is provided based on the user's interaction with the virtual world. The virtual contact center may include one or more environmental characteristics that are updateable in real-time to incorporate the user's preferences and selections within the virtual world. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131877 | BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM USER INTERFACE WITH DOCKING FEATURE - Building control systems that include a user interface that is configured to help manage relatively large amounts of building control data in an efficient and intuitive manner. In some cases, subsets of building control information can be associated with display elements such as windows or tabs, which can then be docked to provide a convenient way to selectively display only certain subsets of the building control information. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131878 | Widgetized Avatar And A Method And System Of Creating And Using Same - A computerized graphical representation system for representing a user of at least two social-interaction web environments is disclosed. The computerized graphical representation includes an avatar associated with a front of the card, an information profile associated with a back of the card and indicative of information related to the user represented by the avatar, and at least one building engine accessible via at least one networked connection. The building engine builds the avatar for the user, and at least one aspect of the build associates one or more portions of the avatar with entry of a related one or more portions of the information profile. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131879 | Graphical User Interface Program for Fort.15 File Creation - An initialized graphical user interface program can produce a plurality of parameter input fields in a graphical user interface. The plurality of parameter input fields can be logically grouped with similar parameter input fields in close approximation to each other in the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface program can then receive a plurality of parameter data from a user can input into the parameter input fields of the graphical user interface program. Based on the received user input parameter data, the graphical user interface program can deactivate one or more parameter input fields. The graphical user interface program can error-check the received input data and provide warnings for any incorrect data. Finally, the graphical user interface program can generate a fort.15 input file based on the parameter input data. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131880 | TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a terminal and a method of displaying menu icons thereof are discussed, by which a terminal user is facilitated to input various commands. An embodiment of the present invention includes a touch screen and a control unit configured to control at least one touch-available icon to move between outer and inner areas of an image displayed on the touch screen in a direction of a touch-drag on the touch screen. Accordingly, the electric current for detecting a touch is supplied to the touch screen only if the touch-available icon is displayed on the touch screen. Hence, the present invention minimizes power consumption in using the touch screen. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131881 | Apparatus and Method for Data Search and Organization - Embodiments of the invention include a browser component and one or more server components that facilitate easy electronic search and selection of data via any network. Embodiments further comprise an intuitive user interface for the browser. Embodiments further include a method for performing searches and assembling data from anywhere on a variety of networks according to user specifications as directed through the browser and intuitive user interface. The searchable data can be of any type electronically representable. For most of this description, identifiable objects in the context of online shopping are used as an example. Data or objects can be physical objects such as merchandise, books in a library, etc., or representations of non-physical objects such as customer support problems, legal case descriptions, etc. The apparatus and method is also used for defining a new object, or searching existing well-defined objects. The apparatus and method enables a user to define search criteria in a much more intuitive and easy manner than when using existing methods. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131882 | Machine, Program Product, And Computer-Implemented Method For File Management And Storage - A user is displayed an icon palette having a palette boundary and including icons representing a plurality of predetermined categories representing notable events in a life of the user, including, for example, predefined default categories of marriage, faith, family, children, school, travel, military, and health. The user can adjust a relative size of and control a location of the icon palette. The user can select an order and color of the icons. User action assigns an unsorted file to a category so that dragging and dropping a file across the palette boundary onto an icon assigns the file. The file and associated data are stored in a database, including on a remote server providing user access through an electronic communications network. The file and associated data can be temporarily stored in a database on a local user computer allowing user action during slow or interrupted communications with the server. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131883 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC MULTIRESOLUTION CLINICAL DATA DISPLAY - A multi-level information display system graphically represents clinical information for a user. The system includes a user interface providing clinical content to a user and accepting user input with respect to clinical content. The system also includes a graphical summary representation of a patient-related clinical data value. The graphical summary representation has one or more visible characteristics indicating an importance of the patient-related clinical data value. The system also includes a thumbnail trend view providing a graph of data elements used to provide the patient-related clinical data value shown in the graphical summary representation. The system further includes an originating data view retrieving and displaying, via the user interface, a source document corresponding to at least one data element on the graph shown in the thumbnail trend view. The various views are displayed via the user interface based on user manipulation of a cursor with respect to the displayed views. