50th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100318829 | NETWORK DEVICE - The access point | 2010-12-16 |
20100318830 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided a serial reception circuit that can suppress the occurrence of a bit error due to long-period jitter while suppressing the power consumption. A serial reception circuit for receiving a serial signal in synchronization with a clock signal samples the serial signal in synchronization with multiphase sampling clock signals out of phase with the clock signal, determines based on sampled signals that a sampling phase having little effect of phase variation of the serial signal on a sampling result is an optimum phase, performs a reception operation in which a signal sampled by the optimum phase is reception data, and has, as determination operations for the optimum phase, a first mode and a second mode in which optimality of an optimum phase determined in the first mode is determined based on a sampling result of a reduced number of samplings. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318831 | GLOBAL CLOCK VIA EMBEDDED SPANNING TREE - In some embodiments, the present invention relates to a method of maintaining a global clock within a multiprocessor system having a plurality of nodes that are connected in a network via links. A virtual spanning tree is mapped onto the network and the nodes and the links are configured such that each node is in a parent-child relationship with one or more other nodes in the virtual spanning tree. A global clock is generated in a root of the virtual spanning tree and global clock signals are communicated down the virtual spanning tree to each of the nodes. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318832 | HANG RECOVERY IN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - Various embodiments provide a guard mechanism that is configured to prevent transmission of synchronous function calls to hung application components. In at least some embodiments, the guard mechanism receives a synchronous function call that is intended for an application component. Before permitting the synchronous function call to be transmitted to the application component, the guard mechanism determines whether the component is hung. Responsive to determining that the component is not hung, the guard mechanism permits the synchronous function call to be transmitted to the component. If, however, the guard mechanism determines that the application component is hung, a hung component recovery process is initiated. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318833 | METHOD FOR THE SECONDARY ERROR CORRECTION OF A MULTI-PORT NETWORK ANALYZER - A method for the error correction of a vectorial network analyzer, where a primary system calibration is initially implemented using a calibration kit. Following this, a first, secondary error correction is implemented on at least two one-port networks of the vectorial network analyzer. After this first, secondary error correction of the one-port networks of the vectorial network analyzer, a second, secondary error correction is implemented, where either two one-port networks are through-connected in an ideal manner or a measurement is implemented on a reciprocal two-port network. The corrected system-error values from the first, secondary error correction are used even in this further measurement, and overall, a high-precision, calibrated multi-port network analyzer is obtained. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318834 | Method and device for avionic reconfiguration - The invention in particular has as an object a method and a device for reconfiguration of an avionic system comprising at least two computers and a software application, in an aircraft, each of the said computers being adapted for running the software application, the aircraft further comprising a module for detection of failure of at least one of the said computers as well as a loading module making it possible to load the software application into each of the computers. After an information item relating to the state of one of the computers has been received from the detection module, a failure of one of the computers is detected according to the information item received. A configuration according to which at least one application run by the faulty computer is run by another of the computers then is determined. The system then is reconfigured according to the determined configuration, the reconfiguration comprising the transmission of a request to the loading module to load the application run by the faulty computer into the other computer. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318835 | BISECTIONAL FAULT DETECTION SYSTEM - An apparatus, program product and method logically divide a group of nodes and causes node pairs comprising a node from each section to communicate. Results from the communications may be analyzed to determine performance characteristics, such as bandwidth and proper connectivity. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318836 | MONITORING AND HEALING A COMPUTING SYSTEM - A method, system, and media for monitoring and healing a computing system. Monitoring agents are deployed to a computing system to be monitored. The monitoring agents collect performance and non-performance counter data of computing devices in the computing system. The data include any recordable information about the monitored computing system. The data is stored in a performance database. A master controller monitors the data for an occurrence of an alert condition that indicates degradation in the health of the computing system. The health of the computing system includes the health of the system, individual components therein, and interactions with other systems. The master controller performs a resolution process to resolve issues causing degradation of the computing system. The collection of data and the monitoring thereof is customizable for an individual computing device, for a cluster of computing devices, or for the computing system as a whole. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318837 | Failure-Model-Driven Repair and Backup - A predictive failure model is used to generate a failure prediction associated with a node. A repair or backup action may also be determined to perform on the node based on the failure prediction. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318838 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR FAILOVER - In a computer system wherein plural servers are connected with an external disk device via a network, each server incorporates therein a logic partition module for configuring at least one logic partition in the server, and the operating system stored in the logic partition is booted by the boot disk of an external disk device, the failover operation is performed only for the logic partition affected by a failure when the task being executed by a working server is taken over by another server at the time of the failure occurring in the working server. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318839 | DATA RECOVERY IN MULTI-LEVEL CELL NONVOLATILE MEMORY - In a nonvolatile memory array, data is stored in multi-level cells (MLC) as upper-page data and lower-page data. Safe copies of both upper-page and lower-page data are stored in on-chip cache during programming. If a write fail occurs, data is recovered from on-chip cache. The controller does not have to maintain safe copies of data. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318840 | MEMORY CARD, NONVOLATILE MEMORY, CONTROLLER, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING WRITING ERRORS FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORIES - The invention provides a method for managing writing errors for a nonvolatile memory. In one embodiment, the nonvolatile memory is coupled to a controller. First, data received from the controller is stored in a data register of the nonvolatile memory. The data stored in the data register is then written to a first memory space with a first write address according to instructions from the controller. The data stored in the data register is kept from being changed after the data is written to the first write address. When an error occurs in writing of the data to the first memory space, a rewrite command is sent from the controller to the nonvolatile memory. After the nonvolatile memory receives the rewrite command, the data stored in the data register is written to a second memory space with a second write address according to the rewrite command. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318841 | METHOD FOR TUNING PARAMETERS IN MEMORY AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method for tuning memory parameter values and a computer system using the same are disclosed. In the invention, the computer system provides an embedded controller which may accumulate a counting value and send a reset signal to reboot the computer system. Firstly, the embedded controller reloads a memory parameter value corresponding to the counting value. Then, the computer system executes a memory test procedure. When the memory test procedure successes, a BIOS stores the memory parameter value. On the contrary, when the memory test procedure fails, the embedded controller accumulates the counting value and sends the reset signal to reboot the computer system. The BIOS reloading another memory parameter value corresponding to the accumulated counting value and re-executes the memory test procedure. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318842 | CONTROLLER, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a controller includes a receiver, an acquisition module, and a writer. The receiver receives information. The acquisition module acquires redundant information for correcting an error in the information. The writer writes the information to a first memory bank from a start address to a predetermined address of the first memory bank, and writes the redundant information to a second memory bank from the predetermined address to an end address of the second memory bank. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318843 | SHARED FUSE WRAPPER ARCHITECTURE FOR MEMORY REPAIR - A memory repair mechanism for the memories clustered across the multiple power domains and can be switched on and off independent of each other, thereby enabling low power operation. Enhancements in the shared Fuse Wrapper Architecture enable sharing of a plurality of parallel links connecting the memory blocks of each power domains to the Shared Fuse Wrapper architecture. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318844 | BACKUP METHOD AND DISK ARRAY APPARATUS - A backup method makes a backup of cache data to a nonvolatile memory by using a controller, the cache data being stored in the volatile memory. The backup method includes writing the cache data stored in the volatility memory in a selected area of the nonvolatile memory, generating party data by operating the parity operations between each of the predetermined parts of the cache data in the volatile memory, verifying whether an error found in the part of the cache data in the nonvolatile memory can be recovered by using the parity data, and rewriting the part of the cache data when the error found in the part of the cache data in the nonvolatile memory cannot be recovered by using the parity data in an area of the nonvolatile memory different from the selected area. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318845 | MEMORY FAILURE RECOVERY METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - Upon occurrence of a memory error which is difficult to correct, CPU interrupts a process under execution in response to interrupt signal output from error detection device, and transfers the control to the OS. The OS references attributes of a page stored in a page frame which has suffered the memory error. When read-only is indicated, physical memory management table is updated to set the page frame, which has suffered the error, into a disabled state. Then, page table is updated such that a virtual page stored in the page frame which has suffered the error is not assigned to any page frame, followed by resumption of the execution of the process. After execution of the process is resumed, a page fault process is invoked to store the virtual page which has encountered the memory error in another normal page frame. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318846 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT ENHANCED WITH PROBLEM CLASSIFICATION FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES - A system and method of problem determination and resolution utilizes enhanced problem classification, and effectively categorizes any problem a user experiences by leveraging all available data to recognize the specific problem. Historical problem data is labeled with the cause of that problem and is analyzed to learn problem patterns. The historical problem data is classified into a predefined hierarchical structure of taxonomies by using an incremental online learning algorithm. The hierarchical structure and learned patterns are utilized to recognize problems and generate the root cause of the problem when given a new set of monitoring data and log data. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318847 | TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING AN AGGREGATE MODEL FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTICS - Techniques for building a model for performing diagnostics. In one embodiment, a set of models is determined based upon a topological relationship created upon receiving an alert or a request for which diagnostics are to be performed. An aggregate model is then generated based upon the set of models and the topological relationship. The aggregate model is then used for performing the diagnostics. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318848 | Establishing a connection between a testing and/or debugging interface and a connector - This invention relates to automatically establishing a connection between a testing and/or debugging interface to an integrated circuit and a connector of an apparatus, the connector being connectable to a testing and/or debugging apparatus configured to communicate with the testing and/or debugging interface via the connector in a testing and/or debugging mode of the apparatus and connectable to an accessory apparatus to be used in a normal operation mode of the apparatus, if the testing and/or debugging apparatus is connected to the connector, thereby establishing the testing and/or debugging mode of the apparatus. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318849 | RUNTIME BEHAVIOR ALTERATION USING BEHAVIOR INJECTION HARNESS - Behavior Request is passed by a behavior injection harness specifying a particular behavior point, component, configuration or machine state, iteration (or sequence) to execute, product-independent atomic operation or to send data to be consumed by product code. Behavior requests can be configured and passed to a product process during runtime to change the state of a thread without affecting rest of deployment or configuration. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318850 | GENERATION OF A STIMULI BASED ON A TEST TEMPLATE - A test template comprising a repetitive block instruction is translated to a stimuli to be used by a target computerized system or a simulator of such a system. The translation comprises reusing translated portion of the repetitive block instruction in order to reduce translation time and to hasten testing phase of the target computerized system. Reuse may be affected by subcomponents of the target computerized system, a predetermined minimal or maximal number of instructions to reuse, and a heuristic determination to increase possibility of discovering a bug using the stimuli. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318851 | High Speed Redundant Data Processing System - A high speed data processing system is described comprising first and second data processing modules and first and second data checking modules. The first and second data processing modules are each arranged to perform substantially the same processing steps on data received at said data input, with each providing an output. The first and second checking modules are arranged to compare the outputs of said first and second data processing modules and to output an error signal indicative of whether or not said first and second data processing modules have performed substantially the same processing steps. The first and second checking modules are located on physically separate devices. In some arrangements a third checking module is provided, which checking module may be physically separated from each of said first and second checking modules. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318852 | VISUALIZATION TOOL FOR SYSTEM TRACING INFRASTRUCTURE EVENTS - A system and method for identifying a root cause of a wait in a computer system are provided. Given the identity of a thread of interest and time window, a longest wait period for the thread of interest within the time window is identified. The longest wait period is used as a starting node to generate a ready tree by walking backwards through the data in a system trace to construct a tree of readying events that ready threads for running on a processor. A potentially anomalous chain of events is automatically identified and highlighted in the ready tree. A visualization of the ready tree is presented to a user so that the user can explore the events in the tree and annotate the automatically generated tree to aid in problem diagnosis. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318853 | TECHNIQUES FOR GATHERING EVIDENCE FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTICS - Techniques for performing diagnostics for a monitored system. In one embodiment, an aggregate model built using a set of models is used to determine a set of probes or tests to be executed for obtaining information related to the monitored system. The obtained evidence information is then applied to the aggregate model to perform diagnostics for one or more conditions detected in the monitored system. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKING FIRMWARE DEFINITION FILE - A system and a method for checking a firmware definition file are provided. The system includes a software control side and a plurality of hardware signal sides. The software control side has a firmware definition file, and generates a plurality of simulating signals in accordance with the firmware definition file. The hardware signal sides receive the simulating signals respectively so as to generate a plurality of feedback signals fed to the software control side. The software control side establishes an event log in accordance with the feedback signals, and uses the event log to check if the firmware definition file is correct. