06th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160041712 | GRAPHICAL OBJECT APPEARANCE-INVARIANT SIGNATURE - In one implementation, a plurality of signature vectors from a multi-dimensional representation of a graphical object is generated. Each of the signature vectors comprises attributes that vary little in response to changes in shape, size, orientation, and visual layer appearance of the graphical object, and each of the signature vectors includes attributes based on operations of integration, differentiation, and transforms on the multi-dimensional representation of the graphical object. Each signature vector is composited into multiple portions from the plurality of signature vectors to define an appearance-invariant signature of the graphical object. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041713 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a computer-implemented display control method including a first display operation of displaying, in a second region of a screen, a first page on which contents belonging to a first category are arranged, and listing a plurality of categories in a vertical or horizontal direction and displaying the plurality of categories in a first region of the screen, wherein the first page is displayed to be scrollable in a direction in which the plurality of categories are listed, a recognition operation of recognizing a scroll signal which is input with respect to the first page, a determination operation of scrolling the first page based on the scroll signal, and generating a category change command based on the scroll signal if scrolling is not possible according to a position of the first page, and a second display operation of displaying, on the second region, a second page on which contents belonging to a second category are arranged, if it is determined to change the category based on the scroll signal. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041714 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIDGET AND WIDGET-CONTAINER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL BASED ON CONTENT RULES - A method includes receiving an instruction used to define a widget-container containing a service module associated with a widget. The widget-container is a procedural software framework configured to be executed at a widget-container processing device in response to a reference to the widget-container being accessed from a content aggregation point. The widget-container has a portion configured for receiving the widget. The method also includes determining whether processing of the widget within the portion of the widget-container is restricted and/or allowed. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041715 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING COPY-PASTE OPERATIONS ON A DEVICE VIA USER GESTURES - A multi-screen user device and methods for performing a copy-paste operation using finger gestures are disclosed. A first finger gesture is used to select a display area from which data is to be copied. Subsequently, a drag finger gesture is used to identify where the data that is to be pasted. The drag may extend across a non-display boundary between a first and second display screen of the multi-screen device. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041716 | Apparatus Comprising a Display and a Method and Computer Program - An apparatus including: a display including a central portion and a curved side portion; a memory storing pages of content; and a display controller configured to control simultaneously the central portion of the display to display at least a portion of a first page of content and the curved side portion of the display to display additional information not forming part of the first page of content. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041717 | GAME CONTROLLER ON MOBILE TOUCH-ENABLED DEVICES - Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041718 | REMOTE CONTROL ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates generally to remote controls with graphical user interfaces and user input mechanisms that are used to control the state of one or more other devices. The invention includes a meta-state widget provided on a remote control device to indicate a condition of the state of an application widget also on the device. An application widget provides on the remote control a visual icon such as a push button, slider, check box or other kind of icon that commonly appears on a graphical user interface. An application widget may be used to send a command to an associated entity to cause it to change state. In general an associated entity may be a physical device such as a PVR, or a software element such as a program or a component of a program. The conditions that may be indicated on the remote control device by the meta-state widget are: UNCONFIRMED, CONFIRMED, UNKNOWN and IN-ERROR. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041719 | DISPLAY AND MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATION ICONS - Application icon management includes displaying a first set of one or more application icons in a desktop display area; receiving a command; in the event that a second set of one or more application icons in an icon display area is displayed and the command corresponds to a hide command, hiding the icon display area such that the second set of one or more application icons is not displayed; and in the event that the second set of one or more application icons in the icon display area is not displayed and the command corresponds to a display command, displaying the second set of one or more application icons in the icon display area. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041720 | KNOWLEDGE AUTOMATION SYSTEM USER INTERFACE - Knowledge automation techniques may include displaying, by a data processing system, a graphical user interface including a first area, a second area, and a third area. The first area may display a plurality of knowledge unit icons, each knowledge unit icon in the first plurality of knowledge unit icons corresponding to a knowledge unit. The techniques may include detecting selection of a first knowledge unit icon displayed in the first area and placement of the selected first knowledge icon in the second area to add a first knowledge unit corresponding to the first knowledge icon to a target knowledge pack for one or more target knowledge consumers, and in response to detecting the placement of the first knowledge unit icon in the second area, displaying, in the third area, a list of one or more suggested knowledge consumers for the target knowledge pack. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041721 | Portable Terminal Having User Interface Function, Display Method, And Computer Program - A portable terminal is provided with: a display device; a sensor configured to detect the orientation or position of the portable terminal; a data storage unit configured to store data; and a display control unit configured to display on the display device an icon or object that corresponds to the data stored in the data storage unit. The display control unit acquires information regarding the orientation or position of the portable terminal from the sensor and determines a display mode of the icon or object in accordance with a change in the orientation or position of the portable terminal | 2016-02-11 |
20160041722 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ORDERS OF CONTENT ITEMS - Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to highlight, by a computing system, a reference content item of a plurality of content items associated with a story in response to a selection of the reference content item, the plurality of content items having a first order. The reference content item may be reranked relative to the plurality of content items in response to user input to create a second order of the plurality of content items. The story may be published using the second order of the plurality of content items. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041723 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING ORDERED CONTENT ITEMS - Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to display, by a computing system, an arrangement of a plurality of content items in a first order. A reference content item may be highlighted at an initial position in the arrangement in response to a selection of the reference content item. The reference content item may be moved to another position in the arrangement in response to a motion input relating to the reference content item to create a second order of the plurality of content items. An arrangement of the plurality of content items may be displayed in the second order. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041724 | Method and System for Performing Client-Side Zooming of a Remote Video Feed - An electronic device with a display, processor(s), and memory detects a first user input to zoom in on a respective portion of a first video feed displayed on the display, and, in response, performs a software zoom function on the respective portion of the first video feed to display the respective portion at a first resolution. The electronic device determines a current zoom magnification and coordinates of the respective portion of the first video feed, and sends a command to the camera to perform a hardware zoom function on the coordinates of the respective portion according to the current zoom magnification. The electronic device receives a second video feed from the camera with a field of view corresponding to the respective portion, and displays, on the display, the second video feed in the video monitoring user interface with a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041725 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a display and a controller. The display displays a setting screen containing a display element representing a setting item. The controller exerts control in such a manner that, in the case where a service is not introduced in the information processing device, the display element is displayed in a first manner, and exerts control in such a manner that, in the case where a service is introduced in the information processing device and where the setting item is not a setting item to be set for use of the service, the display element is displayed in a second manner. The second manner is different from the first manner. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041726 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTING OBJECT - A terminal device to accurately define a selection range by an intuitive operation when an object is selected on a touch panel display. The terminal device includes a touch panel display for displaying an object and sensing proximity or contact of a finger, a coordinate sensing unit for detecting a coordinate value of an approaching position or a contacting position of the finger to the touch panel display, and an object selecting unit. The object selecting unit sets a selection range defined by the coordinate values of the plurality of fingers and selects the object included in the selection range when the coordinate values of the plurality of fingers detected by the coordinate sensing unit have been concurrently maintained for a predetermined time. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041727 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method for displaying images so that a lower graphical user interface (GUI) object and an upper GUI object do not overlap each other in a specific area in a screen of an electronic device is provided. The displaying method includes detecting a non-overlapping area in a lower GUI object, determining whether upper GUI objects are displayed to overlap the non-overlapping area, and if the upper GUI objects are displayed to overlap the non-overlapping area at least in part, changing a display configuration of at least one of the GUI objects. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041728 | System For Storage And Navigation Of Application States And Interactions - Complex collaboration or decision support applications perform complex design or planning tasks, often with the input of large groups of people over long periods of time. The combination of time and complexity can often obscure past actions, making it difficult to remember the factors that influenced earlier stages in the planning task. This is especially true if the task involves many people and different people work at different times. The application state navigation system provides an application-independent mechanism that allows operators to walk back through the history of the application in order to better understand (or remember) the application actions that were taken in the past and the triggers for those actions. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A USER INTERFACE FOR TEXT AND ITEM SELECTION - A system and method for generating a user interface for text and item selection is disclosed. As described for various embodiments, a system and process is disclosed for providing an arrangement of selectable items, a mechanism for selection from the arrangement of selectable items, and a mechanism for adjusting the granularity of control of the selector. In one embodiment, the granularity control can be a zooming mechanism to modify the size and/or position of items in a selection set. In another embodiment, the granularity control can be a modification of the motion vector based on a distance from a reference point and the speed or quantity of deflection of a pointing device. Thus, as a selection point approaches the selection set, the motion of the selection point becomes less responsive to movement of the pointing device, so the user has more control over the positioning of the selection point relative to an item in the selection set. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041730 | Application Reporting in an Application-Selectable User Interface - This document describes techniques for application reporting in an application-selectable user interface. These techniques permit a user to view reports for applications in a user interface through which these applications may be selected. By so doing, a user may quickly and easily determine which applications to select based on their respective reports and then select them or their content through the user interface. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041731 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a touch panel monitor configured to provide an operation unit and a display unit for imaged image on the same screen. The apparatus displays a plurality of buttons corresponding to a plurality of imaging methods, and displays with a focus a first button corresponding to a first imaging method that has entered an imaging ready state. When imaging by the first imaging method is completed, the apparatus displays an imaged image on the display unit, displays the first button in a form that shows that imaging is completed, cancels the focus of the first button, and transfers the focus to a second button corresponding to a second imaging method that next enters an imaging ready state. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041732 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A display control device includes a sift portion that sifts a transition request event stored in a queue. The sift portion monitors the queue. When the queue stores several transition request events corresponding to the same type of screen-image after transition, the sift portion retains the most recent one of the transition request events and discards the other transition request events corresponding to the same type of screen-image after transition. This can decrease transition request events stored in the queue compared to a case of not sifting transition request events and reduce a possibility of generating a delay. The sift portion does not sift a transition request event that transitions to a different type of screen-image. This can display the type of screen-image a user intends to display based on his or her manipulation. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041733 | ENABLING A USER TO STUDY IMAGE DATA | 2016-02-11 |
20160041734 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MULTI-TASKING IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A multi-tasking execution apparatus and a method for easily controlling applications running in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a display and a controller. The display displays an application-containing image in which at least one specific image representing at least one application running in a background is contained and arranged. The controller operatively displays at least one specific image representing at least one application running in the background, so as to be contained in the application-containing image, and controls the at least one application running in the background by controlling the specific image based on a specific gesture. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041735 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING OBJECT ON DISPLAY - A method and device for executing an object on a display. The method of executing an object includes receiving a user input to an object displayed on a display; gradually enlarging and displaying the object; and executing the application corresponding to the object as the object is enlarged. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041736 | PROGRESS SCROLLBAR - Methods and systems for providing status and progress information on a scrollbar are described. A user opens a software application to perform operations or view items. The application includes a scrollbar in its graphical user interface. The user may perform a plurality of operations. The application determines a position on the scrollbar corresponding to a location of the operation or item. The application determines a status representation corresponding to a status of the operation or item. The application determines a height of a scrollbar segment corresponding to a length of the operation or item. The application displays the status representation in the scrollbar segment at the position. The application may also display changes in the status representation to provide progress information. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041737 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENLARGING AN IMAGE - A system, method, and computer program product for enabling a user to enlarge a displayed image on a user device. A method of the present invention comprises requesting an image selected by a user from a remote device and receiving said image. The method includes displaying the received image on the user device and receiving a single user input indicating a desired zoom location. The method further includes enlarging the displayed image in response to said input, wherein the vertical height of the image matches the vertical height of the user device display screen. The method further includes downloading from the remote device a high resolution version of the image and displaying the high resolution version in place of the enlarged image. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041738 | BIDIRECTIONAL TEXT SELECTION - Techniques for bidirectional text selection are disclosed. When a character selection is received, such as a “Shift+Arrow” input, the unanchored side of a selection area is adjusted by one glyph in the selection direction. The adjusted selection area is then evaluated in terms of logical indices that define the selection. If the range of logical indices is contiguous, such as the range {3, 4, 5}, then the adjusted selection area is accepted, although further adjustments are optionally made for glyphs that map to multiple characters. However, if the range of logical indices is noncontiguous, such as {3, 4, 6}, then the selection area is further adjusted until a contiguous selection of logical indices is achieved. For instance, a character corresponding to logical index {5} is added to a selection of characters corresponding to logical indices {3, 4, 6} to produce a selection that is logically and visually contiguous. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041739 | TAB CONTROL WITH A VARIABLE TEXT ENTRY TAB - Methods and systems for configuring a tab in a tab control are described. An application creates the tab control, and the user is presented with a tab control including multiple tabs. At least one special tab includes a text label that suggests it can be user defined, such as “Other.” When the user presses this tab, the tab shows a pressed state momentarily and then morphs into a text field. The user can then type in text, and the text is recorded for that tab. If the user decides that he or she wants to change the text in the special tab, the user can select the special tab again to enter new text | 2016-02-11 |
20160041740 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OF VISUAL CONTENT USING AFFORDANCES - A system and method are disclosed for processing of visual content and data based on user inputs associated with affordances on a touch screen computer. Visual content may be obtained from one or more sources and presented to the user, either as still images or as a continual stream of images. As visual content is presented, the user can contact the touchscreen in any of a plurality of affordances. Depending on which affordance or affordances are contacted, the direction of motion across an affordance, or the like, the computer may perform a selected action to the instance of the visual content or invoke a change such that similar or related visual content is processed in a similar manner. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041741 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Provided herein are a multi smartphone and a method of controlling the same. The multi smartphone includes a display part configured to output a screen when an input signal is sensed; a memory part configured to store a plurality of operating systems (OSs) which are operated differently based on a time at which the input signal is sensed, a place at which the input signal is input, or a user who inputs the input signal; and a control part configured to perform control such that at least one OS of the plurality of OSs is selected and operated based on any one of a time at which the input signal is sensed, the place at which the input signal is input, and the user who inputs the input signal when the input signal is sensed. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041742 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE - A remote control device includes a display unit configured to display various screens including at least one main screen indicating an operating state of an apparatus to be operated, a touch panel disposed over the display unit, and a controller configured to cause at least one custom button to be displayed on the main screen along with the operating state. The custom button is assigned with one of a plurality of functions of the apparatus in accordance with a user operation. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041743 | Automated creation of suitable preference menus for field devices - A method for creating a preference menu for a field device is described, wherein the field device can be parameterized and configured by means of a large number of parameters. The method involves compiling a device specification for the field device indicated by the customer for an order and, optionally, further customer specifications as a preference menu, which incorporates a selection of preferred parameters, which are particularly relevant to the respective device specification for the field device, and storing the preference menu with a selection of preferred parameters in a memory of the field device. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041744 | INTELLIGENT WINDOW SIZING AND CONTROL - The disclosed subject matter relates to a method for managing display of a window. In certain aspects, the method includes presenting a window in a display area, wherein the window comprises a control icon, receiving a first input indicating a selection of the control icon and presenting a plurality of selectable options associated with the control icon, wherein each of the plurality of selectable options correspond with one of a left direction or a right direction. In certain aspects, the method further includes receiving a second input indicating a selection of a first one of the plurality of selectable options and adjusting a size of the window in response to the second input based on a direction associated with the first one of the plurality of selectable options. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041745 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL MONITORING SYSTEM - A system includes a sensing device and an industrial monitor comprising a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensing device. The processor is configured to receive a measurement of a mechanical system during operation and determine a plurality of parameters of the mechanical system based on the received measurement. The system includes a portable monitoring device configured to individually present a series of screens on a display in response to user input, wherein each of the plurality of parameters is respectively associated with a particular screen of the series of screens, and wherein each particular screen is configured to selectively present a navigational indicator when a parameter that is associated with a different screen has an irregular status, and wherein the navigational indicator has an appearance that indicates the user input that will cause the different screen to be presented on the display of the monitoring device. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041746 | VALUE SPECIFICATION IN A RESPONSIVE INTERFACE CONTROL - A responsive interface control system includes a display device and a control modification engine. The display device displays an interface control in a section of a user interface on the display device. The interface control is an interactive interface element configured to set an interface value. The control modification engine displays the interface control in a section of a user interface on a display device. The interface control is an interactive interface element configured to set an interface value. The control modification engine also displays both a slider and a spinner to implement a spin-slider mode. The interface control is configured to perform a spin function in response to an interaction with the slider to alter the interface value in the spin-slider mode. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041747 | COMPUTER USER INTERFACE APPARATUS, AND PARAMETER CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a user interface apparatus capable of controlling a change speed of a parameter with respect to a user's setting operation. A gauge volume is set according to the setting operation, such as a drag operation, accompanying with change of an operated position Pa operated by the user. The user interface apparatus is provided with a device which is configured to change the set value Pg of the gauge volume according to the change amount ΔY of the operated position Pa, and in the device further provided is a device which is configured to change according to the elapsed time t from a predetermined reference time set in relation to the setting operation, a criterion value Vc which determines the relation between the change amount ΔY of the operated position and the change amount of the set value Pg of the gauge volume. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041748 | System and Method for Displaying and Controlling Content - A system and method for displaying content controlled by a user includes a server generating a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface receiving user input for controlling the server. A projector receives the graphical user interface from the server over a network and projects a projection of the graphical user interface on a surface, the projector adapted to move the projection vertically and horizontally on the surface based on the user input. A controller automatically adjusts the projection to compensate for an angle of display of the projection so the projection is shown on the surface in a predetermined shape. A pointer is operated by the user and provides the user input, the user able to use the pointer to move the projection along the surface with a click when the pointer is at a position on the projection. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041749 | OPERATING METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE - An operating method of a user interface includes the following blocks. A slide area and a zoom area are defined on a touch screen. The user interface is displayed on the touch screen. A slide gesture is detected on the touch screen. A starting point and an extending direction of the slide gesture are determined on the touch screen. The slide operation or a zoom operation is exerted to the user interface according to the starting point and the extending direction of the slide gesture. The user interface slides along the extending direction of the slide gesture when the starting point is located in the slide area. The user interface zooms when the starting point is located in the zoom area. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041750 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying Content Associated with a Corresponding Affordance - An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, an affordance corresponding to respective content at a respective size and detects a gesture that includes an increase in intensity of a contact followed by a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact. In response to the increase in intensity, the device decreases a size of the affordance below the respective size. In response to the subsequent decrease in intensity: when a maximum intensity of the contact is above a content-display intensity threshold, the device ceases to display the affordance and displays at least a portion of the respective content; and when a maximum intensity of the contact is below the content-display intensity threshold, the device increases the size of the affordance to the respective size and forgoes displaying the respective content. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041751 | METHOD OF STACKING INTERFACES AND MANAGING RESPONSES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device with a display of stacked interfaces includes a touch panel, a display unit, a determination unit, and a processing unit. The touch panel has a detection unit for detecting a present touch on the touch panel and generating a signal of touch. The display unit can display two stacked interfaces, an upper interface and a lower interface. The determination unit is configured to determine whether a present touch is applied to the upper interface or to the lower interface. When the present touch is on the upper interface, the determination unit transmits the signal of touch from the upper interface to the lower interface. The processing unit is configured to control the upper interface or the lower interface to respond accordingly to the signal of touch. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041752 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes: a processor configured to execute a program read from a storage device, wherein the processor, based on the program, performs operations to: display, on a touch panel, first keys each having a first display position of a character; acquire a first input position for the touch panel; display, on the touch panel, a first character assigned to a first proximate key near the first input position, among the first keys; and update the first character displayed on the touch panel by using a second character assigned to a second proximate key near the first input position among second keys each having a second display position of the character. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041753 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD IN MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING LARGE SCREEN - A touch control method of a portable device which includes a display and a touch sensor relating to the display, comprises steps of sensing user's touch start and touch moving toward one direction on the touch sensor, moving an image presented on the display according to the user's touch moving, temporarily fixing the moved image, sensing user's following touch on the moved image, and activating a linked function by using coordinates of the following touch on the moved image, wherein the moved image provides an image area around an opposite border of the display to be exposed from one border of the display. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041754 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING LETTER INPUT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for processing a letter input in an electronic device is provided. The method includes, if at least one letter is input, determining at least one input behavior related to the input and if a predetermined delimiter is input, determining whether to disable a function of automatically recommending at least one word similar to an input word, based on the determined input behavior. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041755 | ACTIVATION TARGET DEFORMATION USING ACCELEROMETER OR GYROSCOPE INFORMATION - A method is provided for deforming one or more touch screen activation targets associated with respective representations of items displayed on a display of a touch screen device. The method includes: displaying one or more representations corresponding to each of the one or more items displayed on a display of a touch screen device; providing, for each displayed representation, an activation target defining boundaries within which a touch input is processed as corresponding to selection of the corresponding item; receiving information indicating the orientation or movement of the touch screen device; and responsive to the received orientation or movement information, deforming the activation target of the item with respect to the representation of the item. The items may be a plurality of keys forming a virtual keyboard; and each of the representations may be one of the plurality of keys on the display of the touch screen device. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041756 | KEYBOARD MAXIMIZATION - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, a change in the operating mode of a multiple screen device from a multiple screen operating mode to a single screen operating mode, or from a single screen operating mode to a multiple screen operating mode, can be determined. Moreover, a change in the operating mode can effect a change in a presentation of a virtual keyboard. More particularly, a presentation of a virtual keyboard can be retained, where the number of screens of the device in view of the user is changed, provided an application with a keyboard focus remains in view of the user after the change in operating mode. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041757 | SECONDARY SINGLE SCREEN MODE ACTIVATION THROUGH USER INTERFACE TOGGLE - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface on a second screen. More particularly, the method includes a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device from a first screen to a second screen while the device is closed. The change in the display mode may be made in response to a request from an application. The application may be executed and have the user interface window associated with the application moved to a second screen. The change to the second screen can be requested based on input into the application or automatically generated based on the type of application. In response to the request from the application, the device can render the user interface in the second screen. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041758 | TAPE-MANAGED PARTITION SUPPORT FOR EFFECTIVE WORKLOAD ALLOCATION AND SPACE MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, a system includes a disk cache and a controller configured to create a cache resident partition in the disk cache, the cache resident partition being configured to store data thereto that is not subject to HSM, manage the cache resident partition to have a size that is greater than a first minimum size and less than or equal to a total size of the disk cache, receive data to store to the disk cache, store the data to the cache resident partition at least initially, create tape-managed partitions in the disk cache, each of the tape-managed partitions being configured to store data that is subject to HSM, and manage the tape-managed partitions to have a size that is greater than a second minimum size and less than or equal to a total size of the disk cache less a size of all other partitions combined. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041759 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD THEREOF - A storage system comprises: a storage device including a NAND flash memory and a storage controller for controlling the NAND flash memory, and a host device including a host controller for interacting with the storage controller and a file system for generating a read command or a write command for data pieces in the unit of blocks. At this time, when the read command or the write command for the data pieces is generated, the host device and the storage device transmit/receive the data pieces in the unit of data transmission corresponding to a sector size. When read data pieces are determined by the write command, the host device collects first space data pieces related to the write data pieces and transmits the first spare data pieces to the storage device first and then the write data pieces. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041760 | Multi-Level Cell Flash Memory Control Mechanisms - Mechanisms are provided, in multi-layer cell (MLC) flash memory device comprising a MLC flash memory and a controller, for controlling an operation of the MLC flash memory device. The controller controls accesses to a block of memory pages in the MLC flash memory to be performed to the full block of memory pages in a MLC mode of operation. The controller determines whether a MLC retirement threshold has been met or exceeded by an operating characteristic of the block of memory pages. The controller, in response to detecting that the operating characteristic of the block of memory pages has met or exceeded the MLC retirement threshold, switches an operating mode associated with the block of memory pages from the MLC mode of operation to a single-level cell (SLC) mode of operation. The controller enforces the SLC mode of operation when performing access operations to the block of memory pages. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041761 | INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLING SEPARATE MEMORY DEVICES WITHIN A RANK - Multiple memory devices within a rank may be accessed individually by assigning respective device identifiers to memory devices within a rank and/or including an indicator on respective portions of a data path that are coupled to different devices within a rank. A device identifier assignment command is implemented during memory system initialization to assign the device identifiers. Device identifiers are sent to corresponding memory devices in the rank via the data path when the device identifier assignment command is asserted. Device identifier fields are added to certain commands in a command path protocol. Individual memory devices within a rank are addressable by including their respective device identifier in the device identifier field of a memory command on the command path. Individual memory devices within a rank may also be accessed by configuring the devices to execute commands only when an indicator is received on their respective portion of the data path. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041762 | MEMORY SYSTEM, HOST DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller which controls the nonvolatile memory. The controller notifies to an outside an extensive signal which indicates a predetermined state of the nonvolatile memory or the controller. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041763 | HYBRID BINARY XML STORAGE MODEL FOR EFFICIENT XML PROCESSING - A method for storing XML documents a hybrid navigation/streaming format is provided to allow efficient storage and processing of queries on the XML data that provides the benefits of both navigation and streaming and ameliorates the disadvantages of each. Each XML document to be stored is independently analyzed to determine a combination of navigable and streamable storage format that optimizes the processing of the data for anticipated access patterns. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING AN IN-USE RAIDARRAY INCLUDING MIGRATING DATA USING RESERVEDEXTENTS - A system is provided for transforming an in-use RAID array from a first array configuration having a first parameter to a second array configuration having a second parameter while preserving a logical data structure of the RAID array. The system includes an extent reservation component, and a data migration component for reading unmigrated data from an area of an array arranged according to the first array configuration and writing the data to an area of the array arranged according to the second array configuration using reserved extents to store migrated data. The system also includes a first I/O component for performing I/O according to the first array configuration on unmigrated data prior to its reading by the data migration component, and a second I/O component for performing I/O according to the second array configuration on the migrated data after writing the migrated data. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041765 | STORAGE DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM AND STORAGE DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, a storage device control apparatus manages a plurality of storage devices. The storage device control apparatus includes a communication unit and an access controller. The communication unit is configured to notify an external host computer of the number of the plurality of storage devices. The communication unit is configured to receive a first number that identifies a first storage device and a first address in the first storage device. The first number and the first address are obtained by the computer on the basis of an address in the plurality of storage devices and the number of the plurality of storage devices. The access controller is configured to access a location identified by the first address in a first storage device identified by the first number. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041766 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEMORY MANAGEMENT - One or more circuits of a device may comprise a memory. A first portion of a first block of the memory may store program code and/or program data, a second portion of the first block may store an index associated with a second block of the memory, and a third portion of the first block may store an indication of a write status of the first portion. Each bit of the third portion of the first block may indicate whether an attempt to write data to a corresponding one or more words of the first portion of the first block has failed since the last erase of the corresponding one or more words of the first portion of the first block. Whether data to be written to a particular virtual address is written to the first block or the second block may depend on the write status of the first block and the second block. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041767 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of blocks as data erase units, a measuring unit which measures an erase time at which data of each block is erased, and a block controller which writes data supplied from at least an exterior into a first block which is set in a free state and whose erase time is oldest. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041768 | STATUS INDICATOR ON A DATA STORAGE DEVICE - Methods, systems, and devices are described for displaying information on a visual display of a data storage device. The device may be an internal data storage device and may display information associated with various operation parameters or states of the data storage device. The data storage device may display, on the visual display, an indication that a data storage medium of the data storage device has been securely erased. The data storage medium may be securely erased by erasing an encryption key used to encrypt data stored on the data storage medium. The visual display may be electronic paper, mechanical, or chemical such that the information is displayed without power being applied to the data storage device. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041769 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ACCESS CONTROL PROGRAM, ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS, AND ACCESS CONTROL METHOD - An access control apparatus includes a processor that executes a process including: reading first consecutive blocks from a storage device in response to an access request for a first data, the first consecutive blocks including a first block, storage areas of the storage device being managed in units of blocks; loading the first consecutive blocks into a memory area, storage areas of the memory area being managed in units of pages; and in accordance with a state of an access to a page in the memory area, invalidating a specific block of the storage device that corresponds to a specific page pushed out of the memory area, the specific page being pushed out as a consequence of loading the first consecutive blocks into the memory area, and writing second data included in the specific page to consecutive empty areas of the storage device. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041770 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS MEMORY SPACE MANAGEMENT FOR STORAGE CLASS MEMORY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method and computer program products for memory space management for storage class memory. One embodiment comprises a method for information storage in an information technology environment. The method comprises storing data in a storage class memory (SCM) space, and storing storage management metadata corresponding to said data, in the SCM in a first data structure. The method further includes buffering storage management metadata corresponding to said data, in a main memory in a second data structure. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041771 | Techniques for Surfacing Host-Side Flash Storage Capacity to Virtual Machines - Techniques for surfacing host-side flash storage capacity to a plurality of VMs running on a host system are provided. In one embodiment, the host system creates, for each VM in the plurality of VMs, a flash storage space allocation in a flash storage device that is locally attached to the host system. The host system then causes the flash storage space allocation to be readable and writable by the VM as a virtual flash memory device. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041772 | TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM MAIN MEMORY - Embodiments of the invention describe a system main memory comprising two levels of memory that include cached subsets of system disk level storage. This main memory includes “near memory” comprising memory made of volatile memory, and “far memory” comprising volatile or nonvolatile memory storage that is larger and slower than the near memory. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTISTAGE PROCESSING IN A MEMORY STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - Embodiments of this disclosure relate to improving solid-state non-volatile memory management. Embodiments improve the management of solid-state non-volatile memory by providing an execution manager responsible for controlling the timing of providing a request to a memory unit for execution. In embodiments, the execution manager traverses a list of received requests for memory access and dispatches commands for execution. In embodiments, if a request is directed to memory units which have reached a threshold for outstanding requests, the request may be skipped so that other requests can be dispatched for memory units which have not yet reached the threshold. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041774 | COMMAND AND DATA SELECTION IN STORAGE CONTROLLER SYSTEMS - A storage controller system may include a host controller that queues host commands as data transfer commands in a plurality of queue channels. The storage controller system may also include a data storage controller that selects data transfer commands for execution. The data storage controller may select all data transfer commands associated with a host command when all of the data transfer commands are located at heads of the queue channels. Alternatively, the data storage controller may select for execution data transfer commands at heads of the queue channels when associated cache areas are available to receive data, regardless of whether all of the data transfer commands associated with a host command are at the heads. The host controller may then retrieve the data in the cache areas when all of the data to be sent to the host in response to the host command is being cached. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041775 | TRACKING PIPELINED ACTIVITY DURING OFF-CORE MEMORY ACCESSES TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF PROCESSOR CORE FREQUENCY CHANGES - A processor system tracks, in at least one counter, a number of cycles in which at least one execution unit of at least one processor core is idle and at least one thread of the at least one processor core is waiting on at least one off-core memory access during run-time of the at least one processor core during an interval comprising multiple cycles. The processor system evaluates an expected performance impact of a frequency change within the at least one processor core based on the current run-time conditions for executing at least one operation tracked in the at least one counter during the interval. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041776 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND CACHE CONTROL METHOD - A first storage apparatus, on the basis of management information representing data existing in a virtual cache area, when a first data conforming to a read request exists in the virtual cache area, determines whether the first data is stored in a first cache area of the first storage apparatus. The first storage apparatus, when the first data is not stored in the first cache area, acquires the first data from a second cache area of a second storage apparatus, and transmits the first data to a host computer. The first storage apparatus, when the first data is associated with the first cache area on the basis of a degree of importance, notifies the second storage apparatus to that effect, and change an apparatus in charge of a cache of the first data of the management information from the second storage apparatus to the first storage apparatus. The first storage apparatus, when the first data is associated with the second cache area, notifies the second storage apparatus to that effect, and deletes the first data. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041777 | CLIENT-SIDE DEDUPLICATION WITH LOCAL CHUNK CACHING - Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the transmission of a data stream from a client device to a networked storage system. According to various embodiments, a fingerprint for a data chunk may be identified by applying a hash function to the data chunk via a processor. The data chunk may be determined by parsing a data stream at the client device. A determination may be made as to whether the data chunk is stored in a chunk file repository at the client device. A block map update request message including information for updating a block map may be transmitted to a networked storage system via a network. The block map may identify a designated memory location at which the chunk is stored at the networked storage system. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041778 | MANAGING DATA WITHIN A STORAGE DEVICE BASED ON FILE SYSTEM METADATA - Commands associated with one or more logical block addresses are received via a host interface of a storage device. Based on a timing and sequence of the commands, an extent of a file that contains the logical block addresses is determined, the file being stored on the storage device. The logical block addresses are managed internally as a unitary data structure based on determining an association between the logical block addresses and the file. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041779 | STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND COPY CONTROL METHOD - When the capacity of a buffer region runs short, storing a first generation data set, a second generation data set, and a third generation data set, a control unit selects the first generation data set as a designated data set. The control unit creates, and stores in a storage unit, update record information based on the first generation data set. The control unit identifies the position where the first generation data set is to be stored in the copy source volume according to correspondence relation information, and updates the copy source volume with the first generation data set. The control unit deletes the first generation data set from the buffer region, and also deletes the correspondence relation information corresponding to the first generation data set from the storage unit. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041780 | COPYING DATA IN VIRTUAL SEQUENTIAL ACCESS VOLUMES - In one embodiment, a method is provided for copying data in a virtual sequential access volume (VSAV) among at least two computers. The method of the present invention includes the operations of: writing first data in a first VSAV, into a first storage device of a first computer; updating version information on the first VSAV, and storing the updated version information and information on a write start position of the first data, into the first storage device; transmitting the information on the write start position of the first data to a second computer; writing the first data into a second storage device of the second computer, from the write start position of the first data; and updating version information on the first VSAV, and storing the updated version information and the received information on the write start position of the first data, into the second storage device. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041781 | DATA BUFFER WITH STROBE-BASED PRIMARY INTERFACE AND A STROBE-LESS SECONDARY INTERFACE - A data buffer with a strobe-based primary interface and a strobe-less secondary interface used on a memory module is described. One memory module includes an address buffer, the data buffer and multiple dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) devices. The address buffer provides a timing reference to the data buffer and to the DRAM devices for one or more transactions between the data buffer and the DRAM devices via the strobe-less secondary interface. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041782 | Storage Device Copying of a larger system to a smaller system - Creating a cloned version of a system storage device that contains less capacity than the used space of the original system storage device and the means to prevent the user from making the cloned disk unbootable. A software program can run on a computer and a backup device such as a disk drive, thumb drive, or solid state drive. The software program sizes the minimum storage capacity needed and the user is allowed to select, through an interface, folders and files to not be copied. The software program will not allow the user to select any folders or files which would render the clone unbootable, including not allowing the user to select any folders or files contained in the windows® directory. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041783 | MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE MEMORY SYSTEM - A method of operating a memory system, having a non-volatile memory device, includes processing a response to a first request toward the memory device by using an original key, in response to the first request, generating and storing first parity data corresponding to the original key, and deleting the original key. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041784 | PERFORMING AUTHORIZATION CONTROL IN A CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing authorization control in a cloud storage system. The method comprises: receiving an access request to a file block, wherein the file block is embedded with tag data comprising at least file block authorization information; retrieving the file block; extracting the file block authorization information from the tag data; determining whether the access request matches the file block authorization information; and performing the access request if the access request matches the file block authorization information. Effective authorization control may be performed in a cloud storage system. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041785 | CONTROL OF PAGE ACCESS IN MEMORY - The present techniques provide systems and methods of controlling access to more than one open page in a memory component, such as a memory bank. Several components may request access to the memory banks. A controller can receive the requests and open or close the pages in the memory bank in response to the requests. In some embodiments, the controller assigns priority to some components requesting access, and assigns a specific page in a memory bank to the priority component. Further, additional available pages in the same memory bank may also be opened by other priority components, or by components with lower priorities. The controller may conserve power, or may increase the efficiency of processing transactions between components and the memory bank by closing pages after time outs, after transactions are complete, or in response to a number of requests received by masters. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041786 | Storage Module and Method for Optimized Power Utilization - A storage module and method are provided for optimized power utilization. In one embodiment, a storage module is provided comprising a storage controller and a plurality of memory dies in communication with the storage controller. The storage controller determines if sufficient power is available to perform an operation on one of the memory dies. In response to determining that sufficient power is not available to perform the operation on one of the memory dies, the storage controller determines if suspending an in-progress operation on another one of the memory dies would provide enough power to perform the operation. In response to determining that suspending the in-progress operation would provide enough power to perform the operation, the storage controller suspends the in-progress operation and performs the operation. Instead of suspending an in-progress operation, the storage controller can instead use a reduced power version of the operation or the in-progress operation. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041787 | COST-EFFECTIVE IAAS (INFRASTRUCTURE-AS-A-SERVICE) CLOUD STORAGE BASED ON ADAPTIVE VIRTUAL DISKS (AVD) - There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for operating a cloud computing storage system. The cloud computing storage system allocates and manages virtual disks. A virtual disk provides a logical data storage. The cloud computing storage system divides data stored in the virtual disks into chunks and allocates the chunks to physical data storage devices. The cloud computing storage system monitors I/O access patterns and user requests to change data storage capacities and throughputs of the virtual disks in real time. The cloud computing storage system dynamically reconfigures an allocation of the chunks to the physical data storage devices. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041788 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY BASED STORAGE DEVICE - A method of optimizing a non-volatile memory based storage device is provided. The method includes requesting state information from the storage device; analyzing the state information received in response to the requesting to determine at least one recommended use for the storage device; displaying the at least one recommended use to a user to enable the user to select a recommended use; setting a configuration corresponding to the selected use; and issuing a configuration change request to the storage device to configure the storage device with the set configuration. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041789 | STORAGE SYSTEM WITH LOAD BALANCING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | 2016-02-11 |
20160041790 | EARLY DE-ALLOCATION OF WRITE BUFFER IN AN SSD - A data storage system includes: non-volatile solid state memory including non-volatile storage units and a temporary register; a data storage controller configured to receive a write command including a plurality of logical segments of data from a host; a write buffer allocated to receive a portion of the plurality of logical segments of data and accumulate a physical segment of data corresponding to a write unit of the solid state memory; a solid state memory controller configured to transmit the accumulated data from the write buffer to the temporary storage register each time the write buffer accumulates a physical segment of data. The data storage controller acknowledges completion of the write command to the host after the last logical segment of data is written to the write buffer; and deallocates the write buffer after the solid state memory completes reception of the accumulated data into the temporary storage register. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041791 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ON-CHIP MEMORY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE ON-CHIP MEMORY - An electronic device, an on-chip memory and a method of operating the on-chip memory are disclosed. The on-chip memory including an on-chip memory comprises: a plurality of design Intellectual Property (IPs), a memory that includes a storage area and a processor connected to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to monitor a memory traffic of at least one IP among the plurality of design IPs, and control usage of a storage area based on a result of the monitoring. According to the electronic device, the on-chip memory and the method of operating the on-chip memory of the present disclosure, in an AP-CP one chip structure, a stable communication is secured, memory latency is secured for a code required to process a real time of a CP, and in the AP-CP one chip structure, a communication bandwidth is improved. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041792 | RECOVERING FROM UNEXPECTED FLASH DRIVE REMOVAL - Techniques for recovering from unexpected removal of (or other unexpected power loss) a flash memory device from a computer system. An interpolated device driver notes whenever the flash memory device is unexpectedly removed, or otherwise unexpectedly powers off or enters a locked state. If the flash memory device is reinserted, the interpolated device driver reinitializes the flash memory device, and satisfies any flash memory device security protocol, so the flash memory device and the computer system can be restored to their status just before unexpected removal. The interpolated device driver caches requests to the flash memory device, and when status is restored to just before removal, replays those requests to the flash memory device, so the flash memory device responds to those requests as if it had ever been removed. The computer system does not notice any break in service by the flash memory device due to removal and reinsertion. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041793 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - According to embodiments, a controller comprises a write control unit that performs writing in a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and an area management unit that causes the write control unit to perform write processing until a spare area not storing valid data is not present in the nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and transmits an error to a host when the spare area is not present. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041794 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORYCOMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus includes a setting unit that sets information on a print medium for a paper feed unit, a determination unit that, if the setting unit sets the information on the print medium, determines whether the set information on the print medium can be reflected in a setting condition for a specific mode, and an update unit that, if the determination unit determines that the set information on the print medium can be reflected, updates the setting condition for the specific mode to the information on the print medium. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041795 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing apparatus acquires a job ticket in which print settings are described, reflects the print settings described in the job ticket to a public portion of the settings of the printer driver stored in a storage portion, and issues a print execution instruction to the printer driver to generate a PDL. Then, the information processing apparatus edits print settings of the generated PDL based on the print setting described in the job ticket, and transmits the edited PDL to an image forming apparatus. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041796 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A print control apparatus connectable to an image forming apparatus, an image forming apparatus, a print control method, an image forming method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided. The print control apparatus includes a manipulation inputter configured to receive a command to print a document, a controller configured to calculate a toner amount for each of a plurality of print saving modes applicable to the document, and determine a print saving mode to be applied to the document based on the calculated toner amount, a printer driver configured to generate print data on the document according to the determined print saving mode, and a communication interface configured to transmit the generated print data to the image forming apparatus. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041797 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A print job management apparatus includes a storage unit in which a plurality of print jobs are stored, a holding condition managing unit, and a print controlling unit. The holding condition managing -unit determines whether any of the print lobs satisfy a holding condition. The print controlling unit transmits each print job that is determined to satisfy the holding condition through a communication unit to an image forming apparatus. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041798 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing system includes: a printing apparatus; a portable terminal device; and a server, which are connectable to each other, the printing apparatus including a profile creation unit, and a transmission unit, the portable terminal device including a display unit, a transfer request unit, a transfer unit, and a print instruction unit, the server including a saving unit, a reception unit, and a transmission unit, the printing apparatus further including a reception unit, and a print performing unit. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041799 | Print Control System and Print Control Method - A print control system | 2016-02-11 |
