24th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130151923 | Systems and Methods for Scalable Data Processing Shut Down - The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for power governance in a data processing system. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151924 | DATA SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH A REMOTE DATA STORAGE FACILITY USING COMPRESSIVE SENSING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A data handling system includes a compressive sensing unit that receives a source date file. A sparseness module compressive sensing unit generates a sparse source data file by inducing sparseness into the source data file. A measurement module within the compressive sensing unit generates a compressed sensed source data file from the sparse source data file and based on a sensing matrix. The compressed sensed source data file is to be transmitted to a remote data storage facility for storage. A recovery unit generates the source data file from the compressed sensed source data file retrieved from the remote data storage facility and based upon the sensing matrix. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151925 | Distributed Computing in a Distributed Storage and Task Network - A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module selecting a set of distributed storage and task (DST) execution units for executing a task and determining dispersed storage error coding parameters for data. The method continues with the DS processing module dispersed storage error encoding the data in accordance with the parameters to produce a plurality of encoded data blocks and grouping the plurality of encoded data blocks into a plurality of encoded data block groupings. The method continues with the DS processing module partitioning the task into a set of partial tasks, outputting at least some of the plurality of encoded data block groupings to the set of DST execution units, and outputting the set of partial tasks to the set of DST execution units for execution of the set of partial tasks on the at least some of plurality of encoded data block groupings. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151926 | Storing Data in a Distributed Storage Network - A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module mapping a set of data partitions to a set of storage regions. For each data partition, the method continues with the DS processing module segmenting the data partition into a plurality of data segments and designating a first data segment. The method continues with the DS processing module generating data storage mapping information. The method continues with the DS processing module encoding the data storage mapping information to produce at least one set of encoded mapping information slices and for each data partition, encoding the plurality of data segments to produce a plurality of sets of encoded data slices. The method continues with the DS processing module outputting the at least one set of encoded mapping information slices and, for each data partition, the plurality of sets of encoded data slices to the DSN for storage therein. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151927 | Executing Partial Tasks in a Distributed Storage and Task Network - A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module receiving a partial task regarding an encoded data block grouping. The method continues with the DS processing module performing the partial task on the encoded data block grouping to produce a partial task result and determining subsequent treatment of the partial task result. When the subsequent treatment includes storage of the partial task result, the method continues with the DS processing module determining a manner in which the partial task result is to be stored. When the manner in which the partial task result is to be stored is dispersed storage, the method continues with the DS processing module dispersed storage error encoding the partial task result to produce one or more sets of encoded partial task result blocks and outputting the one or more sets of encoded partial task result blocks to a set of DST execution units. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151928 | Transforming Data in a Distributed Storage and Task Network - A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module determining whether at least a portion of temporarily stored data is to be stored long-term, wherein the temporarily stored data is stored in a set of distributed storage and task (DST) units in accordance with a computational-orientated dispersed storage error coding function. When the at least a portion of the temporarily stored data is to be stored long-term, the method continues with the DS processing module identifying one or more DST storing the at least a portion of the temporarily stored data, recovering the at least a portion of the temporarily stored data, dispersed storage error encoding the at least a portion of the temporarily stored data in a pre-dispersed storage error encoded format into a plurality of sets of encoded data slices, and storing the plurality of sets of encoded data slices in the set of DST units. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151929 | Efficient Storage of Meta-Bits Within a System Memory - Mechanisms are provided for efficient storage of meta-bits within a system memory. The mechanisms combine an L/G bit and an SUE bit to form meta-bits. The mechanisms then determine the local/global state of a cache line on the first cycle of data. The mechanisms forward the data to the requesting cache, and the requesting cache may reissue the request globally based on the local/global state of the cache line. The mechanisms then determine the special uncorrectable error state of the cache line on the second or subsequent cycle of data. The mechanisms perform error processing regardless of whether the request was reissued globally. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151930 | Injecting A Data Error Into A Writeback Path To Memory - In one embodiment, a processor includes error injection circuitry separate and independent of debug circuitry of the processor. This circuitry can be used by a software developer to seed errors into a write-back path to system memory to emulate errors for purposes of validation of error recovery code of the software. The circuitry can include a register to store an address within the system memory at which an error is to be injected, a detection logic to detect when an instruction associated with the address is issued, and injection logic to cause the error to be injected into the address within the system memory responsive to the detection of the instruction. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151931 | MULTIPLE-LEVEL MEMORY CELLS AND ERROR DETECTION - Memory, modules and methods for using error detection with multi-level memory cells where the number of storage levels of the memory cells is an integer power of a non-binary prime number are provided. Additional circuit and methods are disclosed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151932 | METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF LOST DATA AND FOR CORRECTION OF CORRUPTED DATA - A method for recovery of lost data and for correction of corrupted data transmitted from a sending device to a receiver device, the method comprising the steps: encoding the data by an encoder connected to the sending device, transmitting the data from the sending device to the receiver device via a transmitting device, and decoding the data by a decoder connected to the receiver device, whereby lost and/or corrupted data is recovered during decoding is conducted by solving the system of equations of a parity check matrix H. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151933 | RECEIVING/TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN THE RECEIVING/TRANSMITTING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a transmitting system includes: a randomizer for randomizing mobile service data; a processor for Serial Concatenated Convolutional Coding (SCCC) outer-encoding the randomized mobile service data; a first formatter for forming a first data group including the SCCC outer-encoded mobile service data; a deinterleaver for deinterleaving data of the first data group to output a second data group comprising data packets including a portion of the deinterleaved data, wherein the data packets are spaced at least one data packet apart; and a trellis encoder for trellis encoding the deinterleaved data. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151934 | VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - A method for video playback uses only resources universally supported by a browser (“inline playback”) operating in virtually all handheld media devices. In one case, the method first prepares a video sequence for display by a browser by (a) dividing the video sequence into a silent video stream and an audio stream; (b) extracting from the silent video stream a number of still images, the number of still images corresponding to at least one of a desired output frame rate and a desired output resolution; and (c) combining the still images into a composite image. In one embodiment, the composite image having a number of rows, with each row being formed by the still images created from a fixed duration of the silent video stream. Another method plays the still images of the composite image as a video sequence by (a) loading the composite image to be displayed through a viewport defined the size of one of the still images; (b) selecting one of the still images of the composite image; (c) setting the viewport to display the selected still image; and (d) setting a timer for a specified time period based on a frame rate, such that, upon expiration of the specified time period: (i) selecting a next one of the still images to be displayed in the viewport, unless all still images of the composite image have been selected; and (ii) return to step (c) if not all still images have been selected. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151935 | GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC FORM LOCALLY ON A CLIENT COMPUTER FROM INPUT PARAMETERS - A computer displays a screen that includes a uniform resource locator (URL). In response to a selection of a uniform resource locator (URL) by an end-user at a computer, the computer intercepts a request within the computer to prevent the request from being sent to another computer. The computer determines whether the URL includes one or more parameters that define a field with a missing value, and that need entry of one or more input values from the end-user. The computer generates an electronic form utilizing the one or more parameters to formulate a field, within the electronic form, for each of the one or more parameters. The computer displays the electronic form including the field for each of the one or more parameters, which enables the end-user to enter information into the field within the electronic form. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151936 | PAGE PREVIEW USING CONTEXTUAL TEMPLATE METADATA AND LABELING - Architecture that provides a preview template of information supplemented to a result entry of a results page, such as a search engine results page. A data component supplements the result entry with information from a results destination document. The information is segmented and grouped into logical collections of related results according to contextual templates. Each template is associated with an interactive label that exposes a corresponding collection in response to label interaction. Each label of a template is a visual cue that includes a descriptive title which relates to individual web results of the collection. A user can scan through the labels and interact only with the section (collection) of interest to obtain a preview of destination document results before committing a click that navigates the user to the destination document of the website. The labels are also ranked within the template of information for a given result entry. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151937 | SELECTIVE IMAGE LOADING IN MOBILE BROWSERS - Methods for selectively viewing images in a web page on a mobile device are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a selection from a mobile device to download a web page without downloading images in the web page, and providing the web page with image placeholders in place of the images in the web page, wherein each image placeholder is the same height and width and in the original position of the image in the web page. The method also includes receiving a selection of one or more image placeholders prompting a request to provide and display the one or more corresponding images, and providing the one or more images for display in place of the one or more image placeholders in the web page. Systems, graphical user interfaces, and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151938 | BROWSER SPREADSHEET INTEGRATION - Functionality and presentation of spreadsheet applications and web based services are integrated by automating interactions between a spreadsheet object on a web page and other elements on the web page. Bidirectional referencing, automatic coordinate space integration, and assimilation of look and feel of the spreadsheet object into the web page or vice versa are enabled. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151939 | SMART MACROS USING ZONE SELECTION INFORMATION AND PATTERN DISCOVERY - A system and method for assisting a user to enter data are provided. The method includes detecting a user's selection of a moveable input zone on each of one or more input documents displayed on the user's screen and detecting a user's selection of a moveable target zone on a target document displayed on the user's screen. Data in the input zone(s) and the target zone is captured for one or more locations of the respective zones and a pattern is learned automatically for filling additional data in the target document based on the captured data. A fill arrangement for filling the additional data in the target document based on the learned pattern is generated, which can be presented to the user for validation. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151940 | TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENTS - Techniques to manage collaborative documents are described. An application program may comprise a document render component to render a first document instance of a collaborative document, a document share component to receive a document update list comprising a set of change records for a second document instance of the collaborative document, and modify properties of one or more constructs for the first document instance based on the change records to form a merged document instance of the collaborative document, and an undo manager component to manage a local undo stack for the first document instance, the local undo stack comprising a set of undo records, and determine whether to preserve one or more of the undo records of the local undo stack after formation of the merged document instance based on one or more of the change records. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151941 | System and Method for Multi-Dimensional Knowledge Representation - Exemplary embodiments generally relate to knowledge representation, and in particular, multi-dimensional knowledge representation in a configurable document that includes a collection of subparts that have a number of dimensions. Further, a number of versions of each configurable document may be defined, with each version including a different subset of subparts from the collection of subparts. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151942 | Inference-Based Extension Activation - Extension activation may be provided. A document may be opened within a software application associated with an extension. Upon determining that a data element associated with the document is associated with an activation condition of the extension, the extension may be activated. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151943 | Display Dialogs - In one embodiment, a first device sends a request to a second device, the request causing a dialog to be displayed on the first device. The second device selects a rendered dialog template corresponding to the dialog; constructs a web page that includes the rendered dialog template; and sends the web page to the first device. The first device displays the web page including the dialog. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151944 | HIGHLIGHTING OF TAPPABLE WEB PAGE ELEMENTS - Methods for highlighting tappable web page elements in response to a touch detect a touch to a touchscreen display, determine that a touched element displayed at the touch location, and determine whether and how the touched element is to be highlighted. Highlighting can be based on various touched element properties. In one embodiment, if a touched element is not tappable, the element is not highlighted. If the touched element is editable, the element is highlighted. A region around the touch location is highlighted if the touched element is an image map or SVG element and a portion of the element at the touch location is tappable. A touched element is also highlighted if the element has an inline display style or is a highlight element type. The touched element is not highlighted if its size and complexity exceed size and complexity thresholds. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151945 | Processing Published and Subscribed Events - A method and system for processing published and subscribed events. The method includes the steps of: parsing definitions of published events and subscribed events in widget definition files in a webpage, generating a set of published events and a set of subscribed events, respectively, based on the definitions of the published events and the subscribed events, and generating a definition file of a hidden widget based on the set of published events and the set of subscribed evens, where at least one step is carried out on a computer device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151946 | System and Method for Bulk Web Domain Generation and Management - A system and method for enabling networked computer users to bulk create and manage multiple web domains is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes collecting, by use of a processor, a set of domain names for bulk content development, at least one domain name of the set of domain names being derived from a user-provided keyword; filtering the set of domain names based on network search matching; automatically submitting at least one domain name of the set of domain names for purchase by a domain purchase agent; applying a template to pages of a plurality of sites, each site corresponding to a domain name of the set of domain names; and inserting a plurality of content items into the pages of the plurality of site, at least one of the plurality of content items being an original content item retrieved from an original content portal. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151947 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus sends a request of a document to a Web server, and receives the document sent from the Web server in response to the request. The information processing apparatus determines processing to be executed for the document received based on a query parameter designated when the request is sent, and executes the determined processing for the received document. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151948 | WEB-BASED SOCIAL CONTENT AGGREGATION AND DISCOVERY FACILITY - In accordance with an exemplary embodiment a web-based content aggregation and discovery facility, comprises a plurality of content aggregations managed by the content aggregation and discovery facility, wherein each of the plurality of content aggregations is generated by a user and is comprised of a plurality of web-linked content elements selected by the user, where the plurality of visual web-linked content of a web-based content aggregation is directed to a topical subject and a plurality of user content databases with at least one content database associated with each user for storing content information associated with the web-linked content elements of the content aggregations generated by each user, the content information comprising a URL and an image selection, wherein the image selection is an image selected from images provided at a URL linked web location. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151949 | Method and System for Testing Websites - Methods and systems to test of web browser enabled applications are disclosed. In one embodiment, a browser application can allow a user to perform test and analysis processes on a candidate web browser enabled application. The test enabled browser can use special functions and facilities that are built into the test enabled browser. One implementation of the invention pertains to functional testing, and another implementation of the invention pertains to pertains to site analysis. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB PRESENCE FOR ONE OR MORE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS - System and method to provide a discovery-augmented web presence for one or more geographical locations. Embodiments may provide open access to geographical location-based web presence content, allowing the presence content to be created by users based on location verification and user anti-spam qualification. Embodiments enable a legitimate location owner or representative to claim and manage at least a portion of the user-created presence content, thus providing improved transparency and accuracy in location-related content. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151951 | GENERATING CSS SHORTHAND PROPERTIES - An authoring tool for CSS retains original user syntax and generates CSS markup that minimizes a total number of properties in the markup. A directed graph is generated from the original user markup. Nodes in the graph can be collapsed and expanded to convert between longhand and shorthand properties. User input updating property values can result in the generation of compact CSS code that retains syntactical features of the original user syntax. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151952 | DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE CONTROL PROGRAM - The content display processing device ( | 2013-06-13 |
20130151953 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires region information, line information, and character information, a determination unit that determines whether or not a region is in left alignment, a first division unit that divides a region including a character indicated by character information into paragraph regions or itemized regions, an analysis unit that analyzes an indent of a line in a region determined as being in left alignment by the determination unit, a second division unit that divides the region determined as being in left alignment by the determination unit into paragraph regions or itemized regions, and an output unit that outputs the division result by the first division unit for the region determined as not being in left alignment by the determination unit, and the division result by the second division unit for the region determined as being in left alignment by the determination unit. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151954 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE ELECTRONIC BOOK SUMMARIES AND RELATED INFORMATION - Example methods and apparatus to display summary information for an electronic book are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves, during an electronic book reader session, receiving a request for a summary associated with an electronic book. The example method also involves obtaining a marker indicative of a location in the electronic book and obtaining the summary for a portion of the electronic book demarcated by the marker. The summary is displayed via the electronic book reader. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151955 | PHYSICAL EFFECTS FOR ELECTRONIC BOOKS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for generating physical effects for electronic books. A communication interface is configured to receive an effect request from an electronic book reader in response to the electronic book reader presenting a portion of an electronic book. One or more effect generators are operable to provide a physical effect specified by the electronic book reader. An effect controller is configured to operate the effect generators in response to receiving the effect request using the communication interface. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151956 | AUTOCORRECT CONFIRMATION SYSTEM - An embodiment of a system for accepting or rejecting changes made to a message is described. The system includes a user interface for receiving input and displaying a change made by an autocorrect application on a display device. The system further includes a confirmation manager for creating a record of changes made to a message by the autocorrect application. The system further includes a system for processing instructions to send the message to another device. The system for processing send instructions is configured to receive a command to send a message to another device. The system displays on a display device the change made by the autocorrect application. The change includes a word prior to and after the change has been made. The system further prompts a user to accept or reject the change made by the autocorrect application. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151957 | DOCUMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEM, DOCUMENT ANALYSIS METHOD, DOCUMENT ANALYSIS PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - As a document analysis system to calculate a similarity degree between texts with high accuracy, an information processing device includes: a common character string calculation unit to extract character strings that are common between two texts and to determine whether or not the two texts are to be set as calculation objects based on a number of the extracted character strings that are common; and a similarity degree calculation unit to calculate, when the two texts are the determined calculation objects, a similarity degree therebetween by using an approximation of a Kolmogorov complexity, and when the two texts are not the calculation objects, handling the similarity degree between the two texts as being dissimilar. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151958 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT, AND DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - An electronic document includes a set of pages. A display is used that is configured to sense movement of a movable object in a vertical direction relative to a screen. In response to sensing movement using the display, a page corresponding to the electronic document is displayed on the screen in accordance with the sensed movement. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151959 | Scrolling Velocity Modulation in a Tactile Interface for a Social Networking System - A user interface includes a tactile interface on a client device that allows users to interact with social networking system content in a manner that is optimized for touch screens and mobile devices. The tactile interface allows users to efficiently navigate the social networking system data as well as to capture new content for upload to the social networking system. New content may be captured in a way that allows the user to preview the content in-context. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151960 | SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING A CONTACT WITH A SURFACE BY TACTILE SIMULATION - System for simulation of a contact with a surface by tactile stimulation comprising a surface ( | 2013-06-13 |
20130151961 | CHARACTER STRING RETRIEVAL APPARATUS - In order to enable an operator to unfailingly recognize a retrieved character string displayed on a display unit as a result of retrieval from a target such as text, a character string retrieval apparatus | 2013-06-13 |