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318855 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING MODELS FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTICS - Techniques for performing diagnostics are described. In one embodiment, in response to an alert or a request to perform diagnostics, a topological relationship is generated comprising a set of applications and a set of systems determined based upon information in the alert or request. The topological relationship encapsulates relationships between the set of applications and the set of systems. In one embodiment, a set of causal network models to be used for performing the diagnostics is determined based upon the applications and systems in the topological relationship. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318856 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MONITORING PROGRAM, MONITORING DEVICE, AND MONITORING METHOD - A monitoring device accesses a database storing, for each of a plurality of failure cases that occurred in a monitored device, a group of past monitoring data items each representing respective measured values of monitoring items of the monitored device measured until a time of occurrence of a failure case. The device receives, from the monitored device, a current monitoring data item representing current measured values of the plurality of monitoring items. The device calculates, for each of past monitoring data items stored in the database, a similarity degree between a past monitoring data item and a current monitoring data item on the basis of the respective measured values of the plurality of monitoring items. The device determines, among the plurality of failure cases, a failure case predicted to occur in the monitored device, on the basis of the calculation result. The device outputs the determination result. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318857 | Automatic maintenance of a computing system in a steady state using correlation - An autonomic computing system is automatically maintained in a steady state. The system has a number of parameters, each of which has one or more threshold. The system may further have a number of influencers, adjustment of which affects values of the parameters. One or more of the parameters are determined as each reaching one of its threshold, and are referred to as to-be-affected parameters. Each to-be-affected parameter is identified and its thresholds identified. A correlation value may be determined between each influencer and each to-be-affected parameter, and/or between each to-be-affected parameter and each other to-be-affected parameter. The to-be-affected parameters are adjusted, based on the correlation values determined, so that the to-be-affected parameters return to more-normal values. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318858 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUDITING TRANSACTION DATA FROM DATABASE OPERATIONS - A method for validating SRS registry transaction data includes receiving OLTP transaction data from a first database, parsing the OLTP transaction data, and comparing the parsed OLTP transaction data to one or more of a set of profiles. Each of the one or more of the set of profiles includes metadata in XML files. The method also includes caching the parsed OLTP transaction data in a first data cache, receiving log data associated with the OLTP transaction data; and caching the log data in a second data cache. The method further includes correlating the parsed transaction data cached in the first data cache with the log data cached in the second data cache. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318859 | PRODUCTION CONTROL FOR SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS - The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing a batch production system. In an illustrative embodiment, an application forecast is generated for a set of batch jobs in a critical path of a batch application. The application forecast comprises a sum of execution times for the batch jobs in the critical path. In response to detecting an abend from production data generated during the execution of the batch application, the abend is mapped against known abends in an abend database to identify a set of abend solutions. Thereafter, a notification is generated which comprises at least one of a status of the batch application and the set of abend solutions, wherein the status is generated based on the application forecast. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318860 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYNCHRONIZATION CORRECTION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a transmission unit for transmitting a query request for querying another device for a count value held by such other device, a reception unit for receiving a return of the count value from such other device, a correction unit for performing, at a predetermined period, correction processing for synchronizing sampling frequency with such other device based on the received count value, and a reproduction unit for reproducing content in synchronization with such other device based on the sampling frequency. The correction unit corrects by taking into account a Round Trip Time between the transmission of the query request and the reception of the return and residual difference occurred at a previous correction time. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318861 | MODE SELECTION FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS BASED ON STATISTICAL PARAMETERS - A method and communication system for selecting a mode for encoding data for transmission in a wireless communication channel between a transmit unit and a receive unit. The data is initially transmitted in an initial mode and the selection of the subsequent mode is based on a selection of first-order and second-order statistical parameters of short-term and long-term quality parameters. Suitable short-term quality parameters include signal-to-interference and noise ratio (SINR), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), power level and suitable long-term quality parameters include error rates such as bit error rate (BER) and packet error rate (PER). The method of the invention can be employed in Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), Multiple Input Single Output (MISO), Single Input Single Output (SISO) and Single Input Multiple Output (SIMO) communication systems to make subsequent mode selection faster and more efficient. Furthermore the method can be used in communication systems employing various transmission protocols including OFDMA, FDMA, CDMA, TDMA. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318862 | SCAN TEST CIRCUIT, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DESIGNING SAME - Flip-flops | 2010-12-16 |
20100318863 | PARALLEL AND SERIAL ACCESS TO TEST COMPRESSION ARCHITECTURES - The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for accessing test compression architectures (TCA) in a device using either a parallel or serial access technique. The serial access technique may be controlled by a device tester or by a JTAG controller. Further the disclosure provides an approach to access the TCA of a device when the device exists in a daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customer's system. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318864 | Fault location estimation device, fault location estimation method, and program - A fault location estimation device includes: a faulty scan chain identification unit that identifies a faulty scan chain and its fault type based on result of operation verification test; a faulty scan FF narrowing unit that compares test result of the faulty scan chain with simulation result for determining a faulty scan FF range beginning at the location of a scan FF where both results differ; and a path trace narrowing unit that references logic circuit configuration information, signal line expected value, a failure-observed scan FF, and test result of a defective circuit to extract a scan FF on the faulty scan chain, which may be reached from a failure-observed scan FF observed on a normal scan chain by tracing back a failure propagation path while performing implication procedure for an input side, and thereby further narrows the faulty scan FF range determined by the faulty scan FF narrowing unit. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318865 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING BUILT-IN SELF TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING THEREBY - A signal processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a built-in self test device dividing a digital reference clock signal to output an I division signal and a Q division signal, shifting the I division signal and the Q division signal by predetermined angles, converting the shifted I and Q signal into analog signals to output an I testing signal and a Q testing signal; and a signal processing receiving and processing the I testing signal and the Q testing signal. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318866 | TEST COMPRESSION IN A JTAG DAISY-CHAIN ENVIRONMENT - The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for controlling a device's TCA circuit when the device exists in a JTAG daisy-chain arrangement with other devices. The methods and apparatuses allow the TCA test pattern set used during device manufacturing to be reused when the device is placed in a JTAG daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customers system using the device. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318867 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO READ INFORMATION FROM AN INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and apparatus to read information from an information storage medium using a read channel, where that read channel includes a data cache. The invention generates an analog waveform comprising the information, and provides that analog waveform to a read channel, and generates a digital signal from that analog waveform using one or more first operating parameters. The method error corrects that digital signal at an actual error correction rate, and determines if the actual error correction rate is greater than an error correction rate threshold. If the actual error correction rate exceeds the error correction rate threshold, then the method captures the digital signal, stores that captured data in a data cache, reads that digital signal from the cache, generates one or more second operating parameters, and provides those one or more second operating parameters to the read channel. Thereafter, the method uses those one or more second operating parameters to read the information from the information storage medium. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318868 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO READ INFORMATION FROM AN INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and apparatus to read information from an information storage medium using a read channel, where that read channel includes a data cache. The invention generates an analog waveform comprising the information, and provides that analog waveform to a read channel, and generates a digital signal from that analog waveform using one or more first operating parameters. The method error corrects that digital signal at an actual error correction rate, and determines if the actual error correction rate is greater than an error correction rate threshold. If the actual error correction rate exceeds the error correction rate threshold, then the method captures the digital signal, stores that captured data in a data cache, reads that digital signal from the cache, generates one or more second operating parameters, and provides those one or more second operating parameters to the read channel. Thereafter, the method uses those one or more second operating parameters to read the information from the information storage medium. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318869 | Method and Apparatus For Providing Error Detection In Coordination With A Radio Link Layer - An approach includes detecting failure of an error detection scheme relating to transmission of data units of a transport block. A negative acknowledgement message is generated in response to the detection of the failure. The negative acknowledgement message is forwarded to a radio link controller for discarding one or more of the data units. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318870 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a transmission apparatus for transmitting periodical data transmitted at predetermined intervals and event data transmitted in response to occurrence of an event, an information generation unit generates identification information for a receiving apparatus to identify transmitted event data, and a control unit includes the generated identification information in the periodical data in response to generation of identification information by the identification information generation unit. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318871 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for resource allocation information transmission is provided. The method includes determining a search space for use in a second frequency band using resource allocation information of a first process detected in a first frequency band, detecting resource allocation information using the search space in the second frequency band, and when failing to decode received data according to the resource allocation information detected in the second frequency band, re-detecting resource allocation information of the first process in the second frequency band in a first time interval using the search space without detecting the resource allocation information of the first process in the first frequency band. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318872 | Decoding Method for LDPC Code Based on BP Arithmetic - A decoding method for LDPC codes based on BP algorithm, includes initializing LLR (q | 2010-12-16 |
20100318873 | Tree Decoding Method For Decoding Linear Block Codes - A tree decoding method for decoding a linear block code is provided. According to the tree decoding method, an estimated path metric of node v is f(y)=g(v)+h(v), where g(v) represents a sum of bit metrics of all bits on a path from the root node to the node v, and h(v) represents a lowest bound of estimated accumulated bit metrics from the node v to the goal node. The present invention creatively improves the approach for calculating h(v). According to the present invention, some parity bits are only related to a part of the information bits, according to which the edge metric h(v) of the parity bits can be preliminarily incorporated into the path metric of the part of the information bits. As such, some nodes having inferior path metric could be eliminated in advance, thus minimizing the searching range and simplifying the decoding complexity. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318874 | ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ERROR CORRECTING THEREOF - An electronic memory device includes a controller and a memory unit. The controller includes a micro processor, a host interface, a memory unit interface connected to the memory unit, a data cache area for provisionally storing data, an ECC unit coupled to the memory unit for testing whether there is any error bit in the data or not, and an error correcting unit coupled to the memory unit. If an error bit in the data is found and can be dealt by the ECC unit, the error bit is then directly recovered by the ECC unit. However, if the error bit exceeds beyond the processing capability of the ECC unit, the error correcting unit is selected to primarily invert predetermined data bit till the number of the error can be successfully recovered by the ECC unit. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318875 | Data Transmission Method and Equipment - The present invention discloses a data transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: segmenting data to be transmitted into information file segments with a length of Tb bits; performing forward error correction (FEC) coding for Tb information bit sequences composed of bits in same positions in a plurality of continuous information file segments to generate Tb check bit sequences, putting each bit of the check bit sequences in the same position in the check file segments as the corresponding information bit sequences; and transmitting each of the information file segments and check file segments according to their order; the number of bits contained in the information bit sequences being less than or equal to the maximum length of K | 2010-12-16 |
20100318876 | DECODING DEVICE, DECODING METHOD, DECODING PROGRAM, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A decoding device which decodes error correction coded information by iterating a decoding process. The decoding device includes an iteration quantity determination unit which calculates a mutual information indicating a relationship with transmission information of the coded information and determines the number of iterations of the decoding process based on the calculated mutual information. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318877 | ERROR CORRECTING CODES FOR INCREASED STORAGE CAPACITY IN MULTILEVEL MEMORY DEVICES - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and apparatuses related to multilevel encoding with error correction. In some embodiments, data may be programmed and/or read from a matrix of nonvolatile memory cells with concatenated encoding/decoding schemes. In some embodiments, a calculation module may determine an actual bit per cell value of a given combination of parameters of a nonvolatile memory device. Still other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318878 | COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL PARALLEL INTERLEAVER AND DE-INTERLEAVER - A parallel interleaver that operates to interleave convolutionally and turbo encoded data packets is described. Packets are divided into subpackets and interleaved in parallel for improved performance. The Pruned Bit Reversal Interleaver (PBRI) function used to generate interleaver addresses is invertible such that its inverse function can be used to generate de-interleaver addresses. For convolutionally encoded subpackets, encoder output bits are demultiplexed into three sequences V | 2010-12-16 |