20160041800 | USER INTERFACE FOR LABEL PRINTER - A method comprising: providing in a first region of a user interface a label preview region for displaying an image of at least one label to be printed; providing in a second region of the user interface a data input area comprising two or more cells for input label data; wherein each cell in the data input area corresponds with the image of at least one label to be printed or at least one region of the image of at least one label to be printed. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041801 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS SYSTEM FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING SETTING INFORMATION - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an authentication unit that authenticates a user and logs in the user when the user is authenticated. An input unit receives an input from the user indicating a setting of a function of the image processing apparatus. A setting management unit causes a storage unit to store setting information corresponding to the setting indicated by the input from the user, while the user is logged in, and to store the setting information when the user logs out. A setting state control unit retrieves the setting information of the user and sets a setting state of the image processing apparatus according to the retrieved setting information when the authentication unit logs in the user. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041802 | DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM, METHOD OF TRANSFERRING DATA, AND SYSTEM - A data transfer system includes a virtual printer driver to receive a report from a first system, the report in the form of a print job, and to generate an electronic document representative of the report; and an extraction module to extract a parameter from the electronic document, format the parameter in a first format, and provide the parameter in the first format to a second system. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041803 | MONITORING AND CONTROL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for controlling a display in a machine operating in a work area. A plurality of views are displayed on a screen, each of the plurality of views corresponding to a plurality of functions. A user of the machine is allowed to simultaneously monitor the work area and control one or more of the plurality of functions by way of one or more of the plurality of views. The functions include one or more physical activities performed by an implement, connected to the machine, in the work area. The user is allowed to control, via the display, the one or more physical activities using software executed on the machine while monitoring the work area. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041804 | Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus includes a frame body, a fixing device, and a functional main section. The fixing device is connected with the frame body and configured to fix the electronic apparatus to a support body, and the frame body and the fixing device form an annular space when the electronic apparatus is fixed to the support body by the fixing device. The functional main section includes a display device provided within the frame body and having a first display area and a second display area, with the first display area being larger than the second display area. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041805 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a display system including a plurality of display apparatuses and a control method of the same. The display system including a plurality of display apparatuses comprises a first display apparatus configured to display an image to constitute a multi-screen, and receive power from a single power source; and a second display apparatus configured to display an image to constitute the multi-screen, and receive power from the single power source, wherein the second display apparatus starts operation after the first display apparatus enters a normal driving state. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041806 | AUDIO SOURCE CONTROL - Apparatus, a method and a computer program are provided. The method comprises: running, on a computing device having a multitasking environment with a foreground and a background, a first application in the foreground; running a second application on the computing device, in the background, concurrently with the first application; and responding to user input by enabling audio from the second application to be output by one or more loudspeakers while the second application remains in the background of the multitasking environment. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF AUDIO CONTENT FROM A MIXED AUDIO RECORDING - Systems and techniques for removing a sound recording from an audio recording (e.g., an audio recording embedded in a media file) are presented. The system can include an identification component, a first subtraction component and a second subtraction component. The identification component identifies a sound recording in a mixed audio recording. The first subtraction component determines a local linear transformation of the sound recording and subtracts the local linear transformation of the sound recording from the mixed audio recording to generate a new mixed audio recording. The second subtraction component compares one or more segments of the sound recording with one or more corresponding segments of the new mixed audio recording and reduces a power level of the new mixed audio recording based at least in part on correlation of the one or more corresponding segments with the one or more segments. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041808 | ADAPTABLE AUDIO SYSTEMS - Sound-producing devices such as headphone sets or loudspeakers are disclosed that can removably mate with an external interface. The external interface may plug into a port on an exterior of the sound-producing device. The external interface includes conversion circuitry that is powered by a power source in the sound-producing device. The external interface receives a first audio-encoded signal from a source device such as a mobile phone, tablet computer, or the like, and converts such signal to a conditioned signal which is compatible with the sound-producing device. Connection between the source device and the external interface may be a first type of wired or wireless connection. The sound-producing device may operate with other source devices that produce different audio-encoded signals by replacing the external interface with a different external interface whose conversion circuitry converts the different audio-encoded signal to the same conditioned signal. Alternative sound-producing devices are also disclosed. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041809 | Social Playback Queues - An example method involves monitoring, by a computing device, a communications feed for an indication of media and detecting, in the communications feed, the indication of the media. The method may further involve identifying at least one media item corresponding to the indication of the media and causing a playback queue of a media playback system to include one or more of the identified at least one media item. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041810 | Indication of Barrier Detection - Embodiments described herein involve configuring a playback device based on the detection of a barrier in proximity to the playback device. One embodiment may involve receiving proximity data that includes an indication of a barrier that is proximate to a playback device; detecting that the barrier is within a threshold proximity to a first speaker of the playback device based on the indication of the barrier that is proximate to the playback device; in response to the detecting, setting a playback configuration of the playback device; causing the playback device to play an audio content according to the playback configuration; and sending, to a controller of a media playback system, an indication of the barrier that is proximate to the playback device. | 2016-02-11 |
20160041811 | SHARED SPEECH DIALOG CAPABILITIES - The disclosure includes a speech-enabled device and method to share speech dialog capabilities of the speech-enabled device with a dumb device. The speech-enabled device includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the speech-enabled device to: receive speech dialog data of the dumb device that indicates a function of the dumb device; receive speech input; determine the function of the dumb device to be invoked based on the speech input by using the speech dialog data; generate a command effective to invoke the function of the dumb device based on the speech dialog data; and send the command to the dumb device to invoke the function of the dumb device. | 2016-02-11 |