| 01st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 76 |
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| 20130007511 | RAPID REBUILD OF A DATA SET - A method and apparatus for rebuilding a data set. In accordance with some embodiments, a data storage device is coupled to a host. An error condition associated with a memory of the data storage device is detected. Data stored in a first portion of the memory unaffected by said error condition is transferred to the host. A communication signal is output to the host that indicates that data stored in a second portion of the memory affected by said error condition will not be transferred to the host. The host reconstructs the data stored in the second portion of the memory responsive to the communication signal. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007512 | MANAGING STORAGE PROVIDERS IN A CLUSTERED APPLIANCE ENVIRONMENT - Via a processor, receiving a power off alert indicating a power off condition of a first processing system on which a first storage provider is installed, the first storage provider managing at least one storage controller. The method further can include, responsive to the power off alert, issuing a first command to a second storage provider installed on a second processing system, the first command indicating to the second storage provider to assume management of the storage controller. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007513 | REDUNDANT TWO-PROCESSOR CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD - A redundant two-processor controller having a first processor ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007514 | REDUNDANT SYSTEM - The reliability of output data is enhanced, and the frequency of stopping arithmetic devices is reduced. A redundant system includes an input device; a plurality of arithmetic devices that receive input data from the input device; and an output device that receives output data output from the arithmetic devices, the redundant system causing the arithmetic devices to perform the same processing. Each of the arithmetic devices includes: a first communication unit that acquires the input data from the input device; and a second communication unit that sends the input data acquired by the first communication unit to other arithmetic device and receives the input data acquired by the other arithmetic device from the other arithmetic device. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007515 | POWER CAPPING BASED ON GENERATOR CAPACITY - A data center may use generators for backup power, where the backup generators are able to serve less than the maximal power load of the data center. The use of generators that can serve less than the maximal power load may be recognized by, and addressed by, the power policy for the data center. When utility power is lost, the power policy manager may detect that the data center is switching to generator power, and may have knowledge of the capacity of those generators. If the capacity is less than the maximal power load of the data center, the power policy manager may shed load by throttling equipment in the data center to lower power levels. The policy may specify which pieces of equipment are to be throttled. When utility power is restored, the throttling of the equipment may be removed by the power policy manager. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007516 | ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE SCALING BASED ON THE RESULTS OF FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION PROCESSING - In one implementation, a device may include a voltage regulator circuit, a data processing circuit, and an error correction circuit, where the error correction circuit may correct errors in data processed by the data processing circuit to obtain error-corrected data and output an error-corrected version of the processed data. Additionally, an error monitor circuit may output an error signal indicative of a level of the errors in the processed data. A control circuit may receive the error signal and control the voltage regulator circuit to adjust, based on the error signal, the supply voltage to the data processing circuit. In some implementations, the control circuit may also base its decision to control the voltage regulator circuit based on available timing margins in the data processing circuit. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007517 | Checkpoint Recovery Utility for Programs and Compilers - Systems and methods may provide for conducting a recursive dependency analysis of an application file to identify a set of original libraries associated with the application file, and creating a set of interceptor libraries based on the set of original libraries. In addition, an execution environment may be prepared to support the execution of the interceptor libraries in conjunction with the execution of the original libraries, and the application file may be executed. Moreover, one or more execution characteristics of the interceptor libraries can be recorded and output via a utility interface. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007518 | TRANSPARENT FAILOVER - Described are embodiments directed at persistent handles that are used to retain state across network failures and server failovers. Persistent handles are requested by a client after a session has been established with a file server. The request for the persistent handle includes a handle identifier generated by the client. The server uses the handle identifier to associate with state information. When there is a network failure or a server failover, and a reconnection to the client, the handle identifier is used to identify replayed requests that if replayed would create an inconsistent state on the server. The replayed requests are then appropriately handled. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007519 | Test Framework Extension for Testing Logic on a Modeled User Interface - A testing framework extension may be provided. An application comprising a form may be created within a modeling framework. A variable associated with the form may be defined and an application programming interface (API) may be created according to the form. A test case may be efficiently executed without rendering a physical UI using the variable by making at least one call to the API thus exercising (at least one part of) the form logic and a result of executing the test case may be reported to a user. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007520 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED DEVICE TESTING IN CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for providing automated testing of network client devices. In one embodiment, test scripts are run at a remote entity which causes changes to functions and/or applications available at the associated client devices. Test scripts may be run as text file framework scripts in a framework run on a script engine. Video capture, optical character recognition (OCR) and image comparison may also be used to determine whether changes to the functions and/or applications run at the devices under test were implemented. The components of the test management and control (TMC) system may be located at separate entities. Several testing entities may access and run tests on the client devices from different remote locations using web services. A reservation service also may be utilized to enable the various testing entities to reserve a date/time for running a test. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007521 | SYNCHRONOUS TEST CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING TESTING DEVICE - A system and method for controlling a synchronous test in a testing device include inserting a synchronous command into a test program of the testing device, and defines a first synchronous data and a second synchronous data for the testing device. When the synchronous command is executed by the test program, the method sends a pause command to suspend the test program and to send the first synchronous data into the shared file of a host device. The testing device monitors whether the second synchronous data exists in the shared file, when sending the first synchronous data to the host device. If the second synchronous data is monitored in the shared file, the method informs a processor of the testing device to execute the test program continually. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007522 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN END-TO-END SOLUTION IN A TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORK - Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer programs for providing an end-to-end solution in a test automation framework present in a communication network. A user can select at least one test script corresponding to a network service. The selected test script can be executed over a topology that can be generated by the user. The topology can be generated by a simple drag and drop function. Once, the selected test script is executed, a log report can be generated that includes details associated with the executed test script. The method can also facilitate reserving of the topology so that it can be used at a later point in time. The scripts can be generated automatically without user intervention. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007523 | TESTING DATA SILO - In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for creating a data silo and testing with a data silo including, for example, initiating a test sequence against a production database within a host organization, wherein the test sequence specifies: (a) new data for insertion into the production database during the test sequence and (b) one or more queries for execution against the production database during the test sequence. Such a method further includes inserting the new data into the production database; recording one or more row IDs corresponding to the inserted new data; injecting a test context filter into the one or more queries based on the one or more row IDs; and executing the one or more queries against the production database. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007524 | MULTI-VARIATE NETWORK SURVIVABILITY ANALYSIS - Network survivability is quantified in such a way that failure cases can be compared and ranked against each other in terms of the severity of their impact on the various performance measures associated with the network. The degradation in network performance caused by each failure is quantified based on user-defined sets of thresholds of degradation severity for each performance measure. Each failure is simulated using a model of the network, and a degradation vector is determined for each simulated failure. A comparison function is defined to map the degradation vectors into an ordered set, and this ordered set is used to create an ordered list of network failures, in order of the network degradation caused by each failure. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007525 | TEST ARCHITECTURE BASED ON INTELLIGENT TEST SEQUENCE - A method, data processing system, and computer program product for testing a computer system. A sequencer tests the computer system using test modules arranged in a first sequence, wherein each of the test modules is for testing at least a portion of the computer system. The sequencer determines if an operator is available, in response to an interrupt generated by a test module. If an operator is available, the sequencer arranges the test modules into a second sequence based on a first policy. If an operator is unavailable, the sequencer arranges the test modules into a third sequence based on a second policy. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007526 | DEFECT CLOSURE - A method, computer program product, and system for defect closure is described. A method may allowing, via one or more computing devices, a user to define one or more parameters associated with a defect. The method may further comprise modifying, via the one or more computing devices, a care-value associated with the defect, as a function of time, based upon, at least in part, the one or more parameters defined by the user. The method may additionally comprise, in response to determining that the defect is unresolved after a configurable time period, closing, via the one or more computing devices, the defect. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007527 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SOLUTION OF FUNCTIONALITY PROBLEMS IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS - An automated support system includes a database of statistics used to calculate and store the solution ratings. The database is connected to a decision-making module that selects appropriate solutions. A known computer operation-related problem is stored in the database. The problem is represented by a set of parameters of a user computer system. Any given set of parameters defines a problem existing on the user(s) computer system. A solution formed by the solution adding module is represented by a special file. The selected solution is automatically executed on the user computer system and operation-related problem is solved. The effective solution is assigned rating stored in the solution database. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007528 | USING REVERSE TIME FOR COVERAGE ANALYSIS - Coverage analysis may be performed using reverse time. The coverage analysis may be based on last hit data. The last hit data may comprise a timestamp indicating a last time in which a coverage event was covered. Utilizing last hit data instead of first hit data as is known in the art enables distinction between coverage goals that were never covered and coverage goals that were not covered lately. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007529 | STATIC ANALYSIS BASED ON OBSERVED STRING VALUES DURING EXECUTION OF A COMPUTER-BASED SOFTWARE APPLICATION - Improving static analysis precision by recording a value pointed to by a string variable within the computer-based software application during the execution of a computer-based software application, modeling an invariant based on the recorded value, where the invariant represents at least one possible value pointed to by the string variable, performing a first static analysis of the computer-based software application to determine whether the invariant is valid with respect to the computer-based software application, and seeding a second static analysis of the computer-based software application with the invariant if the invariant is valid with respect to the computer-based software application. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007530 | VERIFYING CORRECTNESS OF REGULAR EXPRESSION TRANSFORMATIONS THAT USE A POST-PROCESSOR - A method for determining correctness of a transformation between a first finite state automaton (FSA) and a second FSA, wherein the first FSA comprises a representation of a regular expression, and the second FSA comprises a transformation of the first FSA includes determining a third FSA, the third FSA comprising a cross product of the second FSA and a post-processor; determining whether the first FSA and the third FSA are equivalent; and in the event that the first FSA is determined not to be equivalent to the third FSA, determining that the transformation between the first FSA and the second FSA is not correct. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FLAG A SOURCE OF DATA CORRUPTION IN A STORAGE SUBSYSTEM USING PERSISTENT SOURCE IDENTIFIER BITS - An apparatus comprising an array controller and a frame buffer. The array controller may be configured to read/write data to/from a drive array in response to one or more input/output requests. The frame buffer may be implemented within the array controller and may be configured to perform (i) a first data integrity check to determine a first type of data error and (ii) a second data integrity check to determine a second type of data error. The frame buffer may log occurrences of the first type of error and the second type of error in a field transmitted with the data. The field may be used to determine a source of possible corruption of the data. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007532 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING A SEQUENCE PROCESSING UNIT AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A system includes one or more processors; one or more trace debug circuits configured to monitor one or more of instruction, data, and watchpoint buses of the one or more processors, and record information determined from said monitoring; and a sequence processing unit configured to provide a control signal to a trace debug circuit of the one or more trace debug circuits, wherein in response to the control signal, the trace debug circuit controls one or more of said monitoring and recording, and a system on a chip comprises the one or more processors, the one or more trace debug circuits, and the sequence processing unit. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007533 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING A SEQUENCE PROCESSING UNIT AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A system includes a processor configured to execute a first interrupt; an interrupt controller, coupled to the processor, and configured to store one or more pending interrupts; and a sequence processing unit, coupled to the processor and the interrupt controller, and configured to receive an identifier of the first interrupt, receive an identifier corresponding to each of the one or more pending interrupts, and provide trigger information to a state condition logic in response to one or more of the identifiers of the one or more pending interrupts and the identifier of the first interrupt, wherein the trigger information is used to determine a trace or debug action responsive to the trigger information. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007534 | TRACE CAPTURE OF SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TRANSACTIONS FOR TRACE DEBUGGING OF FAILED TRANSACTIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for trace capture of successfully completed transactions for trace debugging of failed transactions. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for trace capture of successfully completed transactions for trace debugging of failed transactions is provided. The method includes storing entries in a log with information pertaining to successfully completed transactions in a transaction processing system executing in memory of a host server, detecting a failed transaction in the transaction processing system, generating a trace for the failed transaction, and providing with the generated trace an entry from the log with information pertaining to a successful completion of the failed transaction. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007535 | TRACE CAPTURE OF SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TRANSACTIONS FOR TRACE DEBUGGING OF FAILED TRANSACTIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for trace capture of successfully completed transactions for trace debugging of failed transactions. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for trace capture of successfully completed transactions for trace debugging of failed transactions is provided. The method includes storing entries in a log with information pertaining to successfully completed transactions in a transaction processing system executing in memory of a host server, detecting a failed transaction in the transaction processing system, generating a trace for the failed transaction, and providing with the generated trace an entry from the log with information pertaining to a successful completion of the failed transaction. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007536 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PARALLELISM OF PROGRAM CODE - Methods and systems are provided for analyzing parallelism of program code. According to a method, the sequential execution of the program code is simulated so as to trace the execution procedure of the program code, and parallelism of the program code is analyzed based on the result of the trace to the execution procedure of the program code. Execution information of the program code is collected by simulating the sequential execution of the program code, and parallelism of the program code is analyzed based on the collected execution information, so as to allow programmers to perform parallel task partitioning of the program code with respect to a multi-core architecture more effectively, thus increasing the efficiency of parallel software development. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007537 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus is capable of automatically determining whether an operation log needs to be written to an external device when the external device is connected to the information processing apparatus and saving the operation log into the external device when necessary. A determination is made as to whether or not content for retrieving an operation log is present in an external device upon detection of connection of the external device. The operation log is retrieved from a holding unit if a result of the determination shows that the user interface control unit is in an error condition. The retrieved operation log is saved into a storage unit of the external device. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007538 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAST DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF SYSTEM OUTAGES - Methods and arrangements for detecting and diagnosing system outages. A system outage is ascertained and aberrant user activities are categorized, as possible contributors to the system outage, based on system impact. User activities and system impact are learned, and user activities and system impact are compared against predetermined rules. A system outage alert is generated, and a user activity responsible for the system outage is displayed. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007539 | METHOD FOR NATIVE PROGRAM TO INHERIT SAME TRANSACTION CONTENT WHEN INVOKED BY PRIMARY PROGRAM RUNNING IN SEPARATE ENVIRONMENT - Native applications inherit transaction contexts when invoked by primary applications running in separate hosting environments, by: receiving, by an interface of a native application server in a first hosting environment, a unique transaction context identifier for an invocation of the native application at the native application server by the primary application at a primary application server in a second hosting environment; receiving a SQL statement from the native application by the interface of the native application server; sending the SQL statement and the unique transaction context identifier to the primary application server for execution by the interface of the native application server; receiving a result of the execution of the SQL statement and the unique transaction context identifier from the primary application server by the interface of the native application server; and sending the result to the native application by the interface of the native application server. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007540 | METHOD FOR INCREASING RELIABILITY IN MONITORING SYSTEMS - A method for decreasing the risk of monitoring data failing to be stored includes periodically sending a test message from the monitoring device to a Networked Storage Device, NSD, generating an NSD fail signal in the monitoring device if events following the sending of the test message indicates that the NSD is not operating properly, and sending, in response to the NSD fail signal, a fail message from the monitoring device for detection outside housing of monitoring device. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007541 | PREEMPTIVE MEMORY REPAIR BASED ON MULTI-SYMBOL, MULTI-SCRUB CYCLE ANALYSIS - An apparatus includes a processor, a memory, and an error module operable on the processor. The error module is configured to perform a memory scrub of the memory across a scrub cycle of multiple scrub cycles. The error module is configured to identify correctable errors of symbols in the memory that are a result of accesses from a section of the memory in response to the memory scrub. The error module is configured to perform an analysis across the multiple scrub cycles, wherein the analysis comprises a determination whether at least two symbols across the multiple scrub cycles have at least one correctable error. The error module is configured to responsive to a determination that at least two symbols across the multiple scrub cycles have at least one correctable error, execute at least one repair of the memory that includes the section of memory. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007542 | PREEMPTIVE MEMORY REPAIR BASED ON MULTI-SYMBOL, MULTI-SCRUB CYCLE ANALYSIS - In some example embodiments, a method includes performing a memory scrub of a memory across a scrub cycle of multiple scrub cycles. The method includes identifying correctable errors of symbols in the memory that are a result of accesses from a section of the memory in response to the memory scrub. The method also includes performing an analysis across the multiple scrub cycles, wherein the performing of the analysis comprises determining whether at least two symbols across the multiple scrub cycles have at least one correctable error. The method includes responsive to determining that at least two symbols across the multiple scrub cycles have at least one correctable error, executing at least one repair of the memory that includes the section of memory. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007543 | ESTIMATING TEMPORAL DEGRADATION OF NON-VOLATILE SOLID-STATE MEMORY - Representative locations of a non-volatile, solid-state memory of an apparatus store characterization data. An event during which elapsed time is not measured by the apparatus is determined. In response to the event, temporal degradation of the non-volatile, solid-state memory during the event is estimated based on electrical characteristics of the representative locations. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007544 | MAPPING OF RANDOM DEFECTS IN A MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device includes a memory array with random defective memory cells. The memory array is organized into rows and columns with a row and column identifying a memory location of a memory cell of the memory array. The memory device includes a row address device and a column address device and is operative to use a grouping of either the row or the column addresses to manage the random defective memory cells by mapping the memory location of a defective memory cell to an alternate memory location. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007545 | MANAGING LOGICALLY BAD BLOCKS IN STORAGE DEVICES - At least one standard size data block of a storage device is scanned for a logically bad pattern. If the logically pad pattern is detected, a block address that is associated with the standard size data block is added to a bad block table. If the logically pad pattern is not detected, it may be determined if the block address associated with the standard size data block is in the bad block table. If the logically pad pattern is not detected and if the block address associated with the standard size data block is in the bad block table, the block address may be removed from the bad block table. The logically bad pattern may have a first predefined data portion and a second predefined data portion and may be repeated the requisite number of instances to fill the standard size data block. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007546 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TEST OPTIMIZATION USING ADAPTIVE TEST PATTERN SAMPLING ALGORITHM - A method of implementing integrated circuit device testing includes performing baseline testing of a first group of chips using a full set of test patterns, and for chip identified as failing, determining, a score for each test pattern in the full set. The score is indicative of an ability of the test pattern to uniquely identify a failing chip with respect to other test patterns. Following the baseline testing, streamlined testing on a second group of chips is performed, using a reduced set of the test patterns having highest average scores as determined by the baseline testing. Following the streamlined testing, full testing on a third group of chips is performed using the full set of test patterns, and updating the average score for each pattern. Further testing alternates between the streamlined testing and the full testing for additional groups of chips. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007547 | EFFICIENT WRAPPER CELL DESIGN FOR SCAN TESTING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - An integrated circuit comprises scan test circuitry and additional circuitry subject to testing utilizing the scan test circuitry. The scan test circuitry comprises a plurality of scan chains, including at least one wrapper cell scan chain arranged between first and second circuitry cores of the additional circuitry, with the wrapper cell scan chain comprising a plurality of wrapper cells and being configurable to operate as a serial shift register in a scan shift mode of operation. At least one of the wrapper cells of the wrapper cell scan chain comprises a flip-flop having a throughput data path that is part of a scan shift path of the wrapper cell scan chain and not part of a functional path between the first and second circuitry cores. In an HDD controller embodiment, the first and second circuitry cores may comprise respective read channel and additional cores of a system-on-chip. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007548 | AUTOMATIC TEST-PATTERN GENERATION FOR MEMORY-SHADOW-LOGIC TESTING - An embodiment of a method for automated test pattern generation (ATPG), a system for ATPG, and a memory configured for ATPG. For example, an embodiment of a memory includes a first test memory cell, a data-storage memory cell, and a test circuit configured to enable the test cell and to disable the data-storage cell during a test mode. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007549 | Multithreaded, mixed-HDL/ESL Concurrent Fault Simulator for Large-Scale Integrated Circuit Designs - Techniques for performing multiprocessing/multithreaded concurrent fault simulation of large-scale integrated circuit (IC) designs are described herein. Specifically, an IC design's source files, coded in HDL (Hardware Description Language) and/or ESL (Electronic System-Level) languages, are compiled into a database; stuck-at, transition and/or inter-process communication faults are generated and equivalent faults are collapsed. Furthermore, all faults are partitioned into disjointed fault sets, and a plurality of worker processes (or threads) are created to process those fault sets concurrently. The worker processes can run either locally on a multiprocessor platform, or remotely on different computers that are connected via an intranet and/or the Internet. Moreover, each worker process creates a plurality of child threads to carry out the multithreaded concurrent fault simulation of the IC design. After fault simulation is finished, a fault report is generated that depicts the fault coverage of the IC design and all undetected and potentially detected faults. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007550 | RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND RECEIVING SIDE APPARATUS - A retransmission side apparatus including a physical control channel receiver unit to receive a physical control channel which includes a new data indicator updated upon transmission of a new packet and a retransmission sequence number indicating whether transmission is first transmission or retransmission. The physical data channel receiver unit is configured to receive a physical data channel associated with the physical control channel. A transmission acknowledgment information transmitter unit transmits transmission acknowledgment information on a packet received through the physical data channel, on the basis of the new data indicator and the retransmission sequence number received through the physical control channel. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007551 | Stochastic Stream Decoding of Binary LDPC Codes - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for stochastic stream decoding of binary LDPC codes. For example, a data decoder circuit is discussed that includes a number of variable nodes and check nodes, with serial connections between the variable nodes and the check nodes. The variable nodes are each operable to perform a real-valued computation of a variable node to check node message for each neighboring check node. The check nodes are operable to perform a real-valued computation of a check node to variable node message for each neighboring variable node. The messages are passed iteratively between the variable nodes and the check nodes. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007552 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICES, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, AND METHODS - A data processing device including a controller configured to control the data processing device to execute steps of: receiving a data packet comprising a group identification information that identifies a restoration group, with which the data packet is associated, and redundant data for restoring a lost data packet, which is associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information; determining whether a received amount of data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and restoring the lost data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information when the received amount of data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information is equal to or greater than the predetermined value. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007553 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND ERROR CORRECTION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided an error correction control method of a transmission system on which a signal is transmitted from a first transmission apparatus to a second transmission apparatus, the error correction control method including: transmitting a signal for a mode change request to change an error correction mode from the second transmission apparatus to the first transmission apparatus; transmitting signals having a change timing value in a specific order with a specific period from the first transmission apparatus to the second transmission apparatus when the first transmission apparatus receives the mode change request; changing the error correction mode of the first transmission apparatus when the change timing value to be transmitted becomes a specific value in the first transmission apparatus; and changing the error correction mode of the second transmission apparatus in response to the change timing value received with the specific period from the first transmission apparatus. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007554 | Dynamically Scaled LLR For An LDPC Decoder - A method for decoding an LDPC (low-density parity check) code word. The method includes receiving a plurality of LLR (log likelihood ratio) terms from a demodulation unit of a receiver and generating a scaling factor in accordance with at least one parameter descriptive of communication channel conditions for the receiver. The scaling factor is applied to each of the plurality of LLR terms to compute a corresponding plurality of scaled LLR terms. An iterative layered belief propagation algorithm is then executed by using the plurality of scaled LLR terms to generate decoded information. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007555 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR TAIL TERMINATION OF TURBO DECODING - Methods and apparatus for tail termination are provided that include a decoder that includes a processor configured to a forward state metric and a backward state metric wherein each iteration of an initial state of the backward state metric is fetched from a memory and is pre-computed without feedback from a decoding iteration. Each decoding iteration is substantially identical, and the backward state metric that is pre-computed is used for a subsequent iteration. The decoder may include a turbo decoder or a radix-4 decoder. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007556 | Multiuse Data Channel - Presented is a data channel with selectable components, such as encoders or decoders. Also, data having different data signal characteristics can be processed through a data channel based on the data signal characteristics. Further, a data channel may have independent encoding path and an independent decoding path. For example, a first data transmission having first data signal characteristics may be processed via a data channel based on a first selected set of components of the data channel and a second data transmission having second data signal characteristics different than the first data signal characteristics may be processed via the data channel using a second selected set of components in the data channel. The first selected set of components may be different than the second selected set of components, but may share one or more common components. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007557 | Systems and Methods for Evaluating and Debugging LDPC Iterative Decoders - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for evaluating and debugging a data decoder. For example, a data decoder circuit is discussed that includes an input memory, a data decoder operable to decode data from the input memory in one or more iterations, an output memory operable to store decoded data from the data decoder, and a test port operable to provide access to the input memory, the data decoder and the output memory. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007558 | ERROR CORRECTING CODE DECODING DEVICE, DECODING METHOD, AND MOBILE STATION APPARATUS - An error correcting code decoding device includes a first decoding circuit, a word-length reduction circuit configured to reduce bit lengths of a first external values corresponding to a plurality of bits obtained after decoding process performed by the first decoding circuit a first predetermined number of times and to reduce bit lengths of words included in word string, and a second decoding circuit configured to decode the bit string by executing a decoding process a second predetermined number of times for calculating second external values and posterior values of the bits included in the bit string in accordance with the word string including the words having the reduced bit lengths using the first external values having the reduced bit lengths as second prior probabilities that corresponding bits among the plurality of bits are the predetermined value. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007559 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY ERROR MITIGATION - Techniques for decoding levels in non-volatile memory. A level of a cell in a multi-bit non-volatile memory is read. A minimum of Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) and a modified LLR to decode the level, wherein the modified LLR is a function of a misplacement probability is used. A value corresponding the decoded level is written to a volatile memory. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007560 | RANK-SPECIFIC CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatus, and system configurations for providing rank-specific cyclic redundancy checks in memory systems. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007561 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DECODING A LONGER LINEAR BLOCK CODEWORD USING A SHORTER BLOCK LENGTH - An apparatus, system, and method for generating and decoding a longer linear block codeword using a shorter block length. The method comprises receiving data from a storage area and generating a codeword from the received data with an encoder, the codeword having a data portion and a parity portion, wherein the codeword has a first block length, and wherein the encoder applies a linear block code, the linear block code having a second block length that is shorter than the first block length. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007562 | Controller Interface Providing Improved Data Reliability - In one implementation, a memory device includes non-volatile memory, a memory controller communicatively coupled to the non-volatile memory over a first bus, and a host interface through which the memory controller communicates with a host device over a second bus. The memory device can also include a signal conditioner of the host interface adapted to condition signals to adjust a signal level of signals received over the second bus based on signal level data received from the host device, wherein the signal level data relates to a voltage level of signals generated by the host device to encode data transmitted across the second bus. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007563 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING ERROR CORRECTION FUNCTION AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - The device may include a check bit generator, a memory cell array, an error calculator, and an error corrector. The check bit generator may generate check bits based on input data. The memory cell array may store combined data including the input data and the check bits. The error calculator may be configured to generate syndrome bits based on first data and the check bits received from the memory cell array, calculate an error based on the syndrome bits, and generate error data. The error corrector may be configured to correct the first data based on the error data, and generate second data. The check bits and syndrome bits may include normal check bits, additional check bits, normal syndrome bits, and additional syndrome bits, where the additional check bits are not be normal check bits, and the additional syndrome bits are not normal syndrome bits. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007564 | MEMORY DEVICE HAVING ADDRESS AND COMMAND SELECTABLE CAPABILITIES - Subject matter disclosed herein relates to memory management, and more particularly to partitioning a memory based on memory attributes. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007565 | METHOD OF PROCESSING FAULTS IN A MICROCONTROLLER - Embodiments described in the present disclosure relate to a method of processing faults in a control unit, the method including: upon each request for reading a datum in a first memory, received by a first interface circuit for accessing the first memory, calculating by means of the first interface circuit, a check word based on the datum read, if the check word calculated is different from a check word read in the memory in association with the datum read, activating an error signal by means of the first interface circuit, and sending the error signal to an output circuit of the control unit, without using any circuits of the control unit, likely to send a request to access the first memory. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007566 | Memory Device with Adaptive Capacity - A method for data storage in a memory that includes a plurality of analog memory cells includes estimating respective achievable storage capacities of the analog memory cells. The memory cells are assigned respective storage configurations defining quantities of data to be stored in the memory cells based on the estimated achievable capacities. The data is stored in the memory cells in accordance with the respective assigned storage configurations. The achievable storage capacities of the analog memory cells are re-estimated after the memory has been installed in a host system and used for storing the data in the host system. The storage configurations are modified responsively to the re-estimated achievable capacities. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007567 | ADAPTIVE ENCODING AND DECODING FOR ERROR PROTECTED PACKET-BASED FRAMES - In one aspect, a communication system transmitter comprises an adaptive error correction encoder. The adaptive error correction encoder is configured to generate a plurality of error correction frames with each such error correction frame comprising a plurality of data packets and one or more error correction packets. A given one of the error correction packets comprises information relating to the plurality of data packets of its corresponding frame and additional information relating to a different one of the error correction frames. For example, the additional information relating to the different one of the error correction frames may be inserted into a header of the given error correction packet, and may comprise a next frame sequence number indicator and a corresponding next frame mask value for a subsequent one of the error correction frames. Other aspects of the invention relate to a communication system receiver comprising an adaptive FEC decoder, adaptive FEC encoding and decoding methods, integrated circuits, and associated computer program products. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007568 | ERROR CORRECTING CODE DECODING DEVICE, ERROR CORRECTING CODE DECODING METHOD AND ERROR CORRECTING CODE DECODING PROGRAM - Provided is an error correction code decoding apparatus capable of performing a decoding process efficiently for various interleaver sizes while suppressing an increase in apparatus size. The error correction code decoding apparatus includes: a simultaneous decoding selection unit configured to select whether a first and a second elementary codes are to be subjected to simultaneous decoding depending on a size of an interleaver; a reception information storage unit configured to store reception information at a position in accordance with a selection result from the simultaneous decoding selection unit; an external information storage unit configured to store external information corresponding to each of the first and the second elementary codes at a position in accordance with the selection result from the simultaneous decoding selection unit; and a soft-input soft output decoding unit including a plurality of soft-input soft-output decoders that perform soft-input soft-output decoding on each of divided blocks of the first and the second elementary codes in parallel, the soft-input soft output decoding unit configured to repeat decoding of the first elementary code and the second elementary code when simultaneous decoding is not selected by the simultaneous decoding selection unit, and configured to repeat simultaneous decoding of the first and the second elementary codes when simultaneous decoding is selected by the simultaneous decoding selection unit. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007569 | VARIABLE INTERLEAVE DATA TRANSMISSION - In cable modem termination systems (CMTS) and other information transmission systems, a method for changing the interleave depth associated with each data stream is provided. This may be done dynamically, and for any subset of downstream devices such as modems. The interleave depth may be set on an individual device level. Embodiments may decrease data receiving latency on devices that do not suffer from error rates, such as caused by burst noise, while maintaining throughput on devices with high error rates. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007570 | Low Latency Multi-Detector Noise Cancellation - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for data processing. For example, a data processing circuit is disclosed that includes first and second data detectors and an error cancellation circuit. The first data detector is operable to perform a data detection process on a first signal derived from a data input to yield a detected output. The second data detector circuit is operable to perform a data detection process on a second signal derived from the data input to yield a second detected output. The error cancellation circuit is operable to combine a first error signal derived from the detected output with a second error signal derived from the second detected output to yield a feedback signal. The feedback signal is operable to modify the data input during a subsequent period. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007571 | EARLY STOP METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TURBO DECODING - In one embodiment, device for early stopping in turbo decoding includes a processor configured to receive a block of data to be decoded, compare hard decision bits resulting from decoding iterations and compare a minimum value of log likelihood ratio (LLR) of decoded bits against a threshold. The processor configured to match hard-decisions with previous iteration results. The processor may be configured to set an early stop rule after the matching hard-decisions with previous iteration results is matched. The processor may be configured to set an early stop rule when the minimum reliability of the output bits exceeds the threshold. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007572 | System And Method For Look-Aside Parity Based Raid - Redundant storage of information is provided by distributing storage functions between a RAID controller and switching device. The switching device multi-casts writes to storage devices and to the RAID controller. The RAID controller generates parity for the information and writes the parity to the storage devices in space reserved for parity by the switching device. Information is read from the storage devices through the switching device without action by the RAID controller. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007573 | EFFICIENT AND SCALABLE CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK CIRCUIT USING GALOIS-FIELD ARITHMETIC - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatus, and system configurations for cyclic redundancy check circuits using Galois-field arithmetic. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007574 | Partial-Writes to ECC (Error Check Code) Enabled Memories - A memory system includes a memory and a memory controller coupled to the memory. The memory controller includes a data buffer configured to store a full data word as a result of a partial write operation, wherein for a subsequent partial write operation, data is read from the data buffer. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007575 | Managing Map Data in a Composite Document - A method in a computing device includes causing a set of drawing controls to be displayed on a user interface, where a user utilizes the set of drawing controls to define two-dimensional shapes via the user interface, receiving drawing data from the user interface, where the drawing data includes a plurality of two-dimensional shapes, and generating a drawing image corresponding to the received drawing data. The method further includes receiving a reference to a geographic location from the user interface, retrieving map data corresponding to the received reference in response to receiving the reference to the geographic location, and generating a composite document that includes the map data and the drawing image. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007576 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF WEB APPLICATIONS AND MEDIA - A method to facilitate synchronizing web applications with media playing within a web browser while rendering a web page. The synchronization allowing web applications to be executed during play of IP transmitted media without the web browser having to pre-load the web applications or re-load the web page. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007577 | DRILL-THROUGH LENS - Provided are techniques for providing drill-through information. User input of locations of one or more target documents and values of parameters for those one or more target documents is received. A user is allowed to move a drill-through lens window across a source document, wherein the drill-through lens window displays a floating, transparent target document. In response to the drill-through lens window hovering over the data in the source document, in real time: the data is selected in the source document, the selected data is identified as a parameter for a target document, the parameter is used to obtain further details from the target document, and the drill-through lens window is displayed showing the further details. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007578 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING COMPONENT DOCUMENTS OF A COMPOSITE DOCUMENT - A tool for navigating composite documents composed of multiple component documents. The tool allows a user to enter a composite document identification number, and thereafter have access to each component document within the composite document. The user can view, compare and display comparisons of the component documents, including versions of component documents. A graphical user interface is provided that prompts the user for required information and provides the user with many useful views for analyzing the component documents. In an embodiment, the composite document is the file history for a patent and the component documents are amendments, including application claims, and other papers found in a file history, such as the patent application, as originally filed, and the resulting patent. One feature of the tool allows the user to select a claim and have all versions of the claim displayed for easy review and analysis. This displaying ability allows the user to follow the progression of the claims during prosecution. The tool emphasizes all changes made to the claims, and provides annotations and links directly to the corresponding amending document. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007579 | ENABLING HOST ACTIVE ELEMENT CONTENT RELATED ACTIONS ON A CLIENT DEVICE WITHIN REMOTE PRESENTATIONS - Enabling active host content related actions on a client device can begin with a client device receiving guest screen data and optionally host screen metadata from a server. The content of the guest screen data can be presented on the client device. A passive element corresponding to each active element of the server host screen can be identified. The active element of the server host screen can be selectable by the presenter and, upon selection (active event), can launch an active action on the server. The passive element of the client guest screen can have a defined selectable overlay hot spot. A hot spot can be can be associated with a hot spot action at the client. The hot spot action taken by the client, upon a hot spot event, can correspond to the active action taken by the server. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007580 | OPTIMIZING THE LAYOUT OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Optimizing a layout of an electronic document. An electronic document can be processed to identify a plurality of document sections within the document. A plurality of document sections can be recursively combined in at least a first page of a modified document and a presentation size of content within the document sections can be reduced. With each recursive combination of document sections, a first perceptual delta value can be generated based on perceptual differences between the document sections as originally presented in the electronic document and the document sections as presented when combined into the first page. When the first perceptual delta value at least equals the first threshold value, the recursive combination of document sections into the first page can cease. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING COMPOSITE DOCUMENTS - A gathering, manipulating and analyzing tool for reviewing, displaying and creating reports on composite documents, wherein a composite document is made up of multiple component documents. The present method allows for entry and editing of metadata associated with component documents of the composite document. This allows for more highly refined classifying and bookmarking, which leads to more highly refined searching and displaying abilities. A graphical user interface is provided that allows a user to easily designate multiple sections of the composite document and enter and edit the data and metadata associated with the composite document. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OUTER SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS - A method for rendering a page, including: obtaining an electronic document (ED) identifying a main object and multiple shadow parameters; determining a main bounding box surrounding the main object on the page; creating a main brush including the main object; calculating a shadow bounding box based on the main bounding box and at least one of the multiple shadow parameters; creating a shadow brush by applying a shadow transformation matrix to the main brush, where the shadow transformation matrix maps the main object to a shadow defined by the multiple shadow parameters; inserting, into a main display list for the page, a set of instructions to: paint the shadow bounding box with the shadow brush; and paint the main bounding box with the main brush. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007583 | COMPARATIVE AND ANALYTIC LENS - Provided are techniques for comparing data. User selection of first data to be compared is received. User input of one or more formulas used in making comparisons is received. The user is allowed to move a Comparative and Analytic (CA) lens window to hover over second data, wherein the CA lens window displays a floating, transparent document. In response to the CA lens hovering over the second data, in real-time, the first data and the second data are compared according to the one or more formulas, and the CA lens window is displayed showing the first data and the comparison between the first data and the second data. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007584 | Editing and Compiling Business Rules - A component in a graph-based computation having data processing components connected by linking elements representing data flows is updated by receiving a rule specification, generating a transform for transforming data based on the rule specification, associating the transform with a component in the graph-based computation, and in response to determining that a new rule specification has been received or an existing rule specification has been edited, updating the transform associated with the component in the graph-based computation according to the new or edited rule specification. A computation is tested by receiving a rule specification including a set of rule cases, receiving a set of test cases, each test case containing a value for one or more of the potential inputs, and for each test case, identifying one of the rule cases that will generate an output given the input values of the test case. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007585 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANNOTATION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION - Methods and system for performing annotation of digital information are provided. One method includes searching for items of interest using a search engine. Once the URIs associated with the item of interest are identified, a plurality of attributes are provided that may be associated with each URI. A user may provide the values for the attributes or the system may suggest values for the attributes based on information associated with each URI. Once the attributes and values are assigned, the annotated URI along with the attributes and values is stored. Another method provides for sharing of the annotated information. A user may communicate annotated information to an external storage system for sharing with other users having access to the external storage system. Another method provides for automatic updates of the annotation entries by periodically fetching the digital information associated with each URI and updating the values associated with each attribute. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007586 | Method and system for creating and using web feed display templates - Web feed display templates are created and used to reduce the time and cost to conform web feeds to device constraints and content provider display guidelines. A web feed display template is customized for a particular type of device and a particular web feed. The display template is created by administrative input of values for predefined display parameters. The values are selected to conform the web feed to the constraints of the device and content provider display guidelines for the web feed. When a user of the device subscribes to the web feed, the display template is used to dynamically create web pages containing web feed items that conform to the constraints of the device and the content provider display guidelines. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007587 | AIDING SEARCH-RESULT SELECTION USING VISUALLY BRANDED ELEMENTS - Computer-storage media, methods, and systems for formatting and surfacing a badge are provided. The badge represents a graphical region presented in visual association with a search result on a web-results page. The format of the badge is initially dictated by a template that is automatically generated. Upon collecting performance information, a website owner is granted permission to alter the template and appearance of the badge, via a publisher portal. During interaction with the publisher portal, the website owner is prompted to provide feedback in order to manage parameters of the badge, such as uploading a visual representation of a logo, trademark, or other branded element, or specifying a type of metadata to be imported to the graphical region. Accordingly, the badge operates to improve a users' ability to distinguish between search results on the web-results page and assists users in confidently deciding upon and selecting a relevant search result. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007588 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GLOBALIZING WEB APPLICATIONS - Described are a system and method for testing a software application. Elements of a web document under test loaded in a web browser are identified. The elements are output to a plurality of string processors. The string processors determine one or more accessible strings of text and locale-sensitive information from the elements. The accessible strings are validated to determine whether the strings are at least one of correctly pseudo-translated and properly formatted. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007589 | INTERACTION VIA SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE MESSAGES WITH WIRELESS MARKUP LANGUAGE BASED WEBSITES - A computational device receives a first text message in a text messaging format from a mobile device to access a website that stores information in a markup language format. The computational device converts one or more elements of the stored information from the markup language format to the text messaging format. The computational device sends a second text message that indicates how to interact with the website in the text messaging format to the mobile device. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007590 | LIST VIEW OPTIMIZATION - Techniques are provided for optimizing operations, such as scrolling, that move rendered views for items in a collection relative to a viewable window. An application initially renders only those views within the viewable window. In a background process, the application also builds a pool of rendered views that are outside of the viewable window. Background rendering occurs is timed to not interfere with the user's experience. The pool is constrained in size so as not to over-utilize device memory. When a new item is scrolled or otherwise moved into the viewable window, the application first checks the pool to determine if a view of the new item is already rendered. If so, the application simply displays the pre-rendered view, resulting in minimal processor utilization. The application thus provides the user with a “smoother” scrolling experience. A priority queue for identifying views to replace or overwrite is also discussed. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AN E-COMMERCE WEBSITE IN REAL-TIME - A system and computer-implemented method for creating one or more e-commerce websites in real-time is provided. The methodology for creating one or more e-commerce websites in real-time comprises receiving, via a user interface on a computing device, request to access a tenant's website. The methodology further comprises identifying, using a computer system, a tenant corresponding to the received request. Further, the methodology comprises associating, using the computer system, one or more e-commerce applications, corresponding to the identified tenant, to the tenant's website. The methodology also comprises applying, using the computer system, one or more predetermined changes to the tenant's website corresponding to one or more predefined policies for generating the e-commerce website. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007592 | FIXED LAYOUT ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS - According to some embodiments, techniques are described herein to assist a publisher to create fixed layout pages of an electronic publication. The techniques are useful for creating cookbooks, travel books, photography books, children's books, other “illustrated books”, or any other electronic publication where a fixed layout for at least some of the pages of the electronic publication is desirable. With the techniques, the publisher may embed fonts, select particular fonts and font sizes, assign visual content to fixed layout pages, and precisely position visual content at fixed positions on fixed layout pages. A scaling mechanism for an electronic reader device is also disclosed for scaling fixed layout pages to fit the size of a display screen of the reader device while maintaining the aspect ratio and assignment of visual content to fixed layout pages specified by the publisher. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007593 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A web browser setting value that decides a display specification of a web browser screen is set, and that display specification of the web browser screen is held. An instruction for displaying a web browser screen is transmitted to a web server, and in the case where the response to the instruction includes information indicating whether the display specification of the browser screen is to be taken over, the web browser screen is displayed based on screen information from the web server in accordance with the held display specification of the browser screen. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007594 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROXY VOTING - One embodiment of the present invention relates to electronic voting methods and systems that help simplify the management of institutional proxies. In one example, the methods and systems manage the process of meeting notifications, voting, tracking, mailing, reporting, record maintenance and/or vote disclosure rules enacted by the SEC. In one specific example, this may be done for thousands of publicly traded securities custodied at various banks, brokers and global custodians. In another example, a system (and corresponding method) may be provided for integrating, organizing and displaying (e.g., via a website) information in a language of preference for each user of the system. The information may comprise meeting, agenda and/or ballot information and the users of the system/method may be voting entities empowered to cast votes via the system. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEMA EVOLUTION IN AN E-COMMERCE NETWORK - A method and computer system are described for conducting commercial transactions. An enhanced type of XML schema may be used which supports integrity constraints and polymorphism. Schemas are identified by the use of Uniform Resource Names. XML processors residing on transaction servers or trading partner servers parse document instances by retrieving the URNs corresponding to the schemas used to interpret the document. The URNs are converted to location-dependent URIs in order to locate the schemas. URNs are resolved to location-dependent URIs by use of the LDAP protocol. URNs may be converted to LDAP URLs which are used to search LDAP compliant directories. The directories serve as registries for the URI values corresponding to the URNs. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007596 | Identification of Electronic Content Significant to a User - Content that is significant to a user may be determined. An indication that a user finds content within a document significant may be received. In response to the received indication, the document may be analyzed to identify a set of topics associated with the content of the document. From the set of topics, a subset of topics responsible for the user finding the document significant may be identified. A user profile associated with the user may be updated based on the subset of topics. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007597 | EFFICIENT EVENT DELEGATION IN BROWSER SCRIPTS - Event handlers associated with markup language documents represented in a web browser are identified efficiently in response to an event. The markup language document is represented as a hierarchical structure comprising nodes and edges. Nodes are associated with node types, each node type defining how descendants of the node respond to events. The markup language document provides mappings of sets of node types to sets of handlers. In response to an event associated with a node, the types of nodes encountered in a path connecting the node with the root node are identified. Handler sets of the node types encountered in the path connecting a node with the root node are used to determine the handlers to be executed in response to the event. Data is associated with nodes to allow handler code to distinguish between nodes of the same node type. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007598 | TECHNIQUES FOR APPLYING CULTURAL SETTINGS TO DOCUMENTS DURING LOCALIZATION - Techniques for applying cultural settings to documents during localization are described. An apparatus may comprise a stylesheet generation component operative to generate a stylesheet from a configuration file, the configuration file specific to a formatting standard, the stylesheet comprising one or more conversion rules for the conversion of one or more documents to the formatting standard. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007599 | OPTIMIZING THE LAYOUT OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A method of optimizing a layout of an electronic document. An electronic document can be processed to identify a plurality of document sections within the document. A plurality of document sections can be recursively combined in at least a first page of a modified document and a presentation size of content within the document sections can be reduced. With each recursive combination of document sections, a first perceptual delta value can be generated based on perceptual differences between the document sections as originally presented in the electronic document and the document sections as presented when combined into the first page. When the first perceptual delta value at least equals the first threshold value, the recursive combination of document sections into the first page can cease. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007600 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR HANDHELD DEVICES - One or more handheld devices may be configured to receive and display content. A server may be configured to help the handheld devices display content. For example, by using at least some of the contents of one or more of feeds, the server may generate user interface data, which the handheld devices may use to display user interfaces that are configured to request content associated with the feeds. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007601 | POSITIONING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS WITHIN PREVIOUSLY FORMATTED TEXT - A method for rendering a page, including: obtaining an electronic document comprising a text stream and an anchor corresponding to a graphical object and specifying a first displacement of the graphical object relative to the anchor; placing the text stream within a region of the page; identifying a first location on the page corresponding to the anchor; calculating an area on the page for placing the graphical object; marking the graphical object as pinned; initiating a second layout of the page; placing the text stream on the page by wrapping a portion of the text stream around the area; identifying a second location on the page corresponding to the anchor, where the second position and the area are separated by a second displacement distinct from the first displacement; and outputting the page with at least the portion of the text stream and with the graphical object occupying the area. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007602 | FIXED LAYOUT ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS - According to some embodiments, techniques are described herein to assist a publisher to create fixed layout pages of an electronic publication. The techniques are useful for creating cookbooks, travel books, photography books, children's books, other “illustrated books”, or any other electronic publication where a fixed layout for at least some of the pages of the electronic publication is desirable. With the techniques, the publisher may embed fonts, select particular fonts and font sizes, assign visual content to fixed layout pages, and precisely position visual content at fixed positions on fixed layout pages. A scaling mechanism for an electronic reader device is also disclosed for scaling fixed layout pages to fit the size of a display screen of the reader device while maintaining the aspect ratio and assignment of visual content to fixed layout pages specified by the publisher. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007603 | FIXED LAYOUT ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS - According to some embodiments, techniques are described herein to assist a publisher to create fixed layout pages of an electronic publication. The techniques are useful for creating cookbooks, travel books, photography books, children's books, other “illustrated books”, or any other electronic publication where a fixed layout for at least some of the pages of the electronic publication is desirable. With the techniques, the publisher may embed fonts, select particular fonts and font sizes, assign visual content to fixed layout pages, and precisely position visual content at fixed positions on fixed layout pages. A scaling mechanism for an electronic reader device is also disclosed for scaling fixed layout pages to fit the size of a display screen of the reader device while maintaining the aspect ratio and assignment of visual content to fixed layout pages specified by the publisher. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PARTICLE SYSTEM BASED USER INTERFACE - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for simplifying and clarifying user interfaces, both their design and usage. The disclosed system creates and applies rules user options. Upon application of the rules, the system automatically organizes the user options in accordance with the rules, such that the programmer no longer needs to organize every aspect of an options menu and a user can quickly and efficiently choose from the options. Statistics regarding usage and probability are stored to make the options presented more efficient. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007605 | Methods and Apparatus for Generating Content Variations - Methods and apparatus for various embodiments of an Automated Creative Content Generation (ACCG) system provide different methods for automating the creative generation of customized variations of original content productions. The original content productions may include images and/or text. Various methods are presented by which the ACCG system begins with an original content production, searches for alternative content, potentially modifies the alternative content, and automatically creates one or more content variations that include the alternative content. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007606 | TEXT DELETION - A method, apparatus, and computer product for: receiving an indication of a first user input associated with a text input area containing text; identifying a syntactic block of the text; and in response to the reception of the indication of the first user input, deleting from the text input area only those characters of the text contained within the syntactic block. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007607 | Automatic Glossary Generation - Automatically generating a glossary of terms for a given document or group of documents is provided. A single document or a group of documents associated with a given project or event are parsed for one or more unique terms (e.g., words, acronyms, phrases, etc.). Identified terms are passed to a local or external definition source, and definitions for the one or more identified terms are retrieved. Retrieved definitions are presented to a user of the documents, and approved definitions are stored in a project store for subsequent use in association with the documents. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007608 | PRESENTING A DOCUMENT ON A COMPUTER - A document can be presented on a computer that includes at least two video output ports. The document is divided into multiple parts, with each part being expressed in a different language. Each one of the at least two video output ports can be configured in or for a language of a partial document to be output by the video output port. Each one of the at least two video output ports can be made to synchronously output the partial document to which the language configured for the video output port corresponds. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007609 | CONSTRAINT BASED READING RECOMMENDATION - Systems, methods and computer program products may provide a constraint based reading recommendation on a computer. A method for generating a constraint based reading recommendation may include receiving an indication from a user indicating a desire to read a text item and determining a text item constraint including at least one of a time window constraint and an environmental constraint. The method may further include generating one or more approved text items in response to the text item constraint, the one or more approved text items including a recommended text item and displaying the recommended text item to the user. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130007610 | ELECTRONIC READER AND PAGE FLIPPING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic reader includes an input unit, a storage unit, a display unit, and a processing unit. The input unit generates a content updating signal in response to user's operation. The processing unit includes a file retrieving module, a mode control module, a block setting module, and a display control module. The file retrieving module retrieves content of an electronic file for displaying on the display screen of the display unit, in response to the content updating signal. The mode control module controls the electronic reader to operate in a refreshing mode in which the display screen is divided into a plurality of predetermined blocks. The block setting module determines one or more blocks. The display control module controls the display unit to update the content at the determined blocks with the corresponding retrieved content by refreshing the determined blocks one after another. A related method is also provided. | 2013-01-03 |