20100318879 | STORAGE DEVICE WITH FLASH MEMORY AND DATA STORAGE METHOD - A method of storing write data in flash memory incorporated in a storage device, the method includes; receiving write data and a logical block address (LBA) for the flash memory, determining whether the LBA exists in the cache memory, if the LBA exists in the cache memory, comparing the write data with cache data stored in the cache memory at a location associated with the LBA, and if the write data and the cache data are the same, terminating operation of the storage device without programming the write data to the flash memory, else updating an error detection information lookup table entry associated with the LBA and programming the write data to the flash memory, and if the LBA does not exist in the cache memory, updating the error detection information lookup table entry associated with the LBA and programming the write data to the flash memory. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318880 | DTV TRANSMITTER AND METHOD OF CODING MAIN AND ENHANCED DATA IN DTV TRANSMITTER - A DTV transmitter includes a pre-processor pre-processing enhanced data, a data formatter generating enhanced data packets including the pre-processed enhanced data, and a multiplexer multiplexing the enhanced data packets with main data packets. The transmitter further includes an RS encoder RS-coding the multiplexed packets by adding systematic RS parity data to each main data packet and by adding non-systematic RS parity place holders to each enhanced data packet, and a data interleaver interleaving the RS-coded packets. The non-systematic RS parity place holders are placed after the enhanced data within each interleaved enhanced data packet, and a sequence of known data place holders is periodically included in the interleaved enhanced data packets. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318881 | Flexible Node Identity for Telecom Nodes - Features of a node ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100318882 | Method and Module for Correcting Transmission Errors in a Datastream - The subject of the present invention is a method for correcting transmission errors in a data stream transmitted by a communications system using a protocol stack. According to the invention, the method consists in utilizing the redundancy of sequences whose content is fixed across several layers in a stack of protocols so as to correct transmission errors; the method consisting to this end in searching at the level of the receiver for sequences corresponding to a known sequence present in the stream received and doing so by detecting sequences similar to this known sequence, non-similar sequences not being retained; the method consisting furthermore, when similar sequences are present, in detecting transmission errors in the known sequence and in modifying the similar sequences (erroneous sequences) with the aid of the known sequence. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318883 | Method for Enhancing Reliability of Information Transmission - The present invention provides a method for enhancing reliability of information transmission, comprising the steps of: (a) establishing a matrix based on the length of bits of valid information in frame time slots; and creating a new matrix by presetting Error Correction Coding (ECC) for rows and columns of said matrix; (b) adopting the 1st Interleaving method to re-allocate bits which have been processed twice by using said ECC in said new matrix, to both ends of said frame time slots; and (c) adopting the 2nd Interleaving method to re-allocate the remaining bits in said new matrix to the middle of said frame time slots. After processed like this, the anti-interfering ability of the bits at both ends of TDMA frame time slot can be significantly enhanced, and the bit-error rate is decreased most, and all redundancy bits of Hamming codes can be arrayed at both ends of TDMA frame time slot. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318884 | CLOCK AND RESET SYNCHRONIZATION OF HIGH-INTEGRITY LOCKSTEP SELF-CHECKING PAIRS - An apparatus comprises first and second modules configured to operate in a lockstep mode and a reset mode. Each of the first and second modules is configured to asynchronously enter the reset mode when a parent reset signal is asserted at that module. Each of the first and second modules is configured to, in response to the asserted parent reset signal being negated at that module, indicate to the other module that that module is ready to exit reset mode and exit the reset mode when the other module has also indicated that the other module is ready to exit reset mode. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318885 | METHOD OF DETECTING AN ATTACK BY FAULT INJECTION ON A MEMORY DEVICE, AND CORRESPONDING MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device may include a memory plane including a group of memory cells configured to store a block of bits including data bits and parity bits, and a detector for detecting a fault injection including a reader to read each bit, and a first checker to perform, when reading a block, a parity check based on the read value of each data and parity bit. The memory plane may include reference memory cells arranged between some of the memory cells to create packets of m memory cells. Each reference memory cell may store a reference bit and each packet of m memory cells may store m bits of the associated block, when m is greater than 1, with different parities. The detector may further include a second checker to perform, when reading the block, a check on the value of each reference bit. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318886 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL - A method and apparatus is disclosed wherein a user equipment (UE) receives control information on a first channel and uses the control information to process a second channel. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318887 | DATA VERIFICATION USING CHECKSUM SIDEFILE - Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for data verification in a storage system are provided. A read of data is asynchronously submitted to nonvolatile storage media. A read of a first checksum signature is submitted to a solid state, sidefile memory location of a storage controller in the storage subsystem. The first checksum signature is representative of the data previously written to the nonvolatile storage media. A second checksum signature is calculated from the read of the data. The first and second checksum signatures are compared. If a match is not determined, a critical event is reported. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUB-PUBLICATION CONTENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system for and method for providing sub-publication content in an electronic device is presented. The system and method receive electronic content from one or more content sources via a network, where the electronic content includes a master publication content item and one or more sub-publication content items. The system and method store the plurality of electronic content and select at least some of the sub-publication content items for presentation with the master publication content. The system and method present the selected sub-publication content items with the corresponding master publication content at an electronic reader device. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318889 | Automatic Insertion of Data from Web Forms into Documents - A host computing system automatically inserts data submitted from web forms into documents. The host computing system stores a document file comprising data that represents a document. The document comprises at least one document element. The host computing system receives a block of web form data. The block of web form data comprises a value assigned to a web form element in a web form. In response to receiving the block of web form data, the host computing system automatically updates the document element to specify the value when the document file comprises element mapping metadata that maps the document element to the web form element. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318890 | Architecture to Expose Internal Business Data on a Website - A method for importing document data into a website hosted on a server computer includes a block of document data that is received at the server computer. The block of document data includes data from an identified section of a document. In response to receiving the block of document data, the server computer automatically updates a web page component on the website. The web page component is selected via a document widget on the server computer. The document data is mapped to the web page component. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318891 | PEEKING INTO THE Z-DIMENSIONAL DRAWER - Described herein are methods and systems for analyzing multidimensional data that use tangential exploration of data via a third or Z-dimension to the current two-dimensional view. The tangential exploration allows higher dimensionality to be explored without causing visual clutter. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318892 | IDENTIFYING CHANGES FOR ONLINE DOCUMENTS - Techniques and systems are disclosed for providing changed content identification for an online document that is accessed by a user or user agent. A reference point for an online document that a user or user agent is interested in accessing is identified, comprising a stored prior version of the document. The prior version of the document is retrieved, when the user or user agent accesses the online document, such as by using the reference point. Elements of the prior version are compared with elements of a current version of the document, to determine whether there are differences between the versions. If changes are identified between the prior version and the current version, the current version is automatically updated with visual or auditory representations that identify those changes of content. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318893 | Online document annotation and reading system - An online system provides users with tools to annotate publications and share such annotations with other users. Publications annotated by a community of users become a richer source of information for the community. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318894 | Modifications to Editable Elements of Web Pages Rendered in Word Processor Applications - A word processor application presents a word processor user interface containing a word processor document. The word processor application generates the word processor document by rendering a web page file. The word processor document includes editable elements and non-editable elements. The web page file indicates which elements of the web page file are rendered as editable elements and which elements of the web pages are rendered as non-editable elements. In some instances, the non-editable elements are common to each web page in a web site. The user edits the content of the editable elements. When the user saves the word processor document, the client computing system sends a page modification request to a server computing system. In response, the server computing system modifies the web page file such that corresponding editable elements of the web page file specify the content of the editable elements in the word processor document. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318895 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Presenting Panel-Based Electronic Documents - Systems, methods, and media for presenting panel-based electronic documents are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, systems for presenting panel-based electronic documents are provided, the systems comprising: at least one processor programmed to: receive an electronic document, a definition of a first panel on a page in the electronic document, and a definition of a second panel on the page in the electronic document; control a display of the first panel based on the definition of the first panel; and transition from the display of the first panel to a display of the second panel by re-scaling the display and panning from the first panel to the second panel. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318896 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BINARY CODING AND DECODING OF STRUCTURED DOCUMENTS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DATA - Method and device for binary coding a structured document comprising a plurality of data are disclosed. After having determined ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100318897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENT CONFORMING TO DOCBASE STANDARD - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for processing a document conforming to a docbase standard. The method includes: obtaining contents of a document conforming to a docbase standard via a docbase standard interface; generating an interim document which is in a format supported by a third-party software, and saving the contents of the document into the interim document as at least one embedded object and/or image; and providing the interim document for the third-party software for displaying. According to the method and the apparatus provided by the present invention, third-party software is able to process documents conforming to the docbase standard without any change. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318898 | RENDERING DEFINITIONS - A method for rendering documents includes rendering a document using a rendering definition indicated within electronic data representing the document. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318899 | DESIGN EDITING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND DESIGN EDITING PROGRAM - A page design edited by a general user who does not have an enough design knowledge is not always preferable in terms of a design. Since there is no means for effectively notifying the user of editing functions which a page design application has, there is a case where the user cannot fully use those functions but has completed the edition in the undesirable page design. To solve such a problem, the invention provides a function for displaying a plurality of page design candidates obtained by executing a page design modifying process to a designated layout constructing object as variations and enabling the user to select a desired page design from them. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318900 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ATTRIBUTING TEXT IN TEXT GRAPHICS - The invention relates to a method for assigning text attributes to a graphical display of text that is contained in a computer graphic, comprising the steps: determination of at least one word position value, which has a co-ordinate tuple related to the fist computer graphic, for a word in the text displayed in the first computer graphic; evaluation of at least one selection position value which has a co-ordinate tuple related to the first computer graphic; check as to whether the word position value for the word is registered by the selection position value by comparing the co-ordinate tuples for the word position value and the selection position value; determination of an attribution area of the first computer graphic on the basis of the word position value registered by the selection position value; and modification of the first computer graphic at least in the attribution area. The invention also relates to a device, an assembly and a computer programme product for said method. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318901 | METHOD, PRINTING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING AND PROCESSING DOCUMENT DATA STREAMS - In a method or system to generate a document data stream of a first format that is serially structured per page, document data of a second format that comprise multiple pages of a document are linked with the document data stream. In the document data stream of the first format a separate characteristic type mapping is provided that indicates that contiguous document data that comprise multiple pages are linked with the document data stream. In the first format a first page of the multipage document is completely and successfully run through a parsing process before document data of subsequent pages are run though the parsing process. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318902 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THAT GENERATE SUITABLE DISPLAY INFORMATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A processing apparatus that can produce a suitable display according to a user's operation purpose, thus improving operability for a user. A purpose of a user's operation is determined, and processing capacity information on the processing apparatus, which suits the determined purpose, is obtained. Based on the obtained processing capacity information, a type of document information to be displayed is determined. The display information is generated in accordance with document information corresponding to the determined type. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318903 | CUSTOMIZABLE AND PREDICTIVE DICTIONARY - A first list of forbidden words is selected from a plurality of lists of forbidden words on a computing device when the computing device is set to a first user mode corresponding to the first list of forbidden words, wherein each of the plurality of lists of forbidden words corresponds to at least one user mode of a plurality of user modes and contains user mode-based forbidden words whose use on the computing device is prohibited when the computing device is set to one or more corresponding user modes. First mode-based forbidden words of the first list of forbidden words are prevent from being be used on the computing device for as long as the computing device is set to the first user mode | 2010-12-16 |