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131884 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR A THERMAL COMFORT CONTROLLER - A graphical user interface system for a thermal comfort controller. The user interface system has a central processing unit coupled to a memory and a touch sensitive display unit. The memory stores a temperature schedule data structure and perhaps a temperature history data structure. The temperature schedule data structure is made up of at least one set-point. The temperature history data structure is made up of at least one Actual-Temperature-Point. The display presents the set-points and/or the Actual-Temperature-Points. One representation of the display is a graphical step-function. The user uses a finger or stylus to program the set-points by pointing and dragging a portion of the step-function. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131885 | Systems and Methods for Displaying Multi-Energy Data - Systems, methods and computer instructions for displaying multi-energy data are provided. Certain methods include: receiving multi-energy data from an operably connected data source; displaying the multi-energy data as an image via a graphical user interface; selecting a region of interest in the displayed image; and displaying information regarding the region of interest via the graphical user interface. Certain methods include: (1) displaying a graph that includes an attenuation line depicting radiodensity versus energy level; (2) displaying a material density graph of a region of interest and/or of results of segmenting a region of interest; and/or (3) displaying information in a window configured to be movable about an interface. Certain methods include: receiving multi-energy data from an operably connected data source; and displaying the multi-energy data as a fused image via a graphical user interface. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131886 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ENHANCED SCROLLBAR - A display system is provided for displaying a categorized data group divided into multiple data group sections by at least one section break. In one embodiment, the display system includes a monitor, a cursor device; and a controller operably coupled to the monitor and to the cursor device. The controller is configured to generate on the monitor: (i) a viewport displaying a portion of the categorized data group, (ii) a scrollbar adjacent the viewport, and (iii) a cursor graphic positioned in accordance with user input received via the cursor device. The cursor device permits a user to interact with the scrollbar to select which portion of the categorized data group is displayed within the viewport. The scrollbar includes a visual representation of each section break included within the categorized data group. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131887 | USER INTERFACE FOR ITERATIVE IMAGE MODIFICATION - A user interface for display or editing of a three dimensional medical image is provided on a display and is responsive to user inputs in a medical imaging system. The user interface includes a framing tool for defining a region of interest on the medical image. An image matrix is then provided on the user interface, which includes a plurality of cross-sectional images each corresponding to a cross-section of the medical image at one of a plurality of cut planes within the region of interest. One or more reference views of the medical image are also displayed, which each include a plurality of reference indicia, each of which corresponds to a location of one of the plurality of cut planes. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131888 | Apparatus and method for visually displaying an item of status information relating to a technical process on a plurality of screens - An apparatus for visually displaying an item of status information relating to a technical process is provided, the item being obtained using a process visualization system. The apparatus includes image generating means for generating an image with two image sections, wherein a display window associated with the process visualization system is displayed in the image. An information region for displaying the status information is provided in the display window. The display window is continuously configured by a user. The apparatus has image control means configured to detect a configuration of the display window carried out by the user, to determine image section regions of the display window which have been placed into individual image sections, to compare the image section regions which have been determined with a predefined selection criterion, and to automatically arrange an information region in each image section region of the display window satisfying the selection criterion. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131889 | USER INTERFACE TO EXPLORE DATA OBJECTS AND THEIR RELATED SUPPLEMENTARY DATA OBJECTS - Disclosed is a user interface for interactively exploring data objects associated with a business context. The user interface includes a business data explorer having an object navigation panel and a side panel. The object navigation panel is operable for displaying a first one of the data objects as a data object of current interest to a user for further exploration. The side panel is operable for displaying a second one of the data objects as a supplementary data object, based at least in part on the business context defined at least in part by an application having the data objects. The business data explorer is operable for displaying the second one of the data objects in the object navigation panel as the data object of current interest to the user for further exploration and in response to a second user selection of a portion of the second one of the data objects, presenting at least one additional supplementary data object based at least in part on the business context defined by the user selected portion of the second one of the data objects. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131890 | ZERO PIXEL TRAVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for image layout and display on a display such as a PACS workstation display. Certain embodiments provide a method for image layout on a display. The method includes detecting an event related to movement of an image for placement on a display. The method also includes overlaying a navigation grid on at least a portion of the display. The navigation grid includes one or more sections corresponding to sections for content on the display. The method further includes indicating a section of the grid into which the image is to be positioned. In addition, the method includes updating the display to reflect the position of the image. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131891 | Hypothesis selection and presentation of one or more advisories - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: selecting at least one hypothesis from a plurality of hypotheses relevant to a user, the selection of the at least one hypothesis being based, at least in part, on at least one reported event associated with the user; and presenting one or more advisories related to the hypothesis. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131892 | System and method for controlling semiconductor manufacturing equipment using user interface - Provided is a system and method for controlling a semiconductor manufacturing equipment by means of a user interface. The control system connects at least one controller through a network to a plurality of semiconductor manufacturing equipments. The controller includes a superordinate controller such as a host for remote control and a subordinate controller such as a cluster tool controller. The controller includes a user interface application for controlling, monitoring and managing the semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The user interface application provides a navigation menu in one side region of a screen to display menus, accessed by a user, in the order of history. The navigation menu is provided in the type of menu bars corresponding to the menus accessed by the user. The navigation menu is configured to automatically store data corrected by the user, prior to conversion to another menu. The menus accessed by the user can be rapidly selected by means of the user interface, and the loss of the corrected data in the accessed menu can be prevented. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131893 | REPLACEABLE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - There is provided a mobile communication device. An exemplary mobile communication device comprises an operating system for the mobile communication device and a radio interface for connecting to a wireless network. The exemplary mobile communication device also comprises a display on which a graphical user interface is displayed to enable the user to operate the mobile communication device according to the operating system. The exemplary mobile communication device additionally comprises a local storage where the data files associated with the graphical user interface are stored wherein the local storage permits the storage of a plurality of user interfaces and a manager that manages the graphical user interface such that the user can select one out of the plurality of stored graphical user interfaces. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131894 | WEB BASED CAPACITY MANAGEMENT (WBCM) SYSTEM - A user interface for viewing network system data is provided and includes at least one company level view that includes a list of one or more service regions within a company, at least one regional level view that includes a list of one or more service markets within each of the one or more service regions, and at least one market level view that includes a list of one or more wire centers within the one or more service markets. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131895 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SELECT MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods to select media content are provided. A method includes dynamically selecting content items for presentation via a media player based on user media selection settings. The user media selection settings specify a proportion of a first category of media content to be presented and a proportion of at least one second category of media content to be presented. The at least one second category includes a user defined category. First media content is associated with the first category based on an intrinsic property of the first media content and second media content is associated with the user defined category based on a property that is not intrinsic to the second media content. The method also includes generating an output stream presenting the dynamically selected content items. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131896 | MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC TECHNIQUES FOR FINDING SIMILAR USERS - A user data engine records profile data supplied by a user and usage data that is based on interactions between the user and a software application. A group data engine receives a set of user data comprising the profile data and the usage data for each user of a plurality of users. The group data engine determines a similarity value between each pair of users of the software application. The group data engine identifies groups of similar users based on the similarity values by executing one or more clustering algorithms. A user may then search for other users and groups of users of the software application and may then receive information from the users and/or groups of users that is related to use of the software application. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131897 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device allows easily operating plural controlled devices connected to a network. The display device includes a communication unit communicating with controlled devices X | 2010-05-27 |
