05th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130031429 | Data Recovery for Defective Word Lines During Programming of Non-Volatile Memory Arrays - The recovery of data during programming, such as in the case of a broken word-line, is considered. The arrangement described assumes that k pages may be corrupted when the system finishes programming a block. Then these corrupted pages can be recovered using an erasure code. In order to recover any k pages, the system will compute and temporarily store k parity pages in the controller. These k parity pages may be computed on-the-fly as the data pages are received from the host. Once programming of the block is finished, a post-write read may be done in order to validate that the data is stored reliably. If no problem is detected during EPWR, then the parity pages in the controller may be discarded. In case a problem is detected, and data in up to k pages is corrupt on some bad word-lines, then the missing data is recovered using the k parity pages that are stored in the controller and using the other non-corrupted pages that are read from the block of the memory array and decoded. Once the recovery is complete the block can be reprogrammed and the temporary parity pages in the controller may be discarded upon successfully reprogramming. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031430 | Non-Volatile Memory and Method with Accelerated Post-Write Read Using Combined Verification of Multiple Pages - A post-write read operation, using a combined verification of multiple pages of data, is presented. In a simultaneous verification of multiple pages in a block, the controller evaluates a combined function of the multiple pages, instead of evaluating each page separately. In one exemplary embodiment, the combined function is formed by XORing the pages together. Such a combined verification of multiple pages based on the read data can significantly reduce the controller involvement, lowering the required bus and ECC bandwidth for a post-write read and hence allow efficient post-write reads when the number of dies is large. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031431 | Post-Write Read in Non-Volatile Memories Using Comparison of Data as Written in Binary and Multi-State Formats - Techniques for a post-write read are presented. In an exemplary embodiment, host data is initially written into the non-volatile memory in binary form, such as a non-volatile binary cache. It is then subsequently written from the binary section into a multi-state non-volatile section of the memory. After being written in multi-state format, pages of data from a multi-state block can then be checked against there source pages in the binary section to verify the quality of the multi-state write. This process can be performed on the memory device itself, without transferring the pages out to the controller. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031432 | FULLY-BUFFERED DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE WITH FAULT CORRECTION - A memory circuit including a logic circuit, content addressable memory, and a multiplexer. The logic circuit is configured to output a first address. The content addressable memory is configured to i) receive the first address and ii) output a substitute address and a match signal if the first address matches a second address stored in the content addressable memory. The multiplexer is configured to i) receive the first address and the substitute address and ii) selectively output one of the first address and the substitute address based on the match signal. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031433 | METHOD FOR PARTITIONING SCAN CHAIN - A system and method for scan partitioning for testing an embedded logic circuit in an integrated circuit (IC) device is provided. One or more scan partitions in the embedded logic circuit are identified. Each scan partition includes one or more scan chains of scan registers. One or more interacting registers connecting scan registers of a first scan partition and scan registers of a second scan partition are identified and combined to form an interacting scan chain. The embedded logic circuit is tested by selectively activating the scan chains of the first and second scan partitions and the interacting scan chain. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031434 | SCAN TEST CIRCUIT WITH SCAN CLOCK - A scan test circuit includes: a functional path, including: a D-type latch, for receiving an input and generating an output, the D-type latch including a feedback node; and a test path, including: a scan latch, for receiving a test input and generating an output. The scan test circuit also includes a tri-state inverter. The output of the test path is input to the feedback node of the D-type latch and also input to the tri-state inverter. The functional path is clocked by pulses generated by a pulse generator according to a system clock. The test path is clocked by a test clock generated according to a test enable signal and the system clock. When the test enable signal is enabled, the generation of the pulses is disabled. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031435 | SELECTABLE JTAG OR TRACE ACCESS WITH DATA STORE AND OUTPUT - An address and command port interface selectively enables JTAG TAP domain operations and Trace domain operations within an IC. The port carries TMS and TDI input and TDO output on a single pin and receives a clock signal on a separate pin. The addressable two pin interface loads and updates instructions and data to the TAP domain within the IC. The instruction or data update operations in multiple ICs occur simultaneously. A process transmits data from an addressed target device to a controller using data frames, each data frame comprising a header bit and data bits. The logic level of the header bit is used to start, continue, and stop the data transmission to the controller. A data and clock signal interface between a controller and multiple target devices provides for each target device to be individually addressed and commanded to perform a JTAG or Trace operation. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031436 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SCAN FLIP-FLOP, AND TEST METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit according to an aspect of the invention includes scan flip-flops and a scan control unit. The scan flip-flop outputs backup data that is held as an internal state under control of the scan control unit, and the scan flip-flop holds backup data output from the scan flip-flop in the scan flip-flop under control of the scan control unit. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031437 | TIME VARYING DATA PERMUTATION APPARATUS AND METHODS - Multiple data permutation operations in respective different dimensions are used to provide an overall effective data permutation using smaller blocks of data in each permutation than would be used in directly implementing the overall permutation in a single permutation operation. Data that has been permuted in one permutation operation is block interleaved, and the interleaved data is then permuted in a subsequent permutation operation. A matrix transpose is one example of block interleaving that could be applied between permutation operations. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031438 | MULTI-RATE LDPC DECODING - The subject technology provides a decoding solution that supports multiple choices of code rates. A decoder may be configured to receive a selected code rate from a plurality of code rates. On the selection of the code rate, the decoder may determine a circulant size based on the code rate, and, on receiving the codeword, update, during one or more parity-check operations, a number of confidence values proportional to the circulant size in each of a plurality of memory units, each number of confidence values corresponding to a portion of the codeword. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031439 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory apparatus includes: a memory cell area including a plurality of memory cell arrays stacked therein, each memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells integrated and formed therein to store data and a plurality of through-lines formed therein to transmit signals; and a control logic area configured to generate parity bits using a data signal inputted to the memory cell area and transmit the generated parity bits and the data signal to different through-lines. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031440 | CHECKSUM USING SUMS OF PERMUTATION SUB-MATRICES - A method for encoding data bits includes computing checksum parity bits based on the data bits. A set of equations satisfied by the data bits and the checksum parity bits corresponds to a dense parity-check matrix. The dense parity-check matrix comprises sums of permutation sub-matrices. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OF UNCOMPRESSED VIDEO HAVING A COMPOSITE FRAME FORMAT - A system and method for efficiently communicating uncompressed video and for efficiently communicating corresponding acknowledgements in a system for wireless communication of uncompressed video are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes aggregating multiple subpackets of different types of data into a composite packet. The different types of data may include video, audio, control data, extraneous data files, and others. A robust composite packet configuration can provide for more flexible and more efficient transmission of data on the high rate channel as well as more efficient transmission of acknowledgements on the low rate channel. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031442 | Multi-Dimensional Error Definition, Error Measurement, Error Analysis, Error Function Generation, Error Information Optimization, and Error Correction for Communications Systems - The present invention is related to multi-dimensional error definition, error measurement, error analysis, error function generation, error information optimization, and error correction for communication systems. Novel techniques are provided that can be applied to a myriad of applications for which an input to output transfer characteristic must be corrected or linearized. According to embodiments of the present invention, error can be described, processed, and geometrically interpreted. Compact formulations of error correction and calibration functions can be generated according to the present invention, which reduce memory requirements as well as computational time. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031443 | METHOD OF OPERATING MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CARD AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE MEMORY CONTROLLER - A method of operating a memory controller includes reading data from a first block of a memory device; detecting degraded pages from a plurality of pages of the first block and counting a number of the degraded pages in the first block; and recharging or reclaiming the first block, which includes the degraded pages, based on the counted number of the degraded pages. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031444 | PIPELINED ERROR DETERMINATION IN AN ERROR-CORRECTING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A sequence of data packets is received within an integrated circuit device and stored within a first memory thereof Error descriptor values are updated within a second memory of the integrated circuit device based on error information associated with the sequence of data packets. The error descriptor values each include an address field to specify a corresponding storage region of the first memory and an error field to specify an error status of data values stored within the storage region. A sequence of multiple-bit error values are generated based, at least in part, on the error fields and address fields within respective subsets of the error descriptor values. Concurrently with generation of at least one of the multiple-bit error values the state of one or more bits of the data values stored in the first memory based are changed based on a previously-generated one of the multiple-bit error values. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031445 | INTERCONNECTION TECHNIQUES - Techniques are described that can be used to extend the data transmission rate specified by 10GBASE-KR of IEEE 802.3ap (2007) to more than 10 Gb/s using a multiple lane backplane. A signal for transmission over 10 Gb/s can be divided into multiple streams for transmission over multiple lanes. Multiple transceiver pairs can be used for transmission and receipt of the multiple streams. Each transceiver pair may comply with 10GBASE-KR of IEEE 802.3ap (2007). | 2013-01-31 |
20130031446 | CODING DEVICE, ERROR-CORRECTION CODE CONFIGURATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A coding device includes: an inspection matrix generating module that generates a block inspection matrix; and a coding module that generates and outputs a code word from an input message by the inspection matrix. The inspection matrix generating module includes: a degree-allocation unit that prescribes function values of the block inspection matrix by the coefficients of a self-reciprocal polynomial expression; a weight distribution determination unit that prescribes the number of components that are non-zero matrices among the components of each block of the block inspection matrix using a mask pattern; a first degree-altering unit that considers the sum of the components of the k_r-th row block of the block inspection matrix as a cyclic permutation matrix; and a second degree-altering unit that prescribes the row-block number of components that are non-zero matrices among the components of each row block excluding said k_r-th row block of the clock inspection matrix. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031447 | FAST DETECTION OF CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE IN ITERATIVE DECODING - A termination indication is computed during an iteration of an iterative decoding of a representation of a codeword according to a schedule. The termination indication is tested to see if the decoding has converged or is not likely to converge. The testing of the termination indication shows convergence or lack of likelihood thereof even if a codeword bit estimate was flipped during an immediately preceding traversal of the schedule. Preferably, the termination indication includes an error correction syndrome weight, a zero value whereof indicates convergence, and the computing of the termination indication includes, in response to the flipping of a codeword bit estimate, flipping the error correction syndrome bits that are influenced by that codeword bit estimate. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031448 | METHOD OF ERROR DETECTION FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSION - A transmitter generates an encrypted data by processing a specific data according to a specific transmission mode, generates a verification code according to the specific transmission mode, and provides a protocol data unit according to the encrypted data and the verification code. After transmission, a receiver decodes the protocol data unit and determines whether the decrypted data of the protocol data unit matches the verification code, thereby providing error detection for wireless transmission. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031449 | System for Linking to Documents with Associated Annotations - An annotation system includes first annotation data for annotating a manifestation of a first instance of a first XML document. The first instance of the first XML document is served by a document system. The first annotation data includes a first XML document identifier for the first XML document. The first annotation data is uniquely identified by a first annotation data identifier. The document system is configured to respond to a request containing the first XML document identifier with a manifestation of a second instance of the first XML document. The annotation system: (A) receives a request containing the first annotation data identifier; (B) issues a request containing the first XML document identifier to the document system; and (C) in response to the request containing the first annotation data identifier, manifests the first annotation data in connection with a manifestation of a second instance of the XML document. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031450 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PSYCHOGRAPHIC TITLING - Systems and methods are provided the for presentation of links to content to a user on webpages of a website where titles associated with the links are tuned to the user's psychographic variables. In one embodiment, a respective plurality of titles is generated for each of a plurality of content items. At least some titles are tagged with psychographic tags. When a user accesses content by selecting a link having a title that is tagged with one or more psychographic tags, the system stores a representation of such tags in association with the user. When additional links for recommended content are displayed to the user, the system selects titles for links to such content based on psychographic tags associated with the user and the titles. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031451 | SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION AND RETAINED CONTROL OF CONFIDENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS - A website and method are disclosed for helping a recommender to provide confidential recommendations for individuals. The system enables the recommender to efficiently comply with multiple requests for confidential recommendations, and to efficiently comply with a single request for a confidential recommendation to be sent to multiple institutions. The system eliminates the need to write multiple confidential recommendations when the individual applies to multiple institutions by enabling the recommender to distribute multiple links to the same confidential recommendation. The system also enables the recommender to easily edit the recommendation before or after multiple links have been distributed, thereby ensuring that the recommender retains control over the content of the confidential recommendation. The control over the recommendation link also includes a capability for changing the link expiration date, temporarily suspending or re-activating a link, and deleting a link. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031452 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE COLUMN SORTING AND LOCKING - Certain examples provide a computer-implemented method. The method includes displaying, at an initial position, a first entry of a plurality of entries of a table. The method includes displaying a first indicator to indicate that the first entry has been assigned from a set of unlocked entries to a set of locked entries, and that the first entry is assigned to a first lock position. The method includes sorting the plurality of entries to determine a first sort order including a first sort position of the first entry that is different from the first lock position. The method includes displaying the set of unlocked entries according to the first sort order and displaying the first entry at the first lock position. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031453 | System for Annotating Documents Served by a Document System without Functional Dependence on the Document System - A first instance of a first XML document is served by a document server component of a document system. An annotation system that is functionally independent of the document system semantically analyzes content and structure of the first instance of the first XML document to identify a first instance of a first target for first annotation content, wherein the first target is not text. The annotation system also generates target locating data for locating a second instance of the first target in a second instance of the first XML document. The annotation system stores the target locating data. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031454 | System for Programmatically Accessing Document Annotations - An annotation system receives a request from a requester to perform an operation on first annotation data for annotating a first instance of a first XML document. The operation is at least one of a create, read, update, and delete operation. The first instance of the first XML document is served by a document server component of a document system. The document system is functionally independent of the annotation system. The request explicitly addresses the first annotation data by means of an application programming interface in the annotation system. The annotation system performs the operation on the first annotation data in response to the request. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031455 | System for Linking to Documents with Associated Annotations - An annotation system includes first annotation data for annotating a manifestation of a first instance of a first XML document. The first instance of the first XML document is served by a document system. The first annotation data includes a first XML document identifier for the first XML document. The first annotation data is uniquely identified by a first annotation data identifier. The document system is configured to respond to a request containing the first XML document identifier with a manifestation of a second instance of the first XML document. The annotation system: (A) receives a request containing the first annotation data identifier; (B) issues a request containing the first XML document identifier to the document system; and (C) in response to the request containing the first annotation data identifier, manifests the first annotation data in connection with a manifestation of a second instance of the XML document. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031456 | GENERATING A STRUCTURED DOCUMENT GUIDING VIEW - An operation of a user on a document is received. The received operation is analyzed. A structured guiding view for the document is generated by using a result of the analyzing and a basic structure of the document. In certain implementations, a user's reading interests and reading habits may be analyzed through the user's reading behaviors or notations added to the document by the user, and the result of the analyzing may be mapped into an intuitively presentable structured guiding view for the document. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031457 | System for Creating and Editing Temporal Annotations of Documents - An annotation system receives a first annotation input representing first annotation content for temporally annotating a first instance of a first target in a first instance of a first XML document. The first instance of the first XML document is served by a document server component of a document system. The annotation system is functionally independent of the document system. The annotation system temporally annotates the first instance of the first target with the first annotation content. The annotation subsequently manifests the first annotation content in connection with a manifestation of a second instance of the first target in a manifestation of a second instance of the first XML document served by the document server. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031458 | HYPERLOCAL CONTENT DETERMINATION - First indicators may be obtained, each first indicator associated with a respective first web page document. A classification type of each first web page document may be determined, based on the respective first indicators and a respective first content of each first web page document. A set of candidate documents that are included in the first web page documents may be selected, based on the determined classification type. For each one of the candidate documents, a group of first attention geography items and a group of first content geography items associated with the each one of the candidate documents may be determined. A determination may be made whether each of the candidate documents includes a first hyperlocal content page document, based on the group of first attention geography items and the group of first content geography items that are associated with the candidate documents. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031459 | WEB BROWSING ENHANCED BY CLOUD COMPUTING - Methods and devices include a server and at least two web browsers operable on at least two different computing devices. Each browser reports results of processing and rendering of webpages to the server. The server aggregates the data. The server generates metadata from the aggregated browsers. The server transmits the generated metadata to at least one computing device. The computing device renders a webpage using at least a portion of the provided metadata. The metadata may identify portions of JavaScript that can be processed in parallel. The metadata may identify a library portion that does not have to be loaded. The metadata may identify a portion of the webpage that may be rendered first before a second portion of the webpage. Returning metadata to the computing device can assist the computing device in parsing, analyzing or executing the request for the webpage. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031460 | USING A COMMON INPUT/OUTPUT FORMAT TO GENERATE A PAGE OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A method for generating a page of an electronic document (ED), including: obtaining a common input/output (I/O) format of the ED, where the common I/O format comprises the properties, the objects, and fields corresponding to the objects; populating, during a first layout by a layout engine and based on the properties, the fields in the common I/O format of the ED with coordinates; and generating, from the common I/O format of the ED, the page by placing the objects on the page according to the coordinates. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031461 | DETECTING REPEAT PATTERNS ON A WEB PAGE - An exemplary embodiment of the present may generate a DOM-tree and generate a signal based on the DOM-tree and a node list. The signal may be analyzed and nodes may be selected within the signal to form a periodic wave. Repeat patterns may be detected using the periodic wave and the nodes. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031462 | WEB APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE - A web application architecture can use a wrapper application to provide a virtual machine environment within a web browser and web applications can run on the wrapper application. The wrapper application can provide life cycle management for the web applications and provide other functions such as log in and log out for all of the web applications in the environment. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031463 | PERSONAL WORKSPACES IN A COMPUTER OPERATING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention generally comprises a computer control environment that builds on the Blackspace™ software system to provide further functionality and flexibility in directing a computer. It employs graphic inputs drawn by a user and known as gestures to replace and supplant the pop-up and pull-down menus known in the prior art. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031464 | SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INCORPORATING AN IMAGE INTO A PAGE OF CONTENT FOR TRANSMISSION OVER A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A system and method provide an image data file encoding said image in accordance with a standard image format and a page of content in a markup language, said page of content being intended for transmission over a telecommunications network from a server to a client for display by a browser running on the client, said page of content including a link or reference to the image data file for incorporating the image within the page of content. The image is converted from said standard image format into a format in which the image is encoded using said markup language, and the image encoded using said markup language is incorporated into the page of content to replace said link or reference to the image data file prior to transmission of the page of content. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031465 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIME AND SPACE ALGORITHM USAGE - A system and method for determining suggested content and suggested content headlines for a web page. The system and method receive a request for suggested content for a web page, determine that suggested content is appropriate for the web page based on tags for the web page and tags for a suggested content headline associated with the suggested content, apply a rule to the tags of the suggested content headline, the rule based on one or more of time and location metadata, and transmit the suggested content headline for display with the web page if the rule has been satisfied. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031466 | AUTOMATED WEBSITE GENERATION VIA INTEGRATED DOMAIN REGISTRATION, HOSTING PROVISIONING, AND WEBSITE BUILDING - Methods of the present inventions allow for generating and providing an enhanced domain name. An exemplary method may comprise providing an enhanced domain to a second party. The enhanced domain may comprise a domain name, a web space automatically enabled and associated with the domain name, and at least one application automatically enabled and associated with the domain name. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031467 | SO-CALLED HD-WEB METHOD FOR HIGH-DEFINITION AND ALL-SCREEN COMPATIBILE INTERNET CONTENTS - A collection of technical processes forming an HD-Web™ application, for use of proprietors hosting, on a server, contents such as a service or a website who wish to ensure perfect broadcasting and utilization of their contents regardless of the display sources and the sizes of screens on which they will be broadcast particularly when dealing with high-definition HD screens. The process greatly improving on these screens, the comfort and the experience of the user on account of web pages that hitherto do not utilize the whole display area available on large-size screens, or that are becoming ever smaller and difficult to read on screens with significant resolutions. The process being autonomous and operating in a transparent and nonintrusive manner on any internet site or service benefitting therefrom, thus guarantees the proprietor thereof that their contents will always be displayed perfectly regardless of the display sources and the screens publishing them. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031468 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANGING THEME OF APPLICATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for changing a theme form of an application to conform the user experience to a web application or a native application in a portable terminal. The apparatus for changing the application theme in the portable terminal may comprise a controlling unit for changing an application theme into an application theme of a different device type, a displaying unit for outputting a change process of the application theme and the application to which the changed theme is applied, an inputting unit for generating a change request of the application theme and a theme application managing unit for converting theme data, obtained from compiled data of an application, through an inverse-compiling process, to data suitable for the theme form of a second application. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031469 | WEB-CONTENT CONVERSION DEVICE, WEB-CONTENT CONVERSION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An expression of an instruction provided for understanding and operating Web-content is converted to the expression which shows the meaning corresponding to the Web-content appropriately. A Web-content conversion apparatus links and stores in a storage unit a figure-symbol-character which is a symbol-character representing a figure and a character string after conversion which is a character string representing the meaning of the figure-symbol-character; among elements which are included in an inputted Web-content, and in case a figure-symbol-character is included in content instruction information which shows contents of the element including a predetermined markup tag or an attribute value of an attribute which the predetermined markup tag includes, reads the character string after conversion which is made to correspond to the figure-symbol-character from the storage unit; and for each element included in the Web-content and including the content instruction information including a figure-symbol-character, by using replacement information which is information which added the character string after conversion read based on the figure-symbol-character which is included in the content instruction information included in the element to at least part of the element, replaces the element. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031470 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZING WEB PAGE LAYOUT - Method and system for generating personalizing website layout. The method and system monitors a user's behaviors and assigns a user to a user group, which has an assigned personalized template. The templates are personalized in response to the user's behaviors and arranges content to be displayed to the user based on that behavior. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031471 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT RASTERIZING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT RASTERIZING DEVICE - Disclosed are an electronic document rasterizing method and an electronic document rasterizing device. The method comprises a thumbnail image rasterizing step of calculating an initial resolution for rasterizing a thumbnail image of the electronic document page, and then carrying out rasterization with regard to the thumbnail image of the electronic document page; an electronic document page dividing step of dividing, based on a designated resolution and the size of a display area, the electronic document page into plural regional segments; a region-of-interest determining step of determining, in response of designation of a position of interest, a current region of interest in the plural regional segments; and a region-of-interest rasterizing step of determining at least one document segment belonging to the current region of interest, and then rasterizing the current region of interest by rasterizing the document segment belonging to the current region of interest based on the designated resolution. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031472 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a publication. The detecting unit detects a plurality of objects that perform an operation of turning one or more pages of the publication. The control unit for determines a range of pages to be turned, based on a distance between the objects. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031473 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SUMMARY DATA OF E-BOOK OR E-NOTE - An apparatus and method for generating summary data of an e-book or e-note, the method including if input data is received, recognizing a type of the input data, extracting a character region in the e-book or e-note corresponding to the recognized input data type, storing page information corresponding to the extracted character region, and generating summary data by using the page information corresponding to the character region when the generation of the summary data is requested, thereby allowing a user to preview summary content handwritten by the user on the e-book or e-note at a glance. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031474 | METHOD FOR MANAGING DISCOVERY DOCUMENTS ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - The present invention is a method for managing discovery documents and the information contained within the discovery documents on a mobile computing device. The invention provides a user the ability to easily: (1) transport the documents within a mobile repository; (2) access the documents; (3) and review, redact, or otherwise manipulate the information in the documents. Typically the documents are manipulated for purposes of litigation, and the manipulation is through electronic highlight markings, labels, and redactions. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031475 | SOCIAL NETWORK BASED VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY PLACES - A method of providing virtual meeting environments for user controlled avatars. Each avatar is associated with user information from at least one social network (Facebook), and the user's profile picture and sex controls the general appearance of the avatars. The avatar's appearance can also be customized according to their user's social network relationships such as friends, friends of friends, or strangers. Various online virtual events, such as virtual parties, meeting rooms and the like may be created, and other social network users invited to participate by sending their avatars to the meeting environment. There the avatars may move about and interact with one another according to real-world rules, such as the rule that only avatars that are portrayed as physically being closely associated to each other in the virtual world may chat or interact, as well as exchange social network user information. Virtual environment search engines are also provided. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031476 | VOICE ACTIVATED VIRTUAL ASSISTANT - A method and system is presented for providing information to a user interactively using a conversation manager thereby mimicking a live personal assistant. Communication between the user and the system can be implemented orally and/or by using visual cues or other images. The conversation manager relies on a set of functions defining very flexible adaptive scripts. As a session with a user is progressing, the conversation manager, obtains information from the user refining or defining more accurately what information is required by the user. Responses from the user result in the selection of different scripts or subscripts. In the process of obtaining information, data may be collected that is available either locally, from a local sensor, or remotely from other sources. The remote sources are accessed by automatically activating an appropriate function such as a search engine and performing a search over the Internet. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031477 | MODE NOTIFICATIONS - In general, a method performed on one or more computing systems includes receiving an indication that a control that affects an application has been activated, identifying, by the one or more computing systems in response to the indication, one or more active modes of the application that are not influenced by the control, and providing, on a display in response to identifying the one or more active modes, a graphical representation of the one or more active modes. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031478 | VIRTUALIZED HOSTING AND DISPLAYING OF CONTENT USING A SWAPPABLE MEDIA PLAYER - A system for presenting content includes a display device storing a virtual client. A display host is operable to execute multiple instances of a browser each of which operates as a swappable media player that is operable to retrieve and load any of a plurality of different media players needed to play specified content. The display host is operable to perform operations including receiving from a switchboard server system a message indicating that a specified media player is to be used to play particular content using a first instance of a swappable media player, retrieving and loading the specified media player from a content provider using the first instance of the swappable media player, playing the particular content in a first session using the specified media player, and causing a presentation of the content to be mirrored onto the virtual client residing on the display device. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031479 | Web-based video navigation, editing and augmenting apparatus, system and method - A web-based system providing a service for on demand editing, navigation, and augmenting of audiovisual files comprising a pinner/navigator which automatically creates a .CXU file of an audiovisual project file uploaded to the service, the .CXU file capturing incidence time offsets for textual objects in the file, the pinner/navigator comprising an editor providing a graphical user interface enabling users to edit the audiovisual project file by modifying textual objects, pinning beginning and ending boundaries for textual objects of interest, and navigating the file by selecting textual objects, the pinner/navigator automatically outputting an edited project file per user edits; a service API wrapper providing an interface for accessing one or more recognition services which automatically generate semantic metadata comprising recognized objects for the uploaded audiovisual file, a semantics calculator operating on the recognized objects using a semantic calculus, a semantics editor, and an audiovisual file encoder/decoder. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031480 | VISUALLY REPRESENTING AND MANAGING ACCESS CONTROL OF RESOURCES - A method and system for controlling access to a resource. Visual representations of the resource and an entity are included in a display. Assignments of an access control requirement to the resource visual representation and an attribute to the entity visual representation are received. A movement in the display of the entity visual representation to a position proximate to a boundary of the resource visual representation is detected. The attribute assigned to the entity visual representation is determined to satisfy the access control requirement assigned to the resource visual representation. The entity is permitted to access the resource based on the attribute satisfying the access control requirement. A movement in the display of the entity visual representation across the boundary and a placement of the entity visual representation within the boundary of the resource visual representation are permitted based on the entity being permitted to access the resource. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF LOCALLY CONTROLLING DISPLAY CONTENT OF A REMOTE SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of controlling the viewable content of a remote computer system on a local computer system is disclosed. The method may include establishing a remote control session over a network to the remote computer system and accessing the viewable content currently displayed on the remote computer system. The method may also include reformatting the viewable content to change a size of the viewable content and displaying the reformatted viewable content on the local computer system while the remote computer system and the local computer system are communicatively connected. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031482 | Multi-Touch Remoting - An invention is disclosed for using multi-touch input in a remote presentation session. In embodiments of the invention, a client computer is configured to locally receive both mouse and keyboard input, and multi-touch input. Where the client computer receives mouse or keyboard input, it sends this input to a remote presentation session server via a TCP connection. Where the client computer receives multi-touch input, it sends this input to the remote presentation session server via a UDP connection. The server computer processes input received from the client computer, via either the TCP or UDP connection, and sends the client a graphical result of performing processing corresponding to that received input. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031483 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF DESIGNATED CONTROLLER IN A DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM USING A WEB CLIENT - A control system, in one embodiment, includes a plurality of controllers. Each of the plurality of controllers is configured to provide process data to a human-machine interface (HMI) client when selected as a designated controller. A first controller of the plurality of controllers is a current designated controller and is configured to communicate with the HMI client. The control system also includes designated controller selection logic configured to detect an interruption in communication between the current designated controller and the HMI client, poll each of the plurality of controllers for a response, determine which of the plurality of controllers responds first, and select the controller that responds first as the next designated controller. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031484 | FILE TRANSFER APPLICATIONS - Devices, methods and products are described that provide file transfer applications. One aspect provides a method including opening a file transfer application on an information handling device having an internal storage device; providing a source display area indicating a source storage device; providing a destination display area indicating a destination storage device; responsive to movement of one or more file icons a predetermined threshold amount beyond a boundary separating said source display area and said destination display area, change one or more indications to indicate to a user a destination storage device to which one or more files is to be transferred, said changing further comprising modifying screen brightness of the source display area; and responsive to movement of said one or more file icons a predetermined threshold amount beyond said boundary, transferring said one or more files to said destination storage device. Other embodiments are described. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031485 | MOBILE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DYNAMIC ADAPTOR - A system and method for delivering business intelligence content to one or more mobile devices from multiple source reporting systems comprise a dynamic adaptor utilizing a networking protocol. The dynamic adaptor comprises at least one source specific adaptor that abstracts interaction with the at least one source reporting system and generates the result in a common format as metadata. A metadata manager is employed for storing, processing, and retrieving an information describing the at least one metadata from the at least one source specific adaptor. A presentation engine combines the metadata with the information from the at least one source specific adaptor that corresponds to an object selected by a user. The common report metadata is utilized to retrieve the at least one information from the metadata manager and to selectively combine with the metadata when the user requests for the previously retrieved information. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031486 | PUSHED CONTENT NOTIFICATION AND DISPLAY - Presenting content within an application on a device is disclosed. Receiving notification of new content within an application at a device is disclosed. Presenting the received notification at the device is disclosed. Receiving a selection of the notification, and displaying the new content in the screen directly following receiving the selection of the notification are disclosed. Notification can be received outside the application, e.g., by posting notification on a social network, posting notification to a web site, and posting a message to a user's avatar in a virtual world. A selection can be received while the device is offline, in which case the new content displayed is that content stored on the device. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031487 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAGMENTING NEWSFEED OBJECTS - A technique allows a newsfeed item shown in a newsfeed of a social network to be easily promoted to another newsfeed in the social network. In a specific embodiment, the system receives a first user's promotion selection of an item displayed in a newsfeed of the first user. The item includes content provided by a second user. The first user is prompted to select a destination newsfeed. A selection of the destination newsfeed is received and the item is published on the destination newsfeed for a third user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031488 | PROVIDING A MODIFIED NON-COMMUNICATION APPLICATION INTERFACE FOR PRESENTING A MESSAGE - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: determining which of a plurality of end users are to be presented with a message, the plurality of end users having access to one or more non-communication applications through one or more non-communication application interfaces; and providing a modified non-communication application interface for accessing at least one of the one or more non-communication applications to one or more end users who have been determined to be presented with the message, the modified non-communication application interface including at least a channel to access the message. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031489 | NEWS FEED RANKING MODEL BASED ON SOCIAL INFORMATION OF VIEWER - Machine learning models are used for ranking news feed stories presented to users of a social networking system. The social networking system divides its users into different sets, for example, based on demographic characteristics of the users and generates one model for each set of users. The models are periodically retrained. The news feed ranking model may rank news feeds for a user based on information describing other users connected to the user in the social networking system. Information describing other users connected to the user includes interactions of the other users with objects associated with news feed stories. These interactions include commenting on a news feed story, liking a news feed story, or retrieving information, for example, images, videos associated with a news feed story. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031490 | ON-DEMAND TAB REHYDRATION - Various embodiments proactively monitor and efficiently manage resource usage of individual tabs. In at least some embodiments, one or more tabs can be dehydrated in accordance with various operational parameters, and rehydrated when a user actually activates a particular tab. In at least some embodiments, rehydration can occur on a tab-by-tab basis, while at least some tabs remain dehydrated. Dehydrated tabs can, in some embodiments, be visually presented to a user in a manner in which normal, active tabs are presented. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031491 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROGRESSIVE RENDERING OF REPORT RESULTS - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for progressive rendering of report results. These mechanisms and methods for progressive rendering of report results can enable embodiments to render report results in portions as they are received. The ability of embodiments to render report results in portions as they are received can enable report results to be progressively rendered such that delay is avoided which would otherwise occur when rendering only in response to receipt of an entirety of the report results. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031492 | Interface Wires for a Measurement System Diagram - A system and method for configuring objects in a system diagram to access interfaces of other objects are described. A first node and a second node may be displayed in the system diagram. The second node may implement one or more interfaces, where each interface includes one or more callable functions. An interface wire connecting the first node to the second node may be displayed in response to user input. The system may automatically configure the first node to access at least one of the one or more interfaces of the second node in response to displaying the interface wire. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031493 | SEPARATION AND INTERLINKAGE OF UI MODEL AND SERVICE LAYER MODEL - A computer-implemented system may include reception, from a user interface client application, of a user interface request conforming to a user interface component model, translation of the user interface request from the user interface component model to a business object model, execution of interactions associated with the translated request with a backend service layer, the interactions conforming to the business object model, determination of business object node changes and business object property changes conforming to the business object model and corresponding to the interactions, translation of the business object node changes and the business object property changes to user interface data changes and user interface event property changes conforming to the user interface component model, and provision of the user interface data changes and user interface event property changes to the user interface client. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031494 | Type Generic Graphical Programming - A system and method for creating and using type generic graphical programs. The method may include storing a first graphical program on a memory medium. The first graphical program may have been created based on user input. The first graphical program may include a plurality of nodes and interconnections between the nodes, and the plurality of nodes and interconnections between the nodes may be type generic. User input may be received specifying one or more data types of at least one input and/or at least one output of the first graphical program. The data types may be associated with the first graphical program in response to said user input specifying the one or more data types. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031495 | ENTERING TECHNICAL FORMULAS - The claimed subject matter provides a method for entering technical formulas. The method includes receiving a sequence of inputs on a computing device. The sequence of inputs specifies the technical formula. The method also includes displaying the technical formula in response to receiving the sequence of inputs. Additionally, the method includes determining an alternate sequence of inputs that specify the technical formula. The alternate sequence of inputs may be input to the computing device to display the technical formula. The method further includes displaying the alternate sequence. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031496 | ASSOCIATING OBJECTS IN MULTI-TENANT SYSTEMS - Methods and systems are provided for associating objects in a database. An exemplary method involves identifying one or more objects in the database that are likely to be related to a first object in the database that is based on data obtained from a local application associated with a user and displaying the identified objects on a client device associated with the user. In exemplary embodiments, the identified objects are displayed in response to selection of a graphical user interface element enabling indication of a second object from among the one or more objects, wherein the first object is associated with the second object in the database after receiving indication of the second object. In one or more exemplary embodiments, the database is a multi-tenant database in a multi-tenant system providing instances of a virtual application to multiple tenants. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031497 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING MULTI-PARAMETER DISCOVERY AND INPUT - An approach is provided for enabling multi-parameter discovery and input. A user interface platform determines to generate a user interface presenting one or more representations of one or more parameters associated with at least one categorical dimension. The user interface platform also determines one or more manipulations of the one or more representations in the user interface. The user interface platform then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more manipulations to select from among the one or more parameters, the at least one categorical dimension, or a combination thereof. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031498 | Machine Vision Based Automatic Maximal Clamp Measurement Tool - System and method for measuring distances in an image. An image is received that includes curves corresponding to one or more objects in the image. Multiple curves in a specified region of interest (ROI) in the image are detected, where the ROI has a specified direction. Each curve includes respective curve points. A convex hull is determined based on the respective curve points. One or more candidate antipodal point pairs of the convex hull are determined. A first point pair of the one or more antipodal point pairs is selected based on one or more specified constraints. A clamp angle corresponding to the first point pair is determined. A distance between the first point pair along a direction specified by the clamp angle is determined. The first point pair, the distance, and the clamp angle are stored. Calibration information may be applied at any point during the process. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031499 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILTERING COMMON FIELDS ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA SETS - A system and method for display of graphical components on a user interface. Multiple components may be displayed on a graphical user interface an active dashboard. Each component is a graphical representation of a report generated from plurality of data fields stored in objects on a database. At least some of the reports are generated from different data models. The displayed components are filtered on the basis of at least one data field that is a common field among the different data models. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031500 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING SEMANTIC ENTITIES INCLUDED IN A PAGE OF CONTENT - A method for providing contextual information regarding semantic entities included in a page of content, includes the steps of: displaying to a user a page of content including one or more semantic entities; identifying the included one or more semantic entities; and receiving input from the user indicating a desire to receive contextual information regarding a specific one of the identified semantic entities. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031501 | Weighted Zoom within a Diagram of a System - Providing zooming within a system diagram. Initially, a diagram of a system may be displayed. The diagram may include a plurality of icons representing physical components of the system. These plurality of icons may be initially displayed at a first level of magnification. User input to zoom on a first physical component in the diagram may be received. Accordingly, the first physical component may be displayed at a second level of magnification and other ones of the physical components may be displayed at a third level of magnification. The second level of magnification may be greater than the first level of magnification and the third level of magnification may be less than the first level of magnification. Alternatively, or additionally, different representations for various components of the system may be displayed in the diagram during or after the zoom. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031502 | User-Profile Systems and Methods for Imaging Devices and Imaging Devices Incorporating Same - User-profile systems and methods that allow the users of imaging devices to create, store and retrieve user profiles that allow users to readily set operating parameters of the imaging devices. Such user profiles are useful, for example, in situations where a user encounters differing imaging scenarios having differing preferred operating-parameter settings. The user can change the operating parameter settings to the desired settings by selecting the user profile corresponding to the imaging scenario at hand. In one embodiment, the imaging device displays a user-profile-access list to the user from which the user can select a desired one of the user profiles. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031503 | Analyzing a Form Page for Indexing - Among other disclosure, a computer-implemented method of analyzing a form page for indexing includes identifying a form page that is configured for use in requesting any of multiple target pages. The form page includes multiple input controls. The method includes identifying at least one of the multiple input controls as being informative with regard to requesting the multiple target pages. The method includes updating an indexing record associated with the form page to reflect the identification. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031504 | Interface for a Computer Platform - A programming interface for a computer platform can include various functionality. In certain embodiments, the programming interface includes one or more of a first group of services related to re-usable user interface controls, a second group of services related to user interface dialogs and user interface wizards, a third group of services related to extending the user interface functionality, and a fourth group of services related to extending functionality of a desktop of the user interface. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031505 | SYSTEM FOR A TEXT SPELLER - An apparatus may generate a text entry with a user interface. The apparatus may include a display, a user input device, a memory and a processor. The apparatus may display single character user input controls and multi-character user input controls on the display. Each of the single character user input controls and the multi-character user input controls may be buttons selectable with the user input device. A single character user input control may correspond to a single character and a multi-character user input control may correspond to a group of characters. The apparatus may display one of the multi-character user input controls in a display region and other user input controls outside of the display region. If the multi-character user input control is selected, the apparatus may replace the multi-character user input control with a second set of single character user input controls in an expanded display region. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031506 | HOTEL RESULTS INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for information retrieval. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an input specifying one or more hotel search parameters; obtaining hotel search results responsive to the input; presenting the hotel search results in a first region of a hotel search results interface; receiving a user selected hotel from among the hotel search results; and presenting the user selected hotel in a second region of the hotel search results interface. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031507 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCROLLING A DOCUMENT BY PROVIDING VISUAL FEEDBACK OF A TRANSITION BETWEEN PORTIONS OF THE DOCUMENT - Systems and methods for navigating a document by scrolling are provided. A first portion of the document is displayed within a display area. A user action to scroll the document is determined. A second portion of the document is determined. A visual feedback of a transition between the first portion and the second portion along a coordinate plane and an axis of rotation is provided within the display area. The second portion of the document is displayed within the display area. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031508 | Semantic Zoom within a Diagram of a System - Providing zooming within a system diagram. Initially, a diagram of a system may be displayed. The diagram may include a plurality of icons representing physical components of the system. These plurality of icons may be initially displayed at a first level of magnification. User input to zoom on a first physical component in the diagram may be received. Accordingly, the first physical component may be displayed at a second level of magnification and other ones of the physical components may be displayed at a third level of magnification. The second level of magnification may be greater than the first level of magnification and the third level of magnification may be less than the first level of magnification. Alternatively, or additionally, different representations for various components of the system may be displayed in the diagram during or after the zoom. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031509 | Displaying Physical Signal Routing in a Diagram of a System - Displaying physical signal routing of a system. A diagram of the system may be displayed. The system may include physical components connected via physical connections and logical components implemented on various ones of the physical components. The diagram may include a plurality of icons connected by wires. At least a first subset of the icons may represent logical elements of the system and wires between the first subset of icons may represent logical connections between corresponding logical elements. User input requesting signal routing information of the system may be received. In response, a signal route corresponding to a first logical connection between a first logical element and a second logical element may be visually indicated. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031510 | Method and System for Selecting a Button in a Blu-Ray Disc Java Menu - In one embodiment, a button mapping method comprising comparing an image difference between images before and after a keyboard event, the images including a first and second version of buttons in a menu, respectively; constructing by the processor a button map based on the comparison, the button map comprising button information for at least two buttons in the menu; receiving one or more selection signals corresponding to one or more non-keyboard events; and translating the one or more selection signals into one or more keyboard events based on the button map, wherein the button in the menu is selected based on the translation. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031511 | OBJECT CONTROL DEVICE, OBJECT CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A virtual object display determination unit | 2013-01-31 |
20130031512 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WEB CONTENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for providing web content on a mobile device. According to one embodiment, a webpage shortcut associated with a webpage is provided on an application catalog. The webpage shortcut is provided on the mobile device based on a selection from an operating user browsing the application catalog. Lastly, the webpage shortcut is updated into a mobile application. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031513 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that acquires first data from a first server connected to the information processing apparatus via a network; generates a first menu based on the first data; controls a display to display the first menu; acquires second data from a second server connected to the information processing apparatus via a network based on a received input corresponding to the first menu; generates a second menu based on the second data; and controls the display to display the second menu. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031514 | Gestures for Presentation of Different Views of a System Diagram - Presenting different views of a system based on input from a user. A first view of a first portion of the system may be displayed. For example, the first portion may be a device of the system. User input specifying a first gesture may be received. In response to the first gesture, a second view of the first portion of the system may be displayed. For example, the first view may represent a first level of abstraction of the portion of the system and the second view may represent a second level of abstraction of the portion of the system. A second gesture may be used to view a view of a different portion of the system. Additionally, when changing from a first view to a second view, the first view may “morph” into the second view. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031515 | Method And Apparatus For Area-Efficient Graphical User Interface - A GUI screen image is a standard screen image, and displays a first combined GUI area, which is a combination of a GUI of the directional keys and a GUI of a joystick, and a second combined GUI area, which is a combination of a GUI of the four-type operation buttons and a GUI of a joystick, at the lower left and at the lower right on the screen image, respectively. Depending on an area in the first combined GUI area or in the second combined GUI area to which a user newly touches, which of the combined GUI to be used is determined and a screen image is switched, and if a finger or a thumb detaches, the screen image switches back. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031516 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING TOUCH PANEL - An image processing apparatus includes an operation panel as an example of a touch panel and a display device, as well as CPU as an example of a processing unit for performing processing based on a contact. CPU includes a first identifying unit for identifying a file to be processed, a second identifying unit for identifying an operation to be executed, a determination unit for determining whether or not the combination of the file and operation as identified is appropriate, and a display unit for displaying a determination result. In the case where one of the identifying units previously detects a corresponding gesture to identify the file or the operation, and when a gesture corresponding to the other identifying unit is detected next, then the determination result is displayed on the display device before identification of the file or the operation is completed by the gesture. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031517 | HAND POSE INTERACTION - Provided is a method of hand pose interaction. The method recognizes a user input related to selection of an object displayed on a computing device and displays a graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to the object. The graphical user interface comprises at least one representation of a hand pose, wherein each representation of a hand pose corresponds to a unique function associated with the object. Upon recognition of a user hand pose corresponding to a hand pose representation in the graphical user interface, the function associated with the hand pose representation is executed. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031518 | Hybrid Hotspot Detection - Aspects of the invention relate to hybrid hotspot detection techniques. The hybrid hotspot detection techniques combine machine learning classification, pattern matching and process simulation. A machine learning model, along with false hotspots and false non-hotspots for pattern matching, is determined based on training patterns. The determined machine learning model is then used to classify patterns in a layout design into three categories: preliminary hotspots, preliminary non-hotspots and potential hotspots. Pattern matching is then employed to identify false positives and false negatives in the first two categories. Process simulation is employed to identify boundary hotspots in the last category. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031519 | YIELD ENHANCEMENT BY MULTIPLICATE-LAYER-HANDLING OPTICAL CORRECTION - Potential lithographic hot spots associated with a lithographic level are marked by a marker layer identifying a marked region. Multiplicate layers are generated for each design shape in that lithographic level in each marked region. Each multiplicate layer includes a different type of variant for each design shape in the lithographic level. The different types of variants correspond to different design environments. Lithographic simulation is performed with each type of variants under the constraint of long range effects, such as pattern density, provided by adjacent shapes in the lithographic level. In each marked region, the results of lithographic simulations are evaluated to determine an optimal type among the variants. The optimal type is retained for the lithographic level in each marked region, thereby providing a chip design layout in which various marked regions can include different types of variant shapes to provide local lithographic optimization. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031520 | FUNCTIONAL VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND FUNCTIONAL VERIFICATION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A functional verification system for a semiconductor integrated circuit according to an embodiment includes: a stimulus generating section; a result determining section configured to compare an expected value expected to be obtained when the stimulus is input to a logic circuit to be verified and a predetermined operation is thereby performed, and an output value actually obtained as a result of a predetermined operation being performed, to determine whether or not the output value and the expected value correspond to each other; a state dumping section; and a state loading section configured to load the logic circuit state information stored in the storing device into the logic circuit to be verified only if the result determining section determines that the output value and the expected value do not correspond to each other. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREEMPTIVE DESIGN VERIFICATION VIA PARTIAL PATTERN MATCHING - An approach is provided for preemptive design verification via partial pattern matching. Data corresponding to one or more problematic layout patterns associated with an integrated circuit manufacturing process is received. Data corresponding to a block of intellectual property including a layout design is received. At least a boundary of the layout design is scanned against the one or more problematic layout patterns. One or more partial matches of the one or more problematic layout patterns are identified at least at the boundary. Results are generated indicating the one or more partial matches. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031522 | HOTSPOT DETECTION BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING - Aspects of the invention relate to machine-learning-based hotspot detection techniques. These hotspot detection techniques employ machine learning models constructed using two feature encoding schemes. When two-level machine learning methods are also employed, a total four machine learning models are constructed: scheme-one level-one, scheme-one level-two, scheme-two level-one and scheme-two level-two. The four models are applied to test patterns to derive scheme-one hotspot information and scheme-two hotspot information, which are then used to determine final hotspot information. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031523 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRELATED PARAMETERS IN STATISTICAL STATIC TIMING ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for accommodating correlated parameters in SSTA are provided. The method includes determining a correlation between at least two parameters. The method further includes calculating a new parameter or a new parameter set based on the correlation between the at least two parameters. The method further includes performing the SSTA such that the new parameter or the new parameter set is propagated into the SSTA. The method further includes projecting slack using the correlation between the at least two parameters and using a processor. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031524 | ROUTING METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNS - Routing methods for an integrated circuit design layout are disclosed. The layout can include design netlists and library cells. A multiple-level global routing can generate topological wire for each net. An area oriented graph-based detail routing on the design can be performed. A post route optimization after the detail routing can be performed to further improve the routing quality. Some methods can be single threaded all or some of the time, and/or multi-threaded some or all of the time. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031525 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AIDING IN DESIGNING ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - First and second pin groups are each formed from a plurality of pins associated with specific nets. Pins in the first pin group are to be wired to pins in the second pin group according to their associated nets. A candidate selection unit selects a set of pair candidates each specifying a first pair of pins in the first pin group and a second pair of pins in the second pin group. The first and second pairs of pins are associated with the same pair of nets, and their respective distances are within a specified range. A pair determination unit determines which pins in the first and second pin groups are to be wired in pairs, based on the pair candidates selected by the candidate selection unit. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031526 | DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE DESIGN - A computing system includes a processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to: receive from a user, a number of annotations for at least one of a set of statements within a problem domain, the annotations identifying a set of elements within the statement; form a set of grammar rules for the problem domain based on the annotations; and parse the set of statements using the set of grammar rules. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031527 | PORTAL FOR AUTOMATED SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION - A portal is established between a software installer and a client to allow on-line management of a software implementation project. The installer of customizable software and the client may communicate through the portal to establish specifications for the software product. The software may be implemented by incorporating preconfigured software components into the software product. A portion of the preconfigured components may be modified based on the specifications of the client. The specifications may be identified by providing the client with a set-up wizard through the portal. The set-up wizard prompts the client for information and the software system may be configured based on logic generated in response to client input. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031528 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING A CERTIFIED APPLICATION EMPLOYING A PRE-CERTIFIED MASTER APPLICATION TEMPLATE - A computer system is used to distribute an application using a data resource. An application using a data resource is created using an authoring environment. The application is converted into a certified master application template. The certified master application template is used to create a certified application and certified data resource. The certified application and certified data resource are distributed. During the distribution of the application, the certified master application template is modified and a new certified data resource is created. The new certified data resource is distributed. | 2013-01-31 |