51st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090313528 | Method and System for Cooperative Communications with Minimal Coordination - A method and system are provided in a wireless communications system comprising a plurality of nodes (users) working cooperatively. The system provides cooperative diversity by allowing nodes to actively share their antennas and other resources to obtain spatial diversity. The nodes receive the same message (information data) from a common source. Each node enhances the reliability of the message with a modern forward error correction (FEC) code, converts the FEC encoded message into an ensemble of symbols, divides the ensemble of symbols into packets, modulates, dithers and transmits the packets to a receiving node. The dithering process is performed by varying the signal amplitude, phase, frequency and/or symbol timing of the modulated packets. A unique dither pattern is assigned to each node. The receiving node captures a composite signal comprising the transmitted packets of all or most of the transmitting nodes in the cooperative communications system. Because the transmitted packets are dithered independently in phase and/or amplitude, spatial diversity is transformed into temporal diversity. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR MANAGEMENT - To derive a Hamming code to manage data errors a set of at least four parity bit positions is selected for parity bits which will protect a set of data bits (where each data bit has a data bit position in the data bit set). A syndrome is determined for each data bit position. This involves selecting a unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. The unique sub-set shares at least one parity bit position with at least one other unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. A parity bit value may then be calculated for each parity bit position based on the determined syndromes. The header of a packet may be provided with a word which defines the length of the packet and an error management code generated utilizing this word so that errors in the word may be detected and, possibly, corrected. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313530 | Error correcting viterbi decoder - Methods and corresponding systems in a Viterbi decoder include computing a maximum likelihood (ML) path in a Viterbi trellis in response to executing a first Viterbi algorithm. Thereafter, one or more merge points are selected on the ML path in a second Viterbi algorithm, wherein the merge points each have a path metric difference, which is a difference between an ML path metric at the merge point and a non-surviving path metric at the merge point. Merge points are selected based upon relative path metric differences associated with nodes on the ML path. Next, alternate paths in the Viterbi trellis are computed based on the ML path with alternate paths substituted at corresponding merge points. A passing decoded bit sequence is output in response to passing an error check, wherein the passing decoded bit sequence is associated with one of the one or more alternate paths. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313531 | Methods and Apparatus for Processing a Received Signal Using a Multiple-Step Trellis and Selection Signals for Multiple Trellis Paths - Methods and apparatus are provided for performing SOVA detection at higher data rates than achievable with conventional designs. A received signal is processed by (i) determining at least three selection signals that define a plurality of paths through a multiple-step trellis into a given state, wherein a first of the plurality of paths is a winning path for each single-step-trellis period of a multiple-step-trellis cycle, a second path is a winning path for a first single-step-trellis period and is a losing path for a second single-step-trellis period of a multiple-step-trellis cycle and a third path is a losing path for a first single-step-trellis period and is a winning path for a second single-step-trellis period of a multiple-step-trellis cycle; and (ii) determining at least one reliability value (such as a reliability value for a bit decision associated with a maximum-likelihood path through the multiple-step trellis or a plurality of reliability values for each multiple-step-trellis cycle). | 2009-12-17 |
20090313532 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA REPLICATION - A method for writing data to a storage pool includes receiving a write operation to write a logical block of data to the storage pool, determining a number (n−1) of physical blocks required to store the logical block of data, generating a parity block using the logical block of data, allocating n physical blocks in the storage pool, writing the parity block in the first of n allocated physical block, and writing the logical block of data across the remaining n−1 allocated physical blocks, where n is less than a number of disks in the storage pool, and where each of the n allocated physical blocks is located on a different disk in the storage pool. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313533 | EFFICIENT IN-BAND RELIABILITY WITH SEPARATE CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CODE FRAMES - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for efficient in-band reliability with separate cyclic redundancy code (CRC) frames. In some embodiments, a memory system uses data frames to transfer data between a host and a memory device. The system also uses a separate frame (e.g., a CRC frame) to transfer a CRC checksum that covers the data frames. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313534 | MULTI MEDIA INTER FACE WITH MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION - Multimedia website software and method for creating a multi media inter face with multimedia presentation website. A multimedia website software product may include an installation module and may include a media player to display media uploaded from a site owner to a site visitor, a poll system to present a question and answers to the site visitor, and a feedback system to send comments to the site owner. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313535 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REDUCED-SIZE HYPERTEXT CONTENT TO A LIMITED-DISPLAY CLIENT DEVICE - A computer system provides content to a client device such as a handheld wireless telephone by identifying the client device as a limited-display client device, receiving a request from the client device for hypertext content (e.g. content in HTML form), and generating a reduced-size version of the requested hypertext content. Based on the identification of the client device as a limited-display client device and in response to the request, the reduced-size version of the hypertext content is returned to the client device. The reduced-size version of the hypertext content may be generated by removing information from the hypertext content which is not relevant to the display of the client device, and the reduced-size version of the hypertext content may include page in a text-based hypertext markup language such as HTML. A layout conversion may be used from a first hypertext layout to a second hypertext layout of the reduced hypertext content, which may be more directly usable by a handheld wireless telephone than is the first hypertext layout. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313536 | Dynamically Providing Relevant Browser Content - A requested content page is provided with additional relevant content that is dynamically generated. A page originally requested by a browser application is generated and examined to determine key words, address information, and other information for which relevant content may be retrieved. The other information may not be part of the original page content, but it can be the relation between the content page and other pages. The relevant content is determined based on the results of the content page examination. After retrieving the relevant content, the retrieved content is embedded into the requested content page and provided to the requesting user. The retrieved relevant content may be provided with the requested content page in a designated portion within the requested content page, near related content in the page, and/or displayed in response to user input as a pop-up window or in a preview pane. Relevant content can be determined, retrieved and embedded in a content page by a relevant content engine implemented as a server application, client application or browser application plug-in. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313537 | MICRO BROWSER SPREADSHEET VIEWER - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for displaying and managing spreadsheets on mobile devices. An optimized search can be performed. A selection is received from a user to open a spreadsheet. A find selection is received from the use along with keywords for which to the user wishes to search. Any matching keywords are found in the spreadsheet and the cell location of the keywords is retrieved. A results page is constructed that shows search result listings with the keywords along with data surrounding the one or more keywords. The results page is displayed. Navigation options are provided for allowing a user to navigate around the spreadsheet. Right, left, downward, and upward navigation options can be used to change the current view of the spreadsheet by a pre-defined number of cells. Techniques are described for optimizing the display of charts in the spreadsheet. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313538 | DESIGN GENERATING APPARATUS, DESIGN GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DESIGN GENERATION PROGRAM - A user may have trouble selecting a desired design when too many generated designs are displayed on a list. There is also a problem that the user cannot easily create a derived design if the user has little design knowledge when the user needs the derived design based on the desired design among the generated designs. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313539 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processor includes a storage part configured to store multiple hierarchically correlated data elements; a metadata storage part configured to store the metadata of each of the data elements; an editing part configured to edit the metadata stored in the metadata storage part; and a reflection part configured to reflect the result of editing the metadata of one of the data elements by the editing part in the metadata of at least one of the remaining data elements. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313540 | Methods and systems for automated text evaluation - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for evaluating text. A system of an embodiment of the invention includes including an input for receiving text to be evaluated and an output for providing an evaluation outcome. A feature module is coupled to the input to receive the text. The feature module provides a feature count for at least one feature of the text. A rule module comprises at least one text evaluation rule. An evaluation module is coupled to the feature module and to the rule module. The evaluation module applies the evaluation rule to the feature count to provide an evaluation outcome. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313541 | GENERATION OF OUTPUT DATA PROCESSABLE BY DATA OUTPUTTING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a data requesting unit configured to request the data outputting apparatus to provide output condition setting screen data for displaying an output condition setting screen, a screen display unit configured to receive the output condition setting screen data sent from the data outputting apparatus and to display the output condition setting screen based on the output condition setting screen data, a setting information storing unit configured to store output condition setting information that is set on the output condition setting screen displayed by the screen display unit, and an output data generating unit configured to generate output data processable by the data outputting apparatus in response to the output condition setting information stored in the storage apparatus. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313542 | User Interface Impact Actuator - A system generates a haptic effect that simulates a mechanical button. The system receives a signal that indicates that a user has contacted a user interface of the system. The system includes an impact actuator. In response to the signal, a moving element of the impact actuator contacts the user interface, which generates the haptic effect. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313543 | USER INTERFACE FOR PREVIEWING NOTIFICATIONS - An electronic device and a method implemented within the electronic device for configuring parameters of a notification setting comprising at least two of auditory, visual and tactile notifications for association with specific events on the electronic device; generating a window display having a first area thereof with multiple selectable fields depicting the aforenoted parameters, and a second area having an icon; and previewing the notification setting via at least two of said audio output, visual output and tactile output responsive to selection of the icon. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313544 | System and methods for adjusting graphical representations of media files based on previous usage - Systems and methods for adjusting playback and graphical representations of media files are provided. The systems and methods can monitor playback and access of media files to create usage metadata. The usage metadata can then be used to adjust the playback of the media file. For example, the usage metadata may indicate that a user skips, on average, the first 22 seconds of a particular song so the next time that song is played, the first 22 seconds will automatically be skipped. The usage metadata can additionally or alternatively be used to adjust a graphical representation of the media file. For example, the usage metadata may indicate that a user rarely accesses a particular song so the graphical representation of that song will be small and faded. This change in graphical representation can help a user find more commonly used media files. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING MEDIA FILE - An apparatus and method for playing media files are disclosed. The playback method includes: receiving a user option request from a user; selecting, according to a user input, a frame of the media file to process the received user option request; moving to the selected frame when the user option request requires a frame shift; and playing back the media file from the selected frame in response to a playback request. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313546 | AUTO-EDITING PROCESS FOR MEDIA CONTENT SHARED VIA A MEDIA SHARING SERVICE - The present invention relates to providing automatic or programmatic editing of video items. More specifically, in the preferred embodiments, an auto-editing function is provided for performing auto-editing of video items shared via a video sharing service. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313547 | MULTI-MEDIA TOOL FOR CREATING AND TRANSMITTING ARTISTIC WORKS - A system for collaboratively producing artwork includes a server and a plurality of user computers coupled to a network. The server transmits a request for submissions to collaborators and who prepare portions of the artwork using multimedia tools provided by the server computer. The collaborators transmit their completed portions of the artwork back to the server computer where they are compiled and transmitted to a recipient on a designated time. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313548 | SESSION INITIATION USING SUCCESSIVE INPUTS - Session initiation using successive inputs is described. In an implementation, a determination is made as to when a sufficient number of successive inputs have been collected to uniquely identify two or more clients from a plurality of clients. Each of the successive inputs is input via a respective user interface output by a respective client. Responsive to the determination, an interactive session is initiated involving the two or more clients that were uniquely identified. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313549 | CONFIGURABLE WELDING INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATED WELDING APPLICATIONS - A welding power source including an embedded web server provides access to an operator at a remote web browser. From the remote web browser, the user is provided access to weld functions, and can selectively choose between weld functions that can be displayed and controlled from the remote web browser. The weld functions that can be accessed include control functions, which allow an operator to activate welding functions such as a jog or purge function; a command function, which allows an operator to provide a command level for a voltage, wire feed speed, or other parameter; and a display function, which provides access for an operator to display welding command and actual feedback values. The operator can also selectively view diagnostic data, including weld state data, error data, and operational voltage and current levels within the power source, such as motor voltage and input voltage levels. After an operator selects parameters to be displayed or controlled from the browser, the selected functions can be stored and recalled as a web page. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313550 | Theme Based Content Interaction - Techniques are described to provide theme based content interactions. In an implementation, a user interface is provided to enable interactions with a variety of services from a service provider. The user interface may have one or more content portions that are arranged in accordance with a theme associated with a user and/or a corresponding account or client. One or more theme preferences are stored that describe a theme that may be specified by the user through interactions with a service provider. Accordingly, when the user interacts with services provided by the service provider, the service provider may detect a theme associated with the user and output a user interface that includes content portions corresponding to the associated theme. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED HOLD - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for contextual adaptive advertising. The method for personalized hold comprises collecting a set of data elements about a user, generating a user profile based on the set of data elements, selecting media content from one or more content repositories based on the user profile, and delivering selected media content to a device for playback to the user during noncommunicative gaps. One aspect provides further for recording a playback order of delivered media content in order to avoid playing the same media content back to back. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313552 | ONLINE/OFFLINE PROTO LINK BEHAVIOR AND PROTO PAGE CONFLICT RESOLUTION - Architecture that facilitates offline/online interaction with online collaboration documents or pages such as for wikis and/or notebooks. More specifically, for every proto link employed in a page, a unique object ID is provided. The client, whether online or offline, uses the object ID as the page's object ID when a target page is created at the time of resolving the associated proto link (e.g., when a user clicks on a proto link to navigate to the proto page). When an offline client connects to an online state, changes are synchronized (synced). All the pages created offline from the same proto link will have the same object ID and the content of the pages are then synced correctly under the same page ID and name. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313553 | System And Method For Providing Multimedia Content Between A Plurality Of User Terminals - A system and method for providing multimedia content between a plurality of user terminals is presented. A first multimedia presentation on a first user terminal is selected by a first user. Data corresponding to the first multimedia presentation is transmitted to a second user terminal. Data is received corresponding to a second multimedia presentation from the second user terminal by the first user terminal. The first multimedia presentation or the second multimedia presentation is displayed on the first user terminal and the second user terminal based on, respectively, a first profile of the first user terminal and a second profile of the second user terminal. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313554 | EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS THAT INCLUDE A THREAD STATUS INDICATOR - A solution for interacting using electronic mail (email) is disclosed. An email thread can be identified, wherein the email thread includes at least a thread initiating email message and at least one response to the thread initiating email message. A thread status indicator can be established for the email thread. The thread status indictor can have a multitude of values. One of the values can reflect that a response has completed the email thread so that additional responses to the thread initiating email message are unnecessary. Another of the values can reflect that no response has completed the email thread so that additional responses to the thread initiating email message are necessary. The thread status indicator can be conveyed to a set of parties participating in the email thread. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313555 | Automatic Friends Selection and Association Based on Events - Method for automatically generating a friend subset from user contacts based on events. Social events data associated with the user are received and the received events data defines a social connection between a contact in a contact list and the user at a future occurrence. Contacts from the user contact list are identified, and each of the identified contacts includes an identity information associated therewith. It is determined whether one of the identified contacts from the contact list is associated with the defined social connection. A friend subset friend contacts is selected when it is determined that the friend contacts are associated with the social connection. The selected friend subset is displayed to the user on a web page. In response to a selection of one of the displayed friend subset from the user, the social events data of the social connection is provided to the user. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313556 | REDISTRIBUTION OF LICENSED ITEMS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - An approach that redistributes licensed items in a virtual universe is described. In one embodiment, there is a marketplace facilitation tool for use in a virtual universe. A database is configured to store information relating to the virtual universe. A receiving component is configured to receive a request for an item within the virtual universe. An inventory search component is configured to search the database for other avatars within the virtual universe that may possess the requested item. A transfer component is configured to establish a transfer of the item between at least one avatar determined to have possession of the requested item and an avatar requesting the item after there has been a manifestation of an assent to transfer the item. An intellectual property enforcement component is configured to specify and enforce any intellectual property rights restrictions with the item to the transfer component for the transfer to the avatar requesting the item. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313557 | NETWORKED DESKTOP USER INTERFACE - This document discusses, among other things a server interface to bridge communications between a desktop application and a web server. In an example embodiment, the server interface translates a communication from the desktop application (e.g., in a desktop programming language) to HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and transfers the translated communication over a network to a web server. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313558 | Semantic Image Collection Visualization - A service provides an image collection as a visual preview of content pages having a link in or otherwise related to a current page. A first content page is provided to a user and may have one or more links to additional content pages. Each of the related content pages may have one or more images. Selected images of the one or more content pages are provided in an image collection. The images may be positioned in rows, columns, or some other manner within the collection. The image collection is prepared dynamically from related content pages when the current page is loaded and does not require any software in the currently content page to be changed as the linked content pages change. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313559 | OFFICIAL WEBSITE BUILDER/EDITOR COMMUNITY - A user/first party through a web accessible computer creates a first website by electronically accessing a second website operated by a second party, by electronically creating the first website within the second website such that the second website operated by the second party does not constrain the first party to any boundaries, sizes, boxes, templates, and pages in creating the first website, and by electronically saving the first website at the second website. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313560 | FIELD DATA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING FIELD DATA - There are provided a field data display apparatus capable of flexibly coping with field data elements differing in collection period from each other, and a method for displaying the field data. A trend data collection server collects field data elements from control stations, in predetermined periods, respectively, to be stored as trend data elements corresponding to tag names, respectively, in a trend data storage. A display unit displays selected trend data elements selected by a selective operation acceptance unit on a display screen. The selective operation acceptance unit accepts an operation for selecting trend data elements, the trend data elements each having a plurality of collection periods differing from each other, mixedly present in the collection period of the field data element. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313561 | ALPHANUMERIC INPUT ANIMATION - Techniques for animation of alphanumeric inputs include generating an animated graphical representation of an alphanumeric input and combining the animated graphical representation with content. The combined animated graphical representation and the content are then output on a monitor. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313562 | OUTAGE MANAGEMENT PORTAL LEVERAGING BACK-END RESOURCES TO CREATE A ROLE AND USER TAILORED FRONT-END INTERFACE FOR COORDINATING OUTAGE RESPONSES - A solution for centrally managing and federating outage specific information and for rapidly providing controlled access to this information in a role tailored fashion. The information can be gathered and provided in real-time along with programmatically determined proposed actions. An information recipient can configure and dynamically change the manner in which the information is presented, so that relevant information for that recipient can be rapidly digested. For example, a manager with a moderate level of technical knowledge may want information to be presented pictorially and in summary fashion, while a highly technical troubleshooter may want to configure information presentation to show key network statistics and values. In one embodiment, outage information can be presented in a Web portal having multiple discrete and customizable portlets, which include a geography portlet and a system portlet. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313563 | System and method for providing data links - A system for providing data verification is disclosed. The system may include a storage device configured to store data and at least one source file having information related to the data. The system may further include a display device configured to display the data in at least one display field, wherein the display field associates with a verification panel. The system may also include a processor coupled to the storage device and the display device. The processor may be configured to create a link between the display field and the source file, wherein the link is displayed in the verification panel associated with the display field. The processor may be further configured to save link identification information in the storage device, wherein the link identification information includes category information of the display field and location information of the source file. The processor may also be configured to obtain the source file at the location specified by the link identification information, if the link is selected for display, and open the source file and display the source file on the display device. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313564 | Systems and methods for adjusting playback of media files based on previous usage - Systems and methods for adjusting playback and graphical representations of media files are provided. The systems and methods can monitor playback and access of media files to create usage metadata. The usage metadata can then be used to adjust the playback of the media file. For example, the usage metadata may indicate that a user skips, on average, the first 22 seconds of a particular song so the next time that song is played, the first 22 seconds will automatically be skipped. The usage metadata can additionally or alternatively be used to adjust a graphical representation of the media file. For example, the usage metadata may indicate that a user rarely accesses a particular song so the graphical representation of that song will be small and faded. This change in graphical representation can help a user find more commonly used media files. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313565 | ICON UTILIZATION METHOD, ICON UTILIZATION APPARATUS, ICON UTILIZATION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An icon representing a target object is constituted by a pin main body, which comprises a head and a needle, and a shadow of the pin main body. The display and control of the target object are changed by changing display states of the pin main body and the shadow. For example, if a decision button is depressed and released with a cursor pointer placed on the head, the target object is displayed on the screen of a display. When the target object is displayed on the screen and is in an unexecuted state, the needle is displayed so that it has stuck halfway. When the target object is being executed, the needle is displayed so that it has stuck deeply. When the target object and the icon are in a movable state, the needle is displayed so that it is floating. When the target object is in an enlargeable or reducible state, the head is displayed so that it is rotating. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313566 | Virtual Environment Systems and Methods - Representing vehicles in a customizable virtual environment is disclosed. One embodiment includes a controlled environment including prototype vehicles and a virtual environment including virtual representations of the prototype vehicles. The virtual environment is a display that includes an environment scenario, a number of virtual objects, and the various represented vehicles. The represented vehicles are linked to the prototype vehicles by communicating kinematic data from the prototype vehicles to the virtual vehicles real-time. The positions of the represented vehicles are updated based on the communicated kinematic data such that the virtual environment is a realistic visualization of the prototype vehicles. In addition, the virtual environment is highly customizable. In an embodiment, customizing the virtual environment includes generating reference views for the represented vehicles, editing the environment scenario, editing the virtual objects, editing the represented vehicles, and generating a mission scenario of the reference views. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313567 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FUNCTION THEREOF - A terminal apparatus and a method of performing a function thereof are disclosed. A list is scrolled in response to a grab-and-drag operation occurring in a scroll direction in a state in which the list is displayed, a particular object is moved in a dropped area in response to a particular object of the list being dragged and dropped in a direction perpendicular to the scroll direction of the list, and an object which is pressed during equal to or more than a predetermined time in a state in which an application is displayed is moved by a drag. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313568 | Method and System For Automated Content Generation through Selective Combination - Method and system for merging two objects in a business intelligence system. A first member is selected in the business intelligence system, the business intelligence system includes a user space, a content space, a data space, a master-data space and a metadata space. A relationship between the first member and a plurality of members selected form the group consisting of the user space, the content space, the data space, the master-data space, the metadata space is determined, which results in determined relationships for every member in the business intelligence system. Two members in the content space are then selected. Relationships between the two members in the plurality of determined relationships are traversed to determine the members in the traversed relationships. A preference is assigned to the members in the traversed relationships with close or exact relationships; and the members with the preference are merged. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313569 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FAULT-TOLERANT PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE GRAPHICAL DISPLAYS IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A method includes executing first processes to generate graphical displays. At least one graphical display includes a user interface associated with a process system. The method also includes executing a separate second process to generate a window for presentation to an operator. The method further includes inserting the graphical displays into the window and presenting the window with the graphical displays to the operator. The method could also include executing a separate third process to control the first and second processes. The third process could represent a watchdog that terminates and restarts processes in response to detecting a fault or that prioritizes the processes. The method could further include executing a separate fourth process to provide a service, which includes a function invoked on behalf of at least one of the first and second processes. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313570 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING LOCATIONAL AWARENESS INTO A SUBJECT ORIENTED WORKFLOW - One or more embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for integrating locational awareness into a subject oriented workflow system that functions within the context of a professional services environment. The system described herein may be implemented in a general purpose computer system that is configured to handle various subject contexts within the confines of a graphical user interface. The term subject as it is used here relates to the person that a professional service is being provided on or in conjunction with. For instance, in a clinical setting the subject might be a patient and the professional service provider a doctor or other medical professional. In a lawyer/client context the subject would refer to the client and the professional service provider to the lawyer or support staff. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313571 | METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING DATA ENTRY FOR INDIVIDUAL TEXT FIELDS - Methods and devices enable customizing the manner in which data is entered for individual text fields of individual applications executing on a mobile device. Embodiments enable users to specify the language or the data entry method of the text entered in individual text fields which may vary from one text field to another. Alternative embodiments enable users to further customize the data entry method of individual text fields to control the text case of entered characters. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313572 | PHRASE BUILDER - Real-time query expansion (RTQE) is a process of supplementing an original query with additional terms or expansion choices that are ranked according to some figure of merit and presented while users are still formulating their queries. As disclosed herein, individual terms may be combined and submitted as a phrase into a query. By building the phase term-by-term, users can compositionally formulate queries while maintaining the same benefits that other RTQE interfaces offer. The benefits include, reducing the number of keystrokes and improving retrieval performance. To promote greater flexibility in its working environment, the number of terms that are presented on a display may be reduced. In place of some terms, placeholders may be used and expanded by the user when necessary. This allows phrases to be readily presented on small displays (e.g., hand-held devices). | 2009-12-17 |
20090313573 | TERM COMPLETE - Real-time query expansion (RTQE) is a process of supplementing an original query with additional terms or expansion choices that are ranked according to some figure of merit and presented while users are still formulating their queries. As disclosed herein, individual terms may be combined and submitted as a phrase into a query. By building the phase term-by-term, users can compositionally formulate queries while maintaining the same benefits that other RTQE interfaces offer. To promote greater flexibility in its working environment, the number of terms that are presented on a display may be reduced. In place of some terms, placeholders may be used and expanded by the user when necessary. This allows phrases to be readily presented on small displays (e.g., hand-held devices). | 2009-12-17 |
20090313574 | MOBILE DOCUMENT VIEWER - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for a mobile document viewer. Techniques for toggling between document formats are described. A request is received from a user to view a document on a mobile device. The document is retrieved in a first visual format and displayed. A request is received from the user to view the document in a second visual format. The document is retrieved in the second visual format and displayed. The document viewer contains three primary areas. A navigation bar has the most frequently used operations. A page content area follows the navigation bar and can display at least a portion of a document being viewed on the document viewer. A menu area follows the page content area and contains operations that can be performed on the document by a user. Techniques for optimizing the display of images within a document are also described. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313575 | User interface and a method thereof - A user interface has a portal view with a first display region to display a first user selectable identifier representing a main function accomplishable within an engineering system. The portal view has a second display region to display a second user selectable identifier representing a subordinate function usable to accomplish the main function, the display of the second user selectable identifier being based on a first user selection of the first user selectable identifier. The portal view has an optional third display region to display a context-specific selection of project data, the display of the context-specific selection of the project data being based on a second user selection of the second user selectable identifier. The user interface has a project view with a fourth display region to display third user selectable identifiers. The portal view and the project view have a user selectable switching device for switching between the project view and the portal view. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313576 | PHRASE-DRIVEN GRAMMAR FOR DATA VISUALIZATION - A data visualization system may allow an untrained user to easily, rapidly, and unambiguously specify the content and format of a report about information. A user interface may present to a user and receive from the user a selection of a plurality of selectable visualization types, selectable data objects, and selectable data specifications. The user interface may display all of the selections which the user makes as a single composite phrase. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313577 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DOCUMENTS - The present invention relates to a method for displaying documents. The method executes the following steps: after a word processing process receives a command for projecting a view, a status of full screen is entered; the word processing process adjusts a view scaling in accordance with resolution of a display device; the word processing process divides a document into a plurality of projecting pages in accordance with the resolution of the display device and the view scaling; the word processing process displays the projecting pages on full screen. The technical solution of the present invention accomplishes a new view mode, when the document is displayed, the scaling is adjusted automatically to make the document is suitable with the display device and display the document contents on full screen. When the document is displayed on full screen, the typesetting manner between the words and the objects, such as pictures, tables and so on, which is in the document is preserved. And there are convenient functions, such as navigating, drawing and so on. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313578 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control device which controls a device is disclosed. The control device can be connected to at least one external device, and includes a display unit which generates and displays a frame; and a control unit which controls the display unit to add at least one frame corresponding to each of the at least one external device or to pre-installed applications. The control unit further controls the display unit to display corresponding content in each frame. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313579 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING FAVICONS - A method for displaying metadata associated with webpage content, the method comprising, receiving a designation of webpage content displayed on a first webpage, copying the designated webpage content from the first webpage, determining whether document object model data associated with the first webpage includes a favicon, extracting favicon data from document object model data associated with the first webpage responsive to determining that the document object model data associated with the first webpage includes a favicon, generating a visual representation of the favicon data responsive to extracting the favicon data, generating a content box on a second webpage, displaying the content box on the second webpage, displaying the webpage content in the content box on the second webpage, and displaying the visual representation of the favicon data in the content box responsive to generating the visual representation. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313580 | Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and storage medium having stored thereon information processing program - When an information processing apparatus is started, reception of data indicative of presence of a connection point apparatus is attempted. A plurality of objects respectively corresponding to a plurality of application programs is displayed on a display device, and upon reception of an operation performed by a user, an application program corresponding to one of the objects selected by the operation performed by the user is launched. When the data is received, a display form of an object, which relates to a connection application program including a program for executing a procedural step of connecting to the connection point apparatus, is changed. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313581 | Non-Mouse Computer Input Method and Apparatus - A system and method which may allow a user to interact with a computer without having to use a mouse. If a user presses a hot key, e.g., Control+Alt+J, a user interactive control unit may look at a screen the user is currently working on, determine what on the screen may be clicked on by a mouse, assign a key to each of the clickable part, and display the name of an assigned key close to its corresponding clickable part on the screen. If the user presses a displayed key, a second screen may be presented, and the user interactive control unit may look at the second screen and determine what on the second screen is clickable by a mouse. The process may continue until the user interactive control unit determines that the user has hit his final destination and performed the operation he is interested in. Consequently, a user may use his mouse less but still be able to click on certain things. This method may save users, especially typists, considerable time. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313582 | System, Method and Computer Program for User-Friendly Social Interaction - The present invention, in one aspect thereof, provides a computer interface whose primary directive is uncompromising simplicity and ease of use by providing a carefully selected subset of features most desirable by a new computer user. The invention teaches a method, system and computer program for navigating a software interface comprising the steps of: (a) a user being provided with one or more input means to a computer, the software interface being loaded on the computer, and the user interacting with the software interface using the one or more input means; (b) the software interface displaying one or more program options to the user, such program options being of a number manageable to the user, and each program options being represented by a readily identifiable icon that enables navigation of the program options; (c) the user selecting at most one of the program options by selecting the corresponding readily identifiable icon, the selected program option corresponding to one of a plurality of active programs, each active program represented by a consistent layout; (d) the software interface displaying one or more basic commands each relating to the active program, the basic commands each represented by a readily identifiable command icon; and (e) the user selecting one of the basic commands or returning to the display of the limited number of program options. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313583 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING FUNCTIONS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for associating functions of an electronic device comprises setting one or more associated functions and storing the associated functions onto a storage system of the electronic device, searching the storage system and determining if there are functions associated with a selected function, and displaying sub-options of the selected function as well as the functions associated with the selected function. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313584 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A DISPLAY BASED ON THE USER'S POSITION - An electronic device for providing a display that changes based on the user's perspective is provided. The electronic device may include a sensing mechanism operative to detect the user's position relative a display of the electronic device. For example, the electronic device may include a camera operative to detect the position of the user's head. Using the detected position, the electronic device may be operative to transform displayed objects such that the displayed perspective reflects the detected position of the user. The electronic device may use any suitable approach for modifying a displayed object, including for example a parallax transform or a perspective transform. In some embodiments, the electronic device may overlay the environment detected by the sensing mechanism (e.g., by a camera) to provide a more realistic experience for the user (e.g., display a reflection of the image detected by the camera on reflective surfaces of a displayed object). | 2009-12-17 |
20090313585 | METHOD AND COMPUTERIZED USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE IMAGE DATA SETS - In a method and user interface for the presentation of multiple image data sets within the scope of a comparative evaluation, a determination is made of at least three organization parameters that describe a sorting of images within an image data set and/or across image data sets, at least one organization parameter is associated with at least one dimension of a three-dimensional matrix, which one dimension is associated with a spatial direction, the images of the image data sets are arranged in the three-dimensional matrix according to the sorting, using the organization parameters and the dimensions, and at least a portion of the images is shown on a presentation device according to their arrangement in the three-dimensional matrix and the spatial directions. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313586 | PREVIEW WINDOW INCLUDING A STORAGE CONTEXT VIEW OF ONE OR MORE COMPUTER RESOURCES - A preview window generator can be configured to sense a presence of navigation input applied to a resource reference (e.g., an icon, file path, etc.) displayed in an application window. The resource reference displayed in the application window can represent a resource such as stored content (e.g., a file, folder, etc.). While sensing input such as presence of a pointer in a vicinity of the resource reference in the application window, the preview window generator displays a context view (e.g., a file system view) including a representation of the stored content. Accordingly, a user can view the stored content in a relevant context view such as a storage context indicating where the content is stored in a file system without having to launch a separate windows explorer application. The preview window can be configured to receive input, enabling a viewer to modify a particular context view. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313587 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MOTION ACTIVATED UPDATING OF WEATHER INFORMATION - An approach provides updating of weather information on a mobile device. Motion of a mobile device is detected, wherein the mobile device is configured to execute a weather application for presenting weather information to a user. Update of the weather information is retrieved in response to the detected motion. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313588 | Method to Extract and Apply Circuit Features in Organic Substrate for Automation of Warp Modeling - A method of characterizing an organic substrate including a plurality of circuit layers is provided includes the steps of: receiving an image of the organic substrate, the image including a geometric description of the circuit layers of the substrate; segmenting the substrate into multiple processing regions based, at least in part, on geometric coordinates of circuit structures defined in the image of the substrate; generating a circuit layer image corresponding to a selected one of the processing regions of the substrate; identifying one or more geometric features in the circuit layer image; estimating at least one thermomechanical property of the circuit layer image as a function of the identified geometric features; repeating the steps of receiving an image, generating a circuit layer image, identifying one or more geometric features in the circuit layer image, and estimating at least one thermomechanical property of the circuit layer image until all circuit layers in the substrate have been processed; and generating a 3-D representation of the selected one of the processing regions of the substrate including the plurality of circuit layer images as a function of the at least one thermomechanical property of each of the plurality of circuit layer images. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313589 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING OVERLAY TARGETS AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING OVERLAY ERROR USING THE SAME - A method for designing an overlay target comprises selecting a plurality of overlay target pairs having different overlay errors or offsets, calculating a deviation of the simulated diffraction spectrum for each overlay target pair, selecting a plurality of sensitive overlay target pairs by taking the deviation of the simulated diffraction spectrum into consideration, selecting an objective overlay target pair from the sensitive overlay target pairs by taking the influence of the structural parameters to the simulated diffraction spectrum into consideration, and designing the overlay target pair based on the structural parameter of the objective overlay target pair. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313590 | HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SCENARIOS IN RANDOM TEST GENERATION - A computer software product is provided. The product includes a computer-readable medium in which computer program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for functional verification of a design, having an operational space comprising the steps of accepting as an input a test template that specifies test parameters directed to a function of the design, the template comprising constraints and variables covering a working space within the operational space, associating an exemption mode of operation with at least one of the constraints or at least one of the variables, wherein a domain of the at least one of the variables is modified or the at least one of the constraints is disabled in the exemption mode of operation, producing a test case that lies in the operational space of the design by enabling the exemption mode of operation, the test case comprising a series of transactions originating from the template, wherein the transactions exercise the function of the design, wherein the working space is modified in the exemption mode of operation and submitting the test case for execution by the design, wherein the exemption mode of operation is associated with only a portion of the template. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313591 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A DEEP N-WELL PATTERN FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN - A method for the design and layout for a patterned deep N-well. A tile is specified as a fundamental building block for the deep N-well pattern. The tile comprises a first element on a first layer and may comprise a second element on a second layer. A two dimensional region is covered with an array of contiguous tiles, with the elements on each layer connecting with elements of adjacent tiles to form extended shapes. The array may be converted to a collection of sub-arrays through the removal of tiles. The array or collection of sub-arrays may be merged to produce a first layer pattern and second layer pattern. Design rule checks may be applied to verify the pattern. The first layer shapes and second layer shapes may be edited. The first layer shapes and the second layer shapes may then be combined to produce a deep N-well pattern. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313592 | METHOD TO DESIGN NETWORK-ON-CHIP (NOC) - BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method to design a Networks on Chips (NoCs)-based communication system for connecting on-chip components in a multicore system, said system comprising several elements communicating through the communication system, said communication system comprising at least switches, said method comprising the steps of modelling the applications running on the multicore system, establishing the number and configuration of switches to connect the elements, establishing physical connectivity between the elements and the switches, for each two pairs of communicating elements: (a) a defining a communication path, (b) calculating metrics as affected by the need to render said path into physical connectivity, taking into account any previously defined physical connectivity, (c) iterating the steps a and b for a plurality of possible paths, (d) choosing the path having the optimal metrics, and (e) establishing any missing physical connectivity between the switches so that the selected optimal path occurs across physically connected switches. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313593 | Semiconductor integrated circuit design method and semiconductor integrated circuit design apparatus - A semiconductor integrated circuit design method includes referring to a best worst coefficient file which stores variation coefficients of capacitance and resistance in each of plural wiring layers under a best condition and a worst condition to form a wiring which is a critical path in a first layer with the smallest variation out of the plural wiring layers, extracting capacitance and resistance corresponding to a wiring layout of the plural wiring layers as a capacitance resistance file, referring to the capacitance resistance file and the best worst coefficient file to generate a best worst capacitance resistance file where capacitance and resistance are defined with taking into consideration the variation on the wiring in each of the plural wiring layers, and performing timing verification of the wiring which is the critical path on the basis of the best worst capacitance resistance file. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313594 | Relative Positioning of Circuit Elements in Circuit Design - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for generating a placed, routed, and optimized circuit design. Other embodiments are a circuit design and circuit created with the technology. The placed, routed, and optimized circuit design obeys relative positioning rules of a set of the circuit elements. Such relative positioning rules were created specifically for these circuit elements. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313595 | STRESS-MANAGED REVISION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUTS - Roughly described, methods and systems for improving integrated circuit layouts and fabrication processes in order to better account for stress effects. Dummy features can be added to a layout either in order to improve uniformity, or to relax known undesirable stress, or to introduce known desirable stress. The dummy features can include dummy diffusion regions added to relax stress, and dummy trenches added either to relax or enhance stress. A trench can relax stress by filling it with a stress-neutral material or a tensile strained material. A trench can increase stress by filling it with a compressive strained material. Preferably dummy diffusion regions and stress relaxation trenches are disposed longitudinally to at least the channel regions of N-channel transistors, and transversely to at least the channel regions of both N-channel and P-channel transistors. Preferably stress enhancement trenches are disposed longitudinally to at least the channel regions of P-channel transistors. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313596 | System and Method for Integrated Circuit Planar Netlist Interpretation - Systems and methods for integrated circuit planar netlist interpretation are disclosed. In one embodiment, higher abstraction level descriptions of an integrated circuit are generated from a planar netlist and layout data of the integrated circuit. Various embodiments may derive the higher abstraction levels through, for example, netlist compression and netlist partitioning. Other embodiments may derive the higher abstraction levels using, for example, device and module hypothesis search functions based on device properties and design constraints derived from netlist and layout data. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313597 | TABULAR COMPLETION LISTS - A tabular completion list displays customizable rows and columns including information such as but not limited to return types of methods, types of local variables and properties, parameters for methods, a namespace in which a type is defined, an assembly in which a type is defined, accessibility, or a type from which members are inherited. The context of the tabular completion list may be preserved by persisting the completion list display or by transferring the context of a selected row of field in a row of the tabular completion list to a different feature. User interaction options with the tabular completion list may include: selection of the columns that are displayed in the completion list, persisting the completion list display, transferring the context of the completion list window to other features and sorting of the rows of tabular information according to different columns. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313598 | POST-MERGER INTEGRATION SYSTEMS - A stand-alone, menu-driven integration system software package is disclosed. The integration system can include a task library, a planning system, a projection system, a comparator system, and a reporting system. The task library can maintain a list of integration tasks for execution after closing of a merger between two or more organizations. Before closing, the planning system receives estimated date related to each task. After closing of the merger, execution of the integration tasks begins. The projection system can receive an action plan for each integration task. The action plans can be updated regularly, such that the projection system can maintain an accurate, current projection of results of the integrations tasks. The comparator system can monitor progression of the integration by comparing planned and desired data, receiving in the planning system, to projected data, received in the projection system. The reporting system can provide reports to monitor the integration. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313599 | Method for handling cross-cutting concerns at business level - A method for handling cross-cutting concerns at business level while developing enterprise application is disclosed. The method identifies the common variation requirements for the common cross cutting business concerns. The method then identifies the architecture strategies to enable identified variations and based on those strategies define an architecture with well defined variation points and finally define mechanisms for bundling such variations. The proposed solution describes how business aspects can be developed for applying cross cutting business concerns using the Infosys RADIEN Framework. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313600 | CONCURRENT CODE GENERATION - A system and method for performing multi-threaded compilation of source code is provided. A representation such as a directed acyclic graph (DAG) may be generated representing functions and their dependency relationships on each other. Code is generated and optimized for each function. The code generation is scheduled, based on the representation, so that multiple functions may be compiled concurrently, while enforcing ordering restrictions to generate code in a deterministic manner. An application executable may be generated that is deterministic, based on the input source code and regardless of variations due to multi-threading. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313601 | System For Dynamic Discovery, Configuration, And Development Of Process-Bound Widgets - Techniques are provided for designing a mashup. In an example embodiment, a user input is detected. The user input relates a first GUI object, which represents a first widget, to a second GUI object that represents a second widget. The first widget conforms to a first widget specification and the second widget conforms to a second widget specification that is different than the first widget specification. In response to the user input, a variable is defined, where, at run-time, a value of an output parameter of the first widget is assigned to the variable and the variable is used as an input parameter of the second widget. An event definition that defines an event is generated based on the user input, where the event, when detected at run-time, causes contents of at least one of the first widget and the second widget to be refreshed. A binding definition is stored, where the binding definition associates with each other the event definition, the variable, the output parameter of the first widget, and the input parameter of the second widget. A definition of the mashup, which includes the binding definition, is then generated. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313602 | DESIGNER FOR WEB PAGES AT A LOCAL MACHINE - One embodiment includes a method that may be practiced in a computing environment. The method enables design and testing of web pages locally at a local machine. After being designed and tested at the local machine, the web pages will be deployed at a remote server remote from the local machine. The web pages include relative references to resources from the perspective of the remote server. The relative references to resources are intended to be resolved by the remote server. The method includes accessing code at a local machine. The code defines a web page. The code includes relative references to resources. The relative references are expressed from the perspective of a remote server remote from the local machine, such that the relative references are only natively resolvable by the remote server. The method further includes translating the relative references to local references. The local references are resolvable by the local machine such that the local machine can resolve the local references to the resources. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313603 | System And Method For Creating Virtual Callback Objects - A method for creating a virtual callback object using a client callback object. A client device executes a client application. A client callback object is used by the client application in a client/server transaction between a server device and the client device. A recorder module captures the client/server transaction between the client device and the server device, and the client callback object is used in the client/server transaction. Internal client operations may be filtered from the client callback object to create the virtual callback object. A script may be generated using the virtual callback object. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313604 | PARSING OF DECLARATIONS IN ALL BRANCHES OF PREPROCESSOR CONDITIONALS - Declarations from an input source code or tokenized source code are serialized into a stream of tokens produced by following each branch of a preprocessor conditional directive statement that interrupts a declaration. Tokens are labeled with a parsing path indicator corresponding to a parsing path induced by branches of a preprocessor conditional directive. The declarations that are formed along the different parsing paths are serialized by fetching the tokens that belong to the first parsing path in a first pass, and passing the tokens on to a next phase of a compiler. The pointer that marks the next token is repositioned to return to the start of the declaration. The declaration may be serialized again through the second parsing path in a second pass. The operation may be repeated until each of the parsing paths induced by the presence of branches of the preprocessor conditional directives in the source code is exhausted. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313605 | TOOL FOR PREDICTING FAULT-PRONE SOFTWARE FILES - A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for predicting the fault-proneness of code units (files, modules, packages, and the like) of large-scale, long-lived software systems. The method collects information about the code units and the development process from previous releases, and formats this information for input to an analysis stage. The tool then performs a statistical regression analysis on the collected data, and formulates a model to predict fault counts for code units of the current and future releases. Finally, the method computes an expected fault count for each code unit in the current release by applying the formulated model to data from the current release. The expected fault counts are used to rank the release units in descending order of fault-proneness so that debugging efforts and resources can be optimized. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313606 | System and Method for Testing a Software Product - A system for testing at least one software product comprising a requirement loader and a test specification loader. The requirement loader is adapted for loading a plurality of requirements on the software product into a database. The test specification loader is adapted for loading a plurality of test specifications for the software product into the database, each test specification being related to one or more of the requirements. The test specification loader is further adapted for generating during loading of a test specification a virtual test specification in the database for each of the one or more related requirements, the virtual test specification comprising all test specifications for the respective requirement on the software product stored in the database. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313607 | Code Coverage Tool - A code coverage tool tests a program under test that executes on a processor of an information handling system (IHS). The code coverage tool may apportion the program under test into code portions of interest that exhibit a user-specified granularity level. A user may request that the code coverage tool change the granularity level of the code portions of interest in real time. The code coverage tool conducts testing of the code portions of interest according to test criteria that the user may specify in real time. The code coverage tool may provide test results for each of the code portions of interest in real time. The code coverage tool may also provide a summary report after providing real time test results for the code portions of interest. The user may specify that the code coverage tool generate real time test results in the form of sensory output, for example auditory output or visual output, for each of the code portions of interest. The code coverage tool may alter the type of sensory output in real time at the request of the user. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313608 | ENABLING A BUSINESS ENTITY TO VALIDATE SUPPORT FOR SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES IN A CRM SYSTEM BEFORE MIGRATION FROM EARLIER VERSIONS - An aspect of the present invention enables users (belonging to a business entity) to validate support for specific activities in a customer relationship management (CRM) system before migration from earlier versions. In one embodiment, the differences between the earlier version and the later version of the CRM system are first identified. An application based on the identified differences is then implemented, with the application designed to demonstrate how activities according to the earlier version would be operative in the later version. The application is provided with an input data representing a first activity (according to the earlier version) and executed to demonstrate how the first activity would be operative in the later version of the CRM system. A user may then inspect an output (e.g., user interfaces related to the first activity) of execution of the application to validate support for the first activity. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313609 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AND TRACKING SOFTWARE PATTERN METRICS - This disclosure relates to software patterns, and more particularly, to the tracking of software pattern metrics. A system or method may query a software environment to determine the type of use of, and identify, at least one software pattern. The system or method may also collect at least one software pattern metric, and determine the impact of the at least one software pattern within an environment. The system or method may also store software pattern information and recall software pattern information. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313610 | Advisory warning and workaround indications to user when stopped between load and store conditional instructions while using source level debuggers - A load store advisory program sets a breakpoint within a portion of a program, determines if the breakpoint will cause unexpected behavior, and generates a warning if it is determined that the breakpoint will cause unexpected behavior. The unexpected behavior may be the result of setting a breakpoint within a load-store sequence that, because of the breakpoint, will repeatedly fail. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313611 | Dynamically Patching Computer Code Using Breakpoints - A first section of executable computer code of a computer program is dynamically patched by performing the following. A breakpoint is inserted at the first section of executable computer code. During execution of the computer program, an instruction counter is incremented on an instruction-by-instruction basis through the computer program. The instruction counter indicates a current instruction of the computer program being executed. The breakpoint where the instruction counter points to the first section of executable computer code is encountered, which results in a breakpoint handler being called. The breakpoint handler changes the instruction pointer to instead point to a second section of executable computer code. The second section of executable computer code is a patched version of the first section of executable computer code. Upon the breakpoint handler returning, the second section of executable computer code is executed in lieu of the first section of executable computer code. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENREGISTERING MEMORY LOCATIONS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that improves program performance by enregistering memory locations. During operation, the system receives program object code which has been generated for a given hardware implementation, and hence is optimized to use a specified number of registers that are available in that hardware implementation. Next, the system translates this object code to execute on a second hardware implementation which includes more registers than the first hardware implementation. The system makes use of these additional registers to improve the performance of the translated object code for the second hardware implementation. More specifically, the system identifies a memory access in the object code, where the memory access is associated with a memory location. The system then rewrites an instruction associated with this memory access to access the available register instead of the memory location. To preserve program semantics, the system subsequently moderates accesses to the memory location to ensure that no threads access a stale value in the enregistered memory location. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313613 | Methods and Apparatus for Automatic Translation of a Computer Program Language Code - Embodiments of the methods and apparatus for automatic cross language program code translation are provided. One or more characters of a source programming language code are tokenized to generate a list of tokens. Thereafter, the list of tokens is parsed to generate a grammatical data structure comprising one or more data nodes. The grammatical data structure may be an abstract syntax tree. The one or more data nodes of the grammatical data structure are processed to generate a document object model comprising one or more portable data nodes. Subsequently, the one or more portable data nodes in the document object model are analyzed to generate one or more characters of a target programming language code. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313614 | METHOD FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE DATA STREAM PROCESSING - Techniques for optimizing data stream processing are provided. The techniques include employing a pattern, wherein the pattern facilitates splitting of one or more incoming streams and distributing processing across one or more operators, obtaining one or mote operators, wherein the one or more operators support at least one group-independent aggregation and join operation on one or more streams, generating code, wherein the code facilitates mapping of the application onto a computational infrastructure to enable workload partitioning, using the one or more operators to decompose each of the application into one or more granular components, and using the code to reassemble the one or more granular components into one or more deployable blocks to map the application to a computational infrastructure, wherein reassembling the one or more granular components to map the application to the computational infrastructure optimizes data stream processing of the application. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313615 | POLICY-BASED PROGRAM OPTIMIZATION TO MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SOFTWARE EXECUTION - A method for policy-based program optimization of existing software code is performed where the code is segmented into code modules. The optimization is based on a performance policy that defines a target characteristic and a sacrificial characteristic relating to the existing software code and further defines an allowable degradation of the sacrificial characteristic resulting from optimization of the target characteristic. This method may include identifying code modules that contribute to suboptimal performance of the software code with respect to the target characteristic; identifying code transformations that increase performance of the suboptimal code modules with respect to the target characteristic; and optimizing the identified code modules by selectively applying the code transformations in accordance with the performance policy to increase performance of the software code with respect to the target characteristic. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313616 | Code reuse and locality hinting - A method and apparatus for improving parallelism through optimal code replication is herein described. An optimal replication factor for code is determined based on costs associated with a plurality of replication factors. The code is replicated by the optimal replication factor, and then the code is potentially executed in parallel to obtain parallelized efficient execution. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313617 | Method for Updating Control Program of Physical Storage Device in Storage Virtualization System and Storage Virtualization Controller and System Thereof - Method for updating control program of physical storage devices including the steps of: selecting PSD(s) to be updated with the control program; making the PSD(s) in an off-line state; and updating the control program of the PSD(s), wherein if it needs to issue a write request to the selected PSD(s) before completion of updating the control program, unmodified data segment(s) corresponding to the write request is marked as modified data segment(s). the selected PSD(s) performs partial rebuilding after completion of updating the control program, and if it needs to read out from or write to an unmodified data segment of the selected PSD(s) before completion of the partial rebuilding, a R/W request can be issued to the PSD directly without waiting for completion of the partial rebuilding of the PSD. Multiple parity data chunks can also be provided in the same data stripe in another embodiment. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313618 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus capable of easing a setup of an alternative apparatus on execution of alternative printing function. An installation unit installs driver software corresponding to a first image processing apparatus on the information processing apparatus. A collection unit collects information about a second image processing apparatus corresponding to other driver software that has been already installed on the information processing apparatus when the driver software is installed by the installation unit. A transmission unit transmits the information collected by the collection unit to the first image processing apparatus. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313619 | INSTALLATION OF CUSTOMIZED APPLICATIONS - The described implementations relate to installation of customized applications. One technique obtains a software application generated by a producer. The technique identifies customizations made by a customizer to the software application that are desired by a customer. The technique further installs the software application and the customizations on the customer's computer in a single operation. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313620 | SYNCHRONIZING VIRTUAL MACHINE AND APPLICATION LIFE CYCLES - A virtual environment can be configured to coordinate life cycles of virtual machines and application programs executing therein. In one implementation, the virtual environment includes an application layer and a virtual machine layer. The application layer communicates with the virtual machine layer to coordinate and directs virtual machine creation and deletion in a coordinated fashion with application programs. For example, the application layer receives a request to initiate an application program. The application layer determines from associated application properties the type and/or number of virtual machines to be created. The application layer then directs creation of the appropriate virtual machines (through the virtual machine layer), and further directs installation of the requested application programs therein. When detecting removal of the application program from the created virtual machines, the application layer can automatically direct removal or decommissioning of the corresponding virtual machine. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313621 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a recording medium, and a program that can run an application for playing an optical disc and an application that provides a unique function of the apparatus in cooperation with each other. A JVM converts JAVA™ bytecode into native code and executes the native code. An API library is a set of commands and functions that can be used when developing a navigation program and a set of protocols defining procedures. The navigation program is a program that reproduces data recorded on an optical disc and can control hardware of a reproducing apparatus only within the range of the API library. An application program provides a function unique to the reproducing apparatus. The navigation program and the application program execute a process in cooperation with each other using IXC. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313622 | SYNCHRONIZING QUEUED DATA ACCESS BETWEEN MULTIPLE GPU RENDERING CONTEXTS - Synchronized access to a shared surface from multiple rendering contexts is provided. Only one rendering context is allowed to access a shared surface at a given time to read from and write to the surface. Other non-owning rendering contexts are prevented from accessing and rendering to the shared surface while the surface is currently owned by another rendering context. A non-owning rendering context makes an acquire call and waits for the surface to be released. When the currently owning rendering context finishes rendering to the shared surface, it release the surface. The rendering context that made the acquire call then acquires access and renders to the shared surface. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313623 | MANAGING THE PERFORMANCE OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that manages a performance of a computer system. During operation, a current expert policy in a set of expert policies is executed, wherein the expert policy manages one or more aspects of the performance of the computer system. Next, a set of performance parameters of the computer system is monitored during execution of the current expert policy. Then, a next expert policy in the set of expert policies is dynamically selected to manage the performance of the computer system, wherein the next expert policy is selected based on the monitored set of performance parameters to improve an operational metric of the computer system. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313624 | UNIFIED AND EXTENSIBLE ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS CANCELATION - A cancelation registry provides a cancelation interface whose implementation registers cancelable items such as synchronous operations, asynchronous operations, type instances, and transactions. Items may be implicitly or explicitly registered with the cancelation registry. A consistent cancelation interface unifies cancelation management for heterogeneous items, and allows cancelation of a group of items with a single invocation of a cancel-registered-items procedure. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313625 | Workload management, control, and monitoring - A first computer program runs in user memory space of a computing environment, and a second computer program runs in kernel memory space of the computing environment. The first computer program determines processes that constitute a workload. The second computer program creates a workload identifier corresponding to the workload, and associates the processes with the workload identifier. The first computer program requests metrics regarding the workload. In response, the second computer program collects such metrics by collecting metrics regarding the processes that constitute the workload and that are associated with the workload identifier The second computer program reports the metrics regarding the workload to the first computer program. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313626 | Estimating Recovery Times for Data Assets - Estimating a recovery time for a data asset is provided. A request is received to project a recovery time for a data asset that uses a repository. A determination is made as to whether there are one or more existing recovery times for other data assets and other repositories that have characteristics similar to the data asset and the repository of the request. The recovery time for the data asset is projected using the one or more existing recovery times in response to an existence of the one or more existing recovery times. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313627 | TECHNIQUE FOR PERFORMING A SYSTEM SHUTDOWN - Technique for expediting a shutdown process in a computerized system, comprising a number of software modules MUC, a number of functional components and at least one user entity U. A user entity applies requests to a MUC and serves an access provider of the MUC for accessing the functional components. The method performs accelerated shutting down of the software module MUC, by the following steps: initiating shut down of the MUC (by a user entity U); making the MUC software module opaque so as to stop managing of the functional components; shutting down the software module MUC. | 2009-12-17 |