20100318904 | METHOD AND APPARATUS CONTINUING ACTION OF USER GESTURES PERFORMED UPON A TOUCH SENSITIVE INTERACTIVE DISPLAY IN SIMULATION OF INERTIA - A method and apparatus for operating a multi-user interactive display system including a display having a touch-sensitive display surface. A position is detected of each contact site at which the display surface experiences external physical contact. Each contact site's position history is utilized to compute velocity data for the respective contact site. At least one of the following is utilized to identify occurrence of one or more user gestures from a predetermined set of user gestures: the position history, the velocity data. Each user gesture corresponds to at least one predetermined action for updating imagery presented by the display as a whole. Action is commenced corresponding to the identified gesture. Responsive to a user gesture terminating with a nonzero velocity across the display surface, action is corresponding to the gesture is continued so as to simulate inertia imparted by said gesture. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318905 | Method for displaying menu screen in electronic devicing having touch screen - An electronic device is configured to display a menu screen. Then electronic device is capable of displaying the menu screen composed of a plurality of main menu items each of which has a plurality of subordinate menu items. The method further includes modifying the displayed menu screen by moving the subordinate menu items in response to a first drag input in a first direction or by moving the main menu items in response to a second drag input in a second direction. The method allows a user to perform a search for two or more subordinate menu items of different groups at a time on a single screen. Therefore, the number of times being key-pressed for a menu search is decreased, and the time required for a menu search is reduced. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318906 | METHODS FOR BROWSING IMAGE DATA AND SYSTEMS USING THE SAME - Methods for browsing image data and systems using the same are provided. First, a plurality of image data is provided. A thumbnail is created for each of the image data, wherein the respective thumbnails have the same image height. Then, a filmstrip is created according to the thumbnails, and all or a part of the filmstrip is displayed in a touch-sensitive display unit to let users browse the thumbnails corresponding to the image data. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318907 | AUTOMATIC INTERACTIVE RECORDING SYSTEM - A system and a booth for producing a media clip, providing one or more users with a recording studio experience including a computer configured to provide the users with interactive guidance through test producing and recording the media clip, the guidance being providing by user interaction with an animated facsimile of a recording director displayed on the display. A method for producing a media clip, providing one or more users with a recording studio experience, including providing the users with interactive guidance through test producing and/or recording a media clip, the guidance being providing by interaction with a display of an animated facsimile of a recording director, recording a media clip of the users' choice, providing the recording to the users. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318908 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDIA PLAYBACK - A graphical user interface made up of icons representing individual files and collectively forming the shape of a “v” is described along with methods of using and creating the graphical user interface. The v-shaped 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. Manipulation of the representative icon can cause modification or replacement of the entire playlist represented by the icon. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318909 | CONTAINER DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A container display control device comprising: a container title acquiring unit that acquires one or more container titles from a server, the one or more container titles relating to respective one or more containers in a tier immediately under a top tier container; a registration unit to which identification information is registered in advance, the identification information being for indicating that a category of a container is a first category; a category determination unit that determines, for each container in the tier immediately under the top tier container, whether or not the container title includes the identification information registered to the registration unit and indicating that the container is of the first category; and a setting unit that sets a container whose title includes the identification information as the top tier container, the identification information indicating that the container is of the first category. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318910 | WEB PAGE SEARCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A web page searching method for searching web page with audio information includes assigning an identifiable label for each of created web pages; obtaining the label of the web page with audio information in response to a search operation; and indicating the web page to a user corresponding to the obtained label. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318911 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED GENERATION OF AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL INTERFACES - A system for automating generation of an audio/video (AV) control interface includes a computing device having a processor to enable a user, with a user interface of the computing device, to configure the AV system. The processor may enable the user to draw output zones to create a representation of a geographical layout of a venue in which the AV system is located. The processor may enable the user to place transmitting and receiving AV devices within the output zones that substantially represent physical locations thereof within the venue. The processor may enable the user to logically associate receiving AV device channels of receiving AV devices within an output zone. The processor assigns parameters of the associated AV devices to a control interface for user control thereof. To do so, the processor identifies controllable parameters associated with the AV devices associated with the output zone. The processor assigns a data storage structure associated with each respective controllable parameter to the control interface. The processor launches the control interface in an application window having integrated therewith the controllable parameters and a menu selection of a source AV signal. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318912 | RECORD CARRIER, APPARATUS AND METHOD - A record carrier ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100318913 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR VISUALLY STREAMING MEDIA - An approach is provided for determining that a plurality of media feeds from one or more media sources are to be presented, and initiating presentation of a graphical user interface in which the plurality of media feeds are displayed. The media feeds are displayed as a respective plurality of images representative of content of the respective media feed. The plurality of images are displayed in motion, and move differently from one another. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318914 | VIEWER-CENTRIC USER INTERFACE FOR STEREOSCOPIC CINEMA - Described is a user interface that displays a representation of a stereo scene, and includes interactive mechanisms for changing parameter values that determine the perceived appearance of that scene. The scene is modeled as if viewed from above, including a representation of a viewer's eyes, a representation of a viewing screen, and an indication simulating what each of the viewer eyes perceives on the viewing screen. Variable parameters may include a vergence parameter, a dolly parameter, a field-of-view parameter, an interocular parameter and a proscenium arch parameter. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318915 | MORPHING BETWEEN VIEWS OF DATA - A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium are provided that in an embodiment morph between two graphical views of related content that share a common frame of reference. In an embodiment, the two views depict the same data at different resolutions. The morphing permits the viewer to visualize the relationship between the two views along a common axis or within a common frame of reference. In another embodiment, the two views may be a clip view and an timeline view. In the clip view, icons representing clips are the same size. In the timeline view, icons representing clips have a size proportional to the time of the clip when played. A virtual playhead icon is maintained in the same relative position in both views, so that a user's focus is maintained. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318916 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS - A system and method are provided for generating broadcast-quality multimedia productions using slide-show presentations without requiring a complex set up or configuration process, or the need for specialized technicians. The system enables pre-loaded, preconfigured elements to be rendered with a common presentation file such as that created in PowerPoint®. A smart projection module is provided as an interface between the presentation itself and various inputs used to enhance the presentation, the effort associated with rendering a consistent, broadcast-quality production is minimized or even eliminated. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318917 | NETWORKED AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM - A system for configuring an audio/video (AV) system includes a computing device having a processor to enable a user, with a user interface of the computing device, to configure the AV system. The processor may enable the user to draw output zones to create a representation of a geographical layout of a venue in which the AV system is located. The processor may enable the user to place transmitting and receiving AV devices within the output zones that substantially represent physical locations thereof within the venue. The processor may enable the user to logically associate receiving AV device channels of one or more receiving AV devices within an output zone. The processor may also enable the user to select which of a number of source AV signals from transmitting AV devices the user wants to route to the associated output zone. The processor routes the source AV signals from one or more transmitting AV devices over a network to the one or more receiving AV device channels, such that the one or more receiving AV device channels are processed according to the output zone as configured by the user in the user interface. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318918 | Communication Path Exchange Service - Described are methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for determining available communication paths. A graphical user interface is transmitted from a server device to a client device. The graphical user interface includes one or more graphical elements associated with one or more communication path attributes. One or more communication path request criteria based on input to at least one of the one or more graphical elements are received at the server device. The one or more communication path request criteria are associated with the one or more communication path attributes. Based on the one or more communication path request criteria, a ranked set of one or more available communication paths are determined. The ranked set of one or more available communication paths are transmitted from the server device to the client device. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318919 | MEDIA ASSET RECOMMENDATION SERVICE - A media asset recommendation service is described. In embodiments, friends of a user are identified in a social graph that is associated with the user, and interactions with media assets by the friends of the user are compiled. Friend interaction data for each of the media assets can be determined from the media assets, the social graph, and the interactions with the media assets by the friends of the user. When a selection of one of the media assets is received from the user via a user device, the friend interaction data that is associated with the media asset selected by the user is communicated to the user device. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318920 | USER INTERFACE CUSTOMIZATION USING EVALUATION DATA - A customized user interface is configured to include one or more user interface gadgets provided by one or more user interface gadget providers. Multiple possible user interface gadgets are identified for inclusion in the user interface by comparing a set of required attributes for the user interface to stored attribute data for a plurality of registered user interface gadgets. One or more of the possible user interface gadgets is selected for inclusion in the user interface using stored evaluation data for the possible user interface gadgets. Data related to the selected user interface gadget(s) is provided for use in generating the customized user interface on a computer system. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318921 | DIGITAL EASEL COLLABORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for digital content collaboration has several conference rooms, each having a digital easel and a group display device providing a plurality of image display locations. Each digital easel has a touch sensitive display and a pointing device to receive annotations and manipulations of digital content items. The group display device displays a plurality of digital content items, each in one of several image display locations. Each digital easel has several predefined image display areas, and each image display area is associated with one of the image display locations of the group display device. The digital easel is operable to receive a selection of a digital content item for any of the plurality of image display locations from a user via the pointing device. Upon receipt of the selection, the system automatically displays the selected digital content item in the associated image display location of the group display device and to simultaneously in the image display area of the digital easel. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318922 | Online Content Collaboration Model - A collaborative editing model for online content is described. A set of suggested edits to a version of the online content is received from multiple users. Each suggested edit in the set relates to the same version. The set of suggested edits is provided to an authorized editor, who is visually notified of differences between the version of the content and the suggested edits and conflicts existing between two or more suggested edits. Input is received from the editor resolving conflicts and accepting or rejecting suggested edits in the set. The first version of the content is modified accordingly to generate a second version of the content. Suggested edits from the set that were not accepted nor rejected and are not in conflict with the second version are carried over and can remain pending with respect to the second version. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318923 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANAGING E-MAIL THEREOF - A method for controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes executing, via a controller on the mobile terminal, an e-mail function; displaying, via a display on the mobile terminal, a e-mail account list including at least first and second e-mail accounts, in which the first e-mail account uses a first e-mail service for processing e-mails and the second e-mail account uses a second e-mail service for processing e-mails that is different than the first e-mail account service; providing, via the controller, an e-mail service of the selected first e-mail account, when the first e-mail account on the e-mail account list is selected; receiving, via an input unit, an account changing request for changing from the first e-mail account to the second e-mail account while information within the first e-mail account is currently being displayed; changing, via the controller, from the first e-mail account to the second e-mail account according to the account changing request; and providing, via the controller, the second e-mail service for the second e-mail account. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318924 | Method and System for Improved Electronic Task Flagging and Management - An improved method and system are provided for creating tasks and for inputting information associated with created tasks according to an electronic task management application or system. Electronic correspondence items may be flagged as tasks. Upon flagging an individual electronic correspondence item, a corresponding task is created for the flagged item, and the created task is then populated into and exposed by one or more applications used for displaying tasks such as a tasks application, calendar application, or electronic to-do list application. Properties such as task start dates and task categories may be applied to the created task, as desired. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318925 | INTEGRATING UPDATES INTO A SOCIAL-NETWORKING SERVICE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing to a first user of a first social-networking site information associated with a second user of a second social-networking site, where the second user is not registered at the first social-networking site. In some embodiments, the first user registered at the first social-networking site requests information associated with the second user at the second social-networking site to be added to the presentation feed of the first user on the first social-networking site. After the first user is authenticated by a second social-networking site to receive information associated with the second user, the information associated with the second user is displayed to the first user on the first social-networking site. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318926 | USER INTERFACE FOR ENTERING ACCOUNT DIMENSION COMBINATIONS - User interface features for supporting user-initiated input of a segmented account dimension combination are disclosed. The user interface features may be integrated into a software-based accounting application, for example as part of a user interface mechanism that supports a process for entering the account dimension combination on a general ledger distribution line for a record of a transaction. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318927 | MEDIA ASSET PIVOT NAVIGATION - Media asset pivot navigation is described. In various embodiments, collections of media assets are determined from relational metadata that corresponds to the media assets in a respective collection. Each collection of media assets are represented as a navigation axis along which the media assets in a respective collection can be located, and a media asset can be associated with multiple collections of media assets based on the relational metadata. A media asset navigation interface is generated for display from which the collections of media assets can be navigated to locate the media assets for selection. The media asset navigation interface includes a display of a collection of media assets represented as a navigation axis. A navigation input can be received to pivot from the navigation axis to an alternate navigation axis and initiate a display of an additional collection of media assets that are represented as the alternate navigation axis. | 2010-12-16 |
20100318928 | 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. | 2010-12-16 |