20130151962 | Help Functionality And Graphical User Interface Applications - Systems, methods, and computer program products for help functionality and graphical user interface applications are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment of a method includes the steps of initiating display of a help window associated with a graphical user interface application; in the help window, providing a listing of different selectable modes associated with a function supported by the graphical user interface application; and in response to receiving selection of a given mode in the listing of different selectable modes in the help window, configuring the function according to the given mode as specified by the selection | 2013-06-13 |
20130151963 | DYNAMIC MINIMIZED NAVIGATION BAR FOR EXPANDED COMMUNICATION SERVICE - A minimized state navigation bar is provided for switching between modules within an expanded communication service such as email, calendar, contacts, tasks, etc. and for presenting preview peeks associated with each module to a user. The minimized state may be selected automatically based on user interface context or user action. A temporary preview of a module may be provided upon a hover action over the icons without actually needing to switch to a module. The preview may also be docked or pinned to a location on the main user interface so that it is displayed within the main user interface. New or interesting activity within each module may be highlighted by displaying an information badge next to an icon, for example. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151964 | DISPLAYING DYNAMIC AND SHAREABLE HELP DATA FOR IMAGES A DISTANCE FROM A POINTED-TO LOCATION - A controller is provided that provides help for applications, wherein the controller is different from all of the applications. The controller receives a command and identifies a location that a user was pointing to on a display device when the command was received. The controller finds on the display device, a first image within a predefined distance of the location where the user was pointing to on the display device when the command was received. The controller determines an identity of an application that generated the first image. The controller searches for help data based upon the identity of the application that generated the first image and based on the first image. The controller displays the help data if the searching finds the help data assigned to the first image and the application that generated the first image. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151965 | MEDIA EDITING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH LINKED STORYBOARD AND TIMELINE - A time-based media composition application simultaneously displays both a storyboard and a timeline representation of a media composition in a graphical user interface. The correspondence between a given storyboard element and its one or more corresponding timeline elements is shown by means of a graphical indication within the GUI, such as by displaying a spotlight from the given storyboard element to the corresponding timeline element. The user is able to scroll the displayed portions of each of the storyboard and the timeline forward or backward in time independently, while maintaining the graphical indication of correspondence between a selected storyboard element and timeline element pair. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151966 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDIA PLAYBACK - A graphical user interface made up of icons representing individual files and collectively forming the shape of a spiral is described along with methods of using and creating the graphical user interface. The spiral interface is useful to display detailed information about many of the items in a list and facilitates manipulation of list order and selection of the active file in the list. The interface further permits the use of a representative icon associated with the list as a whole. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151967 | SCROLL BAR WITH VIDEO REGION IN A MEDIA SYSTEM - An electronic device associated with a remote wand controlling the operations of the electronic device is provided. The wand may include a motion detection component operative to provide an output reflecting the motion of the wand to the electronic device, such that the movements of a cursor displayed by the electronic device may be related to the output of the motion detection component. The wand may also include an input mechanism operative to receive user inputs. Using the input mechanism, the wand may detect a user's inputs and direct the electronic device to zoom or scroll displayed objects. The electronic device may display a screen saver by which the user may select particular media items for playback while remaining in the screen saver mode. In some embodiments, the electronic device may display video with a scroll bar that includes a preview window of the video. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151968 | MEDIA SYSTEM HAVING PREEMPTIVE DIGITAL AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO EXTRACTION FUNCTION - A media system includes a primary storage device capable of storing a first plurality of audio files, and a secondary storage device capable of reading a second plurality of audio files from a removable storage medium. A media player plays the first plurality of audio files. A recorder records a third plurality of audio files from the removable storage medium to the primary storage device. The recorder preemptively records a predetermined portion of at least two audio files of the third plurality of audio files from the removable storage medium to the primary storage device before recording all portions of the at least two audio files. In response to a selection event and when all portions of the first audio file have not been recorded, the media player directs the recorder to record the first audio file and suspend a recording of other audio files. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151969 | Content Identification and Linking - Included are embodiments for content identification and linking. More specifically, some embodiments include receiving content from a user and providing a first user interface that comprises the content. The first user interface may include an action identity option to identify an action in the content. The first user interface may further include a time identity option to identify a time that the action occurred in the content. Similarly, some embodiments include provide a second user interface that includes a clip option to provide a subset of the content. The second user interface may include a play clip option to play the subset of the content, beginning at the time the action occurred. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151970 | System and Methods for Distributed Multimedia Production - A digital multimedia platform available to a plurality of collaborators of a video project through a networked computing system maps script information to a timeline, allowing contributions to be mapped to the timeline for inclusion in the project. One embodiment includes a tools module, an authentication module, a compilation module, and a script writing tool. The tools module enables editing of a multimedia project by collaborators. The authentication module assigns roles and privileges to collaborators. The compilation module receives files and information from collaborators to the multimedia project. The script writing tool implements edits to a script file associated with the multimedia project. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151971 | SERVER APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A server apparatus is provided with a memory unit to store at least one content; an editing unit to produce video data by editing a material which is including at least one motion picture and is uploaded through a network and the content stored in the memory unit, in accordance with the information indicating editing operation of a user in a terminal apparatus connected to the network; and a quality reducing unit to produce a low-quality content by reducing quality of a high-quality original content stored in the memory unit. The editing unit produces first video data by editing the material and the low-quality content, and then produces second video data including the material and the original content of the low-quality content. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151972 | MEDIA PROCESSING COMPARISON SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUES - A media processing comparison system (“MPCS”) and techniques facilitate concurrent, subjective quality comparisons between media presentations produced by different instances of media processing components performing the same functions (for example, instances of media processing components in the form of hardware, software, and/or firmware, such as parsers, codecs, decryptors, and/or demultiplexers, supplied by the same or different entities) in a particular media content player. The MPCS receives an ordered stream of encoded media samples from a media source, and decodes a particular encoded media sample using two or more different instances of media processing components. A single renderer renders and/or coordinates the synchronous presentation of decoded media samples from each instance of media processing component(s) as separate media presentations. The media presentations may be subjectively compared and/or selected for storage by a user in a sample-by-sample manner. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151973 | Customizing a Presentation Based on Preferences of an Audience - A method, data processing system and computer program product for customizing a presentation. A set of individual preferences for each individual of a plurality of individuals to form a set of audience preferences is determined, wherein each preference in the set of individual preferences is associated with one of a plurality of versions of the presentation. A set of versions of the presentation from the plurality of versions of the presentation is selected based on the set of audience preferences. The set of versions of the presentation selected from the plurality of versions of the presentation is presented. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151974 | OUTLINE VIEW - Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums for creating and presenting an outline view, the outline view including a first user navigable graphical panel, the first panel displaying first organizational elements corresponding to a first outline level of an electronic content work; a second user navigable graphical panel, the second panel displaying one or more child organizational elements of a selected first organizational element, the child organizational elements corresponding to a second outline level of the electronic content work; and one or more content previews of content within the electronic content work in the first or second panel, the content previews corresponding to the first or second outline levels of the electronic content work, respectively. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151975 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT OF MULTI-COMPONENT COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT - A system and method are disclosed for automating the deployment of a multi-component computer environment. A user interface module ( | 2013-06-13 |
20130151976 | Providing Feedback for Screen Sharing - A method, data processing system and computer program product for sharing displayed content. A content displayed on a source computer system is shared with a set of target computer systems, wherein the content is displayed on a target display on each target computer system in the set of target computer systems. In response to a change in the content displayed on the source computer system, a progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is identified. An indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is generated at the source computer system. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151977 | Apparatus and Method Pertaining to the Communication of Information Regarding Appliances That Utilize Differing Communications Protocol - An end-user device can aggregate information as pertains to a variety of appliances that otherwise utilize incompatible communication protocols to present a shared opportunity to accommodate current information regarding those appliances. This information can include status information regarding such appliances as well as, or in lieu of, instructions to be acted upon by those appliances. Gateways can serve to provide a communications interface between such appliances and, for example, an internet. By one approach one or more middleware platform intermediaries can interface between one or more of those gateways and the end-user device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151978 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SMART CONTENTS BASED ON CONTENTS OF USERS - Provided is a method of managing content using a visual expression, the method including: determining a visual icon that represents each of contents registered by users, based on the respective contents; quantizing each of a plurality of visual icons to map each of the plurality of visual icons with at least one level among a plurality of predetermined quantization levels; generating a content unit corresponding to each of the plurality of visual icons based on the mapping result; and creating smart content that is a visual expression as abstract information corresponding to a combination of the contents, based on a combination of content units. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTERPRISE UTILITY DATA AGGREGATION, MANAGEMENT, AND REPORTING - Disclosed is an automated utility data aggregation, warehousing, management, and reporting platform. Also disclosed is a universal multi-location utility monitoring service suitable for collecting granular data from any utility meter (e.g. energy, water, or gas meters) or the like and evaluating the efficiency of various aspects of the system based upon the data collected, its user specified definition, and up to date information acquired from various external sources. The service operates at a central server which collects information from a number of potentially diverse sources for inclusion in a database. In one form, the central server collects static data—such as initial setup and factual information with respect to an entity, dynamic data—such as utility data, and acquired data—such as current weather and publicly available utility costs. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CLOUD SERVICE - A method performed by a cloud service providing apparatus includes receiving a request for execution of an application from a user device, executing the application in response to the request, encoding application execution data generated by the execution of the application into image data and transmitting the encoded image data to the user device, wherein the encoded image data is configured to be displayed on a screen of the user device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151981 | REMOTELY DEFINING A USER INTERFACE FOR A HANDHELD DEVICE - In some embodiments, a host computer can be used by a user to arrange icons among a plurality of home screens or views. For example, a representation of each of the home screens available at a handheld device can be displayed on a host computer along with a representation of the available icons usable at the handheld device. A user can select representation of icons at the host computer and arrange the icons among the representations of the home screens. Icons and/or home screens can be added and/or removed. The arrangement created by the user at the host computer display can be sent to the handheld device when completed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151982 | RECIPROCAL INSERTION OF LINKS FOR WEBSITES - A method, within a computer hardware system, includes the following. A first functional marketing element associated with a second entity is inserted within a first website associated with a first entity. A second functional marketing element associated with the first entity is reciprocally inserted within a second website associated with the second entity based upon the first functional marketing element being inserted within the first website. The second functional marketing element, within the second website, includes a link to the first website, and the first functional marketing element, within the first website, includes a link to the second website. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151983 | ADJUSTING USER INTERFACE SCREEN ORDER AND COMPOSITION - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for user interface screen order and composition. Embodiments of the invention include using historical data and/or contextual data to augment, rearrange, or reconfigure menus and/or screen flows and add/remove/hide/expose content and functionality for users. Screen flow adjustments are formulated based on historical data and/or contextual data. The formulated adjustments facilitate more appropriate access to specified user interface elements within a screen flow in view of indentified user interface elements of interest. The screen flow is adjusted in accordance with the formulated adjustments to facilitate more appropriate access to the specified user interface elements. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151984 | CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACE BASED ON USER PROFILE INFORMATION - A user interface including one or more references to content is customized. Several user profiles are provided from which a user may be associated. Each user profile includes user profile information. The user profile associated with a user to whom a user interface will be provided is accessed. A user interface is configured for the user, based at least in part upon the user profile accessed as being associated with the user. Access to content is enabled based on user manipulation of the configured user interface. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151985 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE - A data processing method includes generating statistical data according to data stored in a database; displaying a dialog window on a display screen, the dialog window including at least one block linked to at least one predetermined public address; and selecting the at least one block for uploading the statistical data to the at least one predetermined public address. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151986 | METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING PERSONAL APPEARANCE - A method is described to give personal appearance recommendations to a user based upon weather, geographic location, age, gender, occasion, and user-selected style preferences. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151987 | Tactile Interface for Social Networking System - A user interface includes a tactile interface on a client device that allows users to interact with social networking system content in a manner that is optimized for touch screens and mobile devices. The tactile interface allows users to efficiently navigate the social networking system data as well as to capture new content for upload to the social networking system. New content may be captured in a way that allows the user to preview the content in-context. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151988 | SOCIAL-CHRONOGRAPHIC-GEOGRAPHIC MEDIA FILE BROWSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Users are able to browse a digital-media content based on social-graph-related criteria, time-related criteria, and geolocation-related criteria. A social-chronographic-geographic media file browsing system builds a social-chronographic-geographic media query and retrieves digital-media content (and associated metadata) based on a given user's search criteria. In accordance with various embodiments, the social-chronographic-geographic media file browsing system retrieves an interactive map from cartographic data provider and then places a graphical media control on the interactive map according to the provided geolocation-related criterion. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151989 | PRESENTING CONTEXT INFORMATION IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - An electronic computing device can be configured to act as a text-entry device and a cursor control device for a second device. The first device can include a touch-sensitive display capable of receiving text inputs and cursor inputs for controlling operations performed on the second device which is communicatively coupled to the first device. The first device can be configured such that selection of a field displayed by the second device can cause information such as text from a focus field to be displayed by the first device. The second device can be configured to send information pertaining to the focus field to the first device. The information can include a warning that the maximum length of input for the focus field has been, or is about to be, exceeded. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151990 | CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACE BASED ON USER PROFILE INFORMATION - A user interface including one or more references to content is customized. Several user profiles are provided from which a user may be associated. Each user profile includes user profile information. The user profile associated with a user to whom a user interface will be provided is accessed. A user interface is configured for the user, based at least in part upon the user profile accessed as being associated with the user. Access to content is enabled based on user manipulation of the configured user interface. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151991 | MANAGING CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACES - A user interface including one or more references to content is customized. Several user profiles are provided from which a user may be associated. Each user profile includes user profile information. The user profile associated with a user to whom a user interface will be provided is accessed. A user interface is configured for the user, based at least in part upon the user profile accessed as being associated with the user. Access to content is enabled based on user manipulation of the configured user interface. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151992 | ENHANCED PERCEPTION OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA - A system for analyzing multi-dimensional data maps the multi-dimensional data to visual attributes and aural attributes. It displays a subset of the multidimensional data set on a display unit. The system further displays an avatar on the display unit. The avatar can select a field of view of the displayed subset. The system receives input from a user, wherein the user input relates to an additional dimension subset of the multidimensional data set that is not currently displayed. Visual attributes and/or aural attributes relating to the additional dimension subset are generated as a function of the input from a user. The visual and/or aural attribute convey information relating to the additional dimension subset on the display unit. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151993 | System and Method for Sharing Electronic News Items - A system and method are provided for sending a first message to a recipient using a messaging channel, the message including information identifying an electronic news article provided by a data channel; receiving a second message from the recipient over the messaging channel, the second message having been composed in a news application; and displaying the second message in association with the electronic news article in the news application. A system and method are also provided for receiving a first message from a sender over a messaging channel, the message including information identifying an electronic news article provided by a data channel; obtaining the electronic news article using the data channel; enabling a second message to be composed in a news application displaying the electronic news article; and sending the second message to the sender using the messaging channel. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151994 | System and Method for Identifying a User - Systems and methods for identifying a user are disclosed. One aspect comprises providing an address element and a class identifier, receiving a request for a file, wherein the request comprises the address element and the class identifier, comparing the class identifier to a comparator element, providing a first file if the class identifier is within the comparator element, and providing a second file if the class identifier is outside the comparator element. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151995 | DISPLAY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF INTERNET ACCESSING, METHOD FOR INTERNET ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING OF WEBPAGE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF WEBPAGE - A display system includes a receiver and a display. The receiver is used for receiving a control signal from a remote controller. The display is used for displaying a list of webpage options with numbers associating with the, and displaying a webpage associated with a webpage option after receiving the control signal indicating a number corresponding to the webpage option. The number is entered through pressing a numerical keypad of the remote controller. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151996 | Dynamically Generating a Mobile Application - Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for dynamically generating a mobile application. A server receives a request from a mobile device to launch an application on the mobile device. The server generates a configuration file based on the launched application. The server transmits the configuration file to the mobile device for generation of a user interface of the launched application using the configuration file. The user interface includes a first display area using browser functionality of the mobile device to display one or more web page elements formatted by the server to appear as native to the mobile device. The user interface further includes a second display area having one or more interface elements that are native to an operating system of the mobile device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151997 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTING WITH A WEB SITE - A method and system for a user to interact with a web site, comprising: accepting user input at a Web browser, wherein the user input is a string indicating what the user wishes to do on the web site; processing the user input, the processing comprising determining various matching patterns and assigning a weight to each potential matching pattern, the matching patterns relating user inputs to potential actions, and the weight indicating how likely the matching pattern is being used by the user to implement a certain action; and pre-populating a interface action screen using information from the processed user input. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151998 | WEB BROWSER OPERATION METHOD AND OPERATION APPARATUS - There is provided a web browser operation method and operation apparatus capable of preferably setting an access restriction function for restricting access of a web browser to be used by an unspecified number of users. First, content acquired from a web server is displayed on a display based on a format described in the content. An operation tool for performing operations related to processing of the content is also displayed on the screen. When an operation instruction is inputted by a user with the use of the operation tool, processing related to the displayed content is performed based on the operation instruction. In this case, restrictions are set on operation instructions by the user among operation instructions, and selection by the user of tool portions corresponding to the set restrictions, among tool portions which can be specified by the operation tool, are set as disabled. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151999 | Providing Additional Information to a Visual Interface Element of a Graphical User Interface - A mechanism provides additional information to a visual interface element of a graphical user interface in an operating system environment. To display the additional information to the visual interface element on the information container layer, a background service process determines for each of the visual interface elements of the graphical user interface whether at least one configured context is assigned; collecting information across all applications from at least one information or status source related to the at least one assigned context; generating and placing a corresponding information container on the information container layer to be visible at a relative position to the corresponding visual interface element of the graphical user interface on the display area. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152000 | SENTIMENT AWARE USER INTERFACE CUSTOMIZATION - The customization of an application user interface with a skin package based on context data that includes the emotional states of a user may strengthen the emotional attachment for the application by the user. The customization includes determining an emotional state of a user that is inputting content into an application. A skin package for the user interface of the application is selected based on the emotional state of the user. The selected skin package is further applied to the user interface of the application. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152001 | ADJUSTING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for adjusting user interface elements. Embodiments of the invention can adjust the size, shape, and position of user interface elements and whitespace based on historical usage data. Adjustments can reduce the cognitive load associated with selecting some user interface elements. In dangerous environments, such as, for example, a moving vehicle, reducing the cognitive load allows a user to pay attention to other matters, such as, for example, safely operating the moving vehicle. Historical usage data can originate from one or more users and one or devices. Adjustment limits can be used to insure user interfaces remain appropriately usable. User interface element adjustments can be used to optimize a user interface and/or influence user interactions with a user interface. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152002 | DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS FOR ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACES - The present invention provides systems and methods for utilizing sensors of human physical features, ambient conditions, and interfacial behavior for adaptive and friendlier user interfaces for computer applications and communication environments. A user's physical characteristics, for example, age, gender, ergonometric structure and user's interfacial behavior, for example, typing speed, typing error rate and distance from the screen are used to adapt to the user needs and provide more appropriate and fitting interface. In addition, ambient conditions may be considered within the adaptation process. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152003 | CONFIGURABLE DASH DISPLAY - Methods and systems for a configurable vehicle dash display are provided. Specifically, a configurable dash may comprise one or more displays that are capable of receiving input from a user. At least one of these displays may be configured to present a plurality of custom applications that, when manipulated by at least one user, are adapted to control and/or monitor functions associated with a vehicle and/or associated peripheral devices. It is anticipated that the function and appearance of the plurality of custom applications may be altered via user and/or processor input. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152004 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOVEMENT OF IMAGE OBJECT - Provided is a method for the movement of an image object. In the method: A. determining the direction of movement of an image object to be moved, and a module X corresponding to same; B. moving the module X along the direction of movement by one unit; determining whether or not an overlap exists between the module X and another module; if no overlap exists, making the post-movement state as a movement result, and terminating the process; if an overlap exists, restoring the module X to the original position; determining a minimum mirror area comprising the module X; flipping the minimum mirror area; C. determining whether or not the module X can continue to move along the direction of movement; if not, then the movement has failed, terminating the process; if yes, then moving the module X upwards by one unit from the direction of movement; determining whether or not an overlap exists between module X and another module; if no overlap exists, making the post-movement state as the movement result, and terminating the process; if an overlap exists, repeating step C. Also provided is a device for the movement of the image object. The user experience is enhanced by using the method and the device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152005 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA - Techniques for managing a patient monitoring worksheet accessible by mobile devices are supported. A system may include a central medical information management system that maintains information regarding ongoing treatment of patients. Medical professionals may use mobile devices to access and display information in a worksheet that can facilitate the tracking of various categories of medical information such as drugs, fluids, vital signs, physiological data, events, and laboratory information. The worksheet may be separated into display sections to support tracking of the various categories of medical information over time. The system can permit entry and tracking of multiple categories of medical information in a user friendly interface. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152006 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF SIMULATING PAGE FLIP EFFECT - An electronic device capable of simulating page flip effect includes an input unit, a display unit, a page flip control module and a thickness control module. The input unit generates a flip-page instruction in response to a user's operation. The display unit displays an electronic document in a page flipping format which includes a currently displayed page and a margin portion adjacent to the currently displayed page, and the margin portion includes a plurality of displayed stacked margins of undisplayed pages. The margins cooperatively resemble a thickness of the undisplayed pages. The page flip control module flips the currently displayed page over in response to the flip-page instruction to display a page flipping effect on the display unit. The thickness control module adds or removes a margin displayed in the margin portion, in response to the flip-page instruction to present a variation of the thickness of the undisplayed pages accordingly. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152007 | DOCKING AND UNDOCKING DYNAMIC NAVIGATION BAR FOR EXPANDED COMMUNICATION SERVICE - A navigation bar is provided for switching between modules within an expanded communication service such as email, calendar, contacts, tasks, etc. and for providing preview peeks associated with each module to a user. A temporary preview of a module may be provided upon a hover action over predefined navigation bar locations such as icons and/or textual identifiers without actually needing to switch to a module. One or more preview panes may be docked or pinned to a dynamically selected or user defined location on the main user interface so that they are permanently displayed within the main user interface. Users may be enabled to undock one or more of the docked preview panes through a user interface control. New or interesting activity within each module may be highlighted by displaying an information badge next to a module name, for example. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152008 | System and Method for Creating an Electronic-Calendar Entry - Methods, systems, and products automatically creates a calendar entry for an electronic calendar application. A graphical user interface is displayed having a text field and a date and time field. Whenever a user wishes to create a calendar entry, the user populates the text field and the date and time field. The user then selects a graphical control that automatically creates the calendar entry in the electronic calendar application. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152009 | Browsing Between Mobile and Non-Mobile Web Sites - According to one disclosed embodiment, an approach is provided in which a mobile mode of a Website is displayed in a first (smaller) window displayed on a display screen with the mobile mode corresponding to a first (mobile) network address of the Website. A user action is received that requests a non-mobile mode of the Website. The user action is processed by closing the first (smaller) window and displaying a non-mobile (e.g., desktop) mode of the Website in a second window, such as a browser, that is displayed on the display screen. The non-mobile mode of the Website corresponds to a second network address (e.g., a normal, or desktop, version of the Website). | 2013-06-13 |