20100131898 | HISTORY DISPLAY APPARATUS, HISTORY DISPLAY SYSTEM, HISTORY DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to an operation of a frame on an arrangement of history information displayed in a sequence, shared history information including action information which relates to action information having a first identifier selected by the frame and has a second identifier is obtained from a server. Identifiers included in action information items included in the shared history information are displayed in the sequence, in parallel with the arrangement of the history information so that the second identifier is displayed adjacent to the first identifier. Via the first and the second identifiers, the frame is moved between the arrangements of the history information and the shared history information, and according to an operation of the frame in the before-after direction of the sequence on the arrangement to which the frame is moved, an identifier included in an action information item in the before-after direction of the sequence is displayed. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131899 | Scannable Cloud - Disclosed herein is a method presenting to a user a tag cloud; wherein the tag cloud keywords' are highlighted based on its correlated records through a passive selection (mouse-over or touchscreen swipe); as well as highlighting its related records list(s) capable of representing the records' relationships within the tag cloud; and this method presents to a user a tag cloud; wherein an active selection (click of a mouse or a touchscreen tap) of a tag or a listed record further filters the list(s) of related records; whereas the tag cloud uncorrelated tags to an active selection remain visible and available for a selection. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131900 | Methods and Systems for Improved Data Input, Compression, Recognition, Correction, and Translation through Frequency-Based Language Analysis - System and method for improving data input by using word frequency to text predict input. Other systems and methods include analyzing words already contained in a document (e.g. spell checking and OCR) and using word frequency to create a proxy system to reduce the space required to store data, allowing for more efficient usage of storage and enhancing the embedded content of matrix codes. The system displays the most common words in a language based upon the previously entered or displayed word(s), or the previously entered or displayed character or characters. Words with the most common frequency of use with the prior word(s) are displayed in a table to enable the user to quickly select one of the displayed words for rapid data entry. The input device can be a touch-sensitive display or non-touch sensitive type device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131901 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that displays a list screen of thumbnails associated with content, an execution unit that executes any application using the content associated with the thumbnails, and an image generation unit that generates an execution state image showing an execution state of the application by the execution unit, wherein the display control unit displays the execution state image generated by the image generation unit in at least a portion of an area where the list screen is displayed. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131902 | NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE FOR SEARCH ENGINES - Search assistance is provided to users that submit search queries to search engines. In one implementation, a partial search query input by a user to a search engine is received. The partial search query is predicted to be a navigational query. A web address is selected based on the predicted navigational query. A search assistance list that includes the selected web address is generated. The search assistance list is displayed to the user in response to the received partial search query. In another implementation, a plurality of suggested search queries is determined for the received partial search query. A suggested search query of the plurality of suggested search queries having a highest relevance to the user is determined. A search assistance list is generated and displayed to the user. The suggested search query having the highest relevance to the user is prominently displayed in the search assistance list. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131903 | Spatial graphical user interface and method for using the same - A spatial graphical user interface for interfacing with a plurality of data sources to create a layered image includes a content acquisition module configured to acquire a first primary image from any one of the data sources where the primary image has at least an image of one object thereon. A transparent layer generating module generates a transparent layer to be overlaid over the primary image which spatially corresponds to the primary image. A link generating module generates an icon on the transparent layer over the at least one object such that the icon represents a link to data contained in the data sources related to the object on the primary image. The layered image is the combined view of the primary image, the transparent layer and icons on the transparent layer. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131904 | TILTABLE USER INTERFACE - A programmable effects system for graphical user interfaces is disclosed. One embodiment comprises adjusting a graphical user interface in response to a tilt of a device. In this way, a graphical user interface may have viewable content not shown in a first view, where the viewable content may be displayed in a tilted view in response to the device tilt. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131905 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Gesture-Activation - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for operating home appliances using gesture recognition. A sequence of video images is received and compared to a stored sequence of gesture images. A gesture image is associated to an operation of an appliance. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131906 | Design Method for Transmission Lines Using Meta-Materials - High frequency circuits for wireless, digital and microwave applications place requirements upon the impedance of their signal lines, interconnects and packaging. In designing and implementing the substrates for these signal lines it is beneficial to employ meta-materials to provide the desired impedance. Such meta-materials providing a means to provide modified permittivity and permeability for the substrate, these being different than the real permittivity and permeability of the insulator used. In an example embodiment, a substrate is configured as a meta-material. It is desirable therefore to have a means to model these meta-material aspects of the signal lines rapidly and accurately allowing the circuits, interconnects and packages to be designed and implemented without expensive and exhaustive iterative experimental characterization. Within the cited invention design parameters for the meta-material structure are determined in dependence upon input parameters characterising the conductive medium, dielectric medium enveloping the conductive material, and the pre-determined shapes of the conductive medium. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131907 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE CODE FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURES OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Apparatus, methods, and computer readable code for computing parameters related to layout schemes of integrated circuits are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an actual layout scheme is computed, for example, for a netlist. In some embodiments, one o or more layout schemes are scored based on, for example, susceptibility to failure and/or yield in manufacturing. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131908 | SUB-CIRCUIT PATTERN RECOGNITION IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN - A method and system for sub-circuit pattern recognition in integrated circuit design is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for recognizing a pattern circuit in a target circuit, includes encoding the pattern circuit and the target circuit by processing a first netlist of the pattern circuit and a second netlist of the target circuit, generating a cross-linked data structure based on attributes and connectivity information of at least two devices and at least one net from the first netlist, and identifying an instance of the pattern circuit in the target circuit based on an associative mapping between the pattern circuit and a sub-circuit of the target circuit using a device integer array and a net integer array. Each of the first netlist and the second netlist is based on the at least two devices and the at least one net connecting the at least two devices. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131909 | FAST LITHOGRAPHY COMPLIANCE CHECK FOR PLACE AND ROUTE OPTIMIZATION - A computer is programmed to use at least one rule to identify from within a layout of an IC design, a set of regions likely to fail if fabricated unchanged. An example of such a rule of detection is to check for presence of two neighbors neither of which fully overlaps a short wire or an end of a long wire. The computer uses at least another rule to change at least one region in the set of regions, to obtain a second layout which is less likely to fail in the identified regions. An example of such a rule of correction is to elongate at least one of the two neighbors. The computer may perform optical rule checking (ORC) in any order relative to application of the rules, e.g. ORC can be performed between detection rules and correction rules i.e. performed individually on each identified region prior to correction. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131910 | Simulating Scan Tests with Reduced Resources - An aspect of the present invention replaces memory elements in a scan chain with corresponding new (memory) elements, with each new element having two paths to provide the corresponding data output. One of the two paths is operable to connect the data value to the combinational logic only during a capture phase of said test mode, and the second path is operable to connect the data value to the next element in the chain during a shift phase of said test mode. As a result, unneeded transitions/evaluations in the combinational logic are avoided during shift time, thereby reducing the resource requirements in the corresponding duration. However, the further processes (including various design phases and fabrication) are continued based on the original data (i.e., without the new elements) such that unneeded delays are avoided during the eventual operation in functional mode of the various fabricated IC units. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131911 | Method and system for High Speed and Low Memory Footprint Static Timing Analysis - The invention provides a method and system for performing Static Timing Analysis on SoC (System on a Chip) designs. The invention solves a longstanding problem with timing analysis of designs, namely, the ability to multi-thread the design under analysis. The invention provides for slicing a design into levels, further decomposing each level into gates, and the multi-threaded processing of gates so that the solution of large design analysis is generated significantly faster than current approaches. Further, the invention provides that only one level exists in the RAM at any time. Once the arrival time on the level is computed, the data is saved to disk immediately. Because the memory footprint is sub-linear to the size of the design, entire system-on-a chip designs may be nm on inexpensive, off-the-shelf hardware. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131912 | RETIMING OF MULTIRATE SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses for retiming of multirate system for clock period minimization with a polynomial time without sub-optimality. In an embodiment, a normalized factor vector for the nodes of multirate graph is introduced, allowing the formulation of the multirate graph retiming constraints to a form similar to a single rate graph. In an aspect, the retiming constraints are formulated to allowed the usage of linear programming methodology instead of integer linear programming, thus significantly reducing the complexity of the solving algorithm. The present methodology also uses multirate constraints, avoiding unfolding to single rate equivalent, thus avoiding graph size increase. In a preferred embodiment, the parameters of the multirate system are normalized to the normalized factor vector, providing efficient algorithm in term of computational time and memory usage, without any sub-optimality. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131913 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCALING I/O-CELL PLACEMENT DURING DIE-SIZE OPTIMIZATION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that scales an I/O-cell placement during die-size optimization. During operation, the system starts by receiving an initial die-size for a die and an initial I/O-cell placement for a set of I/O cells. The system also receives a target die-size for the die. The system then determines die-size changes between the initial die-size and the target die-size. Next, the system identifies available spaces between the set of I/O cells in the initial I/O-cell placement. The system subsequently scales the initial I/O-cell placement based on the identified available spaces and the die-size changes to obtain a new I/O-cell placement which fits in the target die-size. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131914 | METHOD TO DETERMINE PROCESS WINDOW - A method to determine a process window is disclosed. First, a pattern data is provided. Second, a bias set is determined. Then, a resizing procedure is performed on the pattern data in accordance with the bias set to obtain a usable final resized pattern to be a target pattern of changed area. The final resized pattern is consistent with a minimum spacing rule, a contact to poly rule and a contact to metal rule. Accordingly, the target pattern is output. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131915 | Method, device, and program for predicting a manufacturing defect part of a semiconductor device - Provided is a method of predicting a manufacturing defect part of a semiconductor device, which results from optical pattern displacement in an exposure process. The prediction method includes: performing repetitive processing a plurality of times, the repetitive processing including: a site generating step of setting a site at a predetermined position of a layout pattern; an edge shifting step of shifting an edge of the layout pattern according to a predetermined rule; an image forming position calculating step of calculating an image forming position corresponding to the shifted edge on the site; and an error check step of storing error information between the image forming position on the site and the edge of the layout pattern; and extracting, based on the error information, from the first layout data, apart in which the image forming position is unstable, and predicting the extracted part as a hot spot. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131916 | SOFTWARE FOR MODELING BUSINESS TASKS - This disclosure provides various embodiments of software for generating a business task model. In one aspect, the software identifies a triggering entity associated with a particular process component, and defines a task associated with the particular process component, where the task represents a runtime request to perform an activity. Further, the software defines at least one connection between the triggering entity and the defined task, the triggering entity at least determining when the defined task is created. The software is further operable to represent the connections between the triggering entity and the defined task in a business task model within a modeling environment. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131917 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING A SYSTEM SPECIFICATION FOR TESTABILITY - As to a plurality of components in a system, a state transition path covering transitions defined by a behavioral specification of a component is specified to satisfy an input restriction of the component. Action sequences are acquired from the state transition path. By selecting a pair of components connected in the system, it is verified whether an output action sequence of a first component as one of the pair satisfies an input restriction of a second component as the other of the pair. If unsatisfied, the input restriction of the second component is relaxed to satisfy the output action sequence of the first component, or an input restriction of the first component is tightened to acquire a new output action sequence satisfying the input restriction of the second component. Above processing is repeated for each pair of components, so that output action sequences of one and the other of a pair satisfies input restrictions of the other and the one of the pair respectively. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131918 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A UML OBJECT DIAGRAM OF AN OBJECT-ORIENTED APPLICATION - A method for generating a UML object diagram of an object-oriented application is provided. The method includes executing the object-oriented application. The method further includes obtaining a copy of a memory address space of the application while the object-oriented application is being executed. The method further includes generating an object relationship graph based on the copy of the memory address space. The method further includes generating the UML object diagram of the object-oriented application based on the object relationship graph. The method further includes storing the UML object diagram in a memory device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131919 | OPTIMAL CODE GENERATION FOR DERIVATION TABLES - A set order that most efficiently separates a set of output vectors of a derivation table is iteratively determined for a set of input vectors belonging to the derivation table. Code is generated to evaluate the input vectors in the set order. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131920 | PARAMETRIC EDA FUNCTION TOOL AND METHOD OF SIMPLIFYING EDA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE - The invention provides a parametric EDA function tool and a method of simplifying EDA programming language, characterized by using an EDA language unit to convert the programming language into a parametric EDA language mode having format strings and variable length arguments; using a function formation unit to form EDA function codes from the parametric EDA language; and using an executive file generator to compile the EDA function codes into an executive file to be executed by a verification device, thereby overcoming the drawbacks of having vast and inflexible EDA programming language that occupies large memory spaces and thus the increased costs for verification as encountered in prior techniques. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131921 | EXPOSING ASYNCHRONOUS MECHANISMS AS FIRST-CLASS EVENTS - Conversions can be applied to various asynchronous and/or concurrent mechanisms. In particular, such mechanism can be transformed into first-class events to facilitate processing with respect to first-class events including but not limited to querying. Both conventional events and asynchronous computations can be transformed to these events, for example by generating and linking a proxy event thereto. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS FOR COMPONENT BASED APPLICATIONS - “A computing device and method for coordinating the development of a client application including application components comprising one or more of at least one of a data component, a message component or a screen component, having corresponding component definitions, or a workflow component comprising a series of instructions. A first development pattern module configured for interaction with a development environment is provided by a computer user interface, the first development pattern module configured for selecting a first pattern from a plurality of patterns based on an application component type central to the client application, the first development pattern module for guiding a user interface with a plurality of predefined steps to coordinate a development of the application components through user input events via the user interface in accordance with the first pattern.” | 2010-05-27 |
20100131923 | Method for Implementing a Medical Informatics System Based on a Computer Executable Health Narrative Coding System - The present invention provides a method for implementing a medical informatics system. The method comprises the step of creating one or more named medical objects having attributes and behaviours, each object being implemented as an object in an object oriented programming paradigm, a function in a functional programming paradigm or an equivalent entity in a hybrid functional/object oriented programming paradigm, wherein the or each medical object name is derived from an algorithmic transformation of a description key assigned to a corresponding medical concept in a medical coding or classification system into an explicit health code, the named medical object having the attributes and behaviours of the corresponding medical concept, the composition of explicit health codes and medical objects derived therefrom being suitable for computer representation of medical narratives. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131924 | METHOD OF BUILDING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method of building and using of a virtual keyboard program that includes programming a virtual keyboard program by a scripting language programming tool is disclosed. The method includes registering an allowable execution action of a web browser to the virtual keyboard, such that the virtual keyboard is capable of being freely executed in the web browser based on scripting language. An event listener is used to monitor inputting actions. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131925 | DYNAMIC NAMING CONVENTIONS IN A SOURCE CODE EDITOR - A system and method for dynamically appending prefixes to source code is described. User-selectable options for a prefix naming convention are provided to a user. Prefixes are transiently appended to variables based on a user selection. The variables are displayed with their respective prefixes in a code editor. Modifications to the source code are detected. The prefixes are removed from the modified source code and the modified source code is written to a persistent storage. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A SOFTWARE ASSET FOR INCLUSION IN A SOFTWARE LIBRARY - A system for managing a software asset including asset files for inclusion in a library includes: (a) a receiving manager configured for receiving the asset, verifying source of the asset and reading an installer package into the asset to establish a received asset; (b) a build manager coupled with the receiving manager and configured for creating an application wrapper file for the received asset; the build manager creating folders in a folder structure and distributing the asset files among the folders to establish a distributed folder file; the build manager using the distributed folder file to create the application wrapper file; and (c) a peer review manager coupled with the build manager and effecting a peer review process with the application wrapper file to establish a reviewed application wrapper file; the peer review manager unit cooperating with the build manager to present the reviewed application wrapper file to the library. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131927 | AUTOMATED GUI TESTING - Graphical User Interface (GUI) automation tools continue to evolve in their sophistication and complexity. However, it is still necessary to tailor such automation to the machine configuration that the test is being run on. This can be a costly and time consuming exercise when developing software for a myriad of different platforms. Broadly contemplated herein, in accordance with at least one embodiment of the invention, are arrangements and processes for recording a test solely on one machine while generating images on all the other available environments. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131928 | AUTOMATED TESTING AND QUALIFICATION OF SOFTWARE-BASED, NETWORK SERVICE PRODUCTS - A computer-based method for qualifying a software application such as a monitoring and/or management network-delivered product. The method includes operating a computer to run a software application with network-delivered services. A qualification computer system is provided with a code generator adapted for processing device qualification data and with a comparator module. The method includes generating a set of event messages with the code generator by processing a set of received or retrieved device qualification data. The event messages are processed with the services or serviceability features of the software application to generate a set of output. With the comparator module, the actual output is compared with expected output for the event messages. Based on the comparison, a qualification report is generated, and the expected output may be output from unit test cases. A code generator may be included that generates one or more native protocol event generators. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131929 | EFFICIENT INVARIANT INFERENCE FOR PROGRAM VERIFICATION - In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a portion of software code that is to be verified using invariants. The computer system infers invariants from the software code portion at a join point. The linear inequalities of the invariants include a first abstract domain that includes linear equalities among variables, and a second, different abstract domain that includes intervals for variables. The computer system selects variables that are to be applied within the linear inequalities to form a linear equality and an interval based on the linear inequality and performs a reduction operation on the variables to determine the substantially tightest numerical bounds for the variable's interval. The computer system also performs a join operation of the first and second abstract domains, where the join results in a precise abstraction of various possible software program states at the join point in the software program. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131930 | Selective Code Coverage Instrumentation - Reporting on software test coverage, where a set of coverage tasks and a coverage task hierarchy have been established for a software under test (SUT). Establishing a coverage task subset, the subset including at least one coverage task hierarchy element at a level above the lowest coverage task hierarchy level. Identifying when, during a software test, a coverage task in the coverage task subset was completed. Outputting to a user the identity of those portions of the coverage task that have been completed. Refining the coverage task subset in one of the following fashions through the coverage task hierarchy in accordance with user input: depth first progression, breadth first progression. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131931 | SAMPLING TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMIC DATA-RACE DETECTION - This document describes a dynamic data race detector that utilizes adaptive sampling techniques. The adaptive sampling techniques include locating threads during execution of a multi-threaded program and identifying thread-specific hot paths, thread-specific cold paths and lockset paths during execution of the program. Once these paths are identified, they are sampled, potentially at different rates. Any information gained during the sampling may be stored in a data race log, which a developer may use to correct any identified program bugs | 2010-05-27 |
20100131932 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING AND EXECUTING EXECUTION BINARY IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING THE EXECUTION BINARY IMAGE EXECUTION PROGRAM - It is possible to reduce a data amount of an execution binary image. An execution binary reading section ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100131933 | System and Method for translating high programming level languages code into Hardware Description Language code - The present invention is directed to a method and system for translating a high programming level language code such as C, C++, Fortran, Java or the like into a HDL code such as Verilog or VHDL. The system includes: a C-to-C source translator which reads user API from a translation-targeted high level language code marked with the user API, separates the translation-targeted high level language code into a hardware code part and a software code part, and stores the hardware code part and the software code part in separate files; a main compiler which compiles the stored software code part; a translator which translates the stored hardware code part into a HDL code including one or more block modules and one top module; a main core which executes the compiled software code part; and a dedicated hardware which executes the HDL code. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131934 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CODE INTO HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE CODE - The present invention is directed to a method and system for translating a high-level language (HLL) code such as C, C++, Fortran, Java or the like into a HDL code such as Verilog or VHDL which requires no modification in the original HLL source code, while supporting a cross call between software and hardware, and even recursive calls in hardware. The system includes: a HLL-to-HLL source translator which reads user programming directive from a translation-targeted high-level language code marked with the user directive, and separates the translation-targeted high-level language code into a hardware code part and a software code part; a main compiler which compiles the software code part; a HLL-to-HDL translator which includes the front-end and middle-end of the main compiler and a HDL backend; a main core which executes the compiled software code part; and a dedicated hardware which executes the HDL code. | 2010-05-27 |
20100131935 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPILING AND MATCHING REGULAR EXPRESSIONS - A system and method for compiling and matching regular expressions is disclosed. The regular expression compiling system includes a syntax analyzing module and at least two types of compiling modules. The syntax analyzing module is configured to analyze syntactic characteristics of a regular expression and send the regular expression to an appropriate compiling module according to preset syntactic rules and the syntactic characteristics of the regular expression; and the appropriate compiling module is configured to receive the regular expression and compile the regular expression into a data structure of a specific form. | 2010-05-27 |