20130152010 | MULTIPLE TAB STACK USER INTERFACE - Computer-implemented methods for organizing graphical user interface windows into separate stacks of windows is provided are provided. In one aspect, a method includes providing, for display, a first window in a graphical user interface, and receiving a request to display a second window in the graphical user interface when viewing the first window. The method also includes moving the first window to a first stack in the graphical user interface in response to the request, and displaying the second window in the graphical user interface in a second stack. In response to a request to display a third window in the graphical user interface, the third window is configured to be displayed in the first stack or in the second stack based on a defined constraint shared between the third window and the second window. Systems, graphical user interfaces, and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152011 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING IN AN ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION - A system and method for navigating electronic using controls on a touch screen of a reading device. The controls allow the user to quickly skim, scan, and scroll through all the sections of the publication with short slides of a thumb or finger. The controls preferably take the form of a strip displayed along an edge, e.g., the bottom, of the touch screen device used for reading the publication. A second control can be formed along another edge of the touch screen, e.g., right or left edge, to enable the user to rapidly skim through all of the articles contained in a selected section. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152012 | SCROLLING WEB PAGES USING DIRECT INTERACTION - Scrolling or dragging information on a display includes various elements. A panning tool is provided that may scroll information, such as a web page, on a display in tandem with movement of a cursor. If interactive elements are present on the page or document, an interactive element may be activated as desired. Scrolling may be accomplished with the panning tool either on non-interactive elements or interactive elements that are not required to be activated. Furthermore, inertia of movement of the information on a display is optimized and autoscrolling is provided in which a page or document may be scrolled without dragging. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152013 | Portable Electronic Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying Electronic Lists and Documents - In a computer-implemented method, a portion of an electronic document is displayed on the touch screen display. The displayed portion of the electronic document has a vertical position in the electronic document. An object is detected on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document. In response to detecting the object on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document, a vertical bar is displayed on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document. The vertical bar has a vertical position on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document that corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed portion of the electronic document. After a predetermined condition is met, display of the vertical bar is ceased. The vertical bar is displayed for a predetermined time period when the portion of the electronic document is initially displayed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152014 | ELECTRONIC READER DISPLAY CONTROL - This disclosure describes techniques for reducing power consumption of a display device when operated to present text to a user, such as using an electronic book application. According to some aspects, the display device may determine a reading pane within a display screen of the display device, present text to a user in the determined reading pane, determine a reading speed of the user based on user input, and automatically advance the text in the determined reading pane based on the determined reading speed of the user. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152015 | DYNAMIC NAVIGATION BAR FOR EXPANDED COMMUNICATION SERVICE - A navigation bar is provided for switching between modules within an expanded communication service such as email, calendar, contacts, tasks, etc. and for presenting preview peeks associated with each module to a user. A temporary preview of a module may be provided upon a hover action over predefined navigation bar locations such as icons and/or textual identifiers without actually needing to switch to a module. The preview may also be docked or pinned to a location on the main user interface so that it is displayed within the main user interface. New or interesting activity within each module may be highlighted by displaying an information badge next to a module name, for example. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152016 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAME - A method for providing a user interface on a touch screen display, the user interface for performing one of executing an application, accessing a file and accessing a weblink, the method comprising displaying an icon on the touch screen display; detecting an interaction with the icon displayed, said interaction being performed by a hand of a user; displaying a plurality of icons on the touch screen display, each icon of the plurality of icons for performing one of executing an application, accessing a file and accessing a weblink, the plurality of icons forming a portion of a circle substantially centered on the hand such that each icon is accessible with a minimum displacement of a finger of an open hand of the user. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152017 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE - Described is an example of an apparatus and method for providing a graphic user interface (GUI). A plurality of icons may be displayed on a screen. A frequency of use of each of the icons displayed on the screen may be stored. Accordingly, an external appearance of at least one icon from among the plurality of icons may be changed to reflect the frequency of use of the plurality of icons. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152018 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND PAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A page processing method for an electronic device is provided. The method includes the steps of: displaying a first cube consisting of a plurality of stacked layers, the stacked layers comprising a top layer displaying a current active icon group and remaining layers beneath the top layer associated with corresponding inactive icon groups; displaying a second cube consisting of a plurality of stacked layers, the stacked layers each associated with a inactive icon group; determining the touched region; determining the type of the touch by the user; retrieving a target page stored in the storage unit or creating a target page; creating at least one new icon group; and displaying the target page on the page display region, and updating the icon groups on the first and second cubes. An electronic device using the page processing method is also provided. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152019 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DISCOVERY OF ITEMS VIA AN INTERFACE DEPICTING SELECTABLE REPRESENTATIONS BASED ON SIMILARITY - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and computing devices, and more particularly, to an apparatus and methods configured to facilitate discovery of items via an interface, such as a touchscreen interface, depicting item representations based on similarity of one or more attributes. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152020 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An image management apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of types of additional information assigned to a plurality of images; a calculation unit that calculates a feature quantity of each of the images; an extracting unit that extracts, based on the feature quantity, additional information of the plurality of types of additional information; a control unit that generates one or more icons corresponding to the one or more types of additional information and displays the icons on a screen; an input unit that receives input according to a user's operation; a selecting unit that selects an image according to the signal; and an assigning unit that assigns to the selected image, when input of an operation signal associating the image selected by the image selecting unit with an icon selected by the user is received, additional information corresponding to the icon associated with the selected image. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152021 | STAGE AND STAGE VIEW WITHIN A WORKFLOW - A method for providing workflow stages and integrated workflow stage visualization includes displaying a detailed view of a workflow, including a plurality of customizable stages, in the workflow user interface, wherein at least a first workflow stage of the plurality workflow stages is configured to contain a plurality of customizable workflow components, displaying the plurality of workflow components in the detailed view, receiving a selection of a stage view within the workflow user interface; displaying the stage view of the workflow, wherein the stage view includes the plurality of customizable stages but excludes the workflow components; and sending the workflow to the shared application platform. | 2013-06-13 |
20130152022 | Mouse Movement Using Multiple Thresholds Utilizing Linear Exponential Acceleration and Sub-Pixel Precision - Moving a pointer in a graphical user interface environment is provided. An input comprising an initial delta value determined by a device driver is received from the device driver. The initial delta value is located in a data structure. A new delta value associated with the initial delta value is selected from the data structure. A new position of a pointer in the graphical user interface environment is calculated based on the new delta value. The new position of the pointer is sent to the graphical user interface environment for rendering. | 2013-06-13 |